Special Days in May

May 1   Troy Stokely's Birthday
        1    Christa's Birthday
        3    Kurt McEwan's Birthday
        9    Brittany's Birthday
       11   Tristen's Birthday
       18   Cameron Murray's Birthday
       21   Randy Murray's Birthday
       21   Aunt Jane's Birthday
       27   Uncle Hallett's Birthday
       29   Mandy Pate's Birthday

Happy Birthday Kurt!

Happy birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday to YOU
Happy Birthday dear Kurt
Happy Birthday to YOU.

Don't forget party at the Top Stop!

Chris new address (after next Tuesday)

  I got a letter today from Chris. He sent out a necklace from Tahiti made from super tiny shells. He told me that thanks to me he has received more mail than anyone in his District. I guess that letter a day did the trick! By tomorrow I will have to transition from the old address to the new JAPAN address.
Here it is

Elder Christopher Z. Roller
Japan Sapporo Mission
24-1-25 Kita 2-jo Nishi
Chuo-ku
Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 064-0822
JAPAN
If you hurry and write him now, it might be there when he arrives on Wednesday night. Don't forget about the special $1.10 international stamp!

More of Chris .....

Chris sent these yesterday. Looks like they have plenty of time to "goof off". This is the group going to Japan. They leave next Wednesday morning. Way to go Chris!

Surprise in the mail

  Today I received a letter from the Dole Customer Relations manager. A couple of weeks ago I purchased two bags of Dole potatoes (yep, the banana people). When I was peeling them, the middles of almost every potato was gray inside. The outside was perfect, just the inside was kind of like rotten, but not the usual rotten potato.
  I spotted a toll free number on the bag, and that just said to me....call them! So, I did. I asked the lady why the outside of the potato was fine, but the inside was rotten. She explained to me that when a potato gets cold, it does something to the inside, which causes in in fact to start to rot from the inside out. She asked where I got the potato from, and how much they cost.
  Today I got in the mail a letter of apology, along with four crisp one dollar bills. Looks like I will be able to use them to send out to the grandkids! I still have my $20.00 in M&M coupons. I just might send them out to the grandkids too!

Hey everyone, well Nate got first in his tri, and his friend got 2nd, He was really happy about it. Well as for me I'm going to start driving soon, and I'm really excited. Mom got a new car and so I get her old one, but until I get my perment dads driving it. Anyways thats about all thats going on.

Tristen.......Wendy

Hey girl,
Tell us about Nate's triathlon.
Pictures too if you have any.

Wendy,
Does Liv have everything she needs for her pageant? How did practice go last week?

Beautiful day in the neighborhood

   I was so brilliant. I told Sherrill that if he would come home early from work I would help him cut the grass. They had been calling on and off for rain tomorrow, so I wanted to go ahead and get it done. I can ride the entire yard while he pushes or weed eats around the trees and all. Yep, we got it all done.
Now tomorrow we have some raking, tree planting and transplanting, and regular yard clean up.
   I have a crepe myrtle growing under my deck. During the summer it grows out the side, and up about 10 foot or so. During the winter Sherrill cut it back to about 3 feet. I want him to dig that thing up and move it somewhere. It's a beautiful tree, just grows sideways with the sun!
  Plus I have the two Japanese maples I have been raising in pots.  I have GOT to plant those things. They are just 2 or 3 feet from the top of the house. I just hope they live if we move them. I have grown them from just little twigs.
  So, looks like tomorrow will be a busy day. Don't you want to come and play?

Just another Day

  Today was just another day, filled with laundry, cleaning, etc.
   Remember the post I did a few days ago about the Dutch baby? That's what I had for dinner. It was pretty good. It was easy, and didn't require any attention. It really is like a pancake with scrambled eggs inside. There's not a lot of egg, just enough that you know it is there. I fixed some sausage with it, and a glass of orange juice rounded out the meal. Easy!
   Isabella goes in tomorrow for another spinal tap, bone marrow biopsy, and more chemo. She can't eat anything until she gets through everything. After all of that who would even want to eat?!
  The Mt Olive Pickle Festival is the weekend. There will be a lot of people descending on that small town. Lots of food and fun. I will be staying at home.
  Eli is reading the book Robinson Crusoe. He found a leather bound edition at the public library. That boy is one in a million!
  Chris was supposed to get his traveling papers today. Guess we will have to wait until next Tuesday to learn anything.
  For all you hard workers, hang tight, you are moving into the weekend. Make it a good one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnydFmqHuVo

I love this video, its the best, its called How animals eat their food, so funny -Tristen

Little Travis

  In case you don't recognize any of these, Travis (my very first nephew) is the guy with the beard, then unknown prom date, then "Little Travis" who towers above them all, then his mom Kelly. All that is missing are sisters Brooke and Sydney. Can you believe how much Little Travis has grown?

Leaving early

   News from the Mission Training Center. Chris will be leaving a week earlier than he had expected.
He will be flying out on May 8th. He will be getting his papers and everything next week. Now, let's hope he doesn't loose them.  He is SO excited. I'm happy for him, but I really don't want him to leave the US.  I'm just selfish that way.
  If you're going to write him a letter, you better get with it. Pretty soon we will be using those $1.10
international stamps!

Toilet Paper

So I'm just sitting here talking to Kurt and remind him I need to run over to the next town to pick up a case of toilet paper I ordered. He reply's " I hope it's not that kind we have in the bathroom, I'd rather have goverment T.P." So here's the question do you think I need to hang up all the different kinds there are and let him choose which one is best??

Spongebob

So tonight I was outside painting the front door and I hear Jacob crying so I open the door and ask "What's wrong" He tells me why he's crying, something about Spongebob and I ask Kenneth what he's saying Kenneth reply's " They are calling Spongebob an idiot and he's say's Spongebob is not an idiot". So I just say ok and close the door again and agree with the TV, Spongebob is an idiot and poor Jacob's feeling were crushed about them being mean to his idol.

Eli and Legoland

These are pictures of Eli at Legoland that Kat put on her blog. I wonder where Isaac is.

Elizabeth City, NC

This is where I grew up. Amazing the things you can find on youtube!

Blake Scott

 

 

 

World News

    I have spent a lot of the last couple of days doing this. Yes, sitting in front of the TV watching the world news. First the Boston Bombing, then the Ricin letters, then the arrest of the couple for the murders in Texas, then the explosion in Texas. Wow! I wonder what happened to the GOOD news!
   I told Sherrill last night before he went to bed that I wouldn't be able to cook dinner tonight because I had to keep up with current events. He just smiled, and nodded. I've got too much stuff to do anyway!
I had rather go out and buy him a plate of food. I sure wish he ate Pizza!
  I still jump up doing commercials to do a little house keeping and computer stuff. I sure hope all of this
NEWS dies down soon.

Dutch Baby

Have you ever heard of a Dutch Baby? I hadn't until I read about it on a blog. This would be perfect for
a Saturday breakfast. I'll bet Sherrill could even make this. I would want some bacon along with it of course!
Pre-heat your oven to 425 degrees and put in 2 TBL butter in a cast iron pan, mine was about 10". Stick the pan into the oven to get the butter melty and the pan hot. While that is heating up mix 4 eggs, 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup milk. Pour this mixture into the pan on top of the melted butter set the timer for 20 minutes. Mine (hers) here was at 25 minutes because I like them crispy. Serve with maple syrup.

Bare Bottomed

   Isaac is working on potty training.
So, Kat sits him on the toilet and goes on about her business, only to discover this.
I guess Joe's chair is just more comfortable than the toilet seat!