Saturday, February 28, 2009

today in pictures

balancing stuff on drinks at lunch...
thanks, curtis!
that yellow crayon ended up IN the drink!

spencer's looked more like a pile of trash!


geez....i hate it when things are misspelled!  spell-check, people!
really, how hard is it to spell scrapbook?
aligned...moon at the top of the picture, venus at the bottom
last night, venus was right by the moon!

photo of the day #59 
rainbow christmas tree!

so this was my day in pictures.  of course i also took a nap, but i couldn't take a picture of that, now, could i?

quote of the day:  "A good snapshot stops a moment from running away."  ~Eudora Welty




Friday, February 27, 2009

it's been a good day.  not too much drama at school.  the lights got fixed today, so i didn't have to teach in the dark. (our trailer/classroom blew a fuse yesterday afternoon, and it didn't get fixed until this morning.  we had plenty of light to work by because i have 3 windows, but the way the kids were acting yesterday, you'd think we were at the bottom of a cave or something!)

the varmints got much-needed hair trims this afternoon.  i would have gone much shorter, but i can live with the fact that they don't want their hair touching their ears!



on the way to get spencer's supplies for his kaleidoscope project, we passed this friendly little guy....what is it about people dressed up like this that just makes me smile?  i love it!

photo of the day #58
mountain mudd dude
photo by spencer

then i got to hang out with my friend, lisa, tonight.  we had chinese food and then went shopping for yarn!  i know, i know....we're real party animals!  we found some awesome suede yarn at big lots for $1.50!  score!


when i got home this precious little note was hanging from a string tied to colby's balloon:


quote of the day:“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman (1820-1913); American escaped slave, abolitionist, humanitarian


Thursday, February 26, 2009

too good to be true

tonight daryl and i went to a travel agency to hear a 60 minute presentation because we had won a free trip from the drawing daryl had entered at the home and garden show.  when they called, they promised it wasn't time share, and that we really had won a 3 day/2 night trip to an exciting location.  we knew all along there had to be a catch, so why did we go?   because there's that little BIG thing called hope that just keeps you going.  we were hoping that there really was a slim chance that this was a real deal, not a scam.  wrong!  

they didn't lie, it wasn't time share....it was vacation packages!  you pay $10,000 for 18 one-week vacations to one of their luxury resorts.  you have your entire life to use or give these vacations away.  you only pay $340 in taxes once a year and a $99 commission fee when you called to set up each vacation.  i couldn't believe people were actually interested in this!!!!  you didn't have to buy one of these packages to get your 'free' trip, but daryl and i just couldn't stand to listen to anymore of their nonsense.  we got up and left in the middle of it, leaving our 'free' trip behind.  wow!

the pic of the day is of colby doing his homework tonight.  check out how he holds his pencil!  it drives me crazy!!!!
photo of the day #57
homework


quote of the day:  "If something seems too good to be true, it probably is."  ~unknown


Wednesday, February 25, 2009

one down, four to go

photo of the day #56
state writing test

today was THE writing test for all the 5th graders in the state of oklahoma.  all i can say about it is thank goodness this year's prompt was WAY better than last year's!

i have some funny stories to tell you about colby-man, but he won't let me!  i would do it anyway, but he specifically told me NOT to blog about it!  

the weather today was so wonderful that it really made it hard for me to concentrate on anything.  i just wanted to be outside.  i even ate my lunch in my car today with the windows down and the radio up!  i wished i could have been driving anywhere just taking in the sites!

spring fever is extremely powerful!

quote of the day: "If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."  ~Toni Morrison

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

poor joey

photo of the day #55
spa day for joey


joey got the royal treatment tonight!  we trimmed his wings, and then he got a bath.  none of this would have happened if he hadn't pulled his little stunt this morning!

just as we were getting ready to leave for school, spencer took joey out of his cage and brought him to my bathroom.  no big deal.  but joey is easily spooked by colby, and when colby said something to the bird, joey flew off landing on top of my curtain.  he was way too high for any of us to reach him, so spencer got the broom so joey could step up on that and we could get him down.  but when he stuck the pole up there, the bird flew on top of the armoire in our room.  so spencer poked him again to get him down, and this time he landed on the ceiling fan.  so i got the broom and tried to gently coax him onto the handle, but he flew away again!!!  thank goodness this time he flew smack into the wall and landed on the floor.  needless to say, it was time to trim joey's wings.

so daryl and i did that tonight.  i held him while daryl cut.  joey HATES to be held down!  he kept trying to bite me and was screeching in his pathetic little voice.  when it was all over, he crawled up on daryl's shoulder and would have nothing to do with me!  even after daryl and spencer bathed him and dried him with my hair dryer, he still wouldn't come to me!  dumb bird!

quote of the day:“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.”

Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Roman Catholic saint

Monday, February 23, 2009

if you like to talk to tomatoes......

if you can finish that little intro, then you know what today's post is about.  that's right!  veggie tales!  i admit it!  i am a fan of this saturday morning cartoon with sunday morning values!  i love that it's a wholesome show, and it makes me laugh!  especially the peas!!!!!
photo of the day #54
veggie tales
tonight i was watching dave and the giant pickle with the boys, and i was laughing out loud! the sheep just fall over!  ha! ha! ha!  i don't know why that's so funny to me, but it is!  and poor little dave has to keep picking them up!
quote of the day:  "God made you special, and He loves you very much." ~Bob the Tomato

Sunday, February 22, 2009

smoggy sunday

as we were driving to church this morning, we noticed a dense layer of smog over tulsa.  it was a sad sight to see.....
photo of the day #53
smoggy sunday
my family is watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory right now, the new one with johnny depp as willy wonka.  i kind of like the old one better.  i like the oompa-loompas better in the old one, but the new one sticks to the story a little better than the old one did.  why didn't they just make one that was just like the book?  that story is great!  it didn't need anything added!

so here's a quote from the old willy wonka:

quote of the day: So shines a good deed in a weary world. ~Willy Wonka

Saturday, February 21, 2009

it is finished....

BEFORE.....AMY'S MESS


AFTER.....STUDIO A
{yes, the 'A' is supposed to be a little crooked.}


see the sock monkey!  

i have a place for my new red cart and for my old cameras!


i used the old red step stool to display my buttons!

these pictures don't do studio A justice!  it looks so cool!  i may just have to create something!

woo hoo!



seeing red

i had the most funnest day!!!  first the family and i went to a flea market in tulsa.  let's just say we weren't that impressed, and we won't be going back.  then we drove around tulsa looking for more flea markets.  the boys were getting hungry, so we stopped for lunch at Bueno (yum-o!). then we travelled on down admiral pl. until we found what we were looking for...a ginormous flea market.  no one wanted to get out in the cold and hunt for treasures (except me) so we just headed home.  these boxing gloves were the best things we found at the flea market.


daryl and the boys don't mind going treasure hunting with me, but they all prefer antique malls where everything is inside and it's not all crap.  most of the stuff we saw at the first flea market was just junk, and not the good kind of junk!  

so i suggested that we go to muskogee to the antique mall there, but daryl said he didn't want to drag the boys through that because that would make all of us miserable.  but he said he would stay home with the boys so i could go.  i didn't even hesitate!  we pulled in the drive, i kicked them out of my car, and i was off to muskogee....by way of coweta.  i just had to see if that one store was open!  and it was!!!!!!!!

it was not at all what i expected.  it was mostly furniture, which is ok, but i will never be able to afford antique furniture.  so i don't really like to look at it!  there were also lots of doors and windows.  the owner of the store built lots of the stuff in there, so the place smelled like sawdust!  i kind of like that smell.

so i left there and headed for muskogee.  i went to a junk shop i've always wanted to go in to, but it turned out to be a disappointment.  it was full of stuff that looked like garage sale left-overs and it was over-priced!  not happy.

then i went across the highway to main street antiques.  i've been there a couple of times before.  that's where geeg and i bought that mongo jar of buttons back in december. although it was fun looking, i didn't find anything but an old card game there.  next i went next door to a place that claims to be an antique store, but it looks more like the junk store across the road! i don't know if you can read what the tag says in the picture i took in that store, so i'll just tell you:  "laugh if you must...marbles $3 each marble."  { what is it with marbles in antique stores? why are they so expensive? }

while i was in that store, i heard another customer ask if there were anymore antique stores in town, and i heard the lady say there were some on the other side of town on the same highway. out the door i went!

