29 April 2009

Happy birthday to my Daddy. I miss him so...... Today he would have been a whopping 68 years old, if that ****ed cancer hadn't have gotten him first.

Daddy, I love and miss you.

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Today, I'm noticing I am getting W-A-Y off the path where I am supposed to be. Life has gotten out of hand and out of control. I need to get back to where I was and stop thinking such frivolous silly thoughts. So I need to get back to basics with my life, and deal with outstanding influences in a different manner. My husband and family need to be first and foremost, only after God, who I have also been neglecting. My manner of life this past month has been me, me, me... and I simply cannot do this anymore. I've come to a realization. Not to allow outside influences enter your life, cause Satan will surely get you and drag you under if you do.

Guard your family with everything you've got. They are the most important thing you have. You can do without washers and dryers, and cell phones. You can even live with out vehicles or owning your own home, but you cannot live without family and those that love you as much as you love them.

Guard the precious ones withyour life. Guard your relationship with them as you would your own body and soul.

Without your family, you are nothing but a shell, a mere existence in this world.

Note to MY family:

I promise and intend to guard you with everything I have. To love you and teach you and grow with you. I love and cherish you.

My family.

Good morning.

Days like this deserve to be pondered upon and enjoyed with a steaming cuppa coffee, and a rocking chair, contemplating on the days events after sunrise.

I am sending this thought to those of you with rushed lives and days ahead.

Just take a few minutes to yourself, have a cuppa coffee, tea, or whatever it is you like, and enjoy the serene beauty and stillness.

Don't we deserve at least that uch before beginning our day?

Peace and blessings be your today and every day.

25 April 2009

I'm coming today with a bit of a heavy heart. I had to more or less "lay down the law" with someone very near and dear to me this morning. It hurt my heart to say the things I had to say, but I think in the end, it may make things work for the better. At least I hope so. I only hope and pray he reads his email, cause we cannot get him to answer phone calls or even his door when someone is knocking.

On the other side of life, spring is in bloom finally around here.... when I walk out my front door, I can smell the beautiful lilac bushes that are almost in full bloom. Delicious.... simply delicious.

From the cherry tree in the front yard...

To the apple tree in the back yard....

At the side of our home is a single yellow flower. We wish Mom was still here to tell us what it is. It has tulip leaves, but it sure doesn't look like a tulip. It keeps getting larger and opens wider each day, blessing us with it's sunshine color.

All these things are so lovely and heart warming. I only can pray that my dear one will soften his heart and let us in. Pray with me, won't you?

Today's agenda is to wash laundry and get it hung out, maybe mow the yard, and be outside tending to the yard a bit. Do a little spring time spruce up while dh is at work. He wants to go get a load of wood this afternoon when he gets home, so I imagine we'll do that too.

I was contemplating seeing if our gd could stay the night tonight, but me with no sleep today, I'm not quite sure I would be in "Grandma-style" for an almost 2 year old. I'm afraid I may be a bit cranky. I may just clean the house... do a bit of spring cleaning around here.... I already have all the windows open and a lovely breeze is blowing through.

Yes, I think spring cleaning is on the agenda also. It will keep my mind off the issues at hand.

~Blessings~

Gabby

Here she is... the little Princess that waltzed into Grandma's heart almost 2 years ago, and finally got to come back today.

18 April 2009

Well, we had an interesting happening here today....

DH and DD went to the store to buy some things, and here comes DH back carrying our granddaughter we haven't seen in almost a year! The reason being that there was a large "family fall out" and our son thought he knew better than parents. He ended up having some trouble with the law and life has just not done him a bit of justice, one might say....

Anyway, he thought that he would hold it over our head to get his way, and not allow contact with our grandchild. Yes, it hurt, and yes, he was wrong, but there was nothing we could do.

Today, in the grocery store, DH ran into him, his wife and our gd. DS apologized and said that he owed all of us an apology. DH accepted his, and ended up getting to bring the little one home with him! He brought her in, and told me, "I found a heck of a deal at the store today!" and handed me the baby (almost 2 now...). She's a blond haired, blue eyed, little dimpled ball of energy.... and is absolutely beautiful!

I'm trying to get a pic to post, but she's too busy exploring and seeing and talking to the dogs to notice Grandma! LOL!

I did get one of the back of her as she was darting off again into the kitchen in search of whatever it is that almost 2 year old search for! LOL!

What a blessing to happen today!

The Lord is bringing them back....

April 17, 2009

From my house to yours.....

a visit.

And a talk.

Let me tell you about my day.

Just worked again last night. It was ok. I'm tired of working. I want a rich man to sweep me off my feet and let me NOT work! (Like I could stand that for more than 2 months...) LOL!

I finally got my discs in  the mail that I need for my video camera and to be able to post videos online for my grandson, Jacen. I want to read him books and talk to him. That way he can see me, and he'll know Grandma is always there with her "very favorite Jacen".

Now, I just have to find the time to read a book for him! See? There's that work thing interrupting again!

The children have a half day of school today. Why, I have no idea..... but DH can go pick them up at 11a, cause I plan on sleeping and dreaming. Dreaming has become an important part of my day lately. Seems to be the only way I can live and be what and where I want. I expect that though, and maybe someday.....

