Well it has been quite a while since I have even looked at my blog, let alone changed anything one it, so I thought it was about time I did both. Since I've last been here Katie has celebrated her 1st birthday and will be celebrating her 2nd in just a few months. She is such a little miracle, her parents have given her such love, she is confident,loving, spunky,and is developing quite a sense of humor. Jamie has also turned her into a water lover, they swim at Jamie's sisters condo pool a couple of days a week, we took her out on the boat this summer, she was a little tentative about the boat at first, but loved being in the lake. When Grandpa got her on his lap and showed her where to honk the horn, she started liking the boat a lot more ! She definitely has her sea legs now, check out the video of her uncle Casey tossing her into the water, she was giggling and laughing, and trying to get back to Casey and the boat as quick as she can to do it again. It's hard to hear her the giggling cause everyone on the boat was laughing with her. My mom finally got to come out here and meet her a few weeks ago, Katie took right to her, like she had known her all her life, that was very nice.
AND THE BIG NEWS: Jay and Janelle are expecting their little bundle December 16th. We are sooo excited, we know it's a girl and they will name her Anabelle Lynn. Her birthday comes right as Janelle is getting ready to graduate from Nursing School and be a Maid of Honor at her best friends wedding. I think we are praying that she makes her arrival a week or so early ! Jay and Janelle plan on moving to Birmingham next summer so jay can attend Beeson Divinity School
( where Casey just graduated from) They will work hard at parenting,school and jobs when they get there. Casey is eagerly looking forward to their arrival !
Yes, Casey Graduated from Seminary last May, it was a incredible day ! Aside from the speakers and the ceremony, each professor prayed with hands on every graduate, it took a while but man what a Spirit Filled time that was. Casey is quite at home in "the ham" and is very involved in a ministry with addicts, he has great friends and mentors there, and feels that's where God wants him. All is good.
I think I've covered all the bases with our family, John and I have had a interesting summer..........but I'll save that for my next post
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Hobbs Happenings
Been a while since I've updated, so here it goes.......We are back in the stone age as far as isp providers, had a change not of our making and it did not go well, so we chose to go back to dial up rather than pay almost 200.00 to continue with service we had for 7-8 yrs, as Casey would say "their screwing us". Actually Its going pretty well, I do all my work on line and its been just fine for that. It also provides plenty of time to do a couple of chores while loading up !
Well, the end result of all the Bostich turmoil is that John still has a job, in fact he has a larger territory ! however he will only be taking care of construction accounts, he's busy now renewing accounts he has not had for a couple of years now.
NC looks like it's on hold again for a while. We think we'll make that our vacation spot for a few years till things balance out, not a bad options, you've seen our beautiful baby.
We are having fun with her, she is so intense sometimes, she'll look at us with such expectations it's kinda intimidating, she's got me beat on the furrowed eyebrow look !
Since it's been raining quite a bit lately we are a little hopeful that we'll get to use the boat this summer, the american fork of the river has risen and widened considerably in the last week or two.
My work is still a little slow, looks like march will be a little busier. It has been nice to be home on rainy days. I've been up to pollock pines a few times lately, the snow on the mountains is very scenic, makes for a nice drive.
Enjoy the pictures of John and Katie, I need to get the camera in his hands so I can get some pics of her with me........ Love to all
Well, the end result of all the Bostich turmoil is that John still has a job, in fact he has a larger territory ! however he will only be taking care of construction accounts, he's busy now renewing accounts he has not had for a couple of years now.
NC looks like it's on hold again for a while. We think we'll make that our vacation spot for a few years till things balance out, not a bad options, you've seen our beautiful baby.
We are having fun with her, she is so intense sometimes, she'll look at us with such expectations it's kinda intimidating, she's got me beat on the furrowed eyebrow look !
Since it's been raining quite a bit lately we are a little hopeful that we'll get to use the boat this summer, the american fork of the river has risen and widened considerably in the last week or two.
My work is still a little slow, looks like march will be a little busier. It has been nice to be home on rainy days. I've been up to pollock pines a few times lately, the snow on the mountains is very scenic, makes for a nice drive.
Enjoy the pictures of John and Katie, I need to get the camera in his hands so I can get some pics of her with me........ Love to all
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Revisions To Sunny Side.........
