Another wreck.....

Guess which kid had a wreck in the parking lot at school..... not Brice this time. (he has already had his share of wrecks). Jessica was the victim this time. On Tuesday after school, a boy with 3 other people in his car backed into her '93 Honda Accord crunching the back door on the driver's side. It didn't look too bad - the only thing I found is the dumb door will not open now. The adjustor called and came out to see the damage today. Shawn (the adjustor) is a very nice guy. He remembers comming out to this same house just about 8 months ago when Brice wrecked his Cavalier. After looking and pricing the parts and labor for the Honda he came up with the same conclusion. He totaled the car - WOW I didn't think it was that bad. After we saw the amount he was willing to pay us for the damaged vehicle I was SHOCKED!! We didn't even pay that much for the car 6 months ago. The best part is... I bought the car back for just $500. This is one time the customer DID NOT get screwed on the deal. So, in the next few weeks or months we will be looking to purchase Jessica something different to drive.

Ohhhh and about the '93 Honda......Bill will get that car (it only has alittle damage to the back door) but it beats what he drives now...... A 1989 Honda Accord.

Julie with Hemi & Alley

Addy

This is our youngest granddaughter Addy she's 7 and is the 1st grade. Addy is very much an animal lover. Everytime the grandkids come to visit she is the first one to have her picture taken.

FAT FRIENDS

I didn't really want to share this photo of me (in the red) and Melanie (in the black) but I thought public humiliation would be the way to go! A few select friends of mine NEED to lose some weight this year. Not in 2009, or 2010. THIS YEAR it has to happen. I am ramping up for this big task. I really want to post my weight but my fingers are so fat they can't reach the numbers. I have choosen to do Weight Watchers again. Last time I lost fourteen and one half pounds (notice my finger couldn't reach the numbers here) over about 3-4 months. Pretty Good I think. This time is a little more serious.... I need to lose 25-30 pounds. I need to stick with it, make it my lifestyle. If you have anything to share about needing to lose weight with me...feel free to post here. Know something delicious that has a few "points" let me know. I'll keep adding pictures till I reach my goal weight. Then I will post me in a white string bikini!

2008 is gonna be GREAT

Isn't this the cutest picture ever! If you have kids you can relate to this picture I'm sure. He is soooo handsome. Someone emailed me a thing about kids and he was one of them.

On to the real story... Bill hates his job at AT&T! He has hated that job since 2000. That job pays well and has great benefits. (we pay $0 - for health, eye or dental ins.) He has tried to find something else in the company for about 7 years...with no luck!

As my cell phone voice mail says "2008 is gonna be great" He got a call about an outside tech job. He has done all the necessary paperwork, job shadowed a guy, now on Friday he has to have a physical - if he passes - he will start the new job at the end of January. YEAH!!! YEAH!!! life is good!

Now the kinda bad news, he will have to go to training in KC or Oklahoma for 4-6 weeks. I rely on him so much to keep our kids in check (he does a great job here), the family finances in order, my dad in check, the house cleaning schedule, and so much more! I'm kinda nervous. I don't know how the Military wives do it by themselves. So wish us luck.

Sad sister

MY SAD, SAD SISTER,

THE LAST TIME SHE GOT TO

BOWL IN 2007.

Bowling for $$

And....the 4th place team....winning $60 is....

BILL & JILL

And.....the 2nd place team.......winning $80

BRICE & JULIE

On New Years Eve, right here in beautiful downtown Augusta, we had a scotch doubles bowling tournament. How that works is like this: We bowled 4 games total. In the 1st & 3rd game the woman bowls the 1st ball and the guy picks up the spare. In the 2nd & 4th game the guy bowls the first ball and the woman attempts to pick up the spare. At the end of the night the couples with the best scores (+ handicap) win the money. Bill and I didn't wait around 'cause Bill said "there is no way we won anything" Well, about 15 minutes later... Julie called with the good news. WINNERS!!! The best part of all was we had a great time and got paid!

No party is complete without a pile of food.

This was my 2nd plate!

Please notice the veggies and party mix.

Bowling

A bowling ball that
looks like a golf ball how
fun! - my bowling ball is
red / black with swirlies and
has the inials D.L.A. and came
came from the Goodwill :(





The cutest bowling shoes ever!
Brand new and NOT from the GW.

Julie's Hair

Brassy Blonde

Beautiful Brown

Julie's new hair color

Here's the story of my sister, Julie.

Her hair has been BLONDE

blonde blonde, light blond, dark blond, light ash blonde, dark ash blonde....etc.

I decided to start the new year off right and pick a new color for her.

BROWN - just brown, not ash brown, not dark brown, not blah blah brown, just brown.

I couldn't help myself from taking these pictures

of her with her new hair color processing.

The mohawk look
Julie's hair was more like the color Lola.

PRINCESS LOLA

If you ever wonder how much I love my dog -

here is the face I usually make when I say

I LVOVE that dog. Cute picture in the background

Jessica and Brice when they were much younger.

Oh how I miss those days........

I bet everyone that looks at my blog is really sick of the dog - Except my real friends!

Until tomorrow .........