More stuff!

Daniel says that everytime we go to Indiana we come home with more stuff but that is ok when it isn't just "stuff."
1: the coke bottles belongsd to Grandma Mings
2: the orange crate also belonged to her. It holds my yearly Taste of Home cookbooks
real nicely.
3: the table was made by his Great-Great Grandfather
4: the records were bought by his mom for Daniel and Darwin in '64. She used gift
money from his Great-Grandparents
5: this quilt block was made by my Grandma Schnell and the meat platter was hers.
My friend, Annette Killinger bought them from her yard sale several years ago
and gave them to me this past weekend!
Like I said, it isn't just stuff! I love it all!

Saturday in Indiana...

Abigail with her friend, Steve Best!
My boys love this car!
I am the only adult I saw eating cotton candy but that is ok. I think. I love the stuff and I am still a kid at heart!

part of the class of '85 Melody, me, sponsor; Jane Wetherald and Randy

Donna, sorry if you thought you could get by with posting all kinds of pictures and not have yours posted!

Going home!

Tomorrow we leave to go to Indiana for 2 days. I am excited but nervous about the reunion! I AM very excited to see my daughter and son. I was missing her the other day and Seth asked me what I was going to do when they were all moved out. Like I told him I will have to adjust and move on but I am not one of those people that counts the days until the kids are gone! I enjoy my family! I miss Jonathon even though he has been moved out for more than a year. I really think about him when I make bread of any kind because that is one of his favorite things. I remember trying to get meal ideas from the kids and when it came his turn he said, "bread, rolls and biscuits." I told them those were all breads and he reminded me that I had asked for 3 ideas and they were all food. TOUCHE' he was right!

TIME!

Where does time go??? Now that I work like I do I feel like I have to choreograph every minute of my time off to get things done. I never thought I would have, "wash hair" on my list of things to do! I set a schedule and it never goes completely as planned which is not all bad. After power walking through Wal-mart yesterday so I would be checked out before Daniel got off for dinner I had no trouble crossing off "take a walk" since I had done that and then some. I also had my plans changed when the downstaris neighbor met us as we were coming in and said, "baby, my brother gave me some apples and I want to share them with you." That meant adding "make caramel apple cake" to my list! Earlier in the day my mom had called and asked if I wanted some of the chicken she was going to fry and I said sure and that if she didn't mind I would let her fry the chicken I had taken out for dinner. There it was, a yummy fried chicken dinner and I had no grease to clean up. I just made the veggies and taters! All in all it was a great day! I also got all of my scrapbooking stuff put in decorative, matching boxes. That is another story altogether. I thought I would not be able to get the yellow ones because they appeared to be out and switching over to winter stuff. I did end up getting yellow. All for $2 less per box than I would of paid the week before! YAY! for me!

Our idea of fun!

Daniel does this:

While I do this!

An Apple a Day

.........keeps the Dr. away! At least that is what they say. I should be in good shape, unless you actually have to eat them! I was dusting the living/dining area and realized just how many apples I have! It took me forever! Last night Daniel told me that we are going to be the recipient of another apple crate that belonged to his grandma Mings. I am so excited about that. I was dusting the things in the pie safe yesterday and there were so many things to smile about. glassware from his great grandparents. My grandma Schnell's recipe box is a treasure to me! I really do like old things, especially when they have belonged to someone I know. They have a story to tell. I think we are also going to get a small table that one of his grandparents made. He said it was ours IF we want it. I told him that of course we want it!

What was I thinking???

I used to wonder why my kids thought I was the world's best mom! Well, Abigail's friend and his sister went to Columbus and went shopping with Abigail. When I mentioned this to Jacob he said, "Abigail is on a date?" Of course, I said, "no" that his sister was there. He said that it was a chaperoned date. That never even occurred to me! No wonder they love me. I am in a fog or something! I had to lay in the floor and think about that for awhile. So, is that a date?

It's a great day to be alive!

I went out earlier and took a walk. It is a beautiful day here in the neighborhood where I work. I am blessed! I wish that Daniel and I both had the day off tomorrow so we could do something for the Holiday but he is working. At least I will be home with my boys. Abigail is going to be shopping with her "friend" and his sister. I sure do miss that girl of mine! I think I will be doing laundry for part of the day. UGH! Well, guess they don't call it "Labor Day" for nothing! I have been busy making cards and sending them to friends. I might even get around to some of that tomorrow. I will have to take a walk for sure too! Jacob goes with me and Daniel goes when he is there. He is harder on me though. Jacob is nice and lets me go home when I get tired. Oh, well. I am just glad someone goes with me because it is a good time to talk!

I DID IT!

I made the Standing Rib Roast and the guests said it was the best roast they had tasted in a long time. They even toasted me! I was very embarrassed about that! The whole dinner was a great success and I am so glad because these are pretty well off people. They treat me so good though, Everyone that comes through the door tells me they are glad I am here to care for her. It is nice to be appreciated!

NO! NO! and NO!

I came in to work ecpecting my run of the mill double but noooooooooo it can't happen like that. WE are having a dinner party and I am doing the cooking! I only hope I don't mess up that $130 chunk of meat! I cannot believe this. I like to stay in my little corner and be unobserved but I guess that isn't happening tonight! On the bright side I am enjoying this cooler weather. It was nice to wake up chilly this A.M. Having the windows open improves my mood!

this and that again

For years I have pretty much avoided having my picture taken much less post it very often but I have come to the conclusion that for better or worse I am what I am. So, I am just going to be myself and post pictures. Most people know what I look like anyway!

so true

We'll be friends until we are old and senile, then we'll be new friends.
I got this from a friends Facebook. I like it! There are some people that I hope I will be friends forever with even if this is what it takes!

Missing my girl

I already miss you little lady and wish I hadn't let you go! I hope you have fun if you get to go with "you know who" next week. You know the rules!!! So did I! I know sometimes it is weird for you that we are so much alike but I think you will be ok! Just follow your dreams. There may come a time when your dreams take you in a direction that I don't like but I will try to keep my hands off! I love you and want you to be happy! I will promise that if your dreams don't turn out the way you planned I will be there for you to help you pick up the pieces! I love the journal and find it surprising that you bought it not knowing that I had put it on my list! That just goes to show how we think alike! As for writing down all my secrets??? Some of those you have to just carry in your heart, they can't be expressed with pen and paper! I love you, can't wait until you get home!

I Believe.................

there are angels among us sent down to us from someone up above! I had to go to the store last night to get RX and groceries for my client. I was still sick from the migraine and really just wanted to be home. As I was walking through the store I passed 3 little boys, they appeared to be about as close in age as mine were. Anyway they were somewhere between 6-10. They were having a good time tussling. I have to admit that sometimes when I see little ones like that I wish mine were still little but when I am feeling yucky I am so glad they are not. I was standing there looking at something and I noticed the tussling had stopped and figured they had moved on. Then I noticed something out of the corner of my eye..........it was one of the boys. When I looked at him I HAD to smile. He was standing there with his arms folded, staring at me with a huge smile on his face. I said, "hi there." He gave me a quick nod and took off. I looked up and saw his dad who was also staring at me with his eyebrows raised. He said, "Okaaaaaaaaaaaaay" and left too. I am not sure what this little guy was smiling about but I like to think that he came along just to make me smile when I didn't really feel like it!