Flashback

Let me say, so you don't think that I am losing my mind or that you are....I started a blog a few months back, so I have copied/pasted to this new one. So that explains why you are about to read a blog that starts off with a "Happy St. Patricks Day" as we are in the month of August. Clear as mud? Thought so.



Well, first-off I’ll say --

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Now that’s out of the way.
(that rhymed you know).

And next, I’ll give a quick update on the members of the Nuthouse. I’ll start with me because i’m the one writing this, and well, because I’m special.

Me: Please note that the picture to the left represents a current photo of myself, even down to the food stuffed into my mouth...uncanny I tell you..... I’m sitting here at the moment thinking of the laundry that I need to be doing, and the office that I really need to straighten up, and the Monkey room that needs some serious attention, and that I’m supposed to go have some lab work done today, and I smell my chicken that’s boiling on the stove for tonight’s casserole, and that I wish summer would hurry up and get here, and....ok...i’ll stop for now. Oh yeah...and the worst of it all is that starting bright and early at 5am in the morning, I’ll be working 36 hours in the next 3 days and that REALLY reeks. My body rejects work of that nature, so i’m not looking forward to it at all. I am however looking forward to Friday night. We’ve decided to have some friends/family over to grill burgers and then have an easter egg hunt outside in the DARK....something i’ve never done, but it just sounds like fun.....crazy people, dark, flashlights, brightly colored eggs, and a cemetery...now what could possibly be wrong with that mixture??? I’m so excited!

The Husband: Here he is with his mistress, Bill. This photo just screams SPECIAL, or as we prefer to pronounce it, PECIAL. They truly are special, and I often wish that they lived together instead of Randy and I. It would just make it easier on everyone...well, maybe except for Bill because then he would be stuck with Randy. Oh well, you can’t please everyone. Nothing really to update on Randy. He did have a small crisis over the weekend when he discovered that someone neglected to put the fingernail clippers "back where they’re supposed to go". I was able to talk him down and I think he’s ok. I suppose time will tell. He was a happy boy the past few days because Ethyn has been here with us. We would like that to be a permanent thing, but it’s not likely to happen, BUT we can keep hoping and praying that it does. We actually had a span of 3-4 hours alone Saturday evening and took the opportunity to eat at Harveys, one of our favorite spots, and actually saw a movie, Fool’s Gold (it was ok, but it’s one of those I don’t care to see again). I love you honey.

Preston:
(note he has a snowball in one hand and the phone to his ear in the other)Ah, the P-Mite....this child is here recently going to be the death of me. I have had to lower the boom on his obsessive cell phone use... during spring break, I thought I was going to have to have it surgically removed from his ear. I let him know that people who are engaged to marry don’t even talk as much as he and Amelia do??? I was taught growing up that if a boy wanted to talk to you, then HE would do the calling. I was not allowed to call boys, so basically I was never on the phone with a boy growing up because my buck teeth, bad hair and the "you can’t call boys" rule were all going against me. But that’s ok...if I had known then what I know now about boys, I wouldn’t have been near as bothered by it back then, but I digress. You drive me nuts, Preston, but I love you dearly.

Ethyn:This child also causes me to wonder why 8th graders need a girlfriend/boyfriend. Why can’t they just be content to hang out with friends of the SAME sex...playing sports or riding bikes or what have you??? I believe at the current second, he and his girlfriend Hannah are "together", but that can change in the blink of an eye. These two are a "on again / off again" couple indeed. I’m not sure what the deal is there. He doesn’t talk much about it when questioned. I do remember telling him a few days ago..."well, i’m sure you’ll be back together in no time," to which he responded, "NO WE WON’T". And of course one of them gave in ONCE again. I don’t know too much about Hannah because she’s not from Pontotoc, so I don’t ever see her. We did go see a production of Cinderella that she was in a few weeks ago. She played an evil stepsister and was REALLY good....has a great talent for that. I’m hoping to go see her in many more no matter if she and Ethyn are an item or not! You should probably avoid marriage at all costs Ethyn....but I love you.

Haley:Haley made me a proud Mommy when she went to her first band function where she had to play a solo in front of judges and made a "1"....or SUPERIOR...she was so excited and we were very proud and happy for her!!! For those who don’t know, she plays the clarinet in band. I’m hoping she sticks with it for many reasons, but one of the main ones is so I can be a chaperon for the annual band, Disney World trip!!!...I should get some fun and comfort after listening to the first few years of practicing, right??? Spring soccer season has started back, and she has her first game tomorrow night. I love to watch soccer, but the team aint so hot this year bless their little hearts. She wasn’t even wanting to play this spring because they did so poorly in the fall, but since it was already paid for and we had the tacky pink jersey with purple swirls on the shoulders, by golly, we’re playing!!! Look up buttercup....things WILL get better and I LOVE LOVE you!

Well, I suppose i’ve done enough here for one day. I’ll go do my laundry, fix my casserole, clean the office, straighten up the monkey room....yeah...you’ve heard it before......

LATER.....