Thursday Thoughts

Hubby informed me that I have not blogged for over a week..SO I informed him...what has been going on for me to write about? Hm..no answer from the hubby side lines..SO...I thought I would just sit down here and see if ANYTHING comes out of this normal non stressed brain..Yeap...I am normal and YES my stress level has been just wonderful lately. Guess that is something VERY good to talk about. I am so enjoying my life right now. I am not worrying about a thing and hope that it stays that way forever!! Would be fine with me!!

The house has still not sold..nor have we even shown it in months...but I am not worried about this either. God is in this just like HE was when we moved down here all those years ago. It was the RIGHT thing at that time and God knows when the right thing for us is coming..WE don't always know and sometimes, like now, I am just fine with that.

My parents are back home and doing fine...GREAT NEWS!! Kids are all great..that I know about. Two grands off to college this year. Boy!! They have grown up fast. The little ones are off to 4th grade, 3rd grade and 5th grade. One left in high school too...so everyone is great. Our grands here are not back in school yet. They don't go until September 1st...My hubby's BIG BIRTHDAY!!

Mikey is going to be 65!! How did that happen? Boy I wish that I knew. He is all signed up for Medicare and my time comes in January of 2010...I think he is quite happy to be this age. Age is just a number anyway...I think it is how you feel.

This afternoon I am meeting some friends from CURVES and we are off to see "Julie and Julia". I have heard that it is good and sounds like a girly movie!!

It has been raining here off and on all morning. Nice gentle rains which are great!! My flowers are so loving it this year. Some of them are so bushy and tall and really need cut back..but not quite yet...I am still having gardenias too..Love them and their great scent.

We have a back porch of birds anymore. There are so many of them and we all love seeing them..One night we were eating and 2 hummingbirds just flew up to our back patio door and just hovered there looking at us...SO...we got a hanger for them and now they come about twice and day and feed right there so we can see them...We both love birds..Annie, our cat has her own CAT TV now to watch!!

One of our cute hummingbirds

I am still making purses. Just finished one this morning and have another one just about done. The linings are the hardest part for me but am learning how to do each one a little better than the one before..at least I think so.

Well, looks like I have thought of some things. Love being with my grands here. They have so many questions..Like yesterday Maddie asked me if Gpa and I had a will yet...Where does that come from a 10 year old mind? We got into talking about creamation and stuff like that. Garrett said he knew what that was...he is so direct.."Gma, that is when they burn you right?" See he knows. He is quite the prankster and jokester.

Hope all is well in all of your parts of our great and exciting world. How fun to live now with so many things going on!! Each day holds a new mystery of its own..

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Thought for the day: "Remember...say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person will soon grow up and leave your side..."....sad thought!!

Finally Old Timers

Yeap, I guess you can now call this couple here at this home in Georgia...officially OLD!!

WE went yesterday to the Social Security office and stood in line just to get in...Finally got in and took our number. Waited some more (I knitted while we waited). We were finally called to our person and was so happy that we got the very same SWEET lady that we got when I went in back in the Spring!! She is so knowledgeable!! Mikey is now officially a Medicare recipient!! We hope that our country can keep Medicare rolling or well we are going to be in a BIG MESS of problems..One day at a time. Our next step is for him to sign up for Social Security at the beginning of next year...I also will sign up for Medicare then too!! We sure have been together and LONG LONG time now. Something that still gets me is that my parents have lived long enough to see at least ONE of their two children go on Social Security!! How funny is that??? Just tickles me for some reason!!

If you live here in the good ole' US of A and getting close to this "Magic" time of your lives, you should go find out all that you can very soon. It is quite complicated..or at least I think so. I don't know why they want to make it so!! I think the government thinks that if we complicate it then the Older Gang will not get what they really need and just die! SMILE!! I am so afraid that someday we will see OLDER FOLKS living in tent cities just to make it!! Seriously!!

I did not tell you about the weird dream that I had about 2 weeks ago. Maybe it will sound silly to you but it has really stuck in my mind. I remember that I was fighting someone..like they were trying to get me to settle down. I remember looking at the wall and saw a calendar that said 2050!! I then realized that I was OLD. People were trying to get me to be ...GOOD!! I settled down. My next thought wat that makes our youngest daughter in her 70's..wow!! Then it was over...just like that. I have never seen numbers in my dreams and don't know what to think about it..but it was a different sort of dream for me!! For SURE!!

Just washing today and going to work this afternoon...some dream day right? Well yes someday that might turn out to be a dream day for me!! (read above)!! Smile!! I don't have a lot of work this month but next month watch out!! I am going to be a busy gal!! I LOVE working at CURVES because I like the people so much!! They are all so sweet!!!

Off to get some work done this morning!! Another HOT one here for us!! What is new..

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Thought for the day: definition of wrinkle: "Something Other people have similar to my CHARACTER LINES!!"

My Dad's 91st birthday

Dad's LOVE of Burger King!!

Dad turned 91 yesterday!!! How about that for good gens!!?? He is the last of his family still alive. His brothers all passed away some years back with a bad heart and cancer but Dad just keeps movin' along!! Smile!!

He has lost some of that witty spark that he always had and has some problems with his memory but other than that he seems to be doing good. Sure he has developed some things that bug my mother...which it would me too..but I guess for "better or for worse" is what she has to remember now!!