the first one was an antique furniture store, but it was very cool!  it even had old cars in it!

but the last one......wow!  it had all kinds of happy stuff in it!
i love this table and chair set!  but of course it was not in my price range!  i think i just like it because it's {red}.

this is my happiest purchase.....a red metal cart and an old red step stool!

photo of the day #52
seeing red

i knew that i had gotten a real treasure when the older lady who worked at the store said she had looked at the step stool and was going to buy it for herself!  too bad, so sad!  it's all mine!

random quote of the day:  When a cow laughs, does milk come out her nose?  ~Author Unknown

Friday, February 20, 2009

i love fridays

i am so glad it's friday.  i love that i don't have to wake up at any certain time in the morning!  i wonder if i will ever be one of those people who just wake up at 5:00 a.m. on their own, ready to go!  doubt it!

photo of the day #51
cute dog on fed ex truck

quote of the day:  "If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters."  ~author unknown, but attributed to Jim Davis

Thursday, February 19, 2009

skate night!

it was another skate night for our school.  this time i went voluntarily because colby man wanted to go!  he's a skating fool now.  he made it around several times on his own.  he even kept going after getting a bloody nose and a sore bottom!

photo of the day #50
nice wheels, colby man!
quote of the day:  My wheels are too rolly! ~Colby Man

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

mental health day

today was a good day.  i took the day off for a doctor's appointment that i expected to be a lot worse than it actually was.  i would tell you all about it, but as my friend lisa says, that would be an over-share! but one part i can share with you is that ALL of blood test results came back normal!  that's happy!

so since i had already taken the whole day off, i decided to just enjoy myself.  i went to lunch with geeg, and then we went to river city trading post.  i could have spent a lot of money there. 

they had a red and chrome stool that i REALLY wanted, but i didn't get it!  it was so cool!  i thought about using as my seat in 'studio A' but now that i've measured the table, i don't think it would have been a wise purchase.  

but i did find this little piece of happiness for my sweet husband!
photo of the day #49
a little part of southwestern bell

he's been looking for a phone like this that wasn't a reproduction, and made that awesome sound when you dial a number!  the cheapest i had seen them was $45....until today!  this little baby only cost $15!!!

i also so this little guy and it made me laugh.  so the quote of the day is in picture form today!

quote of the day:  

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

i voted

photo #48
voting

that's right.  i call in and vote for american idol!  this is a picture of me (obviously) voting for the next american idol, danny gokey!  he is awesome, and he seems like such a nice guy!
i also liked anoop from tonight's group, but only the top male and female plus the next highest vote-getter are going through to the top 12.  that's tough because i also like the oil guy from texas.  too many choices tonight, but overall, danny was definitely the best.



quote of the day:  Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.  ~Ronald Reagan

Monday, February 16, 2009

monday, monday

it was so nice NOT to work today!  we had a nice day doing nothing.  daryl was off today, so we were all just here hanging out.

photo #47
dog-pile daddo!
i have no funny stories to tell today.  it was just a simple day.  it's kind of nice having those.

quote of the day:  "When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses."  ~Joyce Brothers

Sunday, February 15, 2009

happy wall!

short post today.  i figure those of you reading this blog need a break after yesterday's long post! 

i'm slowly but surely finishing up "studio A"  (i wish i could claim that name as my own original, but someone way cooler and more artistic thought it up first.  her name is ali edwards and she is a life-artist.)  anyway, check out my happy wall!
photo #46
happy wall

i can't claim the idea of putting my stamps in an old printer's tray, either.  my way cooler friend, gina, did this in her creative space and i loved it!  i even sent her shopping to find me a printer's tray! {i promise i'll pay you the $5 someday, geeg!}

now i just have to finish doing something with all the little piles of stuff on the floor, and my studio will be ready to mess up again with all my creating!

quote of the day:  "This mess is a place!"  ~Author Unknown

Saturday, February 14, 2009

i HATE valentine's day

the following story was written one year ago today.  the photo of the day following the story was also taken a year ago.  enjoy.

i HATE valentine's day!  it goes way back to junior high/high school years.  this particular holiday stinks when you don't have a valentine.  it HURTS.  so even though daryl told me he loved me {for the first time} on this day in 1995, i still hate it....for all those who are alone wishing desperately that they had a valentine.

this year i "celebrated" v-day with puke and poop!  tuesday around 2:00 a.m spencer shuffled into my room to tell me that he'd puked in the bathroom.

