...one more thing!

YIKES....I'm back and now I can't shut up!! :) 7 posts on one day HAS to be my record! But I have one more morsel of knowledge that HAS to be shared in this fast forward from March to April!!!!

I know you are wondering why in the world I have a picture of a household appliance on my blog but -->IF YOU NEED A VACUUM BUY THIS ONE!!!! Even if you don't NEED a vacuum you should consider buying this one!!! I know I'm getting old when an entire post consists of why you should buy a vacuum. Seriously this thing can handle anything---> cobwebs, dead plant leaves, dustbunnies, sheetrock dust (if you remember to clean the filter occasionally)!! I'll stop my soapbox now but for all who need the details see the Sears website for Kenmore Model #35923! I'm saving my money!!!

Halogen nights???

If any of you have had the pleasure to work on something with my parents then you know --> the project isn't over until it is so dark that you can no longer see!!! [Unless we pull out the halogen spotlights and keep going....and going--I'm sure there are people who live along our little country raceway that can attest to the crazy McCoys out in the yard in the middle of the night with halogen lights working on something.....]

The upside of that is--> you NEVER miss a beautiful sunset like this one!! :)

I forgot to say.....IT'S SPRING!!!!! HAPPY SPRING!

Happy Easter too!! I LOVE spring! Check out the fabulous sights I got to look at during my hours and hours of weeding & tree cutting! I LOVE spring!!! :)

Oh yes....and we had a baby shower!!!

No wonder I haven't had time for blogging!!! Part of the (OK, MOST of the...) necessity for the housecleaning was so we could have a BABY SHOWER!!!!! There is a NEW McCoy about to enter the world and he/she is DUE on MY birthday so LOOKOUT world TWO McCoy Taurus beings may just be more than the planet can handle!!! :) :) :) I am SOOOOOO excited!!!!

OK...back to the shower! The theme for the baby's nursery is Froggy Tales! For the shower froggies & spring flowers were everywhere! We had a good time and Brandy got lots of nice things. It was a sweet day! I really enjoyed seeing B surrounded by women who love her all laughing and telling stories about when SHE was a baby! It was supercool!!

GOTCHA DAY anniversary!!

Matt and I were blessed to be part of Lilli's Gotcha Day celebration!!!! It is hard to believe how much she has grown and changed in just a year. She is a beautiful little girl and I couldn't be prouder to be her godmother!! Austin and Savanna are just wonderful with Lilli. They have to be the sweetest and most helpful big brother and sister any sweet girl could ask for! I was beaming the whole evening watching the three of them interact!! It makes me smile for days just thinking about it. Catching up with Margie & John was terrific---life seems to fly by so fast that we hardly get time together anymore. It was a great night for all of us....and spending time with good friends is ALWAYS high on my list of things most enjoyed!!! HAPPY GOTCHA DAY ANNIVERSARY LILLIBUG!!! WE LOVE YOU!!

AN ANGEL ON THE WAY!!! :)

OK, there were a few moments that I wasn't cleaning, dusting, weeding, and cutting up trees... I went to see the most incredible ultrasound for the first glimpse of my soon-to-be-here niece or nephew!!!! The experience was just really neat!! I got all teary (not a surprise, right??)! You can see the pictures from the 3D/4D ultrasound too at www.babypeeks.net/user/brandymccoy Sorry I'm not savvy enough to actually make this link work!!! Maybe one day but right now it isn't high on my priority list, ok!?! :D

I'm BACK!!!

I'm going to call this a FAST FORWARD extending from March 13 to April 11th!! I guess the whole key thing with blogging is to actually BLOG on a regular basis, right??? I have mentioned that I'm a slow learner!! heehee OK--> to fill in anyone who is reading the mundane details that I call life, HERE is what I have been doing for the last 4 to 5 weeks:

1. cutting up trees
2. weeding SERIOUSLY overgrown (no joke for like 2 years no weeding has occurred) flowerbeds (do any of you KNOW how fast briars grow in the south??)
3. cleaning...spring cleaning.....[CLEANING some more] a house
4. cutting up trees
5. sweeping, dusting, mopping.....
6. cutting up trees
7. weeding....
8. burning the cut up trees & weeds...
9. cleaning windows....(YES, even the windows)
10.cutting up trees
11.REPEAT all of above

You get the idea??? See pics for proof!! :D Remember Hurricane Katrina?? Well, although many people down south have recovered....many MANY more of us in the zone where the eye of the storm went through are STILL recovering and will probably still be recovering for the next 3 to 5 years! I know that seems ridiculous BUT it is sadly true. My parents place has always been a work-in-progress....steadily improving with more "projects" on the horizon....the storm knocked them back into this no man's land that is hard to climb out of....and many of their friends are in the same boat. Thank God it WAS a boat and we all have SOMETHING to recover since many don't! I have been trying to help during my banishment to the electronic deadzone-->and I have found first hand how you can get bogged down with the capacity of what has to be done when trying so hard to move forward. PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE!!! DO NOT WORRY more MORE much much MORE is needed! :) AND WE are UP to the challenge (just don't ask me for a timeline)!!!