Weekend Ups and Downs

Friday night at 5:00 was very rewarding to me this week. I had an extremely busy and exausting week at work; a lady I work with was on vacation in Colorado. Anyhow on a normal week during this time of year the normal document load for me is around 150... needless to say this week was a little over 500. BUSY!! So Friday evening I was extremely tired and that last thing I wanted to do was cook dinner. Cliff and i decided to head to Frilly's for some catfish.. YUMMY!!!

Saturday came early. I left to head to Prosper to meet my mom to head down to Waxahachie for Texas Reporters 3rd annual festival. What an experience. We arrive and park and then are told we have to move our car because there is a football game later in the day. We then wait for the bus and come to find out there is only ONE bus running the entire day.. So we wait for an hour chatting to others in line with us.. The festival was enjoyable and actually got one Christmas present under my sleeve. :) The wait to go back was also right at one hour but it was nice for mom and I to catch up By the time we arrived back to Prosper mom and I were both exausted and I decided to go ahead and head home to Prosper.

Around 10:15 Cutter had been acting very lethargic and was shaking. The shaking would not stop and I became concerned and Cliff soon did too. We actually called out vet at 10:45 pm and she informed Cliff of what we should look for. We checked to make sure he wasn't dehydrated - NO... We then took his temperature which read 101.9.. CHECK.. At that point we decided to go to bed and would keep a close eye on Cutter through the night. Well Cliff fell asleep and Cutter got restless again. So I went and let him outside. I then figured out by closely watching from inside that it looked like he was constipated.. Well i decided to leave him outside just in case. I set my first alarm for 2:00 am... The time came and nothing.. He was sleeping. So i went back to bed. Around 4:00 - 5:00 Cliff woke me up and i could hear Cutter whining outside our bedroom window. So Cliff being the kind one that he is, went to let him in. After opening the door Cutter came bouncing in and actually ran to grab one of his toys to play.. All we can say is business must have occured and Cutter was in relief!!!

Today we went to church.. Came home cooked chicken on the grill for lunch.. Watched the Cowboys beat the Bucaneers.. I then began a major cleaning spell.. Boy did i accomplish quite a bit.. I love the freshness of a clean house.. And nothing beats crawling in to a bed with fresh, crisp sheets. AHHHHH... Well then Cliff left for Jacksboro to go study for an exam he has tomorrow morning.

So he's gone about 30 minutes and I'm cleaning away.. Cutter appears and he runs to the backdoor.. So I let him out as normal. We not too soon afterwards I hear him barking agressively at something in the back corner of the fence. Too my surprise it is a snake. Not sure what kind, but about 2 feet and black. So i call Cliff. He decides he will turn around and come home. He wants to kill it himself.. He gets home and there is no snake.. Well low and behold he comes back! Cliff grabs his 22 and runs back there. Tries 2 times.. He thinks he got his body but the snake disappeared.. So hopefully he went to snake heaven in the near future!!! Cutter saved the day again!!!

Bedroom door slamming.... It's still a mystery

Well my first encounter with the Decatur police department was bright and early this morning about 7:59am.. I was blow drying my hair and all of a sudden the bedroom door slammed and I knew the Air Conditioner was off along with all windows were closed in the house.. I obviously being the girl that I am freaked out and called Cliff for help. He told me to grab his gun and just walk through the house. So I opened the bedroom door and started turning on lights everywhere. Saw nothing but I wasn't going down the hall by the guest bedrooms.. So i ran and let Cutter in and he was just hyper. So I let it go. To my surprise I got back to my phone and Cliff had tried to call me several times and he texted me that he had called the cops for me.. So they showed up and did an extensive search and found nothing.. Still not sure what caused the door to SLAM but it did.. We are fine and hopefully I have come to the conclusion that the cold weather "somehow" caused this occurrence...

My neighbor Lily informed me that it was quite impressive to see 2 cops show up.. Block the street to thru traffic, and guns drawn.. But if nothing else I can say that this does prove to me that the Decatur police department is on top of things and will get to situations in a timely manner.

House projects over the last year..

Well the last year at Rodden Drive has definately kept Cliff and I busy on our time off... But we have enjoyed changing certain things and the updates we have made. We still have several things we are planning to do but here are some pictures of some completions... Enjoy!

2008 - Before the tile after the nasty carpet was pulled up

Pretty new tile
My mother n law Roni taking a break in the wheel barrell
Rick and Cliff building the fence

Side of house and our huge Black Walnut Tree - 2007

Cliff building the new fence.. It looks great - 2007

Our yard looking better and house Summer 2007

Top layer i added and the Austin Stone (2007)

Flower beds after removing 6 rose bushes, weeds and pebble rocks.. NO FUN!!! (2007)

Time for some updating on the Davis side of things...

Well I know.. Yes it has been since our 1 year anniversary since I have updated our blog which I promised to myself that I would stay on top of to keep our family and friends updated.. But you all know I am a slacker in some instances and well yes.. this is one of those..

Lets see the end of September brought family time together at Grandma Jean's.. We enjoyed food and laughter and celebrated Rick's birthday and mine also (surprise to me).. But it was sweet of everyone. As you can see Rick doesn't look a day over 30 and then there's me who turned 27 this year.. Time surely does fly.. I can't believe that I stumbled upon Cliff almost 4 years ago this month on October 23, 2004. Anyhow.. Here are a few pictures from the birthday party at Grandma's house.

Grandma Davis and me posing for the camera

My new camo purse with crystals from Rick and Roni.. I love it!

Time to blow.. Thanks Cliffy the candles we brough were for Rick, not me!!! :)


Sherri and Tyson

Rick loved the new Husky trash bags Cliff and I got him; sorry it was the only box I could find to place the Cowboys hat in.

Rick and Tyson

Tyson and Kennedy ~ I can't believe how much he has grown

Leatha cuz and Tyson

My sista-n-law and Dillon