Ok, I give up......

After almost 2 hours of waiting, I surrender and am accepting that I probably won't get to see Garth Brooks in concert in Vegas. I have ALWAYS wanted to see him and the first weekend he is in Vegas is the weekend we are there. I was hoping to snag tickets for the Sunday concert. Oh well.....just have to listen to him on the Ipod

The Weekend is over ALREADY!!???

Where or where did the weekend go?

I can't believe it is Sunday (almost) evening already!!

Yesterday Drake had a football game at 11:00 A.M. It started raining at the beginning of the 2nd quarter and proceed to, not just rain, but POUR buckets until the last minute of the game, literally!! We won't talk about the score, but I did manage to take some pictures from under my umbrella, but my memory card was not in my camera and when I tried to upload them, I lost them!! (that really sucks, trust me!) Poor Mark was doing chains so he was soaking wet!! I had bought a stadium blanket and it, plus the umbrella kept me and Gunner pretty dry, relatively speaking!

We came home, put on dry clothes and proceed to hold down the sectional and the recliner....good afternoon.

Today Mark and Gunner went hunting, I went and bought groceries, came home and ended up doing a mini cooking day....Dinner tonight is homemade French Onion Soup, BBQ Ribs and Twice Baked Potato Casserole. We have ready for the week Sweet & Sour Meatballs, Chicken Enchiladas, Crockpot Chili and in the freezer we have extra Chicken Enchiladas, Stuffed Mexican Shells, Baked Steak Burritos and Mexican Manicotti. It only took me about 3 hours to do all of the above, not much time and boy oh boy is it nice to know it is in the freezer!!!

Nothing else much to report, busy but uneventful week.....so until next time, have a good evening and good week!! (Sorry there are not pictures, but I am still kinda po'd that I lost the ones I took...anyone know how I can searh my puter for them, in case they are on there somewhere??!!))

Ok, here are a couple of misc pics, can't have a post w/o pics, even those the pics have nothing to do with the post :D HEHEHEHEHE (Yes, I nipped the wine bottle for the wine I used in cooking)

"They Call Me Tater Salad".......

As many may know or may not know, this year is Mark and I's 20th Anniversary (plus I turned the dreaded 40 this year, EWWWWWWW). I have been wanting to plan a vacation, but, well heck, life has gotten in the way. I am a firm believer of try, try again, and always have a back up plan or a plan "B". My real wish/desire was to go to Mexico and take the kids but there has been soo much "stuff" going on/happening that it was just not working out. That is where plan B comes in.........

Mark and I have tickets to see Ron White on December 12th, IN LAS VEGAS!!!! Yes, believe it, I was able to convince him to go!! We will leave on the 12th and come home on the 17th. It is not exactly Mexico, but it is a vacation. We will be staying at The Mirage and then we are planning on Wed/Thur renting a car and going to Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. We will actually spend a night at the Grand Canyon and then drive back to Vegas to fly home.

I am really excited (I wonder how decorated it will be for christmas?)!! (The boys are staying home with Grandma Harrison) It won't really be sitting by the pool weather, but it will atleast be warmer than here and again it is a vacation..... I was trying to talk Mark into renewing our vows with an Elvis impersonater, but he wasn't too keen on that idea!.
SO, we will drink, eat, drink, shop, drink, maybe gamble, drink, maybe do that other thing ;), drink, drink some more and just have a really good relaxing time!!

Of course I will still dream of Mexico, sandy beaches, warm sun and cabanas boys bringing me fruity drinks with little umbrellas....We all have to have a dream, right?!

Sports and Injuries.....

Well this is how my day started. Drake was hurt in the 1st quarter of the game (but he made an awesome tackle to stop the touchdown.....). As a mom (or parent) this is never a good thing to see. It was really hard to just sit there...but he is ok, he walked (limped) off the field under his own power. He was not able to play the rest of the game today, a brusied cartlidge or something, but he will be back and ready to go next weekend. (He had hurt his knee this spring in baseball playing catcher, so it looks like he will be back to wearing a knee brace for awhile.) He has had a rough couple of weeks, he has been stung by a bee twice and had sprained his wrist in the 2nd/3rd week of practice. Oy, what I am going to do with him!

