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• Wednesday, November 11, 2009
V*A*C*A*T*I*O*N*!!!
It's vacation time!!!
We LOVE vacation time!!! It means Honey is home with us...no giving him to Home Depot for 10 hours a day...he's just home with us. Oh, how I'd love to win the Publisher's Clearing House giveaway or the lottery. The ultimate dream has always been to have Honey home....dare to dream....
We haven't done anything super special...just done what we normally do, but all together. Today, we went for eye exams for Honey and me. Even that is more fun when Daddy's with us!
This Friday marks a birthday....mine.....I'm not feeling too chipper about it. This is my 40th...and it is not the age I see myself being. But, the alternative is not my first choice, so I'll take it. I know it's just a number. I know 40 is not old. I know, I know, I know. I just also know that me being 40 is so not cool.
This year will be odd for us, holiday wise. Rebecca will be gone with my family to Cozumel for the week of Thanksgiving. Not having her here with us is going to be sooooooo odd. Not sure I like it already!
Also this year will be another first...no family with us for Christmas. That has NEVER happened before...I've never not had some family around me for Christmas. I'm not too sure I'm happy about this...but it is what it is.
While we were eating today, I posed the question....would you rather go away for Christmas for a couple of days....or stay home with gifts and a tree? Anyone who knows me knows how much I LOVE decorating for Christmas. But, if we didn't have a tree and all that jazz....and didn't buy gifts...we could instead spend that money on a memory making trip. I was promptly and totally voted down. My children want to stay home, want a tree, and yes, even want gifts. Imagine that....
So, home we will stay. No clue where we will put our tree. With our new living room furniture, there's not any room left over. Perhaps if we were successful at selling our piano, we could put the tree where it currently is...and put up bookshelves after Christmas there.
Planning a trip to Nashville with friends next week. Always love going to Nashville!!! :)
I'm ready to turn in....it's been a long day. A fun day...but a day of being gone from home for over 10 hours.... ;)
• Wednesday, November 4, 2009
My Aunt Di
Today is a special day....it was my Aunt Di's birthday.
I miss her today...I missed her yesterday....I've missed her for the last 14 years since she went home to Jesus. She made a huge impact on my life. I'll be missing her until I get to Glory myself and am reunited with her.
Di was my second Mom. She was only 16 when I was born, so she was a large part of my life. I loved spending weekends with her.
Yes, she was married...and I used to speak well of my Uncle Randy. That is, until after her death and I saw how little he must have regarded her. That's not the focus of this post, so I won't give him any more blog space.
Di had juvenile diabetes. She suffered many, many complications from this disease. But, she faced every obstacle with grace. Always optimistic and sunny.
When we lost our babe to miscarriage in 2007, I so longed to be able to talk with her. You see, my sweet Aunt Di lost 6 babes herself to miscarriage, along with one who was stillborn. How she endured such loss and yet maintained her joy and happiness, I'd love to know. It was so hard for me to walk through the loss of one babe...yet I had been blessed with four babes to raise. She had none. She had no babe to focus on. They did adopt a babe a few years later. He was the light of her life.
So much was he the light of her life that she clung onto life until she could see him and tell him she loved him. She had been visiting us in Florida when the end became apparent. It was incredibly hard to see her wrapped up and wheeled out of the hospital room, headed to a LifeFlight plane to take her home to New York. She was so full of painkillers, yet could still tell us she loved us. She still could tell my Honey to take care of me. She lived until she got to the hospital in NY, saw my cousin and told him she loved him. Before they got out of the hospital from seeing her, she had died.
What strength, determination and love she had.
Alot of who I am today, I saw in her. If she called someone an idiot, that was harsh for her to say! She was always happy. Always ready to help. Always a friend.
I miss Di more than I can say...and I'm thinking of her today. She's been dancing at the feet of Jesus for 14-1/2 years now. Reunited with her babes she didn't get to meet, with her parents and last year, her brother.
A person who touches your life to this degree is NEVER forgotten. They remain in your heart and thoughts forever. That's where Di will stay until I join her reunion....
• Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Has it really???
Has it really been that long since I last blogged?
OOPS!!
Life has a way of keeping you busy, eh?!
