Ahhh, there's nothing like new carpet...

Nothing was more exciting than seeing the red truck with our new carpet! Out with the old, in with the new. We had been waiting so long for our new carpet. We actually found what we wanted and placed our order in early August. It was supposed to be delivered around the 3rd week of August and lo and behold, it was on BACKORDER! Ugh... Well, okay, we decided to wait it out. It was due to arrive around the middle of September, but again, backordered! Patience is a virtue... or so I'm told.
Finally - delivery date was set for Sept. 17. Then we got the news that David's mom had fallen, broken her hip and was having surgery. David was scheduled to be off on the 17th and would have been there for the carpet delivery. I had already planned to be at the Scrapbooking Convention, and had several people depending on me to go. So... David went to Amarillo and I went to the convention and the carpet got delayed - again.

I watched as the guys pulled up the old carpet, laid the new pad and put in the new carpet.It sure makes the rooms look clean and new. And it's so lush!
We love the carpet. The wait was well worth it! And now I just walk around barefooted - enjoying the feel of new carpet under my toes...

The Cart

A week ago, Cindy, LeAnn, Marty, Cheryl and I went to the Scrapbook Contention in San Marcos. WOW! Talk about a great time. We left San Antonio early on Friday morning (7AM) and got there around 8:15 - after stopping at Taco Cabana for breakfast.
The five of us took classes all day and shopped for scrapbooking supplies and ideas. By time we left it was almost 8PM. We were totally exhausted, but happy!


Cindy and Cheryl found an awesome deal at the convention. A really cool cart that was on wheels and also served as a stool to sit on! Cheryl and I had a class together and she told me all about the cart. Of course, I wanted one, so I called Cindy to see why she didn't buy me one! She told me the deal was for two - they were $15 a piece or 2 or $20. And the guy only had 2 left. I turned to my neighbor in the class ( never met her before!) and asked her if she wanted a cart? Well, of course for that price! So Cindy snatched up the last 2 carts and we got quite a deal!

Well, we thought we had a great deal - and we really did because when we checked out the SeatCase on line we found it sold for MUCH more than the $10 we paid - up to $75 on line! We were sooooo excited! Until we got the boxes home and opened them up to find all the parts scattered and wrapped in Chinese printed newspaper! No instructions, just parts everywhere.

David is wondering about this "great find" as he spread all the parts out on the table and started trying to figure out what went where. See the pretty lime green bag that sits in the cart?

Piece by piece he assembled the cool cart - wasn't as hard as it looked like it was going to be...

Tada! Success - and only a few parts left over. But what do you expect? I love my new cart and can't wait to take it to the Scrapbook Retreat in October!
Thanks honey! You did a great job - as usual! You are the best!

Mom and Me

Last week was a whirlwind to say the least. David went to Amarillo with Stephanie - Jason met them there on Friday. Jonell, David's mom fell and broke her hip and had a stroke to boot. Needless to say, the family was gathering. I had some plans I couldn't break (and had been to Amarillo twice with David in July) so I chose to stay home and watch the dog...

It was a great trip for David, Jason and Steph - it was some time they could spend together and see family and reminisce about some very good times they had over the years. When they left to come home late Saturday night, Jonell was doing better. My crazy son and daughter thought it would be great to go ahead and drive all night and get back early Sunday morning. Needless to say, no one discussed this crazy idea with me or I would have nipped it in the bud! But no, around 8AM on Sunday I get this phone call that they are in the subdivision and I'd better get some clothes on! I was already up getting dressed for church, but I was not expecting to see my whole family in a matter of minutes!

Talk about tired! David was exhausted! He unloaded the car and headed straight to bed. I continued to get dressed and headed to get mom for church. That's where the rest of the story begins...

I knew that David would be out for the count, so to speak, so mom and I decided to take a little road trip after church. We decided to drive to San Marcos and stop at the outlet mall. Now that is what I call a shopping spree! Now you have to realize that mom doesn't "need anything". But she enjoys looking and seeing all the new styles and comments about a few things. We headed to Chico's outlet and browsed through the store for about an hour. Every time I would suggest she try on something she would say "I don't need anything". But I would counter with, "no one NEEDS anything! This is a want shopping spree!" She finally agreed to a couple of things, but it wasn't easy! I guess this is what I miss the most about mom losing her memory. We always had so much fun shopping. We would try on things and have to decide what to put back because our checkbooks wouldn't afford our taste! Now, it's hard to get her to even buy... and she could buy anything she wants...

We decided to stop at a cute little place we found called The Fork and Spoon for lunch.

The weather was great and we decided to sit outside and enjoy the cooler weather and hope it didn't start to rain on us while we waited for our lunch.

Mom is still mom. For that I'm thankful. She's happy and enjoys being out doing things, but I must say, when she is ready to go home, she is ready to go home. Doesn't take long these days, so I relish every minute we spend together. I love you mom. I always will.

