where's my camera

another year.

happy anniversary to my favorite in-laws.

and since it just never gets old, take another look at this post from last year.

I heart GPS, redheaded boyfriend, hp scarf, traveling, awesome girls, sunflowers, the june schedule, new jersey, and boots (and nothing on the dogs, although they are fine, thanks for asking.) all in one place.

howdy.

lauren is off to austin today with ryan.  they are both taking a vacation, and are going to be gone a week.  spending time in austin, then san antonio and finally going down to corpus. the highlight of the trip is the iron maiden concert on wednesday at the verzion amphitheater in SA.

they are taking my newest toy:

a garmin GPS.  I love this thing.  I programed it with all the places that they'll be going on their trip.

and here's ryan (and lauren):

 

he's a very nice boy and really takes good care of lauren.  and she is wearing the scarf I finished for her a few weeks ago, made in the official gryffindor house colors of scarlet and gold (this is the pattern of the second year scarf, btw),

awww.

are you checking out that seriously red hair?...

oh and btw, dean's list this semester.  she is so awesome.  and erin ended up with an A and 2 B's.  she is awesome as well.  and of course emily, she too is awesome (I can't leave anyone out.) even though she has not yet realized that higher education in kinda important.  stay tuned on that for when it inevitably sets in.  could take a while with that girlie however.

ok, so, in other news:

heres a picture of the soon to be blooming sunflowers

I wasn't sure if the dogs would get in there and dig up the seeds or not so we kinda fashioned a small fence around them.  hoping they look like this real soon:

 

it could happen...

the bluebonnets were a big bust this year

that's all we saw. it was a real bummer.  I guess that is what makes it special when we do have a good year.

in still other news:

june is shaping to be a busy month at the johnson casa:

june 2-3  driving lauren to DFW for her trip to germany - flight leaves on 6/3 around 5pm

june 2-8   kenny in nebraska for a week

june 2-5   erin in austin visiting her friend woodie

june 8-16  me - lewisville - training  (and some fine yarn store shopping. fine I'm telling you.  like mecca).

june 17th  kennys consult following the myelogram with dr. duarte

june sometimeafterthatbutbeforejulyhopefully - kenny - some surgery and serious recuperation time.

told ya. busy.

in still other, other news:

some co-workers are beginning to get their work stoppage assignments for august.  some of the folks in tax have been assigned to new jersey. fugetaboutit, I said. I know I'll be fine, I just am hoping that I don't have to head off and travel by myself to wherever I get assigned.  I'll keep you posted.

and finally:

gonna go now and get some knitting on before I start twitching.  (I haven't picked up the needles yet today, and that tends to set in pretty quickly if I don't get some time in during the day.)

peace out and more later,

Cj

PS.  we're getting reimbursed for THE BOOTS.  seriously. well, partially - but that's better than nothing.  so I guess for the time being, the johnson casa will still have a land line...for now.

 

quote

"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever."

Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves) in "The Replacements"

too bad it was pretty much a forgettable movie otherwise...

chicks dig scars*

or at least that is what he thinks. click on the little bitty pictures to embiggen if you want to...

kenny had his skin cancers removed on friday.  the doctor said that she got everything and he should be fine.  he was more excited about the scars than anything.  now he has to go back in 3 months for another check-up.

the surgeon's office called on wednesday and rescheduled the saturday appointment we had for  tuesday morning.  so we really don't have any new news to report on that.  we'll know more after the tuesday appointment.  I was glad we at least got it before he is gone for the week.  he'll be traveling to upstate new york for A&M on wednesday.

lauren and erin are through with the spring semester.  they both ended up with good grades too.  now lauren just has her student teaching ahead of her in the fall, then graduation in december.  she is now beginning to gear up for the germany trip.  she leaves from dallas on june 3rd. 

the week after she leaves for germany I will be back in lewisville for a week of copper I & M training for the folks who provide me with a bi-weekly paycheck.  classes are supposed to start at 5pm and go for 8-9 hours.  yuck. at least the hotel is very nice...

I was fooling with the camera yesterday taking some random pictures...

erin has never been a shy one when it comes to the camera.  good thing for me I guess.  anyway, I thought these turned out pretty good.  isn't she a cutie...

Happy Mother's Day

more later,

Cj 

*any idea which movie that quote comes from?

 

hey now...

things have been pretty stressful at work lately, and I just haven't felt like blogging.  for the moment, things are a little better, but may is shaping up to be a busy month.

kenny and I are going to san antonio tomorrow for his dermatology appointment.  then we come home friday and he sees the neurosurgeon on saturday.  I have a feeling he will be having surgery in the near future, for the numbness in his hands caused by the compression of the vertbrae in his neck.  I am looking forward to at least taking as good care of him as he has of me when I had any of my various surgeries.  well that and seeing him on serious pain medication.  should be interesting to say the least.  I just remember getting very chatty while medicated, (in addition to having some serious issues with QVC and a credit card in hand - serious retail therapy...), so we'll just have to wait and see with him.  I would bet he is going to just sleep a lot.

I will be trying to get back into the blog groove here soon.  this had been too much fun to stop, but right now things are a little dry.

peace out,

Cj

happy birthday sister

 

isn't she cute? she's the one on the left if you can't tell...and blackie our cat.

happy birthday Patty.