When Bill is gone I make small changes to the house. I was getting tired of the red kitchen so I went with a different color, it is called artichoke and the office is called polliwog. I love the colors they make the polish pottery pop on the shelves in the kitchen. It is a good change, and it only took 4 days to from the priming to the finished product. I am well pleased with it. Mo said it looked like poo green when I started then when he saw it he liked it better than the red. Now I am just waiting to see what Bill will have to say about it.
On another note, the weather here is HOT! it has already been in the 90's with humidity the heat index has in the 100's. Got to love the pool right now!

New babies

These chicks are the newest to our chicken family. They hatched this week. We now have two more English Game cocks and two more Silkies. They are very cute and soft. The other two eggs did not make it. 4 out of 6 is not bad.

DAY HURRICANE SEASON 2009

Today is the first day of the 2009 hurricane season. We have already had one small tropical storm off the Florida, Georgia coast...What will this season hold for us. Hopefully nothing to horrific.

For Memorial Day

For Memorial Day I think everyone should watch, Taking Chance, this movie stars Kevin Bacon.
It, if nothing else this will make you think of the sacrifices that our Soldiers and their families make for all us who enjoy the Freedoms of this country. Be prepared to cry. Say thank you when you can and mean it. Don't just say the words remember why you say them. I say thank you to all those in our family who have served and are still doing so at this time.

Louis is done with high school, he is very happy and relieved that he will not have to go back to school for awhile. He did well and made us proud.
It was a long day waiting for Graduation to happen. Bill was in denial about the whole event until we walk into the stadium for the graduation ceremony. It was moving for us, it started with the seniors walking around the track to the music, as they came to their seats Mr. McLaughlin
asked everyone to stand for the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem, followed by an opening prayer. We had 9 valedictorians and 1 salutatorian , they each gave a two minute speech. Louis' buddy Bill Deggs gave the best speech.
The stadium was full to the point of over flowing people were standing and trying to squeeze in everywhere,we got there at 6 so we could get good seats and we sat in our season ticket seats from football (nice).
What most impressed us was the sense of community and the patriotism , prayer and the fact that in this small town no-one cares what church you go to as long as you go. No protest against scriptures being used in speeches or to the opening and closing prayers. I don't think in the big cities you can do that with out someone calling foul.
We love our boy(s) and are proud. Love to you all for your best wishes for MO!

moth at the door

I was taking the dogs out for their last wee of the night and this was at the door. It was beautiful, the colors were so perfect; green, purple, blue, black, yellow,and pink with muted beige and browns. The spots looked like eyes on its back. I was going to send it mom and dad but Mo said just let it go. I put my hand up to show how big it was, Mo says to me, "mom you have freakishly small hands no one will know how big it really is." To give you dimensions it was 5 inches across and 3 inches long. So yes, I do have small hands not freakishly small just small. This is just another example of the flora and fauna of Louisiana. By the way the frogs and crickets are already out and very loud at night.

LOUIS GOES TO PROM

It is the season for Prom. I must say our boy looks good! These are pictures taken before prom this afternoon. As I am doing this the happy group of friends are off to Alexandria to eat at Taunxs, then after dinner they will be headed to the prom in Leesville. There are traditions here I never knew about, like the Seniors all where white tuxes, dinner out of town and party buses. I have to say the idea of the party bus is a good one. The party bus will take them to dinner and prom and then deliver them back to DeRidder at the local Baptist church and then they will come home, change then it off to breakfast with friends at the local Baptist church. Mo and Lauren have planned on prom together since the first week of school. They are good friends, are silly funny together.

Tux rental: $110
Flowers $30
New shoes: $40
Hair cut: $12
Party bus: $40 per person
Dinner:$50
Just in case cash: $50
Pictures:$25
memories ...priceless
I am so glad I don't have girls!
I don't think prom cost that much when I went.