OH NO!!!!
The SD card in my phone has a problem and I can’t access any
of my pictures. I feel like my arms have fallen off. I have been using my phone
to capture the happenings of the New Year and now I have nothing. I was going
to stroll through the first 20 days of the year, including my daughter’s second
birthday, but now I have nothing. A big blank error message! How am I supposed
to swing back into blogging when all I have is a big blank error to look at? I
think I need to go and get a tall cool drink so that I can work on this
dilemma.
So I have decided to do this as my husband would say “the
analog way” or as I would say “with words”!!!
Right Now … And right before the start of the New Year my
friends got a toy haulin’ trailer and INSISTED
that we all take a weekend trip
to the dirt at Cal City near Edward’s Air Force Base. A large caravan with two
trailers, a motor home and two additional trucks swooped out of town just as
the sun was going to bed. A more modest version of the caravan consisting of
one trailer and a teeny tiny Scion xB (that’s me!) followed a little while
later after waiting for some pants to dry and packing to get completed. The
small caravan had a grand adventure circling the area where we wanted to be in
the dark for an additional hour or so with interesting directions like “find
the best western and then go on the crappy road”. Eventually we all made it to
the correct camp site and immediately began our camping adventure with sleep.
The next two days were filled with lots of dirt. I would show you here the
picture of my daughter with a mud and booger moustache but I can’t. Let’s see …
her blonde hair was sticking straight up from the static electricity, her face
and hands were completely black and when she walked a cloud surrounded her like
Peanuts “Pig Pen”. She had a blast.
Right Now … Happy New Year! It was a pajama party this year
with an all-night game of “Cards Against Humanity” played outside as the night
air got colder and colder. The children were smarter and went inside to play
and watch the countdown.
Right Now … Still living in my friend’s guest room (THANK
YOU APRIL!!!) but the house is nearly completed and I do have a few pictures
from the new house that I can access. In fact these are the only pictures that
I can access. So here are a few of the After pictures that I promised. If you
want to compare here are the Before pictures, pay close attention to the
kitchen. Terry and I spent an entire afternoon strolling through a granite
warehouse, now if you have never done this I have to say since we were there to
buy it was a fun experience, even Allison liked it. The machines to move the
big slabs of rock were mesmerizing her.
Right Now … Well about 5 days ago my baby girl had her 2nd
birthday. We celebrated with a lovely Mom and Daughter birthday breakfast at “Kimmie’s
Coffee Cup” in Cypress after going to the doctor for her checkup, the doctor
said “No shots and no blood tests, Happy Birthday!” what a great present. Then
later in the afternoon we had a pizza party at Grandma’s house and played with
her cousins. Emi and Allison conspire and try to drive Xander and Gabriel a
little crazy. She had a blast. We are going to celebrate with a party next
Sunday. The decorations are coming together! So much fun.
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| This is my big girl, already two! We were having breakfast. |
Right Now … List of Jams! I am adding this because I have finally
given out all of the Christmas presents. I want to make sure that I keep a
record of all the yummy things I was able to make with all of the fresh gifts I
was given last year.
1.
Strawberry Jam
2.
Plum Jelly
3.
Fig Preserves
4.
Lemon Lime Jelly
5.
Key Lime Jelly
6.
Key Lime Syrup
7.
Persimmon Jam
8.
Asian Pepper Jelly
9.
Ghost Pepper Jelly
So as soon as I can get the SD card on my phone I will start
posting pictures. In the mean time I need to dig out my other camera and begin
to take pictures the way I used to. I only stopped in December and started
primarily using my phone, guess that was not the best idea. Oh well.
Talk to you soon and have a fun week!
