Family Week

Well I survived last week with all my family that came to visit! I really enjoyed having them here more than I thought I would for a whole week. We went out and about to explore a bit! My mother, with her magic hands, made me 2 sets of curtains, redid the hem on 1 set, and made me her great food! My dear hubby, is a trooper and handled it all so well! Although, I must confess I did get snippy a few times! People have to realize that I am so use to being on my own with hubby that when I have family especially 8 at one time, it can get a bit overwhelming for me. So I snipped and went for some me time for a minute or two. I never really had to use my get away in my bedroom. All in all it went pretty well.

On another note, yesterday was Chris's and mine 20th anniversary!! The past 20 years have been wonderful, of course like all marriages, we had our hairy moments. However, the good memories so outweigh the not so good memories. I got him a bunch of Dallas Cowboys stuff for his game room, so he finally has his Dallas room! He loved it! He got me flowers, candy, and gift certificate to have a manicure. We then went out to Momma Rose's Italian Restaurant. Chris had it prearranged for them to make the table so romantic! Who knew my hubby could be like that?? The food was awesome! I had very good day yesterday!

Friends and Movies

Today started with me cleaning and cleaning some more. My mother is coming for a visit the day after Easter, so of course, I had to clean, clean! However, my mother will find something to clean while she is here! I say "Have at it, Mom!" LOL (Don't worry I have my safe place all planned for when she is driving me crazy!)
After cleaning, I went to Starbucks to meet a friend I met online! It was nice to actually sit down and have a conversation with her face to face and not just on Twitter! (love our conversations on twitter) Her son, I'll stick with what she calls him P, is such a little cutie! She has been awesome with telling me where things are here in Hampton and the surrounding area. I still need to go to Newport News to explore. Also, I still need to get over my fear of the tunnels! She has informed there is so much to do across the tunnels! I think someone needs to drug me or blindfold me and just take me! LOL Thanks for meeting me today G!!
Then, after a nap and dinner, I finally settled down to watch Marley & Me! That is such an awesome movie! I cried and cried through it! At the end, all I could think about was Sidney (he will be 14 in August) He has been a part of our family for almost 13 years! It will break my heart! I don't have to worry so much yet about Mishka he will be 3 in May so (he's been in the family since he was 4 months old), he has awhile! Anyway, if you haven't seen this movie, I highly recommend it!

Hope this didn't bore you to death! LOL Of course, I will blog more later!

Flowers

This is both urns with flowers! I also got a few close up pictures!

I think these are so pretty!









I put 3 of each in each urn, they all have lots of buds on them so we are hoping they will overtake the urns and look beautiful!









On another note, here is a picture with my updated hair! I like having my darker hair back! So does Chris! I really hate taking pictures of myself!

To my oldest sister, (I know you will read this) yes I do need to get a life, but this makes me happy until I go back to school. It keeps me busy! So, until then, this is what you get to read about! LOL

Chris and I are so happy that Sidney didn't pee in the house last nite! Woot Woot!! Keep your fingers crossed that he keeps it up!

Well this is it for now! Post later!

Yard 1st Step

Finally got a couple good pictures of my front yard with the 1st baby steps. Not much done but you can see a difference from the before and this one! We have put wood around the tree and in front of the flowerbeds at the porch. Also, we've added the black urns with flowers! I should have gotten a close up picture of the flowers they are pretty. Red on the outsideside and yellow on the inside. The big patch of dirt, is where Chris put down top soil and grass seed so we are hoping that it will fill in with grass soon! We want to put more flowers in the flowerbeds, but I'm so picky, not sure what I want. Baby steps, but it is getting there! I can't wait for the tree to bloom, to see what it looks like! Well post more pictures as we get it done!

On another note, Sidney is still peeing in the house and we don't know why! This is supper frustrating after paying the vet to have him checked out. Everyone tells me it's because he is getting older, but who knows! We deal with it!

Nasty Weather

Well, today we had some nasty weather. We were under a tornado watch until 3 p.m. Scared Sidney (oldest dog) silly! He kept trying to jump in my lap! Ha Ha Mishka (youngest dog) slept through it! I have to admit I jumped a few times with the thunder! LOL Anyways, with the nasty weather I didn't get to take a picture of my front yard; so, I'm hoping tomorrow I will and can download it to show what we've done so far. Baby steps with the yard but it will get to where we want it. In the backyard, we have a small lake from all the rain we got today. It had just dried up from the last time! Jet ski, anyone? Ha Ha I can sit on at my backdoor and put my feet in it! LOL Well that's about it for today. Hopefully I will have the pictures tomorrow!

Good Day

Well, it was a beautiful day today! Hubby and I went to Lowes to get things for our yard! I planted my 1st flowers in my 1st yard that it mine! LOL got some sun and just loved being outdoors! This is the before pic and once my camera charges I will put in an after pic! We are trying to make the yard look as good as the inside of the house! It's slowly coming along!

New to this

Well I'm new to this blogging thing! I love to try different things so I thought why not! I have no children. I have 2 dogs that I treat like my children! They are my babies! (sorry about the red eyes) Been married for almost 20 years. This is the love of my life, Chris! Trying to figure this out. I guess this is it for now!