Saturday Sunrise

{Saturday sunrise 5:30 a.m.  Picture from my phone.  Camera is dead as a doornail.}

Good morning from the TN River.  I love it here so much!  We are so blessed that we can come anytime we feel like it.  Trey's parents have a house on the river and it's only about 30 minutes from where we live.  It's a perfect getaway spot and we definitely needed some time away.

We came down yesterday afternoon and enjoyed happy hour, a delicious dinner and cards with Trey's Aunt Judy and Uncle Billy who have a vacation house next door.  We must be a charity case, because they have fed us 2 nights this week.  Whatever, we don't care.  She is a fabulous cook and even though I love to cook, I am pretty limited on what I can actually do right now, so bring on the charity.

I am not sure what the day will bring... right now though, my sweet husband has fixed some delicious smelling coffee and is waiting for me to join him on the deck.  Happy Weekend!

sad story

well, i have been mia for a couple of weeks now, unfortunately.  first of all, please forgive me for typing in all lowercase, as i am typing with one hand.  it has been a difficult week and a half.  our sweet anna girl (above) was hit by a car last tuesday.  we happen to live on one of the two busiest streets in town.  i was in the backyard and i heard it.  i thought it was a finder bender at first and then i saw my neighbor from across the street run into the road and yell for me to come down.  my poor anna... how could i have let this happen? she never went near the street.  i still don't understand why. well, she had been hit hard and my only instinct was to get to her and try to comfort her and get her out of the four-lane.  well, as soon as i put my hand on her head she turned and bit down hard.  never in a million years would she have hurt me if she had been in her right mind.  i knew that when dogs are in pain and great distress that this is their first instinct.  did i think of this?  no.  she bit down and would not let go.  thankfully, my neighbor was with me and we both got her jaws open enough for me to kind of tear my hand out.  while i ran back to the house to get something to wrap my hand with, 2 other neighbors came to the rescue and got anna out of the road.  i have wonderful neighbors!  i cannot thank them enough.  it would have been so much worse if they hadn't been there.  trey was on his way home from work and arrived shortly after.  to make a long story short: anna had to be put to sleep, i have had about 25 stitches overall, 2 surgeries due to infection and a few days in the hospital.  i am now home and the pain is much more manageable and the infection is under control.  i have been blown away by all of the prayers, phone calls, cards, visits, dinners and much more that by all my friends and family.  through much therapy i will return to normal, eventually.  its been an adjustment having to need so much assistance on the simplest activities, such as washing hair/fixing hair, opening pill bottles, typing,  dressing yourself... so many things i took for granted.  wow.

We are still missing our anna very much!  her bed is still in its place, food and water bowl are still there.  we can't really tell if molly is sad or not.  i have joked that she has just enough bitch in her to be ok with it just being the 3 of us now.  she loved and depended on the fuzzy bear though, as did we.  we miss you sweet anna girl.  you had a heart of gold.  thank you for loving us.

{anna and molly cuddling}

'Coon Catchin'

Yep, that's right.  We've been 'coon catchin' (short for raccoon catching...it's a southern thing) at the Little Blue House.  We have known for about a month that raccoons have been shacking up in our attic.  The attic is above our two garages, attached to the house, but you have to go outside to get to it... thankfully. 

Momma 'Coon was caught last week.  We went to our local state park and let her go.  In all honesty, I really figured there was more than one of these things, but I have taken comfort in the fact I haven't heard there scratching noises above my bedroom... until last night.  I was in bed reading, Trey and the dogs were sound asleep, and I heard it.  Scratch, scratch, scratch.  Crap, crap, crap.  About the time I heard it, so did Molly- dog.  She is as old is dirt but can hear the tiniest sound a mile away.  Trey wakes up and I tell him that "their back."  He doesn't seem to be too concerned, because we did have a trap set, just in case they came back.  I couldn't sleep and they kept on making racket, so I trucked outside in the wet grass, up the stairs, opened the door to find 4 baby raccoons.  My exact words were, "What in the hell are we going to do now?"

I go back down stairs.  Trey is awake.  I tell him all about my discovery.  He is still not concerned, "What can we do about it right now, Grace?".  It is 10:15 p.m.  He goes back to bed.  I can't sleep.  I google pest control companies. I call Orkin 24 hour hot line.  They told me that my local company would call me within 48 hours.  48 hours?  Oh my...

About this time, Trey is up, he can't sleep either.  We decide to go give them another look.  They are still there, but one is in the live trap and the siblings are freaking out.  We decide we can catch them ourselves and put them in a dog kennel.  Trey leaves and tells me to keep an eye on the babes.  He comes back in blue jeans, no shirt, knee length camo muck boots, and neoprene gloves up to his elbows.  He had a 'coon catchin' outfit on.  My man was prepared, sweeeeet!  He wouldn't allow a picture, unfortunately.  I was pushing my luck as it was.  We caught 3 out of the 4 coons.  I have the job of trying to catch the other one today while he is at work.  Awesome.  I wander if I should wear his 'coon catchin' outfit (including a shirt)?  It is times like this when I am so glad I married a good ole country boy that is not afraid (or concerned) of a few of these little cute things.

Last Night

Well, I actually remembered my camera last night.  Unbelievable. I forgot it the night of the rehearsal dinner, of course.  I was wearing the cutest, cheapest outfit, too. Oh well, I will do a post later on that outfit once I get pictures from a friend.

The wedding was such a cute, fun, summer wedding.  It fit the bride and groom perfectly.  I sang.  It went fine.  I was super nervous, sick to my stomach (One would think after singing in over 40 weddings, this wouldn't happen anymore.  What the heck?) and had the cold sweats all the way through it.  After the fact, I realized in my rush to get ready, I forgot to put on my deodorant.  Awesome.  It was not 150 degrees outside either.  Luckily I live right in the middle of our little town, so it was no problem to run home before the reception and alleviate this issue.  Enough said about that.

{The happy couple.  Excuse the bad photography.}

The reception was a blast, too.  They had a great band and about 1 zillion sorority sisters and fraternity brothers from UT.  There were also lots of friends there from our hometown (Trey and I grew up with Ryan and Shannon) which is always fun to get together and have a good dance party.

{Nathan, Emily and I.  Nathan and I have been best buddies since diapers.  Love him to pieces.}

{Great friends, Doug and Megan}

{Hubster and the father of the groom, later in the evening apparently}

All in all, we had a fabulous time.  It was a really late night, especially for the two old farts that go to bed before 9 every night.  It will take us a few days to recover.  Trey is still in bed sleeping, while I had to get up with the kids (dogs).  They are on a bit of a schedule.  Anna, our huge golden, is obsessed with food.  She starts to freak out if we are late feeding her.  I swear she knows when it is 6 a.m. or p.m. on the dot and if it is five minutes after, she goes into a panic.  It's ok though.  I can catch up on my beauty sleep later.  Wanna know why?  "Schools out for summer!!!!!!!"  Ok, that's the last time I will mention it, but it just feels soooooo goooooood!

Woo-hoo!

Summer is finally here! Today is my last day of school... about dang time.

We have a very busy weekend planned. Our sweet friends, Ryan and Shannon are getting married and it will be one heck of a party, oops, I mean reception ;-).
Trey is in the wedding party and I am singing. Hopefully, I will remember to take my camera... we'll see.


Next week consists of:
-Running, since I haven't done that ANY this week. Yikes.
-Anna needs a grooming visit
-My jeep is desperate for new tires
-My half-painted adirondack chairs are finally going to get a new look
-Then, weekend at the river. Yes!

Hopefully I will be back with pictures soon. Happy Friday!