It's Hot and my attitude sucks

The usual 90*+ summer temps we have in August have arrived. Only thing it's June. If it's this hot now what is August and September going to be like?

I'm going to be updating this blog in the next couple of days. Today I'm heading to the W.C. Handy Festival in Henderson, KY. Good food, Great Blues. All free, well the food's not you have to pay for it. But you don't have to pay to get in. That part is free.

Before I do that I have to go online and see what I can do to get rid of little slugs on our zucchini.

New attitude...new beginning

It's time to resurrect this blog. It's time to journal the good, the bad and the ugly. It's time to move forward and not look back.

I've been absent way to long. I don't write flowery words. I seem to ramble on and say nothing. This is a journey for me about me. Come along if you wish.

I have secretly wished I was an athelete. A graceful runner. A strong, powerful, confident woman. On the inside, I'm afraid of my own shadow. I'm afraid people will laugh. Make fun of me. Ridicule me. I'm afraid I won't be any of things I want to be.

And I'm right. I won't. I won't because I won't even attempt to do any of the things I want to do. Well that's not entirely true. A couple of weeks ago I did go out in a kayak. Oh my gosh it was so much fun. Take for instance..a graceful runner. I've been told I have good form. I just need to work on my endurance. In other wards I need to continue to build on my level to where I can run for longer periods. Do I continue...no. I go so far and stop.

Do you know what one of the saddest things in life is? To live your life and never achieve the dreams you were given from God. That is sad. Those are a gift to you and you never enjoy the gift. You never open the package to see how magnificent it is. You keep it wrapped up sitting on a shelf in your mind only to play out how you would feel if you opened it.

The gift is waiting to be opened. It's sat on the shelf in my mind long enough. The next few days I will assess where I'm at and come up with a plan for the next 30 days.

What are your dreams? What's holding you back?

OOPS!

First, let me say this was totally NOT MY FAULT! I did however learn a very powerful lesson. Always pay attention to what you are doing.

It's Sunday morning and we're getting ready to leave for church. Charles is in the bathroom triming his hair. I glance in as I walk by and tell him he ought to go ahead and shave it off. Now he's done that once before which is another story. He tells me I don't think so. Besides it leaves bumps on his head.

I head off to check my mail while I'm waiting for him to finish his hair. I'm replying to a poem Gramps sent me when Charles hollers at me to come trim the back of his head. I hurry into the bathroom all the while thinking about the poem Gramps wrote to his wife for their anniversary. He hands me the clippers, I look down and see gray fuzz and one swipe......OH MY GOSH!!!



I catch my breath, my eyes get big and I see this swipe going up the back of his head. With a deep sigh he hollers out "What in the world did you do? I can only stare in disbelief before I reply back "It's not my fault. I didn't know you had taken the guard off. You told me to trim the back of your head." He reaches around to feel this rough, bald spot on the back of his head. I bust out laughing so hard the tears are running. He tells me to fix it. Like what do you want me to do....pick the hair up out of the sink and super glue it back on?

I can't stop laughing. I text the boys about it and sent them a picture and of course they think it's hilarious. Eric wanted to know if I was still alive. He told his dad not to let it bother him to bad besides it's not like he he had much hair at it was. Joe told him that's what he got for letting Mom cut his hair. My sister didn't help matters either calling me laughing so hard she can hardly talk. He says he can't leave the house looking like this. He has no choice now but to go ahead and...

Shave his head!

We finally get to church and of course you can't help but notice his bald head. I can't keep from laughing to tell what happened. He tells the guys this is the new look for the Myrtle Beach trip. Like they're gonna shave their heads. I don't think so.

No cursing. No beatings (although I dare him to try that one.. there is an iron skillet in the pantry). Yes, I'm still alive. No, he didn't grab the clippers and shave my head. Although I won't ask him to trim my hair just in case he decides to sneeze and accidentally take a chunk out.

