Still no drain

I didn't get to post last night. We had company until real late. I've had my friend Jeni's two girls today. Connor was happy about that. They had a bunch of fun. They played in his pool.

I'm trying to get as much junk out as possible for our garage sale this weekend. It's City Wide garage sales this weekend. I have a ton of stuff to get rid of. Our garage sale is going to be huge! Mom, Aunt Kay, Shelsie, and I all have stuff and then Blackjack church is going to set up under the carport in the yard.

We are still having drain problems with our sink so far we have tried... normal Draino, Liquid Fire, a plunger, a snake, A $60 plummer, a homemade recipe Jacob found that includes vinegar and baking soda and some stuff that MFA swore would eat through a softball. So tomorrow Jacobs going to try to take out and replace all the pluming under the house. Who knows! I told him if he didn't get it fixed soon I was going to run a drain pipe into the yard!

T-Ball Reminder

For those that want to come Connor has a T-Ball game tonight at 7:00pm. Call me if you need directions.

Playing with Barbies

I made this Barbie cake tonight. I've had this pan for awhile and had never used it so I thought I'd "play" with it tonight. I have a wedding cake to do for Saturday and I wanted to make the roses ahead of time, it makes decorating a whole lot faster and easier. Anyway I knew I'd have extra frosting so I made a cake. Jacob and Connor are happy because I rarely get to make a cake they can eat!

Oh, and yes I got my roses made also. I made almost 20 of them. That should be enough since they gave me lots of little western things that they wanted on it also.

Forgot to post

Anyone notice I didn't post yesterday. Well, that's because I forgot. Honestly! I had went to post earlier in the day but didn't get around to it. then last night I could have swore I already posted so I didn't bother with it. I swear I could forget anything!

It's been another HOT day. We had someone stop by today wanting yards to mow.. hmm.. I guess he thought our yard NEEDED mowed! I should really do that this evening while it's not as hot.

Connor has been playing in his pool. We filled it up yesterday. I think the water was warmer than bath water today. I made tea today and it wasn't no time until it was done.

This day in history:

1754 Lieutenant Colonel George Washington begins the Seven Years' War

1937 Golden Gate bridge opens

1969 US troopsabandonn "Hamburger Hill" 18 days after the first attacks.

HOT HOT HOT

It's HOT! It rains and it's STILL hot! The humidity is terrible. I went to an auction here in town tonight. I didn't buy anything. Mom bought a couple things. They had some wicker patio furniture like I've been wanting but it went to high for me to buy. If anyone would happen to run across some patio furniture wicker, wood, metal or heavy plastic let me know. I'm really wanting some for my back deck so I can set outside and watch my pond.

Jacob cooked dinner tonight and it was really good. I helped but he did most of the work. He's a good cook. He should do it more often! :)

This day in history:

1868 President Johnson acquitted on impeachment charges

1907 John Wayne is born

1960 The United States charges the Soviets with espionage

Babies are gone

We brought my mother-in-law 14 of the baby fish. We traded her babies for big fish for my pond. I moved a couple more rocks to put by my pond tonight. It was too hot outside to do much during the day today. Connor has been begging me to fill up his little pool and let him swim so I might do that tomorrow. Jacob has a three day weekend this week. Unfortunately payday isn't until Monday so we don't have any money to go out and really do much.

American Idol

Have you been watching the show this season?? I love the show. I record it every week on our DVR. I was surprised at the winner but am very happy with the outcome. Taylor Hicks is the newest American Idol! Soul Patrol, Soul Patrol, Soul Patrol as Taylor would say.

Honestly I'm a big reality TV show fan. I love all of them. They are so much fun to watch.

This Day in History:

1787 Constitutional Convention begins

1977 Star Wars Released.

1992 Jay Leno's first Tonight Show.

Pond and Pizza

I made a quick trip up to Springfield with mom today. She had to pick up a few more boxes of shingles. It was quite funny to see our guy that came to unload the shingles for us try to show off how strong he was by loading them into the car, that was until I informed him that we had watched my husband and nephews throw them on their shoulder and carry them up the ladder. :)

I worked on my pond and yard this afternoon. We have decided to make the entire side yard into a garden like area. It's going to be really pretty. Jacob's parents brought me 2 big goldfish for my pond tonight!! They are so pretty. They also brought me a load of rocks, some flowers that my father-in-law has decided to rename as Amandagolds instead of marigolds ;) They also brought me a turtle to set by my pond. Now as long as I can keep the dog from running off with it like she does my frog! :( Tonight we ordered pizza and we went out to the VFW hall and ate and they set up for bingo for Thursday night.

