Vroom, vroom!

Speaking of Alex....don't know how many of you have heard but Alex bought himself a new little toy. Yikes!! Makes me nervous (yes, i'm old), but I am happy to see that he bought it in the proper colors for showing off his Steelers Pride.

Aruba, Jamaica, ewww I wanna take her...

....down to Kokomooooo. We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow. Ok, ok, I'll stop. I can't help myself though. Every time I hear someone say the word Aruba, I have to break out into that song. It's like it some kind of law or something. Anyway, the reason I mention Aruba is that Alex is headed there this weekend!!! I'm soooo jealous. Lauren and her family have invited him down to vacation with them for the week. How awesome is that?! So just think that while you go about your day next week, Alex will be looking at this....

QOP

Just wanted to show you guys some proof as to why I am the Queen Of Procrastination. I took this picture on July 11th. Yes, that is a snow shovel and rock salt still on my deck next to my grill and summer pruning tools. I did finally take them both back into the basement but only because I was having company over on the 12th. :)

Happy Anniversary Max and Christa Joy!

Oh where have the years gone.....Congratulations!

Mary, Mary, quite contrary...

...how does your garden grow? Ok, so if any of you know me you know that I am not a fan of gardening. Too much maintenance with the watering, pruning, weed control, and don't even get me started on the bugs. To give you an idea of my expertise check out this picture of a weed that was growing in my front yard. Actually, I think it's pretty impressive. No maintenance and the thing is already 4 feet tall!

Anyhoo, so now onto the gardening part. No... it isn't Mary being the gardener. It's actually Nathan. He's a big fan of peppers and such so he planted a little garden in the back yard. I'm not sure if anything has come up yet, but I'll let you know once they do. I can't wait! Although I don't like the work of a garden, I most certainly appreciate what it offers. Yummy fresh veggies!
Finally, in case you guys were wondering who my favorite person is this week.....it's Steve!! I had some friends over this weekend and just so it looked extra special, Steve did some mulching for me. I so wish I had a before picture to show you guys what it looked like, but I'm sure most of you probably remember, loads of dead grass, tons of weeds, etc. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am! I can't stop looking at it! Even when I'm in the house I can't resist the urge to take a peek out my window at it. It just looks so good! Whenever we have more time, we are going to take out the old stumps and roots and eventually mulch up the side of the house and in the front yard. Next summer.....flowers! Yep, I said it. I may even take the plunge. It just looks so good! Have I mentioned that? Hmm, now I wonder if Steve will be available for watering and such....

Happy Wedding Anniversary to Uncle Pete & Aunt Joyce

I don't have Trish's expertise in photography nor do I have your wedding photo from the Family DVD to remind you back that FAR, but I just wanted to wish you guys a Happy Wedding Anniversary today......hope it's a great one......Celebrate it in style.....by the way if I am 37 years young think how many years you have been married......OH MY!

Love ya,

Alana-Marie

Live Action Birthday!

Don't judge the singing....these aren't the American Idol tryouts after all.

Stevie Pete's Birthday

I offered to be the designated driver, but I live too far away.....and I don't have enough cash on me right now.....so don't do anything crazy.....although last I heard he was just getting out of bed at 5:30 this evening and he was going to do his math homework....sounds lame to me for a 23 year old......somebody help that kid out PLEASE!....Happy Birthday Steve....

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

So, I was driving home from work on Monday and I was annoyed by the zit on my cheek soooooo, I pulled my visor down to take a look at it. Well, at the exact same time a small spider had apparently come down from the ceiling and was just about to land on my cheek. I of course screamed and freaked out and flung it off me……or so I thought. I didn’t know where it went, all I know is I wanted it dead. I was what some might call "freaking out". Keep in mind I’m still trying to drive through all of this panicking. I’m looking all over my clothes and still trying to keep myself on the road. I adjust my seat belt and bam! there he is again. I freak and fling again. This time he landed on the floor but I don’t see him. I pull my pant legs up as high as possible so he can’t crawl up them and I drive the rest of the way to Lish’s house completely freaked on where this thing is. People driving by probably thought I had a crazy twitch or something the way I kept moving my body around. Thankfully I made it to Lish's safe and sound. But just when I thought my trauma was over....... I leave Lish’s house and I’m on 79 talking to my friend Jacquie when I see the little bastard again near my window. I scream, tell her I have to put the phone down and then kill the son of a B. I reach in my purse for a piece of paper and finally success.....I smashed him and thankfully didn't smash myself into another car. I got back on the phone and Jacquie wanted to know what happened. She thought I was avoiding some kind of car crash. She about peed her pants when she found out all of that commotion was over a spider. I'm telling you though, it was VERY traumatic and in my defense I was avoiding a car crash....my own! Anyway, just thought you would all like to know that I still hate all bugs....especially while driving. :)

Flooded Creek

A few weeks ago, June 16th to be exact, we had so much rain that the creek in the backyard overflowed its banks and I mean overflowed. Whoa! Check out some of these pics....




and a little video too...