WHEW! Am I tired!

~~~~~~We've been getting this house ready for Alexis' visit for a good while now. She will be here any minute and I just now sat down and I am pooped!
~~~With the addition of the new furniture, getting Christmas decorations out, and moving all the other stuff around, AND CLEANING, there is just no end to cleaning.
~~~~~~~~Oh yeah! And, just what if her dog, uh, I mean Piper, decides to throw up all of the food she just gobbled down like there was no tomorrow? YUP, just Upchucked it in a neat little pile. Only difference coming out was that it was now, green and slimy. Did y'all just picture that? UGH. Sorry for the lovely mental picture I gave y'all. hehe... Technically, it is her dog, cuz she is the one who paid for it, right? I know, I know..... YES, love her!

~~~~~We blew up the mattress again for Alexis to sleep on, and we will see how long it will hold air. So far, so good. We decided to wait for our daughter to get home to decorate the tree. The presents are all wrapped waiting to go underneath it.
~~~~~OH, guess what else Jesse's dog did?! She is literally EATING a hole in the fence and digging underneath!! We're gonna have to block off that side now, until we can put up a new fence! AAGGHHH...!!! Did y'all catch that? Whenever Piper does something that's a no-no... She is either Jesse's dog or Alexis' dog. When she does something cute, I say oh, look how cute she is, quick, grab the camera!
~~~~~The week is only beginning. Bently (Alexis' 5lb yorkie) will be here to run amuck-amuck with Piper and cause havoc! We will keep the camera handy!

Not sure when I will get back on here, but just in case I don't before Christmas,
EVERYONE, HAVE A WONDERFUL MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

A little bit rock~n~roll, before turning Country..

Ok, his dancing is off, but I love this song... and He is sooo Cute! And, he's 18yrs old! What a feat! And, what memories! :~D

PIPER!!!!

The other day, Piper escaped underneath the desk, tangling herself in the wires, while I was sitting there, and managed to pull down the keyboard and whatever the wires pulled down off the desk, including my computer glasses! One minute is all it took. I saw her run under there, screamed and pulled her out, everything went flying, including my computer glasses! I literally saw them go up, up, but I had more important things to tend to, "Piper". After I banned her from the computer room, I could not find my glasses anywhere!
It took me 3 days to find my glasses (ok, not every minute was dedicated to searching for the glasses). I ended up finding them between the desk and the hard drive. I guess that's one way to clean off the desk!
Ok, how many people have children go off to college, and then they get their own home, and decide that they own the bed they slept in as a child, so they want it for their own guest room? Well, that's what our daughter did, after the bed was in our home while she was in college for 7 years (graduate school), then she lived in an apartment for 3 years before she bought a home. What were we to do? We bought a double air bed, comfy these days, but not so wide as to move around. So we just bought a "Queen" air bed, which is great cuz it practically blows up itself and deflates itself. That is.... unless you have a rambunctious dog.
Our daughter is coming home on Tuesday, so we are getting her room ready, and Piper just got all excited and couldn't stop barking AND JUMPING on the bed while Jesse was blowing it up! He had to get her down several times, as she was jumping like a bunny rabbit! She just loved that it bounced!!! OMG!!! Just like a kid!!! Well... POOH!!! She punctured a hole in the bed!!
Luckily we had the repair kit, and it seems to be working fine, but now we have to keep that door closed, and No telling what's gonna happen when daughter brings her 5lb Yorkie with her and Piper tries to jump on the bed!!
Oh, it's just something exciting we get to look forward to. :~D

PICTURES OF THE NEW FURNITURE!

Here are the rest of the pictures of the new furniture. This is a "behind the couch table", but we are using it as an entrance table. This picture is just to show you how it is being used.

Here is the rest of the table:
This is the end table. Here is the Coffee Table: Here is the kitchen table. We love sitting up High:

Here is a better picture of the chairs:


Well, that's what I purchased and surprised DH with! As a matter of fact, he liked it so much, that we went back the next day and bought the matching TV stand! And, THEN, we went to buy a 46" flat screen TV (this is what I had been hinting for, for Christmas, before I knew I was gonna get this furniture)! WHOA! Was that a surprise!! After not having new furniture for 20 years, I think this makes up for that. LOL
So, now, we get to surprise our daughter when she comes home!

P.S.: Don't miss the pictures of the Curio Cabinets, posted below!

