Trivia is Here !!!!

Hi y'all

I created a trivia tournment for us to have a little fun with. There will be 10 questions every day. I will vary the category and the difficulty level. Accuracy and speed both count towards points.

I am posting the link here but you might want to save it to your desktop or something so you will remember to play every day. It's alot of fun...hope y'all enjoy it :)

click here>>>> Battle of the Ages

Cowboy Thomas

I can't resist playing dress-up.

Busy Busy Busy

Sorry We have not posted in a while. Nothing changed for the last four months and we have been kind of busy. But when they did change it was big. The Big news is Jennifer was offer a job with US customs and Border Protection as an AG Specialist. She accepted a position at IAH in Houston. When she gets back form her training in early November (she is leaving on Aug 28) We will start looking for a house down around the Montgomery area. That is close to where we lived when we got married. That will make my commute about 1hr or so, and there is a guy on my shift that lives in that area so I will try and get a car pool worked out with him.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNIFER!!!!!!!!

Hope you have a great day. We're excited we'll see you all in a couple of days.

Love, Francie

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Jennifer..CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! I know you guys must be thrilled, excited , and a bit anxious about your good news. We're looking forward to seeing you all this coming weekend.

Love, Francie

Public Service Announcement

Well, I decided to quit being a hermit and re-activate all my online chat thingies. So, if you are so inclined, please add me to the various chat programs, and maybe we could um, chat sometime!

AIM - the1andonlygoo
Yahoo Messenger - karenelizabeth624
MSN - goo--@hotmail.com (this one is new...)
ICQ - 442061

I will *try* to remember to log in to these regularly, but for a while I can't promise that I will. I hate for them to do it automatically - drives me nuts, all those windows popping up.

But since I am accused, on a semiregular basis, of being a hermit type person, I am trying to be more social. So...let's chat!

Love you guys!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

You're still just as cute as ever!

Frisbee Fun

Brian and Courtney were practicing their fancy Frisbee moves this evening.

A Little Late

but Happy Birthday anyway, Karen. And it was the big Five-Oh we missed. Maybe you wanted us to? Anyway, I hope you had a good day and that the most important people remembered!

Love,
pat and harv

Six little cousins

Taken at Dotty's house a week ago. They were set to watch a "movie" (can you call a Care Bear video a movie?) but, in the end, only Amanda watched the thing. They are, l-r, Matt, Laura, Rachael (ignore her grandma), Liz, Amanda, Katie and friend. Unfortunately, we didn't have Megan and Grant in the line-up. It was quite an adventure having them all together a couple of weeks ago!

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It sure is quiet in here, well, except for all the crickets! Oops - not those crickets!



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These crickets!

(Of course, I have nothing interesting to say, either.)

Hope everyone is staying cool, and having a good month, so far!

Five year olds are funny

I had a short conversation with Amanda last night. She'd been in bed almost an hour and SHOULD have been asleep.

Grandma: "Why aren't you asleep?"

Amanda: "It's too noisy in my room."

G: "Why is it too noisy?"

A: "Because I keep talking."

G: "Well, honey, maybe you'll go to sleep if you quit talking."

Then Ellen sent her back to bed.

VACATION!

We are heading east in a couple of days--all the way east to Oklahoma City. We'll take our time and antique a bit between here and there, arriving Friday. We're gonna crash with Francie and Max for bit, connect with friends in Norman (and I plan to hit the State Historical Library and Archives).

At the end of next week we'll head down to Ardmore and the Yeargan Reunion. From there we'll go visit Dotty's new house, Harv will go to Leddy's in Ft. Worth and get his feet remeasured and leave a pair of boots for resoling. I don't know what else we'll do there or how long we'll stay. We WILL be back home before 12 June, however.

Our trip east will be via Albuquerque/Amarillo, of course. Going west we'll probably take the "southern" route and go down to I-10. We'll wave as we go by Midland. I'm thinking we may try to make arrangements to meet Joyce and Rondal Phipps (Emma Nell Edgar's daughter) somewhere out there, too. Haven't discussed it with anyone.

