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Monday, October 26, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Hola Mi Amigos!
Hola! I hope everyone is well, I know everyone is hot!!!!! It has been a scorcher here in the big H-town. I have been trying to run early in the morning before it hits the triple digits which is hard cause by about 8:30am it feels like it's already there. Not much going on in the Garrett world. Christian has been wheeling and dealing in his business so he is staying busy with that, then when 5 o'clock rolls around you can find him out back working on his latest project... a boat "for the family". I am anxious to take out this "family" boat. lol! Per Christian it sounds great (loud!) and goes really fast....which is everything I was looking for in a family boat. :o) For those of you that don't know, Christian loves boats and this is our second, I know the neighbors are loving us when he brings them both home, with two boats and four cars and only two drivers, a narrow street and small driveway makes for a redneck appearance in a city environment. lol! We did get to go sailing on a huge boat with one of Christian's clients last weekend and it was amazing. I had never been on a (what I would call a yacht) sail boat before. It was so peaceful once you got through all the work. Put up the sails, tighten the sails, move the sails, take down the sails, lift the sails. Needless to say we slept very well after our journey, but had a really good time.
Besides all that Belly is growing so fast and talking up a storm. She is getting so big, everyday she does something amazing and I have been fortunate enough to be at home all summer to enjoy it. She will be starting school next year two days a week. It makes me sad that she is so big but I know life can't stand still.
Roar has spent the first couple weeks of summer in Haskell with the fam. and is now in East Texas with Roman's family for the rest of July. So we really hadn't seen much of her this summer. She does call everyday to check in, and basically make sure we aren't doing anything fun without her. She will be in 5th grade this year (OMG!) and I am expecting her to be as tall as I (5'5") by the end of the year. At last measurement she had grown 1.5" since Jan.
As for me, I finally got the call and will be teaching 2nd grade at Lamkin Elementary. I am so excited and nervous at the same time. I know great things are in the works for us and I am so blessed to have found a job with the economy being so crazy right now. I have been off resting and relaxing since May so I am anxious to get back to work. Boredom is about to set in. Well, that's the latest and greatest on the Garretts. I hope you all are healthy and happy. May you all be blessed and enjoy the rest of the summer! Would love to hear from you all!
~Dee
Besides all that Belly is growing so fast and talking up a storm. She is getting so big, everyday she does something amazing and I have been fortunate enough to be at home all summer to enjoy it. She will be starting school next year two days a week. It makes me sad that she is so big but I know life can't stand still.
Roar has spent the first couple weeks of summer in Haskell with the fam. and is now in East Texas with Roman's family for the rest of July. So we really hadn't seen much of her this summer. She does call everyday to check in, and basically make sure we aren't doing anything fun without her. She will be in 5th grade this year (OMG!) and I am expecting her to be as tall as I (5'5") by the end of the year. At last measurement she had grown 1.5" since Jan.
As for me, I finally got the call and will be teaching 2nd grade at Lamkin Elementary. I am so excited and nervous at the same time. I know great things are in the works for us and I am so blessed to have found a job with the economy being so crazy right now. I have been off resting and relaxing since May so I am anxious to get back to work. Boredom is about to set in. Well, that's the latest and greatest on the Garretts. I hope you all are healthy and happy. May you all be blessed and enjoy the rest of the summer! Would love to hear from you all!
~Dee
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
It's been a while.
Greetings to all! I hope this post finds everyone well. We are wet here in Houston, as a matter of fact all schools have been closed for the day due to flooding. So when I say wet I mean WET! I have decided to take a day of R & R and catch up on the things that I haven't had time to do. First and foremost updating the blog, next sitting on the couch and after that probably napping. :-) After the eventful weekend we had... we are all exhausted. Let me give you the low down on the clan and the eventful weekend we experienced. (Just another day in the life of a Wallace of course!)