We lost our computer for almost 3 weeks. It's nice to have it back. I missed being able to be online. I found that I missed it most for school items. I also found that I didn't miss the distraction that the computer is. It was kinda nice not having it as an option. Kinda like when we first moved to Tennessee. No computer and no tv. There was so much work to be done then, that we really didn't have time for it anyway. But, slowly, those things crept into our lives again. They've taken up residence in our world. Not either of them are bad things...they just are things that ask for our attention...and we seem to all too willingly give it to them.
Honey's birthday was Monday. It was the 20th time I've been able to spend his special day with him. 20 years. And my love for him grows stronger and deeper with each passing day. 
Rebecca has been working for a friend of ours. What an answer to prayer this job is! She's close to home, in a safe environment and making good money. All while still being able to do her schoolwork. What a blessing!!!
Thomas is gearing up for hunting season. My boy is sooooo all boy. Yet, he still will sit with me and let me rub his head. He's such a blessing to his family. He's also taken out several ground hogs lately. Quite the "shot" he is!
Natalie is helping me get ready for the craft sale that is coming up this weekend at our local rec center. She and I did the craft sale two years ago and she's been telling me for the past 5 months she'd like to do it again. So, we made soap and are now making other items to sell. I look forward to the day with her!
Mary is blazing through her school work. For her age, she's supposed to be in 1st grade. However, 1st grade work doesn't really challenge her. So, she's in 2nd grade...and sometimes, I don't see the challenge there either. What a little genius! :) Nah, she's just gifted and the 4th child in our family. She's been "in school" for a long time now!
The logging is going nicely...now that the rain has finally taken a break. What a difference it's making up top. We didn't want the front to change in appearance, but the back sure is changing! We walked through the woods for awhile this past weekend. What a beautiful farm the Lord has blessed us with!
I love the time change! It's now so much easier to get to bed on time!!! I wish the time would now stay the same. No more changing.... ;)
I'm off now to get some cookies started. I'm making them up now and will bake them on Friday. It will be so easy to pull them out Friday to bake once they are already formed into cookies and frozen. Lots to do before the sale on Saturday...best get to it! :)
• Monday, November 2, 2009
49 Things About Honey
In honor of my beloved's birthday, here are my
1. He's mine :)
2. He loves his family more than life itself
3. He belongs to Christ
4. He works hard
5. His smile
6. His hugs
7. His kisses... ;)
8. His ability to see things I cannot
9. His protection of his family
10. He makes me laugh
11. He holds me close when I need it
12. He likes to snuggle
13. He loves babies
14. He helps me be the best person I can be
15. He grounds me
16. He teaches our children all sorts of life skills
17. His beard
18. He's my "mountain man" :)
19. He's always made sure we had enough..most times, more than enough
20. His harmonica playing
21. He is all man
22. He likes my cooking
23. He tells me he loves me...frequently
24. He loves to talk....and does so most frequently..no clammed up man here!
25. He prays with me each morning
26. He has a true heart for God
27. He gives me 5 blinks each morning
28. He calls me at lunch every day
29. He calls me to say he's on his way home every day
30. He's home 30 minutes after he gets off work..no stopping off for him
31. He knows what truly matters
32. He wants the best for us
33. And tries his best to give it to us
34. He talks to the cows..and they listen!
35. He is truly gifted in many areas
36. He's the handyman, fix it man, vehicle repair guy, woodworker..just all around talent!
37. He's my perfect counterpart
38. He completes me
39. He loves me
40. He fulfills my every wish
41. He is so handsome
42. He spends his time taking care of us
43. He gladly gives of himself to us
44. He sings to us
45. He loves my Penny Pie :)
46. He makes sure we are safe
47. He would lay down his life for us..both literally and figuratively
48. He speaks highly of us
49. He's ALL MINE!!!!
Happy Birthday, Honey!!! You are the best husband, father and friend the world has ever been blessed to know!
I LOVE YOU!!!!
• Nov. 3, 2009
Christmas
53 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS
• Nov. 1, 2009
Hi
Hi!
I finally a blog!:) I'm a the youngest sister of Lynnie & GiftedGirl . My favorite song is Jesus take the Wheel, my favorite animals are a dog and a horse, like my sister, Lynnie! My favorite colors are blue,Pink,& purple.