"did you make it to the toilet?" i asked.

"yes, but i got a little on the counter and floor," he said.

so i laid there thinking i could clean it up later if it was just a little bit.  i was sooo tired!  but then a foul odor began tickling my nose....you know, like in cartoons where the scent travels to the character's nose and then beckons him to come?  i could smell puke all the way in MY room.

i made the journey to the boys' bathroom dreading what was about to appear before my sleepy eyes, the smell becoming stronger with every step.

nothing could have prepared me for the devastation that awaited me.  their bathroom took a DIRECT HIT!

"...a little on the counter..." was THE understatement of the year!!!  there was puke everywhere!  i stood there in disbelief.  how could one nine year old boy do this much damage?  where would i begin cleaning up this mess?  i was in shock!

so what did i do?  i grabbed the camera and took pictures!  disgusting, isn't it?

after the photo shoot i returned to the scene armed with a near-empty container of clorox wipes, a roll of paper towels and a wal-mart sack posing as a glove to protect me.  i had to work one-handed because my other hand was busy keeping my t-shirt over my nose!

like i said, there was puke everywhere---on the counter, the mirror, the rugs, the wall, the drawers, the cabinet doors, the OUTSIDE of the toilet (not the inside) and the shower curtain.  the bathtub avoided the blast thanks to the shower curtain.  i really don't know how the ceiling was spared!

i was about 30 minutes into the decontamination process when daryl trudged onto the scene.  with his eyes barely open and his hand over his mouth and nose he asked, "did someone get sick in here?"

what kind of idiotic question was that?!?!!!  i wanted to reply, "no, i decided to redecorate their bathroom at 2:30 in the morning in puke tones!" {here's your sign!}

it took nearly 45 minutes to clean their bathroom.  those pretty custom cabinet doors with lots of details aren't so pretty when you're scraping puke out of the details with your fingernail!  oh, by the way, swiffer wet doesn't get barf out of tile grout....gotta use fingernails there, too!

so three days later spencer is better, no more puke.  still a little poo, so we stayed home, missing out on all the v-day festivities at school.  {honestly, i didn't mind that part!}  daryl walked in the door a little after 4:00 saying, "i brought you a present...colby just barfed in the driveway."
photo of the day #45
happy valentine's day 2008
it's now a little past midnight, and i just finished taking pukey sheets of colby's bed.  ding! ding! ding!  round 2 begins!


well, i hope you've enjoyed my little valentine's day story.  it was a lot of fun to write...therapeutic actually!  today has been an uneventful holiday.  i slept in while daryl took the boys to soccer try outs.  then i got up and cleaned the house.  i was hoping to get a knock on my door from merry-maids saying they were here to clean my house today, but it never happened.  oh, well.

tonight for supper, i was feeling southern.  we had {and yes, i know it's not the healthiest choice, but dang, it was yummy!} chicken fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy and corn.  and you can't have all that southern goodness without a fresh glass of sweet tea!  while we were eating, colby looked at our bird and said,

quote of the day:  "Hey, Joey!  We're eating one of your little friends with a side of gravy!"

i survived...barely!

photo #44
death by sugar

see this plate with it's ginormous frosted heart cookie, 2 sugar cookies,  and a brownie?  now add 3 kinds of chips, a slice of chocolate chip cookie cake a pound of chocolate and a liter of a carbonated beverage.  ok.  got it?  now multiply that by 23 and THAT'S HOW MY AFTERNOON WENT YESTERDAY!!!!!

i really do thank God that he gave us such beautiful weather yesterday afternoon, because as soon as my kids consumed all that junk we went OUTSIDE for the rest of the party.  pretend my trailer/classroom is a 2-liter bottle of coke and you just shook it up as hard as you could.  what's going to happen when you open it?  an explosion you can't control, right?  that's what happened to my kids!!!!!!!!!  oh, and on top of that, someone brought one of those stupid fish that you hang on the wall that sings!  so it was our "party music".

i was already on edge from listening to the other half of the kids' science reports!  i just knew it was going to be like the previous day with all the plagiarism, but i guess i got through to them somehow because everyone had a non-plagiarized report!  hallelujah!  i guess next year i need to do a better job of explaining how to put research information into your own words!

