Boy am I late at posting today....but I guess better late then never. I didn't want to not post. I missed a few a few weeks ago and I didn't want to do that again. I felt really bad about it.
I know you are thinking that's a funny tital for today...but actully Ty is the one that made me think of this post. Don't all boys think of Time Machines?
We were in the car one morning getting ready to go to school and Ty says to me...."Don't you wish you could have a Time Machine?" At first I just kind of don't really think about it, but after a few minutes I think to myself......yes...I do wish I had a time machine! As the kids gets out of the car and walk to school....I start thinking more and more about this whole Time Machine.
I go home to a quiet house and thats when I can start thinking! I can start planning on when I would use my time machine. I think would I use it to go home sooner? No.....I would use it so that we could find out sooner that my Mom had breast cancer...yes, that's it. That's when I would use my time machine! We could save her life with this time machine! We could save other lives! People that mean so much to us....we could save them all!!!
But then reality hits!!! We don't have a time machine and I don't think we ever will! I guess that's what you get when you start thinking like a 10 year old!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Too Many Good byes~
Over the years I had to say many good byes to my Mom.
I remember the first BIG good bye. We had made the move to Arkansas and it was just going to be me and the family...no one else! I had told everyone else good bye already and then came the big one, telling my Mom good bye! That was hard...she was always there for me and now she was going to be over 2,000 miles away. She couldn't just run over if I needed her.
Then came the good byes every time we came home for a visit. It seemed like I always saved her for my last good bye. She was always the hardest person to say it to. I couldn't hardly get it out. I always had the big lump in my throat and I knew that if I tried to talk I would start to cry! It was always really quick...for both of us.
Then when Mom was in the hospital and we were leaving for the night...those were hard also. It was hard to leave her there. It was hard to walk out of her room and not know what we were going to see the next day or how she was going to be feeling.
Telling her good bye on her final day with us was very hard. I know I have talked to you about this day and I will never forget it. I can recall every moment of it like it was yesterday. Walking out of her room after she passed away felt like I was missing something....like a part of me went with her.
But that wasn't the last good bye.......I still had to see her one more time, well I should say, I still got to see her one more time. That wasn't easy. Saying good bye to my Mom....the last time I got to see her face. As hard as it was, I didn't want to leave...I couldn't leave! I wanted to stay as long as I could. It was so hard walking out that door...knowing that it was my last good bye.
I remember the first BIG good bye. We had made the move to Arkansas and it was just going to be me and the family...no one else! I had told everyone else good bye already and then came the big one, telling my Mom good bye! That was hard...she was always there for me and now she was going to be over 2,000 miles away. She couldn't just run over if I needed her.
Then came the good byes every time we came home for a visit. It seemed like I always saved her for my last good bye. She was always the hardest person to say it to. I couldn't hardly get it out. I always had the big lump in my throat and I knew that if I tried to talk I would start to cry! It was always really quick...for both of us.
Then when Mom was in the hospital and we were leaving for the night...those were hard also. It was hard to leave her there. It was hard to walk out of her room and not know what we were going to see the next day or how she was going to be feeling.
Telling her good bye on her final day with us was very hard. I know I have talked to you about this day and I will never forget it. I can recall every moment of it like it was yesterday. Walking out of her room after she passed away felt like I was missing something....like a part of me went with her.
But that wasn't the last good bye.......I still had to see her one more time, well I should say, I still got to see her one more time. That wasn't easy. Saying good bye to my Mom....the last time I got to see her face. As hard as it was, I didn't want to leave...I couldn't leave! I wanted to stay as long as I could. It was so hard walking out that door...knowing that it was my last good bye.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
A short post~
Well.......I missed two weeks!! Sorry!
The other day at work I was sitting listing to a story that a lady was telling us ......she is a Grandma. She was telling us that her daughter and grandchildren had spent the night and her granddaughter had got sick during the night and then how the next day she went over and stayed the night with her daughter and helped her with her kids because they all were sick. As she was telling me this story all I could think about is my Mom and how that is what she would do and how I don't have that. All I kept thinking is that I want that!! I havent' had that for a long time...I wasn't able to have my Mom come over when the kids were sick, but I was able to call her and talk to her about it. She made me feel better by just hearing her voice.
Just a short little post today....thinking about my Mom today.
The other day at work I was sitting listing to a story that a lady was telling us ......she is a Grandma. She was telling us that her daughter and grandchildren had spent the night and her granddaughter had got sick during the night and then how the next day she went over and stayed the night with her daughter and helped her with her kids because they all were sick. As she was telling me this story all I could think about is my Mom and how that is what she would do and how I don't have that. All I kept thinking is that I want that!! I havent' had that for a long time...I wasn't able to have my Mom come over when the kids were sick, but I was able to call her and talk to her about it. She made me feel better by just hearing her voice.
