You want my hand WHERE!

Tim and I went fishing yesterday and you know me, had to take my camera. I didn’t take a lot of pictures though because Tim was catching fish let and right and I wanted to beat him so I just kept fishing. Finally after 2 hours I gave up and would read a while, then fish a while. Tim caught 7, I caught 2. I blame it on the fact that he gave me the stupid worm that the fish didn’t like and he fished with the one they loved, because right after I switched (well, 2 hours later) I got my first one. Here is me not wanting to touch it.


But since Tim is a meanie, I had to touch one. Here’s how the conversation went.

“Hold it or I’m pushing you in.”

“But it might bite me!”

“Louise, I swear.”

“But it is slimy!”

“Fine!”

“OMG!!! DON’T TOUCH ME WITH IT!!! TIM, IT TOUCHED MY LEG!!!”

Little shove. “Your going in.”

“FINE!”

“Put your fingers here.”

“I CAN SEE IT’S TEETH!!!”

“HERE!”

"You want my hand WHERE!!!"

"LOUISE!"

“OMG! Jesus, don’t let it bite me. Please!”

Then 5 minutes later…..


You’ll notice my left hand is clenched, and it stayed clinched like that the whole time. My husband is a mean butt head. I do not like to touch fish! They are gross and slimy and smelly. I go fishing to try and beat Tim by catching more fish, which I used to be able to do, all last summer I out fished him, and I like to read with no kids screaming in my ears. And yes, he made me touch both of my fish. As if once wasn’t torture enough.

I guess I should put some pictures on here of him and his fish.

GOD! That is so disgusting! Apparently, when the fish swallows the hook you have to go in after it. I say just let the stupid creature die because my hand is NOT going in it’s mouth.

Favorite shot for today.

River rats

Tim and I took the kids to Grasshopper Creek Tuesday, since the girls were out of school. We had a blast. We took the boat and Tim would let the kids take turns riding in it with him. Conner rode the most, of course. Anything his father does he’s right there beside him. The girls loved the water even though it was so cold. They fought over who was going to get to wear the 2 new suits I had bought. Poor Natalie got shafted. Every time Tim would take someone out on the boat besides him, Conner would flip out and get so ticked that I finally got sick of hearing it and threw him in the water. Needless to say he calmed down enough to play. (The butt crack is my favorite part about this picture.)

That is Tim and Regan on the boat in the back ground. Natalie was so tempted to jump in the water off of this ledge that was about 3 or 4 foot high but the water was only about a foot deep so I wouldn’t let her. I think she was secretly relieved. Madyson kept egging her on saying, “Do it! Do it!” But when I asked her(mady) if she was going to jump she said No, it was too high.

The girls waiting patiently for a fish to catch. The 2 not looking at me were watching Conner throw Tim's lures in the water hoping they don't get blamed for it.

Here is Tim showing off the fish he caught with the girls help. We got video of it if you want to see it. Just go to Tim’s Myspace page and check it out. Those of you who know his last name that is. They were so brave. They actually touched the slimy thing, braver than me. Yuk!

Here’s Tim being like Mike Iaconnelli, the pro fisherman. isn't he the cutest little dork you've ever seen.

Here’s Regan trying to be like her Dad.

Tim and his Bff fishing. They are only in 3 feet of water here. That is why Conner isn't wearing a life jacket. Not to mention everytime we put it on him he screamed like a little girl. Hmmmm, wonder if he learned that from his daddy also?

Waiting for their turn on the boat.

We are by the beach (that is where I am standing) so there are no fish to catch but the girls wanted to show me how they did it.

Playing "Turtle, Turtle." (It's a family thing.)

Some of my favorite shots of the day.

Our visitors.


Look at Regan's long, beautiful hair. So pretty.

Conner's hair blowing in the wind.

And when I got bored.....

My favorite part of the day was collecting the shells to take to Mamaw and Papaw. While we were collecting a slug crawled out of one and Madyson started screaming that a snake was trying to get her. Also, trying to back the boat carrier thing, that I honestly can not think of the name right now, down the boat ramp straight and ending up sideways practically. It's really harder than it looks. God forbide it just go straight so I can show Tim I can do things just as good as him. Needless to say he laughed at me for a long time because of that. But their was another woman there that was trying to do it too and she messed up just as much as me, we both agreed that men suck and can do it by themselves from now on.

Ps, Madyson is still carrying the shells around in her purse. Maybe we will get them to my parents some time this year. We'll see.

Fishing

Don’t you just love the weekend! We had so much fun this weekend. Tim took me fishing Friday afternoon. It was so fun. I didn’t catch anything, just one little nibble. After about 2 hours I gave up and started reading. Here’s my kind of relaxing day. Look at that blue sky!

Tim did pretty good. Caught 2 keepers. Lots of nibbles. He was so proud of his fish. As you can see, I took my camera along. I think I took like 100 pictures in those few hours. When I get bored I tend to snap away or read. This time I read most of the time but here are some of my favorite shots

Here is my favorite shot. So peaceful, right.

Look at how green everything was. I kept hearing noises in the woods. Very freaky considering how close we were to the shore and how shallow the water was. I was afraid a bear was going to swim out and get us. Why yes I am a paranoid freak. You could see everything under the water though. We saw so many fish that just laughed at our lures and kept on swimming. I only put my feet in the water once because I was afraid a shark was going to eat my toes off. Yes, I know it’s fresh water and sharks can’t live in fresh water, but I’ve seen enough shark shows to know that bull sharks have been known to swim inland and since a lot of fresh water streams are connected to the ocean what’s to say that sharks couldn’t make it to the Tennessee River.
I did tell you how paranoid I am when it comes to water.

Proof that I was there. Tim was so paranoid that I was going to drop my camera in the water. Yeah right! That thing is like a 5th child that is really, really good and listens to me when I talk. The best kid EVER! It’s not going anywhere


Madyson is obsessed with watching Nims Island. She always freaks out on the part where the shark hit’s the boat and shakes it. She just told me, “I don’t like sharks, I just like otters and penguins.” I just like watching Gerard Butler. That man is one fine piece of meat. (Mom that one is for you. Yes, I am happily married, but my hubby also gets my sense of humor and understands when I’m joking.) Currently her and Conner are fighting over who gets to sit beside me. Conner is winning because he is meaner than her.

For Gay. Find the lady bug!

Ps. If you click on the picture it gets bigger.