Hi Everyone!

[gja1000]

I'm sorry Janet, I haven't been posting much lately - been so busy. I read everyday and LOVE reading everyone's posts, but then I get busy and don't make my posts. I'm negligent.

My school was over last Friday, so that means that I'm reading papers like mad right now. I think I finally finished most of them today. I have HUGE ones to read though, one this week and one next week. They are both about 100 pages long, and I'm NOT looking forward to them!

Gary and I are getting ready to go on our trip to Arkansas - fishing and camping in our trailer - on the White river in northwest Arkansas. We'll be gone a couple of weeks. I'll have my phone to check in but the connections are slooooow, so I'll likely not post too much!

We'll be home 4 days and then gone to Alaska a couple of weeks. I'm getting so excited - I need a break from the madhouse of school!!! I will be teaching in July/Aug for 5 weeks, and so I don't have the whole summer off, but I'll make the most of the time I do have off.

I'll try to do better with my posting before I leave!

[DianaB]

Wow, Gayle!! You have some nice trips planned for this summer. They sound like fun! I wish that my husband liked to travel like that......I'd love it!!

I've been so busy!! I have laundry stacked up in the laundry room, things that I need to get priced and into the flea market, flowers that need to get planted, and rooms that need to be straightened. I've been watching Karlie and Dean a couple of times a week and Dae Lynn's been out here a lot so I don't get much done. Kera came over and cleaned for me the other day trying to earn money for church camp. I think that she's going to come over every week and help out!!!

Yesterday was crazy! I had the kids in the morning, took Jazzi to the vet, had to take Glen to a farm on the other side of town, had a really bad storm coming so I moved all 20 of the ferns for the wedding into the garage plus some other bedding plants, then I covered up some other flowers with sheets to protect them in case of hail, then Dae Lynn and the kids, Amy and her girls, Jaci and Nate came and stayed at the house during the storm so I didn't get anything else done. The storm was really bad. We have a lot of limbs down at the shop and I'm sure that we'll hear of more damages, but thank goodness, we didn't have tornadoes!!!

[DIANE W]

Oh wow Diana.... That must have been very worrying, with the storm and making sure everyone was safe, and the plants too.

Me....... well i have not posted much either, but i do read every day, i like to know what everyone is upto and that i am not missing too much. My daughter says i am nosy... me i say i am just very interested in my environment

I have been at work today and am looking forward to Thursday.. as i will be finishing then for 5 whole days - whoopeeee. I work long days Mon-Thurs normally 8am until 6.30pm, but then i am off for 3 days, but i am taking extra leave days making it 5.

I am going to take the time to chill out, relax and get some sorting out done at home, our garage needs a real good sort out and de-clutter.
When we moved we tried to do it then and only keep things we really really needed, I though we had but now want to get rid of some more and organise it properly. I am going to costco to buy some shelving, i have some, but am thinking the more i have the easier organisation will be. I am quite organised at home and work, and seem to function better with order around me.

My husband is not very tidy or organised - this way hopefully he will do better (he better had or he is in big trouble). He always has a reason for putting something not where it should be.....

I am also going to be seeing one of my very good friends, we met when my husband and i bought our first little house from them, 26 years ago. We have been friends ever since and are godparents for each others children. We dont see each other as much as we used to when the kids were little - you just get so busy with life, but we are there for each other when needed.

Ok i am going to go water my plants and hanging baskets, i am determined for them to be blooming this year. Then i am going to watch some TV and relax.

[paula1961]

Enjoy your days off Diane. Do you get off work for the summer? Good luck getting everything organized. But it will be so nice after it's done.


Diana....sounds like you have been a very busy girl. I figured you had been busy with graduation and wedding plans. But sounds like you've been busy with more than just that. Glad there were no tornadoes where you live.

[DIANE W]

Paula, no i wont be off in the summer as such.

The way it works for me is i work 4 days per week and have Fri, Sat and Sunday's off. Any extra i need to take as leave/holiday, this is paid leave, and i get 35 days plus all the Bank Holidays off too - I think things like this may work differently over here though.

I get to decide when and how much of my leave to take. It runs from April - March, which is our tax year. I am going to be off for 3 weeks in August-September as we are going on holiday to Scotland, we are taking my Mother and Father in law too. It is going to be our silver wedding anniversary (25years), whilst we are away so we are really looking forward to it. We are renting a gorgeous house right on the beach practically - Harvey will love to play on the beach.

Of course Harvey is coming too.... though my daughter is not (she is looking forward to staying home alone).