Countdown To Hubby's Arrival

Yippie Skippie!!! Mike will be home for a visit!! I can
hardly wait!!!! I'm soooo excited!! By the time he
gets home he will have been gone for 10 weeks... that's
a long time to go without seeing your Man!
In my opinion Thursday can't come soon enough!
And Monday afternoon when he has to leave will
come too soon!

I've been pretty busy in anticipation of Mike's
homecoming. I wanted to get as much done as
possible so I can spend as much time as I can
with him when he gets here. I have banana bread,
mushroom meatballs, meatloaf, homemade rolls,
and pancakes all made up and tucked away in
the freezer. Now all I'll have to do is nuke them
and cook our veggies or make a salad. Should
be pretty time efficient for us. Of course, some
things I can't prepare in advance, but this will
help some.

Friday, July 4th, the kids should be here to spend
the day with us. We've planned a BBQ and
Jaylan has decided fishing at the pond should
be an event included in our day. That child
loves to fish with her Papaw! I bought a new
BBQ grill a few days ago, it's still in the box in
the front yard at the moment, but I think
tomorrow I'll get out there and try to figure
out the instructions so I can get it put together
and Mike won't have to bother with it. We have
a nice size round smoker, but I was afraid it
wouldn't be enough room to grill everything
at once... besides, you can never have enough
BBQ grills sitting around. LOL

My house is shiny clean, the laundry is all done
up, and the yard is next. It usually takes me a
day and a half to do the whole thing because I
normally try to mow down the sides of the
driveway also. And the weed eating... it seems
to take forever!

My new puppy looks and acts completely
different than he did when I got him. The little
guy was one of 11 pups and he wasn't very
chubby, his little hip bones were protruding
and you could count his ribs. He didn't have
much energy, he just laid around most of
the time and shook constantly. Well he's
not shaking now!! He has turned into a very
animated little guy, he is soooo sweet. He
follows me everywhere. I've been feeding
him a mixture of pouch dog food, the kind with
the chunks and lots of gravy. Plus mixing it
with soft dog food and raw eggs. He LOVES
it! He just grunts and snorts the whole time
he's chowing down. His coat is even looking
differently. When I got him it was kinda
rough looking, now it's starting to lay down
and looks more shiny. Plus, he got wormed
and oh my goodness! The little guy had a
horrible case of worms! He still has no
name. I just can't decide on one for him,
none that I've come up with seem to fit
the little guy... who won't be little for much
longer. He's a Great Pyrenees, so he'll be
a big guy when he's full grown. I've been
calling him Baby since I got him and I'm
afraid that name might stick.... Big Baby,
huh?

Barkley isn't impressed with his new
counterpart at all! He sniffs him and walks
away. He also tries to stay between me and
the puppy when ever possible. And the
craziest thing Barkley's done in a while was
marking ME! Yeup, the crazy thing came up
to me, hiked his leg, and went potty on my
leg and foot. Then just walked away with
this majestic canter. I guess he was telling
Baby that I was HIS momma!

Cassie and I went to a few yard sales on
Friday. I LOVE to go to yard sales! I'm
always amazed at what people have for sale.
We found some pretty good stuff for the
Grandmonsters too. I got Jaylan a pair of
Roper boots for $5. The bottoms of them
weren't even dirty! The lady said that she
bought them for her daughter and she
outgrew them very quickly and only wore
them a time or two. I believe it too from the
condition of the boots. They're a little big
right now, but by fall they should be the
perfect size. I also found Honey Wayne
the cutest little 3 piece suit. It's a size
bigger than he wears right now, but by
Easter I think it will fit perfectly. The man
where we got it said that his son only wore it
once for a wedding. I got this for $5 also.
And we found a Jumparoo for Cookie for
$20, very cheap compared to a new one.
It too looked brand new. Sooo... it was a
good day! lol Cassie also bought several
items for the kids and her home.

I went to Current River for the first time
this summer. I had a great day down there
visiting with friends and some people I
haven't seen since last year at the river.
There are people that we've met over the years
and we only see them on the river in the
summer. But our little camping area seems to
draw people back year after year. It is
beautiful there and if you want, you can
camp directly on the gravel bar or you can
camp in the wooded area. Yes, it's primitive
camping, but it's just too much fun to
worry about that. LOL

I just have to tell this little Jaylan story,
it's too funny not to share. Jaylan is the
source of so many of my stories because
she's just hilarious without trying to be
funny. She's so nosey it's not funny, is
bad to eavesdrop on conversations, and
only gets part of the facts. Then she adds
her own "facts" and repeats the story...
too funny. Ok... so we're at the restaurant
a couple evenings ago. Jaylan is sitting
between me and my friend Cindy. The
TV is on and Jaylan looks up and sees a
commercial with Larry the Cable Guy on
it. She then says, "There's Peter Dumb."
Cindy says, "Who??" Jaylan says, "Peter
Dumb." Cindy: "That's Larry the Cable
Guy." Then Jaylan says, "Well on my TV
he says, Peter Dumb... Peter Dumb.".
Cindy gets this funny look on her face and
starts to snicker then says, "I wonder if
that's anything like Git 'Er Done?" Then
we both busted out laughing. Everyone in
the free world knows Larry the Cable Guy's
name is NOT Peter Dumb, and his famous
saying is, "Git 'Er Done"!! That child is
absolutely NUTS!! But I sure do love her!

Hope you have a good week and try to
stay cool!!