fun pictures

Here are a few pictures of James and Jeanie from his visit to our house in March. Notice he has on his UNC jersey. James, his mother and his sister came to watch the UNC basketball game with us. As soon as Jeanie brought out her playdough and asked James to play, she had a friend.

fun pictures

Here are some more pictures from Andrew and Taylor's visit

Kaitlin posted them on her blog.

Jumping

Andrew and Taylor are here!!!!  This is one of Andrew's favorite places to eat.

We love taking  jumping pictures here too.  Andrew is in the picture below- trust me

Taylor told me that Andrew would like mlb.com for his birthday.  We were able to get it for him.  Here we are in the den with Andrew showing it to me.

Great visit.  I want to grab every minute of it.

She withstood snakes, jokes and lots of eating out.

I can't believe that it has been 8 weeks since Jeanie moved into our house.  Her Occupational Therapy rotation was over on Friday.  We had a great time with Jeanie, her boyfriend on his visits here, her brother, Chris, and her parents.

Jeanie fit in with all the teasing here.  She sat on the sofa with Kaitlin and Marisa many a night laughing at Youtube videos, she joined with them singing the songs they love, she sent an occasional poem and she even put up with Carl when he put a snake in her bed.*

Jeanie got herself up everyday and never missed a day of work.  She ate what we did and took care of herself when I said that we were on our own, but most important to me she always let me know where she was.  It was a joy to have her.

One of the unexpected things that we got from Jeanie was given to Kaitlin.  We have always had an open home- folks have stayed with us from a few days to a few months.  The last girl we had live with us for a summer did not leave on good terms with us and especially Kaitlin.  Kaitlin was wounded greatly.  I did not know that Kaitlin was afraid that the same thing would happen with Jeanie.  What a blessing that it did not!

We are all ready for our next guest!

*Snake in the bed story-  We live out in the country.  One afternoon there was a large snake near our road.  It was hissing at all the cars that went by.  Yuck!  Kaitlin and I saw it as we headed out for the afternoon.  We told everyone at supper that night at the Restaurant.  All the girls were generally creeped out by the snake.  Carl met us for supper that night.  We were all in different cars so we got home at different times.  Carl got home first.  Jeanie was the first one to find a rubber snake in her bed and she didn't even scream that loud.  The three girls then went to each of their beds to see if Carl had put a snake in all their beds- they weren't disappointed- he did.  

 

You need to meet Juliet, Sidney, Dawsey etc

I just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.  It was outstanding.  The setting is post WWII in London and the island of Guernsey.  It is written as a series of letters.  It took me a few letters to figure out who was who and then I couldn't put it down.  

I plan to read more about Guernsey and the WWII.

Enjoy!

We don't see the whole story yet.

Here it is  Please read what Andrea Seu has to say today.  It was an encouragement to me because I'm in the middle of several things and it was a wonderful reminder.  

Poems that were in my pocket yesterday

Thanks to all who sent poems and texts and emails for Poem in my Pocket Day.  Here are the ones I got back text:

Short. The most expressive poem today- money

The day is almost over. so I better hurry to get my poem in, I had a great day, I hope the swine flu stays away. I will sleep well tonight!  Purple Flowers by Kaitlin

Roses are red, violets blue, every one loves you and I do too  - ElizabethT

We are watching obama it makes me wanna scream- o mama! My shoes are pink and I hope they don't stink but it makes you think about how you can't make them shrink.  JeanieR

Ellen is the queen at making sweet, sweet tea, she keeps us all happy at CPC! She is such a special & Great friend, she'll pray for U, cry with U or encourage U to the bitter end.  CherylO  - Thanks Cheryl

We love the doctors at St Jude. The nurses there are never rude. We had some great news today. Still praying her cancer stays away.  MaxineD

Roses are red, violets are blue/ I hate finals. I've already had two/ only one to go then I'll be done /I'll be a lawyer, won't that be fun? / until then Lots of caffeine to get me through!!! KatyB

' Let us go there u and I where the evening is spread against he sky. Like a patient etherized upon  a table' J alfred prufrock by t.s. eliot  - Zach R

Roses are red

 violets are blue 

I don't know any poems so this one will have to do :)  lol

  ThomasM

Today to skool i drove the ford, it was so fun i was never bored. I hope the rain doesn't come to stay, it needs to go far far away. I can't wait till my brain isn't so busy and doesn't feel like its on a frenzy, Bee by MTD ( that rhymed as well!)

His glory is near me so softn'ing my heart that my vision is changing His love to impart  SusanP

Praise the Lord. spring is here! Lovely flowers soon appear.  The sun is high, no clouds in the sky I could really use a beer.   - KatieB  - she also said JK! thought I'd throw in a little surprise

My old boss and I used to do lots of haiku and this one's for you!  ElenaG

Sitting in arab, scared of the flu. Should I fly back to houma, don't know what to do  JennB

Poems are not my forte, but I had to reply right away, To remind you you're loved by your Father above and I hope you have a great day!  LisaC

5  foot 2 eyes of blue, my friend ellen is yur friend too!  Z

Rain Rain, go away... We have a practice game to play.  Lots to go over, running out of time. If we don't get better, I'll need a drink with lime. Shortstops a plenty with no one in right, will pitching hold up? We'll  find out tonight  Coaching Baseball- by ChrisR

Roses are red

 Poop is brown

Today is thursday and I am trying not to frown  by KimR  

and by email I received

We had a bird in our house last night
It gave us all a good fright
We worked together as a team
to get that thing out the door
It was harder than it may seem
to complete that unfortunate chore!

And it pooped in the house twice.
NOT nice!

Have a great day,
Love, Monica

 

Dear Ellen, there’s no tellin’ how happy you’ll be

When you read the poem in my pocket

No doubt you will shout with glee when you see

There’s a surprise of a locket in that pocket just for you, you see.  ReneeR

Thanks for all of those!  I sure had a fun Poem in my Pocket Day