My Angel

Twelve years ago today a new angel was created. She is our guardian angel and watches and protects us as best she can. I miss her terribly and love her deeply.

What a sight!!

As J and I traveled down the road last night we came upon an interesting, yet erie, sight. Scarecrows! We were traveling from Covington, GA to Commerce, GA and drove through the town of Hoschton. We started noticing the scarecrows on the outskirts of town, lots of em! And as we got closer to the town, more of them in all shapes, sizes, you name it. In one pasture they even had them set up to represent a football team on the field! Ok, now I'll explain the erie part...it was dark and rainy. It had rained on us all day and as we traveled it got worse...and dark!! Then we come across a small town filled with scarecrows! Gave me the heebie geebies!! As we reached the center of town we found out the reason for them....http://www.hoschtonfallfestival.com/ . Yep, just a simple fall festival. But let me tell you the whole town is lined with scarecrows! In peoples yards, fields, pasture, in the church yards!!!

So once we got to our hotel I had to look it up and share with everyone!! Enjoy.

til next time,

M

Hotels and Internet use!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....ok now that I have that off my chest I'll start. Why, why, why can't hotels have reliable internet use? Last night I got the laptop out, turned her on, connected and WAHLAH....internet! Then we started making hotel reservations and it got slower, and slower, and slower....until it just quit! I called the front desk, they had NO clue! How reassuring!! They then called "Tech support". After about 30 minutes no response I called FD again, still no clue. After another 30 minutes, you guessed it, call FD AGAIN. STILL NO CLUE! (Seriously, hire someone who might know something!) THEN, tech support calls me! I explain that my dial up at home is quicker than this, he doesn't find it funny. He then proceeds to tell me someone is "hogging" all the bandwith...ok what do I do, search for them and beat them up...I just want HIM to fix it. Needless to say I waited, and waited, and waited called the FD again, still not fixed so I gave up! But he (tech) must have fixed it sometime last night cause here I am this morning!! But I won't hold my breath till I see if it works tonight!!

Til next time,
M

Why am I amazed?

I couldn't believe what I saw yesterday, an elderly lady backed her van into a woman and her 4 children actually hitting the oldest and the next to the youngest (who was sitting in the shopping cart). Now, I watched....the woman in the van NEVER looked behind her to see if anyone or anything was there. The mother said something, but I was too far away to hear. Then the woman just drove off, she didn't get out to see if they were fine, no response to the mother, just drove off. What is happening to our society? Have we no regard for others, apparently not. I ask my husband daily, why do these things amaze me? His reply is I don't know because you know something is going to happen. I try and be courteous and polite to people and just wish the same in return, it seems that manners (I know, I touched on this subject once) are becoming a thing of the past. Last week I had a young man (about 10/11) tell me "that blows"! AND because he was being extremely rude and pushey and I wouldn't let him do what he wanted. I was dumbfounded! Then his mother got upset with ME, now I know where he learns it!

So please, if you read this, be kind, use manners and teach them to your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and anyone you can!!

Til next time,
M

Hair styles

It seems I've had my hair the same way for many, many years now. Is it time to try something new? I've talked about it with a friend and she gave me some very good suggestions, now...do I want to try them? When it comes to my hair I will admit, I'm lazy. I want something easy and quick, not something that takes a lot of time. Does the "old" rule apply that once you hit 30, or heaven forbid 40, you shouldn't have long hair?! I'm pondering....not sure what to do...probably nothing, especially since it is still summer and french braiding my hair is the easiest thing I can do daily!!! BUT, we'll see!!

Til next time,
M

My dad and the scripture verse.

Sitting here in the hotel room in Kingsport I thought about my dad. I went to http://www.alzquilts.org/ and submitted my memory of Dad. It's been 4 months since he left us and I think of him a lot. I sometimes wonder why, why did MY dad have to get that dreaded disease and will I get it. Some of you are probably wondering why I decided to put a certain scipture verse on my blog. Well, you see the night Dad passed I told him it was ok to go. We kids would take care of Mom, when I said that he looked at me, I mean really looked at me. Two tears rolled down his cheek and I wiped them away telling him it was ok to go and we loved him. I asked the hospice nurse if they were truly tears or were his eyes just watering. She asked what I thought and I told her they were truly tears. She told me to look up Revelations 21:4 and read it and that it meant I would be with Dad when he passed. I looked it up, read it, and was with Dad when he passed. So, this verse has taken on a very special meaning to me, it is now probably my favorite verse.

I miss him everyday, but know that he watches over me as does my darling lil daughter! They are both in a better place, free from pain, harm, and all the other things we are experiencing here!

Til next time,
M

Observations...my point of view

What has happened to manners? I watch people every day and wonder. Do we just take things for granted or are we not teaching manners anymore? I saw a good thing today, a young lady got out of the vehicle she was riding in to pick up something an older woman (riding a motorized scooter) had dropped and returned it to the woman. While I didn't know the young woman I was very proud of her for doing so. But overall it seems to me that we as a society are lacking in manners. I taught my children manners and luckily they are passing that along to my grandkids. I love to take my grandkids out in public because they are very well behaved and have good manners! They are a true blessing. So, is it just me or do you agree with me?

Till next time.
M

My first blog!!!

Well, today is a first! My first blog. Wow, now I'm not saying this will be exciting or anything...but it will be interesting! So, here goes nothing!!