Manic Monday - Birds

This week the Manic Monday word is "Bird". So here is my contrubution to the Meme. I must say that while I enjoy hearing a little bird chirping and singing their happy little song, I have to admit that I really don't care much for birds. If you could see what they do to my car ALL THE TIME, maybe you would understand. No matter where I park in my drive, they get my car......ugh. I've never had a good experience with a bird. The hummingbirds used to get caught in our garage and not be able to find their way out. Do you know how hard it is to catch a hummingbird. They would run into the walls trying to get out, we would finally catch them when they fell or if we got lucky throwing a towel and catching it inside, so that we could turn it loose outside again. We had to move the feeders away from the house altogether to keep them from coming into the garage.....stupid birds. Then there are the ones who would swoop and dive at me while I was mowing the grass. I hated that. I know they were trying to catch the insects, but they would get too close for my comfort.

Lindsey feels the same way about birdsthat I do. A few years ago, she and I had gone to Disney World for a week during Spring Break. We were walking along and out of the blue, a bird flew over us and left his little surprise right on top of Lindsey's head. She thought the woman walking in front of us had thrown something at her. It was kind of funny..... Lindsey kept trying to touch the bird droppings to wipe it off, and I had to keep grabbing her hands telling her she was just going to smear it. Finally we reached the bathroom where we could wash it off. She was soooo mad. And, to this day she hates birds.

Even on our honeymoon, I was walking along the beach. Paying close attention to the birds, keeping my distance and all of a sudden one flies right into me and starting pecking at me. Scared me half to death, I had to swat it away and go into the water to make it leave me alone.

I know that they serve a purpose and that we need birds. But I'll just keep my distance from them.

Be sure to go on over to Manic Monday for more bird stories and such.

Have a great Monday everyone.

Moles...Hopefully Harmless

For the past month Lindsey and I have been watching a mole on her arm. It has been bothering her, itching, becoming raised, changing in color and even bled a little one day. So we made an appointment to have it looked at. Our family physician said that it indeed looked suspicious, and he set up an appointment with another one of the Drs. in the office that deals with moles. So yesterday we went in and the mole was removed. It was sent to the lab for investigation. Hopefully it will be nothing. Please keep her in your prayers.......
She goes back on April 3rd to have the stitches removed, hopefully we will know something then.

Happy St. Patricks Day

Oh, there lived in old Ireland

A wee little man,

Known by the name of a Leprechaun.

A fairy shoemaker, none other is he

And he had the gift of wishes three.

Well I'm tellin' ya now

Should I meet him this day,

It is I who would boldly step up and say:

Bless the friends that I love,

And the friends that love me,

And the friends of me friends

That's me wishes three.

Hope You Have A Great St. Patricks Day.

I think I'll go have some Irish Stew........

Bowling Green Update

I sure am glad to finally be having some warm weather. I have seen some March Lillies blooming and the time changes this weekend, so Spring will be here soon. Yayyyyyyy..... I am so ready for it.

We have been working, working, working. Michael's sister is no longer practicing in the same office with him, so we have spent this week getting everything set up again. Phone service, Email service, Networking his computer to mine, Copiers, still working on the Fax thing. I actually have my own office area now. I am officially the Receptionist/Assistant now. I love it. It is soooooo much better than working at Target. Having never worked in an office enviroment, I have learned alot, (Thanks greatly to my sister). I must say, the office is now so peaceful, with just Michael and me there. We work well together, granted we have to be careful to make sure that we get a bit of ME time. But so far we seem to be doing fine. The building is large enough that we could rent office space to someone or bring in a partner, and that is what we hope to do. The situation is becoming know in the community and the building is in a Prime location, so time will tell.

The kids are doing fine:
Adam is living in my rental house. He is trying to get a roommate to move in also. With him taking 19 hours of classes, he isn't working much and we need the help paying the bills. Hopefully he will find someone soon.
Lindsey is reaching the dating age.......Heaven help me........The subject has been brought up lately, she hasn't gone out on a date yet, but I know it is out there in the near future.
Hartsul is playing soccer. He has games every weekend and they play in alot of different places. Louisville, Cincinnatti, Owensborro, Nashville, St. Louis are a few of the places they have scheduled to play. He loves playing soccer, but it sure makes visitation a challenge.

Well that is the update from Bowling Green......
Hope everyone enjoys the weekend.

Shadow Shot Sunday #4

I haven't taken any pictures this week, so I was forced to rumage through some old shots to come up with an entry for this Sundays shadow shot.

And, since it is cold and we have snow and I am SOOOOOO ready for warm weather, I decided to post some warm, sunny beach shots.

The first one was taken a few years ago. It is my daughter wading in the water of Fort Walton Beach in 2002. She was 7 then.

The next one is a walkway leading to the water near Hilton Head Island.

A short walk along the cool shadowed pathway leads to the bright sunshine of the beautiful beach.

