It has become one of those days...you know the ones that seem like things aren't going quite the way you would like!
My first "those" was when I went to get eggs out of the fridge and it was a different carton and it
wasn't sturdy and about 6 eggs....six....fell and broke all in the floor! Boy was I ticked!
The second "those" was when I was ticked about the eggs and took my jacket off to be able to clean up the egg mess and tossed my jacket...of course I didn't look and I knocked all the roses out of the vase on the table and water went everywhere, not to mention the roses!
Somehow that just "set" the tone of the day...all these aggravating, frustrating feelings churning inside me!
Then I was going to try and fix the icemaker with duct tape and low and behold...where the heck is the duct tape??????? Not to mention I'm about ready to pull the icemaker out and throw it away!
Okay, that did it! Am going to the shower! I doubt I'll go down the drain but I guess the shower head could fall off the wall!
On to better adventures...surely!!!!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Mother's Day Weekend!
My Mother's Day celebration started Friday night with the "fish camp frenzy"!
Saturday we went in to visit our parents and give our Moms their gifts. It was a very nice day and it ended with us having supper at McCallister's with our son Bill, his wife Brittany and her parents, brother and sister! We had such a good visit with them!
Sunday was a beautiful weather day and I so enjoyed that! Mike and I spent a very quiet day
after church, eating on the porch, taking a long nap, watching the birds, going for a nice walk, and reading! So relaxing!
Now I am ready to tackle the day! Today is day 1 of "Operation:taking one room at a time" cleaning project. I'm starting in the kitchen. It could take me all week but it will get done!
All those cabinets and drawers, appliances, the pantry....throwing away, giving away...simplifying...
"less is more" is my motto!
Saturday we went in to visit our parents and give our Moms their gifts. It was a very nice day and it ended with us having supper at McCallister's with our son Bill, his wife Brittany and her parents, brother and sister! We had such a good visit with them!
Sunday was a beautiful weather day and I so enjoyed that! Mike and I spent a very quiet day
after church, eating on the porch, taking a long nap, watching the birds, going for a nice walk, and reading! So relaxing!
Now I am ready to tackle the day! Today is day 1 of "Operation:taking one room at a time" cleaning project. I'm starting in the kitchen. It could take me all week but it will get done!
All those cabinets and drawers, appliances, the pantry....throwing away, giving away...simplifying...
"less is more" is my motto!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Fish Camp Frenzy!
Okay...maybe "frenzy" is a bit too strong but it sure paints the picture!
Tonight we went to the fish camp...MayFair in Monroe, NC and it may never be quite the same and neither will our waiter! He was a treasure! And the kids were great...a bit exhuberant but really good!
There we were, 14 of us all in two rows of chairs against the back wall which was the perfect place for us. We were entertained with stories of sharks, aquariums, a song from Kellan and magic tricks which ended up costing me $.70 but it was well worth it!
I had various kids in my lap at various times and others leaning on me and one who ended up eating my shrimp! He did politely ask!
Mike entertained Kellan and had a staring contest with Elliott. And then Elliott and I played "Thumb War"! Makenna got in on it and then THE FOOD CAME...children's first! Things were a bit quieter for a short while after that.
With full tummies and the need for quiet we all started the trek to the aquarium and the doors!
We then left one last "impression" with the owner who seemed to enjoy our very happy family.
It was a totally GRAND night in more ways than one!
Tonight we went to the fish camp...MayFair in Monroe, NC and it may never be quite the same and neither will our waiter! He was a treasure! And the kids were great...a bit exhuberant but really good!
There we were, 14 of us all in two rows of chairs against the back wall which was the perfect place for us. We were entertained with stories of sharks, aquariums, a song from Kellan and magic tricks which ended up costing me $.70 but it was well worth it!
I had various kids in my lap at various times and others leaning on me and one who ended up eating my shrimp! He did politely ask!
Mike entertained Kellan and had a staring contest with Elliott. And then Elliott and I played "Thumb War"! Makenna got in on it and then THE FOOD CAME...children's first! Things were a bit quieter for a short while after that.
With full tummies and the need for quiet we all started the trek to the aquarium and the doors!
We then left one last "impression" with the owner who seemed to enjoy our very happy family.
It was a totally GRAND night in more ways than one!
A wonderful evening...
Last night was such a wonderful night for me!
The book club ladies just blessed my socks off!
From my favorite desserts (and I'm working on going off sugar)- German Chocolate cake, Key Lime Pie, Chocolate cupcakes, Vegetable Pizza, fruit, etc. to special goodies and cards!