PICTURES OF THE CURIO CABINETS!

Well folks, I'm sorry for the delay, but finally, I was able to load the pictures of the new furniture. And then I was able to find them! They had decided to go into computer cyberland and I couldn't find them for a while!

Here are the Curio Cabinets:
In these you might be able to see some of the Transformers and other figures better:
Here are some other ones:

I wonder if some of the guys recognize these characters.
In the next picture, on the bottom shelf, is a deck (main part of skateboard) that one of Jeffrey's best friends had made for his shop, and he gave it to me the other day. He wanted Jeffrey to have it in his room. We thought the cabinet would be appropriate. The name on the board is the name of his shop "The Board Shop" (surfboards/skateboards). If you look at it sideways, you can see a skull. (Don't know why, but the boys are just crazy about skulls, on anything!)

I just love these Curio Cabinets! I think they are perfect for Jeffrey's things. Merry Christmas Jeffrey. We Love You.

FURNITURE ARRIVED!!

Well folks, Cheryl and I worked all morning moving stuff around, and in the garage! Bigger job than we thought! Remember, I could not do anything until DH was gone! DH went xmas shopping and left us, he told us so we could hang out for the day like we had planned.
I told him to call me when he was coming home, in case I wanted him to pick up anything.
~~~~~~The guys arrived on time, right at 1:00! We had called to see if they could deliver earlier, but they couldn't.
~~~~~~After everything was in it's place and the guys left, Cheryl and I went to dusting and cleaning the glass, on everything. We decided to leave the glass shelves out of the Curio Cabinets because they were heavy, and we thought that DH would enjoy helping me put all of Jeffrey's collectibles inside. So, I got all of the collectibles out of the boxes and lined them up, in order, of the different types. I had two of them already sitting out, so I had to dust them.
~~~~DH called to say he was on his way. I suggested Happy Hour, but the weather had turned nasty and was rainy and cold. So, there went that idea!

~~~~When DH walked in the front door, I was standing at in the family/kitchen area, where I could see him walk in, and yelled "SURPRISE!" He just stood there checking everything out, and soaking it in. (There was still the family room and kitchen to enter!) He didn't have a scowl on his face.... it was more like.. "What???" I said aren't they (the furniture) nice? He said "Yeah..", so I went to hug him and kept talking excitedly. I walked to the family room/kitchen area, so he followed. He saw the end table between our two easy chairs; and the HUGE (tall) kitchen table! His eyes opened wide, but he went over to it and ran his hands over the top of the table. I sat on one end of the table, and urged him to sit on the chair. He loved it! But I had to keep asking him. Like it? He loved it! He said, so this is your Christmas present, huh? I corrected him. "This is our Christmas present!" BUT, he better get me something personal, cuz I already got him at least 3 things!
~~~~~~Oh, what a RELIEF that was!! After he checked out everything, he started to put in the shelves, and I started to dust off the collectibles that were in Jeffrey's room. The dust was heavy, and there were a lot of small places to get into to clean, and boy was that a chore! I ended up using wet Q-Tips. It took me a long time!
~~~~Jesse loaded everything (and I let him - while I dusted). Everything looks great! I'll get pictures loaded on here in a couple of days. Thanks for all your toes and fingers crossed, and prayers, and good thoughts coming my way! WHEW!!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~~~~~My dear hubby just told me that he TOOK OFF WORK TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I asked him why he didn't tell me, and he said, "well, I just decided today, so I could get some shopping done.". AAAAACCCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!
~~~~~My friend Cheryl is coming over in the morning for breakfast and then leaving at noon for piano lesson and then will come back afterwards, just when furniture should arrive. So, I told DH that Cheryl was coming over so we could have lunch, hang out, write Christmas cards, and watch soaps. So he said that he would stay out and let us spend time together. So, I asked, so you won't come home until the afternoon? He said yes.
~~~~~There goes my idea about telling him to go out for beers with the boys! So much for my perfect planning! Maybe I can ask him to meet me for an early dinner, then we can have appetizers and drinks (hopefully to put him in a good mood)! OF ALL THE RETCHED TIMING!!