The swing.......waiting for some one to come sit and soak up the beautiful scenery of the ocean at Tybee Island, Georgia.

This is one of my favorites, it is a Honeymoon shot from St. Augustine, with the sun casting shadows of the gaurd rail on the balcony atop the lighthouse.

Here the sun is shining brightly and casting my reflection in the wet sand of the Tybee Island waters.

All these beach pictures make me want to visit the beach. Hmmmmm........spring break is fast approaching. ; )

Hope you enjoy the pictures and be sure to check out what others have posted over at Hey Harriet!

Shadow Shot

I was sitting in my living room the other night and I looked into the kitchen. What did I see, you ask? Shadows........ So I had to grab my camera and share my findings.

Being a Lighthousegal and lover of lighthouses, I have several of them in my kitchen, on top of my cabinets. The recessed lighting in the kitchen made some neat lighthouse shadows, at least I think so.

The lights were also leaving shadows of the ceiling fan on the wall.

Before joining this meme, I would have seen the shadows, but not really SEEN the shadows.

Anyway, this is my entry for this week. I hope you enjoy it. Don't forget to head over to Hey Harriet (link in my side bar) and check out the other entries.

My New Laptop

I have wanted a laptop for a long long time. Finally I have one. I love it. My desk top computer is sooooooo old (like 10 years old) so I have wanted an updated one forever. It is so cool to be able to sit on the couch and be online and play my games and such.

I now have a Dell Vostro. It is promoted as a small business computer and I will be using it for business oriented things too. It will make it very easy to work from home. A big plus.

I think the weather is supposed to be rainy for the next few days so I don't have to feel guilty for staying in the house and playing on the computer. That is if I can get the laptop before Lindsey gets it. So hopefully I will be able to post more often in the upcoming days. Yay!!!

Manic Monday- - Clouds

It is now Monday and the start of another week, hopefully one that doesn't include ice.

The Manic Monday topic is "Clouds". I have had a very hard time deciding which picture I wanted to post for this topic. I love watching clouds. Storm clouds to me are amazing. Seeing clouds from an airplane was the most awesome thing I've ever seen. I have taken pictures of the clouds sooooooo many times, I couldn't possibly count them all. So I decided to post a few of my favorites. I hope you enjoy them. And, of course, if you want to see what others have posted about the topic of clouds, then browse on over to the Manic Monday site.....the link is in my sidebar.

The Ice Is Gone

For the past week we have had ice and snow. I have heard the sound of tree limbs falling to the ground for days. Alot of people have been without electricity and water. All the area schools have been closed. Several counties in our area still have people without electricity. The kids have enjoyed it, but I think we were all glad to see the sun shine today. The temperature went up and the ice began to melt. People were out cleaning up the tree limbs in their yards. And, there were alot of them to be cleaned up. Our whole community looks like a tornado has gone through it.

I was driving to the bank today, the sun was shining and I was glad to see the shadows on the ground. I'm sure all the electric company crews were glad to see the sun shining and the warmer temperatures too.

I couldn't resist taking a few pictures as I drove. I needed some pictures for my Shadow Shot Sunday post. If you would like to see some other shadow shots head over to Hey Harriet. (her link is in my side bar)

Girls really do love taking pictures. My daughter and her friends went outside yesterday to do just that. I have to admit, most of the time they get some good shots.

The weather man is saying we could get more snow on Monday. I think this time it is just going to be snow. Hopefully everyone will have their power back on before the next round of winter weather.

We Have Ice AND Snow

Well the weather man said it was coming and this time he got it right.
We received about 3/4 inch of ice. The temperature went up a little and the precipitation changed over to rain. Then the temperature went down again, the rain that had fallen froze and the snow started. We got about 1/2 inch of snow today on top of all the ice.
I took this picture yesterday morning. These are power lines in our back yard.
Our power was out yesterday morning for about 4 hours. It has gone off a few other times, but comes back on after a few minutes. Our cell phones were out most of the day yesterday. We had no signal at all. Finally last night our signals returned. Lindsey was more concerned about not having the usage of her phone than she was about having electricity. She is a true teenager......
She has enjoyed being out of school, for sure.
Peanut was confussed by the ice. The tree limbs breaking and making noise as they fell was driving him nuts. He would bark and carry on. So finally we let him look out the window so he could see what was going on.
Michael and I prepared for the weather by bringing home things from the office that we could work on. So we have had the leisure of sleeping in, but still getting work completed. I like this working at home stuff. I can cook and do laundry and still get documents and letters typed and ready to go out in the mail. I can even do this in my pj's if I want. Heck, let it snow.........
Here are a few more pictures around our house.
This picture is of one of the trees in our back yard. As you can see power lines go right through it. I was so afraid that the limbs were going to take out the lines, but back in the fall, the electric company came out and trimed the tree limbs around all the power lines. I guess it helped.










This is the light on our back patio.


