here or there?

Ok,  I need zoloft of something!

I like this blog much better than the one at blogger, so I am going to hang here.  I am also going to start writing again. I have a really stupid reason for being such a poor blogger, but If you knew some of my family members you wouldn’t want them knowing your business either. It’s not that they are bad people or anything, I am just stingy with my thoughts and activities and it’s none of their business. 

Since we last spoke, I am still pregnant (27 weeks to be exact), It’s another girl ( I hope), her room is almost complete (pics soon), Ava’s room as been redecorated (pics soon), We went to Florida with my husband’s family (pics of that too), My garden is producing cucumbers and squash with lightning speed, My living room has returned to the color is was before I ruined it by painting it blue (looks much better) and we got a new van ( a fantastic Honda Odyssey that you need a Computer Science degree to operate).

So, in the coming days, check back to see pics and read about our summer so far.

Thanks for coming back!

THIS BLOG IS MOVING!!!!!

Please, update your favorites, links or whatever you do because I am moving to:

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I feel that blogspot has more to offer me and It looks like it’s a lot more fun than wordpress.

I really appreciate my readers and hope you will join me at my new home.

thanks,  kg

Flowers and future garden

sweet potatoe vine nad petunias

he doesn’t help at all.

sweet potatoe vine and petinuas

Garden

I just love this time of year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I am in a hormonal induced bad mood. You know one of those bad moods that they joke about on TV. Everything I touch is a little bit harder to deal with, including my daughter.

That’s why this post is short…..Even the computer is being a turd.

Update time

I assume it is time to give everyone in internet land an update on my super exciting adventure filled life…(note sarcasim) Things are going pretty well around here. I am very excited that we are going to have another little girl to raise and spoil. Her big sister is very upset that we won’t be naming her Melody…Where she developed a love for the name Melody will probably remain a mystery since we don’t really know anyone with that name…I don’t think, but if we do, sorry, Melody…

I have to mention the super fun double birthday party we attended over the weekend! Collin and Olivia celebrated their 1st and 3rd birthdays. It’s kinda interesting that there is a string of consecutive birthdays in the month of April for their family.  I don’t think it was planned that way, the good Lord just decided to give that set of Graves something interesting to talk about at parties. You know, when someone asks you something crazy about yourself, they can always mention that Collin, their dad and Olivia celebrate their birthdays with a 3 day party.

Next on the list is “The Great Kitchen Destruction” that is about to take place at our house.  You know I can’t just stop at the living room, heck..I haven’t even changed the color of it yet. Why wait to start a new major project when you haven’t finished the one before it? I do think that I have decided on a greenish color for it though. The kitchen is going to get a new tile floor, counter top and a mosaic backsplash.  If you have been to my house, you know how I feel about the kitchen. It’s not bad in any way, I am just a spoiled little brat girl that wants a new kitchen.  I’m sure there will be more updates on this as things start moving along.

Finally, we are gearing up for VACATION! We are going earlier this year since I don’t want to be a big fat pregnant miserable person that is hot and sweaty. I won’t be telling the internet when we are going because that would be stupid….You never know who reads this thing, but If you do read it and you want to break into my house and steal my new tile, someone will be here every single day that we are gone. We also have great neighbors that will be on the lookout!!  We are going back to Seagrove Beach this year. It’s a big family vacation, so we rented a nice big house on the beach. The kiddos are going to love it because it has a private pool and they can swim until they pass out.  Which will be good for the grown ups since passed out kids don’t whine much.

I guess that’s all for now. It’s time for me to go outside and dig in the dirt a little. Hope you all are having a great week!

It’s a………

Well, Looks like we’re gonna have another girl!

I am thrilled, Darrell is thrilled and Ava couldn’t give a rat’s a**! 

 She’s already acting like a big sister.

My Booty is Happy!

Our new couch and chair arrived yesterday!

I just had to share it with you guys. The love seat will be here in about a month, but I think we will survive.  Now I am open to suggestions on the paint color, the blue isn’t really working for us.

F.Y.I from a pregnant person

I have been asked by several people the same “pregnant questions” So I thought I would give a little update.

May 5th I am scheduled for my 1st ultrasound with Dr. Moss. This is where we should determine if baby graves is a boy or girl.