This day in History:

1934 Bonnie and Clyde are shot and killed by Texas and Louisiana state police.

1960 Tsunami hits Hawaii

T-Ball

Tonight was Connor's first t-ball game of the season. He did really well. The only thing he gets mad about is that he doesn't get to catch the ball ever single time. He will run to first base from third base to try to beat the first baseman to the ball! We had to have a little heart-to-heart about everyone getting a turn to catch the ball. After that he was better. His next game is next Monday at 7:00pm.

After Connor's game we went to Cabool to see Shyla's softball game. They won 9-4. They are doing pretty good this year.

My Life..

My life I don't feel is really that exciting so it's hard sometimes to come up with things to post about. Today has been another one of those not so exciting days. Nothing much really happened. We had 2 cute neighborhood girls stop by our house today selling blackberries they had picked. Jacob of course bought their handfuls of blackberries for .50. They were no where near ripe and there wasn't but a few of them but the girls were excited to earn a little money so Jacob bought them. :)

Today in History:

1901 First Speed limit law is enacted. Connecticut becomes the first state to enact a speeding-driver law. If you read my yesterdays blog you'll know that the first speeding ticket was issued 2 years prior but anyway Connecticut becomes the first to have a state law. The speed limit is set for 12mph on country highways and 8mph in cities.

Angel Food Ministries

Today was our pick-up day for our Angel Food ministries box. We picked it up at a new location today than we had been getting it. Angel Food Ministries is a very neat program. We try to buy a box of food every month. The food is GREAT! It saves us a ton of money and it helps one of our local churches also.

This is pretty much how it works... The program was set up to bring affordable food to people. There is no income limit. The cost is $25.00 a box. You get aprox. $50-$75 worth of food. All the food is fresh and top quality.

Here is a sample of next months menu:

June Menu for $25 you get.

(1) 2.5 lbs Pork Spare Ribs

(1) 4 lbs I.Q.F. Thighs or Drumsticks

(4) 4 oz Hamburger Patties

(1) 3 lbs Breaded Frying Chicken

(1) 1 lb Fully Cooked Meat Balls

(1) 2 lbs Chicken Breast

(1) 15 oz Chicken Pot Pie Soup

(1) 24 oz Roasted Potatoes with Garlic and Onion
(1) 16 oz Pasta

(1) 16 oz Rice

(1) 16 oz Baked Beans

(1) 16 oz Corn

(1) 20 oz BBQ Sauce

(1) 7.5 oz Pancake Mix

(1) 12 oz Peanut Butter

(1) Dozen Eggs

(1) Dessert Item

Every month the menu changes. If you would like more information or would like to order a box their web site is.. http://www.angelfoodministries.com

This Day in history: Armed Forces Day

1506 Christopher Columbus Dies

1899 First Speeding ticket is issued. Issued to a Jacob German for going a whopping 12 MPH!!

1969 Battle for Hamburger Hill ends

SDC continued

Yesterday we had a ton of fun at Silver Dollar City. Connor got scared on the first ride we went on and wasn't real excited about riding anything else the entire day. I spent most of the day sitting out with him while Jacob and Shyla rode rides. I got to do lots of people watching and I met several really nice people. They have 10 new rides this year all in a new area. Shyla rode Powder Keg 7 times in a row!

We got to make 3 people very happy as we first went into the park. We had received bring a friend tickets with our season passes and they were to expire today. I hated to see them go to waste so as we walked near the gate I found a group of people that were getting ready to purchase their tickets and asked if they would like to have them. They were so excited and told us thank you about a million times. They had drove all the way from Dallas TX to come to Silver Dollar City.

Tonight we went to Shyla's softball game. They won their game. Congrats Shy!

This day in history:

1588 Spanish Armada sets sail

1935 Lawrence of Arabia Dies

1943 Churchill and FDR plot D-Day

Silver Dollar City

We went to Silver Dollar City today. My niece Shyla went with us. We had a great time but I am plum wore out! My legs and feet are killing me. Connor insisted on navigating the map the entire day to point out our next destination.

I'll try to post more about it tomorrow when I'm not as tired. Right now me and the bathtub have a date!

Ice Cream

Connor loves for the ice cream truck to come by. Today he got a red, white and blue ice cream cone. He can hear her bell for a mile away!

Spiderman Comes in the Mail!