Dad is 6 years older than mother and of course that does not help sometimes either. Dad was a farmer so was always working as far back as I can remember of course. Now he is definitely "retired" and likes it that way. He likes others to wait on him so I guess that is complete retirement.

This past week he passed his driver's test once again. This time I was completely surprised. Remember they live in a very small town and it is easy to get around in. He takes his test once a year now. I know this gives him the independence that he wants but I also do worry a little bit about that. I can understand about having to give up independence. I would not like that at all. He is a good driver. When he stops...he really stops!! We are not going anywhere..Smile!!

Last night his friends gave him a party...Here are some pictures...

He blew out his 4 candles!!

We had a good time having them here for 2 months. Tried to talk to Dad about some things but I think that the older you get the more stubborn and set in your ways you get. I just hope to learn some lessons from this and not do that myself!! Every day we learn new things..new choices to make...new lessons in this life!! If we learn them then I think we need to learn to use them in our lives...

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Thought for the day: "Some minds are like concrete, throughly mixed and permanently set"

Thursday Thoughts

Took this picture in Missouri

Once again the week has taken off and kind of left me behind in the dust!! These days, weeks and months are just flying by...Even the young kids see it!! Hm!! Wonder what is coming? Any idea??? Smile!!

Been a great week here finally being back home and enjoying my house and all that it provides for me. Have you ever just sat and thought about how wonderful it is to live in a house? I know that I have and would love to continue living here but economy is saying differently to us. It is back on the market through a website this time. HOpefully this will work this time. Husbands can only work so long and for that matter so can wives..We soon tucker out and it is time to try to figure out a new way to live. Too bad that old people have to consider this and try to think of what they are going to do. We are praying about it and we both know that God will show us a way for sure.

Our home

My home is not the fanciest but it is cool in the summer and toasty in the winter. It has a great roof that covers us and protects us from storms. It is a place where I store my STUFF and boy do I love stuff. I am trying to go through things and get rid of what I can. It is so so hard to do. If something falls off a shelf and breaks now I put it in the trash!! It is very hard for me to do but i can do it!! Our home provides a place where my hubby knows he can come home at night to a good hot meal and be able to take a warm shower and relax for the rest of the night. So many things that our homes provide for us..I think we take it for granted sometimes.

I have been lining purses this week. Tootsie and I are going out this morning to do some things that she needs doing and also get me some more linings. I am trying to think of how to decorate these purses. I would love to sell them. It would help us a lot but getting a base to work from is hard. I remember when I sold macrame' when it was popular back in the 70's. I had a wonderful business going!! Would love for it to do that again..but who knows...just keep trying!!

Two new purses..One is a bag and the other a clutch

Both of my parents passed their drivers license yesterday!! WOO HOO!! Dad will be 91 Friday and Mother just turned 85. I knew that Mother would pass but was wondering about my dad. Each year that he passes is something to be sure!!

Mikey is working really well this week. We are just blessed here!! I think he is glad to be at work. I have been pooped all week. I told him that I was just a wimp..for sure that is me. I start back working at Curves this Friday...

The news has not been exactly wonderful lately. So many people dying in such tragic ways. Horrible. I think I would be better off never hearing this stuff...but my love of TV continues...

Annie is glad that we are home. She follows us all over the house just to make sure we are still here. She is a quiet gentle kitty!!

Here she in on our un-made bed!!

Off with Tootsie this morning!! I am a blessed woman!!

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Thought for the day: Definition of an adult: "A person who has stopped growing on both ends and is now growing in the middle!!" Pretty true..right???

Home Once Again!!

This dog was happy waiting for his master at the Steak N' Shake in Illinois
He was rewarded with a hot dog!!

We had a wonderful trip this time but now we are back to reality and back home!! We drove well over 2000 miles...Oh I mean Mikey drove over 2000 miles. We had the best weather because in Illinois and Missouri they were having their coolest summer in some 150 years or something like that.

We arrived home yesterday afternoon after stopping in Atlanta to see the McCoys (daughter and family). They were there seeing the Atlanta things but not having the best of times because of the weather. It just keeps raining. Guess that our area has been having rain a lot. Like right now it is pouring down, but it is nice since it is so HOT here!!

We had such a great time, seeing old friends..some that we had not seen in years, Old neighbors, long time ago church friends and just reconnecting.

My last blog (I know i am way behind) showed some sweet old friends meeting us a a wonderful Italian restaurant in Normal, Illinois. We used to live in Normal. That is an interesting name of a town to live in. Many jokes happen over that when you say where you are from.

We got my parents back home and now they are settled back into their apartment and life style once more.

I think this was one of our best trips because of all the old friends. Two couples I forgot to get a picture of. We were deep into conversation with both of them and it just slipped my mind for some reason. Too much talking!! Smile.

We are glad to be at home now. Savannah is our home!!

Off to church now!! Mikey is already there. He has to usher both services tonight. I would say that I will be around to see you but I am so behind in so many things right now..Give me some more time. I have missed seeing how everyone is. I know that we went past a lot of you too...I waved at Denise as we went through Chattanooga!!



Here are a few of our old friends:



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