Ramblings of Wife, Mother & Romantic

Archive for September, 2008

This morning my dear friend Dolly called me and said she was out yard sailing and found a Piano that ‘I’ could not pass up…the lady was asking $200 but they talked her down to $100..but she said if she didn’t sell it she was just going to give it to St Vinny’s.

We went down there a couple hours later and took a look at it, It was BEAUTIFUL……

I am now the proud owner of a Wurlitzer Piano for $75

Thank you Dolly….

I also found a bed for Adia, wooden shelves and some little colored dishes…it was the best yard sale EVER!

This Morning R. called me and told me to go look on

the MSN front page…..As soon as the page came up, my heart sank.

Paul Newman Aged 83 DIED Friday…….he had been battling Cancer.

This makes me so sad….Paul was one of my ALL time favorite actors…next to Bob Hope

Who is dead as well.

All the classic amazing actors are leaving.

Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, George Clooney, none of these guys even come close

to being as amazing as Paul Newman was….Those peircing blue….they melt my heart

In an article i read this morning it said that at one time Playboy magazine had interviewed him

and asked him if he ever thought of straying in his marriage ( Joanne Woodward and Him were married for 50 years) and He had to say this…’If i have steak at home, why go out for Hamburgers.’

I love it.

I am going to have a Paul Newman movie marathon this afternoon.

And to go with that, here is MY tribute to Paul.

You are going to missed.

I have done a tremendous amount of cleaning in the last two days..

Not just the surface but DEEp, DEEp Deep…clean.

Things i been meaning to clean but keep putting off,

then there are the things i never noticed before, even being dirty, and i look

and almost want to throw up, its so gross and dirty…..

like the side of my cabinet in my bathroom…how does that even get dirty????

do the kids walk by naked and smear their butts up against it or something?

I do feel a great feeling of accomplishment that i got as much done as i did…

even ALL the clothes are washed, folded and put away…..(thanks to Kate)

The pile of ironing still glares at me as i walk by though, Hopefully i will tackle that tomorrow….

If not Monday it is.

I guess nobody really cares about my housecleaning….

but this is my life….

Now i am going on a date with my R…..

Much needed and required.

I will come home refreshed and renewed.

I have A whole slew of Photographs from the past week or so, that i wanted to share…..

Action Shot of What Adia and Daddy like to play

Ian looking quite cute

Lennon the Scuba man

Another of Adia and Daddy

Snorkeling around

Flying Adia

Their so cute together

Ian was saying he had the beach in his eye

While at my mom’s………………….

Me and darling Kaydance Anne…my Niece

Jill pretending to work on her Computer like Rudy…..

At Muffins with Mommy this morning at Adia’s school

Last but not least my darling and handsome children, before church last Sunday…they clean up quite well don’t they?

I know that was quite the passel of Photos, but i wanted to share them all.....i have more,
But i won't torture you anymore.....
Have a lovely day my sweethearts....
I know i am and will.

Sorry for the lack of writing of late,

I am still trying to get my feet back underneith myself

I never realized how hard it was going to be to get back to normal, What is normal?

Will i ever end up there?

I really want to get back to writing everyday,

maybe even post some old photos

I have been doing pretty good about my Sp on Flickr…just not about putting them

on here as well, I might group some together in the next day or so.

As i sit the wonderful aromas of ‘Green Cake’ are wafting from the other room.

AHHH it has to be the best reciepe anyone has ever given me….(Thank you Mrs Talley)

Along with the smells of chicken pot pie….we are having a picnic down at the state

beach tonight with some friends.

I dont think i have ever eaten chicken pot pie on a picnic, but there are first for everything.

While having a bummer day in K-mart, I ran into a sweet friend who, could see by my face i was

having a hard day and gave me a great big hug…..there is nothing better

than to know i have friends who love me.

friends who will chat with me and get me back up out of the slums of

‘poor little me’ and back into the swing of things.

Well i best go check on the cake.

Toodles for now.

Satan has been working overtime to get me and mine down, last night and this morning

So ya know, its not going to work.

Last night i noticed water in both bathrooms and the carpet was wet in my bedroom,

I put my ear to the wall and low and behold

what do i hear, but water streaming against the wall.

Lovely…..

I call R. and he comes to my rescue, my knight in shinning armor.

And the genious that he is, goes to wall mart and buys ‘Mighty Putty’

Have you ever seen than infomercial? Its great! this stuff it says will hold a shelve on to brick walls,

use it as a fill in putty for something that has been stratched. or pretty much anything else

your cunning mind could come up with, Along with sealing copper pipping!

Tada!

Oh yes, it worked, now we are still going to have a professional come and take a look

but it kept my bedroom from becoming a lake, without turning the water off.

