yellowbug says:

Mom's been at the lake house going on 2 weeks now. She wanted someone to go down and stay with her while the guys came to mud. I didn't want to go by myself, so Matt & I took a last-minute trip to the lake. It was wonderful and restful and really great to spend time with my Momma. She's done such a great job decorating and fixing up the house down there. We decided to bring Darcy with us since he's never been there in his adult life. I took him when he was a pup and had just learned to bark. Dad was driving the motor home with all the grand kids in it, me and Mr. Darcy. Dad got so annoyed with him that he put him in the trailer hooked up behind the motor home. He had to ride in there for the remainder of the trip! Needless to say, he was not scared out of barking. He is the loudest dog EVER! But he did wonderfully riding in the car after a small bout of motion sickness... He looooved being there. Especially since my Mom's 3 dog...

Well, my birthday week was superb! I pretty much love ANY and ALL recognition concerning and surrounding my birthday, so when our Life Groupers placed a special Happy Birthday sign on my cookie, I was delighted! And then when the waitress at La Diosa placed a candle in my Creme Brulee, I giggled in delight! I filled up my day with activities which I had planned all week: Coffee with Pops at Starbucks. Lunch at the Texas Tech Club with Mom & Matt. Massages with Mom. Pedicures with Momma. Shopping with Momma. Came home to cupcakes from my favorite Cakery from Matt! And then La Diosa with Randall, his g/f, Priscilla & Cyle!  Randall sabotaged my phone...  It was a really lovely day! Thanks for all the birthday wishes! Oh, and here's the landscaping I've been working on at work... Before   After         Before             ...

Well, how was your Easter?! I had the pleasant surprise of finding out Monday that our office was closed Friday. Yippee! So, Matt & I slept in 'till 11 & 11:30, respectively (which was glorious), and then pretty much did a whole lot of nothing the rest of the day. I did have a lovely time with the Lord in the backyard with this beast at my feet... But then we made up for our laziness on Saturday where  Matt built me this wonderful table for the laundry room: And then, for fun, I painted my toenails all pretty-like. And we went to Wal-Mart (with the rest of Lbk), and I cleaned the whole house, and watered the yard, and went to Lowe's, and Matt put up my trellises, etc. And on Sunday, we got all dressed up to join my family at church. It was so incredibly packed, but thankfully, we got there early for Matt to help usher. I just wish all the ppl that come to church on Easter & Christmas would come every other Sunday too. It...

Yes, yes it is me up and at'm in the blogging world again. A lot has happened over the last 3 weeks... I just never took the time to write it all down. Shame on me. One thing that you probably saw on FB was that our dear puppy, Channing, passed away. His meds weren't working anymore, and he had a really bad episode Monday night where we literally thought he was dying in our arms. I put him to bed that night expecting him to not wake up in the morning. He woke up, but he never fully recovered and passed away at the vet's clinic Wed. afternoon. While I was shocked that he actually didn't make it, I was also a bit relieved, sadly. It was like taking care of a special needs dog for the last 2 months. Matt & I were constantly asking ourselves how much we wanted to spend at the vet next. Channing would keep us up at night, and I could feel myself constantly tense while around him, not sure what symptom would manifest itself next. Normally, I...