so my quote of the day is a bit crude, but it just fits so well with my 2 days of science reports:

quote of the day:  "I could have eaten a whole box of Alphabits cereal and crapped a better essay than that!"  ~author unknown

check back in this evening for the premier of my short story " i hate valentine's day".  it's sure to at least get a giggle out of you!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

can i stay home tomorrow

i really don't want to go to school tomorrow!!!  today was bad enough, but tomorrow is the day we HAVE to celebrate valentine's day. ugh.  the kids are crazy on party days, and i hate valentine's day anyway!  i tried to talk my homeroom out of doing this party, but it was a no-go. 

last year i was blessed enough to have to stay home with a sick child, but it's not happening this year.  unless one of the varmints (or me) wakes up in the middle of the night puking, then i have to go.

not only do i have to endure a party, but i also have to listen to the other half of the science reports the kids are giving!  the reports and presentations themselves aren't bad at all, it's all the plagiarism and mommy-written reports that kill me.  today alone i had 2 plagiarized reports, 2 mommy-written reports and 1 friend-written report!  i just don't get it! why do people cheat?

the bright spot of tomorrow, though, is that i get to hang out with my friends at church tomorrow night and create!  i need some creative time!  i need some friend time, too!

i was driving home this afternoon, and i finally stopped and took a picture of this sign.  i don't know why i like it so much.  it's nothing special, but i want it!

photo #43
keep out



quote of the day:  "Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today." ~Abraham Lincoln

until just now, i always thought this was my dad's quote!  he was always saying, "don't put off until tomorrow what can be done today."  i wonder if he knows he was quoting Lincoln.  i'm sure he does; my dad's a smart man!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

not happy

i'm a huge american idol fan, but i am not happy with the top 36!  why in the world did they let the drama queen (male cry-baby with all the piercings) and that annoying chic who thinks she's god's gift to the world through?????????  this is worse than sanjaya!!!!!  i also didn't like it that jamar, danny's best friend, got cut.  he was so much better than drama queen!

but i am glad that my favorites are still in....danny, oil guy, and welder.  it's too soon for me to know their names!  so far i'm not all that impressed with the girls.

photo #42
mom!  we found a lobster outside!
colby and his little friend, caroline, found this "lobster" after school today!  they were so excited!  of course neither of them wanted to touch it, so spencer caught it with a cup and a pencil {he wouldn't touch it either!}

quote of the day:  "People like you are the reason people like me take pills!" 
---Neva Faith Linn

do you think i could tell my students this?  ha! ha!  this quote is hilarious to me!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

crazy day

i think the weather has really messed people up!  my kids were nuts today!  

when i got home from school, i turned on the news, and the crazy weather had spawned a tornado in edmond, oklahoma!  i had no idea!  so i immediately called mom to make sure she and dad were ok, and she said the tornado was a few miles north of them (too close for my comfort) and did lots of damage to a really wealthy neighborhood.  all of this happened right around the time school gets out, so all those kids were stuck in their schools having a tornado drill (duck and cover) only it wasn't a drill....it was for real!!  how scary for them!  i have goosebumps right now thinking about all those little ones who were probably terrified, wanting to see their parents, but couldn't.

a good thing from today was that our awesome PTA brought sweets for all the teachers!  there was chocolate everywhere!  i had so many sweets during my conference period that i didn't even eat my lunch!  check out these yummy yummies!

photo #41
PTA sweets


the one on the right is 2 peanut butter cookies filled with some sort of heavenly chocolate stuff.  of course there is a chocolate covered strawberry {they also had dark chocolate ones, but i ate it before i took the picture!} and the other cookies is a mint chocolate cookie!  it was awesome!

our PTA rocks!

quote of the day:  If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top pantyhose.  An entire garment industry would be devastated.  ~Author Unknown

Monday, February 9, 2009

unusual weather

it was another beautiful day here in broken arrow, oklahoma!  i can't believe how warm it's been lately.  i was thinking about the seasons yesterday, and just when i think i can't stand the current season one more day, it slowly starts to change.  god is so amazing.  he knows exactly when it's time for a change.  i'm so thankful that i live in a part of the world that experiences 4 distinct seasons.  each one has a magic all it's own.

