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I still don't have any internet service at my house so therefore no pictures with this post. If any of you see Larry and any of his goons on the street would you tell him that you sure would appreciate it if he would get Kristi Wagner's internet service up and running.

Okay, now with that out of the way, this will be another post where you are privileged to find out my deepest and darkest thoughts.

1. I sent my daughter to school today even though I think she is trying to get sick. Her throat hurts, her head hurts, her ear aches, and she has a barking cough. But being the good mom that I am, I gave her some ibuprofen and sent her out the door. It is the last full day of school and she was afraid that today would be the last day she would get to see Mrs. Chapman - her favoritest teacher in the whole wide world. Anyway, I told her I would bring her lunch so that I could check on her. So see I'm not so bad afterall and I have emailed Basha so I can get a potion.

2. I think I should post like this all the time. I had 5, count'em 5, comments on my post from last week. I was pumped. That is the most I have ever had. And I had lots of people tell me that they read my blog all the time and that they love this picture etc. We all need reassurance that we aren't in an empty room talking to ourselves. Thanks guys for the lift.

3. Bonnie over at http://alphabetsnipes.blogspot.com/ posted about the season premier of Jon & Kate Plus 8. I am sure everyone knows all the troubles they are having right now or else you have been living in a hole. I had DVRd (should this be just a d or ed?) the show and watched it the other night. Kate wrote a book and has been out on her book tour and Jon quit his job so that he could stay home with kids. Well, just like everyone else, except the male/female roles are reversed here, Jon stays home all week wiping noses, fixing meals, cleaning house, taking the kids to school (and maybe stopping at a bar a two), and then Kate swoops in and I am sure complains about the way something was done or not done, instead of just saying thank you for being there for our kids and for me. Jon has lost his identity. And Kate needs to quit griping. She did not put that party on by herself, she had how many assistants? I counted at least five. Us real world people do it by ourselves. Also, she needs to quit complaining about the paparrazzi. What did she expect when she signed on with TLC. She put her family under the microscope at that point. Okay, I could go on forever, but I think Jon hit the nail on the head when he said, "We only wanted to document are children's lives. Now this has become a business." In my not so professional opinion, they need to shut down the cameras and get back to living and loving as a family. They have lost sight of the most important things.

4. We spent Memorial Day weekend with my sister as I said we would. My niece, nephew, Reagan, and I had a volley tournament type thing we played in the pool. My hands and wrist were so sore on Tuesday. I think Bryce and I had the most with 143.

5. Do any of you read books? I think we should each do a weekly post on what book we are reading at the time. I am currently reading The Associate by John Grisham. I am enjoying it and I haven't quite figured out the ending yet and I am half way through. We have Kyle who is fresh out of Yale who wanted to do some public service defense before making his way to the big leagues but a past incident from his fraternity days changes the course he takes.

6. Last day of school is tomorrow. Yippee.

7. Our wheat is getting harvested today. I took pictures of DW and the girls in the wheat field last night. They are similar to the ones I took of them last year in the oat field. Super Dave came up last night to test it to see if it was ready and he started combining as we were taking the pictures. Henlee rode in the combine with her Daddy and loved it. I have all these pictures ready and waiting. We sat outside with Dave and Beck and the kids and I told Dave how I love to watch the field change through each season. In late summer Dave plows and gets the ground ready for the new crop. Come September, the new crop is planted and before long you can see sprigs of green emerge. Before long it is April and the dark green is fading and is replaced by a lite toasty color. The short green sprigs are now long toasty sprigs and sway with each breath of wind. Now we all start getting excited because it won't be long before it is harvested and we can see the bounty that is produced. Then it all starts over.

I hope everyone is having a great week and that the weekend will be even better. I am looking forward to taking Reagan swimming on Friday and seeing all of my extended family at a graduation party on Saturday.

Internet Frustrations

When you live in the country your internet options are few and far between. We currently have wireless service through Hometown Computing via a tower at Blue Ridge that is probably going to fall into the gravel pit. To make a long story short, I have not had internet service at my house for 2 weeks. I have had tons of things I want to blog about, and yes I can do it at work, but I can't upload my pictures here, unless I unplug everything from my home computer. (Was that a run on sentence or what.) So I am going to tell you about everything I wanted to blog about.

