white christmas

well we had our white christmas this year!!!!!!
so happy- went out x-mas night to build a snowman around 10p or so. The snow packed & rolled perfectly for a snowman. but by the next afternnon - sunday- it would not make a good snowman but still made perfect snowballs!!!!!!!
which the family to part in.. too much fun this x-mas-

D's B-day

Today is Dec 22 this means it is my beloved birthday.
So Happy Birthday David. I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!
many more to come.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I would just like to wish you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.
Maybe I'll be better about my blog postings in 2011
time will tell. LOL

FAIR

Just to let everyone know. Our local county fair-Cleveland County fair (largest county fair in the state. 2nd only to the state fair) was Sept 30- Oct 9, 2010
I entered 10 different items. My pickles,- bread & butter , sour/dill pickles.
My table runner & napkins. (x-stitch, but I had to put them in the home furnishings dept). My x-mas potholders- won 2nd place, king arthur 2nd place. Snow buddies 3rd place. 1st place - monopoly board, & snowman scarf. Of the 6 pieces I entered into the needlework/cross-stitch division I won 5 ribbons!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!
Picture will follow- I just have to get off the camera..
more updates to follow as well.

DANG

I had not realized it has been almost 2 months since I was on my own blog
Things have been hectic around here, but not to bad.
School starting up , which means all those school functions we have to go to.
FOOTBALL GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!
DC is still in ROTC. more pix coming... I promise

I won a prize

Iris had a giveaway & I won it's a flake Pattern
thanks so much Iris I can't wait to stitch him.

what I am working on now

I have been stitching like the wind lately. Could be because I am quit smoking, & nerves have the better of me, well they aren't that bad, the urges aren't anyways.
I have finished 4 snowmen napkins, working on the matching table runner. I ahve finished 1 side of it& started the other side last night. Keep in mind I did the 4 napkins on Sunday, started end 1 of the table runner Mon finished it on Tues & started the other end tues. so hopefully today I will get alot done on it as well. then I can start on the potholders.
pix are what I am working ON:

new finish

I finished this awhile back & just now posting a pix

hello again

It hard to believe that I haven't blogged since July 3-- what is wrong with me?
actually David got sick last weekend & now I have it-- or at least part of it. allergies turn into a sinus infection.. okay it is JULY why am I sick now?????? crazy weather we are having lately... only a few drizzles of rain for us @ our house & the temps I tell you over 90-- somedays have a been 100 or better. southern weather- gotta love it
I did finally finish ' I didn't say ot was your fault I said I was going to balme you' pix coming later. ( on camera not on computer yet) I started 12 days of x-mas, designed by Cathryn of blueladie designs. And have finished day 1, working on day2.
pix will come later I promise
This weekend we are having a 16th b-day party. I did say 16-- DC will be on July 19(monday) but parting this weekend. next week will be the hard part as I take him to get his drivers license.. where in the world did 16 years go? too fast I tell ya.
hope all are doing well. those who need them have my thoughts & prayers

DC graduate COL's leadership training

HE PASSED & now's he is home
several pix af the group & place he stayed
288 started 286 graduated

Sunday's happenings & the start of Mondays

well it is MOnday again
non- smoking is going okay. I think I only smoked 3 over the weekend.
Got up Sunday morning at 3AM to get DC off to leadership training(COHL's-is the name of it) I watched the bus pull out of the parking lot a little after 5AM.. needless to say I was a basket case. David & I went back home & took a nap. got up at 10AM & started cleaning.or at least I did the cleaning.
I cleaned our bedroom from floor to ceiling & everything in between. washed light fixture globes,wiped down walls, washed windows inside & out(just in our bedroom)- have tilt windows
washed bed clothes & remade the bed. cleaned our 1/2 bath
swept & mopped our bedroom, dc's bedroom, hall , main bath & kitchen.
took out trash
cooked supper, ran dishwasher.
cross stiched for about 1 1/2 hours bed after 11pm
but did not sleep worth a damn last night. up at 1 something, 2, 3, 4 finally alarm went off at 6-- just got up.
feed cats, got ready for work, took trash to road(garbage pick up day) put up dishes,
washed a load of towels & hung them on the line to dry while I am at work. Work 8A-1P
then back home to do more cleaning- will keep you posted on what happens next

