Here’s a few fall photos from 2008, taken at local parks and the soccer complex. It’s a great season for fun.
Stay At Home Dad
Jakes friend Steve came in town this week and Jake took off work while he has been here. With a friend in town you would think they would get out of the house and do something fun…mine finding, quail hunting, adventure seeking( some of the things Jake mentioned before he came). But since he has been here they have sat at home all day and played risk on the computer while I have been slaving at our job(aka on the internet,watching movies, and crocheting scarves). I came home last night and the first thing Jake said to me is,”Are you sure you don’t want me to be a stay at home dad? I could really get use to this.” I laughed and said no way.
Fall is here
Fall is here. This is my favorite season of the year. The weather on the South Plains has been typically mild (Sunny, mid 50’s in before sunup and low 80’s before sundown.)
The days are getting shorter as the sun goes down earlier and earlier everyday. The leaves are just starting to yellow and lawns are nearing their final days of green. Canada geese have not yet filled the pond across the street, but the grackles have arrived and are filling the trees in the park.
Funnel cakes, corndogs, and fresh squeezed lemonade. Bright lights, fast rides and blue ribbon winning livestock. The South Plains Fair is packing up just about ready to leave town.
Students have returned and Tech is back in full swing. The Red Raiders are 3 and 0 and after last night are ranked 8 in the nation. Go Red Raiders!
Soccer practice and homework fill our nights. That is, until prime time TV. The new fall season of all our favorites has begun. The Office, Survivor, Lost and of course Sunday night football. Go Cowboys!
Half the seasonal aisles at the markets are filled with all the usual Halloween acroutements, the other half are filling with Christmas. Our costumes for this year’s haunt are already picked out. Pirates all around. Can’t wait to hand out treats to all the little ghosts, goblins and ghouls who knock on my door. Before I know it, I will be picking out our holiday turkey and baking our traditional pumpkin pie.
Andrea’s Blog
I have recently started a blog at (www.ani-writes.blogspot.com) in hopes to let everyone know whats the latest and greatest with us along with unique findings and thoughts. Wishing you all the best!!
Love,
Andrea
Diagnosis melanoma
I had been having some trouble focusing my eyes on reading since May, so I made it a point in my annual checkup visits to ask for a referral to my ophthalmologist. I had mentioned to Nancy that there was something going on in my right eye, but that’s about all. Dr. Boothe saw me on July 31, and said he wanted a retina specialist to see me — Kevin Allison. The referral diagnosis was “retinal edema.”
Scheduling issues prevented me from seeing him until Aug. 20. Because I have a church assignment on Wednesdays, I was watching the clock as the afternoon appointment drew on. I left the doctor’s office some time after 4, headed for home with several conversations going on in my head at once. I thought I had understood Dr. Allison to suggest I would likely lose my eye, and that that might only be the beginning. Do I call Nancy in Phoenix and tell her, or do I wait until she returns? Do I have time to eat dinner? Should I stay home tonight? What does all this mean?
I finally decided that there was no better place to be at such a time than the House of the Lord, and that I needed to call Nancy now. So I grabbed my headset and called her as I left the house for the temple. I was concerned about her response — she was understandably distressed. I think she agreed that there was no better place for me to be than the temple, and she asked that I call when I got home.
I did. And then I composed an e-mail to family, which I sent out late Wednesday.
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