Great Memorial Day!

I was rather bummed when I found out Daniel and Jacob both had to work Memorial Day but it all ended up good! I knew I was getting tired and that someday I was going to crash and yesterday was the day! I slept off and on all day until 3:00. I didn't do anything of importance but I did get that needed rest! We grilled out and went for drive in the evening I talked to a deer in the park. It was awesome..........she just stood and stared! I figured she would run when hubby pulled the van up by where she was eating!

You are not forgotten!!!

Today would be Bob Campbell's birthday! My family still misses him and talks about him alot. Ever since I knew him I knew he was a man of God. He proved that even more when we went to Indiana a month after Abigail was born and he told me that several months before that he had been praying for our family (like he did everyday) and God showed him that our unborn baby would be a girl and we would name her Abigail. It really got me because #1 we didn't know she was a she. #2 We didn't know what we were going to name her until they said we had to name her before she could go home!
Like Bob there are alot of people that come into our lives and we love them forever! They come and go but their memory is forever!

Me

These pictures were taken a lifetime ago. They were at my dads and when he passed away I got them back. I decided to scrapbook them.

My boy!

Jonathon, I love you very much. Sorry you weren't feeling good when we came to see you!

My other boy

Jake, I love you even though you are completely crazy! I am proud of you!

My other, other boy!

Seth, my 3rd son! I love you and am so proud to be your mom! This might be the only picture on my camera you won't strangle me for!!!!!!!!!!!

My girl

I love this Abigail of mine..........she can be such a lady but she likes weird things too! So glad to be her mmom!

Come again?????

I am guessing I am tired for some reason that probably has nothing to do with the fact that I woke up at 3:30 A.M. and haven't been back to sleep and that I was also awake until Midnight before that. Anyway, it is beginning to show. I was in the laundry mat and started to sing, "Open arms" goes something like this, "now I come to you with open arms," I said, "broken arms!" At least the laundry is done, the house is cleaned and I am going to use the gift card I got for my B~day for dinner tonight. I am not sure anything I cook would be edible at this time. I am running on fumes!

sigh

Usually I save my tears for those times when I am alone in the night but the other night after doing something in my foot that instantly caused a black bruise and my eyes hurting like crazy it was just too much and I started to cry before I ever got into bed. Daniel asked me why I was crying and I told him there was too much to mention and I didn't want to whine about the same thing again! He told me if it was my eyes then he understood why I was crying and he was sorry he couldn't fix it but that he would be there when the time came for me to need care and that he would take care of me! It was when my heart flared up in rebellion that I knew the true problem.....I DO NOT want to need taken care of. I have been a caregiver in some form or another since I was 16. I can't imagine not doing that! I am trying to live each moment as it comes and most of the time I do pretty well but I have my days. I think I am tired.......................

Come "sale" away with me!

Saturday the whole family picked me up and we went yard saling! It was fun and I just so happened to get the best deals of the day! WOO!HOO! for me! I have been wanting a digital frame for quite awhile and I got one new in the box for $5! It had never been opened! One of those things you just never buy yourself and I couldn't remember to ask for it as a gift. I also got 2 candle holders for 50 cents! I tried for about 2 years to talk my friend out of the one she had and she wouldn't give it up..........I got mine along with a picture frame to match for the low price of $1! I got some other stuff! When I told hubby I wanted to go to this yard sale/community festival thing he asked me what I was looking for. My answer??? "stuff." I found several nice "stuffs" to put in my Apt. It was a great morning!!! In the afternoon we had a cookout then finished the day with Homemade Ice Cream and a game with mom and friends! For some reason I ended up making ice cream a few years back---now I do it all the time!!!!!!!!!!

"HOME"

We were able to go to Indiana for the day last week. It was good to see my son. That only lasted a few minutes~~~he was sick! We were also able to head North to see Daniel's great uncle, always a joy! We came home by way of Greenwood Mall, I can't believe we hadn't been that there since we lived in Indiana!!! WOW! Where does time go? Jacob told me the other day that he couldn't imagine me getting old....I am headed there fast!!! Gotta love those boys of mine! Seth told me that I would never look as old as other women my age! Yep, gotta love 'em!

