Field Trip

Went on a little field trip today.
To Bethlehem.
It was such a gorgeous day for it too!
I packed myself a gourmet lunch.
And headed out.

Okay....
Went to Bethlehem, GA.
About 30 minutes from home.
Sounds like I'm a world traveler though!
Needed to run to the Home Depot there.
They didn't have what I wanted at the one that's 10 minutes from home.

My gourmet lunch turned out to be a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Hope you had a wonderful day!

Prom

School is winding down.
There are all sorts of places to be and to be seen.
One is the prom.
Not for me, of course.
But for Caleb and his girl.
Caleb doesn't do proms.
He will tell you he was forced to go.
No, not coerced.
Forced.

At least he looks good!

Check out the Converse!
Black hi-tops!
That's my boy!

"See, Mom, I'm having FUN."
"Now STOP taking pictures of me!"

Super Caleb--up, up, and away!

Something Finished

Since tomorrow is May 1, I wanted to let you know that the bathroom ceiling is finally finished.
In my defense, it's been finished for a little while now.

New ceiling and light fixture....

Many things go wrong in the process.
Naturally.
The final result is beautiful.
At least I think so.
I still have to paint the wall where the branch hit.
But that doesn't have to be finished by tomorrow.
At least I hope so......

Something

You know what they say,
"If it's not one thing, it's another."
You can always count on that around here.

When you live with a bunch a boys sometimes you just need to light a candle.
Know what I'm saying?
Well, I did.
And set the lampshade on fire.
Nice, right?

The next day.....

My cell rings.
"Hello?"
"Hi, this is the nurse up at the school. I have David up here in the office......"
LOUD CRASH 
house shakes
I scream like a little girl.
"I'm sorry. Something just hit my house."
"It's not an emergency. I can call you back."
"Fine."

So....
I run out the door to see what in the world happened.

Oh, just a pine branch on the roof.
Okay.
Back inside I check Anna's room and the main bathroom.
No damage.
All good.
I'll look in the attic later.
When I find the ladder.

I run up to the school to see about Dave.
Rug burn and a hurt wrist from playing dodge ball in P.E.
Really?
That warrants a call home?
Apparently Dave just wants some ice.
Good grief.
But I digress.


On my return home I go into my bathroom.
Voila, a skylight!

And a log in front of the toilet.

Nice, right?

To be honest, 

I'm crying when Rusty pulls in the driveway.

Yes, there are lots of things to be thankful for.

But all I can see is the sky through the bathroom ceiling.

Rusty sets me straight.

No one is hurt.

It's not the first time he's fixed the roof.

He's right, of course.

He says, "Now you can do that ceiling you've been talking about."

But I don't want to do it right now.

I thought I might fold some laundry.

And run the vacuum.

It could happen.

"Can't we just staple a Kroger bag over the hole until I'm ready?" I ask.

No he says because then it won't get done until May.

I don't know where he comes up with these crazy ideas.

After 2 trips to Lowe's and Home Depot.

The board/paneled ceiling I dream about.

Sort of.

It's still unfinished.

But you knew that right?

Think I need a new light fixture.

And paint.

Of course.

It's not May yet, is it?

Last Week

Did some logging.

Some golfing.

Caleb's girlfriend.
Photo courtesy of Caleb.

Anna had a relapse.
Took in a UGA baseball game.

Found a snake.
Almost had a heart attack.
No pictorial evidence.
Too traumatic.


Began cleaning out the garage.
Before we ended up on an episode of Hoarder's.

It might still happen.

Since it didn't get finished.

With all that excitement it's no wonder I got sick.
Still not up to par.
Roo returned home from school with a fever.
Lovely.

7:30 a.m.

Caleb kisses me goodbye and walks out the door.
I hear the all too familiar creek of a tree.
A tree falling.
Falling in the front yard.
CALEB!
I run to the door.
My heart is pounding.
Where is Caleb?
He is at the end of the driveway.
Safe.

A tree lays across our front yard.
Inches away from where Rusty's truck usually sits.

Thank you Jesus.

Everyone is safe.

I inspect the damage.

Dave's bike is right next to the tree.

Unharmed.

Anna's bike is pinned under the tree.

'Cause I moved it out of the way the other day.....

What a smarty pants.

She'll probably need a new bike.

I try to move the tree off her bike.

I fall on my butt. 

The fallen tree is actually between the power line and the cable line.

It tops off just above the lines.

No lines down.

Thank you Jesus!

Guess you know what we'll be doing this weekend.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!

His faithful love endures forever. 

Psalm 118:1 NLT

Updates

Caleb went to a Sadie Hawkins dance.

Aren't they cute?

Anna and her team won Battle of the Books.

No, I don't really know what that means.

But it has to do with books and reading.

So that makes me very proud.

NowAnna has strep throat.

Isn't that fun?

The living room is still getting put back together.

This may take some time.

I'm doing some de-cluttering.

Ouch!