Birthday month

This is a very busy month for birthday's in my family. I have a hard time keeping track of them all. The house construction is still on going. I hope with in two weeks it will be over. I feel like I say that every two weeks. The kids have six more weeks of school vacation poor me. My sisiter came to visit this weekend. We went out Friday night dancing, we had a great time. She always tells men her name is Sally. Well the next day one of those guys came out to the beach looking for her. He came up and said "Hi Sally "how are you. Well needless to say we all laughed. This weekend my girlfriend Sherry will visit. The hotel is always full. The summer weather has been great. We have been on the beach a lot on the weekends.

Busy Summer

It's been a while since I have posted. Things have been very busy in southern Delaware. My husband of 25 years and I went to Las Vegas and got remarried by Elvis. It was great. The weather was HOT.....triple digets.............A week after we left someone open fire on the casino we stayed at NY.NY. Lucky we didn't go a week later. Last week the 4th of July was great also, the weather was not so great but we still have our annual picnic on the beach, and stayed for the fireworks. My brother and his family came to visit that was nice since I don't see them often. The weather since then has been very hot in the 90's. We are still working on the house it is a never ending project. Also the dumpster police called and said we have to remove the dumspter that has been in our driveway for several months. Some people just have no life. It was full so it was time for it to go. And it was starting to smell:+( The kids were away for awhile up in PA. I missed them, but now they are back fighting I wish we could send them away again. Why is that, as parents we wish for some alone time, but then we wish they were back, and they they are we wish for some alone time again. Life is never easy. Well I think we will go to the beach for a few hours today it is going to be 96:+)

School's out

Now my work begins. 12 weeks of working, I will be counting the days, hours , minutes, and possibly seconds. One good thing is both of my sons have made it to the ninth grade. Another year closer to 18:+) The weather here in Lower Slower Delaware has been a little cool for a few days, but this weekend is suppose to be hot and hunid, just the way I like it. Jack and Matthew went to the US Open for a few days they come home today. They had a bonding session:+) They stayed with the new Mr. & Mrs. Lev while in Pittsburg. They are stopping in PA to pick up Lisa who's Jag is in Wilminton getting fixed sorry for her luck. Next thursday my man and I leave for Las Vegus it is our 25th wedding anniverary. WOW it's hard to imagine...Stefaine called from Germany yesterday, I miss then all. She gets her Dr. degree in Novemeber. Yea!!!! Then she will work anf Rene will be Mr. MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well time to get to work.

NASCAR

Now that we are Delaware residents we attended the Annual NASCAR race in Dover which is also the capital, and were I drive to if I need to shop at a mall. So Saturday we headed up north to stay with some friends for the pre-race party. Which lasted until 2:00am. Then at 6:00am it was time to get up and head to the race track. The weather was cloudy at best. But we got there, paid our 30 dollars to park in someone's yard and unloaded our grills, chairs, food, and beer. So at 7:30 am we were cooking eggs and drinking beer. Things were going pretty good until about 11:00am when mother nature decided to rain on our parade. Although we did take rain gear just in case, our gear was no match for the heavy rain that started. So heavy that the race was postponed until Monday. No one in our group could make the race on Monday so we got 3 more tickets and decided to take the boys out of school to attend. I was not originally going into watch the race, I was just going for the party. So today we made the 30 minute trip to Dover for the race. Things were going well until we got into Dover when the traffic came to a dead stop. So we missed the beginning of the race, although we did have the radio on to here"Gentlemen start your engines". So parking was free today, but we parked a million miles away, and everything was muddy from the rain. But we finally got in, sat down and watch the race. Now when you enter the bleachers you can not talk anymore because all you can hear is the very loud roar of the cars. Also by the end of the race you are covered with little pieces of black rubber from the tires. It burns off and flies up and attaches to your body. Also your ears will be ringing for hours. NASCAR fans are a different breed of people. First, all the men wear tank tops with their hairy armpits showing and their favorite driver on the front. All the women wear shorts that are threes times too small for them also with a shirt of their favorite driver. Sneakers with white socks are the prefered footwear. A cooler packed with Budwieser is attached to each one of them. And if you are a true fan you are wearing headphones attached to your mate with a reciever that is linked to the tracks announcer. PLUS some of them have mics so you can talk to your parnter. I guess that is nice for when you say "pass me a beer bitch" The kids really enjoyed the day. I also enjoyed taking in all the sites. So I guess we will have to make this an annual event.

Wedding

Well the wedding was a success. I few minor problems, but nothing that could not be fixed. The bride and groom are off on their honeymoon. That had a bumpy start for the groom(hangover). So now we are back to construction. We need to get this done....NOW....so we can start to enjoy the summer. The weather has been great. jack is finishing the dinning area, we will then paint the master and move into the master bath. That is the last room YEA......This has been a long process and I'm glad it is soon done. We did manage to get to the beach for two days, and it was great.

