My Gelatinous Blob

Well the title might seem a little strange, but it's a quote from Ethan. Tonight as I was tucking him into bed, he said "let me give my gelatinous blob a hug." If anyone else had said that to me I would have gotten upset, but Ethan meant it as the best compliment in the world. He said that he "loved how soft I felt when he hugged me." Now if that doesn't make your heart sing, I don't know what will:-) I guess I need to keep eating Blue Bell to make sure my "gelatinous blob" stays intact!!

Colin had a game tonight. Papaw, Ron, Ethan, and I were at the game, and sat with Jane Ann & Steve. It was a good game, and the Roughnecks won 26-6(I think this was the final score, but could be wrong). It was the first time for me to see Colin kick in a game. I remember when he told me that he was on special teams as the kicker.......my first thoughts were of Charlie Brown. Ethan practiced with him in the driveway and I keep seeing visions of Lucy and Charlie Brown:-) I have to say he did really well kicking off the ball. No falls, or ripped pants:-) Speaking of pants.........Colin is #18. Check out the color of his pants. Since practice began, I've been a freak about hygiene and washing his clothes. I specifically asked him if I needed to wash his uniform, his response was "NO, they have people that wash them for us." So at tonight's game Jane Ann mentioned how white some of the boys pants were.....I said that Colin's were brown and must not be getting cleaned right. She gave me a puzzled look and I immediately knew that the little bugger had lied to me!!!! Every other mother has been soaking her son's pants in oxyclean........while mine has been wearing filthy stinky pants!!! Here's the best part of the story. When Ron drove Colin home from the game, he asked him why he didn't bring home his pants so I could wash them. Colin replied, "football ain't supposed to be pretty!" There you have it..........he wanted the dirtiest pants so he'd look tough:-)

The photo on the far right is a favorite of mine. #62 is Austin, #35 is Kelton, and #18 is Colin. This in the only picture I've been able to get of Colin & Kelton together. They have been friends since they were tiger cubs in scouts. Austin is the boy who was wearing the brightest & whitest pants on the team. If that ain't an ad for oxyclean, I don't know what is:-)

Football's Back in Town

Well life is slowly getting back to normal around town. High School football is picking up were it left off before Ike bent the field goal post over and blew down the scoreboard. Homecoming was rescheduled for October 10th, and today's game was originally scheduled for Friday night.

Ethan and Adam hung out next to us in the stands. They are the two biggest GB Packer fans in Texas!! They always have on their Packer gear at the games. Colin was busy "trolling" around with his friends during the game. He touched base once to get money for concession stand food.

The best thing about this year's season is that our tickets are next to Rose & Mike. So, I get to sit next to Rose and catchup on everything going on in our lives. I also get to see the girls when they check in with Rose.

Speaking of the girls.......I ran into Val in the parking lot tailgating. She was all painted up, and someone had tagged her car. I am so excited about her Senior year. It'll be tons of fun helping Rose with all the stuff, and calming her nerves when she sees all the $$$$$$

Last but not least, the halftime show. Well, let me tell you something about the halftime show. At every halftime show, the Prancers do a routine to the song, "There's no business like show business." It's not my favorite part of the game, but like they say.......It's Tradition!

Random Memories

Today was a cleaning house day for me. After the mess of the storm, I was cleaning every surface of the house with clorox. While I was organizing my bedroom, I gazed at this photo of me & Rose taken at the Bayhouse(I keep it in a frame on my dresser). Now I have no clue where Rachel or Letitia and Melissa happened to be at the time (since we were always together), but I absolutely love this photo. I guess it's because of those flowers. I always had bad allergies. I think everyone in the family knew that I spent most of my time at the Bayhouse in fits of sneezes.......with either a runny nose or a nose bleed. Yet, there I stand with wild flowers!!

I have so many fond memories of summers spent at the Bayhouse. I was so glad to hear that the Bayhouse survived Ike, or at least that's what Rose told me. I really need to write down all the stuff we did as kids in Sargent. Then again, what happens in Sargent should probably stay in Sargent!!

Let there be light!!!

Finally, after thirteen days of living without electricity our power was restore tonight!! I never want to hear the sound of a generator again........my ears are still ringing from the rumble of the engine. I wanted to post a few photos from the last 2 weeks. I'll include more later, but here are some highlights from Hurricane Ike.

