When it rains...

it pours, doesn't it?! First of all, SDS who places in the top 5% in the nation on his SAT scores, has a "D", almost an "F", in Science. He hates the class and says he has no friends in that class. I told him to "man up" and bring that grade up. This Saturday, instead of our moving in the new living room furniture, SDS will be in school 9am - 3pm, making up work to bring that grade up.

My oldest sister gets tested tomorrow to find out if she has a secondary cancer. She has lung cancer, has had her surgery and right when they were going to start chemo, they had to postpone it while they run the tests tomorrow to make sure there's not another form that she has IN ADDITION to the lung cancer.

The guy I was dating off/on, nothing too serious but we got along great and had so much fun, is now in Afghanistan for 18 to 24 months. So, we went back to "friends" status, I mean, what choice do you have, right? And I'm back to square one - nobody to watch basketball with me or grill out or drink margaritas. It bites.

Well, things are bound to look up soon.

This is my son - SDS. He's 14. He says, "it isn't cool" to smile in photos. It's like a flashback to the old pics of my mother I have. I, of course, being the Mom, prefer a smile! This is the new haircut he got on Saturday. A nice compromise, I thought. He didn't want a haircut so I said how' bout keeping it long in the front and (as per school policy) short and off the collar in the back. So, this is what we wound up with.

I like guys that have that layered look in their hair but so far, SDS has not gone for this look. Hmm, maybe it is for "old folks" but it looks good on guys.

I had the funniest dream last night and have no idea why! Remember the Osmonds? Oh my, I dreamed Wayne Osmond was getting married - the funny thing is he had curly hair but with bald spots! And the woman he was marrying had tatoos all over both shoulders. How hysterical is that? And why the hell is Wayne Osmond in my dreams???

This is the tapestry I bought to hang over an antique buffet someone gave me. It's a "Lena Lui" and I am always drawn to her work because she uses alot of florals. And, of course, I think I should own any and everything with roses on it! I want to find a "bubble lamp" with roses on it to also set on top of the buffet. So far, the prices have been too high and I had to quit E-Bay. Some folks gamble - I spent way too much on E-Bay! So I closed the account and just "walked away." Now, if I could just learn to push away vanilla ice cream!

The Move

I hope to get some pictures up soon. Right outside the front door, well, NOT right outside but a few hundred yards away, is a train track. The train comes twice a day - once at suppertime and once during the night when I am long sawing logs and never hear it. It only takes a minute to two minutes for the evening train to go by so I do my best to ignore it and/or just wait...

When you step out the back door, into the backyard, the neighbors have horses and cows grazing in the big pasture behind me! Unreal! Soon, I'll add a dog to the backyard so let's hope "we can all just get along."

Just down the road is Bayview Lake. A large lake I had heard of but never seen before. There are rumors that at Halloween, at midnight, the souls of all those who have died from boating accidents or committed suicide by jumping into the river, can be seen hovering over the water. Now me - I don't go for such nonsense. But you know what? You WILL NOT find me driving over the bridge at midnight on Halloween - no siree!