More embroidery stuff

Here is my latest creation....it is an applique pumpkim shirt with Parkers initals.

Enough said

This is Tucker at 6 1/2 months old.  Don't let the innocent looks fool you...

Ready for Fall

I am so ready for fall.  Why?  Football games, fall, Halloween, Parker's birthday, but most of all, COMFORTABLE WEATHER!!!!!  I am so sick of 100+ degree days.  It is so frustrating.  You can't go anywhere!!  So, I am counting down the days till fall.  Anyhow, Parker starts school on September 8th.  He has a meet the teacher/orientation day on August 30 or 31st.  He also starts soccer and kindermusik in Septemeber.  We are going to be very busy soon.  I have been monogramming some things and even selling a few things on Etsy.  I am only selling one thing at a time so that I do not get backed up with orders.  It is kind of fun.  Renee's birthday is tom and I have made her several things.  Here are some pictures and hopefully she does not see this until tom!!  Also, if you click on the pictures you can see it full size and up close.

Pot holder, 2 dish towels, and an oven mitt.  They are all lime green but the picture makes it look almost yellow.

My camera is way messed up....oh well.  The picture above is an apron with her intials in Curlz Font and is also in lime green NOT yellow.  Looks way better in person.

This is a towel wrap is in Curlz Font.  Its purple with white thread.

This is my favorite of all!!!!!!  A pair of pajamas with a 3 letter monogram font on the shirt and shorts.  Its hard to see the monogram on the shorts in this picture.

Accutane update

I have officially been on my third course of Accutane for a little over 3 weeks.  So far, I have experienced the initial breakout.  I think I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel(knock on wood).  This was the worst breakout I have had in several years.  I think I am past the worst so we will see how the next few weeks go.  If the past repeats itself, then I should be pretty much cleared up in the next month of month and a half.  The only side effects so far are EXTREMELY dry lips, eczema patches on my arm, and my face and scalp have been itiching pretty bad.  I am going to try some medicated shampoo for the itching.  I never had this problem before.  I am already able to go a few days without my hair looking dirty.  That is the one thing I LOVE  about this drug.  It dries up all of your oil glands so you can go a LONG time without having to wash your hair.  It sounds gross but it is acctually recommended that you do not wash your hair every day and for someone who has long hair, it is really a good thing.  I just hope it does not fall out ;-)  KNOCK ON WOOD

Our House progress

When Parker went to Michigan, we began stripping down the popcorn ceilings downstairs and in the living room.  As of today, we have the living room done!!  They look great...Will did a wonderful job!!  Will is currently working on the living room and we hope to have them done by the end of the week.  Here are some before and after pictures.

Above picture is the living room BEFORE we took the ceilings down.  The ugly fan is going and will be replaced with one of the big leaf blade fans.

Picture above is DURING the ceiling removal process.  It already looked way better than having the popcorn texture.

Here is the AFTER picture...its hard to tell but the hole in the mniddle of the ceiling is where the fan/light fixture will be and the other dark spot is the air vent.  It looks so good!!!!!

Here is a picture of the living room after we took down the popcorn texture.  We are working on painting right now.

We also got a new back door this week!!!  The old rotted one is gone and we have a beautiful new one.  Will post pictures of that when it is completely done.

George-Jackson Showboat

A few weeks ago, we stayed in Nashville on our way back from picking Parker up in Louisville.  He stayed with Memaw, Papa, Aint Marna, and OStevo for the week.  We went on the George-Jackson Showboat.  It was a lot of fun but I would never take a child on it again.  The ride lasted three hours and we had dinner on it.  The last hour of the ride was a show.  There were several singers who sang different songs and mocked the different country singers throughout the different decades.  Here are some pictures from the showboat.

This was some random old man on the boat who the girl singers were singing too.  He has a huge red kiss on his forehead.

Parker being himself.

Will and Parker.

This picture did not turn out very well but the girl in the center was Parker's favorite.  He definitely had a thing for her.

Tuckers Manhood and other pictures

Yesterday, Tucker lost his manhood (neutered).  He has thrown up ALL over our house and just looks like he does not feel good.  I feel so bad for him.  I am hoping he will be better in a few days.  Last night he was so out of it that you could have shot him and he would not have moved.  I guess his body must be pretty sensitive to all the drugs and pain medicines they gave him. 

Here are some new pictures that I hve been meaning to post.

Above picture is from last week at Stacey and Andrews pool. 

This picture is from when I took Parker and Emma toy shopping with Em's piggy bank money(Thanks Emma & "Mz Neh"!!!)

This was our recreation of the foam pit(at the zoo) in the bath tub.

Parker and Emma in the actual foam pit at the zoo.

Memaws visit and Will's Birthday.

Our little trip to Nashville and we saw Elvis!!!

On our  Nashville trip, we went on the Jackson Showboat.  It was a lot of fun but I would not recommend bringing kids.

Will and the Tacky Tourist(Parker) on the boat.

Moe, Larry, and Curly have arrived

Here are our new neighborhood guests & best friends..........meet Larry(Parker), Curly(Charlie), and Moe(Major)

BAD DOG & Update

We have one BAD little puppy living in our house!!!!  I am not sure where in the world he came from??  Or, what took over his little doggie body???  He has manifested into a little devil doggie.  To date, Tucker has chewed up my cell phone charger, my camera cord connector, and I noticed he has already started chewing on my laptop power cord.  Luckily, he did not chew through the entire thing and it still works.  I would probably kill him if he had succeeded in doing that.  I would also like to add dirty diapers, wipes, toilet paper(his favorite), empty drink bottles, and any kind of paper product he can come across, to the list.  His favorite thing to do now, besides chewing up paper, is to get a shoe and flip it around in circles.  Its pretty funny but VERY annoying after a while.  He will do this for like an hour straight (literally) if you do not stop him or take the shoe away.  He also has 4 girlfriends (his bed, and 3 stuffed animals).  It is definitely time to take his manhood away from him.  Hopefully, within the next week or two, I will be able to get him fixed.  I am praying this will calm him down but I have a feeling it will not effect him in any way. 

Paker invitied Emma to spend the night on Friday.  We took them on their "dinner date" to PF Changs.  They experienced chop sticks for the first time and did pretty well using them.  Then we took them to get Yogurt and to rent a movie.  We rented Jack and the Beinstalk.  Then I made them a huge bed on the floor and they slept there.  They had a great time.  On Saturday, Emma stayed over until about 2 and then Parker's new buds(Charlie and Major) came down.  They spent the night on Saturday night.  Will took them swimming and then I took them to see the new, Despicable Me, movie.  I thought the movie was ok.  Charlie fell asleep but Parker and Major sure enjoyed it.  They had such a great time at the sleepover.  Needless to say, I was EXHAUSTED by Sunday, and still am.  We are so glad that they moved into our neighborhood because now Parker has someone to play with.  They are about the only kids in our neighborhood who are his age. 

Today we are getting our back door fixed, FINALLY!!!!  It has taken forever and then we should be able to finish up with the floors.  I hope and pray that after all of this work that our house will start to feel more like a home, rather than a college apartment.  We also took down the popcorn ceilings in the living room and dining room while Parker was in Michigan.  They look SO much better now.  I hate that stuff.  I believe the technical term is "acoustical ceilings"...I do not understand why ANYONE would want those in their house.  It dates the house and makes the rooms look so much smaller.  Everything is slowly coming along.  We knew it would take some time but sometimes I just wish we had bought a house that was already move-in-ready. 

Well, I think that is about all for now.  Hopefully I will have a camera cord by the end of the week and I will be able to upload some new pictures.