I took some pictures and video...
{forgive the picture quality....taken with my phone}
Couldn't believe that my child yelled out "I love you Justin Bieber" at one point.
That was only after she heard other girls saying it.
Geez...what do girls at my daughter's age know about love??
Silly, silly girls!
She is the one that I write for. One day I won't be here and I would love for her to have something to read to remember me by. Something special to hold onto.
{Especially since I would drive her nuts by blogging all the time.}
So in all reality, yes, I still do this for me but I'm doing it for my daughter and whether or not I get "followers" or "comments" shouldn't matter.
Who are you blogging for?
We also have the good Lord who has seen us through our trials and helped us through them and made us wiser and stronger because of them.
What keeps you grounded?
Then, a week and a half ago we found out that a close friend, Anna, lost her mom. It was completely unexpected and she went fast. From water in her lungs in the hospital to being released to go home to back in the hospital with pneumonia in a coma and passing away all in a 2 week period. She was only 63 yrs old.
Every week on Tuesdays, my friend, Jenny and I go over to visit Anna. Just our weekly visit for us girls to get together.
Jenny and I had gone in on flowers for Anna. So on Sunday, we wanted to stop by and visit Anna and give her the flowers from her "Tuesday girls" since we hadn't seen her since before her mom passed and wanted to let her know we love her and we are here for her.
Since Jenny was taking forever meeting me, I got bored and started goofing off with my phone.
Once Jenny got there, we realized Anna wasn't home at the time. So we just left the flowers on the porch for her.
Such a heartbreaking situation.
Then, this whole week I've been feeling "blah". You know when you eat out and aren't putting good foods in your body, your body starts to feel crappy, basically telling you to "knock it off and start eating right already"?! Yeah, that's how I've been feeling lately.
So how did I fix the problem?
I went walking again!
It felt so good to be out there too.
Oh yeah, and I'm cooking at home again.
It was such a lovely day though! I even saw this pelican....along with two others just moments later.
My husband will be leaving to go out of town here soon, so that may be putting me in a funk also.
Who knows.
I've really missed taking pictures too. I think it's time I find a location and pull out the ol' camera again.
Placerville is really sounding tempting right now.
Last night was the first rain of the season for us and well....as much of a Summer girl that I am, I'm actually enjoying this weather right now. It's perfect to just snuggle up on the couch with a pillow, blanket and a good movie.
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Now head on over to Cate's to see what's going on with others this weekend!
When my hubby and I started dating 17 years ago, things we're fabulous. Things couldn't have been better. We got engaged not more than 2 months after we started to date.
That's when it all went horribly wrong.
We were to get married in 1995. It never happened.....and ya know? I'm glad it didn't. We instead decided to wait. We weren't getting along, constantly fighting. At the same time, I was frustrated at first and complained, we waited. I waited 8 years to get married and I'm glad we did.
Through these years, my friends were constantly there by my side wondering why we still stayed together. They all thought it would never work. At times I was exhausted too but I love him.
Through these years my friends had their relationships. Some longer than mine. In the end, they all have gone separate ways from their spouses. It saddens me too. I feel this generation "plays house" and they just don't put their all into a relationship. Sure, there are those where there is abuse, physical or mental. I know. There are cheaters. The love is gone. All these things are legitimate reasons to leave. Absolutely. In fact, I wouldn't stay either. Other relationships struggle from other things. Things as simple as communication, lack of attention, household neglect, etc. Some people give up too easily. I feel people don't take marriage seriously anymore. Reason is, it can easily be removed with a divorce. That easy, per se.
I, on the other hand, got married, took my vows seriously and I plan to make this work. There are lots of my family members that have gotten divorces and I vowed to be the one to stop it in my family. I didn't want to be like that.
I sure love him!!
On a completely different subject, do you ever notice that every picture I post of my husband, he always has a San Jose Sharks hat and/or shirt on?! Can we just say "OBSESSED!" {lol}
Oh yeah....and don't forget to check out my giveaway here. I'll reveal the winner (if there is one) on tomorrow, Thursday.
Once we took off, I was watching where we were flying over and I was so excited cause we flew over our neighborhood!!! So of course, I had to take a picture. We live right smack in the middle of the picture! :D
My daughter and some other children got to be flight attendants and pass out goodies to all the passengers. How cool is that, huh?! She had fun too.See that man there (below) talking to my daughter? You see the back of her head. Well, he asked my daughter what her name was and because we taught her well, I bet you can't guess what her response was?
GIVEAWAY ALERT!
In fact.....I will give you a $15 Starbucks gift card, if you can guess what she said!
Our favorite ride at Epcot!
We had so much fun the first day, even though it was for a few short hours. We had no idea what was in store for us but we were so ready!
Now for that giveaway.........get guessing!!!
I was referred to this awesome book from Summer and I have to say, it is helping me!
I like to read but it's just really hard for me to find the time to actually sit down, relax and grab a book and indulge in it for a long period of time. That's why I took the time on vacation while I was on the airplane to read. I'm so glad I did.
I haven't put a dent in it. I'm going on the 4th chapter but in the chapters I have read, I have learned a lot and I have utilized it (with stumbles along the way) in my daily life.
In fact, while on vacation, I learned of something that really bothered me...A LOT! Without the book, I would have let it eat at me and just ruin my entire time on vacation but instead, after reading and learning a better way to handle things in a loving way, I have found myself handling the situation in a better way....God's way!
