Happy Hump Day!

Well we've all made it half way through another week. On my end there's been no drama and no injuries. Whoo! That's a record when compared to the last month or so.

I head to Beaumont tomorrow. I am taking my day without the Bug if it kills me. I'm going to shop without him hanging on me or constantly having to worry if he's run off somewhere or Mommy! I have to go potty. I'm not going to buy anything, if you can believe that. I'm just going to enjoy being myself. Not Grayson's Mommy for a few hours. I think I might but a book and just go sit and read it. Oh that would be nice. Not having to remind him that it's rude to try and carry on a conversation with someone while they're reading. LOL

Tomorrow is my friend Becca's 25th birthday! OMG. It seems like just yesterday I met her and she was only 17. LOL Now she's an old Momma with 2 kids. J/K.

Happy Birthday Becca! Love you girl!

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Cars Cars Cars

My son is addicted to Cars. I think that he really is. Every time we see a red car it's Lightning McQueen. Every time we see a blue car it's Sally. All tow trucks are Mater. It's pretty bad. He's incredibly random and you could be having a conversation with him about whatever might be the topic at hand and he's going to come back with something about Cars. He has Cars toys, shoes, shirts. Everything you can think of Cars he's got it. Needless to say I am ready to pull my hair out. It was horrible before the movie even came out he wanted to watch the preview non stop. LOL So he would watch the preview 4-5 times a day and keep asking for more!

So I am boycotting Cars. he's watching it one more time today and then that's it. No more for at least a week. AHHHHHHHHHHH!

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Rain Rain Go Away!

it has rained every day this weekend. Blah blah blah.

It started Saturday. Woke up thinking we were going to have a nice quiet day of sitting on the porch, Grayson playing, just talking and enjoying. Yeah it rained. Blech. Got down to it and Grayson was running in the mud. His cars shoes, that I previously blogged about, covered in mud. Ick ick ick. So got him bathed and in the house and started the don't fall asleep fight. After dinner is was to bed with the Bug. Got a sitter and went to Big Texas with some friends.

Fun! I didn't get home and in bed until 6. Blah! LOL Which meant only 3 1/2 hours of sleep before getting up with the Bug. He ran hard all day. Again. Got him in a and bathed around 1 or so to head to John's for some hangin on the porch.

Today we're bbq'ng some ribs and running in the mud again. After the weekend Grayson should hate baths.

Happy Memorial Day everyone! Hope it's a great one.

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Blah!

Well. My throat had stopped for a little bit but it's back and going at full force. Blech. I hate my tonsils, but if a doc were to take them out now it would be so crappy. The surgery is supposed to be really nasty for an adult and I know of several people that have had a lot of complications after a tonsilectomy as an adult. Yep. Not for me. I'll deal with the antibiotics and pain killers.


I hope everyone is going to have a great Memorial Day weekend. I was supposed to go to Athens for a something that we have every year at Shelby Chapel. Shelby Chapel is a little country church, think Little House on the Prairie, with a cemetary in the back where my Mother is buried. The land for the church was donated by my Great Great Great Great Grandmother. I think. Here's a history.

Shelby Chapel Church and Cemetery - Athens


James Madison Shelby (1814-1889), a native of North Carolina, moved with
his large family from Alabama to Texas in the 1870s. They first lived in Smith County,
then moved to southeastern Henderson County. There they established a Presbyterian
church named Morrison Chapel for the minister who preached there. Services were held
in the home of James and Amanda Ann Henderson Shelby until a small building was
erected. Church members buried their loved ones in an adjoining cemetery. James
Madison Shelby was interred in Morrison Chapel Cemetery upon his death. The
extended Shelby family relocated again in 1891, this time to an area three miles
northeast of the center of Athens. Amanda Ann Henderson Shelby lived with her
daughter and son-in-law, Jeff Decal and Susan Ella Shelby Horn. Mrs. Shelby
gave the Horns seven acres of land, reserving two acres for a Presbyterian church
and cemetery. Religious services were held in the Horn home until Thomas Dunklin,
another Shelby son-in-law, received the contract to construct a church building
called Shelby Chapel in 1895. Amanda A. Shelby died in 1896 and was interred
with her husband. The first burial in Shelby Chapel Cemetery was that of J. D. and
Susan Horn's infant son in 1897. Shelby Chapel and the Athens Cumberland
Presbyterian Church were united between 1901 and 1905. The church remained
Presbyterian until 1964 when it became a non-denominational community church.
Many armed forces veterans are interred here, including Confederate soldiers.
Members of Shelby Chapel and their descendants continue to be interred in the
cemetery, which remains as a chronicle of area settlers.


This was written around the time that it was made a historical landmark. Well anyway every year there's a picnic and cleaning and we like to go when we can but this year with gas prices like they are it's just not possible. Oh well. There's always next year. I hope everyone is well.