Sensationally Six

Company for the double birthday was here this past week...we did the rodeo and partied at the farm to celebrate our newest O.N.E. year old and 14 year old. Ice cream cake and confetti cake, lots of balloons and yummy food. The rodeo was a hoot with our Northern girl who "rode" on her parents laps most of the night.

Rodeo babies getting some love!

BIRTHDAY GIRLS!

And the stone has been set at the cemetery. It was nice to see it placed but also hard to see it there...

We are actually on the road today headed up to see a ballgame for our Northern girl. She will be surprised when she finds out we are there.  We will see her a few days before heading back to MO.    

Sensationally Six

The sale was as successful I suppose. We got rid of things that we needed to even if it meant a trip to the donation center. It was a hard weekend. Still no offers on the house. Still navigating final bills and closure. The sale definitely made it more real. In other happenings we got a much needed City trip in and had the little girls this week. They are growing so fast. So is our Northern girl. Seeing her in pictures/videos this week, especially at her horse lessons, tell us how big she is getting. When she stayed with us a few weeks ago she wanted to know if we were taking a ROADA road trip. Well, we are now. If you want to make a trip with us then we most certainly are! Destination to be determined. Her actual question was "are we taking ROADA to see the trains again?"

As warm as it's been this week we jokingly said we need to go to the lake with the paddleboards. I think that it's really not a joke! When it's 90 degrees you should be at the lake! Still got lots of household chores to do and exterior home maintenace we need to get completed. This weather is a bit warm to be wanting to get out doing those chores. And allergies are off the charts. I'm not usually an allergy sufferer but have been in recent years and it stinks, MiRV, on the other hand, has had them very bad since I have known him. He has been miserable as of late. My ears are still a bit plugged and I've still got a lingering cough. Ready for this sickness season to be O.V.E.R.

Happy Spring! It seems that we might have gone straight into summer though!

Sensationally Six

Yesterday was hard. Yesterday was honoring, Yesterday was necessary, Yesterday is yesterday. 

Yesterday's memories are still fresh, raw. We will move forward. We will enjoy our memories and we will make new ones. We will make it...

Today we are truly thankful to wake to a new day. 

Sensatinally Six

 There are no words to put with my thoughts today...

So thankful we all made/took the time for this trip for her 80th birthday. She was a good one. Treated my as her own from 1983 on...those teenage years I wasn't always as appreciative for her parenting as I can now see was in my best interest. She grandmothered my daughter like no other. She loved hard and big. She will be missed. And it feels like a double whammy to have lost both her and my father just 8 weeks apart. I find such comfort in knowing they are together and we will also be together again in eternity. Doesn't lessen our grief that they are now both gone but we did not lose them as we are confident in seeing them again! 

1941-2022

My dad...

After 91 years and 79 days on this earth my dad is no longer with us. His last few years have been physically challenging as his body aged and did not perform how he wished. I think that he was still mowing his yard just last fall is a testament to the life he lived. He was a sensible man, an old fashioned, opinionated man. He lived through the Great Depression, he served his country, he worked hard at a blue collar job, he provided for his family. I think he would agree that his life was one well lived. He had a blessed life and he did not shy away from telling others that. He saw things in his lifetime he never dreamed he would. He especially made this comment when he visited us in Italy and we traveled to Rome, Pisa, Florence and Venice along with Bled, Slovenia.

I personally find comfort in the fact we will be reunited one day. 

1930-2022

UnFOURgettably 4 Friday!

This week we said good bye to my Uncle. He was a character, he was loved, he was ornery, he was a good guy. He will be missed by many...

This was my dad's brother. Dad is the oldest and the last of the siblings still with us. I feel like because my Uncle lived here in town we were closer and his kids often seemed more like siblings to me than cousins. They have lost their patriach, they will be facing some rough days and I hope they hold tight to the good memories and let that be their guide as they face the future.

On a lighter note we are in Oklahoma tonight for a family wedding. We added two new states for the Bee on our way here and one for SuperTrooper. WooHoo we love to get to take in new sights. Who knew that curvy hilly roads would be such a hit with the Bee! She loved it...go faster LaLa with giggles and ohhs and ahhs galore. 

Oklahoma and Arkansas state signs! 

Stay safe, stay well and RIP Unlce Bill.

UnFOURgettably 4 Friday!

A day we will always be reminded of. A day to never forget. A day we cannot erase from our memory, where we were, what we were doing...a memory that I will always remember. 

I would encourage you to try and get to the memorial in NYC. It is incredibly moving. Someday I would like to visit the field in Pennsylvania. I have also been to the Pentagon but it is just not as impressive as the one in NYC.

Oh, and stay safe, stay well!

UnFOURgettably 4 Friday!

WOW...can you say day by day. This COVID-19 has certainly turned the world upside down. We are just going day by day and living "safer at home" I have been to the grocery store twice since the 12th of March. I have timed my visits early before the crowds hit. Thankfully, we are okay on most provisions that are out of stock (TP, flour, hand sanitizer, etc). I have been running in only for produce, dairy and bread. I have to say that on my first trip the produce section was sadly low and what they did have was not so fresh. On my most recent trip it was exactly opposite. Lots of good choices and fresh. However, I did notice that the paper goods aisle was still empty, along with most of the baking aisle. Come on you can only use so much TP and how much baking are you doing that all the flour, salt and sugar are GONE! There are people truly in need; don't be a hoarder or over buy needlessly.

I do know one thing, I AM THANKFUL for faith. I have hope. I know God has this. Is it tough? YES, but I know, I know the One in control. I have had anxious moments, mostly about my parents and granddaughter. But I know what I know and I know God has this. I don't need to be anxious and worry needlessly. I am staying educated, washing my hands more, social distancing and for sure staying at home much of the time. I will admit we do take an afternoon or evening drive every day or two but we do not interact with others. It's a nice distraction.

So stay safe out there... because it is not safe nor cool if you are not adhering to the guidance that has been put out. It's not safe for you or the others you might come into contact with. It isn't all about you, it's about anyone you may come in contact with, so play it safe, stay home! 

Remembering

Seems unreal that a year has already passed. Miss him.

#RIPMAM

R.I.P. - M.A.M.

There are no adequate words...

5 March 1963 - 3 January 2015

When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.

 

 

These were the words above the chapel doors at the funeral home. I think they summed it up really well. I googled it and some give credit to the Bible for it's author. I did not verify that but I like it nonetheless. The scripture reference associated with it was I Corinthians 13:7. To me that is the "love" chapter so I guess there could be some sort of correlation there...not for sure.

 

 

It was quite the blessing for us to have been able to have so much time with MM these past couple of years. Very neat that he was at able to be at Mrs Bud's graduation and wedding. And since we wintered in FL last year we were back and forth from our side (Atlantic) to his side (Gulf) several times. Then he was in MO this past summer for a few visits and we got to see him then before we finally made the trek down to FL again to see him during his final days.

What I would say is that this guy lived life and did more living in his short life than many do in there lifetime. That being said doesn't make it any easier to lose him...
 

 

#RIP