Just a short little post today....thinking about my Mom today.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Ty's Young Achiever pictures~
Here is Ty's picture for his Young Achievers that he was nominated for. This picture is up at the local mall. We went and had to get his picture by it on Saturday night...I mean how many times will your child's picture be up at the mall? I don't think many times. I think he was a little embarrassed, but he made it through! I only got to take a few photos...not as many as I would have liked to take. But they will be at school soon!
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| This is the one that we will get when it's all said and done. It cost a pretty penny, but we had to have it!! |
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| This photo tells you a little about why he was chosen to be a Young Achiever. |
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
My Girl~ Emmie Laine
Well..I thought I would give you a little update on my Emmie Laine with some pictures! I took these this morning. She got this outfit from Lyndsey and family for Christmas...isn't it cute!! She always gets the cutest outfits from my sisters! She is getting so tall...maybe she will be taller then me one day. Ty's already heading in that direction, but then again it doesn't take much to get taller then me!
She is doing pretty good in school. She does go to an after school program for math. But the thing is that they are helping her now so she won't get far behind. They are doing this new program at her school and it's really making the kids start from scratch! Our school district is the only one in the US that is doing it right now. It's going to help them later on when the math gets harder. I hope so!
She is sweet girl and loves dogs. She would have this house full of them if she could!! We can't let her or Tim go to the Human society!! No telling what they would bring home. She is very sensitive....you have to be very careful about how you word things...before you know it you will have tears coming down if you say it the wrong way!
She is my sweet, sweet girl~
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| Lyndsey got her this outfit for Christmas! LOVE IT! |
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| We are trying out some new hairstyles! I didn't get a really good picture of this one...it looks cuter in real life! |
She is sweet girl and loves dogs. She would have this house full of them if she could!! We can't let her or Tim go to the Human society!! No telling what they would bring home. She is very sensitive....you have to be very careful about how you word things...before you know it you will have tears coming down if you say it the wrong way!
She is my sweet, sweet girl~
My little reminder~
A couple of months ago I got a REALLY special package in the mail. It was special for many reasons. The lady that sent it to me means the world to me! It was like I had a little mini Christmas that day.
I took my package downstairs and opened it up. Inside where all these little packages wrapped in PINK tissue paper! Too cute! I was very emotional as I unwrapped each and every one of those gifts! They all had such special meaning! This lady went all out!! She always does!! She never does anything half way...you know I'm talking about Barbara!! She got me a pink shirt and a matching vest. Then she gets me this purse and inside the purse it has pockets....and inside the pockets there are little gifts!!! All of it was wonderful and very special!
Now there is still one more gift inside the box...this one is from my sisters. I'm not really sure what it could be. So, I pick it up and start unwrapping it and instantly I see the soft pink ear and I start crying!! Emmie is standing beside me and she is asking me what is wrong...well to tell you the truth I'm crying pretty hard. I sit on the chair and continue to pull out the rest of the gift. Emmie is looking at me very strangely...wondering why I'm crying over a stuffed animal. She doesn't know that it was my Mom's...she doesn't know what it means to have it in my hands.
The story behind the pink and white stuffed dog~
Leah and I were at the hospital with Mom, the first time she was in. She was talking about wanting one of those big pillows that you can sit up in bed with, so we went shopping. She had a big pillow at her house and we ended up getting her a new pillowcase, but we wanted to get her something else. Leah thought about a stuffed animal...and if we were going to get her one...we might as well get her a little cute dog! We saw a few and even had one in our hands, but then Leah saw this pink one!! That was it...this was the one for Mom!! She LOVED it!!! She used it to keep her comfortable...under her arms and so forth. It was a hit.
She had it with her when she was at the hospice house, I think it just made her feel better.
So, anyways........
For some reason that I can't even recall....after she passed away and we all went into see her , I must have picked up the pink little dog! Because I remember having it in my hands the whole time. I may have put it down for the toast, but I remember walking out with it.
I told Emmie all about the Pink little dog and she liked that it was Grandmas and one day when she wasn't feeling good I asked her if she wanted to hold it and maybe it would make her feel better and she did and of course it made her feel better! :) Then she asked if she could sleep with it one night and then one night turned into two nights and so on. But the thing is that every morning she puts that pink little dog right back in my room...just to go back and get it later that night. But that's okay...I think my Mom would be okay with that....she would like for us to share her little pink dog...one day I'll give her that pink dog, but right now I can't part with it.