Wedding weekend

This weekend is Katy's wedding. I will be leaving Friday for the weekend. The wedding is only on Sunday, so the rest of the family will arrive Sunday morning. I sure it is going to be a great weekend. The weather is suppose to be great. The hard part will be "What To Wear?" Why do women stress over things like this? I have several new dresses to choose from, but as of right now I don't feel good in any of them. I mean everyone will be looking at the bride why should I worry what I have on? But as a women I'm sorwn to a code of ethic to always look my best. I also have a small reading part for the wedding so everyone will be looking at me at sometime, so I need to look great. I mean women have to have the whole package nails, hair, clothing, shoes, matching purse and jewery. Men have none of that. They put on a suit the same one they wear to all weddings, shirt and maybe a new tie. And as the mother af the family I also have to dress the children. Dressing to teenage boys is not easy. But I think they are ready to go. Today wea re also working on the house AGAIN like everyday. I think we can finally see light at the end of the construction tunnel, a few weeks yet. But not soon enough because beach weather is here.

Rainy day

It is raining at the beach today, rainy and cold. You have to wear long pants. The hotel is booked for the weekend, and into next weekend. Everyone wants to come and visit, only thing is we are not done with the house. The hotel part is done so it's ok. I can't wait until the rest is done and then I can go to the beach!!!!!!! Next weekend is Katy's wedding I'm so excited:+)

Sunny Day

What a great day. The tempature is about 82. the past few days have been busy, We have had guests in the new Kersey Hotel, or Motel 7 as we have been referring to it. Over the weekend Aunt Lisa was here. We went fishing and Mattew was casting his rod and not looking what he was doing and Lisa and I were walking along and not really looking around, and yea you guessed it the hook hit Lisa right in the chin. So we had to make a trip to the Beebe ER for hook removal. Last yea "THE BODY" tried to eat a hook and had to go to the vet for hook removal, but her's only cost $80.00 I'm sure Lisa's cost a lot more. Yes I did get pictures. Then after Lisa left, Grandma and Grandpa came. So today I took them to Dover to play slots. We had a nice time. They leave on Thursday they my girlfrined Sherry and her family will be here until Sunday. So the new hotel it booked up already. Next week my goddaughter gets married so it will be wedding week. I will be having a great time. Hopefully Katy will also soon. Right now she is Bridezilla.

Sad

The neighbors across the street have moved out. We will miss them. They are a young couple. He is a teacher and she works at the local hospital in the ER. He always played with the boys they are really missing him. They have no one to play football and baseball with them. Now they will be bugging me all the time. The house is a rental and now it is rented to some Russian kids that have imported here to lower DE. My husband is not happy about this. Hopefully they will be nice kids. Although last night "The Body" already chased one into the house. A few summers ago there were some Russian kids in the house and they were not very friendly, I hope this time is better.

Almost Done

Well "Motel 6" is almost done. That's what my sister calls the new guest room. Just a few odds and ends and it will be ready for guests. Also over the weekend I have been adjusting to my new eyes. Lasik surgery is as close to a miracle as I will ever get. I can wake up and see the time on my clock. Life doesn't get much better then that. Everyday things are becoming clearer. The weather is also great right now. I think summer will soon be here. The patio is also done now, and Mr. Sea-Ment is gone. The patio is great what a great party spot it is going to be.

Sunday

Will spring ever get here? I wish I knew the answer to that question. Now it is raining, raining, raining. I guess that is better then snow. People else were are snowed in. Construction was moving along, but now we have a rain delay. Mr. sea-ment, the mason can't work while it is raining. As soon as the weather breaks he will pour the patio and then the mud will be history. mr. sea-ment whose name is Warren and his son who's name is Nelson, but they call him George, figure that one out. They like it here also they love my chocolate cake. The kids go back to school tomarrow YEA, spring break is over.

Weather

It is cold and windy here today. Were is the warm beach weather. I thought it was on it's way. Today is the last school day for my children for a week. Why do parents need to be punished at holidays? Who made up the rules for time off school??? I did some painting today in the new bathroom. That bathroom is so big you could live in it. I don't know what my man was thinking when he built it.

Ham

Who would have thought that finding a ham for Easter dinner would be so hard. Well it is in southren DE. No one has the kind I like. It took me several days and road trips to finally find the perfect one. one good enough for my first Easter dinner in my new kitchen. we will be having company from PA. and I want everything to be wonderful. it rained he today actually a thunderstorm. it was great I love thunderstorms. i wonder why that is???? My cousin hates them. When she was a kid and it stormed her mom always made the whole familyg o into the living room and sit on the couch until the storm passed. Now I think that is strange. i also so my construction buddies today they were working down the street and stopped to say hello. The first thing out of their mouths "hey where was the hot chocolate today." My man is still golfing down south and my children are still bad, so life is still the same:+)

Painting

My man and I have been painting all week. painting the huge additions added to our home. You don't know how big they really are until you paint them. And we only have one almost done. But since I'm the painter it's OK for me as the painting contractor to use the bathroom:+) The kitchen is finally done. So I have been cooking, but not as much as I would like because I'm painting. Why don't they make a paint that evaporates when it hits the floor or your body? Each day you can tell what color is on the wall because it is on us. Thank heaven for water based paint or we would be too colorful to go out in public. I will be glad when this is all done. June 1st is our deadline. also this week there were two big fires in lower Delaware. on the same night. the local watering hole down at the docks was burned to the ground. It's so sad. i don't know where I'm going to go for watering now.