Some of the kids in the neighborhood made signs for the entrances. Some folks even put signs in front of their houses with cabin numbers. Thirteen days without electricity is a long time, especially if your kitchen is all electric. Thanks Kalei for letting me cook at all hours in your kitchen. I owe you big time!!

Before the storm, all the neighbors on our street hung out at the Smith's house and had a little hurricane party. Little did we know how bad it was gonna get during the night.

The kids helped out alot with the cleanup. Val and Colin worked together to cut some of Papaw and Granny's tree branches. Papaw and Granny lived in their camper on generator power until they got their electricity. I'll have to tell the story about the trip home and the stop and the railroad crossing later.

We Survived Ike

Just a quick note between power outages. We made it through the storm, and are doing okay. We do have some roof and water damage, but came out alive. I have photos, but can't upload them. It is very sad.......all we need is gas for our generators. Electricity would be absolute bliss. We are praying for our freinds and neighbors who had it much worse than us. I'll try to update again, but power and internet service comes and goes. I am at Rose's house at the moment, because she has electricity. I'm hoping we get electricity very soon.......Rita

The calm before the storm.....

Anyone who lives along the Gulf Coast knows that hurricanes are part of the package. Today was one of those days when you work all day to get ready for the unknown. Hurricane Ike is turning out to be a very unpredictable storm. I usually have a gut feeling with these storms, but this one really might go anywhere. We secured all our stuff, and I managed to make room for Ron's car in the garage. We have tons of water, food, batteries, and other supplies. We didn't board up our house, but will go across the street to a neighbor's boarded up house if we need to. So, at this point we're waiting and hoping for the best possible scenario. The photo was taken on Galveston Island this summer. It was one of those trips to the beach that turn out so much better than you imagined. The weather was absolutely wonderful, and the water was beautiful. I hope this storm doesn't change the landscape too much.

Coastal Living

This is a photo I took of our house the day we evacuated for Hurrican Rita. Well everything went well three years ago, and we ended up having a nice visit with John and Andrea and the rest of the Little Family in Humble. This time with Hurricane Ike we are staying home. Most of the neighbors are staying, and school hasn't been cancelled in our district, yet. So, I am teetering on the edge of a storm induced baking/cooking marathon!! Those of you that know me, know I'll be in the kitchen tomorrow. Ethan has already requested peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, and Colin was pretty much open to anything chocolate. Around our house, we tend to gain weight during inclement weather.

Isn't it funny how when a storm is headed our way, everyone seems to talk about all the storms that they have made it through in the past. How about Colette??? Remember the "flood of '79" ??? That was a memorable storm. We had 8 inches of water in the house, and had to live out of the attic for 2 weeks!! I remember our grandparents coming down and having to use a john boat to get food to us. Then there was Rose trying to surf on a 2 X 4, then seeing that snake, and "walking" on water to get to dry land. The next storm that caused quite a stir was Hurricane Alicia. I almost slept through that one, until the neighbor's window broke and they woke me up to go into one of the "safer" rooms in the back of the house. That was the first time I experienced the eye of a hurricane. I have to say it was pretty cool........not that I'd ever want to experience one again.........hear that Ike????

Tuesday Night Football

Are you ready for some football??? Colin's football season officially began tonight and he had Uncle Mike, Val, Ethan, Ron, and me cheering him on. He played a good game, scored the first touchdown of the game and his career!!! Of course, I embarrassed the heck out of him running and screaming down the sideline. He was unaware of that fact until I filled him in on the details. Here are some photos of the game.......please be patient with my posting and editing, I haven't figured out the software with my camera yet!!! Btw, Colin is in jersey #18......and I need to learn how to crop or get a zoom lense!!!

Try to post a picture

Posting a photo should be easy right?? So why is it taking me all night to figure out how to post some photos??? This is what I plan to do. I'm gonna post some photos I took on the first day of school. They maybe upside down or all over the margins, but I'm gonna learn how to this by trial and error. So here it goes......

Welcome to blogging

Well, I've finally entered the world of blogging. I have no idea how to post photos or other stuff, but I guess I'll learn as I go. Gotta go and pickup pizza and make some pumpkin tortellini for dinner.