This is looking down the street, today alot of the limbs on these trees are in the road and the neighbors yard.

This tree is in our front yard. I took this picture yesterday. This morning, I think there is about as many limbs in the yard as there are on the tree.
I went to the mail box and was afraid to walk through the yard, as I normally do. Ice and limbs keep falling.
A couple of our neighbors have parked their cars in our driveway because of all the downed tree limbs.
Michael moved my car from the place I usually park it in, thank goodness, because there is a tree limb were my car usually sits.

Waiting For The Snow, Or Ice.....

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The weather man is predicting that we will have a mixture of sleet and snow beginning Monday night into Tuesday and then chances of snow the rest of the week. Lindsey says it probably won't do anything, because everytime she thinks she will be out of school due to snow, it doesn't happen. All the surrounding county schools close, but Warren doesn't.

So we are waiting for the snow..........

I don't mind the snow. The ice, sleet and freezing rain I can live without. It is pretty on the trees and such, but usually the power goes out and that is not fun at all. The snow I can handle, it's pretty also, but traffic can at least move a bit easier and with less danger, the kids get out of school, we can sleep in a bit (not that I sleep), and we can take a break from the same old everyday routine.

I'll have to post some pictures if it happens, so be sure to check back.

A World Of Shadows

I must say, that since my post last Sunday, I have learned to look a bit more closely at my surrondings. Things that I see everyday have taken on a new look for me. I never realized just how much our world is filled with shadows. Having said that.....on to my Shadow Shot Sunday.

This picture was taken atop the lighthouse at Hunting Island State Park.
You can see the entrance to the lighthouse at the bottom of the picture.

Hunting Island State Park is a beautiful beach in South Carolina. It is a 5,000 acre park and has 5 miles of beach. It's a place where you can truly "find yourself again". The Park is located 16 miles from Beaufort and around 56 miles from Savannah.

Being the "Lighthouse Gal" that I am, I truly loved climbing to the top and enjoying the view.

If you like collecting shells, this is the place to visit. I've never seen so many shells on a beach in my life. I even found a sand dollar and the locals that I talked to said that it is very common to find them at low tide.

I hoped to see some of the loggerhead turtles that are also supposed to be common there, but I did not.

Anyway, this is my post for Shadow Shot Sunday......
I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to reading your comments.
Have a good week all.......

Feels Like A Monday

My days are all mixed up, I guess because the kids were out of school yesterday. It has felt like Monday to me all day.
Maybe I am just out of sync because, yet again I have a sinus infection.
Like always, it starts as allergies and goes into an infection. Hopefully my antibiotic will kick in soon.

At least I have been able to stay home and rest today. Michael has been out of town all day in depositions so it has given me the day off......I was truly glad too. Peanut and I have watched the Presidential Inauguration and festivities. My main job today has been to hold the couch down. I've done a very good job too.....

I'd also like to thank all who posted comments on my Shadow Shot Sunday picture.
I hope you will check in often and post your comments.

My First Shadow Shot Sunday

This is my Shadow Shot Sunday entry.

It was taken on the Bratcher Farm in Ohio County Kentucky. The pond is really pretty and the girls like being out there.

I've been following a couple of blogs with some really neat shadow pictures on them and I thought I'd join in on the fun.

Hopefully I will have a chance to enter often.

An Update From Bowling Green

I know I haven't posted in awhile.
I do have to say that I am so glad I am not working at Target anymore.
Not having to work retail during the holidays was great. Ten years of retail was enough for me.
Now I can wear something besides red and khaki.

I am enjoying my new job.
I still don't think of myself as a Legal Assistant.....or a Paralegal, but I'm enjoying it.

At first I was so intimated by the whole office setting. Having had no office training other than a high school typing class.


The fax machine,









the printer,









the credit card machine,








the copier,

the business computer programs.... it was scary.

But, as is usually the case, the fear of the unknown and the worries of making dumb mistakes was unfounded. It is not that difficult. Granted, I have had plenty to learn and I have made my share of silly mistakes. (Like filing original documents in our client's file instead of at the courthouse). As for the office machinery........they have been a piece of cake to learn to operate. I have actually shown the others in the office how to use certain functions they knew nothing about, like the sort button on the copier.
The main thing is to not be intimadated, use your common sense, remember that help buttons are there for a reason, Google can answer many questions, and if these things don't work....ask someone else.

The Farm

These are some pictures that were taken the weekend after Thanksgiving.
We gathered together on the Bratcher Farm in Ohio County. We had a good lunch and a great visit.
Clif and Eva look happy to have us all there.



Even Peanut and Duke had a good time together.





After lunch the kids decided to go outside and toss the football around.

Dan and Pam took advantage of the relatively warm weather to get out and enjoy the scenery.

The pond makes a great back ground for pictures, so we had to take advantage of that.

Lindsey's friend Natalia went along with us.





It was a nice day!