Sharon Elizabeth

My sister Sharon is expecting in May. I hope with all my heart delivery goes well for her and that baby Justice is healthy. Sharon has not really had any direction in her life of 21 years but I feel that this baby girl will help show her what strong love can endure, and make her wish to break out and conquer a great life that will make her proud. I don't feel like Sharon realizes just how very beautiful and charming she is. I Love Sharon and hope some day she realizes how wonderful she is and that there are no limits to what she can do.

I have a sexy coffee pot

Friday night after submerging my coffe pots lid into soapy bleach water to remove the coffee stains, I went to remove the lid. The lid would not come out of the caraf for some reason. Easily it went into the caraf but as I strugled to pull the lid out the caraf broke and I cut my hand very bad. Should have had stitches put in but I seem to be a bit hard headed when it comes to going to the doctor. Later on my sweatheart and I were in Anderson shopping. He picked up a new coffee pot, stainless steel, and explained he was buying it for me so I would never cut myself again on a coffe caraf. I have never had anyone make such a gesture. So while he and my son Austen poked fun at me at how I kept my hand up right pressed against my chest all night and the next day to help ease the pain, on the flip side spoiled me in an unecessary way. Donny Mohn, if you are reading this, Thank you for spoiling me in so many ways. I feel very blessed indeed. I love my Sexy new Coffee pot!!!

A start of something good

Saturday morning, March 14, I envited some ladies over for a brunch. I provided mimosa and strawberries. Angel Fields brought a delicious breakfast casserole and croissants. There were four of us all together and we all had a wonderful time. I tried this many many years ago, but believe my kids were too small and the timing just did not work out. With many hopes I wish for this to be a wonderful beginning to something that becomes a habit to us once a month. 10 am till 12 pm. Something short and sweet unless planned otherwise. Just a short get away for us ladies to talk about unimportant things or important things, no rules, just relaxing before continuing our saturday chores. The biggest decision being pajamas or not pajamas. :O) I hope Kelly, Heather and Angel will extend invitations and we will grow and all will make new friends. Friends are definately the flowers in our garden of life and you can never have too many. I am thankful for these 3 ladies. I do not know Kelly well but her sister Heather is a wonderful woman and I am sure I will grow as fond of her friendship as I am of her sisters. Heather has really helped me through some tough times in the past few years and I love her dearly. I am very lucky she was brought into my life. Angel is a very dear friend that I met through our sons recreational activities before they were in school. We always have a great time whenever we are together, kids or no kids. So cheers to our new getaway project and I look forward to the day in April when we do it again.

My Son, Austen

Today I am Blue'er than Blue. My oldest son is really sowing wild oats. Two years ago, Austen refused to go back to the house his dad lives with his girlfriend. The only time he sees his father is at a sporting events at the school which David attends to occasionally. He has told his father, he would spend time with him if it is only him and Blake. David chooses not to creat such a scenario. This hurts my heart and obviously Austen as well. He is venting through the wrong way, and getting into trouble. It is a constant battle for me. Another event today has my heart very heavy, to the point that the tears are behind my eyes. What am I doing. I can not provide him the luxuries that some have, but that is certainly not an excuse for we, Austen, Blake and I are very blessed in the life that we live. I know the Lord is watching over us and only allows what I can handle and what will help me to grow. It is times you need Faith the most when Faith seems the hardest. All I can do is hope that my great disappointment and the tough love I must show for a while during Austen's restriction, will help him to see and want to change. I continue to tell myself, even happily married couples with teenagers have troubled teens, but even then I can not help but pick apart every movement, every word and every choice that I make. For truely I am my greatest critic. I must remind myself of Faith, Faith that all is well, things can always be worse, and Faith that one day Austen will be a great Man, Learn from all mistakes, and then I will sigh relief and look back at today and simply say: Thank You Lord.

SNOW

Old Man Winter demanded attention March 1, 2009. I honestly did not believe that is was going to snow. WoW! It was beautiful as it fell from the sky. Brings out the kid in me. Had to run out and catch the snow flakes on my tongue! So Fun! There are trees along my property dividing me from my neighbors, they are laying heavy with the frozen snow. The back yard, we were lucky. I have two huge "Christmas" trees. The one I worried about stands tall this morning, but the other split in the center. The one side that fell to the ground came 2 feet from our house and only 1 foot from our heating and air unit. I do not know when it fell. We lost power about 7:30 pm Sunday night till about 4 am Monday morning. I Thank the Lord for watching over us and I pray that no one was hurt or indured any damage during the night. I am staying indoors till afternoon, then will head to town. Hoping the morning sun will melt the ice off the trees, and hoping my brother will be willing to come over with the chain saw once the world around us warms up.

March 1st

I am hoping that March brings excitement and that during the times when my boys are near that time will slow down and allow each moment to last longer than on any other day. Time will spring forward and that always brings a joy to my heart. I love the spring and summer and the time change only means that warmer weather is just around the corner. Which only brings fun in the sun by the lake, river, mountain streams, etc. What a lazy day it is today. Cold and raining. The boys are gone and I sit here playing on the computer with no motivation to take care of anything that I need to. Just day dreaming of the warm days ahead and trying not to make more plans than I can accomplish.