THANKSGIVING 2010

About 10 days before the Bartley Thanksgiving, Sammye pulled something in her back and she really was in severe pain. Good thing I hadn't started working. I took her to several store trips and spent the week preparing with her. We really had a great time. The food was great and spending time with family was even better.

On THANKSGIVING day, I had the Burns family and my family here. Problem was I was cooking, so no one took pictures. The grandkids were with their dad, so 2 weeks after Thanksgiving, we had ANOTHER Thanksgiving and Again, I was cooking so no pictures. It was all so fun.

MY 2010 CHRISTMAS HOUSE

The next few posts will be out of order. I have a Thanksgiving one to do, but friends have asked that I post my 'Christmas' house! So......here it is!

The Bedrooms(sorry for the duplicate picture)......

The Living Room

The den......

Look at that little Angel

These are the outside pictures....

ONE MORE WEEK!

Well, my drug test result did not make it to Children's Medical Center by Friday afternoon, so my start date has been pushed back one week!!! Angel sure is excited!

I did however, attend the office Christmas party Friday. I told the group of about 40 that CB had asked if I was nervous to go, and I told him, not at all, that I was going to meet my family! After all, I will spend more awake time with them in a week than with him!!! The party was a blast!

CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER, DALLAS TEXAS

Here is where I begin work Monday, December 6th. Actually, I am attending a managers' Retreat on Friday the 3rd of December. I am the Practice Manager for the ENT Clinic (ear, nose, throat). 9 doctors, 2 residents, 2 Mid levels, and 20 employees.

I am so excited. I am ready to go back to work. I will have a long drive every day to work (45 minutes to an hour) but the salary certainly covers that. I can also ride the train from downtown Fort Worth, and it stops right in front of the Children's Medical Center. So I will do that some also.

My house is all together. We will decorate this weekend for Christmas, and I hope to finish the majority, if not all, of my Christmas shopping before I go to work. Wouldn't that be grand?

We had our Thanksgiving with the Bartleys Sunday. It was yummy and great to be with the family. My family's Thanksgiving festivities begin Wednesday night with dinner at Don Pablos, and then home to play Clue and Monopoly, a tradition on Wednesday night. Did it in Springfield too! Some of you attended!! Clint and his friend Justin (from Springfield) are attending the Dallas Game Thursday, which pushes our dinner back a bit to around 7p. My sister and 1 brother will be here too. Can't wait for the fun!

Well, there is the update thus far!

HOLIDAYS APPROACHING

What a time we have had so far in Texas. Visits from friends (still waiting on the rest of you)! The Conovers and Comstocks visited. We had a birthday party for Sammye, and the next weekend my family all got together. The next was Halloween, and we had to turn off the lights at 8:00 because we ran out of candy. The next week, CB went to Boston for a conference, and I went to KC for Women of Faith. As always, sooooo much fun! Planning on going to OK City next year, the 2nd weekend in November.

Clint had surgery on his toe, and we took his dog back to him yesterday and had dinner with him. Tobi and the kids went with us to church today, and we of course went to lunch.

Sunday starts our families' Thanksgiving celebrations.

God has been SO good to us. Just waiting on a job.......

2125 ROCKMOOR DR. FORT WORTH, TEXAS

FINALLY posting.....I have been so busy! The front yard doesn't have much grass, so Sammye Troy and I went and bought some grass squares. We will see if it lasts the winter! I have enjoyed hangin' out with the 'in laws'.

Let me catch you up real quick. Clint is fine, living in Dallas. Scott and Tobi and the kids are moving today about 3 miles from us. Scott is looking for work, Tobi is working at a Ford Dealership, and the kids are happy in their schools. ALL of us went to our home church, Hallmark, last week, it was wonderful.

CB is doing fine, getting more comfortable at his new job. He works a lot of hours. I am STILL interviewing at the place I first interviewed while still in Missouri. But, they have told me not to look for another job, that they want me to pick the clinic I want to work, between, Urology, General Surgery and GI. So, I have another interview next week, with more docs. I am still employed by St. John's, but that ends next week. I have enjoyed my time at home, but I know I will get bored quickly. Angel has LOVED me being here.

