The Other Carolina State

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! 

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.