House WORK!

It's a beautiful Saturday morning and I want to play outside, work in the yard. Something, anything but...NO I must do housework. I have been avoiding it for sometime now. I had 6 light bulbs that were burned out in the kitchen, living room and hallway. When I replaced those this morning , oh my goodness I saw the dust. It is everywhere. You see, my street has been under construction since April. That's 6 months of a dirt road, complete with a backhoe that literally sat in my front yard for almost a month. They are almost finished with the construction, all that remains is to put our grass back in. But all that dirt from the street has traveled into my house. So today is the day. I went to Target and bought a new mop and I am going to clean this floor. I have forgotten what color it really is. I better get a move on because My Violet Girl is coming over and when she gets here the cleaning will cease. No time for that when the girl is in the house! And today we have a surprise for her. Aunt Jaley & Jawjie bought her a pair of Cinderella Twinkle Slippers from the Disney Store. They are adorable. They even have light up heels. Can't wait to see our little Princess wearing them. But for now, I am Cinderella and I gotta get to work!

Favorite Quotes

This is one of my favorite quotes of all time.

"Walk with God, and you cannot mistake the road. You have infallible wisdom to direct you, permanent love to comfort you, and eternal power to defend you." ~Charles Spurgeon, 1834-1892

Wow! Isn't that profound? Just reading it makes me feel better. I keep a copy of it on my message board above my desk at work and read it from time to time. It clearly spells out God's devotion to us and soothes my soul. We are not alone. We have guidance, love and power. And a Defender. See... don't you feel better already?

Blisters and the East Coast Swing!

Ok, it is official... I am a dancer. Ha ha! Is that a laugh or what? Well, I do have blisters and I am wearing Violet's 'Hello Kitty' bandaids.

Jeff and I have been practicing our steps, what a hoot. Jaley's friend, Zack was over last night when we were 'waltzing' around the living room and I asked him how we were doing? He said, "at what?" looking shyly at the ground. I said, "dancing." Then he looked up and said, "Oh, I thought ya'll were doing something I wasn't suppose to be watching." It cracked me up! Then he said, "not too bad." I think he might be 'fibbing'. Tonight we are taking a group class on the East Coast Swing. I am really excited. Then another Swing class on Friday. Yikes! I hope we can keep this up.

My Twinkle Toes...

Hurt!

Darn, darn, double darn, dang! Gee whiz, golly bust, goose devil, dang! Darn, darn . . . dang!

Violet Spends the Night

Our grandgirl finally got to spend the night without her Mommy. She was such a good girl. GiGi (that's me) bought her a ball pit with 175 balls! She loved it. We played and ate Cheetos and then played and ate Cheetos again. Grandpa took her out to play in the rain for a bit, she loved that too. Her Grandma K bought her some rain boots and she wore them. Adorable. On Sunday we took her to eat at Captain D's for lunch. We would eat at Cap'n D's almost every Sunday after church when the girls were growing up. It was a fun walk down memory lane with our new little girl. Can't wait until next time.
PS-Aunt Jaley says that NO house should have 175+ balls in it! It was her job to pick them all up. Jaley is a good aunt. :)

Puttin' on our Dancing Shoes

That's right. Jeff and I took our first group dance class last night, the Waltz. We will take our first private lesson on Monday. It was such fun, not that we were any good. It was just so much fun to watch all those folks dancing. I mean really dancing. We want to be able to do that too. And boy, it was a work out. Today, we will be checking around to see if we can get some real dancing shoes. Apparently, you gotta have 'em. We have been looking for a new hobby or something. You know we are pretty much 'empty nesters' these days. So we are rediscovering a life without children. So far, it has been fun! I'll let you know how we are doing in the days and weeks ahead.

Play some Stevie Ray, Man!

Jeff and I love Blues music. We don't often get the opportunity to go and listen to any live, but Saturday night we did just that. We hit a couple of joints, and finally found our nitch at this little place in Northside. We heard James Hinkle, a Fort Worth native. He was really good. We had fun with some crazy folks sitting next to us. The woman was quite intoxicated and kept yelling all night, "play some Stevie Ray, Man". (I think that there has been a theme all weekend of me sitting by drunk women... what's up with that?)

Yesterday we made some tentative plans to try and go to the El Dorado MusicFest in Arkansas later this month. Our absolute favorite (living) guitarist will be playing there, Kenny Wayne Shepard! Kenny's voice is not what you hear on his CDs, he is a guitar prodigy! FYI: He's married to Mel Gibson's only daughter.

Try a little Blues, it's good for your soul.