Blogging

It's been a while since I have spent any time on our blog, and I am sorry. I just really haven't had much to write about. But I thought, who cares, just put something on here. LOL!!!

For Memorial Day weekend, I got to spend all 3 days at work. Which kind of made me mad, because on the Friday before, at 5 pm, my boss walks up to me and hands me a piece of paper and says "Here's your schedule for this next week, hope you don't mind" Mind? Mind? Less than 24 hours before a Saturday off and he changed the whole weekend for us. Crape!! Oh well....I need the money. We were able to squeeze in a BBQ with our friends, Jason and Suzi and kids on Sunday night. Which was nice. We haven't seen them for a while.
I did get Tuesday and Wednesday off, and had so many things that I wanted to get done, and well....I didn't get them all done, because I decided to relax a bit, and since my allergies have been bad the last little bit, it was nice to just chill.
Deon and I did get the lawn mowed. And we have been working on the flower bed out front. It's been in a shambles, because the people who lived here before us, just tore it apart. We are digging up all the daffodil and tulip bulbs, tilling the beds and are going to spread the bulbs out and re-plant. Plus we are going to add the mums that we take to his grandparents' and brother's grave every memorial day. We like to have them, kind of as a "Memory Garden" and yes, I will be adding lots of plants for Mom.
Well.....I will see what they do to my schedule tomorrow when I go into work. Let's hope for a Saturday off, so I can have Deon help me get more stuff done.
Isn't life GRAND?? LOL

-10 things we love about the Becksteads-

10. They work hard. (Sometimes it's hard to have good work ethic, but they do!)
9. They always think of us...even when we aren't being the most sociable of people.
8. They can be counted on, whenever you have a problem.
7. They are responsible, and dependable, and lovely to talk to.
6. They are blunt and forth right...and I love that about them.
5. They never give up, and they stand by their word. They live what they say.
4. They never let me down...and if they do, they say they are sorry.
3. They aren't just good friends, they feel like family.
2. They have the cutest kids in the world, and we love them too.
1. They love each other. You can see it when they speak, when they interact and when they are ticked at each other.

Thank you for being such great people, and for always standing by us even if we are pains in the bum! We need to get together soon, I'm missing you and the kids!!

Thinking of ya!

Memories

I was looking through pictures on my computer and came across these, that I think Tim had. The first one is Mom with my Grandpa Sturges, when she was pregnant with me. The second is her getting the Mother of the Year award. The third is of Brian and Tim on a dinosaur. The one that is turned sideways is one that I took of Mom on Thanksgiving when she was living in that apartment on Garfield Ave. The one of her with us girls cracks me up, we were so little. The last one is of Brian and Tim again, when they were young. I really would like to get more pictures of us all growing up, if you all have any that you want to share with me. We are planning a trip up to Idaho this summer, just don't know when, and I can bring my scanner and scan them into my computer or if you can make copies, that would be awesome!!! Thanks!!!!

Ryan's Wedding

This is our friend Ryan getting ready to walk down the aisle. We came up to Redding to see my dad and go to Ryan's wedding. He has become a really good friend of ours, we met him through my dad.













Here he is with Sarah saying their "I do's"









Our other friend, Mike, that we met through my Dad. Mike's a crazy guy, but we love him. I am so glad that we got to come out to the wedding.

Side trip to Dunsmuir

We decided to take a side trip to Dunsmuir, which is 50 miles above Redding. This is as we are driving across Shasta Lake. It is a big lake and we saw some Huge boats on it.










This is Mt. Shasta, which is a volcano.










THis is the bridge across Shasta Lake








I thought this was cool. This signs was on I-5. Yes it is showing that Bears cross the interstate. Can you imagine driving at 65 mph and seeing a bear in your way?? I would die.

Packing

You know, I have come to the conclusion that having dogs is almost like having kids. We are taking our pups with us to California this weekend, and I have to pack everything that we all need. I have to laugh though, because I made a list of the things that the dogs will need. This includes Food, treats, leashes, harnesses, kennels (so when we can't take them to dinner) and their toys. Yes, we have to pack their toys so they don't get bored. OH....let's not forget their favorite blanket from our bed. Yes, these brats are spoiled. I just figure that they are going to be stuck in the truck with us for 10 hours (one way), and they should be comfortable too. So, I will have to make this a short blog, cause I have to finish everything today, cause I work all day tomorrow.
I will post a blog or two while we are there. Hope you all have a great weekend.

WHY

Not to be a Negative Nelly, but why are people so stinking inconsiderate???? So I am at work, folding the clothes over and over again, like I do everyday that I work. Yes, Sam's Club has a clothing area, and I think people think that since we are a warehouse style store, they can just trash it. So, I am standing at the table full of women's shirts, and these two ladies walk over and start looking at the shirts, well, it would have been cool if they would have attempted to refold them. BUT NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They literally toss them on the table and continue digging through the stacks of clothes that I had just folded. They were there for 1/2 an hour and trashed the table. I mean, it looked like a tornado went through. They picked up and tossed every shirt on the table. It took me another hour and a half to refold it all.
THEN!!!!
I had a hispanic couple come up to another table that I was working on, and started digging through the clothes. I asked them if I could help them find the size that they needed, and you know what she said to me???????????????????????? She told me to SHUT UP!!! I about died!! I stood there thinking, did that b... really tell me to shut up!!! It pretty much ruined my whole night and maybe me become very grumpy, and I hate being grumpy at work because then it makes for a long day.

Okay, I just had to vent a little bit. Hope you all had a better day than I did and I will hopefully post a blog tomorrow.