Monday, July 5, 2010
Preparing for Adele
Now its time for Will and Cam's sister, Adele to get to know each other. We will be hosting Adele beginning July 8th for three weeks. We are super excited to get to know this young lady and to welcome her into our home and more importantly into our family.
We have lots planned for her during her stay including a trip to St. Augustine, which we love and is very special to our family. We visit there every year and always enjoy ourselves (well of course we do, we would be complete dunderheads if we went back every year to a place we hated).
So welcome Adele, we are glad you are staying with us.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Celebrating the Red, White and Blue
I have already begun decorating the hall way (although the funny vintage red, white and blue tinsel garland has yet to be hung) and a few places in the family room. I will be decorating a little each day for the next couple of days and on the morning of the 4th, we will do the outside.
Not only do I get into the spirit of the holiday with decorating and cooking, but I have discovered a new love -- NAIL ART!!!! A friend gave me a couple of bottles of Milani Nail Art polish in gold, black and white. I loved it, so I went looking for this fun stuff and found red and blue on sale!!!!! I spent a few hours playing around with it, but ended up painting my toenails in a metallic blue and doing a white french tip. I had to do this several times with putting it on and taking it off before I was satisfied that it didn't look like one of my ex students did it. If you haven't tried this fun fun fun twist to painting your nails and you want to save a few bucks at the nail salon, or just want to go that one step further to celebrate the holiday, go in search of this nail art polish. I think you will be glad you did.
Friday, June 25, 2010
I'm Old, Leave Me Alone!!!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Father's Day
I am blessed. I am blessed by God for having an amazing man to call Daddy. And yes, I still call him daddy. Paul H. Tyree has given me so much in life. I didn't get to spend much time with him growing up as he travelled with his job. He worked as a Millwright supervisor for Daniels International Construction and was always on the road. Depending on where he was, it could be weeks or months between visits. It was hard on all of us, but it was our way of life and we dealt with it. Although being on a farm, I know Mom would have liked to have had him home more, especially during calving, etc.
My daddy is super smart. He can tell you just about anything about anything. He can do mathematical figures in his head like nothing else, he can give you directions to anywhere in this Nation you would want to go and ask him about airplanes and cars and he is in his element. I was around 12 years old when my daddy got his pilots license. I remember it well, he was working in Jacksonville, FL and he flew my mom, sister and me to visit him for a week. While there, we travelled to St. Augustine to visit, but also so that he could sit for his pilots test. It was a long hot day for us waiting for him, but when he came out, he was grinning from ear to ear. He loved flying. Our weekends were spent either on the racetrack where he was racing a little blue racecar by the name of 14Jr or at the airfield where he was flying his red and white cessna. Funny, he would never ever fly any of us. If we wanted to go flying, he would always have another pilot take us up, he said he didn't want to be responsible for anything happening to his family.
I can remember the day I graduated, he was there. I remember the day I got married, he was there to walk me down the aisle and tease me that he was going to belt me a good one with the rice bag. He was there when I told him he was going to be a grandfather for the first time, although he was in Vermont the day of my labor, but made it home only a few hours afterwards and made the nurses laugh because they could hear him all the way down the hall talking to his new granddaughter. He was there when he found out again, he was going to be a grandfather and he was there for all three of his grandsons births. He has been there for all of his grandchildren's events and special times in their lives. He has offered wisdom when needed and sometimes when I thought I didn't need it, but turned out I did. He has suffered thru the bad times, he has rejoiced thru the good times. He has smiled, he has cried, he has laughed and he has turned red with anger. But the one thing consistent thru it all has been his love.
Today I am blessed to spend time with my dad. To share one more memory, a memory that he may not remember in a few months. You see, my daddy is suffering from Alzheimers. It breaks my heart to know that this man, who seems to have all the wisdom in the world and all the love and compassion in his heart will someday soon not even recognize me. He will not remember my graduation, my wedding day, the births of all the grandchildren or the day we spent in St. Augustine. But I will.
Happy Father's Day Daddy, I love you to the sky and back.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
A New Blog, A New Start, A New Day
So with that, I am beginning things anew, or at least trying to, trying to put my life back together after it was torn apart. I am starting by beginning this fun new blog. I want to use this as an outlet to gripe, share, meet new friends, gather new ideas and insights. I want it to be my stress relief from all that is trying to take ahold. But I have news for all that darkness that wants me, I am a true southern gal, I will persevere with grace and dignity and if all else fails, I will kick it's ass.
So come on and follow me and we will have some rockin' good times with cooking, crafting, family and humor I will share my life and all the quirkiness of what that includes and I hope you share with me.
Those housewives of Orange County, et al, have nothing on this Southern gal.
WELCOME!