You may or may not have noticed that john has been tinkering with picture on our wall, he added a little more land, I like that, makes blue look more like water to me. He also added our boat close to the shore, just so you know he did not "beach" it. When we are out on boat, he will not pull the boat up onto beach, we swing around about 10-20 feet out, dogs and people who want off have to walk/swim to shore. So this is a true depiction of our boat in water !
Most of you know that I've had Zell and Rolla this last week, it's been quite the adventure, I took some video of them all, but have not posted it yet !
Weather is getting colder, it is supposed to snow in georgetown tonite, maybe we'll catch a little bit of that... watch for pics....
Otherwise, johns job news is everchanging, so I'll leave that till we have some clarity.....stay tuned.......that's about where john and I are at these days...
As most of you also know john and I both joined facebook late last week, goodness that's quite the communication tool.
So far I have 10 friends, took a personality test that's pretty spot on, took a "If I were an alcohol drink I'd be Vodka, if I were a dog I'd be a Chihuahua. So how's that for a time waster, so no work is not really picking up yet and I'm wasting more time than I should.
First part of speed weeks have been pretty good for John and I. Kevin Harvick won the shootout, Bill Elliott is fastest in practices, and Martin Truex is on pole for Daytona 500. All that means that so far the Rousch and Hendrick cars are not dominating !
That does need to change for 500 though, I don't care who starts where, and who leads how many laps, or even who comes out of turn four in the lead. The only thing I insist on is that either the #88 or the #55 or the #21 (for john) or the #9 ( for john) cross the finish line first..............see ya in victory lane...........
P.S. For the rookies- #88 is Dale Jr. (my guy) and #55 is Michael Waltrip (my 2nd husband) (no, my son's don't have to call him dad)
#21 is Bill Elliott, johns all time favorite and #9 is Kasey Khane, who he's met !
Thats the short version of "our" drivers..........On With The Show
Most of you know that I've had Zell and Rolla this last week, it's been quite the adventure, I took some video of them all, but have not posted it yet !
Weather is getting colder, it is supposed to snow in georgetown tonite, maybe we'll catch a little bit of that... watch for pics....
Otherwise, johns job news is everchanging, so I'll leave that till we have some clarity.....stay tuned.......that's about where john and I are at these days...
As most of you also know john and I both joined facebook late last week, goodness that's quite the communication tool.
So far I have 10 friends, took a personality test that's pretty spot on, took a "If I were an alcohol drink I'd be Vodka, if I were a dog I'd be a Chihuahua. So how's that for a time waster, so no work is not really picking up yet and I'm wasting more time than I should.
First part of speed weeks have been pretty good for John and I. Kevin Harvick won the shootout, Bill Elliott is fastest in practices, and Martin Truex is on pole for Daytona 500. All that means that so far the Rousch and Hendrick cars are not dominating !
That does need to change for 500 though, I don't care who starts where, and who leads how many laps, or even who comes out of turn four in the lead. The only thing I insist on is that either the #88 or the #55 or the #21 (for john) or the #9 ( for john) cross the finish line first..............see ya in victory lane...........
P.S. For the rookies- #88 is Dale Jr. (my guy) and #55 is Michael Waltrip (my 2nd husband) (no, my son's don't have to call him dad)
#21 is Bill Elliott, johns all time favorite and #9 is Kasey Khane, who he's met !
Thats the short version of "our" drivers..........On With The Show
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Welcome To The Sunny Side
Well, I had finally had enough in the bedroom, color that is. As most of you have seen I painted our bedroom grey a couple of years ago. I really like it, most of the year ! This time of year when it is dark a lot outside, and hopefully rainy the room tends to be waaay to dark,besides the main overhead light i have 3 pole lamps, 2 of them have 3 bulbs on em. Most mornings it's just too dark for me.
SOO I bought a gallon of "Papaya" paint to literally throw it on the wall and see what sticks. It actually wasn't bad, took 3 coats to cover gray. It also became clear that the entire room could not really be this color. SOO, I gave john the opportunity to blend the two colors.
We figured what the heck, do a blend over the window, I had a picture of sunset over folsom lake , we printed it, John just kinda freehanded it. I am very impressed with his work and think it blends pretty well. So the way I look at it we have a daylight and nightime room, what the heck ! I love the bright color.
Meanwhile, we've been to see Katie as often as possible, my gosh it's been over a month since she was born ! I got my little brag book that fits in my purse, ready to whip out at any time. She really is quite a cutie.
Work is slow, I applied to work for a different merchandising company today, hopefully between the two I can get busy again. Seems like even the merchandising business is a little slow........