Haven't had that much "fuss" over my birthday in years!
Thank you my dear Bookish friends!
The book club ladies just blessed my socks off!
From my favorite desserts (and I'm working on going off sugar)- German Chocolate cake, Key Lime Pie, Chocolate cupcakes, Vegetable Pizza, fruit, etc. to special goodies and cards!
Haven't had that much "fuss" over my birthday in years!
Thank you my dear Bookish friends!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
"I was born..."
Thank the good Lord I was born! Born 58 years ago today!
For some reason I sure don't "feel" 58!
One of my college professors told me that I would never grow up-that I would always be young at heart and I do believe he was right!
I enjoy life now more than ever! I still have quite a bit of "child-likeness" in me!
For instance, the other week I bought a GameBoy Advance to play Tetris and PacMan!
I discussed this with my friend Justin, our Pastors' 6 year old son. He had his Nintendo DS
and we were "shop" talking. Bless his heart he even offered me his charger to borrow since my
GameBoy didn't come with one! He kept telling me it would work and did I have my GameBoy in the car? Told him I would bring it next time.
I'm also quite into birds...bird feeders-Mike gave me two new ones for my B'day...bird houses...
bird dishes...oh, yeah, dishes are another of my "weaknesses"...dishes and books!...little clay birds, porcelain birds, metal ones, wooden ones, etc....my small collection is growing!
I love life! I enjoy it! Is it always easy??? Heck no! BUT I KNOW the Life Giver and He blesses me above and beyond my wildest dreams and desires. He has never let me down! And He never will.
Today is a special day, not just for me but for us all. Every new day is a gift. Every new day brings new blessings from God. Watch for them! Expect them! He loves to bless us...He can't help Himself! It's just the way He is!
I am so blessed with loving friends and family who have loved me, accepted me as I am and have made my life so "rich" over these 58 years! Wow! That's a lot of people the Lord has sent my way! I'm still in touch with my closest college friends and what a blessing that has been and there are those I grew up with...friends of all ages...church friends...neighbors...friends now in Heaven...etc.
All of you have had a part in my life and I am grateful!
For some reason I sure don't "feel" 58!
One of my college professors told me that I would never grow up-that I would always be young at heart and I do believe he was right!
I enjoy life now more than ever! I still have quite a bit of "child-likeness" in me!
For instance, the other week I bought a GameBoy Advance to play Tetris and PacMan!
I discussed this with my friend Justin, our Pastors' 6 year old son. He had his Nintendo DS
and we were "shop" talking. Bless his heart he even offered me his charger to borrow since my
GameBoy didn't come with one! He kept telling me it would work and did I have my GameBoy in the car? Told him I would bring it next time.
I'm also quite into birds...bird feeders-Mike gave me two new ones for my B'day...bird houses...
bird dishes...oh, yeah, dishes are another of my "weaknesses"...dishes and books!...little clay birds, porcelain birds, metal ones, wooden ones, etc....my small collection is growing!
I love life! I enjoy it! Is it always easy??? Heck no! BUT I KNOW the Life Giver and He blesses me above and beyond my wildest dreams and desires. He has never let me down! And He never will.
Today is a special day, not just for me but for us all. Every new day is a gift. Every new day brings new blessings from God. Watch for them! Expect them! He loves to bless us...He can't help Himself! It's just the way He is!
I am so blessed with loving friends and family who have loved me, accepted me as I am and have made my life so "rich" over these 58 years! Wow! That's a lot of people the Lord has sent my way! I'm still in touch with my closest college friends and what a blessing that has been and there are those I grew up with...friends of all ages...church friends...neighbors...friends now in Heaven...etc.
All of you have had a part in my life and I am grateful!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Of books and book clubs
Mike and I have shelves and shelves of books. We have bookshelves downstairs. Bookshelves upstairs and a few books still packed away! There are books in every room of our house, come to think of it!
I love to go to bookstores! I love to smell them!
(Hardwarestores too, actually!)
I love to buy books!
Half.com is one of my favorite places to purchase these carefully bound treasures that have the power to tug at the emotions, transport us to faraway places, other times, satisfy our thirst for knowledge and expand our imaginations.
AND we have so many books...too many that I haven't even read! I keep saying that I will one day begin to take a book at a time and just read it and keep on going through every shelf. Oh I hope I actually do!
We love all kinds of books and have various friends with whom we enjoy discussing them.
Mike particularly enjoys history and engages in rousing discussions with a particular few
lovers of history especially at certain family birthday parties. I love watching them in action!
