Dec 23rd, 2008

Jack and I did celebrat our 4th wedding anniversary this past December 23rd. It doesn't seem that long at all. We went to eat at Prima Pasta and then came home to watch movies. We had company, so a little damper on some things. :(
It is wonderful to remember that wonderful, cold night that I married my eternal companion.

Holidays and Twilight

The holidays were alot of fun. My mother and brother, Justin came down. Justin was here for 4 days and my mom was here about 2 weeks. Mom and I began to read Twilight while she was here. I finished the first one so she could read it on the plane ride home. The day we took her to the airport, Jack and I went to see the movie in Grapevine. (dallas) Then headed right to the bookstore to get the rest of the books. I was so engulfed in them that I didn't really do anything for about 5 days. I wanted to finish reading them before I went back to school. Jack liked the movie and so that made it fun. We ate at On the Border, mexican grill, on our way home and it was yummy!!!
I had about a week when I finished reading to give my husband some much needed attention. We hung out, watched movies, and played. I can't remember anything off the top of my head that was entirely interesting though. Fun for us, boring for yall. I started school last week. Taking 6 classes = 18 hours. Jack was off work during the holidays for 2 weeks, so he is still trying to get back into the swing of sleeping during the day and working at night.
Yesterday I received my greenhouse. It's a pop-up one that you put together alot like a tent. I really like it and when I get all my plants situated I'll post a photo. This weekend Jack is not working so I think we might go to Abilene for some steak at TX Roadhouse. Of course I need to go to Hobby Lobby to pick things up for some of my classes too. But the highlight will be hanging with Jack and eating delicious food. I hope all of you are having a blessed and fun filled new year.

Pictures Finally

To the Right: Brother Hawlett

To the Left: Alma Dehoyas, Chris and Nathan Willson

I finally got some pictures to display. We attended the church Christmas party last weekend. We had food and games, was a blast. Here are some pics of Santa and more importantly a game we played. It was called Reindeer Antlers. You had 8 balloons and one pair of pantyhose. You had to blow up the balloons (4 on each side) to make reindeer antlers and then sing the first verse of Jingle Bells. Young and old all had fun.

Elders Maybee and Allred with Santa.

Joseph Ansons and Family

December

As I sit here and reflect, my month has been rather unexciting. I finished up my finals and now relaxing by cleaning house to get ready for my mother on Saturday. Wait...I said relaxing right? Oh what was I thinking. Jack will be off work for a whole 2 weeks!! Yipee!! Now maybe the holiday spirit will be here. I do have photos from recent activities, I'll upload those w/explanations sometime this week.

A month already

I only have a moment before class. I didn't realize it had been a month since I had posted anything, sorry. I can't believe the madness that is happening in our nation over Prop 8 from California. Here in Texas, when we voted on rights of accepting gay marriage or not ... it was a huge turnout for not being accepted. Of course, I do live in the bible belt. There were no rallies, no protestors...it just went away. Until now.
The last days are among us. We shall stand tall and brave. I do hope all are prepared with every needful thing. Let us unite in God's Army.

Mid October

I can't believe it's already mid october! We have been swamped at least that it seems that way. I had a request for more pics but not for this blog, I'll take some this weekend and post'em. Our little baby, Lucy (our puppy) had to have her anal glands removed yesterday. I know it sounds so bad...but she was so misreable going every other or every week to get it cleaned out. This will save her from that pain and embarressment. She is a lady and doesn't like anything touching her backend. :) We have a couple of weeks of fun until the stitches come out but then she will be all good. Don't feel too bad for her as she now gets spoiled more than ever and canned food. Tipsy, kittycat, is jealous but easy going and takes his naps w/out Lucy bothering her. My semester is almost over and I am currently planning for the next semester in Spring. Jack hurt his back at work the other night but got some medicine for it and tells me that he is a survivor! We are a very happy and prepared couple ...

State Fair

We took off on Friday to go to our 1st destination in Dallas/Ft. Worth . . . the gun shop. In which we looked at everything we could until Jack decided on an AK47 w/2 banana clips and something else. We also looked at a tazer for me, in case I'm ever in danger. But I decided to hold off on that for a while as we live in a small town currently and it's not needed. I guess the world must be coming to an end soon as Jack is getting prepared. We have done well in getting our food storage together and protection. But we also need some MRE's for on the go meals. I forgot my camera so no photos, sorry. We then headed to "On The Border" for mexican food. Is so yummy. I got Steak Fajita Quesadillas and Jack got chicken burrito (huge one). After that we retired to our hotel in downtown Ft Worth (also known as the hood). Kinda of scarey but we had a goodnight's sleep. The next morning we put IHOP in for breakfast in our Garmin and ended up at this Family Pancake place. We had a schedule so we went on in. Only to find we were the only white people in there and the way our waitress treated us; I don't think we were welcome. She didn't say 3 words to us and we by far had to wait forever for our food and then we got our drinks. I've never been in a situation where I was the one that was being ignored by prejudice people. It's not a nice experience. We left shortly after eating.
We then headed for the fair. You could see the large ferris wheel from afar. Thank heavens I didn't have to ride it. We looked at everything: shops that included jewerly, tools, clothes, massagers, fountains, saunas, hot tubs, greenhouses, cooking centers, and so much more. There were a couple of different areas for cars from all the different companies. There was this massive truck by Ford - Ranch King /Super Duty. We stood next to it and seriously the hood was right at my head. There were rides too but cost too much to ride at least for me that day. We ate a turkey leg as they are big enough to share and freshly squeezed lemonade. We wanted many things but decided on just a few. Jack got these wrenches that are amazing - they latch onto the pipe or whatever you have like a hand does, so no gripping problems. I got nail polish but it's not your normal nail polish, it has like a pen on one end to make flowers and other designs on nails and then at the other end a brush for painting the whole nail. We both wanted this set of pans (american made) that nothing sticks to and work better than the teflon ones do. I could feel my cheeks getting burnt so we left.
We ended our night by eating at Olive Garden. Jack got the tour of Italy and I got Asiago Garlic Alfredo Penne pasta. The dessert was out of this world, I highly recommend it - Pumpkin Cheesecake w/ginger crust crumbles. Just the right amount of both. We then retired to Super 8 in Burleson and quickly fell asleep. We awoke and ate breakfast at Dennys. The service was wonderful as well as the food. It was nice to be somewhere were you are treated well. This morning we picked up his gun and came home. Well that's our weekend. We spent time together and enjoyed our day at the Fair!!