Well that's all for now!
Georgie
• Friday, September 25, 2009
Busy days....
Busy days....but then, aren't they all busy? You know time is flying when your six old daughter tells you that time is passing quickly. 
Exciting things are happening around here. Selling some of our cows has been a blessing. It seemed to jumpstart changes around here. I love watching the Lord bring things together for us.
A friend is a logger and he'll be moving equipment here soon to begin logging the top pastures. Honey is so happy to know he'll soon have more acres for pasture. Trees, we have plenty of....pasture land, not so much. Out of our 83 acres, I believe about 35 of it is open and pasture. Honey feels we'll gain about 12 acres of pasture.
We also had someone here who told us about no till seed drilling and how that could be used for planting winter feed for our cows. It would be wonderful to not spend big bucks every year for hay. We do have a haybine, but no baler...and really, not enough land to keep out of the rotation of grazing to cut for hay.
We have lived here for five years. Alot of work and effort..not to mention money...has gone into our farm. It's neat to start seeing real improvements...and perhaps the animals paying for themselves...and more?! :)
Fall is on its way. Next week is supposed to bring cooler temperatures....like 70's for the high and 50's for the low. I'm so ready for this!! I've been waiting for it since summer began....I'm so not a fan of summer.... !!!
School is finished for the week. I like the changes we've made this year. Though we do need to work on getting back on a schedule soon....
Hope you all have a blessed weekend!
• Monday, September 21, 2009
Happy Engagement Day to my Honey!!
Nineteen years ago on this day, my sweet beloved took me to the beach.
After talking for quite awhile, he slipped off the bench we were sitting on, got down on one knee, opened a small jewelry box and asked me to be his wife. To share his life with him. To be his forever more.
I couldn't get the YES! out of my mouth fast enough!!! :)
Thus started the most wonderful part of my life, that of being my Honey's wife. Through it all, we've been a true couple. Always together. Always loving each other. Always lifting each other up. Always looking for ways to help each other. Always in love....ALWAYS!!! :)
So, happy engagement day to my Honey! I'm yours forever and I'm ever so thankful that the Lord brought us together and made us one.
• Sep. 20, 2009
Happy Decade, Hank!!!
Hank is so excited, that he is a whole decade, today!!! Ten years ago today, I screamed in relief, "I am done!!" When I realized I had just given birth to our first son. He weighed 9 lbs. 4 oz. and was 22" long. My most difficult birth. He is our only surprise gender birth. They could not tell in the ultrasound his sex, so we didn't know if we were having a boy or girl until his arrival. His due date was Sept. 04 and because I was determined not to be induced he was not born until Sept. 20, when I finally let them induce me. I am convinced that I was going to be indefinitely pregnant. I also did not want an epidural and held out until I was 8 cm until I caved in and let them convince me I needed one. I was completely dilated in 15 mins. and the epidural hindered my pushing. He was stuck. And took about 30 mins. to get out. He was born a blue baby and my hubby did not get to cut the cord, he immediately had to have oxygen. He is my biggest baby! He looks like his daddy, but has my curly hair. He is an absolute doll and all the girls love him. He is very sweet and loving. A wonderful big brother. He has mowed our yard all summer long and it has never looked so good. He is a cowboy. He is a football player. And I am proud to say, "He is my son!" I love you, Hank. Happy Birthday!
• Sep. 20, 2009
What I've Learned!!!
This past week, I have learned:
to love every smell of a newborn baby, even the not so pleasant ones
to hold my children a little bit tighter, even when they don't want to be held
to be thankful for all God has blessed us with, we definitely are blessed
never to take one single day for granted-you never know when it may be someone's last
My dear sister-in-law & brother-in-law are suffering a great loss. On Thursday, my sister-in-law had to deliver their precious baby girl. Molly was 22 1/2 weeks pg and Baby Maggie weighed 12.9 ounces. She lived a few minutes and then went to be with Jesus. Please keep this wonderful family in your prayers! They will be having a graveside service sometime this week. Molly developed HELLP and had serious complications. She got to go home from the hospital today, but has a long road of recovery ahead.
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