For starters I woke up bright and early Friday morning to get myself ready and the kids prepared for the day. Christian was off in Louisiana on a project and I had my last teaching observation scheduled. As I headed through the kitchen from the living room for my morning Java, I slipped in a puddle of water. Thinking to myself, "What did the girls spill that I missed last night?" As I look for the source I discover water dripping from the upper floor through the door facing. So I beat it upstairs to check on my children and can't find anything UNTIL I get to the far guest bedroom in back corner of our house where I hear water running through the walls. Of course I don't dare turn on a switch so I run back downstairs to look for a flashlight, as I finally come across the smallest flashlight in the world, I head back to the second floor to investigate the problem. I open the closet door in the guest room and water in running out of the light socket. The entire closet is soaked. So I head to the third story to find the source. Low and behold water heater has bit the big one and in running down two stories. OMG! Daddy (Christian) is gone, girls are a sleep and it's 5:00am who am I gonna call???? So... I try C. luckily he answers. He instructs me to turn off all water supply to the house and he will wrap up his business in LA and head home. Still hadn't had shower at this point and now no water supply to the house. So I call my trusty neighbors (Abbott 911)and I ask if I can run over to shower. To make a long story short...that started the weekend. In addition to Friday's fun filled morning, the A/C unit went out on Sunday, Christian stopped up the kitchen sink with potato peelings, then went to fix the clogged pipe and it exploded from the pressure blowing potato chunks ALL over my kitchen. In addition to that I had a interview with the District on Monday to get ready for and my computer printer quit working. What can we learn from this eventful weekend...No matter how many time you try to change your last name you will be forever be a Wallace and have Wallace luck! In the end though I am proud to say I am a survivor, a broke survivor due to numerous repairs necessary but a survivor!
Thankfully we all have our health and have homeowners insurance that cost us a fortune and luckily they have written us a check for 1,300 whopping dollars to fix three stories of water damage and replace two floors. What is wrong with this picture, you ask? When you figure it out let me know. LOL! Like I said in the end we all have our health. Hope you all had a better weekend than us. Just call us The Garrett's...survivors of pretty much any disaster but at the end of our rope. We ask God for better days and we trust He will grant us with such!
Peace and Good Will!
The Garretts
For starters I woke up bright and early Friday morning to get myself ready and the kids prepared for the day. Christian was off in Louisiana on a project and I had my last teaching observation scheduled. As I headed through the kitchen from the living room for my morning Java, I slipped in a puddle of water. Thinking to myself, "What did the girls spill that I missed last night?" As I look for the source I discover water dripping from the upper floor through the door facing. So I beat it upstairs to check on my children and can't find anything UNTIL I get to the far guest bedroom in back corner of our house where I hear water running through the walls. Of course I don't dare turn on a switch so I run back downstairs to look for a flashlight, as I finally come across the smallest flashlight in the world, I head back to the second floor to investigate the problem. I open the closet door in the guest room and water in running out of the light socket. The entire closet is soaked. So I head to the third story to find the source. Low and behold water heater has bit the big one and in running down two stories. OMG! Daddy (Christian) is gone, girls are a sleep and it's 5:00am who am I gonna call???? So... I try C. luckily he answers. He instructs me to turn off all water supply to the house and he will wrap up his business in LA and head home. Still hadn't had shower at this point and now no water supply to the house. So I call my trusty neighbors (Abbott 911)and I ask if I can run over to shower. To make a long story short...that started the weekend. In addition to Friday's fun filled morning, the A/C unit went out on Sunday, Christian stopped up the kitchen sink with potato peelings, then went to fix the clogged pipe and it exploded from the pressure blowing potato chunks ALL over my kitchen. In addition to that I had a interview with the District on Monday to get ready for and my computer printer quit working. What can we learn from this eventful weekend...No matter how many time you try to change your last name you will be forever be a Wallace and have Wallace luck! In the end though I am proud to say I am a survivor, a broke survivor due to numerous repairs necessary but a survivor!
Thankfully we all have our health and have homeowners insurance that cost us a fortune and luckily they have written us a check for 1,300 whopping dollars to fix three stories of water damage and replace two floors. What is wrong with this picture, you ask? When you figure it out let me know. LOL! Like I said in the end we all have our health. Hope you all had a better weekend than us. Just call us The Garrett's...survivors of pretty much any disaster but at the end of our rope. We ask God for better days and we trust He will grant us with such!
