I have not disappeared!

Wow...there have been tons of stuff going on. I have been reading everyone else's blogs, but not posting on my own.

I will make a quick update (in no particular order):

1) Thank's to the Singleton/Presley families for letting me host Allie's wedding shower here. It made me get the living area of my house in order.

2) The pool is in. We have had a lot of fun in the evenings going out and playing in the water. The only exception is the night Alan found a snake in the water. You have never see an overweight woman in her 40's jump out of a pool faster!!

3) I now have contact lenses. I have tried them before and they didn't work because I have an astigmatism. Now there are contacts for this problem and I am enjoying them. I bought my first pair of regular sunglasses in years today.

4) I finally found curtains to match the bedding in my bedroom. It only took Randy going on night shift so he had to sleep during the day to hang them ;).

5) I finally found the end table for between mine and Randy's chair and the bench for the entry that matches the furniture in the living room. Now I just have to order them.

6) Randy and Alan used the tractor and a chain to pull the bushes out of the ground in the front. I have ordered twelve miniature blueberry bushes to replace them. Now all I have to do is dig out all of the roots, level the ground, put in the landscaping fabric, put in the landscaping timbers, and put in the mulch. Then I will be ready for the delivery, hopefully in October because.....

7) I leave for New Jersey on September 4. My sister is having baby boy #2 and I will be there for the month of September to help her out. The c-section is scheduled for September 12, but she has been having pre-term labor and goes off the meds to stop contractions tomorrow. I told her she needed to tell the little one that he had to wait until September 5 when his Aunt Ann was there.

I guess this is it for now. I now wish I had taken pictures of Randy and Alan ripping out the five feet tall bushes...but I am sure you can imagine. We are still planning on having a big party in October so everyone can come over and see the house, play in the pool, and eat some bbq.

I will keep in touch from NJ....until then SEE YA!

Ann B