Internet is back up and running

Due to some severe weather my internet has been down for a while.  Back up and running again!

I now have all my Christmas decorations down and put away except for my tree.  I will get to that eventually.  I am still working on Jana’s t-shirts and sweatshirts.  We went shopping for new t-shirts because she didn’t like two of the others she had.  We embroidered one with the four chihuahuas like we put on the one sweatshirt.  The other one is called a woodland scene.  We also embroidered a t-shirt with a dog and two cats on a scooter.   We also embroidered a sweatshirt with a butterfly. They all turned out nice.  We had embroidered one with the state of Ohio bird which she didn’t really care for so we bought a different colored t-shirt and tried again.  It would have been great except I screwed it up and now I will be buying her a new t-shirt and will try again.  We still have two sweatshirts to go.

Brian and Tracy are here for the weekend.  They got in about three o’clock this morning.  Of course, Brian and Kevin are already fishing.  We could have some rain tonight, but the worse is supposed to come tomorrow.  We are in a level three situation where we could have extreme wind, up to five inches of rain and tornadoes. Brian and Tracy along with Kevin and Renea were supposed to go camping at Uchee Creek campground and do a lot of fishing, but because of the bad weather it was decided they would just stay and visit at Kevin’s.  Just another weekend in Alabama. 

I went to Opelika Sewing for my first class in digitizing.  They didn’t tell me I needed a special program.  When I arrived they explained it to me.  I said okay, and I thought I would buy it then.  That is until I heard the price.  $1,800!!!!!  Needless to say, I didn’t buy the program and have cancelled my other class.  The other class I signed up for which was a software program would have cost me $4,000 so I cancelled those classes also.  I will continue to use You Tube.  I did, however, keep my quilting class.  I seem to have everything I need for that one.

Monday I went to my nephrologist for my six month appointment.  He told me to keep doing what I am doing because everything was fine.  I go back in six months.

Jana and I decided to take a class at St. Patrick’s church.  They have been having these monthly classes, and we thought we would give them a try. They are held on Tuesday evenings.  This month is about the Gospel of St. John.  We attended the first class on Tuesday evening, and we thoroughly enjoyed it.  We even learned something that first night.  Father Dave actually gave us “homework.”  Almost like being back in school.

Wednesday we went shopping at Walmart for t-shirts, had lunch at Applebee’s (which was very good) and stopped at Winn Dixie. 

Back to Brian and Tracy.  Tracy spent most of the day Friday with Jana and me after she got some sleep.  It was great visiting with her.  We don’t get to spend much time with her, and this was fun.  After Brian and Kevin got home from fishing they fixed supper (which Brian furnished) over an open fire.  He fixed a pork loin in a cast iron pot.  It was awesome.  We baked potatoes or sweet potatoes (our choice) along with some other side dishes.  Ryan stopped over and had supper with us. It’s always good to see him.  Spent the evening talking and laughing.

Saturday was an alert day.  Jana and I spent most of the day and evening over at Kevin and Renea’s along with Brian and Tracy.  We had a lot of rain, lightning, high winds, thunderstorm watches and warnings and tornado watches.  There were tornado warnings and tornadoes around us, but we were very lucky.  Kevin made gumbo for him and Brian.  He grilled chicken for the rest of us.  Penny and Mattie stayed in the mobile home since the weather didn’t get bad enough for us to get them and bring them to K & R’s.  Jana and I went home early evening.  Brian and Tracy planned on making it an early night since they were leaving at 3:00 a.m. 

Jana and I didn’t go to church until Sunday morning because of the bad weather on Saturday night.  We stopped at Wendy’s for lunch and they screwed up my sandwich again.  That is beginning to be a habit.  Guess I will take them off my list for a while.  We then spent a quiet day and evening.  Brian and Tracy arrived home safely.