photo #40
wind in his hair

quote of the day: There is no season such delight can bring
                                   As summer, autumn, winter and the spring.
                                                   ~William Browne

Sunday, February 8, 2009

slowly but surely


ok, it may not look like it, but i actually made some progress today in my "studio".  behind daryl's desk on the right, there were some stacks of creative materials, a.k.a. crap, but they're not there anymore!  

i was on a roll sorting through stuff and labeling containers when i was interrupted by the preacher saying, "would you please finish with that?"  he was referring to my dymo label maker.  you know the kind where you turn the dial and it clicks with every letter, and then you have to squeeze it and it makes an imprint of the letter you want.  well, apparently the clicks were just too much for him to handle while he was trying to figure out what his sermon was going to be tonight.  i didn't say anything. i just finished the word i was on, and then i went to my room.  if the clicking is going to bug him, then he'll just have to wait even longer for the mess to get cleaned up, right?

pic of the day #39
dymo, a.k.a. the little machine that annoys the preacher

quote of the day: "I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me." ~Noel Coward

Saturday, February 7, 2009

beautiful day

i couldn't believe the weather today!  it was beautiful and warm!  

my family and i took advantage of the weather and went to the tulsa zoo!  i absolutely love going to zoos.  i think if i don't end up working at disneyworld when i retire that i'd like to be a docent at a zoo.  i'm just fascinated by animals.

my favorite animals are the primates.  it doesn't matter which kind it is.  i just love watching them.  i guess it's because they are so human-like. the two baby chimps at the tulsa zoo haven't grown as much as i thought they would since we were there in july.

even though primates are my favorite animal to see, overall the tropical rain forest is my favorite exhibit at the tulsa zoo.  colby and i are both fascinated by the poisonous dart frogs. their colors are just amazing!

i always enjoy seeing this little guy in the rainforest.  he's usually right there to greet you when you walk in.  

another critter i like to see is the sloth.  you'd think that since they move so slowly that they'd be easy to spot, but they're not!  they hide up in the trees most of the time.  i've been to the tulsa zoo many times now and before today, i'd only seen the toenail of one of the sloths.  but today 2 of them were laying in a tree being fed by one of the zookeepers!  it was so awesome!

the majority of the animals were pretty laid back today.  they were just laying around soaking up the warm sunshine.  
pic of the day #38
jaguar

quote of the day:  Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.  ~George Eliot


Friday, February 6, 2009

the fire

well, today was pretty normal until about 5:00 p.m.  

spencer and i were in the backyard playing soccer when we heard our 12 year old neighbor yelling, "help! help!" from his backyard.  i looked through the fence and noticed that a small patch of his yard was on fire!

spencer and i ran in the house yelling at daryl to do something.  at first he didn't understand what spencer was telling him.  i guess my yelling in a little more stern fashion got through to him. before i knew daryl was out the door, and spencer was shoving a phone in my face telling me to talk to 911.

by this time our neighbor's yard was completely consumed by fire, the little boy was in his front yard frantic about what was happening, and i was trying to explain to the dispatcher what was going on!  

the fire quickly  spread around their house into our yard, 2 other neighbors' backyards and back into their front yard.  daryl grabbed our water hose and was going after the fire. spencer had gone into our house and grabbed a pitcher of water, so i did my part and poured it on the fire {which did no good.}.  

it seemed like an eternity before the fire department arrived.  i was waiting out front with the little boy trying to comfort him.  he was alone and he was the one who accidentally started the fire.  he was terrified.  he just kept apologizing to me and crying.  

by the time all the firemen unloaded, daryl had put the fire out!  what a man!  i really don't know how he did it with just a water hose and such strong winds today.  god was definitely looking out for all of us.  none of the houses were burned...not even a wooden fence!  it's amazing!  for a fire that burned 4 yards, i'm really surprised there wasn't any more damage.

so my pic of the day goes to daryl, the hero. the fireman.

pic of the day #37
they call me the fireman

(this is/was the yard on the other side of our neighbor's house.  daryl is in the backyard 2 houses down from us!  behind that nice new fence is a completely burned yard!)

thank goodness this is all that happened to our yard:
quote of the day: "The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men."  ~Henry David Thoreau