Not much else going on, John has been clearing brush from all around the house, opening up areas never seen before, quite interesting, and a good excuse to have a fire !!
I'm still hanging in there with leg and neck pain stuff, have appt. in early Feb, hopefully I will get things taken care of before summer, so I gotta get moving on it now...ho hum....tired of dr. appts and talking about it.
Hopefully D.W. and Charlotte have been laying on the bed to warm it up long enough, our water froze last night and tonite should be as cold. Here's to a 2 dog night.....love to all........
SOO I bought a gallon of "Papaya" paint to literally throw it on the wall and see what sticks. It actually wasn't bad, took 3 coats to cover gray. It also became clear that the entire room could not really be this color. SOO, I gave john the opportunity to blend the two colors.
We figured what the heck, do a blend over the window, I had a picture of sunset over folsom lake , we printed it, John just kinda freehanded it. I am very impressed with his work and think it blends pretty well. So the way I look at it we have a daylight and nightime room, what the heck ! I love the bright color.
Meanwhile, we've been to see Katie as often as possible, my gosh it's been over a month since she was born ! I got my little brag book that fits in my purse, ready to whip out at any time. She really is quite a cutie.
Work is slow, I applied to work for a different merchandising company today, hopefully between the two I can get busy again. Seems like even the merchandising business is a little slow........
Not much else going on, John has been clearing brush from all around the house, opening up areas never seen before, quite interesting, and a good excuse to have a fire !!
I'm still hanging in there with leg and neck pain stuff, have appt. in early Feb, hopefully I will get things taken care of before summer, so I gotta get moving on it now...ho hum....tired of dr. appts and talking about it.
Hopefully D.W. and Charlotte have been laying on the bed to warm it up long enough, our water froze last night and tonite should be as cold. Here's to a 2 dog night.....love to all........
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Where to Start.............
Last few weeks have been pretty full of fun, adventure and a little disappointment, but I do recommend a Christmas after New Years, kinda perks up first part of Jan !
We have been as busy as can be seeing Katie, she is growing and starting to look like herself instead of what "we" all see in her. Sadly she is getting bigger ears, that's a Dustin trait! Yeah Dad
Since we expected Casey, Jay & Janelle and Jason and his buddy for our Christmas in Jan, John and I had to finally gut the office, found some interesting things we had and had not been missing. I took 4 lap tops, 1 printer, 2 cell phones to a eco-recycling place over in Shingle Springs. They refurbish with Microsoft to give to needy, they are very proud of the fact that they do not send work overseas (child labor ,etc) it's all done in Calif. They also have e-waste fund raisers. Pretty neat, I'm going to talk to Janet who is youth leader at Cool Community about doing a fund raiser for youth group. It's weird how now everyone has some kind of e-waste in their home, but we're not sure what to do with it. I got a answer !
Anyway on to Christmas. Jay and Casey drove up wed, Jason was leaving Utah Thursday after work. Janelle was flying in Friday night about 9 pm. As we were sitting around Thursday night, jay realized that Janelle's flight was booked for am. None of the other flights were going to work, so she had to miss Friday class, but got to come up earlier, that was fun. About 12:30 am Jason called, he was in Battle Mountain Nevada. He had hit a deer, not a lot of body damage, but his radiator was crushed and car was overheating. He had to have it towed and never made it to California.
We were soo disappointed not to get to see him. He and Casey have not seen each other in over 4 yrs. Casey has Southwest credit, so I think they are going to work out getting Jason back to Birmingham on a long weekend.
Despite missing our 4th son, we had a great day, Great Grandpa Hobbs came up, we just kinda hung out and opened presents. I think the coolest gift, besides Katie, was we were able to get Casey a copy of a picture of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Concert that has never been public before. It's not the greatest "Cash" picture but a great performance picture.
Casey is quite the guitar player, recently he bought another harmonica, total of 5 now.He's got the neck holder so he can play guitar and harmonica together. I'm quite impressed ! He is quite influenced by Bob Dylan's songwriting. No Idea Where That Came From At Our House. Hank, Jackson, Jones,Haggard, I could understand. Dylan I'm at a loss to explain. But he is becoming a great songwriter and musician, I am so proud of him, miss him a lot.... 2-3 times a year is never enough to see your children.
Janelle and Jay are becoming Ucker (card game) pros. They are always eager to play, and getting pretty good. Very cool for John and I to be play the card games we used to spend many a night playing with Grandpa and Grandma Holcom. Brings back good memories. So enjoy the new pictures.
