A Pajama Mama

This morning we awoke to a Rainy Day and Monday. But it was also the Butter's Birthday Eve!!! So, the welcome rain and the special day called for a special Breakfast in a Cup!!! I was inspired by my forever favorite Paula Deen. It's just grits, scrambled eggs and crumbled sausage layered in a pretty parfait dish. The fam thought it was fab. I made mine in under 10 minutes bc I crumbled precooked sausage patties and doctored up instant grits in the micro. It was yummy....Paula's pics are prettier than mine, though! Since our Hero is still on what's referred to as "light duty" bc of his back injury, he came home early today. After raining ALL MORNING, the sun came out bright and beautiful this afternoon. We loaded up the kids and went to see Wal E. That new Disney movie, ya know? We loved it. It was so sweet. There wasn't much dialogue in the movie, though....because those little robots didn't talk much. Can we just chat for a sec about movie theater et...

Our krazy kitty Punkin has some strange habits. The most annoying is his affinity for bags left on the kitchen counter at night. We have to put all bags in the microwave before bed...the bread, leftover pound cake, somebody's half a poptart, Papa's cherry tomatoes, etc. From time to time, we'll forget to hide the bags. And yes, I know it's Punkin and not Chonji bc I set him up one night and staked him out. With wild eyes and ears laid back, he pulled an entire bag of Sunbeam bread off the kitchen counter, across the long kitchen floor, into the school room and under Rayray's desk, as usual. Last week, Doodle had to take a bug for the bug jar at VBS. Rayray helped her find a big beetle bug. They put him in a ziploc bag with leaves and a stick and poked teenytiny holes in the bag so he wouldn't smother. And guess what? We forgot to put the bag in a safe place. See the bag in the picture? That's what we found the next morning. The bug is gone like a freight tr...

The JellyB took The Butter camping over the weekend. They've been planning this for awhile but the Daddy couldn't go. (Remember the back injury? Yes, he's better but certainly not up for sleeping on the ground. But thanks for asking!) They went camping at a nearby lake in a real campground instead of the deserted island they first considered. Uh.....no. They fished. But ate hotdogs for dinner. They rode in a fast boat to the dam with the Butter's favorite Rockerdude... so he was totally stoked. Whatever stoked is. They explored remains of a real live fort. The Butter was in his element out in the WILD like that. And some male-bonding with his bestest buddy. I didn't have to know about how he stepped on that snake, though. No, it wasn't poisonous. But...still....

So, now that you know I am an admitted weather fanatic, let's talk about today's wicked weather. Read the post below and you will meet Oscar. There are a few weather-related things that Oscar can not do. One is to sound an alarm when warnings and watches are issued. For that, I turn to my trusty weather radio. Do you have one? No!? You need to get one. It could save your life. (Or you can do like other friends and family members and just call me everytime it clouds up.) This evening, after swimming and after running to the store for sausage gumbo ingredients and during JellyB's cooking of said sausage gumbo in my kitchen, some pretty wicked weather moved in. As normal procedure during weather events, my laptop is immediately signed on to weather.com radar and my trusty weather radio's alarm is set. I must say we were particularly excited about this weather tonight because it's been a LONGLONGLONG time since it's even dripped one single drop of rain here! Can ...

Meet Oscar. He is our electronic meteorologist in charge of our home weather center. He and I consult regularly. For those of you who don't know, I am a weather buff....ok...weather, fanatic. When Oscar says the temp is 102.3 at 4:52 in the afternoon after reaching a high of 104.7, there's only one thing to do. Put on our swimsuits, grab towels and floats, and head to Bob and Wilma's.... For some refreshing water fun. We take friends with us, too.... The Jelly went with us today. And water therapy is perfect for stress fractures in backs. Our neighbors have blessed us so. They are older and have no kids. We are the only ones that swim in their pool these days and we try to ease some of the pool care burden for them, too. There's nothing else to do in the summer in South Georgia involving anything outside except swimming. So, open wide access to a pool has been such a blessing and has helped this mama keep her sanity!

Rayray left today to spend the week with her grands at their horse stables. She goes off and on all year to the other side of the state to visit them. She LOVES it in the big open spaces, fresh air, grands, friends, and horseshorses everywhere. C-10 went with me to drive Rayray halfway to meet Granddaddy. We laughed and laughed until we were literally crying tears. I just hope the coffee I spewed washes out of my cute skirt! Rayray and little Doodle share a room. When I put my little one to bed tonight, it actually sunk in, for the first time, that Rayray is gone for a week, including nights. And she didn't like it. Not one iota. Now that she's 5, you know, she understands things "much more better." Well, she started crying. Not your 'sniff, sniff, I miss my sister' cry. She LOST it, y'all. It was the coughing, gagging, can't catch your breath version. Her sweet brother attempted to console her, but she informed him (rather loudly) that he is not and w...