As I gazed up at the sky tonight I noticed the clouds had begun to thin out just enough to see the stars. I saw Venus to my right, what a beautiful bright star she is! Suddenly the clouds parted just enough to see the moon as it shown down on our dark streets. The night time shadows receded back to tree line behind my house becoming thin gray circles. Bunnies playing across the fresh cut grass brings a smile to my face. All is well in our world.
Late at night when the world is quieter I like to sit on my front porch and ponder on life. It's easier to reflect on the day's past this way than to worry yourself during the day and accomplishing nothing in the long run.
Well I'm back on the canning kick again and so far I have put up 75 quarts of pickles. Next will be green beans and then salsa! Got to do salsa this year, my kids are dying for it and yes I'm using the same receipt I have posted here on a previous post! So if you haven't seen it look back and ye shall find! lol
Well folks tomorrows another day and that's the way I see it here in the Other Carolina State!
Thoughts
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Saturday, April 1, 2017
I remembered how to write......
Well now if this isn't a surprise! Me writing again??? Well I've got a story to tell my dears! What a story it is! You see I've been traveling quite a bit since the last we spoke. I've been from NC to ND then on to MS then back to NC back to MS and now we live in SC. Whew! That's a lot of traveling and Baxter the wonder dog has really been a trooper. We even got him a girl friend in all our travels. Her name is Zoey. Of course at first he was not too happy with his new partner in life but he soon warmed up to her. Now all is well in their world. Neither one can stand to be without the other. Although at times when Zoey is acting like a wild puppy, Baxter still gives me that look. You know the one that says " Just wait til you fall asleep I will eat your face off!" lol
Now that we live in SC I feel such a peace here. I'm back in the red dirt country where my roots have always firmly been planted. I'm two hours from my hometown and less than that from Atlanta. Best of all no more flying dinosaurs! lol If you remember those in Mississippi have a wing span of 36 feet??!! Yeah me too! lol But I will forever miss my best friends. Now if we could just figure out a way to set Alabama adrift out into the Gulf just think how much closer we would all be! Something to ponder!
This past year has really been rough for me and da hubs. He's managed to put quite a few gray hairs in my head. You see thanks to his parents he has inherited both of their bad family hearts. Three trips in the hospital to fix the old ticker and he still has bad days. He also likes to pass out on me. They call those Cardiac Seizures. Not too fun to watch. We go back to the Dr. on April 18th and we shall see how his medicine is working. Prayers are always welcomed. Faith is all we have in the end you know.
Well I guess this is enough for one night. Take care my dears and Betty dear Betty you will always be loved.
Now that we live in SC I feel such a peace here. I'm back in the red dirt country where my roots have always firmly been planted. I'm two hours from my hometown and less than that from Atlanta. Best of all no more flying dinosaurs! lol If you remember those in Mississippi have a wing span of 36 feet??!! Yeah me too! lol But I will forever miss my best friends. Now if we could just figure out a way to set Alabama adrift out into the Gulf just think how much closer we would all be! Something to ponder!
This past year has really been rough for me and da hubs. He's managed to put quite a few gray hairs in my head. You see thanks to his parents he has inherited both of their bad family hearts. Three trips in the hospital to fix the old ticker and he still has bad days. He also likes to pass out on me. They call those Cardiac Seizures. Not too fun to watch. We go back to the Dr. on April 18th and we shall see how his medicine is working. Prayers are always welcomed. Faith is all we have in the end you know.
Well I guess this is enough for one night. Take care my dears and Betty dear Betty you will always be loved.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
In The Land Of The Hanging Moss
It's been quite awhile since I've last wrote you hasn't it? Well a lot has happened! Probably more than I can put here tonight but I'll give you the quick short version! We moved from NC to ND stayed for about a month. Just long enough for the Hubs to declare it was too damn cold up there for him! lol It was only November.... Anywho we pulled up stakes and loaded up ole Goldie and headed south to MS, that's Mississippi for you abbreviation challenged folks! lol Spent Thanksgiving with my BBF1 and went back to NC. Loaded everything we had and put the house up for sale! Yes we finally sold the house this past fall but not before we moved to MS. The Hubs now works at Nissan and loves it!
We got us a cute little place. It needs some work but for a discount on our rent we do the work he deducts the cost from our rent. Can't beat that! I stay busy working with my sewing and quilting. As I do I find myself closer to my mama and grandma. I miss them more and more with each passing day. But sewing is my therapy. Some folks take walks, some folks drink, I sew. It gives me time to clear my mind and plan what my next caper might be! lol I think my Grandma would be so pleased at the progress I have made just by following her examples. You see what everyone thought including me, were scraps, turned out to be pieces sewed together and randomly thrown in various boxes and crates. I'm so glad I figured it all out! I'm sure anyone with an untrained eye would have thrown them away.