We had a very tragic even happen at our house this past week. Connor has a inflatable Spiderman that is almost as tall as he is, Spidey was taller than Connor when Connor first got him. Well, Spiderman is like Connor's best friend. I know, I know the poor only child needs real friends... But anyway, Connor adores Spiderman. He plays with him ALL the time. While playing with Spiderman a few days ago he threw it at Sadie. Well, Sadie "caught" him. Needless to say Spiderman got a hole and Connor was VERY upset! I looked everywhere in Springfield on Friday, no place had one. Friday night I tried to look him up on the internet and finally found one cheap enough on Ebay. I paid $2.99 for him which I thought was a pretty good deal. He arrived in the mail today and Connor is very happy. He told me how much he had missed him and how he was so glad to have him back. An end to a tragic event!

This day in history:

1868 Senate acquits President Johnson of high crimes and misdemeanors.

1929 First academy Awards presented

1990 Jim Henson Dies.

Monday

I don't have too much to post about today. Nothing real exciting happened here today. Monday is my cleaning day so I did that. I also got a few things listed on Ebay if you want to check that out. Here is the link.. My Ebay

Today in History..

1756 The 7 year War begins

1800 President John Adams orders Federal Government to Washington DC. Philadelphia officially ceased being the nations capital on June 11, 1800

1942 Legislation creating the Women's Army Corps becomes Law

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there especially to my Mom and my Mother-in-Law. Both Jacob and I are very blessed to have such good mom's. I think Connor is pretty lucky to have such a good mom also. lol :)

Tim's Graduation

It's been a long road for him but here he is finaly graduating. We are so proud of him.

Graduation Cake

Here is Tim's Graduation cake I made for him. It's too big to fit in my refrigerator! The picture is edible!

This day in history

Today this day in history gets it's very own post. I have pictures to post in a little while so that all will come next.

Today. This day in History May 13...

1940 Churchill announces "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

1958 Vise President Nixon is attacked in a trip to Latin America

1981 Pope John Paul II is shot

Yard Sale Finds

I got lots of good stuff at yard sales today. Here is a list of what I bought..

.50 each 2 shirts and one pair of shorts for Connor

1.50 for 6 mini bottles of BEER! ;) They are little collector bottles. Very cute!

.20 Christmas tree cake pan

.50 Number 1 Wilton cake pan

.25 a big bag of crayons for Connor

1.00 Spiderman computer game for Connor

.25 a 2 tier silver snack tray.

.25 A cute strand of scarecrow Halloween lights in the box

2.00 Brand new never opened board game

.25 Blue Willow teapot ornament by Hallmark

In FREE boxes I also got.. I love the free boxes! ;)

2 small bottles of lotion, sealed.

a Curious George tin bucket and toys for Connor.

Terry is coming over tonight to play games with Jacob. Lots of fun for me. lol

This day in History:

1903 Teddy Roosevelt's trip to San Fransico's is captured on film! It's the first time a presidential activity is recorded using this medium.

1938 Robin Hood Premiers

A long few days..

I put in 24 hours in 2 and 1/2 days. I'm pooped. I came home from work tonight, took a bath, washed my hair then we went out to dinner. We went to Cajun Kettle on the square. They have really good food. Afterwards Terry came over to play video games with Jacob so I went to bingo. I had fun at bingo even if I didn't win. :(

I'm going to get up early tomorrow and go to Springfield with my mom. We are going to to go garage sales and then do our shopping.

This Day in History:

1858 Minnesota enters the union as the 32nd state

1969 Paratroopers battle for "hamburger hill"

Work

I didn't have to work as late as I expected last night and I don't have to be at work until noon today. Who knows how late I'll have to work tonight though.

Yesterday we got our Silver Dollar City season passes in the mail. We also got several bring a friend passes. Three of the bring a friend passes expire next week so if anyone wants to go let us know! We are planning on going probably next Thursday.

This day in history:

1863 Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson dies.

1877 President Rutherford B Hayes has first phone installed in the White House. The White House phone number was 1.

1954 "Rock Around The Clock" is released

Quick Blog

I have to work tonight so I'm blogging early. Sadie got to go to the groomers today. She didn't like that much. They gave her a bath, cut her nails, cleaned her ears, cut and combed out her hair and they gave her a pretty bandana that was sprayed with doggie perfume. She's all clean and pretty.

Tuesday is my laundry day. All my laundry gets done on Tuesdays. Hopefully I'll get it all done before I have to go to work at 4:00.

This Day in History: Be sure to check out the link on the right for the full stories to these and for more this day in history facts..

1914 Woodrow Wilson proclaims the first Mother's Day holiday

1960 FDA approves "The Pill"

1974 House votes to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon

1997 Former POW Douglass "Pete" Peterson becomes the first US Ambassador to Vietnam 22 years and 10 days after the fall of Saigon. Peterson was a POW for 6 and a half years in Hanoi. Thirty one years later he returns on a different mission.

