NEW YEAR'S EVE

Last year New Year's Eve was a quiet family affair. We were home with our son, and one of our married daughters and her husband. We had enjoyed playing cards and games at the kitchen table while waiting for midnight. At around 11:30 pm we went into the living room to watch TV and see Dick Clark celebrate being alive another year. We had our sparkling grape juice to toast with, as our son is only 14, and we waited as the clock counted down to end 2006. After the quick toast, the two couples gave each other a kiss. While kissing, we all heard our son's deep voice in the background in a tone reminiscent of Eeyore slowly saying, "I need a girlfriend!" We all cracked up! Since then whenever times get too quiet or dull, we repeat the phrase and enjoy a new chuckle. I hope 2007 is a blessed year for you and yours. May God's love be with you.

THE MISADVENTURES OF PAPA IN THE BATHROOM

How this blog came about. My husband is a very private person. (Those who know him will realize what an understatement this is. :) I tease him all the time. Anything he does out of the ordinary, he always threatens me with "You better not tell anybody about this!" I am not a very private person, or we would not be here right? So, once in a while I tell our kids one of the funny things their Dad had done or messed up, etc. much to his chagrin. He along with millions of American men think of the bathroom as "the reading room." Well, in our little bathroom next to our bedroom, the vanity is evidently comfortably close to the throne. On some of his middle of the night trips, Papa manages to fall asleep with his head resting on the edge of the vanity. You can imagine what a dent he wakes up with in his forehead! The first time I repeated this to the kids I know he wanted to sink under the table. But the laughter was contagious and he just had to join in. One day we went into Wal-Mart Vision center because his glasses frames had broken. Our budget was rather tight at the time; so, he was afraid of the cost of having to get a complete new set of glasses. The lady assisted us and found a frame that matched his. When she walked away to repair the glasses, I looked over and Papa was almost teary eyed with joy because he could get his glasses that day. I started laughing and he immediately said, "Don't you dare tell anyone!" I looked at him and said, "I am not only going to tell someone, I am going to tell EVERYONE!!!" So, now I have. :)

CELEBRATIONS

Celebrated Valentine's Day with husband, son, daughter and my Mom. Son-in-law had to work. :( Will be celebrating again in a couple of days, daughter is turning the big 30. At least she thinks it is a big milestone. Having long past it, the "big" part is laughable to me. Several things amaze me, two are time and light. Time can linger so that a moment feels like a lifetime. Yet 20 years seem to go by overnight when you look back. I remember the day my daughter was born. I was filled with unspeakable joy. She is still a joy, most days anyway:). I hope she enjoys her birthday, and each and every day.
God bless all our children.

Questions?????

Have you ever been plagued by questions? Questions about life, about death, about God. Questions about religion, the Bible? Most of us have questions every day of our lives. Sometimes we think if we can just come up with the right question everything will be clear to us. Sadly, it won't. When I was younger, I used to love to ask questions of my teachers, "Why?" of my pastor, "Who were those folks living east of Eden?" Of course it lead to lively discussion, but no answers exist. Seems that part of being human is having faith. We have faith that tomorrow the sun will come up, again. We have faith that there will be air to breath. We have faith in everyday things without even thinking about it. But there are no promises. God gave us today, now, right this moment. Each one is to be treasured, enjoyed, and enriched as if our last. Death may be a door to a new beginning as we have all heard, but God did not say we should treasure our life here on earth less because there is more to come. Be kind to each other, say hello, smile. Won't cost you a thing. :)

Just Cool

Hey, this must be contagious!! My best friend decided she had to start a blog also. She is way cooler than me, but I am kinda prejudiced in my opinions about her. :)
Trying to get things together to do taxes, ugh. Daughter is teaching me how to do coupons; so, spent some time cutting them this afternoon. Still have not decided about the public or private issue, will keep it public until I make up my mind. Can write differently if only for certain folks to read obviously.
We homeschool our son; he is the only child of four still living at home. Others, girls, grown and gone (not very far). Because of all the comings and goings due to my step-Dad's passing, our household has not been stable enough for him to get a lot of studying in lately. Back to normal workload today. He gripes in the beginning, but is so proud when he is through. Sweet kid.
Gotta go.

Back again. Listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd, the best of? Takes me back. To a simpler time? No, just to a younger time. Other nights it may be Nora Jones, Elvis, or whatever hits my eclectic fancy. Am trying to decide if this will be a public or private blog. Daughter started having seizures again this week. Had been almost gone for several months. Hopefully just stress related due to move, job start-up here, and DP's death. Trying new meds. Do more tests. Keep going. Pray.

Still Crazy After All These Years!!

Am just beginning this Internet journey, don't yet know where it will lead. The real life road has has many twists and turns; so, I imagine this will as well. Currently dealing with the death of a loved one, my step-Dad. Will be much worse for Mom. We have our times of being close and then not. Our dance will continue as the music changes.

Who am I? I am not "politically correct," stupid phrase if I ever heard one! I am not rich or famous or influential. I am a child of God, believer in Jesus, mother, wife, daughter, and friend. Sometimes I do stupid things, some days I get by pretty well with God's grace. I am willing to wait and see what tomorrow may bring. Until then...