YES! YES! YES!

We are headed to Indiana tomorrow. It is going to be a busy day with appointments and such but we do get to spend time with the family. I can't wait to see my handsome, son! I love and miss you, Jonathon! I wanted to go to Eagle Creek but hubby said there won't be time. MEANY! Everyone thinks I am spoiled, WHATEVER!

It's about time!!!

I finally figured out how to make GOOD BBQ ribs! I baked them for awhile then Hubsley and Seth grilled them. YUMMY! After we ate, Dano came in and said he wished he had gotten me some marshmallows because the coals were perfect for roasting them. I dug around and found some "french vanilla" snowmen from Christmas! WAY TOO YUMMY! I am sure I looked real cute sitting out there roasting marshmallows over a grill but, hey, looking cute has never been high on my list of things to care about! I had to drive myself to work today because that crazy husband of mine decided to go to work at 5 A.M. again this morning! It is so weird to be alone in the morning. Not sure I like it! I talked to a friend of mine yesterday. WOW! I met her the summer I was 13! A lifetime ago! That is another thing I have noticed about rereading posts.......the friends I have reconnected with. Not all of them have been happy endings but it has definitely been interesting!

hhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm..............

I have been reading some posts from when I started this blog. I can see that I am not the most interesting person on earth!!! I can also see that there have been good times as well as not so good. The thing that I see the most is that We made it through! I guess when you are strong willed you can survive anything. I see laughter and tears when I read these posts!!! Over all it has been a good ride and I love life!

Fabulous day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I have been saying this ALOT lately but I had a fabulous day yesterday. I went home feeling very sleepy so after breakfast I decided to take my "Earl" and go to bed. (that would be Earl Grey tea.) I made the mistake of drinking it........it revived me and I was no longer ready for a nap so off on a walk I went with my Setharoo! After the walk he asked if I was going to lay down and I decided to play in the dirt for awhile. After I transplanted all my plants I took a much needed shower~~~I got filthy! I went from 1 thing to another and before I knew it I had cooked my chicken, peeled potatoes and rolled and cut the noodles and baked a pie! AHA! All there was left to do for dinner was cook it! I had everything cleaned up by 2:40! I was so proud of myself!!! I even took time to make cards and I didn't stick them in a box to be forgotten............they are sitting here with notes written, addressed and stamped!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe how wonderful the sun felt yesterday. I was beginning to think I would never be warm again. Working outside and getting so much done yesterday made me feel so young and alive. Oh, yes. With the help of all of us the kitchen was cleaned lickity split after dinner so we took a drive and ended the evening with "RAZZLE BERRY" pie!!!
LIFE.............It's a beautiful thing!

Mom's day!

I am working today---except for a little while when I get to go home later. It was an awesome surprise to get home yesterday and find gifts on the table! ALL for me! I LOVE being a mom! As a teenager I never saw myself being a mom but I do love it! I have been blessed with great kids that let me know on a regular basis that they love me! Thank you to my wonderful kids and Daniel for making my Mother's day special!

Day off!

Had a great day off with Abigail. Daniel and Jacob had to work and Seth was at a youth outing in Indiana. We got the giggles in one store and just had to walk out!!! All in all it was fun! Had lunch with my mom and a little girl that might start coming back to church.

Lucky lady!

Blessed is more like it! I am one of the most blessed ladies ever! I have an awesome family! Jacob gave me an early Mom's day gift. An 8 gig USB and a candle! I am gonna love the USB because the disc drive here at work doesn't open which means I can't post pics off CD's but now I will be able to! We aren't real traditional and I have lots of flowers that I have been given lately just for being wonderful...........HA!HA! Anyway, thank you so much, Jacob! He is just like me and can't usually wait to give something!!!!!!

think, think, think!

I haven't decided if it is funny or sad the way people can lie through their teeth to you and they THINK you believe everything you are being told and the whole time you are cracking up inside!!! Oh, well. One of life's great mysteries!