9/11

I will never forget 9/11 .......

I was sitting at home , the kids were still in public school then. My husband had left his two way Nextel radio home. I heard my brothers voice chime in on the radio saying "HEY!" . I picked up and said "he left it at home today ,sorry" and it chirped again and he said "You got the tv on ? Turn the tv on" I started to ask why , I heard him say something about "plane" . I was speechless looking at part of a plane sticking out of a building I had only seen on post cards and news show back drops. The reporter was talking 90 miles a minuit . I was telling my brother some of what they were saying. I watched in horror as the 2nd plane crashed. I began to tell him about it. It took my mind several tries to comprehend this wasn't cinematography . That this was real. It was real people dying and panicking and running and screaming. As I was telling Loy all I could see and hear my husband called. We talked about if I should go get our children from school.The plane hit the pentagon . We talked about the possibility of Atlanta being a target. (we are less than 100 miles from there) Charlotte could be a target. We prayed. We heard about the plane that did not reach it's target. It was such an awful day . Such awful news that just kept coming in waves. I hope our country never forgets , I know I never will.
It is a bittersweet memory to me because I can so clearly remember hearing my brothers voice and our conversation. And this side of heaven I will never hear it again. And I surly miss the random phone calls asking for "Ms. Dictionary". Wave him over and give him a hug for me today plz Lord. :*)

Monday update

It is 8:30 now and I have gotten a bit of a second wind I guess . I have mostly cleaned off the other 1/2 of the kitchen and will scrub it down in a few mins . I had to find the surface of the counter. I forgot to take a picture . Poo. It would have been pretty impressive too.
I spent a couple hours (cumulatively) on Pinterest and then on to you-tube to find and watch Tuts on the mesh wreaths . In the process I found mesh garland that I instantly fell in LOVE with! I want to make  garland long enough to go on my outside railing . In fact I pretty much want to decorate NOW ! LOL ....Not that I am going to ! I will however be decorating in late October this year so as to be ahead of the game . With the extra large Thanksgiving we have and the baby due Christmas day ....I better hedge my bets ! ;-)
I have been multi-tasking and didn't even know it ! Out of desperation I plugged my phone into the laptop to USB charge. And a box popped up that VZ can check for updates...um...OK . Can you make the darn thing not freeze on Scramble . Thanks! LOL See I don't ask for much ! :-P

Yep, It's Monday !

The prince and I were called on to help out a guy in need. We took him to work while he is looking for a car. The only catch is he had  to be picked up at 3:30 am. I did go back to sleep for a couple hours and I felt great earlier. It's almost 6pm now and I am drag-g-g-g-ING!
I rejoined FLY lady because I needed some direction and motivation. This week they are in the Kitchen . To days mission is to scrub the counters. Let's just say I got 1/2 done. I am going to do the other 1/2 before bed but it has just been more than my brain can handle. I did unload and reload the dish washer and scrub the sink out . After my lack of motivation due to the migraine this weekend my poor sink was full to overflowing! I HATE that. That part felt really good to remedy! :-)
I love the new Fly-lady lite ! One email a day . Skim for pertinent info if that's all there is time for . Read the musings and testimonies if I can. No condemnation ,and by this I mean unopened email laring at me! Sigh ...I know , ridiculousness but that's how my brain works!
Mr Wonderful is on the road again. Fairly close this time . Which I like . I will miss him , we have kind of been tight here lately. It's a good thing!
We are still in purge mode . It is a lot slower that I would like . But I figure it is like losing weight ....it didn't get there quickly , it won't leave quickly either! I have been avoiding yard-sales (at least until we know baby's gender!) as to not drag more stuff home .
I have a wild hair to change the living room around . And I want to change the bedroom too ! When I am awake and energized enough! We shall see . I will try to remember to do some before and after pictures. :-) I so enjoy them on other peoples blogs . I just forget to do them here. :-/ Working on it !
Blessings all ! Lora

There have been so many days that I have thought...."oh,I should be blogging this!" and the moment escapes me . Mostly because I don't really care for android phone blogging. Sheesh....
So because of my fickleness it has , once again,been way too long since I have been on this blog!