It's my little reminder about how happy it made my Mom and now it makes me happy and Emmie! Thanks Leah, Lyndsey and Lanette for letting me have it! I know that every piece of Mom is so precious to all of us~
I took my package downstairs and opened it up. Inside where all these little packages wrapped in PINK tissue paper! Too cute! I was very emotional as I unwrapped each and every one of those gifts! They all had such special meaning! This lady went all out!! She always does!! She never does anything half way...you know I'm talking about Barbara!! She got me a pink shirt and a matching vest. Then she gets me this purse and inside the purse it has pockets....and inside the pockets there are little gifts!!! All of it was wonderful and very special!
Now there is still one more gift inside the box...this one is from my sisters. I'm not really sure what it could be. So, I pick it up and start unwrapping it and instantly I see the soft pink ear and I start crying!! Emmie is standing beside me and she is asking me what is wrong...well to tell you the truth I'm crying pretty hard. I sit on the chair and continue to pull out the rest of the gift. Emmie is looking at me very strangely...wondering why I'm crying over a stuffed animal. She doesn't know that it was my Mom's...she doesn't know what it means to have it in my hands.
The story behind the pink and white stuffed dog~
Leah and I were at the hospital with Mom, the first time she was in. She was talking about wanting one of those big pillows that you can sit up in bed with, so we went shopping. She had a big pillow at her house and we ended up getting her a new pillowcase, but we wanted to get her something else. Leah thought about a stuffed animal...and if we were going to get her one...we might as well get her a little cute dog! We saw a few and even had one in our hands, but then Leah saw this pink one!! That was it...this was the one for Mom!! She LOVED it!!! She used it to keep her comfortable...under her arms and so forth. It was a hit.
She had it with her when she was at the hospice house, I think it just made her feel better.
So, anyways........
For some reason that I can't even recall....after she passed away and we all went into see her , I must have picked up the pink little dog! Because I remember having it in my hands the whole time. I may have put it down for the toast, but I remember walking out with it.
I told Emmie all about the Pink little dog and she liked that it was Grandmas and one day when she wasn't feeling good I asked her if she wanted to hold it and maybe it would make her feel better and she did and of course it made her feel better! :) Then she asked if she could sleep with it one night and then one night turned into two nights and so on. But the thing is that every morning she puts that pink little dog right back in my room...just to go back and get it later that night. But that's okay...I think my Mom would be okay with that....she would like for us to share her little pink dog...one day I'll give her that pink dog, but right now I can't part with it.
Friday, January 14, 2011
She could always find a bargain!
Okay....so last night I FINALLY got a winter coat!! Okay I'm lying...I got two winter coats!! I know!! How fun for me...but they were having a super good sale and one is nice one and one is a going to the store and running around and it can take me into the spring on those super late baseball game nights. Only after living in here in Kentucky for 6 years!! We really didn't need one when we were in Arkansas. It was only cold for the month of December and then it started to get nice again. So, I'm sure you are asking yourself what has this got to do with my tittle for the day......well I will tell you...you just have to be patient with me and my going from one thing to another! I'm so bad at that!
I got up this morning and got my new coat all ready and was putting it on and I was thinking about my Mom and how she always had so many coats!! I know that she most likely never paid much for them. She most likely bought them at a garage sale of something like that. But you would have never guessed that. Her stuff never looked like it came from garage sales. Not that garage sales are bad...I never put anything that has stains or gross stuff in my garage sales that I have. Anyways........she always and I mean always found the good stuff!! Whenever I would go with her she would always manage to find something good! She would find the best things out of the worst places. She just new that they had something. If she didn't find it they way she wanted....she thought to her self how could she make it better...and she did it. You can go out on the porch and see the many things that she made out of nothing.
So....thinking about what I spent on my coats, even though I got them for a pretty big discount...I know she is thinking that she could have done a lot with the money that I spent on my two winter jackets.
I thought about putting some pictures of me in my new winter jackets for you all to see.......but then thought better of it!! No one wants to see that!!! LOL!! Yeah right, you all know me better then that right???
A bargain hunter she was~
I got up this morning and got my new coat all ready and was putting it on and I was thinking about my Mom and how she always had so many coats!! I know that she most likely never paid much for them. She most likely bought them at a garage sale of something like that. But you would have never guessed that. Her stuff never looked like it came from garage sales. Not that garage sales are bad...I never put anything that has stains or gross stuff in my garage sales that I have. Anyways........she always and I mean always found the good stuff!! Whenever I would go with her she would always manage to find something good! She would find the best things out of the worst places. She just new that they had something. If she didn't find it they way she wanted....she thought to her self how could she make it better...and she did it. You can go out on the porch and see the many things that she made out of nothing.
So....thinking about what I spent on my coats, even though I got them for a pretty big discount...I know she is thinking that she could have done a lot with the money that I spent on my two winter jackets.
I thought about putting some pictures of me in my new winter jackets for you all to see.......but then thought better of it!! No one wants to see that!!! LOL!! Yeah right, you all know me better then that right???
A bargain hunter she was~
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