My Friend Suzi

This photo was taken in July of 2009. That's Elizabeth Stockton, Suzi Long, me, and Margie Youngblood. We were at a crop at CBC, celebrating my birthday.
A lot has happened in this past year. Elizabeth has become a caregiver, Suzi has cancer, I'm working full time and Margie is recovering from a tumor behind her eye.

These are very special friends. Cheryl, Tracy, Cindy, Marty and LeAnn. We are all connected by scrapbooking. We have scrapbooked together for a long time - some longer than others, but scrapbooking has kept us tied together through all the ups and downs we have faced, especially this year. We love each other, pray for each other and support each other. I can't think of any better group of girls I would want to be doing those things with. I thank God everyday for providing me with the friends I need to get through the tough times. Ones I can count on and know they are lifting me up in times of despair.


This is Suzi today. She is battling cancer. She is a fighter and I pray a survivor. We are lifting her up everyday, asking God for her healing. She has such a sweet spirit and a love of people and a deep love of the Lord. Whether He heals her here on earth or in heaven, we know that He is going to be with her all the days ahead.

Suzi goes home on Friday, after being in the hospital, RIOSA and Regent Care rehab since July 8. She is looking forward to this new adventure, but a little scared at the same time. She will have to do alot for herself and that will require some adjustment. Please continue to pray for her as she continues to heal and get back to living her normal life. And pray for Elizabeth as she continues to care for Suzi and help her dad care for Becky (her mom) who has been in rehab since May of last year.


We love you, Suzi, and are praying for you! Keep smiling - you are such an inspiration to us all.

Scrapbook Friends

I have wonderful scrapbook friends. Gals that I simply love and wouldn't want to take this journey in life without. They are ones I can count on. They are there when I need them to listen to me grip, and there to share birthdays with or sad days with. They support me even when I are wrong. And they make me really feel good when I are right! I just want to say thank you - to this special group of friends who make me very happy at least one Saturday out of the month!

When it rains, it pours...

Boy did we need rain - but not all at once! Hurricane Hermine dumped over 10 inches of rain at our house over a two day period and there are still dark clouds in the sky - making me wonder if more is to come.

One good thing about the rain - and flooding in downtown San Antonio - almost everyone is released early from work - there are so many low water crossings and traffic comes to a halt if you don't get out early! So... as I left CAM on Tuesday around 2:45 I felt the need to seek out a pair of rain boots! I had been wanting some for awhile since we have gotten alot of rain since I started working at CAM. And when we walk down to Oasis to get our tacos or lunch, the water rises very quickly and makes it impossible to stay dry.

Target was on my way home, so I stopped hoping to find just the right pair of boots for the rest of the week. When I pulled into the parking lot, this is what I found! A huge light pole had been blown over by the wind and landed on this fairly new car!

OMG! The winds had been really strong, but I had no idea that they could have knocked over this pole. I was amazing at what I saw. The poor owner of this vehicle! Thank goodness the owner was in the store at the time and there wasn't anyone in the car.

The lights were out in the store - most of the power was gone. I stayed in my van for awhile thinking it was closed, but kept seeing people go in and out, so I decided to give it a shot and look for my boots.

Lo and behold! One size of 7's left and they are so cute! The cash registers were working so I made my purchase and left. Of course the rains mostly stopped after that and here I am with boots and no rain to wear them in! But aren't they cute! I'm sure there will be lots of opportunity for me in the near future -
Until then, I'm just waiting on a chance to put on my boots and splash around downtown.

BLOG Melt Down

Have you missed me? I have had "blog meltdown". On several occasions I have tried to post to my blog and have not been able to find the little button to click that says "Post". I knew it was something stupid that I was doing, but couldn't figure it out. So, I gave up. Time and time again. Finally, today, I gave up and called Stephanie - the Blog Queen. I told her about my little situation - totally explaining to her that I was not trying to avoid the blog, just was so frustrated about not being able to do it with ease like before -I knew she thought I was making all kinds of excuses for my "non-blogging". In her sweet little voice, she asked me what I was doing and told me to log on to the blogger.com site. She and I were looking at the same thing - only not. It wasn't the same! After more frustration, she told me to print the page (what I was looking at) and email it to her. I did.

Of course it was an easy fix - for her! You see, I had changed my email address a while back and had been logging on to my blog with my new address. The blog is under my old address - therefore it does not recognize me! Ugh! Only someone from the younger generation would know this at a glance! I spent hours trying to figure out why I couldn't post and all it took was one look from Steph to see what the problem was.

Thank you Steph for helping me out. Maybe now I will continue my blogging journey - keeping everyone updated on our family and activities... or maybe not - I'm already tired of just thinking about doing all that!

Thank goodness it's Friday!