This weekend is our ANNUAL trip with the Mortons and Hendersons (and used to be Donovans). We will leave for Broken Arrow this afternoon. It will be so fun. John Paul Comstock is coming to stay at the house and watch Angel while we are away! As you can see, life has not slowed down for us, but we wouldn't have it any other way!

Continue to scroll down, to see the rest of the pictures of the house! Come and visit!!!

THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE

This is my light post in the front yard! What fun I will have with that! And oh yes, my pumkin in the far window.My living room window
The front porch. Can you see little Angel's eyes at the door?
Angel watching her mommy

THE INSIDE

The Living room, not much furniture in hereThe Fireplace, all 'spooked out'
The den
The dinning room
Keep scrolling down.....

AND WE CONTINUE....

Guest room, come on down, this is for YOU!

My bath room
The back yard. A lot of yard work to be done in the spring
My little kitchen, which I love (except for the gas stove, I guess I will get used to it)
The office, with my fabulous iMAC
Keep scrolling down......

THE LAST PICTURES

the master bath, shower and toilet to the left

this is our bedroom
This is where we sit each night, relaxing, watching TV, chatting, on the internet and playing with Angel!
We are VERY happy! We love our house! We continue to be busy every weekend, hence the reason you see no pictures on the walls. We will get to that eventually!

TEXAS vs OU WEEKEND!

Sorry I have not blogged in so long! I have so much to say, it will have to be in sections!

As soon as I get me pictures hung, I will blog pics of my house! I LOVE my house.

The Conovers were here last weekend. Emma did not know where they were going until they drove up and I was standing outside! This weekend, the Comstocks are here!

I am still working for St. John's, but I am pretty sure I have a job at Children's Medical Center in Dallas. I hope I have some time off between jobs.

I will blog again soon!

SO MANY EMOTIONS.....

Thursday, August 26, 2010 is my last day at St. John's. It is no surprise to anyone that I am very sad, kind of heartbroken, to be leaving such a great place to work, and such great people that I work with. I have made some lifelong friends, and have learned so much, even about myself. I really can't imagine how I will walk away tomorrow!

On the other hand, I miss that CB so much and can't wait to start our new adventure! I am so lucky to be going home, home to my family.

But, I have so many friends here that I love so very much. I can't name them all, but if you are reading this you can rest assured you are one of them.

My grandkids, I have missed so many things, school plays, sports, etc....I finally get to be a vital part of their life!

Well, I guess you can see, I am having ALOT of emotions! Sleep is my only escape! Think I will go to bed!!!

MY GOD IS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

My God has seen fit for us to have this house!!! Can you believe it? Well, of course we know my Best Friend can do anything.

After we terminated negotiations, the seller's realtor advised her to fix everything. To make a long story short, she not only agreed, but is actually doing MORE than we asked, including a new roof and new heater. The Comstocks even went over there and sent a phone picture of them standing at the door! So we are just waiting on all the repairs to be completed so we can close. We want the inside painted, new carpet in the bedrooms, and cleaned (she has been gone a year and it is really dirty). I am so very grateful.

CB is in Texas, started work Monday. He will be home for about 30 hours this weekend. I can't believe how much I miss him. But I am staying busy with work, and last night had dinner with Dana and then the Conovers brought us some FABULOUS homemade dessert (great job Joel).

Tobi has enrolled the grandkids in school just down the road from us......I feel so undeserving of so many blessings from my Lord, but I DO give him all the praise!

NEGOTIATIONS OVER

Well. it is over. That house was just not meant to be. (Waaaahhhhhhhhh!!!) I know, my God is in charge!! There is another place, even better! This is CB's last week at work. He leaves Sunday for Texas. So this week is busy going through things, throwing away, discovering things we forgot we had.....I wish it wasn't so HOT! The heat drains me and I don't have the energy I usually have, and obviously, I need it!!!

NEGOTIATIONS

That's all I can say.....and delays, of course. God is in control!

HELLO OUT THERE.....

