WELCOME HOME DENNIS!!!

I had a busy weekend. It started off not so good. They put Benjamin in the hospital because he had croup. He only had to spend the night but that was enough. He seems to be doing better. After getting him out of the hospital we headed to the lake. We cooked out and played in the lake. The boys had a great time tubing behind the boat. Christopher was the first one to go and he loved it and then they asked Jonathan if he wanted to go and he was a little scared and of course Christopher called him a chicken. After that Jonathan decided to try it and he said it was fun but a little scary. Both of the boys road a couple of times.

We ended up staying the night and then we got up the next morning and headed to Montgomery to go to Savannah's birthday party. She turned two and she had a Dora party. We spent about two hours there and then we had to head back to Dothan because I had to work Sunday night. It was a busy weekend but a fun one.

I worked a long day yesterday and I have another one today. After I get off work I have to head to the bowling alley.

Tomorrow I have to go to the doctor and I am sure she is going to get on me about my test results that I had done last week.

I just need to get my self motivated again and it is so hard to do. I know that I can do it, it is just doing it.

Well I better go I been to get ready for work. Have a great day.

Today was a short day at work since I had to go to the doctor. My checkup was good. The doctor was pleased to find out everything I had done in the past year. He told me that I was up an all the things that needed to be done. The only thing that he suggested was that I might check into a bone density test. I called and my insurance will not cover it so I am going to talk to the doctor next week when I see her and see what she says obout it and there may be a way that the insurance will cover it. I will have to do some checking into it.

After leaving the doctors office I headed to the boys school and picked them up. They were not expecting me. We went out and had ice cream and then we went to the store and they got them a toy. They were surprise to see me. I don't get to do that much because of my work schedule.

I have a couple of busy weeks coming up. Next Saturday we are going to the lake to spend the day at the lake with Aunt Mary and several other family members. I am trying to get my brother that lives in Montgomery to come and then all of us will be together and that hasn't happened in a long time.

The following week we will be having anniversary Sunday at our church. E will be busy with helping children with the activities that we will have going. We will have clowns, train rides, pizza, snow cones, obstacle course and moon walks. It will be a fun day for them, but a busy one for me.

Then to end up the busy weeks, I will have a wedding to go to for my niece. She is getting married at a park and it is in the morning so I will be able to go. I will have to go to work after the wedding.

I have been looking at some houses on the internet. I had a lady call me today about checking into it more and I told her to give me a month to think about it and I will let her know. I would love to be able to get into one later on next year. I will have to leave it in God's hand. He knows what is best for me and I just need to wait on Him. I think that I am ready to take on being on my own. It will be a big step for me but I think I am ready.

Christopher is going to have surgery. He has a hernia in his groan area. He is not happy about it. The doctor told them to bring Benjamin in and he would check him at Christopher's pre-op.

Well. I better get off here and get my water ready for the night and hit the bed. I have to leave early tomorrow to have some blood work done.

What a weekend...Christy and I went to a big yard sale that sold children clothes on Saturday without any children. We were able to get a few things for the boys but not a lot. We then went ot a Mexican restaurant to have lunch and then back to the sale for the half price items. We headed back to the house and Chad picked her up there. After she let then it was off to work for me.

Work was very boring this weekend. We were not busy Friday or Saturday. Business was really slow. I have picked up another day for awhile. I am working on Tuesday nights because they have a league going on.

I went to see the boys on Sunday after church. They did not make it to church because Jonathan has been sick. He has run a fever all weekend. He was doing better afternoon. Christopher goes to the doctor on Thursday to see about getting his hernia repaired. He is not looking forward to that.

I may end up going to the doctor about my thumb. I am going to try to wait for awhile but I know it is not going to get any better.

Dennis, I am glad to here that yo are having a good time. You better watch out eating all that food. You are going to gain back all that you lost. How long is it going to take before she will be able to come to the states? I am glad that you have found someone that you think that you can be happy with.

Well, I better get off here and get myself in the shower before I end up being late for work. Have a great day.

What a great vacation that I had. It was nice weather until the day I flew back home. I enjoyed being with Julie and spending time with her. She had to work some while I was there but that was okay because we did get to spend some quality time together.

I took a trip to the coast with Dennis the first week that I was there and he told me about going to Korea to see Nora.I told him that I hope that he finds what he is looking for but to keep an open mind and to make sure that is what he really wants.

Then on the weekend Julie, Greg, and I headed to Crater Lake. What a beautiful place. It was just breath-taking. I took several pictures and I could have just sat there and looked at the water for hours. We had lunch there and again the weather was great. We then headed down to Diamond Lake to set up camp. The first place we were going to camp out was right on the water and it was cold, so we looked for another spot and we found one that was a little further down on the lake and it was in the trees more. We set up camp for the evening and it was fun. I was cold at night but I made it through. It was better than I thought it would be. We had fun watching the birds eat out of the frying pan the next morning. We fixed breakfast sandwiches an there was eggs left in the pan and the birds helped themselves. They also helped themselves to the glass of Pepsi that was on the table. They were not afraid of anything. We also had several chipmunks that visited and was looking for food to. It was fun just watching the wildlife while we were there. We left the camp sight after eating lunch and we headed down to check out some waterfalls. We were going to go see six of them and three of them were closed due to damage to the trails. But is was fun.

I spent a couple of days while I was there bowling. I am trying to improve my bowling skills. It is getting better and for a dollar a game who cares if it does or not. It was fun while it lasted.

My flight home was okay. The weather was rainy. My flight to Chicago was good ohter than being about fifteen minutes last and I had to hurry to get to my next flight and of course it was on the other side of the airport. That is the way it goes. I was going to get something to eat and I did not have time to do that. After getting to my spot the plane that we were getting on was waiting to pull in and again we were twenty minutes late boarding and I would have had time to grab a bite to eat, but you never know.

After loading I was sitting next to an older man who bought himself a mixed drink and his tray was broke and the drink slid right between us and soaked my leg. I ended up smelling like whiskey. What a joy.

We finally arrived in Birmingham and of course wouldn't you know it, they lost my luggage. Mine wasn't the only one, there was about five other passengers that did not have luggage either. I finally got my luggage Sunday afternoon.

Suday evening after church my two older grandsons spent the night with me. We rented a couple of movies that they wanted to see and headed home. Monday was our day. We went to Chick-Fil-A for a free sandwich and that place was packed but it was worth it. The three of us at for under six dollars. Then we headed to the bowling alley and they were closed until three so off to Wal-mart and of course they ended up with a couple of toys. We headed to the bowling alley and we bowled one game and they played some of the arcade games. Then back to the house. We had a really good time.

Tomorrow is back to reality. It is back to work and getting back into the routine. It was great to go on vacation and I am not ready to go back to work but all good things must come to an end especially if I want ot continue drawing a paycheck.

I hope that if you had the day off it was a good one. Have a great work week.