hump day- wednesday

well here it is hump day again. I did not get much stitching in last night.
however I now have 'I didn't say it was your fault' done so I am 1/2 way there. I am hoping to finish it this week... pending no breakdowns
It has been a little over 24 hours now. since I have a cigarette. I am trying to quit, but it is hard. David is being very supportive of this(he is not a smoker)- but has been down this road with me before so he knows how hard it is.
I am taking my meds & going to the ymca to work out(helps take the edge off)
If I am going to the YMCA to get into shape & lose weight. I need to quit smoking to make it easier on myself, don't I?
will update more later on stitching & life

monday again

here it is monday again. what a day 1st day of SUMMER YEAH!!!!!!!!
Hope all had a great weekend. for the most part we did. alas David had to work on Father's Day... but he will be off today.
We went to memaw's for lunch on Sunday-- delicious as always.
I got a pix of DC & Memaw together. he is in his BDU's . He will be leaving next Sunday morning to go to leadership training. he wil be gone for a week.
Here in NC we have been 90 or higher for 11 days now, & no end in sight. today is supposed to be 96, with more on the way for the next 7 days. So it truely is summer time in the south.
I got up yesterday & today around 5am.(helping DC getting used to getting up early- which is not an easy task mind you -- he is in vacation modeLOL) yesterday moring I started doing some stitching on something new. From X's & O's 'I didn't say it was your fault I said I was going to blame you.'
I got 'I didn't say done'. will work on more this afternoon & evening though it is stitching fairly quickly. easy to stitch, I think that is what I needed to get me back into the swing of things. I haven't been doing anything 'crafty' lately. I need to get some things done.

this weekend

I hope everyone was not as hot & humid, muggy as we were this weekend. today it's supposed to be 96 or so then add the heat index on top of that & you get 105 or so is how it feels outside.
DC & I got the concrete poured this weekend in the rut at our mailbox. other that that we did a little shopping (he drove) around town & back home again.

Last day of school this year

Well I did it. I just picked up DC from his last day of 10th grade. Now I have an upperclassmen 11th. oh my how does time fly it just seems like yesterday he was going to the watch me grow program, then Kindergarten started. & now almost 11 years later he just finished 10th grade oh my
I still broke down & cried as I let him off this morning & again when I picked him up. just in a little over a month he will be 16, and next year he will be able to drive himself for the most part (at least when there is a car available).
so my days of school bus driver are for the most part over. This I will miss.

weekend

glad to be getting ready for the memorial day weekend, Yeah
3 days off work. but do I have alot to do at home.
this week we had to get a new bed, so my bedroom is a diaster area. now I have to go in & clean it up and it will probably take all weekend to do.
then on monday i plan to cook out.
so i will be quite once again

my weekend

Sorry I have not been on the computer all weekend.
I did do some shopping @ Lowe's
I bought 2 80-lb bags of quickrete( to fix the rut near my mailbox,on
sale as well
2 bags potting soil
2 new chairs (on clearance for $9.97 each) metal chairs very
comfortable too.
gain to wash the laundry in
some paint to paint my front porch furniture
this should keep me busy this week. LOL
I did work in the garden & yard for 4 hours sat too.
planted my tomatoes, radishes, peppers, lettuce & herbs too.
swept & washed off the back porch & everything on it(to get all the pollen off)
then started digging a trench around the sidewalk-- pull the grass of the sidewalk. started thundering so I quit, then
Man was I tired. then my DS -- decided it was time for us to run, so we did. man he is a great personal trainer. but I did walk some of the way as well. I told him I have to do it in stages.. but we will get to where I can run a mile without stopping.
Sunday was rest day. I did however have to wash bed clothes.
& did some laundry. but no work in the yard
cooked out on the grill for supper, man was it delicious
Rhonda

ड्रिल pix

DC after drill competition
he won 2 individual awards
1) military bearings (around his neck)
2) 10th place in 'knockout unarmed division) out of over 100

update

I have added some pix of my 2010 finishes so far.. is there not a better way to do this? any help would be greatly appreciated.

as you see DC in his uniform. they will be in a drill competion this weekend at our mall. so I will get to see him this time.
the ROTC program went to washington dc last thurs- sat. he had the time of his life. He took 580 pix this includes videos too.
thank goodness for digital cameras..

more later

२०१० finishes

check this out

http://www.refresheverything.com/rogerstheater


this is in my hometown Shelby NC we are trying to restore... take a look
we also have just opened the don gibson theatre( after th e late great Don Gibson- country music star-- born here & buried here in Shelby)
hopefully soon -- our old courthouse (after renovations) will reopen as th EARL SCRUGGS museum. another of our native sons(also country/bluegrass music) the other Shelby son in country music is jimmy wayne.
Rhonda

Happy Easter

Well I hope all have had a Happy Easter. I know we did.
being off on Friday was so nice. I got some seeds in soil . 1 flat of tomatoes & 1 cucumber. some peppers & watermelon also planted. I had to repot the aloe plant my memaw had given me. it made it through the winter in my laundry room.