My Man came to my rescue once again.

Now on to this morning…..

To give you a little insight on my bathroom, the shower doors are pretty dang old

the shower itself is a puke green color, or as i like to say, ‘hulk’ green

and every once in awhile the  doors come off the tract.

This morning was not any differant,

but this time both sides came off, i was down, had my towel on and was lifting the door up

when it sliped and landed on my right big toe….

nearly cutting it in twain.

It hurt like a ‘Mother’

I cant even imagine what type of sounds were coming from behind the bathroom door.

I know have a huge slice right below my toe nail,

the throbbing is not the best of fun, but i thank God that i still have my big toe…

all mt pretty shoes would not look so pretty with out that toe.

I will try to get through my day without loosing any other apendages.

I am singing with the Praise and Worship team for tonight's service....

It feels like an eternity since i have been home, instead of 3 days

My dear R. picked me up Friday night so i could come home, sleep in my

own bed, and love on my children and him of course.

I hate being away from my rutine and home.

It just makes the list of things to do higher and higher.

Although R. did an amazing job being Mr. Mom

yes i do realize i am rambling and i have already said most of these

things in my last post.

But oh well.

I dyed my hair this afternoon after church…..its pretty much the same as the underneth color

I was so filled and reknewed going to church today….so many people were and are praying for

me and my whole family…

people telling me about when they had met Joey.  and that they see him in heaven dancing

It makes my heart so full knowing my ‘other’ family loves me so very much.

I know tomorrow is going to be the hardest for me, the viewing….The kids want to see him

and give him the teddy we had sent him while he was in the hospital.

Lennon asked me tonight if he could touch him,

i talked with him that it wont feel like how my skin feels,

cause its Joeys ‘old’ body

he’s in his ‘new’ body in heaven.

I pray they do ok tomorrow.

and for my Mommy. Give her peace God, and heal her heart.

This past week has taken so much out of me

Seeing my Mom sad is almost more than i can bare.

Planning the services and just being there.

I took photos for my Dad, of Hi, my brother Jabin, my Brother in law and Grandpa Fred

building Joey’s casket….I know what your thinking, ‘ they are building a casket’

But it truely is beautiful…its built with love.

Rudy came and picked me up last night, So i could sleep in my own bed

and gather myself before the viewing and buriel on Monday.

Its good to be home, despite the fact our dumb dog chewed a hole in my couch cushion

the size of a soft ball….i could really kill him, i am so angry.

Then this morning i went to feed the fintches and one died…

WHY? this broke my heart, i can’t take when animals die…

I had to just place a blanket over the cage till rudy is able to take care of it.

Well i need to go fill myself up, so my kids dont ware me down today, then its off

to the best church in the world, and the best bunch of friends….

How do i even begin this blog, what words can be said

how can they be put.

This feeling, this shadow, has not been over my Family for 12 years

I’m not sure how many of you knew, but my Brother Joey…Has been in the hospital for

the last 6 weeks, he was released on Thursday and finally home, sleeping in his own bed.

I am not going to go into the details of why he was in the hospital, one i am still unsure

of all the details and would hate to write the wrong reasons, and 2 it doesnt really matter

He was very sick, but things were hopeful, I felt in my heart that things were going to be

fine, God heals, yesterday , today and forever. But due to complications Joey went to see Jesus

this afternoon.

This has been an extremly hard day for me, and even now while writing this i tear up,

I was not terribly close to Joey, but he was my brother, I loved him.

My Family adopted him not even a year before i met Rudy, so near 7 years ago.

A beautiful child, and sweet as could be.

We have not had death so near us since my beloved Grandma passed away 12 years ago,

I am so unsure even how to act, or what to do.  I feel helpless

My R. is being so supportive to me, and is willing to do anything i need.

I am thinking i will have him take me to Parker in the morning, just so i am ‘there’

I have not talked with my Mom, so i am unaware of her needs, but i want to do anything i can

even if that means cleaning her house and washing clothes….I just want to help.

I am so apprecitive of Pastor Linda and pastor Traci, who prayed with us right as everything was going on…

I happened to be at the church and am very glad i was….I needed strong support.

God placed me there at the right time.

Please just keep my family in your thoughts and prayers,

My one thought that is keeping me going is, for the first time, today, Joey is walking

and running.

I searched through all my photos and found ONE

photo of me with Joey….Taken shortly after we came to live with us…

And after i thought about it, i am thinking he was younger than 5-6

either way he’s a cutie thats for sure….

I know its not a very good one, but i do not have a scanner OR my camera so i took a picture

with my phone.

Then the next ones were taken while he was in Phx in the ICU

We will miss you Joey…..say Hello to Jesus for us, we’ll see ya later