Notice my Dale Jr. Ornaments (new this year) I have a countdown clock on my desktop to Daytona, but speed weeks start 2 weeks before that so I'm almost there !!!! All for now, love to all..............
We have been as busy as can be seeing Katie, she is growing and starting to look like herself instead of what "we" all see in her. Sadly she is getting bigger ears, that's a Dustin trait! Yeah Dad
Since we expected Casey, Jay & Janelle and Jason and his buddy for our Christmas in Jan, John and I had to finally gut the office, found some interesting things we had and had not been missing. I took 4 lap tops, 1 printer, 2 cell phones to a eco-recycling place over in Shingle Springs. They refurbish with Microsoft to give to needy, they are very proud of the fact that they do not send work overseas (child labor ,etc) it's all done in Calif. They also have e-waste fund raisers. Pretty neat, I'm going to talk to Janet who is youth leader at Cool Community about doing a fund raiser for youth group. It's weird how now everyone has some kind of e-waste in their home, but we're not sure what to do with it. I got a answer !
Anyway on to Christmas. Jay and Casey drove up wed, Jason was leaving Utah Thursday after work. Janelle was flying in Friday night about 9 pm. As we were sitting around Thursday night, jay realized that Janelle's flight was booked for am. None of the other flights were going to work, so she had to miss Friday class, but got to come up earlier, that was fun. About 12:30 am Jason called, he was in Battle Mountain Nevada. He had hit a deer, not a lot of body damage, but his radiator was crushed and car was overheating. He had to have it towed and never made it to California.
We were soo disappointed not to get to see him. He and Casey have not seen each other in over 4 yrs. Casey has Southwest credit, so I think they are going to work out getting Jason back to Birmingham on a long weekend.
Despite missing our 4th son, we had a great day, Great Grandpa Hobbs came up, we just kinda hung out and opened presents. I think the coolest gift, besides Katie, was we were able to get Casey a copy of a picture of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Concert that has never been public before. It's not the greatest "Cash" picture but a great performance picture.
Casey is quite the guitar player, recently he bought another harmonica, total of 5 now.He's got the neck holder so he can play guitar and harmonica together. I'm quite impressed ! He is quite influenced by Bob Dylan's songwriting. No Idea Where That Came From At Our House. Hank, Jackson, Jones,Haggard, I could understand. Dylan I'm at a loss to explain. But he is becoming a great songwriter and musician, I am so proud of him, miss him a lot.... 2-3 times a year is never enough to see your children.
Janelle and Jay are becoming Ucker (card game) pros. They are always eager to play, and getting pretty good. Very cool for John and I to be play the card games we used to spend many a night playing with Grandpa and Grandma Holcom. Brings back good memories. So enjoy the new pictures.
Notice my Dale Jr. Ornaments (new this year) I have a countdown clock on my desktop to Daytona, but speed weeks start 2 weeks before that so I'm almost there !!!! All for now, love to all..............
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Merry, Merry Christmas to John and Bev
WOW, what a week, just as i was sitting down yesterday to update my blog about our wonderful, beautiful, adorable, perfect granddaughter born on the 23rd, the front door opened and Janelle and Jay walked in, as casual as if they lived next door. It was definitely a Christmas/Festevis Miracle.
They had left Corona in the middle of the night to come spend the weekend with us and see their new niece. So we hung out a while and went back to see the baby..... still adorable, and perfect. I feel like Ralphie in A Christmas Story " This is the best Christmas Ever".
One of the best parts is that we get to do it again in 2 weeks, not the baby part, Casey flies into So Cal on the 5th and he and Jay will drive up the 7th and Janelle will fly up the 9th and we'll all have Christmas together. I even got a beautiful 9ft Noble Fir outside Save Mart the other day Free, so the sorry tree we've had in the house for a few weeks can go back to the burn pile. John has decided we will really do the new tree up nice, fake snow and the works ! A very non traditional Hobbs Christmas, but I'm loving it.
You will notice that all the pic on blog are of Katie, just too many good ones to pick. All fun and games aside, John and I are feeling so blessed right now we don't know weather to laugh or cry, sometimes we do both. God has been so good to us, we are truly thankful. Love to All..........
They had left Corona in the middle of the night to come spend the weekend with us and see their new niece. So we hung out a while and went back to see the baby..... still adorable, and perfect. I feel like Ralphie in A Christmas Story " This is the best Christmas Ever".