100 Things

I've seen this done on many blogs and have decided to do it myself. It took me 2 days to do this. It's not as easy as I thought it would be.

100 Things about me!

1. My name is Amanda Lynn Kelley
2. I was born on July 19,1982
3. My maiden name is Hicks
4 I was born in Houston Mo
5. My favorite color is Pink.
6. My favorite food is Cashew Chicken
7. I broke both of my arms at the same time, 3 bones total when I was 10
8. I have had 2 knee surgeries. Arthoscoptic and total ACL reconstructive
9. I'm Married to Jacob
10. I'm Connor's mom
11. I have a baby angel in Heaven. His name is Gabriel
12. My mom is still the first person I call when I'm sick or hurt
13. I have psoriasis. I've had it for over 12 years but I've now learned how to control it.
14. I'm a certified Wilton Cake Decorator.
15. I have my Real Estate license
16. My mom and I have been doing craft fairs together for over 10 years
17. I have a strong love for nail polish
18. I HATE wearing shoes
19. I like to scrapbook and to make cards
20. I have never been offered an illegal drug
21. I like to cook
22. I hate to clean.
23. I was a Girl Scout
24. I played the Clarinet in band
25. I've almost caught our kitchen on fire at least 3 times
26. Luckily I'm married to a fireman.
27. My very first job was a waitress at Pizza Hut
28. My first car was a red 1991 Geo Metro. I still miss that car.
29. My childhood pets were... Suze, Bo and Tigger
30. I have blue eyes.
31. I have a pug. Her name is Emmy.
32. I love to go watch my Son, my Niece and my nephews play at their games.
33. I like my burgers plain
34. I like my steak well done
35. I like to dress up
36. I also like to hang out in sweats all day.
37. I'm VERY girley
38. I was a tom-boy growing up.
39. I'm new to blogging. I just recently started my first blog
40. I like to sell stuff on Ebay
41. My mother says I'm cheap because I refuse to pay much for anything
42. I love Yard Sales
43. I have 2 brothers. Tom and Scott
44. I like to play games
45. I like to gamble
46. I like to go play bingo.
47. I met my husband at bingo
48. I've only had one traffic ticket and that was a seat belt ticket.
49. I've been pulled over twice, both times by the same officer.
50. My blood type is O- but I pass out every time giving blood
51. I went on a 7 day Carnival Cruise once with my mom and my aunts
52. I flew home on day 3 because I missed my husband and my son
53. I've only been to one other country. Mexico
54. I've flown twice on an airplane. Both times on the way home from Mexico
55. I love flying
56. I've been to 12 states plus Washington DC.
57. I loved Washington DC and think every American should visit there.
58. I loved the ocean.
59. I love to travel, it doesn't matter where as long as I'm going!
60. I'm a sucker for reality tv shows like Survivor and Big Brother
61. I want to get a tattoo
62. I'm afraid of needles
63. I like Country Music
64. I love bubble baths
65. I love chocolate, probably a little too much
66. I'd still choose most any fruit over junk food.
67. I wear contacts
68. I love water and to swim
69. I'm not allergic to poison ivy
70. I'm a Republican but have yet to ever vote straight ticket.
71. I love Strawberry daiquiris. I like them just as well without the alcohol as I do with it.
72. I don't like to drive
73. I recently had a kidney stone followed by a kidney infection. I had a fever of 104+ for over 5 days. I thought I was going to die.
74. I am Pro Life
75. My computer is purple
76. My favorite candle scent is mulberry or Black Cherry, they smell the same.
77. I'm NOT an inpulse shopper. It took me 6 months to decide on which MP3 player to buy.
78. My favorite video game is The Sims. I have every one ever made for the PC.
79. I think my cell phone, my satalite with DVR recorder and DSL are necessities!
80. I HATE credit cards and hope to never have to put another dime on one.
81. We have a German Shepard, Jacob is a Police K9 Handler, Her name is Sadie
82. I think dog hair is a fashion statement.
83. I'll never own furniture that my dogs can't be on
84. We have an aquarium with tropical fish and they keep having babies
85. I like to sew
86. I want to move to a bigger house
87. I lose a lot of earrings!
88. I've rode a bull!! .... he was old and on a leash but I still held my hand up!
89. I have 2 real roses that have been dipped and preserved in 24 Karat Gold. I love them!
90. I love plants and flowers but do NOT have a green thumb.
91. My Brothers call me Jane.
92. My dad still calls me Pandabear
93. I've lost 16 pounds and want to lose around another 10
94. My niece and my nephews still call me Aunt Da
95. I have my first responder certification
96. I'm CPR certified
97. I love to ride 4-wheelers
98. My garden pond with waterfall is my newest pride and joy.
99. I'm a very honest, sincere, whiney and sometimes stubborn person.
100. I'm glad this list is done it took me 2 days!

