Phoebe's cute little hat

Hudson's has had these little hat and cat toys there for a long time. Today they were 80% off. It costs 94 cents... She absolutely hated it! But it was really cute... while it lasted!

And there it goes... I put it back on her and she jumped down and pulled it off.

Random Pics

Went for a bike ride today. I went around the country club twice. It was a bit chilly, but really nice. (My rear hurts already. I'll be sore tomorrow...) When I came home, I got my book and read outside on the porch. I'm reading my favorite author, Wally Lamb. His new book is called The hour I first Believed. Really good so far. It's about a couple going through tough times and then wamm... Columbine. They are both teachers there. (It's fiction.) I haven't gotten to that part yet. I'm still reading about their family histories. The main character in the book "grew up" with the main characters from Lamb's other book (my favorite), I Know this much is True. Phoebe sat "with" me, in the window. She was intensely watching a squirrel in the tree. Mom says she's fat. Okay, maybe a little.

No roses on the fence yet....

My "flowers."

Precious Pictures of Wes & Phoebe....

My Favorite!!

Photos from Our Christmas Week... Pt. 4 - Good ones...

At the end of the day, we all looked like this......

Random Pics.....

Here's some pictures that I have just now downloaded... We've been working on our computers, reformatting and stuff and I haven't been able to download them to the hard drive until now.....

These are from out trip to New Orleans the week of Thanksgiving. It was reallllly cold!! We had biegnets & hot chocolate... twice...

Phoebe's strange habit.....

Phoebe has somehow developed the strange habit of "licking" Wes' flipflops. She will stick her head under the strap and lick the shoes. I don't why she's doing this. I don't know if it feels good on her tongue or there's something about these specific shoes that "tastes good." (GROSS!!) It's weird, but it's the funniest thing to watch.

Papaw was doing okay today. He still a bit confused, but was a little stronger this morning when he woke up. He slept pretty good last night, only waking up once. Please keep him in your prayers.

Phoebe's Playhouse

We got Phoebe a playhouse at dirt cheap today. I had to put cat nip on it so she would pay attention to it.

Just like a kid, the box is more fun than the toy......

Pics from our move...

Overwhelmed....

I've managed to chill out a bit and take a break from my pointless attempts at making a dent in the number of boxes that are piled up in my house. Every where I turn, I seem to find more that I hadn't realized existed. How did we accumulate so much stuff? Wes's question is, "How did we fit all this stuff into a two bedroom apartment?"

Our move went smoothly. We packed everything on Friday. Jonathan, Pete & Kelly along with two guys from work, Dave and Jason, came out to help us. As soon as we were through and sitting down, the bottom fell out of the sky. On Saturday, we left around 6am, got here around 4:30pm and slept at mom's house. Sunday, Wes' Dad and Jonathan came to help along with my parents and a couple and their son from the church. Everything worked out pretty well, I think. (Thanks to everyone who helped!!! You guys are awesome!)

This week, we have managed to unpack the kitchen, although there are still a few boxes of christmas stuff that will need to be moved into the laundry room, which we haven't cleaned out yet. The office is the worst room in the house for my anxiety issues. The door to the kitchen is blocked by boxes and junk, so we have to walk through the living room to get to the kitchen. The extra bedroom is a mess. Our bedroom is liveable, but only if I sleep facing the wall. Part of the problem is we have moved into a partially furnished house, so we have to rethink our furniture placement. It's also the fact that we are working now, and time is valuable. I have come home from work for dinner and cleared a box or two. Today, I put the DVD's in the entertainment center.

Tomorrow, we are going to Lowe's to purchase a few improvement things (a new garbage disposal, new locks/doorknobs, possibly a freezer, a new pedestal sink for one of the bathrooms, baskets for the closet shelves, etc). This house is old and in great shape. A few things need to be cosmettically upgraded. It's a project for Wes & I. We also have a decent sized yard to take care of. Luckily, our neighbors have been here for 30+ years (I used to sell them girl scout cookies) and are more than welcome to come over and pick from the fig and pear trees. That helps. I learned today that one of our neighbors is a Meridian cop, so that's comforting.

Work is well, work. As I probably predicted before, it is a pretty hefty culture shock, going from big city fast, hard news with 5 live trucks with 9 shows a day to the slow paced life that is Mississippi. I will enjoy it one day, but right now I'm still adjusting my eyes to the smaller amount of monitors in the control room. In Charleston, NOT going live was an odd thing. Here, going live is stressful on all parties. Everyone was pulling their hair out while I'm wondering what all the fuss is about. I'm used to it, but everyone else isn't. It will take me a while to get used to that, as well as only having one channel of Deko, running the deko myself, along with timing the show myself as well. Wade says that when he came back, it took him a while to feel comfortable again. Not much has changed, except everyone in production are new. Carl is still there, offering fatherly advice about life and careers, as he did for me four years ago. We talk about books a lot. (He taught my mother algebra in high school. He remembers when I was born). The main news anchors are still there...John, Tom, Wade, Andrea, Lindsey. I got many hugs on Tuesday. It was more of a reunion than a first day of work. I also ran into an old college classmate today. (Haven't ran into anyone at Walmart yet, although I've only been once.)

Phoebe is settling nicely. Since we don't have a second floor anymore, we don't leave our blinds open all the time. She doesn't like that. Her world is still changing because we are slowly eliminating her hiding places by getting rid of boxes and organizing and such. She did hide under the bed in the back bedroom for about 2 days.

That's about it for now. I haven't taken any pics in a while. I'll post some of the house soon....

cheers!
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"One Last Time" Week

Had a good day at work for my last day. Nearly everything is packed and ready to go. Wes & Jonathan are supposed to be packing the kitchen and taking down the shelves today. (I bet they are at Qdoba or Jason's Deli right now!! Slackers!) When I get off work, we are supposedly going to Wild Wings (one last time---It's been "One last time" week). We are packing the truck on Friday, driving on Saturday and then unpacking everything on Sunday.

Phoebe is recovering... She is apparently scared to death of Jonathan. I don't know why. She's hid upstairs for days. One morning I couldn't find her. I was worried because she hadn't eaten. I found her in a corner behind stacks of boxes. I moved her food & water upstairs in our room and now she's more active now. She got her shots that day too, so I think it's the combination of that, Jonathan being there and all the chaos from moving and packing.

Wish us luck and good weather this weekend! (It's supposed to rain a lot unfortunately) I'm not sure when I'll update again, probably within a week or so...

:)

Lately....

Yesterday, Wes & I went to Patriots Point to see what we missed the last time. I didn't take very many pics. I've been so anxious and stressed this week. I guess all the moving and packing has taken a toll on me. I haven't been sleeping good this week and I am feeling it. Every room in our apartment is packed with boxes and stuff everywhere. All day yesterday, I was all jittery and impatient. I feel it today too. I'm going to take the day off from packing and have a nice long soak.

The other day I took some pictures of Phoebe while I was packing. She was enjoying her new "obstacle course" in our living room.

On Sunday, we attempted to finish our softball game that was previously rained out. We played an inning and a half and then....the bottom fell out. It came a flood. (I managed to take a few pics.) So it got rained out again. We're still losing. (13-9 I think) We are supposed to (hopefully) finish the game and continue the tournament July 13. Unfortunately, I won't be there because that's our moving weekend.

When we move, we're not going to have cable or internet (darn) for a while, so I won't be updating this as often... But I'll do my best...

Phoebe