Ruthie's Graduation

My sister-in-law is now an official college graduate. Woot! She just received an Associates Degree in the Paralegal field and this week has already been interviewed for a possible job. I'm so proud of her.

Kids Are So Weird

Tonight I went down to my cousin Sabrina's house so that I could go watch Ashton and Abbi play summer ball. When I got there, Sabrina was in the shower and Ashton was sitting at the bar eating a snack before the game. He claimed it was an energy snack. Take a look at that mess. For one thing, it's a huge bowl. About 10 times more food than he can even eat. But the weird part is the contents. It's his own original recipe. Microwave buttered popcorn and colored Goldfish mixed together with grape jelly. Yuck.

Happy Cinco De Mayo

I don't normally pay much attention to Cinco De Mayo, but for some reason I got a wild hair tonight and thought it would be a good idea to go out and have a drink or two. Scott and Kim agreed so we headed over to Parlor 88. None of us had ever been there but I have heard some really good reviews. And I am so glad we checked it out. It's my new favorite place to have a drink. For one, they have a huge drink menu which includes 88 martinis, 88 wines and 88 beers. They also have frozen ice cream drinks, and hot coffee drinks. And other stuff in between. Second, they are not shy with their alcohol. I ordered a strawberry mojito to begin with and it was one of the strongest drinks I've ever had at a bar. Totally worth the money. We sat out on the patio and it was just such a relaxing atmosphere. I love this place.

My New Drapes Are Up

Last week I bought some new drapes for my bedroom window, but failed to realize at the time that they required drapery hooks. Which Walmart doesn't seem to have. But I was finally able to get some today at Kmart and went straight home to hang them up. they look so pretty.

I Love Ebay

Today my latest Ebay purchase came in the mail. Yay! It's a little scanner/converter that allows you to scan 4x6 pictures, negative strips and photo slides onto your computer and make jpegs out of them. Now I can make digital copies of all of my old pictures from my childhood and can convert all of Grandma and Grandpa's old slides into a dvd slideshow of pictures. It will take a long time and a lot of work, but it's gonna be totally worth it.

Work Day

Today was a work day at Grandma's house. Sabrina's wedding will be held in Grandma's yard on the 15th, so we spent all day finishing some work on the railing, power washing all of the decks, and cleaning the siding and the roof. Of course, I have to admit that I didn't do much work. But I did spend all day documenting the progress. I love work days.

Larry's Birthday BBQ

Today Scott and I got up early and drove to Carthage so that Scott could bowl in a tournament with Shawn. For the practice and for the fun of it. He didn't come in last, so he's pretty proud of himself. Lol.

After that was over we rushed back home and grabbed some party supplies and then headed out to Fordland to celebrate Larry's birthday with him. Larry is the husband of one of my dearest friends in the world and he was also the captain of our recent bowling league. So we were excited to go hang out with his family and friends. He made some amazing pulled pork and brisket and then we all cracked open our coolers, set up the lawn chairs and played washers and bean bag toss. It was a great day.