One of the best parts is that we get to do it again in 2 weeks, not the baby part, Casey flies into So Cal on the 5th and he and Jay will drive up the 7th and Janelle will fly up the 9th and we'll all have Christmas together. I even got a beautiful 9ft Noble Fir outside Save Mart the other day Free, so the sorry tree we've had in the house for a few weeks can go back to the burn pile. John has decided we will really do the new tree up nice, fake snow and the works ! A very non traditional Hobbs Christmas, but I'm loving it.
You will notice that all the pic on blog are of Katie, just too many good ones to pick. All fun and games aside, John and I are feeling so blessed right now we don't know weather to laugh or cry, sometimes we do both. God has been so good to us, we are truly thankful. Love to All..........
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Home For Holidays And KATIE
Yes, I did make it home from the south. Had a great time, saw some real dumps on the lake and a few possibilities, we'll see, with the way thing are at Bostitch right now we're just very thankful that both Derek and John still have there jobs. Derek pulled it out at the last moment and won the sales contest for the trip to Hawaii in Feb. Kinda a bummer, but hey I get to watch Daytona 500 qualifying this way. That's my silver lining.
It was great to see my parents and sister (Andrea) we had lot's of fun, Andrea found a very nice condo on lake hickory, she's ready to go, condos were looking pretty good to john and I also, Hmmm something to think about.
SO the news of the week is Katie will be here Tues or Wed, Doctor told Jamie that she would induce so she could be home for Christmas, funny thing is the hospital is full sunday night, so she has to call monday evening to see if there is room to go in. They want her there the night before to start the process. I am sooooooo excited to see what/who she is going to look like, can't wait to hold her in my arms. Jamie's mom is coming up tues morning and her dad and sister will drive up Christmas Eve. I think it will be a Katie Christmas this year which is a very good thing. I am missing my little boys ( Jay and Casey) and my other daughter, Janelle terribly, so Katie is also a great little distraction. I'm not so much into Ho Ho Ho this year, but that's o.k. It gives me opportunity to focus on our Saviours birth and how meaningful his sacrifice is to me. His mother cradled him as we will Katie, yet he came for the entire world..... So I'm missing my boys and girl but will see them in early Jan, and we'll get to do Christmas all over again !! Katie and 2 Christmas celebrations. Quite thankful for that.
Yes it is quite late, I'm up cause my leg hurts...... didn't get shot before I left, but will see that dr. soon. I am also setting up appointment with other dr. to get neck surgery done. Research tells me recovery is 4-6 weeks. I will wait till late Jan or Feb for that. I would love to get feeling good for summer !!
Another round with massager is due, so I'll hop off, will post again with Katie news. Pray for Jamie,Doctors and Dustin please, he will need it most i think..... Love to all
It was great to see my parents and sister (Andrea) we had lot's of fun, Andrea found a very nice condo on lake hickory, she's ready to go, condos were looking pretty good to john and I also, Hmmm something to think about.
SO the news of the week is Katie will be here Tues or Wed, Doctor told Jamie that she would induce so she could be home for Christmas, funny thing is the hospital is full sunday night, so she has to call monday evening to see if there is room to go in. They want her there the night before to start the process. I am sooooooo excited to see what/who she is going to look like, can't wait to hold her in my arms. Jamie's mom is coming up tues morning and her dad and sister will drive up Christmas Eve. I think it will be a Katie Christmas this year which is a very good thing. I am missing my little boys ( Jay and Casey) and my other daughter, Janelle terribly, so Katie is also a great little distraction. I'm not so much into Ho Ho Ho this year, but that's o.k. It gives me opportunity to focus on our Saviours birth and how meaningful his sacrifice is to me. His mother cradled him as we will Katie, yet he came for the entire world..... So I'm missing my boys and girl but will see them in early Jan, and we'll get to do Christmas all over again !! Katie and 2 Christmas celebrations. Quite thankful for that.
Yes it is quite late, I'm up cause my leg hurts...... didn't get shot before I left, but will see that dr. soon. I am also setting up appointment with other dr. to get neck surgery done. Research tells me recovery is 4-6 weeks. I will wait till late Jan or Feb for that. I would love to get feeling good for summer !!
Another round with massager is due, so I'll hop off, will post again with Katie news. Pray for Jamie,Doctors and Dustin please, he will need it most i think..... Love to all
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