He went ahead and shaved his head tonight before he left for work. It's as smooth as a newborn baby's behind. I wonder if he'll keep it that way?

Sad day..lost my best friend

Sir Rockingham of Chandler

The day I've been dreading finally came. The past several months Sir Rockingham of Chandler has steadly gone down hill. To keep him here when he was suffering was not fair to him. I was being selfish. He could no longer go on walks as his back legs would give out. At 110lbs I couldn't carry him back to the house. He was unable to stand and eat so he dumped his food bowl and plopped on the floor.

He was my protector. I felt safe with him here when Charles was working the 11:00pm-7:00am shift. I knew no one was going to get in and go out alive if he didn't know you. He would get so excited when company came over. He didn't know the strength of his own tale. He loved peanut butter. Peanut butter dog biscuit sandwichs. Peanut butter spread on his dog bones.

Rest in peace my friend. You earned it.

Dixie

Change is in the air

Yes 2009 is the year of change. Not only for our nation, which everyone seems to be focused on, but on a personal level as well. I'm one of those who say that every January only to see December roll around and nothing has changed or very little.

In a nutshell...border line diabetic..weight related. After discussing it with the Dr we've decieded to give it a couple of months to see if I can loose some weight and not have to deal with the daily hassle of diabetes. Proud to say I'm finally out of the roaring 200's into ONEderland. Results of bloodwork due on Tuesday.


I worked on the Batik 1/2 square triangles for a block swap at Sew Many Swaps. 2 sets done. 2 more to go. I might change it to 6. If I do, I have to get one more piece of Batik as you have to use different fabric in each set. I plan to use them with some Batik Rolling Stones blocks I've have. They're from a block swap I did a couple of years back. I'm going to include the Rolling Stones in the UFO Challenge I'm going to join. Trying to get my projects finished. Trouble is trying to narrow it down to 15.

Scott and Danica's wedding is 13 days away. Everything is done. Cheri, brides mother, had everything done before Thanksgiving. The only thing on the agenda was call the caterer with the tally. I wish I was as organized as she is. Now we wait for the day to arrive. Praying we don't have snow or ice to deal with. Between families and friends of the bride and groom The small wedding blossomed into close to 275 guests.

The goal to read the bible through in a year hit a snag. I was doing good till January 13th. I'm using the Change your Life Daily Bible. It's dated so I can easily stay on track or so I thought. I'll have to read 2 days each day this week.

Picked up the car at the body shop from our near death experience. We were headed to church last Sunday going 55 mph down the road. A black SUV is waiting for the light to turn. He saw a car turn right out of the corner of his eye and thinks his light has changed. He proceeds into the intersection. Only by the grace of God and his strength was Charles able to move the car enough to get a glancing blow and not T-bone the guy. Big SUV Escalade...little Chevy Impala...death or serious injury for sure. A glancing blow that caused $2100 in damages. I can't begin to imagine what a T-bone hit would have done. More than likely the car would have been totaled with serious injuries and or deaths involved. Sure has put things into a different perspective for us.

Lots more good things to come in the days ahead. Stay tune.

First post of 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Did you stay up to ring in the new year? We went to some friends house to celebrate 2008 and ring in a new year. As usual there was way more food than should have been. We laughed till tears ran at the stories told. Course we never get together without playing cards or dominos. The countdown began, the horns went off and confetti filled the air. We wished everyone a Happy New Year and headed home. Only thing is it wasn't 2009 yet at least not in Southern IN. We had to leave early as Charles had to get up at 5:15am to go to work. I on the other hand got to stay in bed till 7:00am.

I spent New Year's day with some gal friends. We ate breakfast at Denny's in Oakland City before we traveled to Washington, IN to The Stitching Post for Mary Dell's New Year's Day 25% sale. I purchased some fabric I needed for the new mystery over at Quiltville .. Double Delight. I decided to go ahead and do the mystery in the color's as Bonnie had chosen.