SO many months of not blogging!!!! Lots of things have been happening. Angel has been spade, by the same vets, and she is just great! She is such a good dog, and she is treated like a QUEEN....mostly from CB!
Well if you haven't heard. WE ARE MOVING TO TEXAS! CB and I are the only ones on BOTH sides of the family NOT in Texas (even our kids have moved back). We have great jobs here and we had agreed we couldn't move until God provided jobs! Within 10 days, CB had been interviewed and been presented with an offer....which he took, from Cook Children's Hospital in Ft. Worth! He starts August 16th. I will work here until the 26th, and CB has been given a week off to move the day after that.
Now for the picture! This is the house we are trying to get. We have hit some snags, but we are still hopeful. We are driving down today to look at it.
You know, we are all Texans, even Angel. She is a great little traveler, and likes to cuddle the whole way, which I love!
There you have it in a nutshell. I WILL try to get back to blogging, especially since I will be leaving such great friends in Missouri!!!

SPRING SPRING, WHERE ARE YOU?????

What??? Snow flurries??? I enjoyed the snow, but I am ready for spring!! I bet you are too! The time change coming this weekend will help! But no higher than the 50s for the foreseeable future? Waaaaaaa! I have decorated for Easter, and I see my tulips peeking through the dirt! The battle of the changing seasons! But SPRING will win!

Ok, I just had to post my whiny thoughts! Whew! I feel better! Thanks for listening!

MY ANGEL!!!!! ANGEL PRISSILLA

Here she is!! Oh my goodness, she is fabulous! The last picture is where she likes to nap, back behind my neck. She sleeps with us and can't seem to be able to get close enough to me (and CB sometimes). She is different from Prissy. Angel has such a sweet disposition and is very calm. And the whole house are TEXANS! She is a good traveler, she likes going to the Pet Stores (Prissy didn't) and she plays well with other dogs.
We leave next week to go to Texas to help my mother in law with her knee surgery. She will be a good girl, I know it. I will miss her while I am at the hospital, but she will be with CB.
I am so thankful for her!

I'M COMING ANGEL!!!!!!

Good beautiful morning! Yes, I am happy as a lark today. I am leaving (sometime) to go get our little baby girl yorkie! It has snowed 11" in Texas! Isn't that something? Texas also woke up Christmas morning with a white Christmas! All my family love it! Anyhow, our PLAN is to leave this afternoon, arriving at the Bartleys around 8. Have dinner, relax, hopefully watch the Olympics and go to bed early, as I am not sure how my sleeping will go the next few days. Go have a Kincaids burger on the way to go get Angel!! Spending the day with Angel, have an early dinner (hoping for Mexican) with the Bartleys and then off to Honey's to spend the night. Also, closer to home. We will leave early Sunday morning to drive back home. If the roads are bad today, we might wait until Saturday morning and pick Angel up on the way in to Ft. Worth. She lives right behind the Nascar Speedway. I should name her after some racer, but I am not a follower of Nascar (sorry folks). I am taking Monday off also (well, I will work from home) to try and help Angel get used to her home!! I am so excited (CB is too, he just wont admit it, although I think he thinks he is betraying Prissy).

Tuesday night we are having our class Valentine dinner. Actually, it is an "I Love My Sunday School Class" valentine dinner. Looks like we will have a good crowd. Going to Jimm's Steak House, the OLD Steak and Ale. And the food is just like Steak and Ale, including the salad bar.

Anyway, wanted to blog about my new baby. I will post pictures here and on Facebook next week.

GOOD TIMES

It has been so long since I blogged. I don't know why, I love to blog. But really I have been busy (surprised?) We had our New Year's Eve party one week late, but was fun, none the less. All spent the night at our house too.

At work, it is budget time, so that always takes up time! We have been interviewing for another Mid Level, and YES!! We just hired one. She will start June 1st!

We had a GREAT time at the Arnolds for our annual Super Bowl Party!

Now for the picture! This is my Angel Prissilla! I am 75% sure we will get to go to Texas this weekend to get her. I can't wait. It has been so long since our Prissy pasted away! I will keep you posted on this big event (for me anyway).