Blah, blah, blah!

Since I haven't posted in a while, I figured I better do so. Not a lot of excitement going on right now around our house. Gary has two races left for the year; one is this weekend, but we will not be going to it.
We have successfully re-financed our house in the past month. And, are hoping to be able to build a garage for Gary. He needs someplace to go tinker with his toys. Especially since the grass has pretty much quit growing, so he doesn't have to mow every other day. And, we could use some extra storage. I don't think we will start the garage until next spring, but it is something to look forward to.
Right now our plans for Thanksgiving are a little up in the air. At this point in time, I believe we will be in Missouri on Thanksgiving, and heading to Illinois on Friday. We will be in Decatur Friday night to Saturday mid-afternoon. We will them be traveling to Litchfield, and Gary will be racing in the Toys for Tots race on Sunday.
And, Christmas, I have no idea. I haven't even began shopping for Christmas, I feel like I am REALLY behind since I am normally almost finished shopping by now. Oh well.....
Other than that, nothing new. The dogs are doing good, except Jasmin found some pumpkin seeds somewhere in our neighborhood and decided to eat them. And, she didn't digest them, they came up in the living room. But she seems fine now. Dewy and Piglet are still rotten, and enjoy annoying each other as much as possible.
I will try harder to keep up with this blog, sometimes I feel like I don't have time to breath let alone update this, but I promise I will try! Hope you are all doing well and hope to see everyone soon!
Oh, and Fran if you are reading this, I will have your glow box with me when we come up for Thanksgiving. Hopefully we will see you, if not I will leave it with Mom.

Vacation Pics

Okay, here are some more pics from our vacation. I think these were all taken at Silver Dollar City!

Branson Day 2

Hello all! We are half way done with our second day here in Branson. We have been having LOTS of fun. When we got into town on Sunday, we found our condo and waited for Gary's parents to get into town. Went out to dinner to "Starvin Marvin's" which was really bad! So, Dad is no longer allowed to pick out the places that we eat! LOL Yesterday we went to the IMAX and saw Deep Sea. Dad, Mom and I all enjoyed it, Gary fell asleep! Then, we went to the Titanic, which was really cool! If you are ever in Branson, it is well worth the money to see. We went down to the Landing and walked around, and I found a massage chair that I really need. We didn't have enought time for dinner before going to see Shoji, so we had pie for dinner. Again, Dads choice!

This morning, Gary and I saw a cute little ground hog in the parking lot below our condo, so I named him Harry.

Today, we went to the iHop for breakfast/lunch, which was an experience. While we were there, a guy was promoting his new music show so he was singing Dean Martin along with his boom box. Then Mom and I went to a scrapbooking store and some quilting stores. Dad and Gary went to see 57th Heaven where they had a whole bunch of vehicles from 1957. They really enjoyed it. Tonight we are going to eat, then to the Jim Stafford show. We will be leaving the condo around 10 in the morning, and heading to Silver Dollar City. Then home! We are having a wonderful time, I will post more pics later! Hope all are well.

Gary & Lisa

All Birthday Partied out!

I have attended 3 birthday parties in the past week! I am all partied out! Last Sunday we attended my niece Abbie and Maddie's birthday party. Abbie turned 3 on Aug. 12 and Maddie turned 1 on Aug. 20th. SO, Amie- their mom- decided to combine the party, which went over very well.
Then, this past Saturday, Gary and I went to Decatur, IL. to his grandma's birthday party. It was really great to see everyone! We got to see Matt and Addison- Kristi's (Gary's cousin) kiddos that she adopted from Guatemala. They are absolutely adorable! I don't know how Kristi keeps up with the two of them, they are very busy! And, we also got to see Morgan- Gary's Cousin Mike's little girl. She is a doll baby. It was great seeing everyone, we hope to start making more trips up to Illinois.
Then, Sunday, I attended my other "niece's" birthday party in Springfield, MO. Kaelyn is my best friend Tara's baby girl. She turned 1 on Sunday. For only having a 30 minute nap all day long, she was in a very good mood.
So, I spent over 13 hrs in the car this past weekend. Being back at work is a blessing just because I can stand up and walk around when I want to!
Next weekend is the last "big" weekend of the year here at the lake, Labor Day weekend! And, I am planning on spending it at HOME! Actually, I will be painting the living room. I know how to have a good time. Gary always says that I am loads of fun! LOL
Anyway, then in a few weeks, we will be taking our vacation!!! I am so ready! We have rented a condo in Branson, MO for a couple of nights, and Gary's parents are going to be coming down with us for a few days. I am so excited!!!! I will be sure to take my camera and post more pics of our vacation.

Hope all are well.

He sure is brave!

I honestly have to say that Gary is the bravest person I know. Why do I think this? Because he is teaching me to play golf! So, he must be brave.
We have been going to the driving range a couple of times a week, and I have gotten to where I hit almost every ball I swing at. And, Gary told me that I no longer look like I am swinging a baseball bat!
SO, after a couple of weeks of going to the driving range and "practicing" hitting a golf ball, Gary decided that it was time to take me golfing. Yesterday we went out to a local golf course around 4:30 to miss most of the traffic. Well..... I think I need to start sleeping at the driving range. I SUCK!!!!! At least I am a big enough person to admit it, but I really suck at golf.
Gary was laughing at me because I was SUPER- DUPER impressed with myself that I hit a ball over the water and didn't hit it into the water. As the day went on, I think I was getting better, but I still suck!
So, if anyone has any "pointers" for me on how to become a better golfer, please share. Gary says that I am improving.... glad he thinks so!

We FINALLY did it...

We finally agreed on and bought a new vehicle. We got a 2008 Dodge Nitro SLT 4x4... and I LOVE it! I know I am really going to miss my little car, but our next door neighbor is buying it, so he told me if I ever wanted to drive it, I could. I am so spoiled!

I told Gary that this is the first vehicle I have owned that has not been black or white, and it is the first one to have 4 doors. He said he was glad that his little girl is "growing up". So, I stuck my tongue out at him. ; )

Here is a picture of the new car... hope all are well!

What the heck?

They are moving a house in across the street from us. A HOUSE! They are MOVING a house! Not a trailer, not a double wide, a HOUSE... Now, some of you might have seen this done before or on tv, but let me tell you, it is the strangest thing in the world to look out your front window and see a house sitting up on a trailer being moved.
They actually started moving the house last week. It took them 4 hours to move it 17 miles. Then it sat on our gravel road from Thursday morning until Monday morning. What a pain in the butt! So, they moved it down to the lot that they are putting it on on Monday... but it is still sitting in the middle of the road. People are having to drive in part of our yard in order to get around it.... needless to say Gary and I are not happy about that. Here are a few pics of the house once they got it moved across the street. The guy moving it says they have to turn it 180* to put it on the foundation....what the??? Glad I don't have his job.

Here is what we look at when we walk out of our front door...


Here is a little closer pic, see how UGLY the house is?
And, here is the view from the road, our property is on the left side of the pic...
There is just enough room for about 3/4 of a car to pass the house without getting into our grass. But, you can see our neighbors cute little wiener dogs.
So, hopefully when I get home tonight there will no longer be a house in the middle of the road.