Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Upside Down House Again
To those who don't know, we are in the midst of change at the compound yet again. Let's see, Matthew has moved over to Albany in his quest of trying to find himself. Donald and I are moving into the poolhouse after we exorcise the maleness of Matt's friends who have been hanging around the last few months. Dave and Eileen are moving into the main house because they just keep feeling like they need to be in Tifton at this time in their lives. Believe me they have fought the feeling for several months. Tabi is off to Virginia at least until the end of August. I hope she loves it as much as we did. The grandparents are not moving anywhere though they may wish they were elsewhere in a month or so. Tift Towers might look real inviting. Did I mention Dave and Co. includes a dog, cat, chickens, and a rat? Betsy said we could have Bob the retired thoroughbred horse to round everything out. For everyone who hasn't seen the house yet, we have all gone stark crazy and have finally redone the living room. The hole James fell through is fixed, we have wood flooring laid down with beautiful clean new baseboards, and the walls have been painted two shades of blue though one shade may change. It is all kind of nautical looking at the moment and that may not go with the game room theme we hope to achieve once the pool table is moved inside the main house.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Tagged
How to play this game. Post these rules on your blog; List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names....
Joys- Making Jed and Donald laugh.
Watching an old movie on quiet Friday nights.
Giving away roses to brighten someones day.
Fears- Not being a good example
Going blind
Losing a member of my family to bad influences
Goals- Become more independent
Get my mind back
Have everyone settled by school start
Obsessions- M&M's though I have cut back
Roses
Reading recipes off the web
Facts- I love Danielle Steele movies
I have never driven more than four hours
The three guys who have loved me the most are all named Donald
I think everyone has been tagged. if not go ahead and do this, I like reading them.
Joys- Making Jed and Donald laugh.
Watching an old movie on quiet Friday nights.
Giving away roses to brighten someones day.
Fears- Not being a good example
Going blind
Losing a member of my family to bad influences
Goals- Become more independent
Get my mind back
Have everyone settled by school start
Obsessions- M&M's though I have cut back
Roses
Reading recipes off the web
Facts- I love Danielle Steele movies
I have never driven more than four hours
The three guys who have loved me the most are all named Donald
I think everyone has been tagged. if not go ahead and do this, I like reading them.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
300 hundred pairs of underwear
Why do they call it a pair of underwear? Donald says it is because it has two places for legs. Anyway, we were cleaning out the barn yet again and I was reminded of one of the really stressful times in my life.
It was hurricane season about three years ago. We had collected clothing and sent it over to the coast. We had sent men and food over to the coast. It all had been really, really stressful. To top it all off, we had asked for donations of pairs of large size underwear. It seems that was a much needed item. One of our sisters in the ward went to the local underwear manufacturer and found out we could get underwear classified as no good for free. There was nothing that would make it unwearable, it just wasn't perfect for some reason. So we went to pick it up. It filled three vans. We first stored it in the hallway of Bishop Burns house. It fit fine, I don't know why he was so anxious to have it moved somewhere else. We were never able to get it to the coast because the week after we picked it up no one was going that way anymore.
We began our quest to dispose of the underwear. I'll bet if you looked you would see the beautiful leopard print and cobalt blue on half the women in Tift County. We thought of sewing quilts with some of it. We were going to get the boys scouts to help move it from the Bishop's house to the barn. We changed plans when we pictured what those boys might do when they discovered what was in the boxes they were carrying. We gave it to relatives, church groups, anyone and everyone and still had underwear in the barn. Boxes and boxes of it. We couldn't burn it because of all the time we had invested and besides it was free! Finally after facing all those boxes every time I opened the barn, I saw an ad in the shopper. Someone wanted clothing. I called and told them what a goldmine I had. I don't know what they did with it, I hope they personally used some judging from the way they looked when they came to pick it up. I was just glad to see that old car drive off with boxes sticking out from the tied down trunk lid. And yes, I did keep one pair of it. I keep it to remind me that sometimes it is good to say no when someone makes what sounds like a great offer.
It was hurricane season about three years ago. We had collected clothing and sent it over to the coast. We had sent men and food over to the coast. It all had been really, really stressful. To top it all off, we had asked for donations of pairs of large size underwear. It seems that was a much needed item. One of our sisters in the ward went to the local underwear manufacturer and found out we could get underwear classified as no good for free. There was nothing that would make it unwearable, it just wasn't perfect for some reason. So we went to pick it up. It filled three vans. We first stored it in the hallway of Bishop Burns house. It fit fine, I don't know why he was so anxious to have it moved somewhere else. We were never able to get it to the coast because the week after we picked it up no one was going that way anymore.
We began our quest to dispose of the underwear. I'll bet if you looked you would see the beautiful leopard print and cobalt blue on half the women in Tift County. We thought of sewing quilts with some of it. We were going to get the boys scouts to help move it from the Bishop's house to the barn. We changed plans when we pictured what those boys might do when they discovered what was in the boxes they were carrying. We gave it to relatives, church groups, anyone and everyone and still had underwear in the barn. Boxes and boxes of it. We couldn't burn it because of all the time we had invested and besides it was free! Finally after facing all those boxes every time I opened the barn, I saw an ad in the shopper. Someone wanted clothing. I called and told them what a goldmine I had. I don't know what they did with it, I hope they personally used some judging from the way they looked when they came to pick it up. I was just glad to see that old car drive off with boxes sticking out from the tied down trunk lid. And yes, I did keep one pair of it. I keep it to remind me that sometimes it is good to say no when someone makes what sounds like a great offer.
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