We love to read and our children love to read. I sure hope that love is passed onto our Grands!
This love of reading is certainly at the root of loving our Book Club...."The Ilustrious Literary Society" or the I L S for short! What a special time...and what a special group of ladies!
I was reading an article in Victoria Magazine about an author who moved to London with her family some years back. She joined a book club and this is what she had to say about them.
"...there are the well-read friends in my book club, who know where that new bookstore has opened. Having been raised in a culture that values words and argument, they go at a book with all swords out, until they agree to disagree."
We may be a bit on the very polite side but that doesn't keep us from sharing our hearts and we always agree to disagree very agreeably! Maybe it's that "Southern" thing even though not all our members have Southern roots! A few times I may have "seen" a sword or two!
Closing with a few good book quotes....
"A real book is not one that we read but one that reads us." W.H. Auden
"I've been in love three hundred times in my life, and all but five were with books." Lee Glickstein
"If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads but what he re-reads."
Francois Mauriac
Happy Reading!
I love to go to bookstores! I love to smell them!
(Hardwarestores too, actually!)
I love to buy books!
Half.com is one of my favorite places to purchase these carefully bound treasures that have the power to tug at the emotions, transport us to faraway places, other times, satisfy our thirst for knowledge and expand our imaginations.
AND we have so many books...too many that I haven't even read! I keep saying that I will one day begin to take a book at a time and just read it and keep on going through every shelf. Oh I hope I actually do!
We love all kinds of books and have various friends with whom we enjoy discussing them.
Mike particularly enjoys history and engages in rousing discussions with a particular few
lovers of history especially at certain family birthday parties. I love watching them in action!
We love to read and our children love to read. I sure hope that love is passed onto our Grands!
This love of reading is certainly at the root of loving our Book Club...."The Ilustrious Literary Society" or the I L S for short! What a special time...and what a special group of ladies!
I was reading an article in Victoria Magazine about an author who moved to London with her family some years back. She joined a book club and this is what she had to say about them.
"...there are the well-read friends in my book club, who know where that new bookstore has opened. Having been raised in a culture that values words and argument, they go at a book with all swords out, until they agree to disagree."
We may be a bit on the very polite side but that doesn't keep us from sharing our hearts and we always agree to disagree very agreeably! Maybe it's that "Southern" thing even though not all our members have Southern roots! A few times I may have "seen" a sword or two!
Closing with a few good book quotes....
"A real book is not one that we read but one that reads us." W.H. Auden
"I've been in love three hundred times in my life, and all but five were with books." Lee Glickstein
"If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads but what he re-reads."
Francois Mauriac
Happy Reading!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Back to normal?????
Well, that can be an interesting thought....hmmmm...normal?
Actually, better stated would be back to my usual routine or somewhat usual.
Anyway, no matter how you say it, I am glad to be able to get back on track here at home!
So many "things" are vying for my attention...stacks of books, papers, seasonal clothes that need to be put away, drawers to clean out, cabinets, etc. If I don't hurry it will become summer cleaning!
I have really become more of a "homebody". I love being home! I also love having friends
over sharing coffee/tea and good conversation! Home is a haven for me and Mike.
(But for the record, the haven needs a bit of attention!)
Tomorrow I will get down to the nitty gritty...cleaning out, cleaning up, reorganizing and so on and so forth. I am looking forward to it!
One thing for sure, if you're never home, things don't get done on their own. Mary Poppins isn't real...sorry to burst your bubble and the kitchen fairies aren't either no matter how much you would like them to be! I have a great imagination but I just have to face the facts!
So I'll just jump in there, tackling one project at a time. I can hardly wait!
Actually, better stated would be back to my usual routine or somewhat usual.
Anyway, no matter how you say it, I am glad to be able to get back on track here at home!
So many "things" are vying for my attention...stacks of books, papers, seasonal clothes that need to be put away, drawers to clean out, cabinets, etc. If I don't hurry it will become summer cleaning!
I have really become more of a "homebody". I love being home! I also love having friends
over sharing coffee/tea and good conversation! Home is a haven for me and Mike.
(But for the record, the haven needs a bit of attention!)
Tomorrow I will get down to the nitty gritty...cleaning out, cleaning up, reorganizing and so on and so forth. I am looking forward to it!
One thing for sure, if you're never home, things don't get done on their own. Mary Poppins isn't real...sorry to burst your bubble and the kitchen fairies aren't either no matter how much you would like them to be! I have a great imagination but I just have to face the facts!
So I'll just jump in there, tackling one project at a time. I can hardly wait!
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