Painting

My man and I have been painting all week. painting the huge additions added to our home. You don't know how big they really are until you paint them. And we only have one almost done. But since I'm the painter it's OK for me as the painting contractor to use the bathroom:+) The kitchen is finally done. So I have been cooking, but not as much as I would like because I'm painting. Why don't they make a paint that evaporates when it hits the floor or your body? Each day you can tell what color is on the wall because it is on us. Thank heaven for water based paint or we would be too colorful to go out in public. I will be glad when this is all done. June 1st is our deadline. also this week there were two big fires in lower Delaware. on the same night. the local watering hole down at the docks was burned to the ground. It's so sad. i don't know where I'm going to go for watering now.

Drywall

So today the drywall men come. A whole van of them and only one speaks english. The guy who owns the company comes along and sets everything up with the foreman, the only one who speaks english. They unload all their stuff out of the van: including a microwave. Yes a mircowave to cook all the lunches. During lunch "The Body gets a smell of their lunches and goes after the one guys sandwich. He has to run away and up on to the van to keep his sandwich out of "the body's" hungry jaws. They start yelling for Jack, because I'm out shopping. So what does Jack do, he runs for the camera to take a picture of how "the boby" has the mexican guy on the van trying to get his lunch. They did offer to give her their beans but Jack said no. They were fast, all done hanging drywall in 5 hours. And yes while I was gone Jack said they used the bathroom. So again I had to clean the bathroom because of the construction guys. And these guys used all the Chairman so I know what they were doing:+(

Sunny Day

Today the sun is so bright. It is melting all the snow. They cancelled school today. Because of a little snow. Today A/C Adam is back. He is working right outside the window were the computer is. I don't think he knows that I'm in here because he is using several four letter words while preforming his job:+) He also of course had to use the restroom today. This is the first time since the job johnny is gone that he asked to use it. Now I really like Adam, but, why don't people turn on the fan and spray when they are done using any bathroom. I have the spray sitting right next to the toliet. And the fan is right on the wall. All you have to do is turn it on. Do people not smell the air they create in the bathroom? The Body was outside today running in the snow and the mud. She loves it. Hopefully this mess of snow and mud will be gone by the weekend and spring will be on it's way. It is suppose to be in the 50's this weekend. It's time for spring I saw a robin last week.

Construction continues

Well the shell of the additions is complete. All of my favorite construction guys are gone. Chicken George, Roofer Bob,Pick-up boy Phil, Chef Sasha, Eagle Bob, Brother John, and Roman blue eyes. I gave them all nick names so I could remember them better. Gone also is the Job Johnny. Now we have A/C Adam here. There were two plumbers here also, I didn't like them at all. They always had to use the bathroom. The house bathroom because remember the job johnny is gone. It was some guy and his dad who looked like he should have been on a America's Most Wanted. But they are also gone. Today the gas men came to bury the gas tank, and of course they cut the cable wire. Also today I helped my man cut the insulation to the correct lenghth 8ft. And then I stuffed all in the walls for him while he stapled it down. But of course I put them all in the same way with the printing correct. Now if anyone ever rips out the walls they will say, "wow someone really love their job they put all the printing the same way." It is also snowing here today in southren DE. And the children are getting home early from school. It is only snowing 1 -4 inches but here they think it is a lot.

Construction continues

Well the shell of the additions is complete. All of my favorite construction guys are gone. Chicken George, Roofer Bob,Pick-up boy Phil, Chef Sasha, Eagle Bob, Brother John, and Roman blue eyes. I gave them all nick names so I could remember them better. Gone also is the Job Johnny. Now we have A/C Adam here. There were two plumbers here also, I didn't like them at all. They always had to use the bathroom. The house bathroom because remember the job johnny is gone. It was some guy and his dad who looked like he should have been on a America's Most Wanted. But they are also gone. Today the gas men came to bury the gas tank, and of course they cut the cable wire. Also today I helped my man cut the insulation to the correct lenghth 8ft. And then I stuffed all in the walls for him while he stapled it down. But of course I put them all in the same way with the printing correct. Now if anyone ever rips out the walls they will say, "wow someone really love their job they put all the printing the same way." It is also snowing here today in southren DE. And the children are getting home early from school. It is only snowing 1 -4 inches but here they think it is a lot.

Sunshine

What a beautiful day today. I even got up at 7:30am, just so I could enjoy more of the nice day. The temp. is suppose to be in the mid 50's today. I can walk outside with just a light jacket on. The phone just rang and on the other end was the guy who will be here on 2/27/ to install my counter top. Can this day get any better:+) The construction guys are here today putting on the front porch. And using their own bathroom. Getting back to the wonderful weather today, my flowers are starting to poke their heads up also to enjoy the sunshine. I can feel spring in the air, it's on the way, and that means all the things that I love most in life will soon be here.