Good day for a Monday

What a way to start the week! The power went out just as I was preparing for my day at work. Talk about total chaos! I wonder if people with "real jobs" get worked up when the power in their workplace goes out. Luckily it was only out for about 15-20 minutes, and came back on just before 8:00 a.m. Too bad; if it had been out for an hour, we would have been able to call it a day. If the lunch ladies can't fix lunch, we can't have school. As the principal said: "No place to go from here but up ." Smart man, that Mr. Principal.
The other big excitement of the day was getting my schnauzer a halter. She had been using a leash, but at times will pull on it, causing her to sound like she's choking. She's quite the diva, so I'm not sure if it was an academy award performance, or if she was really choking! My Jack Russell Mix went to a halter a long time ago! Funny little dog; when we walk, she doesn't know where she's going, but she's going to be the first one there. After I got home, it took me about 15 minutes to figure out how to put the halter on her. Finally did it after my 15 year old son figured it out. So much for that Master's degree helping me out on that! My JR was going crazy, thinking it was time for a walk, and trying to get her head in the new halter. I finally gave in and we went for a short walk in the park near our house. Here's a picture of my little girls:

My husband got a new SUV last week, complete with built in garage remote! Great, except when he was trying to program it, all of the remotes got wiped out. So, I climbed the step ladder, squinted with my 40-something eyes to read the directions to re-program the remotes, and got them re-programmed. Even helped my husband get his remote programmed!
So, yes, Monday was a good day!

Beautiful Sunday!

Yesterday was absolutely gorgeous: Sunny and warm! It was so nice to go by the park and see so many people taking advantage of the public park near our house. Kids were on the playground, people were walking their dogs, some people had blankets spread out, and some were picnicking. I feel very fortunate to live in a town that values public space and takes excellent care of the public facilities. The picture above is just a little section of the park. Obviously this wasn't taken yesterday!
Another section of the park:When I was growing up, the park didn't look anywhere near this nice! Oh, but what fun we had anyway!
The "King & Queen's Chairs": Can you seen them to the left of the picture? This was our "castle", complete with dungeon! Okay, so we had great imaginations back then!
Now I'm ready for a brand new work-week. It's starting out as a wet, cool one. This will be the second whole week we've worked since Christmas, unless we have bad weather during the week. I love living in the South!

First Post!

I decided to go ahead and create a blog. Why not? I follow one of my niece's blogs, as well as a blog created by the wife of a friend. I don't expect mine to be as exciting as theirs, but, what the heck? This is life in a small southern town that is nestled in the valley close to the Smoky Mountains.

I grew up in a large family, and most of us have found our way back home after living away. I know this sounds cliche, but after 9/11, I think a lot of people started realizing what is really important in life, and that is family. With my parents getting older, I was ready to come home. I didn't expect to live quite this close to "home": Our house is just up the street from my parents' house, the house where I grew up.

I am quickly approaching an "empty nest". I'm learning to appreciate the hectic life of high school boys because it will be gone in the blink of an eye! My youngest son just earned his learner's permit. Why is it I can actually drive with him without getting too stressed out when there was no way I could do that with my other 2 sons? It can't be that I'm getting old. Nope, no way that's it!

So, here is my life. It may be kind of boring, but it's mine!