My last day 43

This is my last day being 43. Tomorrow I will turn 44. This is my first birthday with out my mom here . I found myself looking for a birthday card in the mail. Depressed at the realization I will never see a card in the main with that sweet flow -y script I did not get the mail ... All week. The prince was not aware of my mail strike and brought it in yesterday afternoon while I was away. My Pastors precious wife sent me a card , just to say she loves me and is praying. I cried , but I so needed that. 

God does know. And I needed to be reminded of that!

Some productivity

I got the base coat of paint done on the front bathroom and started the glaze/texture paint. Excited to finally see I done ... Several months later! 

I have decided to do the door with chalk board paint! Now to see if I can find it in white. More soon.

Birthday resolutions

I don't make resolutions on New Years like everyone else. I wait until my birthday approaches to get all introspective and try to access and reinvent . It's a few days early ... But "it'll do pig".

I haven't posted in half of forever and my life has changed irrevocably in that nameless time. I will try to unravel it in thought and word this week. 

I am going to post everyday for a week and see if it helps my brain. I think it will. Writing has always Been therapy for me. 

Look out ...44 here I come!

sanity saver

Well back to visiting the blog to vent and save my sanity!
This has been quite a rough year. . Last year was a whirl-wind. We had an engagement,bridal shower,,wedding,then a baby shower and a baby! Shew! Our beautiful grand daughter was born Dec. 30th...just in time to wrap up the year in a beautiful way!
Now , cue 2014...we lost our long tome fur friend Angus on New Year's day. ,Jan 9th my mother had a stroke . 71 years old. She worked the day before,made dinner and all th  normal things. It was a "wake up stroke" meaning she ha  It in her sleep. It affected her speech,reading and writing. We did a month or so of out patient rehab/speech therapy and she was making good progress. Then she started feeling poorly.
Poorly went to wretched in a couple weeks. Mom ended up in the hospital. She ha  high blood calcium levels and pneumonia. The fluid to flush the calcium collected in her lungs and we almost lost her. She stayed over a week.
She was ordered to get a PET scan and we went Monday. Yesterday's news was not what we hoped for. . The lung cancer returned. It is in th  lymph nodes and some of her bones. It hurts. Sh  is in a lot of pain. An  they have given my precious mom about 6 months.
And so we will try to deal with this leg of th  journey as best we can. God will have to be

Life has taken us on a wild ride lately! I have need to blog so many times and just not had the energy. I am going g to try to back up to the time of my last post and fill in some of the events. It may take several short posts....
Here goes....
Going I into the end of December and the Christmas season life was busy and rocking along. My daughter had her weekly on appointment and we would go for breakfast or lunch. We shopped for gifts and deco

I took a trip to NC last weekend to go to a lady's luncheon. The event itself was lovely and fun but the trip ...um...not so much. I got there and discovered I had left all my clothes and toiletries at home in GA! I had to shop for EVERYTHING!  I did escape having to spend to much money on makeup. There were two lovely cosmetic reps baRbell that blessed me with samples of many of the items I needed. All I had to buy was eye liner and eyeshadow. Being a redhead I am pretty much a blank canvas with out makeup. You cannot even see my eyelashes.
I found a fun out fit at Bells. They had a great sale going. It is not Christmas-y so I will definitely wear it often. I went to Wal-Mart and pick up the other things I needed. My friend was sad her birthday gift got left in GA too. LOL
I left a day early due to being on baby watch,lack of clothes,and the forecast of a wintry mix. I endured fog and drizzle most of the way home. Not fun!
I considered skipping church since no one knew I was home. But ended up going anyway. I was glad I did too.
My hubby comes home today after 18 days away! We are very excited. (And desperately needing to clean so... so long until next time!

sugar cookies and sweet memories

I got this pretty glass while thrifting this weekend . It is heavy , good quality . There was only one . But I only wanted one anyway . My grandma used to have one that was a much simpler glass but with the same type cut pattern in the bottom of the glass. And it always came out at cookie time! She would Stamp or emboss the sugar cookies before they went in the oven. It was special . Unique. and since I am being blessed with a granddaughter this Christmas it seemed I should have my very own cookie glass. Maybe one day she will want one of her own. you know? For old times sake! Can't wait to make new memories. Oh yeah.I am breaking the glass in with eggnog! And soon ...sugar cookies! :-) Merry Christmas !