Blue Bonnet beauties

My girls at the Denison Dam Easter afternoon

Easter Greetings

Greetings from the frozen north (north Texas that is) It is currenly 45F and I have a fire going in the fireplace. What a weekend.
Thursday - Went to work no biggie
Thursday Night - pick CD up from PreUIL and get ready for Falls Creek
Friday 4:00 a.m. get up go get gas and go to Oklahoma
Friday 6:30 a.m. drop CD off at Union Association Cabin and head back to Sherman
Friday 7:30 a.m. call into the office - not needed for the day Head home
Friday 9:00 a.m. Arrive at house and start cleaning like a crazy person
Friday 12:00 RD arrives from college for the weekend along with 2 buddies for the weekend
Friday 1:00 p.m. Discover that CD had left her room a pig sty and start cleaning it. Ended up with 4 tall kitchen bags of garbage, 2 bags of clothes too small for her and 6 loads of dirty Laundry. RD comes home from taking her test at school and pitches in to help me. Totally rearrange CD's closet
Friday 4:00 take CC and the kids to Pizza Hut for early supper
Friday 6:00 return to house to finish up CD's room and move one of the kids into it for the night
Friday 8:00 p.m. make a target run for more cleaning supplies
Friday 9:00 p.m start on RD's and her buddies' laundry
Friday 11:30 p.m fire alarm goes off - alarm people call verify everything is ok. Call Fire department, captain arrives and changes out battery and checks for CO advises us if it happens again change out all the batteries and leaves 6 batteries with us
Saturday 2:00 a.m. head to Walmart for more batteries. the 6 left to us are either not working or defective
Saturday 3:00 a.m. call alarm people how do we turn them off can't stop the beeping or the alarm from going off
Saturday 3:30 a.m. call CC at work please come home and Help
Saturday 4:00 a.m. Tech for alarm people call me and advises me to turn off from the breaker/and or take batteries out. Warned of 110 Volts so be careful
Saturday 4:30 a.m. Find breaker and CC comes home. Discover defective alarm in guest room leave breaker off and take out battery for that alarm. Go to bed
Saturday 6:30 a.m. RM wakes me because she has to go get her sister in OK
Saturday 9:30 a.m. make biscuits and forget to turn on exhaust fan
Saturday 9:39 a.m. discover that alarm works with just batteries
Saturday 10:00 RM and CD back from OK We all have a late breakfast
Saturday 11:45 RM and guest head to church with cello
Saturday 2:00 take CD to church with Trombone
Saturday 4:00 p.m. wake CC and go Red Lobster for Birthday Celebration
Saturday 6:30 p.m. go to Braums for dessert.
Saturday 8:00 RM comes back with DVD
Saturday 11:00 p.m. turn tv off after watching the Mavs win
SLEEP like the dead until morning
EASTER:
Sunday make breakfast for everyone
Head to church to hear Handel's Messiah with both girls performing
Head to Denison Dam to take pictures in the bluebonnets
Head to Applebee's for lunch
4:00 p.m. wave RM and friends off back to school
and now I am fixing to finish cleaning my room.
I am so glad I have to go to work in the morning. I need the rest.

Ok Here is the Poop

Ok here is the poop -

You may or may not remember back in 2002 when I was attacked and ended up in the ER Because I was hit in the head with a 2X4, apparently (I don't know why) but that was the start of my problem.

The damage is irreparable. I have lost hearing in both ears even though it is only higher ranges. Something to do with the bone behind the ear(?) Chris may have to clarify this one.

They can do nothing about the ringing in the ears and the sensitivity to noise and It is only going to get worse. Learn to live with it.

my lifestyle prior to growing up (ie young adult) did not help matters any - the damage to the eardrum is done and cannot be reversed.

I am not a candidate for surgery

I am not a candidate for a hearing aid.

I can be fitted for special ear pieces for when I am on stage, even though Doc would prefer me away from any noise at all - Yeah like that is going to happen

Ok shed enough tears about this.

Acceptance and moving on.

Bad blogger bad bad blogger

Ok so am not so good at blogging. LOL
After a couple weeks in Florida I return to my home grateful all that God has blessed me with.
I am now traving back and forth to Dallas this week for some OJT training and helping the skip trace unit get caught up.
Rae is home for the weekend and for night of praise. I am glad she is home safe
House is a wreck but I am hoping to get it cleaned up soon. (I hope)
Everything is wet from the rain but I don't care I love being home

Note to Self deux

Tip for operating Digital camera:

Read owner's manual

(Not for me - for RM's birthday)

Random Act of Kindness

Valentine's day was a day like most except for one small thing, which I have seen rarely and that I can count on one hand, the times I've seen it. My EOIC knowing that the other two women in my office would not be getting flowers for the day went out and got all three of us a single red rose and small bag of chocolates. I was included, but I knew the act was really for the other two who would not have a wonderful person sending them a dozen long stemmed red roses. His kindness was a small in site to the cavalier spirit that he lets show on odd occasions. And for that moment I was proud to call him friend.

Saturday race around Texas

Another fun fast paced day here. Woke up and got on the road by 8:30 (Starbuks please)
We headed to Frisco and got there just as Sam Moon's was opening (Note to self 9:30 not 9:00)
Looked at all the luggage and picked out a really cute set for Caedee to use for Germany
Went next door to the Sam Moon Trading Company! Oh my stars!!!!! I'm broke now. I got everything from hair to purses in the place. Picked up a hair fall and a new purse then I got the girls some stuff limited to $30.00 each and for the most part they behaved themselves. LOL.
Then we went up to 380 zipped over to Denton, went North of 35 to Gainesville Just in time to buy 12 boxes of GS cookies from Nesa and her niece.
Went to Whitesboro and picked up some necessities and flew back to Sherman by 1:30
I think I need a nap because I am suppose to head out in about an hour to go back to Whitesboro for a birthday party for a friend of mine. Whoo hoo I can't wait for Monday when I can get some rest.