Sunday

Today has been pretty much dull. Not too much to write about. Mom while mowing her yard mowed the area outside of our fence so now I don't have to mow it! Thanks Mom! This was the first time in over 5 years that my mother has mowed their lawn and I don't remember her doing it too much before then. Even still she may be out of practice but she does a better job than me. :)

I got my nephew's graduation card made tonight. Tim graduates next Sunday!

I have a new link to The History channels website. The link goes to their "This Day in History" page. It's very interesting.

Rained Out!

Ok, so I know that we needed rain but it's getting a little ridiculous. On top of that it's cold! I want no part of this. Crazy!

Mom went to yard sales this morning. She bought me the coolest Wilton set, cake decorating set, it has all kinds of stuff I can't wait to play with all my new "toys". She also bought me a 14 in. Wilton pan! I have been needing to buy one forever now. Thanks Mom!

Well, before it started raining, AGAIN, I got about over half of our yard mowed. I got all the area inside the fence mowed and the front yard mowed. So all that's left is outside the fence in the back yard. Jacob got the weed-eating done.

~ Pond Picture ~

Here's my pond! Jacob thinks that I need more rocks around the waterfall to make that area bigger.

I'm happy with how it turned out. I just LOVE it!

Daily blog

No picture of the pond yet. It was rainy today. I finally got my Silver Dollar City tickets taken care of. We had ordered them back in February and I finally got an e-mail saying my order had Been cancelled!! Well, after a couple phone calls it turns out that the "credit card", it's our debit card, had been denied. I guess there was a problem with the expiration date not being right. Anyway, it's done they are still going to charge us the same amount and we'll get our bring a friend tickets! The savings is crazy! We saved $40 just by ordering them in Feb vs. Ordering them now. Plus now the deadline is passed for bring a friend tickets so we wouldn't have gotten them either. Glad we ordered early!

I went to bingo tonight. Didn't win but that's ok. Jacob's Aunt Mary won.

This Day in history: Today is National Prayer Day.

1776 Rhode Island declares independence from King George III

1978 Margaret Thatcher is sworn in

1970 Riot at Kent state leaves 4 students dead.

1865 Lincoln is burred in Springfield IL

1975 The Three Stooges' Moe Dies

Stormy night

It stormed for awhile here tonight. I didn't get my pictures taken of my pond until it was too dark outside and they didn't turn out good. I'll try to take some pictures tomorrow. It's pretty much all finished. It looks nice. We finished up the rocks around the waterfall with the rocks we went and picked up today. Jacob got called out to help with a search just as we got home. That meant I got to unload them all by myself. I had an accident with the wheelbarrel and now my leg has a big "boo boo".

This day in history:
1965 173ed Airborne Brigade deploys to South Vietnam. It was the first US army ground combat unit committed to the war.

1933 James Brown is born

1991 The very last episode of Dallas airs

Progress

Well, I've made progress today. We decided that we didn't like the plastic waterfall that came with the pond so Jacob bought some quickcrete and used the plastic thing as a mold. Now we have a very nice concrete waterfall. I still have a lot of work to do to it. The waterfall will be surrounded by rocks, I have a birdhouse that my dad made that I'm going to hang on the tree, also have a birdfeeder that needs put up, and just a whole lot of other little things that I want to do. I got my plants planted that my Mother-in-law got for me. It's hard to see them in the picture. I stole the bench from my mom. ;) This project has been 10 times more work than I expected and cost about 3 times more than I expected but it sure is pretty. The sound is just lovely. I could listen to it all day.

This Day in history:
1933 Lock Ness Monster sighted
1918 GM buys Chevy, I had no idea they had been bought out that long ago!
1972 Jaws production first begins.

Pond Update

The pond is in! I had to bucket out 90 gallons of water! Jacob releveled it and put it all back together. We've worked on it the majority of the day. Now all that's left is to make it pretty! I'll post pictures as soon as it's pretty.

It's raining here now and they are calling for storms. In fact they are calling for storms for every day until Saturday. I think we may need to build an Ark!

This day in history.

I'm going to try to add something new to my blog everyday. I'm fascinated with history so each day I will try to add some events that occurred this day in history! I'll still continue to post my comments on our life in general. Let me know what you think of my new addition.

Today in History..

1898 Battle of Manila Bay : first battle of the Spanish American war. Nearly 400 Spanish sailors were killed and 10 Spanish warships were wrecked or captured at the cost of only 6 Americans wounded.

1852 Calamity Jane is born

1967 Elvis marries Pracila..