1. Three weekends ago we spent Saturday afternoon and night with the McAnallys. Amy and I toured the pawn shops looking for bikes. After we ate, Amy took the children to these little gum-ball machines where they have trinkets in them. Each kid could pick what they wanted. Funny guy Gage picked a grey mustache and came out of the restaraunt prouder than punch. It was hilarious. He kind of looked like Captain Kangaroo. (Hopefully I can post this picture soon. No pressure Hometown.) Then we headed to the dirt track in Kileen for Saturday night racing and a demolition derby. The kids loved the derby.

2. Reagan has learned to ride her bike. Thank you Dadu for teaching her. I know you said she learned on her own but you instilled the confidence she needed. And for Mother's Day, DW and the girls gave me a bike. Almost every night, Reagan and I ride to the end of our road and back a couple times. This is quite a feat if you have seen the grade up to our house and she doesn't have gears on her bike. However, last night when we were riding, she decided to try to look back to see where me and Iaka (our dog) were, and she slipped and fell. She skinned her knee up pretty good. Her Daddy told her that that wouldn't be the last bike wreck and she said, "And it probably won't be the worst."

3. We went to the dentist the other day and he was talking to Reagan about school and that she was probably just marking time since she didn't have any big test to finish. She quickly told him that they had just finished the TEMI test and so they were done. This cracked me up because for one thing, he doesn't know diddly about TEMI and secondly, Reagan was dead serious.

4. Henlee is growing by leaps and bounds. She is constanly wearing everyone's shoes. I think DW and I better start saving our money because she is definitely a shoe gal.

5. All of my clothes closets and drawers are cleaned out. Yea for me. Now on to the toy closet. I think I should just set a bomb off in this closet and get my friend Patrick to seal it up. They may be easier than trying to sort through the mess.

6. Softball is almost over and I think it is time. Our team started off with a bang and now are struggling. When you aren't winning (specifically getting creamed), the kids are less forgiving of mistakes made by their teammates and aren't very nice and feelings get hurt, yada yada yada.

7. On a happier note, we are headed to my sister's for the long weekend. Lots of sun and fun.

8. I forgot to add this: Reagan and I are going to see Taylor Swift in September with another Mom and daughter. We are so psyched.

I think this post was more for me than all of you because I was feeling the need to blog. I hate that I can't share my pictures with you, but I am hopeful that Larry and his crew will get it fixed SOON. In fact, I think I will call them right now. Ciao

I'm Tagged

Amy H tagged me for a fun list of 8!

The rules are:
1. Mention the person that tagged you.
2. Complete the lists of 8's.
3. Tag 8 other bloggers.
4. Tell them that they have been tagged.

8 Things I Look Forward To

1. 8 days at Port Aransas with my Mom, my sister and her family and the McAnallys camping in our trailers.
2. Race Weekends
3. Spending the weekend with my sister and her kids whether it is here, there, or anywhere
4. Reading my book in my bath tub or really anywhere.
5. Rocking Henlee
6. Swimming in Lisa's pool and playing water volleyball
7. The last day of school
8. More lake trips with the McAnallys, Meldes, and Durants which means more camping weekends.

8 Things I did yesterday

1. Worked
2. Ate lunch with my Mom
3. Bought Reagan's teachers and the secretaries at the school hanging plants
4. Fixed chicken spaghetti for supper
5. Played frisbee with Reagan outside while Henlee picked up rocks.
6. Gave the girls a bath
7. Read my book for 15 minutes in the bath tub
8. Rocked Henlee to sleep (such a peaceful time)

8 Things I wish I could do

1. Run 3 miles without stopping
2. Lose weight
3. Pull our camper so that I wouldn't have to depend on DW when I wanted to go
4. Have a clean house all the time
5. Ride a Horse
6. Not worry so much - relax
7. Stay home with my kids
8. Have more kids except that I really don't want more kids at my age, I guess I wish I had started earlier.

8 Things I watch

1. The Amazing Race
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. Private Practice
4. The Unit
5. NCIS
6. The Mentalist
7. Hidden Potential
8. Jon & Kate Plus 8
Thank goodness for DVR, otherwise I would watch nothing

8 Bloggers I tag...
1. Bonnie
2. Chrissy
3. And I think
4. those are the
5. only people
6.left that
7. read
8. my blog
Have a great weekend everyone!!