Where does the Time go?

This is what is waiting on me.....

Snakes on a Wall...

...or in my house!!!

You may remember this post about 2 years ago or this one from last year, and well...it has happened again!  I'm truly threatening to move this time!  Seriously.

Snakes...I.HATE.THEM.

About a month ago, I was in the kitchen picking up after dinner and our kitty {Bobby} was in there with me.  He likes to play with the plastic grocery bags that I keep in a cute little wire trash basket.  I heard him batting one around and went to take it away from him, but first I thought I had better turn on the other light first.  I saw something on the ground next to where he was, and couldn't tell if it was one of the streamers off of Boog's pom poms.  It's a good thing I turned on that light!  You would have thought that by now I'd learned my lesson!

He was about 12 inches long  {baby Rat Snake}

  I think he was just a tad mad at us!

  Obviously sweet Bobby was trying to get the ugly little thing for me  {you can see the bite marks!} but I guess I interrupted him!

 Then almost 2 weeks later, on Easter Sunday, Boog & I were walking up the porch when I spotted this little guy...6 inches from my front door!

He was about 22 inches long {Juvenile Rat Snake}

 Then 2 weeks ago, I was going to get the water hose on the side of the house, and out of habit {thank goodness} I looked up across the side of the house.  I think I might have had a tiny accident when I saw the snake sticking out from the rocks.  Luckily, Tab's dad had stopped by and a few minutes later Boog's dad showed up to pick her up for the day.  So then there was an all out snake chase!  I ran inside to get a gun, oh yes I sure did, but then decided to just get the BB Pistol instead.  I never got to shoot anything because my hands were too shaky to even load the darn thing.  Needless to say, he got away.  And no, we are not going to discuss where he may have gone...unless you want Boog & I to come live with you!

Later that night Boog & her dad came back by the house to pick up a gift they had forgotten and he decided to go see if the darn thing came back!  Crazy stuff I tell you!  Well, much to my dismay, he was back!  And this time I had my camera ready!

 

 Full fledged adult Rat Snake {I don't want to know how big this one is}

Some of the skins that were pulled out of the rocks {each of these were about 14 inches long}

 That next week, my wonderful, sweet, fabulous Father in Law came to my rescue and fixed the side of the house.  He also made sure that there weren't any other spots the little creepy crawlers could get in.  Now I"m not crossing my fingers just yet, but I'm sure hoping they just go away!

Getting Inked

This topic isn't new to my blog, in fact I've done a few posts on getting inked.  One that features the hubby & one that features moi {I sure hope I spelled that right!}.  Now, as I've said before...I know tattoos are not for everyone.  If you don't like them, or have strong views on them, then please stop reading this post.  And if you do choose to continue reading, please don't leave ugly or hateful comments on here.  I never leave a comment that isn't sweet or heartfelt.  My momma always told me not to say anything if I couldn't say anything nice...so that rule applies to my blog too.

Tab had several tats already on his upper arm and has been wanting to get a full sleeve for years.  I showed you piece one of that process, and now I'm going to show off step three {yes, I didn't get to take pics of step two}.  This is a long process, so who knows when we will get the whole thing all finished!

Give a Girl a Minute

We all have those moments when our kids momentarily stun us with the things they say, but it still makes me speechless every dang time!  A few weeks ago, Boog was in the tub {taking her sweet time} and I told her she needed to get a move on.  I leave and go do something else, I was piddling for probably 10 minutes or so.  I thought, Okay, where is she?  I go back and check on her, and she's just singing her little heart out while she's washing her hair.

I simply remind her to hurry up.  She says okay and I keep on doing stuff around the house.  It was getting closer and closer to the time we needed to leave, so I started to change my clothes and get ready.  I'm  just about done...dressed, teeth brushed, dogs taken care of...now for Boog.

I walk into the bathroom to see what is taking her sooooo long to get out of the tub.  She's standing in the tub dancing while she has her "poof" in her hand washing her arms.  I'm cracking up, but we have got to get a move on, so I tell her {in my Mommy Means Business voice} that she needs to get her cute little dancing hiney out of the tub and get dressed.

She turns to me, puts a hand on her hip and says, " Ughhh mom!  Give a girl a minute!!!".

I thought I was going to pee in my pants I was laughing so hard at her.  Seriously.  It was so unexpected, and I never imagined something like that coming out of her mouth, at least not for another 6 or so years!

She refused to brush her hair after she got out, so this is what it looked like after it dried!

So, come on...tell me something your kids have said that threw you into the giggles.

Go Team!

This is part of what has been keeping me so busy!  We decided to let Caroline do Competition cheer!  I think I have gone temporarily insane!  LOL!!!!  But I'm so proud of her!  She can almost do a backhand spring!  I never even imagined she would be able to do that!  I was a dancer, not a cheerleader, so this has thrown me for a loop!  With dancing, I could help her, and teach her...with this, yeah...not so much!  Do any of your girls do cheer or tumbling?  Give me some pointers...I'm begging!

It's Been Awhile

...and I'm so sorry I haven't updated everyone on what has been going on!  Things have just been so CRAZY! 


Mary Lou is doing much better!  PTL!  I cannot tell you how much everyone's prayers have meant to us!  Things have been up and down, but she's finally getting her strength back.  She was in the Cardiac ICU in Miami for a week.  They put in a biventricular defibrillator, and sent her on her way back to Texas.  She was very weak {still weak, but getting stronger!}and even had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital one day.  She was released the next day and just keeps getting stronger!  She started cardiac physical therapy this week, so she should be slowly getting back to her normal self soon.

Check back later to see all my new posts!  I have so many posts that I have neglected over the last month!  And so many things I have to catch up on!  If you have placed an order with me and are waiting on it, please forgive me!  They should all be going out by the end of this week!  And I know I have told some sweet friends that they will be getting a little gift from me in the mail, I'm so sorry those haven't gone out yet!  They too will go out this week!