Friends are friends forever.......

Towards the end of the evening, we let Bagel in because she doesn't like hearing fireworks (nor does Darcy). When she comes in, she lays right on the mat in front of the door and rarely moves. Well, finally Lorelai was able to pin her down and love on her. At one time Lorelai was laying on Bagel, then sitting on her, but she moves pretty fast so I couldn't get all the shots. I'm shocked Bagel just laid there! Friends for life!

Couple more pictures

4th of July Collins Family Shindig Plus a few friends!

We had a big time Saturday for the 4th. Some of Clint's family came over and Caroline, Lorelai and her dad Drew, and Vincent came over. Plus Mike Gordon, a friend of Clint's and ex-husband of Natalie, Clint's cousin. Of course Natalie and Lily (her and Mike's daughter) were there, as well as Natalie's boyfriend, Todd. I know what you're thinking - what? Yeah I did too but they are friends. I can't quite imagine something like that working with me and Clint if one of our exes were around us, but whatev! I'm glad they get along so well. I tried to snap pics of who I could, but as you will notice there are none of me. Like I was going to take a picture in my bathing suit!! And not everyone is accounted for in the pictures either. Not everyone really cared to have their picture taken, as you can see by Sarah's expression in the picture of her and Chris. Sorry yall, but I had to have some memories captured!

A few Easter pictures

Here are a few pictures from Easter of this year. Yeah, I'm a little late posting them. These are Kelley's kiddos....my have they grown. And Puddon's azaleas.

What a weekend!

I've been pretty bad at updating this here blog, and I certainly haven't had the time or energy to do the Not Me Monday. So what's been going on with the Collins? Uh, not too much. My stepsister Breanna has been staying with us for two weeks. She came back with me two weeks ago when I went home. I was really hoping to have talked some sense into her and get her back on track, but I don't know if I made any progress. She went to court with me a few times, and we took a little tour of the jail. She thought it was disgusting and said she never wanted to go there. Progress? I hope so. But, this past weekend Daddy and Pam came up for the weekend and took Bre back yesterday. It was good to have them over, and then Clint's family (Chris, Faye, Sarah, Dick, Leon, Sheila, Randall, Phillip, Myra, David and Nash) came over Saturday evening for a cookout and pool party. They told a bunch of stories of some crazy things they have done (especially Sarah and Faye) and we laughed our heads off! Sadly, I did not take any pictures. I didn't think anyone would appreciate having their picture taken in their swimsuit. I know I wouldn't. But, we had a good time. Unfortunately, it's back to work. Blah!

Back from the Beach....

I made it back in one piece. It was midnight last night when I got home, and I woke up poor Clint. I really enjoyed my little getaway, but at least I have the weekend to recoup before I go back to work. I don't know why, but my allergies went haywire the whole time I was there, and they haven't let up since I got home. I sure hope I'm not coming down with a cold b/c I feel like crap today. I didn't take one picture with my camera, but Caroline and Apryl did, so I will post those later.

Not me Saturday

I did not just lose everything I typed in this "not me" saturday that I am not posting because I have all the time in the world to do it on Mondays. Where did it go?

So, I shall resume: As I was not saying, I am not about to go stark mad being couped up in this house because it has not been raining all week and I'm not lacking in my absorption of Vitamin D. Last night, I did not make my first attempt ever at making a homemade low sugar cheesecake, and of course I did follow the directions to a T, which did not result in my cheesecake tasting like crap. I'm not upset about it. No waste of time and money there. Clint did not make fun of me when the cheesecake was in the oven because it was not blowing up like a fully blown up balloon.

Since I have kept yall so updated on the life of Kandi (and Clint) for the past few weeks, I'm not about to attempt to make up for the last three weeks that I haven't kept my posts updated. I did not go home for Easter and have a good time, and as always, I did not get a little sad when I had to leave after such a short visit. The weekend after that, I did not make a short trip to Atlantic City, New Jersey and New York City (Sat - Mon) because my buddy Nina does not gamble so much in Tunica to give us free trips. I did not shop till I dropped every day I was there, and didn't have a lick of fun. And I was not so exhausted that I couldn't move when I got home from all the walking and shopping we did not do while we were there. I did not only lose $5 in the slot machine because I was not on a very limited budget since it was not the end of the month when we went.

This past week at work has not been so mentally and physically stressful and exhausting that I have not come very close to punching someone in the face. I did not receive approximately eight "love letters" in one week from clients requesting all kinds of things that do not take up the majority of my time checking into things and responding to them. I do not sometimes wish that inmates did not have access to paper, pens, pencils and law books so they will not leave me alone for just a little bit so I can rest and quit getting these "love letters" with time-consuming requests. Therefore, since I do not have court the second week of May (I really don't) I am not itching to go to the beach to relax. So, after a stressful few days of planning that getaway, I am not beach bound on Friday for a whole week!!