First six months

Yes, it's been six months since I posted. Life got busy and it got crazy. I've been on the go and working and staying so busy, I got off schedule and had a hard time working my way back to start blogging again. Would love to hear a comment from you to know you are doing okay.

I'm not going to blog about everything from the past six months because sometimes I was so busy I don't even know what I was doing. I am going to pick up in February with the worst thing I have ever went through in my life. I lost my sweet, precious Mommy to her battle with dimentia. She fought a good fight and kept her faith. In her last few days, she would tell us she just wanted to go home. Not from the nursing home that was giving her wonderful care. But to her home in heaven. She want to see daddy and her mom (Mamaw). After she was able to talk to each of her four children, she quietly slipped away the next day. She was 91 years old. We miss her every moment but we know she is in a much better place.

I have been going with some friends sometime to disc golf. If you have not heard of it, you should google it. You play on a golf course but not with clubs and balls. There are special made discs that look like frisbees on different weights and thicknesses and the aim is just like regular golf only instead of getting them into the hole, they go into a basket made of chains on a pole. I don't golf, but I go with my friends to get in some excercise. This is my favorite course because we have to walk up and down hills for all 18 holes. I've lost a few pounds with the exercise.

One Sunday, we went to a neighboring town to a Renaissance festival.

My beautiful granddaughter Alexis went to her Senior Prom. She decided after 8th grade prom, she wasn't doing that in heels again. So under her beautiful dress she had on black Converse tennis shoes.  Love her style.

My beautfiul granddaughter, Shelby, on the left went to her 8th grade prom. She really surprised us because we figured the hunt for the dress would drive us all crazy because she is very particular about what she wants in clothes. She asked me to run her to a local store "just to look". Knowing this would be first of many, I agreed. Imagine our shock when she found this one in Ross for $40 clearance and it was a size 1. Needless to say she bought it that day. That was a lot easier than her Mom thought it would be.

I was blessed to attend the graduation of two of my grandchildren ... on the same night ... at different cities. I did make it to both of them and got to watch them both walk across the stage. Alexis was first. She granduated from Gatlinburg Pittman in Gatlinburg, TN.

Caleb granduated from Northview Academy in Kodak, TN. He started working for an excavation company after school and on the weekends when he was 16. He couldn't wait to graduation so he could work full time. He absolutely loves his job.

Alexis graduated with honors and shortly before graduation, she received a scholarship to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. I am so proud of Caleb and Alexis because they both knew what they wanted and went after it. 

As spring turned into summer, I purchased some flowers and a Boston fern for my front porch.

Then I found this rocking chair at a yard sale my friend had. It was $10. Woo hoo! So I bought it and then got the lamp and table from At Home store and made my own little oasis on the porch. 

The porch faces the morning sunrise coming up over the hill. It is a different few everyday. This was the beginning of a beautiful morning that was a bright, sunshiny day.

A few days later, this was the beginning a a day that had some light rain and a minor thunderstorm. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning was true that morning.

A few weeks ago, I went to a 30 mile yard sale. Lots of stops and lots of fun, ending at the state line where my state, Tennesee, meets North Carolina. 

There was an antique store on the state line in Tennesee. But the parking lot was in North Carolina. It was pretty cool. I don't think I ever walked across a state line.  

Between the long yard sale and the antique store at the end I got some good bargains. The tiny yellow nesting chicken was $12 at the antique store. Everything else at various yard sales was a total of yes than $15. It was a great day for bargains.

Then this past Sunday, I went to church and my good friend Gail motioned me over when I got there. She handed me a bag and look what she got me!! I was so thrilled.

And I had the perfect place to put it.

Sorry my post was so long but I had to condense six months into one blog. I'm going to get back to blogging daily and hope you come back soon!