Lately I have been finding it very theripudic to "empty my brain" onto a paper list so I can rest instead of having things vie for thought , memory and processing in my mind . (Especially as I am trying to fall asleep!) So I guess I could almost as easily do that here ! Hmmm....I'll think on that,
My last post was on how exausting weddings can be ! And now they have been married for almost a month ! :-)
It was a lovely wedding ! God was so kind in keeping the rain away for us. Many freinds were coming to the wedding and saying that it was raining at their house , just a few miles down the road. They did a different sort of reception , They asked guests to bring a dish to share and the recipe for that dish . And it was a rousing sucess! Who knew?! We had many people tell us it was their favorite wedding they had ever been to . It was outside,fairly casual. The "dinner on the grounds" reception was wonderful. Better than any catering company could have done ! 100 people brought their best dishes to share ! Not that I really got to eat any of it . Mother of the bride and all that. You understand , right ?
Anyway , after a month of wedding rush and the last week being wedding crush we got the lovely couple shipped off to the beautiful mountains of TN . They spent a lovely week doing nothing but what they wanted to! Hiking , shopping, sleeping in etc... Mean while back at home Mr Wonderful and I were cleaning up and corralling all the new brides left-overs to help make moving out easy on them when they returned . And we were also shifting into full speed ahead CAMP MODE!
I had craft shopping to do . Packing to do .  And plenty of planning and praying to do!
A scant two weeks later we were at Holiness Camp meeting ! Which,all glory to God, went well. Mr. Wonderful and I got along well and worked together well. We have 2 weeks living in an 18x 20 room with a small bathroom and dorm size fridge! With 2 weeks worth of clothes,craft supplies,food,snacks,coffee etc.... I brought the Keurig this year and we LOVED having it there! That and the bullet blender were the most used things we brought!
And ....Drum roll please...........................We are going to be grandparents! :-) I am so excited! She is due Christmas day ! We find out what the baby will be (we hope) in 3 weeks . I am trying to hod off on buying baby stuff until then but it sure is hard! I see so many cute things on CL and the FB yard sale groups!
SO ....you know I will certainly be posting more about baby as this thing rocks along ! LOL I already can't wait to hold him or her (general idea is leaning toward BOY) and wondering what this little one will look like . It's a real wild card ! Could be blond,red or dark! Hazel ,blue or brown! Seriously!
Better be off for now. I have several things to get done and none of them have got done with me on here !
Blessings! Lora

Weddings are exhausting ! Just saying! LOL
We are having a wedding shower for my beautiful daughter this Saturday . AND >>>> Ugh ! Just when I think I have things well in hand I remember yet another detail to attend to and panic mode ensue once again.
I have to wash the jars (rustic look) , Make the meringues , and cut up the cheese for a cheese tray. I have to go with a couple friends tomorrow and decorate the space at church . Not my fort'e ! I usually have my daughter help me with all my event decorating !LOL
I also have to get the icing ready for the cupcakes. :-) I am trying the hydrangea cupcakes I found on Pinterest. Ooooo.....wish me well ! Ha Ha! I made a box  mix of cupcakes so I could practice. They came out pretty well , except I forgot the step that makes the accents on the flowers. :-P
I am also making some little sausage bites I found on Pinterest. If they turn out well I will link the bogs they originated on here.
Have a great night y'all !

I saw lots of post about May Day on FB. Even some May Pole pictures...from Christians. We really do tend to be ignorant. Sigh....
Forgive it has been a "Sigh" sort of day. multiple reasons.
I think I will read a while instead of posting.
Good night blog-topia.

crazy days

Life seems to be crazy lately. My om was in the hospital with a suspected heart attack. After much worry and many tests the only thing they could figure was she was very dehydrated. She had suffered from a stomach bug the week before and just did not catch up. Scary stuff!
Several  our friends have lost parents lately. So there have been a lot of funerals. Lots of stress and sadness. Some were very unexpected. Fairly young people who seemed relatively healthy. It is often hard to understand!
I went out of  to visit a friend last weekend and support her in her first event at her new church. It was an amazing blend of fun frivolity and serious ministry. I met some new friends that I will love to say "hello" to when DH and I visit next.
Some exciting developments.....DD got her wedding dress! It is beautiful and I know she will  amazing. It was awesome in the fact that it as our first store and the 2d dress she tried on! She did try one other but went back to that one! The only glitch is to avoid paying a lot she will have to get 4 inch heels for the ceremony. we are hoping for comfortable shoes .... ha! Is that even possible? I do not like heels!
Blessings!
More soon I hope. :-)
Lora