FURNITURE ARRIVES TOMORROW!

~~~Well Folks, tomorrow is "D" Day..... for me, anyway. YIKES!!
My friend Cheryl (the person I bought the furniture from) is going to come on over and help me move some stuff around to get ready for the new furniture!
~~~ It is supposed to be delivered after 1:00, so right afterwards, I'm going to call my honey and suggest.... that he go have some beers with some friends! OK, ok..... Now, I know that in itself is going to throw up a BIG RED FLAG, cuz I never do that! He usually calls me to tell me that he is going after work for a few. So, we'll see...
~~~ Keep your fingers crossed and positive thoughts coming my way, and wish me luck! I sure hope he likes the surprise!

THANKS GARY!!

I received my Christmas cup in yesterday's mail, and my 2 little surprises!

I just love the Christmas Cup (the Teacher will too) and I just LOVE my new xmas ornament - and, my new toothpick holder!! Thanks Gary!!

Curio Cabinets & MORE!

~~~You know how it is that just 5 minutes ago, I had already relayed in my head an entire first paragraph that I was going to write on my blog. Well, I rushed over here, and Ka-Blash! What was that paragraph I just so eloquently wrote in my head??
~~~ It sux getting old... they say the memory is the first to go... they may be right.

Yesterday I was stressing out big time! You see, a couple of weeks ago I decided I was gonna purchase the curio cabinet that I have been saving up for to put all of Jeffrey's comic book statutes and figures collections, to display them in. I have a dear friend that just happens to work in a furniture store, and she was keeping an eye open for a cabinet for me. Well, one came in that was perfect! I went ahead and purchased one. While I was there, I looked over some other furniture. Hmm..... they were having a great sale with no interest for x amount of time.... so, I picked up a couple of other things. Well, the more you buy, the better the deal is for the x-mas special that they have, Interest FREE! So, I decided to get another curio cabinet!

Ladies, y'all know what I'm talking about.... the adrenaline just gets to you, as the deal keeps getting sweeter and sweeter with the larger the purchase! I was on a HIGH!

So, I left the store feeling really good! I thought to myself, I'll just "surprise" DH after the furniture arrives and have the display cabinets all filled up! Well, as the days passed, and the time got closer and closer to the delivery date, I started having qualms about how DH would react. One day I would feel great and all excited and pictured DH's excitement as he saw what I had done! Then, the next day (even though I had gotten a Super deal), I'd start second guessing myself, wondering if DH would really be happy or MAD....

Yesterday, I received a credit card in the mail from that store. DH opened it and didn't think twice about it, and just gave it to me! :~D. I started getting nervous.... and almost said something, but since Piper had just ripped up the carpet in the living room and DH had not had lunch that day, cuz he was in meetings all day... I decided I would not tell him of what was to come on Friday (the delivery date), and just yell "SURPRISE!" I tell y'all what - I worked myself up into a frenzy! I had this Major Headache! I hadn't had this type of headache in a long time! AND, I was OUT of Wine!! I still had my headache this morning, so I looked for some Excedrin (always takes my headaches away!). I'm OUT! But, I did find some Excedrin Tension Headache meds (which I never take), but Oh My, they worked WONDERFUL! No headache! They must have caffeine in them cuz, after I dropped DH at work at dark-thirty this morning, I stopped to have a breakfast taquito with some SUPER HOT SAUCE - or was it the PICO DE GALLO (jalapenos peppers w/onion, tomato & cilantro) that was HOT! Anyway, my sinuses are cleaned out.

Does it sound like I'm on a caffeine high? Anyway, today, I'm getting the house ready for the furniture delivery on Friday. I think I will call DH on Friday after lunch and suggest that he stop for some beers after work before he comes home. Hmm.... Can't hurt.

For those of you who live close by and know me.... please, please do not let the cat out of the bag!
P.S. Please keep positive thoughts for me!

Piper Learned A Few Things

I've told y'all about our Thanksgiving trip where we ended up staying with my SIL's family and her 2 rat terriers and my daughter's TeaCup Yorkie, and of course, we brought Piper into the mix, remember?
~~~First thing she learned: Well in between the barking, running in circles, growls, nipping at each other and hair flying..., we just discovered something that she learned while she was there........ Wait for it.......... HUMPING!!! Yep, and you won't believe who she learned this from! The 5lb TeaCup Yorkie. Ok, so tonight... Piper was acting up and jumping on hubby as he sat in recliner, so he got up and turned around so he could ignore her. Well, Piper just hopped up on his leg and started humping! I had to stifle a laugh in a kitchen towel cuz hubby refused to give her any attention and just waited until she stopped. Hubby had his hand over his mouth as he tried to stifle his laugh! Ah, too funny!! {She's getting fixed in the next week or so. Does that help?)
~~~~Second thing she learned (not on the trip): So, a while back, when Piper was still a small puppy (not the 37lb 5month old puppy she is now), we were trying to potty train her by having her ring a bell hanging from the kitchen door. It worked sporadically. We basically gave up on that, cuz she didn't ring it any more. So, today, I'm watching TV and she rings the bell. Hmm.. I had just let her back in a bit ago, but I get up and open the door anyway. She just stays back and stares at me and then stares at the door. After trying to coax her out, I give up. Then, when I'm working in the kitchen she rings the bell, so I open the door again, she won't go out! After one more time, I give up! I guess she just wanted me to stop and play. So, she finally learned to ring the bell, but for the wrong reason. LOL
~~~~Tonight, hubby found a collar that belonged to our old dog, Penny, and put it on Piper. It was a little loose, and she went Nuts trying to get it off! She looked like a bucking bronco! That was too funny. We tried to get a video of it, but by the time we got the camera going, she wasn't bucking any more. After a few minutes of that, she just dropped to the floor and started snoring! Wore her plumb out! LOL
~~~~When hubby got home today, he walks into a sea of shredded carpet! Piper was confined to the front two rooms while I was in the back computer room, and she found some carpet threads sticking out, and she kept pulling and pulling until she just ripped all she could get out! AARRGGGHHH!!!!
~~~~I still wanna take her back to her previous owner, my daughter, but hubby won't let me. :-{

