Monday, December 1, 2008

Wow! Was it time or what?

The boys have grown so much since I have last posted!
Chad is now 21 nearly 22 and Bug just made 10 years old! Wow!

Chad is nearly completed his 2nd semester at our local college while Bug is now in 4th grade. Chad is really enjoying his art elective - photography. We purchased him an old 1978 camera and he is working primarily in black and white. The class is for manual cameras only and we got this one with several lens for only $60 at a flea market.

We have been busy building a patio, cleaning up everything to be able to put up a tree this week. We still need to complete the back end of the house from Hurricane Gustav. Carroll is waiting for some siding to come in. He wants to rent the scaffolding for a weekend and do the plywood and siding together. We are working on our side wall as well that was damaged by bees. We even got some more flooring for the front bathroom that was messed up as well.

Bug still has issues with his allergies. He has a really bad case of hives. His cream and benadryl isn't working so well right now. We also visit the urologist Wednesday. We have been so careful with all of his allergies I am not sure what is giving him his hives.

Carroll is working everyday at the jail right now but no prisoners for quite some time still. There is so much damage at the jail and each company has to work in the jail but can't all at the same time. He has gigs every weekend in December.

Pete, my brother, is doing so much better after his fall. He had stitches in his lip and still having trouble with his teeth. He has learned how to check football scores online and upcoming games. He is thinking about getting his email back up and running. I think he is getting computer savvy that he may be able to do that.

I have been busy as well. I actually made 3 pies this week and quite excited on how well they came out and how much my family has enjoyed them as well. Chad did make the top crusts for me. The pies were pretty much Chad, Bug, and I as a "momma and boys" project. My MIL and my sister both enjoyed the pies, too. Making the pies made me feel closer to my momma, too. We used to help her make pies. I miss her so much. We even brought dad a slice of blueberry pie. He really enjoyed it. The pies were made with granulated splenda so I could eat it as well. We even looked for and found pies that were "Bug Friendly" as well. Now health wise I still have too many issues for being only 43. I had my first pair of glasses in September. I am having issues with my face going numb and hard. We are trying some things to try and figure all of these symptoms out.

I hope your holiday season has been AWESOME and the coming holidays are even brighter.

Love to all!!
Pauline