Anyways (notice I didn't post a score? well we lost, ok, we got our butts kicked), so on to other topics. Obviously by posting that picture I had to upload pictures from my camera. I have not been very good about posting pictures, so I have updated my shutterfly site and tried to post a bunch of pictures from this summer. It has been a busy one!! Enjoy (can't believe how grown up they are getting!)!! (and yes, Drake really is ok, trust me!)

Shutterfly Website: http://gunneranddrake.shutterfly.com/
Please let me know if this doesn't work or you can't get to the site.

P.S.....

GO DUCKS!!!!!!!


ok and GO BEAVERS!!!!!!!

Where did Summer Go....(and more ramblings)

I can't believe it is fall. Yesterday with the rain was nice, but kinda depressing knowing it is just the beginning.

Summer was busy, did alot, but there was still alot of things I would have liked to do and the last couple weeks have been insane!!!

I think we are all getting back into the whole school routine. Both boys are doing awesome, I am soo proud of both of them. They are both pulling all A's except they both have a high B in math (both are in advanced math..sorry bragging for a moment). Drake has decided to join the Lego Robotics and is really excited about it, I think it will be good for him. Gunner is just kinding laying low, getting a feel for the land and seeing what he wants to do. He doesn't want to get too bogged down yet, so just kinda checking things out (his words).

Football practice takes several nights a week and then Sundays are shot with Football and Baseball games (I think tomorrow is the last baseball game though :D, football goes thru the middle of November). Did finally manage to get my stuff together and have a garage sale (2 actually, long story, not worth repeating). Got rid of alot of stuff (and added some money to the vacation fund, more about that in another post) and got the house straightened up. (I am getting excited for my new doors, can't wait, but then it makes me see/think of all the other things I need/want to do).

Today is opening morning of deer hunting. Gunner was soooo excited, he is legal and ready to shot a deer. He is such a good helper around here and has really helped pick up the slack from his slacker brother that he was rewarded with a new rifle for hunting. Not sure what he got, a Weatherby something or other, he is sooo ready to break it in today......Duck Hunting starts next weekend (Summer Lake), so between hunting and football, once again my weekends are pretty well shot until January, OH WELL, maybe I can get some quilting done :D

I am sure there is lots of things I could/should/need to post about, but I can't remember. I do have a bunch of recent pictures of the boys on my camera, but I would have upload them and then deal with them, so for now they will stay on my camera, but one of these lonely saturday or sunday mornings, I will do it, I promise.

As I sit here in my nice quiet house, all alone (except the doggies), I am thinking of how nice it would be to go plunk my arse on the couch and either watch trash TV (LOVE IT!) or read a book...BUT since it has been, literally, a month of Sundays since I have bought groceries, I think I better go get dressed and head to Costco and the grocery store, sounds cheap and fun huh?!!

Hmmmmm........

So many things I could/should blog about, oh so little time. I would not even know where to start, so not even going to bother. I will post a football schedule below (always possibly subject to change once the rain starts), otherwise, I think this just about sums up, well, everything :D

Wednesday, September 09, 2009 5:00 pm Lebanon High School PW Cowboys - Blue L: 8-26
Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:00 pm Seven Oaks Middle School PW Chiefs - Red
Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:00 pm Seven Oaks Middle School PW Cowboys - Blue
Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:00 pm Sprague High School at PW Bengals
Sunday, October 11, 2009 2:00 pm Seven Oaks Middle School PW Chargers
Saturday, October 17, 2009 11:00 am Lebanon High School PW Raiders
Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:00 pm Seven Oaks Middle School PW Cowboys - White
Sunday, November 01, 2009 1:00 pm Seven Oaks Middle School PW Cardinals

don't have a Fall Ball Baseball Schedule it is subject to change on a weekly basis!....

Until the next millenium when I decide to post, have a good evening! (Happy Birthday Tyler and Happy Late Anniversary Missy and LeRoy!)