Aren't the pansies just beautiful? This is down the road at the neighbor's house. Just a few years ago this house caught fire Christmas Eve night and the older gentleman stayed at home that night and let his 8 older children and wife go on to Mass. He died in the fire.

They have done a beautiful job fixing this old house up.

House pix

This is the front of my house. This is where we were putting old rocks around the side of the porch. I actually like the natural look of this...Can you see the tulips blooming?

Back to the "drawing" board...

The past couple of days I have actually been working in the sewing room! YAY! I have completed 3 tops and am finishing the 4th one.

Tomorrow our guild is having a Sew-In. I intend to go but I haven't yet decided what I will work on. Actually, my mind is kind of divided as we are leaving Monday for vacation.

xoxo

A year past....

It occurred to me yesterday that it would be a year ago today that I had my last ambulance ride to the hospital for my mini-stroke, aka, TIA. When I woke the day after Father's Day, I got out of bed and promptly fell into the floor because I "had no legs". I sat there about 30 minutes before I scooted myself into the hall where I awakened Justin, my son, and he carried me to the couch where I called 911 and slurred my way enough so that the dispatcher knew I needed help.

After about 3 days in the hospital in fair condition, and months of Physical, Speech, and Occupational therapies, I slowly recovered to where I began.

That being said, I am grateful that today started out as any other day. The new treatment regime for the immune disorder, while makes me very tired, actually makes me feel better. I am grateful for the doctors at Vanderbilt for trying this on me. As I said last week to the Dr., "I don't feel like death on a cracker".

Moral of the story, while true, is:

Never take for granted your days. Love hard, play hard, and forgive easy.
xoxo

Father's Day

Today is Father's Day. And while my dad and I haven't had the best relationship, I still wanted to see him for a little while today. So...I went his church today. Then, I took my husband out for a nice lunch. Does a nap ever call to you in the afternoon? Well, today it did...not unlike most days!

I hope everyone had a good day.

We are going on vacation next Monday, the 28th to Williamsburg, VA. It is such a historic town, and I got a great price on the room! The drive will be long and tiring, but well worth it. And Virginia Beach is only about an hour away!


PS. This is a picture of Tommy teaching Athena how to read!
xoxo

post Memorial Day

I hope that everyone had a great holiday. Memorial Day means a lot to me. America means a lot to me. If you get annoyed at those who always try to salute the flag, I am one of those annoyances. There are several military folks in my family, though I myself was too short to join when I was a young woman. Can you imagine that? What makes it even harder to believe is that I was borderline too skinny! If you could just see me now....haha...:)

Justin and Rachel came over, and Bob grilled brats and hot dogs. Even if we hadn't eaten, it is just nice to have the kids over. If Meighan, Toby, Tommy, and Athena could have been here, I think I would have flown from just sheer happiness.

My sewing room; a disaster at the moment. I can't even get into it. Maybe tonight the boys will help move things about so that I can at least reach my sewing machine. All the household changes require changes for me, so I am trying to find a little niche for me to be creative.

xoxo