It was just a box of scraps.....yet it tore a family apart. I witnessed it all. Sad but true. I remember being told to take pics of everything! Someone said they needed them for closing of the will. So I took all those pictures..... found them the other day. I wonder if they still want them? lol Even after I was told to take them no one wanted them I am still considered a thief or is it because I am Her daughter? Is that it? I bet so! I bet that is the real reason! I have no right to even the scraps because I was Her daughter. Hey growing up was tough when you knew half the family hated your mom! lol You just dealt with it and moved on. But it also separated you from the rest of the family. You know it wasn't until after my mama died that I had a relationship with my grandmother.
She was a special lady and we had a special relationship. It was whatever she wanted to do. I never made the plans. She did. And she loved it that way! Of course a hot dog was first and center to every excursion we took! lol Her wonderful colorful life is what made me write. I miss that.
Memories are a wonderful thing to have and share. You don't have to pack them when you move. They don't take up much room. I like to share my memories and the stories of my family thru my writings. I also like to share them with my beautiful grandchildren. How do you share you family stories?
Well that's the way I see it here in the land of the hanging moss, where secrets are kept and never told.
We got us a cute little place. It needs some work but for a discount on our rent we do the work he deducts the cost from our rent. Can't beat that! I stay busy working with my sewing and quilting. As I do I find myself closer to my mama and grandma. I miss them more and more with each passing day. But sewing is my therapy. Some folks take walks, some folks drink, I sew. It gives me time to clear my mind and plan what my next caper might be! lol I think my Grandma would be so pleased at the progress I have made just by following her examples. You see what everyone thought including me, were scraps, turned out to be pieces sewed together and randomly thrown in various boxes and crates. I'm so glad I figured it all out! I'm sure anyone with an untrained eye would have thrown them away.
It was just a box of scraps.....yet it tore a family apart. I witnessed it all. Sad but true. I remember being told to take pics of everything! Someone said they needed them for closing of the will. So I took all those pictures..... found them the other day. I wonder if they still want them? lol Even after I was told to take them no one wanted them I am still considered a thief or is it because I am Her daughter? Is that it? I bet so! I bet that is the real reason! I have no right to even the scraps because I was Her daughter. Hey growing up was tough when you knew half the family hated your mom! lol You just dealt with it and moved on. But it also separated you from the rest of the family. You know it wasn't until after my mama died that I had a relationship with my grandmother.
She was a special lady and we had a special relationship. It was whatever she wanted to do. I never made the plans. She did. And she loved it that way! Of course a hot dog was first and center to every excursion we took! lol Her wonderful colorful life is what made me write. I miss that.
Memories are a wonderful thing to have and share. You don't have to pack them when you move. They don't take up much room. I like to share my memories and the stories of my family thru my writings. I also like to share them with my beautiful grandchildren. How do you share you family stories?
Well that's the way I see it here in the land of the hanging moss, where secrets are kept and never told.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
You just never know.....
What an adventure we have had in the last 6 weeks! We have really done some traveling across our great nation! We left NC and headed across TN to Pidgeon Forge for a much needed rest of the nerves. So enjoyed the hot tub and the peace and quiet you can always count on in the mountains! Came home and repacked for North Dakota this time! Yes my dears we took a leap of faith and headed out for the unknown! lol
You should have seen us! We looked like vagabonds! All that was missing was a broom sticking out the window with laundry hanging on it! lol Poor Baxter he was such a trouper! He rode the whole way without complaining too much! That is til we made our last stop. He just looked at me like this is it, I've had enough with the riding! lol But we made it there although it took us old folks 4 days!
Da Hubs took one look and said it reminded him of his home town and he wanted to go back to Carolina. Baxter the killer Maltese wanted to leave too. I however, fell in love with the area. It was so quaint! The people are really nice too, but it's a tad bit cold up her in North Dakota. In the words of my dear Hubs, "I'm too damn old to be putting up with frozen pipes and frozen bones". And that was BEFORE our water pipes froze...... But the weather was perfect for me! Why I could strip my clothes off and run naked into a snow bank! Perfect for hot flashes! Alas we had to pack up and move south.
We did however take time to see a local national park. So check out my pick at the top and if you happen to be a friend of mine on facebook check out my other photos I took. Later my dears!
You should have seen us! We looked like vagabonds! All that was missing was a broom sticking out the window with laundry hanging on it! lol Poor Baxter he was such a trouper! He rode the whole way without complaining too much! That is til we made our last stop. He just looked at me like this is it, I've had enough with the riding! lol But we made it there although it took us old folks 4 days!
Da Hubs took one look and said it reminded him of his home town and he wanted to go back to Carolina. Baxter the killer Maltese wanted to leave too. I however, fell in love with the area. It was so quaint! The people are really nice too, but it's a tad bit cold up her in North Dakota. In the words of my dear Hubs, "I'm too damn old to be putting up with frozen pipes and frozen bones". And that was BEFORE our water pipes froze...... But the weather was perfect for me! Why I could strip my clothes off and run naked into a snow bank! Perfect for hot flashes! Alas we had to pack up and move south.
We did however take time to see a local national park. So check out my pick at the top and if you happen to be a friend of mine on facebook check out my other photos I took. Later my dears!
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