ok . . i can finally sit . . .

alright . . i know i have fallen behind. i need to do some catching up don't i. lets se e what has been going on at the ruggles' house? i guess i should start with . . .

VIDOR HOMECOMING --- Friday, October 20
if you have never been to a vidor homcoming then let just recount the events for you. firday is the game and parade. the kids get out of school early that day and then its off to the parade at 2:00. this year caleb and baileigh were in it so i had to get them to the float at 1:00. there were 109 floats in the parade and guess which ones my kids were one. if you guessed 20, 35, or even 50 you are wrong. the 'jets' were float number 109. those kids had a blast and all excited about riding in a trailer with a bunch of hay.
so i drop them off and decide to make a mad dash to the other side of town where art parked the truck the night before. ( peeps are crazy in vidor. you have to pick your parade watching site the night before or else there will be no where to sit. i tell you, if you need any new lawn furniture this year would have been the year to get it. people actually dropped off thier chairs and blckets the night before. i was cracking up as i drove through town.) we had our usual spot.
so as i'm trying to get make to the truck i can't help but be reminded of the evacuation of last year . . . . it took me about 45 minutes to get about 3 miles.
so once i finally get there and find ia parking spot for my second car in town i climb in the back of art's pick up truck and wait . . and wait . . .. and wait. the parade did start at 2:00 but didn't get to where we were sitting until around 2:20. ya know i did forget to look and see what time caleb and baileigh actually made it our way . . . .lol
so after the parader was finally over and i picked up the kids from the float we haeded home to get things together for the game. i have a game bag that i bring with me everyweek. it has drinks, snacks and a few extra footballs just in case we don't catch one. for the homecoming game i have to add a few other items. for those that havn't seen the half time at a vidor homecoming i'll explain. at half time the band members tape flashlight to their legs and the twirlers twirl with fire. after the homecoming court is anounced then the lights are turned off. thats right, the band, drill team and twirlers do their stuff in the dark. they shoot fireworks and sell glowsticks. ( i just can't see buying a $.87 glow stick from the football game for $4, so i just stock up before and pass them out later) caleb and baileigh have a blast at this game.

homecoming weekend this year was my 10 year reunion. so of course i need to tell ya'll about that. hummm . . . i was a band nerd art makes fun of me just about every football game when i get chills during half time. band was such a part of my life during high school. yep i was a geek. most of my friends were in band and so we did just about everything together. i was also the first and only girl tuba player at vidor high school... see i told ya.
so reunion stuff started at the game. and vidor homecoming games are crazy. we have season tickets and go to every home game, so seats are not a problem for us. once art made it to the game after work i went and sat with 'the class of 1996'. the usual peeps were there. i watch most of the game with them then it was back to my seat during the 3 quarter.
saturday, inspite of the rain there was a family pinic at claibourne park. art had to work, so caleb , baileigh and i braved the weather and headed out there. the kiddos had a blast. i made them wear their rubber boots and older pants. they loved playing in the mud. there was a pretty good turn out concidering the weather. it was funny see our kids playing together.
staurday night was the adults only get together at madison's. madison's is a newer place in beaumont that haspretty decent food, but it really isn't very big. there were alot of people there. it was funny to see the changes in some people and not in others. everyone seemed to hang out with the same people...lol this is my friend jessika. we did everything together in high school. went to a prom together and even a homecoming. we were pretty crazy and nothing has really changed. it was nice to see people that i haven't seen in 10 years. we hung with the crowd for awhile, hugged necks, share stories, laughed (a bunch), exchanged phone numbers and went home. art and i were cracking up at the fact that the year we got married he had his 10 year reunion nad next year will be his 20.

so that was the weekend of vidor's homecoming and my 10 year class reunion.

MONDAY, October 23
this is the day that i picked to get a problem fixed. for those of you that around me you know that since the kiddos i have a hard time doing some things. i can't laugh, sneeze, cough, blow my nose, jump up and down or run with out having a problem. yall know what it is. i have to sit or cross my legs to do those things. i got tired of it and decided to do something about it. i went to dr and they did a few test. so monday morning i headed in to a bladder suspention. so far it seems to be working. although i really don't want to test it too much. after a week and a half i can sit at the computer a little at a time. i'm gunna take it easy and enjoy the time off. (of course that is easier said than done when i see projects that could be done around the house).

so ther is what has been happening here. i hope to get a little better at this and keep everyone more up to date.

jess :-P