April 15 I am scheduled for an echocargiogram. (sp) I am telling you this because the Dr. said that he would have the technician slip a little bit…you know…to maybe find out a little earier than May 5. No worries about the echo thingie though. It’s just part of my yearly heart health check up. I’ve been wearing a monitor thing for the past few days and it’s driving me nuts!  I have a crappy family history with heart disease, I have to do these things.

A few weeks ago I pee’d in the little IntelliGender cup and it told me that this baby is a girl. We’ll see if it’s worth the $40 I spent on it or not.

Finally, the name thing- If it’s a girl, Sylvi Dawn. If it’s a boy- Darrell Grant. We have to keep that Darrell tradition going.

Just another Tuesday…

I started this day with such good intentions….

I was on a mission. The goal, to go to Franklin to buy a living room suite, go home, enjoy the  sun, work in the yard.

Every detail of this mission was FAILED!

I started off at Rooms to Go. Last night, Darrell and I had found a couch, love seat, chair and ottoman that we both agreed on. Well, I went to buy it, and the Rooms to Go people just put me in an ugly mood. I HATE that feeling that I get when I know that the sales people are stalking me. To them, I am mere commission. How many silly things can they add to my total to up their percentage? I can sense it and smell it just as much as they can sense that I have money to spend. Well, when my sales vulture welcomed me into the store, I told him that I was there to buy a living room set. I knew which one I wanted, I knew what I wanted, I knew how much it was going to cost and I did not need the leather protection that they were going to charge me $150 extra for. We went to his little computer kiosk where he typed in my order.  Well, wouldn’t ya know….The sale ended yesterday AND that particular set is the most sought after and wonderful furniture group ever known to Rooms 2 go. That  means that it wouldn’t even be available to be delivered until May 24th. The company couldn’t release that group because of it’s popularity, but for me, little old me, they would call corporate to see if they could release it. I’m tellin’ ya, it must have been my lucky day because corporate decided to let me have it. At that point I was already wanting to gag from all of the sales fluff that the guy was feeding me.  I was going to go ahead and buy it. I am tired of sitting on an aerobed in my living room.  I didn’t even really want that couch and stuff. It seemed cheap to me. I mean if it’s the “finest Italian leather” why do I have to spend an extra $150 to protect it?  Just to end the whole ploy, I gave the vulture my husband’s debit card. (This is where Jesus basically came down from Heaven and stopped me from making this stupid mistake.) The guy couldn’t take the card because it just has Darrell’s name on it. So, I told the guy that Darrell would be in later in the afternoon to finish the transaction. At this point, I made the decision that I would not be purchasing ANYTHING from Rooms to Go. I made my exit and decided to go back home to a local furniture store that loves me and wants to make me happy all the time. They are more expensive, but they treat me like the furniture buying princess that I am.

As I got into the van, I noticed ALL of the service lights blinking. huh, not big deal…must be a fuse. I traveled on down the interstate to my exit where the van stopped dead in the middle of the ramp. Fortunatly, by nothing more than the pure grace of God, Darrell just so happened to be in Franklin. Darrell hates Franklin. He makes every effort to stay out of the town for some stupid reason, but today, he was there. He was even very close to where the van died.  As I was sitting on the ramp praying that I wouldn’t get swiped by a big truck, I got on the phone with my insurance company. My insurance company is supposed to be helpful when it comes to finding a towing service and stuff, but they help with NOTHING! The only thing that they made very clear was that they would reimburse me only $50 of the $150 that I had to pay for towing. They were also supposed to assist me in finding a tow service. Well, guess what, I talked to Nationwide people all over this great nation and no one was able to give me a number to any tow service. Fortunatly, when Darrell got there, he had the GPS and it found one for me. Thank you Garmin Nuvi 350 for doing to work that Nationwide is supposed to do. So, I had the pleasure of traveling with Darrell and Grandaddy today. We bid an apartment complex and a bank and drove around Franklin like we owned the place.

When I got back to town, I went to my favorite furniture store and bought by brown leather couch, love seat, chair and ottoman. They love me and are bringing it home Thursday morning. As far as the van, I think the battery was dead. I’ll pick it up tomorrow.

couches and babies

Yay for sold furniture!

Now, what do I do?  We haven’t really looked for new couches yet…..                                                  

I need to send a praise report out to internet land, Macey and Madison McKamey were born almost 3 months early on Thursday. So far, they are doing very well. They are breathing on their own and everything! So, Thanks to God for giving the girls a safe arrival. Keep Rob, Jill and family in your prayers as they  Nashville to be with their precious girls.