Rainbow's End: August 2006

No Autographs, Please!

Now I have gone and done it-I am a bonafide local suh-leb-ruh-tee. (clarify): tv star. I got up this morning and cleaned my house a bit and then decided I needed to go to Huntsville, but did not feel like making much effort at all about my appearance- so I didn't. I took my hair and twisted it up in my trademark little puffy frizzle frazzle and threw on whatever I found piled up in the corner and took off. ( I really didn't think I would see anyone and I didn't have many places to go.) Well, I was making my merry way into the library when Channel 48 stopped me and asked if they could ask a quick question. I'm trying to be a good sport here, so I'm like, sure. This dude turns this XXX-large camera on me and this fashion model starts asking me questions. I really felt like to be in character I needed to stand there with my finger in my nose and scrach vigorously, or something. Anyways, she said" now be honest here" (like I would be ANYTHING else on the most honorable T.V.) "do you ever run yellow lights?" Well, I do run yellow lights and occasionally red lights, but I didn't feel the need to tell her my life's story. Instead I asked her if she had ever seen the Broadway play "Annie" and would she like to hear my version of "Tomorrow"? No, really, I answered her querys with as much dignity as possible, then offered a silent prayer that her tape would melt on the way back to the station. Anyways, my father.in.law called to tell my husband about the "movie star" he saw on channel 48 news. Oh my...

Yard Sale Day

I'm off to the South Huntsville Mall haha hoohoo

Last Taste of Summer (almost)

Today I came home from town, hot and tired and ready for my air-conditioned house. But when I pulled up in my yard and saw the grapevines that border our little acre of heaven here, I knew that if I wanted just one last taste of those sweet pink grapes with sweet memories that take me back to my childhood I had better go for it. Sure enough, they were almost gone-what was left I had to fight the red wasps and carpenter bees for. I won.

My Grandmother planted these grapes years ago, and as long as I can remember, I have looked forward to the month of August for the ripening of the grapes. You know, I was thinking, naturally speaking I have maybe only 30 or 40 more times in my life to do this. It's a little sad to me I guess, because I know how much my grandmother enjoyed them and now she's gone, but I know she'd have been happy to know that I would enjoy them in the years to come when she was planting those little vines.

Fall is quickly on it's way and here goes another year of my life that has flew by, Where DOES the time go.....

#1 Sandwich

You know, Actually I have a MUCH better way to use pickles...make a lovely sandwich that is a favorite bedtime snack of mine. This sandwich includes the requisite 2 soft fluffy pieces of white bread, pickles, peanut butter, cheese and mayo. The only problem with this is that when I try to eat one with anyone around, I have to listen to...EEEEWWWWWW! GROOOSSS! How NASTY!, etc... Now tonight I've been listening to my beautiful daughter, Erin, go on about it. I think I'll make her have one for lunch tomorrow, along with my favorite soup......

More birthday Pics

More pics of Saturday night for you to enjoy!

Good Friends, Good Times

Some really sweet people I know decided in a secret meeting in the dead of the night with mysterious sanctimony, oh wait that's a song, isn't it?(sounded good anyways)-well, they decided at some point to have me a "surprise" party. They succeeded at the party part, the surprise part, well, let's just all remember the scripture about "what is said in secret will be shouted from the rooftops". Anyways, they went through a whole lot of trouble and I am thankful for a beautiful party! Poor Sylvia dismantled her house (left Jeff and the kids only a couch and a few measly crumbs of bread) and moved in with Frances temporarily to decorate and scheme about food. Tammy spent the better part of a week making chicken puffs and putting out fires that seriously threatened the northern section of Westpoint. Others made food and chose the most awesome napkins EVER (Yay Christy!) and made up extremely terrible songs about me that have probably scarred me for life. (Thanks Vern Jr. and (gasp) my own Husband.) It really was alot of fun for me, oh and did I mention Frances made a reeeal sclumptious coconut cake? Mmmmm, Mmmmm, Good!

Mike acting normal..

Advice for the Anxious

"Watch A tennis Match...or pretend that you are! Research shows that if you shift your eyes from side to side when you're stressed, It interrupts distress signals sent by your neural circuits, melting anxiety!"

Hooray!

I can hardly see straight I'm shifting my eyes so much--oh great advice!! My neural circuits are happier than they have ever been!!

What in the WORLD are magazine editors doing- letting John Tesh write their columns?!

Fun

Okay, so this blogging thing is sort of fun. The only thing is no one has read mine, nor do I have 99 comments. I'm insulted. Oh well, I guess I need to tell someone that I HAVE a blog. I know that they will have an overwhelming urge to check here several times a day to see what's going on in my very interesting life.

Newbie Blogger

Hi, This is Jaylene Hanners or Newbie Blogger- Whichever you prefer! I thought I would see if I could get into this wholeheartedly (did I really use a 14 letter word?) like some of ya'll guys. Well, I turned the big three-oh today so I wanted to do something reeeally wild and life-changing, so this is it....I picked the name Rainbow's End because, as I'm sure you know, there is supposed to be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow AND I feel that I'm at my life's rainbow's end, if your following me here. My life is better than it's ever been, all because of God and how he has changed me and blessed my life GREATLY! I have a great family and wonderful friends and life in general is more than I could have ever hoped for!

I had a little luau party for some of the girls. They really had a good time. Although I listened to "Authentic Luau Music" for about 6 hours straight, so I think I could live without hearing a steel guitar again for say, oh, the rest of my life!