Peace and Good Will!
The Garretts
Monday, January 5, 2009
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to All! I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday. The Garrett's had a wonderful holiday. We all had a couple of weeks off and enjoyed each others company although I could tell Christian was getting a little bored with his list of chores or as he says "honey dos". He did paint a couple of rooms for me, help clean and watch Belly in between surfing the net for engine parts and playing with his new toy (a Chevrolet Blazer) that he has totally dismantled and will start rebuilding the engine this week.
I, in addition to painting, hand scrubbed all the tile and grout in my house and cleaned out Roar's room-which is like cleaning out a good will store (never ending), rearranged furniture and just enjoyed my time off. I will be ending my job at Region IV Jan. 23 and beginning my student teaching Jan. 28. I am excited to start something new but sure will miss my friends at Reg. IV. I will teach for 12 weeks then be at home with my girls. Christian bought us a weeks stay at a Mexico resort for Christmas so we will be traveling to Mexico in addition to our trip back to Disney in Orlando. So much to look forward too, I know 2009 will be a great year. Lots of exciting times ahead.
Belly is talking up a storm, she speaks in sentences now and can dress AND undress herself, put her own shoes on and everything to her is "MINE" or "Me". That means back off, it's mine and "Me" means I'll do it myself, I do not need your help. She is very sassy but oh so adorable. She got a new kitchen from Santa and loves to cook and sing. She is such a blessing!
Roar got an overhead from Santa so all she does is give presentations and plays teacher everyday. I loaded up at the teacher supply store with charts and transparencies so she is set to teach. Standing at 5 ft. tall and 10 years old she is quite the giant but a very cute giant. With her long legs and sparkly eyes we are already having to intercept calls from boys. Poor daddy goes nutso when they call, I have to be the mediator so he doesn't bite the poor kids head off. Oh the drama of a 4th grade beauty queen (or so she thinks).
As for Glo, she has moved to Chicago to help out another family. She will be back to visit us in February. We sure miss her but we know that she is needed in Chicago and will do very well helping out another family.
I pray 2009 will be a great year for all. Please email us or keep us updated on your family. We would love to hear from everyone. I will post Holiday pics later this week. Happy New Year!
~D and the Gang
I, in addition to painting, hand scrubbed all the tile and grout in my house and cleaned out Roar's room-which is like cleaning out a good will store (never ending), rearranged furniture and just enjoyed my time off. I will be ending my job at Region IV Jan. 23 and beginning my student teaching Jan. 28. I am excited to start something new but sure will miss my friends at Reg. IV. I will teach for 12 weeks then be at home with my girls. Christian bought us a weeks stay at a Mexico resort for Christmas so we will be traveling to Mexico in addition to our trip back to Disney in Orlando. So much to look forward too, I know 2009 will be a great year. Lots of exciting times ahead.
Belly is talking up a storm, she speaks in sentences now and can dress AND undress herself, put her own shoes on and everything to her is "MINE" or "Me". That means back off, it's mine and "Me" means I'll do it myself, I do not need your help. She is very sassy but oh so adorable. She got a new kitchen from Santa and loves to cook and sing. She is such a blessing!
Roar got an overhead from Santa so all she does is give presentations and plays teacher everyday. I loaded up at the teacher supply store with charts and transparencies so she is set to teach. Standing at 5 ft. tall and 10 years old she is quite the giant but a very cute giant. With her long legs and sparkly eyes we are already having to intercept calls from boys. Poor daddy goes nutso when they call, I have to be the mediator so he doesn't bite the poor kids head off. Oh the drama of a 4th grade beauty queen (or so she thinks).
As for Glo, she has moved to Chicago to help out another family. She will be back to visit us in February. We sure miss her but we know that she is needed in Chicago and will do very well helping out another family.
I pray 2009 will be a great year for all. Please email us or keep us updated on your family. We would love to hear from everyone. I will post Holiday pics later this week. Happy New Year!
~D and the Gang
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Momma Garrett and Big Sister on the Riverwalk
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Ma and Pa Garrett