Carolina Rain

Last night Dale and I went to a concert at Rib Mountain resort and these guys were the band that was playing. AWESOME is all I can say!!

LIFE!!

Life is short, break the rules, forgive quick, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that makes you smile!!

I am the Monopoly Queen!!!

A few weeks ago Dale and I purchased a Monopoly World Edition Game and we played the night we bought it with my niece Samantha and all THREE times I won!!!
Last night I played with Dale and Brittany and both times I won again, and I didn't just win by a little I won by MILLIONS I had hotels and everything, it was a great time... I came to a conclusion that I am the Monopoly Queen!! Its a great game to pass the time - mostly when your winning!!!

Progress on the house!!

Well we put in two windows in our breakfast nook. Let me tell you we have a million dollar view...

Spring is Here!!

It is so exciting to see all this water in our yard because finally Spring is here and hopefully for good. Pays to have a couple days in the 60's...

hair color and cut

So I went out today and got my hair colored and cut. It was a nice time and I really enjoyed treating for myself..

Cat upset about us leaving for Indiana!!

Growing up is hard to do!!

So this week Brittany came home early from school and she looked as if she was crying, so I asked her what was going on? She said with big crocodile tears, "I don't want to grow up" after she said this I thought to myself. I didn't know what to do or what to say. So I didn't say anything except let her talk. She is 18 years old and she's already an adult. I thought to my self that she has been through so much already in her 18 years of life than I have in my 31 years of life. So time passes and she asks dale and I to go to town for little things and I said "no" because I just got done with work and it was my fourth 12 hour shift and I was tired. She got all mad and said "If I lived in town, I would just go where I want to go." So again I didn't say anything because I did not want to argue with her for I was too tired to make a big deal out of the comment. Then she made the comment that this summer her and her friends are going to move into an apartment together. Is it so bad I thought to myself, that it not quick enough. I guess sometimes I just want to get on with my life. How terrible is that?? Thats all I can say is that she lies to us all the time and I am getting to the point where it is too much to handle..
The next day I read her blog and she writes that she is living in a prison and she misses her home and family. I thought to myself, "Dale and I aren't keeping her from seeing her family or friends." She has our car she can go if she wants to see them. We don't tell her one way or the other if she can see her family or not.
I just thought how terrible is it living with Dale and I. We actually spoil this kid. She can talk us into most anything unless she breaks our trust which she has done many times in the past 11 months. How can she say things like this when we care for her and she writes the only thing important to her is her cell phone and her friends. That is just a teenager talking.
So today I looked on her school attendance and seen that she skipped school 2 times last week. How upsetting is that, we give her a car so she can go to school and work and she skips school anyway. How are we supposed to trust her. She doesn't care how she treats Dale and I, but we are supposed to care how we treat her. She has terrible character. I can't trust her and I don't think I ever will. I just don't know what to think any more..

Dale!!

So this is dale trying on my hat, How silly!!

So much work after vacation!!!

Today was a lazy day, Dale and I got back from St. Louis last evening and today I had to do all the laundry and that is pretty much all I did all day. But at least it is washed, folded, and put away.. I still have to clean the house but there is another day for that.