Family Reunion/And A Little Chaos

Let's start with the Chaos....Let's just say this....There was some crying...a little vomit...and lots of stress...Ahhhhh....I don't have the flu but both the twins have had it and vomited at my house on different days...and my sister has been pretty stressed out so I have been also. My grandmother get's here tomorrow and I have a disaster area for a house.....Jerry assures me it will all be fine so I am sticking with that.....

Family reunion at Swan Lake is always a busy time. Lots of people...Too much food....Kids running around begging to go swimming every five minutes...and many tales of Jerry and his single handed attempts to rid Swan Lake of Sharks....It was fun...but I need a nap....

So we are too tired to play guitar hero with Rick and Colleen...which sucks...but we hope to hear about how awesome it is... :)

The Pools Full

We got a 18 foot pool this year! Whoo Hoo. It is supposed to be about 4 feet deep but the angle of our yard says it will be more like 3 at one end and 3 1/2 at the other LOL...anyway Zack got in today and said the water was great (Yeah right) he turned purple :) I give it a week or so of direct sunlight and it will warm up a lot...Oh wait...Direct.....Sunlight.....Hmmmmmmm.....Maybe the rain water will warm it up LOL....

So, I hope you all know if you want to go for a dip come on over.

Because Puke Happens

Those Who Can't......Teach....

O.K. here's the thing......Back say 20 years ago....Yes Holy Shit 20 years ago I showed potential as a young guitar student. Picking up scales and riffs...Working my butt off because I wanted to rock like Jimi Hendrix and look like Lita Ford.......Shit happens right...Life happens....And well lets just say I never finished. Granted at least my new hair cut is cool.....BUT I still haven't really picked up the electric guitar and plugged it in and said YOU CAN DO THIS...REMEMBER??? Until today....Now I have been giving lessons....I have watched Jessie learn and pick up what I show her fast. I am impressed...and if I inspire her I hope she knows that she too inspires me to work harder and learn or should I say RE-learn things. Today was a good example of that...I will learn "Cowboys from Hell" if it kills me. I have to admit that 20 years ago the fingers were more agile and the wrist was a bit more flexible...but this old dog still has some new tricks left in her. AND I have a lot of hours this summer that I need to fill with something productive.

So...I will leave you with this....just because well......It's just funny as hell.....

Summer Vacation

I have not a friggin clue how this summer is going to go. It is off to a slow start since I woke up but minutes ago (9:00) I don't remember the last time I slept that late....(Last summer vacation)...I woke wanting more sleep and realizing that it was pouring down rain outside. I would have like to work on my garden. I have a project that I have been wanted to do and I have all the stuff I just haven't had the time to get it going. Plus the weeds are over taking stuff. I need to spend a couple hours cleaning up and mowing the grass. :)

Well my coffee is calling me and I need to wake up..... More later~

Pictures To Follow

We had Zack's Birthday Party on Saturday! It was a lot of fun. We had a good turnout. We invited 14 kids and 9 showed up. It had to have been one of the best Parties Zack has ever had. Some of the kids got a little rowdy. Zack is a lot like me in the fact that he has friends from all different clicks. I told Jerry that half these kids wouldn't even talk to each other in a couple of years. That is sad...but that is life I suppose. In that attempt to find yourself and define yourself...sometimes you miss out on some good friendships....OK enough philosophy LOL....Jerry was crazy! He wore a hula skirt and a shell bra it was too much. Oh the party was a luau and it came out awesome. We did the limbo, and some water balloon tossing....then all out water war. (That's when it got rowdy) BUT what a fun time. Jerry has to download his camera and give the pictures to me because the hula skirt was too much. !!! I think I simply need a good camera for myself. I don't take great pictures, but I need to be able to take good quality photos for my scrap books and my blogs LOL....

Well, I am off to care for my extremely sun burned child. That is a blog for another day :)

JP

BBQ, FUN, AND BURNING STUFF

We had such a great time last night. Let me tell you Rick's new grill is pretty damn awesome and the chicken he made rocked. You know what else rocked was Colleens potato salad. I never liked potato salad, but she had made it for us a while back and I tried it and I LOVE HERS. It was good I ate two helpings. (Which according to the Wii I should have passed on since I am a tat bit over weight....BUT...not obese (in your face mom LOL)

After the yummy food we just had some plain good ole' fun watching the dogs attack each other and the kids run around hopped up on S'mores LOL...Rick and Kristie burned anything they could get their hands on in the fire pit.

I just had a great time. THANKS GUYS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERRY!!

Today is Jerry's B-Day. It has been cool having him home the last 4 days. :) No one get mad at him for blogging and then stopping again.....His computer crashed because he was trying to help my boss and ended up getting a very catastrophic virus that wiped out almost everything. He is not happy about it. (She cringes) I know he wont be helping people out for me again LOL...... Anyway...You can wish him a happy birthday here until he get's up and running again!! :)

Am I really On Vacation?

I am 3 days into my 5 days off. And it seems that Everyday has been filled with a frantic phone call or email from my boss. Not to mention that Jerry spent the whole day Saturday trying to fix his computer. Ahhhhhhh. BUT....I am still having an awesome time.

On a different Note....Here is a really friggin funny comedian. The rest of his stuff is too political but this is Fall on the floor funny at some points.......For an English GUY :)