41 lbs lost...

41 lbs lost... This is the first time in 7 years that I have worn these pants! I am absolutely thrilled and doing a happy dance that these now fit and so does the shirt! Happy!

JustMeShann

I am having a busy day after a very busy weekend...

I am into full speed summer school, the route changes are coming strong. I can't believe it is so hard for these people to get forms in when their deadline was April 2nd and here we are on June 6th still getting forms in for new starts. I tell you it is hard to set routes when people keep adding students that screw them up, there is no such thing as efficient when you have to route like this. The drivers keep having to call the parents with new stop times and I am sure they think we are IDIOTs after a few calls, every change causes students times to change... It is so frustrating!

Steve and I were involved in an accident this weekend in my truck. We are fine and so is the driver of the other car. She was an older lady that ran a red light and we hit her as she was crossing our lane. Needless to say my truck has right front end damage. It was pouring down rain and it was a good thing since it just slid us around instead of having a major impact from dry ground. My truck has seen better days though and I figure I will be without it for at least two weeks. I am driving a little car now (Chevy Impala) it is nice, but I hate being so low to the ground and not being able to see so far down the road. I am not a little car human...

I was late but got to go to Casey & Amy's wedding reception. I worried all day about them having the wedding outside in the tent, but in the end it turned out beautiful and I got to see the two of them before they left for their honeymoon. They are the sweetest two kids, they remind me so much of Steve and I when we were that young and starting a family... You should have seen Chelsea she looked beautiful in her outfit :)

Yesterday I spent the day cleaning out my truck, going grocery shopping, having lunch with Chelsea, working in the yard and doing laundry...

Life is good and I am feeling blessed, Shann

June 5th,2011

Boone pondering the day, thankful for the sun after a long weekend of rain...

My little wooden dove...

My bottle tree creation with bottles on it... 

My first sunflower of the weekend...

The yard is coming together... Soon the roses will be back in bloom adding lots of color...

Cosmos... 

Fuscia is blooming and I love my chair... 

My little calico darling, she is about 5 years old...

Life...

• I was thinking about LIFE this morning on my way to work this.
• I miss watching the sun come up in the morning...
• Life is so short, but in it's length it has so much meaning if you just stop and think about all that your eyes take in and your heart bears...
• Today one of my friends is laying her husband to rest. He actually won the lottery in leaving this world and did it doing something he loved, though he left this world much too soon... He has a grandchild on the way that he will never see or hold and two grown boys that loved him very much... I can't imagine being a wife and loosing your best friend and that is what they were; friends... My heart aches for her...
• I have another friend that lost her sweet, tall grandson this last weekend. A marine the same age as Chelsea, his life cut short in an accident. His parents are so torn and it is so sad... I can't imagine loosing either of my kids... My heart hurts for this family too...
• I saw a pair walking down the street on a poor side of town this morning , her carrying all of her belongings in a suitcase with wheels, not looking even as old as me, lost to the world trying to survive the world with nothing but a suitcase... It made me wonder how many wrong choices got her to where she is today, who and what she left behind and how many wrong choices it would take for me to be in the same place... I really felt bad for her poor lost soul...
• I have a close friend that is now raising her grand children because their mother is suffering from mental illness or breakdown of some kind... Knowing how hard it is to deal with mental illness my heart breaks for her knowing that it is her daughter and their is nothing she can do for her, fore they must be willing to help themselves before you can help them and she isn't their yet... She is torn and scared to be raising her grand babies... I feel for her and wish I was closer to her so I could help... Such beautiful children they are <3
• Have you ever felt so blessed? I do... My life is good right now... I am enjoying my family and my life. I could do without work, but then I wouldn't have anything to complain about and my lessons in life would not be as challenging... I feel good right now, it scares me in some aspects because when I am comfortable it is usually followed by turbulence in some way or another... I am never comfortable in things running smoothly which is sad I know, but I do relish in the time I have when things are running smooth :)

Memorial Day 2011

Self portrait using the remote Mike & Brandi sent me for my birthday...

Buffalo burger with mushrooms and salad...

Steve and the table he built for Rhonda... It is solid oak and huge!!

Steve's fish finished...

Carne Asada on Salad

The bottle tree I fabricated today... My first time Mig welding. I did all the cuts & bending myself and did 95% of the welding...

The Wilton vice Steve is restoring, he spent the day sand blasting it...

My bottle tree in the yard... I can't wait to put the bottles on it tomorrow...

My Weekend in May...

Steve is building a solid oak planked table top for one of his clients, it is amazing and very pretty. There are no nails holding the middle of the table together, it is all done with tongue & groove. It is amazing to help him plane the wood and then come in the next day and see it turn into something of beauty. He cut all of this on the table saw which also amazes me every time he does it and especially this time with the enormity of the size.

Hand sanding every little scratch out of his beautiful project; and he doesnt think he is an artist!

The eye of my Boone... Amber Love...

Our Saturday in May...

This is the succulent that I got at an estate sale yesterday. I love the color and it drapes over the pot so pretty like. 

This is a chair that we got from a friend of mine and I put a screen and some moss in it's seat and added succulents...

Here is Steve and his fish he has been making. It isn't finished as of yet but I love it and all the time he has put into it... It is made of scrap metal that we have gotten at garage sales and collected over the years... A shovel head, saw blade teeth, gills and fins, chain link, re bar, nails and different materials...

May 1st, 2011 in the yard...

The mud and the lower pond I have been working on... Still can't find the leak but believe it is time for a new liner... Just more work...

My avocado tree servived the winter....

My sunflowers are growing tall now that the sun is out...