ThanksGiving & More

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
~~~We were supposed to go straight to our daughter's home, but at the last minute, changed our plans to go to Austin (and had our daughter join us); Hubby wanted to have TG with his father. He had just gotten out of surgery for hernia removal (botched colonoscopy related), and was fresh out of the hospital.
We stayed with my SIL & BIL and their 2 children (19 & 21); and their 2 rat terriers, our daughter's Tea Cup Yorkie, Bently (5lbs), and of course, Piper (35lbs). We got there Wednesday night.

OMG! The dogs went NUTS!! Only one of the terriers ran circles with Piper in the big backyard. Then when they were all inside, Piper wanted to play so, all 35 lbs of her jumped and boxed her big paws at the little ones. NONE of them liked it at all and viciously attacked her! At first, Piper didn't know what to do and kept playing with them. She finally realized she was being attacked, so she joined in the growling and nips here and there. There were some scratched noses and tufts of hair flying in the air. And, the echos of the growling and barks were LOUD! Then we had the adults all scrambling to grab their dogs and screaming at them to behave! Yeah, right... a lot of good that did! We diagnosed the little dogs with the Napoleon Syndrome. LOL

On TG day, we were chased out of the kitchen while SIL & BIL cooked. So, I went to visit my mom before dinner, then I went back for dinner; then went back to visit my mom to watch the Cowboys play; and was planning to go back just before the Longhorns played so we could watch it together. Did anyone see the game?? OMG!!! It was some exciting game! And, of course, the Longhorns won, which made it even more SWEET!

While I was at moms during the Cowboys game, Daughter texted me that FIL had busted some staples from his wound and he was bleeding. She said all were upset and crying, so I came on back to the house. By the time I got there, all was fine. FIL had lay down and the bleeding had stopped. Apparently, he was Not supposed to sit up straight; either lay down, or recline. Hubby & BIL took them home, and then we watched the game.

Friday we left for Dallas, and had 3 days to spend alone with our daughter, so we thought. Daughter's friends/neighbors had invited us for dinner that same night that we drove in, so we went straight over there for dinner. On Saturday, we went out for dinner, glad to have some time to ourselves. We were finally able to speak of Jeffrey, noting that this was the 3rd year without our Jeffrey at Thanksgiving. We spoke some loving words, and then made a toast to him, telling him that we loved him and missed him everyday. On Sunday night, some of daughter's friends came over for a visit, and after a while, hubby and I retreated to the den to watch FB (he did) and I read. We got home on Monday night.
Oh Yeah! Napoleon Bently and Big Piper constantly were at eachother! Napoleon was always the instigator.... Well, sort of..... But, in all fairness... Piper just wanted to play. :)
~~~Ah, not much quality time with our daughter. Maybe Christmas will be different.