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Archive for May, 2005

May
06
Posted by Stace

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Another busy weekend looming, got lots of family coming in on planes and automobiles, but alas, no trains. Oh well, I used the phrase anyway!

Gail called this morning to let us know that Kathryn and Jeremy missed their flight in Charlotte, and are on the next flight, so they’ll be getting in later than we thought. Trent, Shanna and the kids fly in tonight. Gail and Don are driving down, as well as Papa Fred who is coming up from Hattiesburg and will be staying with us tonight. Everyone should be here later, at our house. We’re going to grill out burgers and stuff and hang out. Not sure if I will have a chance to blog again until tomorrow after graduation is over. Maybe I’ll have some pictures to post then! πŸ™‚

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May
05
Posted by Stace

No Blogging Today

Well, I’m not in any mood to blog today. I have done a bunch of private blogging, but no one can see that but ME! Nananah-boo-boo. 😈 I even checked a couple of memes that I like to do, but those aren’t very good this time around either.

I do need to enter a couple of movie (Ocean’s Twelve and Spanglish) reviews on the Reviews section of Hambones. We watched them almost two weeks ago and I have yet to enter a review. No one reads them anyway. I also finished another book last night, after struggling with it for far too long. It just was not my kind of book. I may not try this author again (“Blue Shoe” by Anne Lamott). Thankfully, I have a very light, entertaining book to read next, another Shopaholic book by Sophie Kinsella. I think I will take a long break and read some on that book.

Yep, that’s the ticket. Decided then. The reviews, and everything else, can wait. I’m going to go read. Au Revoir.

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May
04
Posted by Stace

Pedometer Study

I was reading in the Jackson paper yesterday where they quoted this article from the Washington Post entitled “Women Wearing Pedometers Walk More”.

I know it’s true for me. I find that if I wear my pedometer during the day, it’s a physical reminder there on my hip (usually clipped to my pants or shorts), that I need to get up, move around, walk around while I’m talking on the phone, etc and not sit so much during the day and be sedentary. I shoot for 10,000 steps a day, and always easily reach my goal if I 1) go shopping or 2) go for 1 or 2 walks a day with Tim. Our 2 mile trek around the subdivision is usually good for a ballpark step count of about 4,900 steps. So that’s half my daily goal right there. I hit a new all-time high two days ago, when we walked twice (4 miles) and I did the weekly shopping. I logged over 20,000 steps that day, and I was very proud. πŸ™‚

Anyway, just a reminder – get up out of the computer chair and move! :mrgreen:

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May
04
Posted by Stace

Unconscious Mutterings

UM

I say … and you think … ?

Texas:: Shanna!
Scholarship:: money
Runner-up:: second-place
Mustang Sally:: song
Jones:: keeping up with the …
Hard to get:: playing
Jewish:: rye bread
Crew:: J Crew
Cable:: TV
Assistant:: secretary

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May
04
Posted by Stace

Chick Chat

From this site.. I’m a bit late!

Questions For May 3rd
Carbs!

1. Do You Eat The Bread Brought Out Before Your Meal?: Oh my yes. I am a total carb loader, and fresh bread is next to impossible for me to turn down. No self-control, whatsoever.

2. Pretzels or Cheez-Its?: Hmmm, not big on either of those, but I can and would certainly eat both! No preference though

3. Do You Add Crackers To Your Soup?: I usually only have crackers with chili, for some reason. Sometimes I add them to the soup, but most of the time I just have them with it. For most other soups, I’d rather have homemade bread.

4. Turkey Sandwich: On A Wrap /or/ On Bread?: If I’m eating out, I’d rather have a wrap. If I’m fixing at home, more than likely I would just do bread (always have that on hand and rarely have tortillas or pita or flatbread on hand)

5. White /or/ Wheat?: Wheat

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May
04
Posted by Stace

New Movie

Tim needed to run get a couple of things for the woodworking project he is busy working on, so we jumped in the truck when he got home last night (new toolbox and all!) and ran to Walmart. He got his stuff, and I talked him into buying a movie. We got this and I’m so excited! I want to watch the movie again soon, and we are both excited that the book might have some cool facts and trivia, that we can use in the trivia forum on Hambones.

Watch out all of you that play trivia at our website, there might be a lot of history questions coming up soon!!! :mrgreen:

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May
04
Posted by Stace

It’s Like a Trunk for my Truck

Tim came home yesterday and surprised me – he had finally found the kind of toolbox he wanted for his truck and he went and had it installed yesterday afternoon. He didn’t call on the way home (which he usually does, it’s a ritual I look forward to every afternoon), because he said he wanted to surprise me! πŸ˜€

He had been wanting a toolbox for a while, and he finally found the kind he wanted. It’s sort of low-profile, but not completely recessed in the truck bed. It’s also really deep, and black; he didn’t want a silver one. We had actually seen one like this in a truck in the Lowe’s parking lot a few weeks ago, then he got online and started getting info on this company (CDI) and where he could get one of their toolboxes. He got this one through Big 10 in Pearl (according to the receipt he gave me when he got in :D)

I asked him yesterday if he is going to use this for tools, or is it more to stow his hunting stuff in? He gave me this quizzical look and said “it’s like a trunk for my truck”. Then, on further consideration, he muttered something about “you know, I might need to get more tools to carry around in here”. As to that, I threw my hands over my ears and started chanting Gregorian chants at the top of my lungs, interspersed with “I Can’t Hear You… I Can’t Hear You”. :mrgreen:

