Complete

I mentioned a new project here.

Then showed our helper here.

Glad to say that the project is complete and we now have three plants planted (two on the far side and one on this side).  Glad that we will get at least two summers of fruit from this project before we have to say goodbye to this land.

Namaste.

Helping Papaw

Doesn't matter what Papaw does - he has to be right there with him.

If Papaw is digging up dirt, so is he... with a little bit smaller tool, of course.

Namaste.

Another Purge

Finally got around to purging / organizing another area.

This one was simply because I needed to put away a dish...Yeah, that was fun.

I did find a piece of glass from where "something" got broke.

Since the rest of the evidence is gone and this is a cabinet that houses things that I don't use very often.

Yep, no idea what got broke or who did it.

I only got rid of six things (if you count the broken piece of glass - I do), but in my defense - I only went through one shelf of the cabinet...Not the whole thing.  :)

 

Namaste.

April 30th

On April 30th, my little girl is no longer a teenager.
MBB will say she never was - she is 9 years old with 11 years experience.
I could say that she is six, since that is how many birthdays I have been around for. :)

She is now a beautiful young lady with two wonderful boys of her own.

I am truly blessed that she was born in my heart...

Namaste.

Wow!

I have mentioned a few times that we have been going through some rough stuff lately.
I try not to dwell on it too much, just mention it as a reason why I don't always blog...
Cause...
Well...
No one really wants to read negative stuff all of the time.

But, our trend seems to be continuing.

Not!
A!
Good!
Thing!

Friday, MBB heard a big bang and found a mess outside our front door.
Apparently, a car had just run through my flower bed (the big one that was just built last summer), through one of the posts (you know, the ones holding up the ROOF over our patio) and stopped just shy of our house.

Monday, my world (and then MBB's) got ranked upside down, sideways, all around.

So, I am going to blog.
I am going to try to not focus on it everyday (at least on the blog).
I am going to try to process as quick as I can (at least on the blog).

I thought getting hit by a tornado was bad (Thank God for insurance).
I thought some challenges we went through with MaBell were bad (Thank God for love).
I thought having to open two different police reports for things being stolen from my home was bad.
I thought having to put my kid in a Boarding School was really bad (Thank God for love and patience).
I thought a busted pipe in my rental property was bad (Thank God for insurance).
I thought having my patio being ran into was bad (see above - Thank God for insurance).

BUT -
Having my work shut down the entire campus and relocate everyone either to Texas or Michigan.
Yeah...I have no words.
Still.

Over the last two years, I have realized:
 - Insurance is awesome
 - Patience is underrated
 - Love is strong
 - Relocation is better than unemployment, especially when retirement is right around the corner
 - My husband is amazing and is definitely the right man for me

Namaste.

Struggling...

Ever struggled with something?
Something that everyone else things is minor and no big deal?
That just continues to drive you crazy?

For me: it's the dilemma of whether I should put a copywrite on my photos...

I am not a professional, but I am very proud of my photos.
I take all of the photos of my kids (ok, so half of MaBell's Senior photos were taken by a pro and half by me) and my grandkids.  If I could have figured out how to take my own wedding pictures, I would have.

But I tend to get a little irritated when I see one of my photos on someone else's page as it was their picture. I hear this voice in my head screaming...   :(

I guess what is minor to one, may be major to another.
And this is VERY major to me.

I guess I'll get over it...
But it does make me want to be more stingy with my photos or not take them at all.

Namaste.

Some More Fun...

Looks like we get to work with another insurance company on some fun repairs.

Luckily, it isn't with our insurance company.

Thankfully, the car stopped before it hit the house.

Namaste.

Upcoming Project?

We are going to make this...

Look like this...

By using these...

Because of these...

Namaste.

Yumminess!

Played around with a new drink...
But it needs a name...

Cup of skim milk
Tad of chocolate syrup
More than a tad of Bourbon Cream

Yumminess!

Namaste.

Purging another "area"

It's been awhile, but I decided to finally work on another "area": the bottom of the pantry.

I didn't get any pics though because I was too disgusted with all of the mouse crap (literally) and just pitched the stuff! 

Things that I remember pitching:
A white bag with mouse holes (multiple bags actually)
A Bengal cooler covered in syrup

Broken syrup bottle
Tray
Empty wrappers
Who knows what else...

I don't know that I pitched 15 items, but I do know that everything that was pitched - goodbye and good riddance!

Namaste.