I wish there was going to be time to get down to Houston but not this year. Of course, "Houston" could come out here, too. For that matter, so could the rest of "TX" and "OKC". We have as much room as Dotty now has (maybe more) and the beds always have clean sheets on them. Today wouldn't be bad--it's only 78 (!) at 2:15 p.m. but the down side is that the wind is blowing very hard and the air is full of dirt. By Wednesday or Thursday we'll be back 100+.

We're hoping Ellen and the girls will come down to the reunion. Things fouled up and Bob definitely can't make it. I think, but am not sure, that it's still "up in the air" for Ellen and the girls. Have to call tonight, I guess!

Harv spent the weekend finishing the latest "project". He removed the door between the living room and the Arizona Room and widened the opening. He then installed french doors--they're painted white, have a "custom built" oak threshold and make a world of difference in the living room. It's much more open and airy looking now! Once we get home we'll paint--living room, dining room, ceiling, trim--the whole ball of wax. And he has to clean the carpet after the painting is done. Slowly but surely, we're getting there. Like Betty said several years ago (probably after visiting in AL) "Patty and Harv have to have a 'project'".

And this afternoon's project is to finish cleaning out here!

Cleaning off the digital camera

For whatever reason, I tend to forget to copy pictures off my digital camera on to the computer. At least this time, it was a good thing, since my hard drive crashed and I lost so many pictures, these gems would have been lost too!

Both of these were taken at Christmas. I thought they were too cute not to share. Of course, Rachael and Courtney might not agree...but I am guessing y'all will be on my side here!

Courtney and Sassy look so sweet, and Rachael is giving us a perfect shot of what first semester college stress will do to a girl! Poor thing - I hope she has recovered now that she is finished with her first year. Rachael asked for her picture to be removed, and I don't blame her. I'm sorry I posted it, sweetie. I should have known better. Bad aunt, bad bad aunt.

Enjoy!

Happy Mother's Day

Hope y'all--Francie, Dotty, Betty, Kim, Julie, Ellen, Barb, and Vicki--have a good day. I plan to--we're going to lunch with Harv's sister and brother-in-law and then I'll "loaf" the rest of the day away. Not a bad way to spend a hot Sunday in May--supposed to be 102 tomorrow. Harv, however, will finish installing the new door between the living room and the Arizona Room.

Love to all.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Happy 60th, Dotty. Don't over do it with the moving stuff today--or tomorrow.

Love you!

Pat, Harv, all the girls and a couple of guys

Just a little something to make you laugh...

For those of you who love Alton Brown (like I do!), you might find this amusing. Personally, I found it hilarious!

Check it out.

Every cooking show should be as good as Good Eats!

WOW

I haven't posted here in a long time, but I've been really busy, with you know, finals and such. This year went by REALLY quickly!! I had a great first year of college and I can't believe its already over. In case you haven't heard, I am transferring to Midwestern State University, in Wichita Falls. I'm excited about that, but I am going to miss my friends, and especially my roommate, Megan! I'm so ready for the summer! So, whew, freshman year of college, DONE! It feels weird to be a college student on vacation. I've been studying like crazy for the past week and my brain has since turned to the consistency of a slushi. The drive home was pretty uneventful. I avoided the rain successfully. Thanks to everybody for your support this year and my birthday messages!! Hopefully I will post more this summer. I love y'all!!

Rachael

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHAEL !!!!!!

Happy Birthday Rachael !!! I'm sorry you have to take a final today :( Good luck on the rest of your tests!! We can't wait to see you Saturday !!

I love you baby girl !! xxxxxxoooooo

love

Mom

My contribution to the Grandma blogs

Ellen shot this on Easter Sunday before they headed south to Bob's parents' place. Lizzie (on the right) was NOT happy about having to sit for a picture, Amanda isn't hamming it up too much and Rachael--well, she's puzzled, I think.