Moving to a new address...

No we are not physically moving again, just the blog. I need a little bit of a fresh start. Follow me over to http://busyonbarnett.blogspot.com

This blog will go down and into the dumps around November 15th!

Slip slidin' away....

Wow, it's been exactly a month. I swear I blog daily in my head, it is just finding the time to get to the blog to do it. There has been much going on here, as usual. The knitting is progressing quickly when I have time. Although I've found that Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook, as well as Em's new birthday toys that she bought (Disney Pop Hits Sing It and Guitar Hero) have been quite the time suckers. LOL. All is well with the fam. Em just got over some weird virus for a week, which we were very thankful that she did not get the H1N1 that everyone else seemed to have. Nan is Nan. She's going through an odd phase right now, and we are trying very hard to figure it all out! :-). Fall Break is coming up this week which my aunt, cousin, grandparents, and brother are taking the girls to Branson for a few days. That will give me time to catch up on me and having a life! LOL.

I swear that I'm so low maintenance that sometimes I don't even realize HOW low maintenance I am and then I look at myself and think, "How did I get here, and why do I look so old?". I had a birthday at the end of September and when people asked how old I was, they were shocked to find out that I just turned 33 because for some reason they thought I was older. I tend to think it is because I honestly just don't take care of myself they way I should. I simply just do enough to not scare the kids I work with and to be decent and that's about it. Hee hee.
Speaking of my birthday. Some dear friends of mine gave us their O-Club seats for the Okie State/ Gambling game in Stillwater. It was Mr. Outdoor's first time back to our alma mater since graduating in 1999. We had a great grown-up time and I was even able to get a small shot of us. He works so much with owning a business and his responsibilities at our family farm, AND his obsession with hunting and fishing that we rarely get to go out and spend time together. It was a fabulous birthday.

Update...in bullets

• Maw-Maw turned 100 and we all survived, you can go here to see the pictures.
• School is eating my lunch right now, but I'm surviving.
• We have not have internet or phone at our house for over 2 weeks now. The idiots next door that are building a house have cut our line 3 times. I'm currently posting from the public library.
• I am knitting like a fiend and soon will have lots of pictures to show everyone soon, but right now I'm trying to get at least 1/2 of my Christmas knitting done.
• The Soaring Eagles Project is a go! If you want to participate please go to the blog
  

Soaring Eagles Blog...

http://thesoaringeaglesproject.blogspot.com/

there is also a facebook group for those of you who are interested...

http://www.facebook.com/search/?flt=1&q=Soaring+Eagles&o=69&sid=1213982821.3612750261..1&s=10#/group.php?gid=133331915824&ref=search&sid=1213982821.3612750261..1

Soaring Eagles....

Well, it's that time of year again. Who's in? The Soaring Eagles project is a charity knitting project that I do for the school where I am at. We knit hats and then sometimes scarves and mittens for the students at my school. In 2006 it was for Anderson Elementary in Tulsa, OK. In 2007 we did it for Jane Phillips Elementary in Bartlesville, OK. I'm still at JP and the need there is HUGE! Our school is 98% free and reduced lunch with a very high poverty and high risk. The hats and mittens that we did 2 years ago have been outgrown and I think it is time to do this again. The number of children in our school is 350.

I would love to start this project again, especially because I think it is a great way for my own 5th grade class to get involved. My 5th graders organize and distribute the gifts and it really helps them with their own sense of involvement as well as teaching them the giving spirit.

I just need to know if we are going to have enough people. I would like to start it ASAP to give people ample time to knit and get the hats or whatever else we decide to me.

If you are interested, leave a comment here, or email at roughtoughhoughs@att.net for more information or questions.

Pictures....

Monkeys finally finished!!!

Nan relaxing with her best friend Lilee our Jack Russell Terrier. It looks as though Nan is smiling for the camera but in actuality, her eyes are closed and she didn't even know I was there!
My big girls going to school for the first day! Em is in 5th grade this year and Nan in 1st.
Nan and her great-great grandmother (Maw-Maw) playing checkers. Maw-Maw will be 100 on August 27th! We are so excited to have her so close to us (less than a mile) and that she can spend time with the girls like this!

Catching up....

For the next couple of posts I will be trying desperately to catch up for the summer on all that has been going on around here.The girls and I went to Grand Lake last week to visit my grandparents for their 56th wedding anniversary and to take them to Eureka Springs for the day. We were out on the dock and I had my camera and took a picture across the lake. This picture seems to also display the feeling that I have whenever I am there....complete and total serenity.

The girls climbing the stairs with the Basin Hotel in Eurkea Springs looming over them. It was a perfect day to go as it was only 73 degrees and lightly raining.

We thoroughly enjoyed the lookout. The girls had never been up this high before. I know, I know, the Ozarks are a huge mountain range or all that magnificent in height, however, the girls were just as pleased as if they had climbed K2!
Lunch with the girls and their great-grandparents. We had a wonderful time outside discussing the mural being us. And has Emalee so pointed out, you can see our car from there. Betcha can't guess which one it is ???? LOL
In the rain searching for the perfect pieces of slag rock to take home and put in our flower gardens. It took nearly an hour to do so. Apparently, as Nan (6.5 y/o) pointed out, "It's not just about the color mom, it has to bring out our personalities too!". So noted Nan.
Back at the grandparents' lake house the girls were on the beach using a magnifying glass. It provided about 2.5 hours of argumentative fun!

Next up was our 4th of July.......