Happy Monday

Happy Monday!

Saturday was an awesome day! The balloon race was great! Mom, Holly and I had a great time chasing the balloons. The "official chasers" told Holly what a great driver she was and how impressed that they were with how she was able to keep up with them and turn in and out of the back roads we were on. The CD of pictures that I took will be mailed to Becky this week so she can load them onto our blog. Saturday evening was also great! We had a great dinner and the Kingston Trio were great!

I hope everyone has a great week!

Cutie!

Cutie!, originally uploaded by beccaminister.

Abigayle (Christy's girl) is turning into quite a cutie. We had a big day at build-a-bear where she built a pony! It was big fun!

I think we are in

I am not sure if we are in or not.
I did enjoy the pictures from the balloon race, let's see some more.
If this works, I will use the blog for all of our big announcements HA

Kingston Trio!

We met Mom, Dad, Gwen, Benetta, and Brandon for dinner at Rocky's before the show and then went downtown for the concert.

We had a great night! Since I was a little girl I've wanted to see two groups in concert...Peter, Paul and Mary and the Kingston Trio. Well, about 2-3 years ago i finally saw PP&M and tonight...I saw the Kingston Trio! It was awesome. They played my favorite song: MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority Protest Song) as well as many favorites from my childhood. I sang along and clapped and was so happy at the concert. I *know* my presence seriously brought down the median age of the audience though...most were greyhaired or almost grey. Apparently few people my age even know who the Kingston Trio is. Shame! Well...after the show i waited patiently and i got to meet the current members of the group and get autographs. Click here for pictures!

It was a great concert. Thanks for the tickets Mom and Dad!

Holly's lobster hat picture is up...

Great Balloon Race and CHASE!!!

DSCN2214, originally uploaded by beccaminister.

Brandon did indeed get to ride in the balloon for the whole race and Pappy of course went with him. This is a picture from the landing. The yellow balloon isn't their's...their's is the one behind it and to the right...kind of checkered. We (mom, gwen, benetta in the van and me in my vehicle) spent the morning chasing the balloons throughout Jefferson county, trying to catch up to it for when they landed. I actually saw them land, but was in this subdivision, instead of the one behind it where they landed...it was really neat though! Pappy took pictures and video from the balloon and mom and benetta have pics too...hopefully they will forward them to me to share here. What a Day!!

Bec's weekend and fun monday...

So, Friday night i went out to my garage to get in my car to come to Church for something and when i opened my door the smell of gas nearly knocked me over. There was gas pouring out from my car. Unfortunately, the Toyota dealership isn't open on Friday nights or Saturdays or Sundays and couldn't see my car until monday morning, and i was afraid to start it...so i put some sand down over the gas and put a can under the leak to catch everything as it dripped. I bummed rides to church over the weekend. Church was ok, but nothing spectacular. Sunday was long and trying.

This morning, i called AAA to have them tow me out to the dealership, but because it was a gas leak, they would not tow the car until the Fire Department had ok'd it. SO i had to call the fire department. I did not call 911, but just the regular number. I was informed that i *had* to call 911 because there was gas present, so i did and the firemen came lights and sirens to my garage. They moved my car out of the garage (pushed it out) and cleaned up the gas spill. In the meantime, i called my Apt. Manager so he could be there incase his property blew up. So, there were 3 firemen, the Apt. Manager and his mantainance guy all there. The car didn't blow up, and they sprinkled their magic dust on the gas to soak up the remainder of it.

Then AAA showed up and towed my car to the dealership (thanks again mom for AAA). THe dealership checked out my car and found my fuel line had a huge gash in it. They have to order a new fuel line. It will be tomorrow at the earliest that it will arrive and they will be able to fix it. Luckily it's only gonna cost about $225, so that's not too bad.

Can anyone top Firetrucks on a monday morning?

Holly's birthday dinner.

Mom had her birthday dinner at Key west tonight. Keep checking the website for a picture of her in her lobster hat!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOLLY!!!

Happy Wednesday!

Happy Birthday Holly! Have a wonderful day!

Love,
Benetta

A Trying Tuesday...

Today was a bit nuts in Rockfordland. While the weather is GORGEOUS...75 degrees, sunny, light breeze, the rest of the day was not so great. I had a staff meeting this morning, and as always it was interminably long. Found out one of my youth kids was in the ICU, he found out he's diabetic--the hard way. Luckily his dad is an RN and noticed the symptoms and got him to the hospital in plenty of time for him to not have been in danger. When I went to visit him, they wouldn't let me up. The lady didn't believe i was clergy. Had to show my ordination certificate and everything. I guess it's because i'm young and female...ha! During all of this i get a phone call from Kevin and he's screaming in pain...oh the joy of a kevin kidney stone. A friend of his Chris-Rachel took him to the ER, but he passed the stone before they even got him registered. He's doing ok now. Now we've got to finish our taxes. Happy Tax Day!

Holly is in

I am in--let's hope Guy Edward gets in--when he has time--just back from my final jaunt to the post office for taxes. Robert is off today--he spent 3 hours and 15 minutes in the dentist chair--part of a tooth that had a cap on it came out--then he went to dr --rash on arms--probably from diuretic he started in dec to help bring his blood pressure down--his blood pressure was great today but had to stop the med--now he is mowing--jp came up to sign his taxes for mailing and he just picked brandon up at school--after school tutoring today.

{Phyllis--you need to get logged in.

All the pictures from this weekend....

Here's a link to all of the pictures from the weekend.

CLICK HERE and enjoy!!!

Hello.

I have also had success.

Today is a sunny beautiful day in Louisville but still there is a chill in the air. I think by the end of the week is it suppose to get warmer.

Hope everyone had a good Monday.

Benetta

Monday Monday

Good Monday Morning! Well...it's more of a monday afternoon for most of you, but here it's still morning for another 17 minutes.

It seems Michele has figured out how to blog...1 down...how many to go?

Only 96 days until Seabrook Island!

The Yowlers did make it home last night, as far as i know. They even got Granny home too. IT was a really good visit and I'll post the pictures on my picture site soon.

If you have links you want up on the blog and don't know how to post them, lemme know and I'll post them for you.

Have a great Monday!

Success!!

I knew I could do it!! I figured it out -- must read emails in the proper order. That was all it took.

Cleveland is COLD and WINDY today. I thought I'd blow away going out to get my lunch!