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Happy 4th of July!!!!

Yippee!

We got our new TV today! It is great to finally have a TV back in our living room again. It fits the entertainment center perfectly too. Such a good 4th of July present to ourselves.

Hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July!

So sweet!

I had looked at making a reservation to take hubby on a birthday/Fathers Day deep sea fishing trip. I called and was getting ready to make the reservation and he told me 'no'. :( He didn't like the price that I was being quoted. It is significantly higher than it was last year. The certain company that we were looking to take this trip apparently won an award last year voted by locals. It is a really good award for our area, but after winning they jacked their prices up by about 20%. Normally we would just pay it, but considering he did this last year and we are locals, he said he isn't paying it.
Instead, he said we would take that same amount of money and go do something together. :) We didn't do anything for Mothers Day either so he said we would put Mothers Day and Fathers Day together and celebrate it now. :) Such a sweet man!

Hating electronics

Two of our biggest TV's in our house have both went out! One due to the picture just completely going out all of a sudden and the other the sound all of a sudden went out...again. We also have another small flat screen that went out last year. We had been looking at new TV's but hadn't planned on purchasing one just yet. Now we kind of HAVE to. I went and priced them today. I made a decision on two that I like today. Hubby is supposed to be going with me at the end of the week to look at them and decide which one he likes. I have a feeling that he is going to like the 42 or 50 inch one, but I have chosen a 36 and a 37 inch because they should fit in our entertainment center. I hadn't planned on buy a new entertainment center either.

Our surround sound is not working either. We had a friend look at it and hook it up a few weeks ago when he was here. It will come on, but the DVD part won't work and neither will the sound. :(

On a last electronics note, our computer monitor has been flashing. I'm not sure how old it is as it was given to us, but I don't think that it is but a couple years old. Anyway, hubby tries to play his computer games and it will flash on and off and make noise. So, I guess we are going to have to look at a new one of those too.

I'm starting to hate electronics.

Such a lovely day

A few photos from my Moms recent wedding that I took.

Their hands after they signed the license and made it official.

My little sister, me, and my youngest brother.

The kiss!

Their rings perched upon the bridal bouquet.

Just a pretty picture of the roses before they were made into bouquets.

I am still alive...

No, I have not fallen off the face of the Earth and I am perfectly OK. Thanks to everyone that wrote me, emailed me, called me, and basically checked up on me. :)

We have been really, really busy dealing with things. School, sports, work, etc... On top of all of that, my laptop is not wanting to work correctly. Something is wrong with the pin thing where you plug it into the charger. I don't know what the heck is wrong with it. Either way, my brother said it is probably going to cost me more to fix it than it would be to just buy another laptop. So, I am wondering what I should do. We still have the desktop, but I do love my laptop.

A few things that have happened since I last posted:

School ended for the kids. Both of them advanced (as we figured) and they are excited to be going on to new grades in a few weeks. Yes, I said a few weeks because my kids go to year round school so they will go back soon.

Hubby had a birthday and turned 30!!! Yep, he is now an adult, not in his 20's anymore. He actually said he feels older now too. Scary!

My mom got married. I would have put '...again', but that is mean. :( I did the photography for her wedding which I believe turned out rather nicely. I will post some of that as soon as I can seeing as how it is on my laptop. :(

We took a trip up north for a few days. It was nice.

Hubby and I have a few weeks to ourselves. Kids are staying with Grandma for a little while since she lives far, far away and they don't get to see her much during the school year. This is also a summertime tradition and the kids look forward to it. I miss them, but I know it is good for them to go stay there too. It is nice to be able to get the house cleaned without them bothering me or destroying it again in 15 minutes. It also allows me to take on a few more hours at work to get a little extra money saved...or I hope for this anyway.

That is all that I can think of for now. I will try to get back into regular posting soon!

Torn

You ever have those times in your life when you want to fix something that is going wrong but you can't?

Well, I am having one of those weeks. We have a situation in our family right now and I have no control over it, no way to fix it...basically my hands are tied. If I could, I would have fixed it a few weeks ago, but legally, they won't let me. :(

It gives you this horrible sick feeling inside. Then on top of that, we found out something even worse and I was physically ill then.

What is going on is quite a serious situation in my opinion. If I could explain it to you, I would. Trust me when I say that anyone who is even a 'decent' human being would be angry.

Spring Flowers

I do believe the best part about spring has to be all the beautiful flowers, other than the warm weather that is.

More camping

We went camping again this past weekend. We had a great time! The weather couldn't have been more perfect and the place we went had absolutely beautiful scenery. It was slightly secluded in a country area, but you could get on the highway and be near stores in 15 minutes. Although it was along a highway, you are far enough off the road that you wouldn't even know.

Here's a few pictures of the scenery and horses that were there.

Makeup

I bought some new makeup that I found on sale the other day. It is some of that 'mineral' makeup. I know my mom has been using it for years, but never thought that it would cover the way that regular foundation/powder does. I figured I'd try it. I will say that it doesn't cover exactly as I would want it to, but there could be reasons for that. One could be that I don't really know the exact way to put it on although I have read and re-read the directions. The other could simply be, it is powder, not liquid, so it isn't going to be perfect. It does feel lighter, I will say that. Another drawback is that I wear sunscreen on my face some days and being a powder, even if I let the sunscreen dry, it still wants to 'stick' funny. I think I might go to a place that sells it and have them put it on for me and see what it looks like. Hubby likes it because he says it looks lighter and fresher and like I'm not wearing much. I like the thought of it being so 'quick' to do, because it really is.

Anyone else use it? What brand do you use? Any opinions?