Saturday was much busier though
it was in the high 70's low 80's but aleast we had some cloud cover. so the sun was beating down & hot. the wind was also blowing too. the reason I say that is because we went to the building to crank the riding mower & she would not start. We took the battery out & had it tested luckly it could be charged( bad news it had to charge for 24 hrs) . A new one was gonna cost $40.00. So David & I decided we would push mow the yard-- took a whole lot longer. but the upside lots of excerise LOL
D also rakes up piles of leaves in the back yard & put into the ditch-- or my compost pile as we call it.
One time when we went inside the cats got into our room, no big deal (usually). but remember what happened 2 weeks ago.. happened again. Sparta- our lovely cat pissed in the bed again, this time he also got my pillows too. so many more loads of laundry to be done.
much less we still had to get our showers, fix supper, dye easter eggs. not much else got done on Sat.
Sunday was Easter.
we went to memaw's house & ate lunch & hunter easter eggs. the kids sure had a good time. Bad thing it was 82 degrees outside. hot, but not complaining. as it was soooo cold here this winter.
at 2:30 am sun morning my sis-in-law Kathy woke us up to let us know ewok(other cat) was under the couch having babies.. we could only see 3 at first. but later in the morning -- 9AM or so. we could see much better, she had 6 kittens--- so we will be giving them away as soon as they are weined from mammma(Ewok)

weekend gone & half the week

Last week was rough, this weekend just flew by. now it's already Wed again.

Had to have DC at school by 5:30AM so they could go on there ROTC trip to Charlotte with the drill team . they placed 3rd & he will be getting his ribbons next week. (the didn't find out til Monday- they placed 3rd there was a math error from the judges). I am so happy they placed though.
After taking Dc to school I decided to go back to sleep for a little while longer. Finally got back up around 10a. got my shower. Found something to eat before getting ready for the wedding we were going to at 2PM. My headache started coming back Saturday morning after I ate, so I decided to lay down for a few minutes to see if it would ease off... well my cat Sparta-- pissed in the bed, I laid right down in it, so needless to say I was quite upset. Because I had to start washing bed clothes (which I was going to do on Sunday anyways) & stop to go to the wedding.
well DC called us around 2- to let us know he would be back at 4 instead of 5 so we didn't get to stay at the receiption long, for having to drive back to get DC.
Then on Sunday it rained off & on all day. the stormed during the night. I woke up out of a dead sleep... it was so bad out.
At least Monday came & things somewhat settled down.
Hopefully I will get some yard work done today -- as it is supposed to be in the lower 70's this afternoon. I think it is supposed to rain on Fri & sat this week.
Lovely

what a week

What a week has this been. It's only Thursday. I don't really kow why this week has drug on for me, but it has. only 1 more day then the weekend. ANd the start of SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!! I am so ready.

DC has ranked up yet again in ROTC. He is now a Airman First Class. The have an Aor FOrce ROTC drill competition this weekend in Charlotte NC . I am looking forward to watching him, & hoping he participates. As he is the first alternate. Then they will have another one in May & it will be here in Shelby, NC @ the mall.

David is fianlly off, after 7 days straight. He is completely tired. not been an easy week for any of us.

Started on Sat 3-13, dc had a friend over & they were palying the x-box 360-- when it went red( for those of you who don't know the red ring of death- the thing goes & IS GONE FOR GOOD) needless to say DC did try & work on it Sun.(had to go to lowe's & buy another tool). still it was dead, no coming back to life for it.
Today David is going to go get them another one. Maybe I will be able to get some peace & quite. (YEAH RIGHT)
I did take more pix of DC in his uniform yesterday, so I will post pix later

2nd day of blog

Today being my 2nd day of blogging. I am trying to set this page up.
what I would like to do is add a tab to the side for 2010 finishes... unsure how to do this. if any one could send help. it would be greatly appreciated.
trying to get things on here

my first posting

hey I am finally here on blogger after all this time
I have finally started my own blog