I made my list for the U.F.O challenge. It stands for Un Finished Objects. I had a hard time coming up with just 15 projects I wanted to complete. They're in varius states of completion. One just needs to have the binding and hanging sleeve added. Some need to be assembled into tops so they can be quilted. Others just need to be quilted, the binding and hanging sleeve added.

Lot's of goals I want to accomplish this year. The usual loose weight...already down 14 lbs since the end of October, begin a strength training program. Walk a marathon....WHEN PIGS FLY!!!! Training begins Monday for the Cincinnati Flying Pig 1/2 marathon in May.

Today being the first day of a new year I thought I would begin my quest to read through the Bible in a year. I've started this many times but never made it through more than a few chaptes. I had gotten a Daily Bible a couple of years ago at a Thrive simulcast I went to with some ladies from church. It's dated so as long as I stay in it everyday I'll be able to find my place and finish in a year.

I want to memorize scripture so when the need arises, I can recall what God's word has to say. Beth Moore has begun the 1st & 15th Siesta Scripture Memory team. Today is day 1 and if I'm going to participate I need to get my 1st versus written on spiral bound notecards.

I'm headed into E'ville to pickup my nephew from the movies. Then it's off to pack and bed.

Blessings,

a little of this and a little of that

Now I know my life is not by any means boring. I can't believe I haven't posted anything since September. Gee wiz. What is up with that? Actually I can't seem to get the words from my head to flow through my fingers. When I type it out it sounds silly. When I read other blogs it, their lives sound so interesting.

So what have I been up.... a little of this and a little of that.

The this....

Finished the Evansville 1/2 marathon 6:29 minutes faster than last year. 1 goal accomplished. I really want to finish the race in 3 hrs 30 minutes or less. But in order to do that I should have trained for it. I didn't. It became apparent I wasn't going to be able to accomplish that goal so I modified it and the goal became to finish faster than last year. 2007 time was 3:56:59. 2008 time was 3:50:30. 2009 promises to be a better and faster year.

I've been doing water kickboxing at the YMCA twice a week. I love it!!! I go in the evening after work since I'm too lazy to get out of bed in the mornings. Actually I could if I wanted to. I could if I went to bed early enough. I could if I actually slept more than a few hours at a time. Excuses. Excuses. It's the truth. I'm no sleeping very well lately. I'm in dire need of an appointment with the chiropractor to straighten my neck/shoulder problem.

Princess McKinley is 6 mths old. She is eating cereal and sweet potatoes. Hates green beans. She is sitting up and will soon be pulling up and walking. She is the apple of her mommy and daddy's eyes.

Peanut (aka Dylan) is 4 months old. He's wants to sit up and check out what is going on all the time. His formula he's on is finally agreeing with him. He's a much happier baby now. He's beginning to twist and turn so it won't be long and he'll be rolling over.

All my family was at our house for the Thanksgiving excpet my niece Aimee and her family. It was nice having everyone here. A lot of work for one day but well worth it.

The that...

I've got to get on my holiday shopping. Not much to do in the shopping department this year. It will take me all of a couple of hours. After all...how exciting can toys for big boys (who no longer believe in Santa) be. But look out next year. Nana and Papaw will be busy busy shopping.

Charles has been busy practicing for the Christmas musical at church. That is one thing he really misses from our former church. He sang at lot of special music which he hasn't got to do at our new church. Not that the opportunity isn't there. His work schedule has changed and it just hasn't worked out to where he can.

2009 promises to be as eventful as 2008. Our oldest son Scott is getting married January 31st. His future wife is a sweetheart. She so loves my son. He's her knight in shining armour. What more for a mate could a mother ask for.

I've been contemplating my goals for 2009. I'll be finalizing those in the coming weeks. I know of one big event in the works for 2009. I can't reveal it yet till it's confirmed but it promises to be HUGE!

It's late. Charles just got home from work. 12 hrs today. 16 hrs tomorrow. Wintery weather is in the forcast for tomorrow. I best try and get some sleep.

Good night