I really need to get off my duff and get some bread made around here. And cook some meals. I'm getting hungry for a meatloaf. Doesn't that sound good? Maybe this coming next few days (after tonight) I'll be able to.

Right now though, I am getting tired, and I have to be up again to be back at work by 6p. So I guess I'll close this for now, sending peace and love to all that visit.

 

Arpil 16, 2009

As my brain is trying to settle from the previous nights ummm, shall we say, extreme strangeness.....

Work was ok last night, at least no one had anything extreme happen, and everyone was rather calm.  I was text messaging a dear and wonderful friend most of the evening. That's how calm it was.

I need to get the children off to school, so I can go to bed. I'm getting rather tired, and dh isn't waking up from his 2nd shift last night to take them to school any time soon! :)

That's ok though. When I get back, I get to snuggle up to his warm bod, and doze off till work time again.

Things here at Hatfield House are going well. Nothing out of the ordinary. However, the city department is giving us a new sidewalk in front of our house, and they have the entire street blocked from one way or another! It is in such a disarry that I fell trying to come up the walk the other day. DH helped me up, and I laughed about it. What a sight I must've been..... tripping over my scrubs and flat down onto the concrete steps, dropping my prescriptions and keys to boot! LOL! Just skinned my ignorance more than anything.

We ran out of wood for heating, so we're having to resort to blankets and snuggly clothes! LOL! (And yes, we do have gas heat too, but I choose not to use it.)

Time to take the youngins to school, then time to hit the sack for me....

Have wonderful blessed days to you all that come and visit!

 

April 16, 2009

Ummm.... without divulging information here.......

was that real? Did it really happen?

And....... oh my goodness and merciful heavens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I KNEW IT! I JUST KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weirdness surrounds me sometimes.

I wish I could divulge the information that

I am so weirded-out about, but I cannot.

(It is very personal.)

April 11, 2009

Time passes more quickly with each year, it seems. Here it is almost Spring already! (I say almost because it's FREEZING out there right now!

I'm looking outside and I see bird feeders needing filled again, so my little sparrows can come and see me, and I see an almost depleted wood pile. We sure burned alot this year! I also see green grass where brown once was, and my little apple tree sprouting leaves and starts of buds (Yea!).

Good news!

I have recently gotten back in touch with a dear friend that I thought I had lost quite a few years ago. I won't lose him again.

Spring means a new beginning.

Remember that my friend.

Spring is a new beginning. Let it be one for you too.

I know that I don't have many readers, or should I say commenters.... but those of you that do read, will you take just a small minute and breathe a prayer to the Lord for my friend? There are some very trying times coming in the very near future, and choices to make that may seem overpowering and goals unattainable..... but please, if you will, just ask that the Lord send an army of angels to watch over him and to touch him? He needs God's loving hedge around him now... especially now.

Thank you and I send my blessings and deep felt gratitude to all of you....

April 1, 2009

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!!!

But are we fools? Some days I feel like one... and today was one of those days. Especially at supper time. DH had to work today 2nd shift, and I wanted to cook a good supper and get it to him. I planned on fried chicken, so I had the chicken thawing, and decided to finish up my dish towels I was embroidering on. So far, so good.....

Well, my darling hubby leaves, and children are home, so I want to make supper. I get things going and have 2 pieces of chicken in my fryer, and remember that I have laundry downstairs that needs folding. I go down to the laundry room to get it, when I see my new washer sitting cock-eyed on the  platform that dh has it on. It had spun itself right off the edge and was almost on the ground face first!  Not good... not good at all...... so I busy myself with pushing a full washer back onto it's platform, and re-spinning my clothes to be sure they are spun well before putting them into the dryer....

In the meantime, upstairs and in the kitchen, the chicken is turning a nice black color and beginning to have that texture that turns to ash when you touch it type of thing....... the kitchen is full of smoke, and the supper is a close disaster, my new washer was barely saved from a fatal injury, and I have two teenage girls sitting in the living room staring at the idiot box, oblivious to the smoke and fumes engulfing their heads......

Then I picked up my cell phone cause it said I had one missed call, and it was dh, so I called back, and asked why he called my cell.... well..... our house phone was turned off. (Guess I had better pay that pretty soon, eh?)

But...... on the good side.

We were able to scrape the really black ash off the chicken, and threw together a pretty good meal, which I took to dh at his job (and pray he has time to eat it!), told him about the washer wanting to walk away on its own, and  he's going to fix it tomorrow. And we will probably be able to get the phone back on tomorrow. I hope. (It's actually kind of peaceful right now! LOL!)

The kitchen is clean, along with the floor behind the stove and fridge (which we moved out cause of grease flying everywhere), I did finally finsh my dish towels, and laundry is complete for today. DS just went to bed after studying his spelling words, and dd is on my desktop computer, and dd#2 is upstarirs working on her schoolwork.

So, even though life may make you feel like  a fool sometimes.... always know that the Main Man above will pull you through, and make life a joke FOR you, not play a joke ON you.

God bless, and enjoy your day!