I took a few pictures of the new acquisition, and they are in the Photo Section of Hambones. But, here’s one of Tim (like a kid at Christmas) with his new toolbox:

Toolbox

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May
03
Posted by Stace

Pass-Along Plants

Last night on our walk, we were nearly home and saw one of our older neighbors out in her yard. Her name is Miss Jean and she flagged us down, and wanted us to come look in her backyard, as she had been working in her yard all day and wanted to show off all her hard work. πŸ™‚ She pointed out several plants she had planted yesterday afternoon, some perennials that had come back, some really great birdfeeders she had, things like that. Then, she showed me a “stick in the ground” that she had planted, and said it was a “Confederate Rose”. She said it was part of the hibiscus family, and wouldn’t I like a cutting? πŸ™‚ Well, I’m not one to turn down anything free, let alone plants to put in my yard and try to get to grow, so I kindly accepted. I thanked her, and I was promptly told that for pass-along plants, you never say “Thank You”. You say “I appreciate it”, but never thank you! Apparently, it’s sort of a “break a leg” kind of line of thinking! πŸ˜†

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May
03
Posted by Stace

Still Behind

Well, I’m still sort of behind on things. I feel like I’m running around, like the proverbial “chicken with its head cut off”, spinning my wheels and not really getting anything done.

Monday (yesterday) is normally my busiest day of the week. Yesterday was no exception. I tried to catch up with my blogging from the weekend, tried to catch up on laundry, tried to catch up on housework and went to Walmart to do the weekly grocery shopping. I really only succeeded with the blogging and shopping. I’m still working on laundry and housework. I’ve tried to catch up today, and as a result, my blogging and computer time have been put to the side. πŸ˜₯

Tim and I walked twice yesterday, once in the morning and once when he got in, 2 miles each time, so we logged 4 miles for the day. We did our stretching and exercises (situps for both, pushups for Tim and leg lifts for me), and our walking, and I was completely wiped out by about 9 PM last night. I didn’t finish cleaning up the kitchen till 24 was almost over, at 9 PM. I wanted to read some on my book, but after trying to read for about 5 minutes, I realized I was going to fall asleep with my book open, sitting up in bed, so I gave up on that rather quickly and promptly fell asleep.

We got up this morning and got ready to go (yesterday it was 45ΒΊ when we left, today it was 51ΒΊ, still chilly), then did our stretching and exercises. We got outside and got about half way down the street and realized it was starting to sprinkle. We went back in, waited a few minutes and checked again, and it was still sprinkling really lightly. I didn’t want to walk 2 miles in a drizzle, since my throat is still a little sore, so we decided to go back to sleep. πŸ˜€

I’ve been doing more of the spinning in place all day today, trying to catch up, but I seem to end up with more on my to-do list, than I have scratched off. Argh. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow! πŸ˜€

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May
02
Posted by Stace

Makes me Smile

Being home and seeing these blooming out on my deck makes me smile today:

Moss Rose blooming

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May
02
Posted by Stace

M-Braves Part Deux

Well, as I quickly blogged yesterday, we went to our first M-Braves game yesterday. The weather was picture perfect, warm in the sun, and just a little chilly in the shade once the sun moved over our part of the stadium. Who would have thought I should have taken a jacket to a baseball game in May, in mid-Mississippi!

We got there about a half hour before the game and paid $4 to park and got this in return. πŸ˜† We didn’t have tickets, so we went to the ticket office and Tim asked for “best available”. Boy, we were surprised to get such great seats! Click here to see the tickets for yourself! We were on the first row, between home plate and third base. Right behind the net, at the edge of it, so we were pretty protected from fly balls. There were a couple that went up over the net and headed our way, but not close enough to land near us! Be sure to click on the -More- Link to see photos from the game, and you can see just how close we were!

We had great seats, ate some really good footlong hot dogs, and enjoyed the game and being together. We both thoroughly enjoyed it and plan to go back. Of course, we dropped a lot of money, but it was worth it. The food was good (ice cream and peanuts too!!), the game was fun, even though they lost, and we were excited to find that one of the players – Michael Rosamond – is from Madison, MS. They have a great scoreboard and lots going on before the game and between innings. And, in case you hadn’t figured it out so far – we had a blast!!!!

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May
02
Posted by Stace

Birthday Party

Since Suzie decided a month or so ago to fly home for Dad’s birthday, we felt it was only right and proper to plan a birthday cookout for him. The weather cooperated, except that it was unseasonably cool on Saturday, and no one ended up eating outside on the deck. The wind was just too chilly! Tim, however, really enjoyed the cool breeze as he stood over the grill for an hour or more grilling sausage, chicken, and ribs. Which, I might add, were all good, but especially the ribs. Man, can he cook ribs!

(UPDATED to add that I just got the pictures I took at the party Saturday uploaded to the website. If you’re a registered user, be sure to check out the Photo Gallery on Hambones.org. If Gail will send me her pictures, I will have more, I didn’t get any of the cake or very many pictures at all!!)

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May
01
Posted by Stace

M-Braves

Well, we’re headed out in a few minutes to go see the M-Braves play at the new Trustmark Park. Maybe tonight or tomorrow I will have a chance to blog about the party yesterday, and the game today. Maybe. πŸ˜€

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