Returning to My Blog

 It seems like it has been ages since I last blogged.  I think that the last time was the day before my 37th anniversary, April 12th.  In fact that day, I was at Pri-med with my mother-in-law.  Since then, we have placed her in a nursing home.  This past Monday marked a week that she has been there. 


 She is doing as good as one could expect.  The week before we decided to place her, it had gotten to the point that she was not able to put any pressure on her legs.  I was fortunate to have two office chairs that had wheels on them and was able to push her around.  On Saturday, I took her to the ER, because we were afraid that she might have a blood clout.  Thankfully, everything came back okay.


 I visit her every day and some days are better than others.  The place is only 4 miles from the house, so it is easy to take the time and visit for about an hour or two.  I take her a soda and a bag of chips when I go and then we go out to the garden area or like today, we went to the central area where they hold church services.  They also have a nice fish aquarium and Mom always enjoys watching them.  So this will be a favorite place to take her.


So I have had so many things on my plate, that I didn't even turn my computer on for about 2 weeks.  Things are beginning to settle down and life will start to get on track.

Thank each and everyone of my followers.  I love visiting our blogs and hearing back from you.  May each of you have a blessed week and feel God's presence every step you take.

APPLE STORE DANCE TO CHECK IT OUT!!

                                              the little things we do     

1.   My favorite daily responsibility is,  keeping my house clean from the kitchen to the living room to the bedrooms and ending up with the bathrooms

2.  My least favorite daily responsibility is,    trying to keep the house clean when Gabrielle and her friends come over.

3.  My favorite cuisine to eat when going out is    a buffet.  That way I get to eat things that I don't cook at home due to my husbands eating of low carb.

4.  My favorite cuisine to prepare at home is     Mexican with the tacos, enchiladas and chalupas.  I also love making the avocado dip and homemade chips and hot sauce.

5.  Andy Warhol said that everyone is famous for 15 minutes. My claim to fame is    I am not really sure how to answer this one. I have never felt like I was famous, unless you would consider being the bride, giving birth to beautiful babies famous. 

6.  If I could have 3 wishes I would wish      that my house would stay clean, I lived in San Antonio, TX and I owned my very own bookstore of mysteries and Christian books.

7.  My biggest pet peeve is  being late.  There is no reason to be late unless you have babies.  I know some of you will think that this is unreasonable, but I have never understood why some people make it a habit to be late.

Thirty Days of Me...Days 8 & 9

One of the many streets of Adana, Turkey

Day 8 - A Place You've Traveled To

In the year 1980, we were stationed Incirlick AFB in Turkey.  This was by far the best tour that we ever had. We were there for 2 years.  The adventures we had made for great memories for Mandy and Bridgett.

The markets were so exciting.  The first time we went downtown to shop, we came back home so exhausted, but with some of the best produce.  There were so many sounds, colors, and people trying to get your attention. The food, oh, just thinking of it, makes me want to go back.  

The people that we met were so kind.  Very anxious to talk to you and try out their English.  I remember the time that I had rode the Adali (bus) one day to get my produce and I had given my pencil to one of the vendors to write down how much.  I forgot to get the pencil back and when I went back at least 2 weeks, the gentleman was me and walked up to me.  Was I ever shocked, he had my pencil and had held on to it.  Now in America, you would never expect to see that happen. 

People would always give me ugly stories about their time in Turkey, but I can honestly say that I found the people, culture, food, shopping, above what I have found many times in my own country, The USA.  

I think that any country that we visit, it is up to us to honor their ways.  If we have been asked to conduct ourselves in a certain way, then we need to.  I would love to go back just to visit and have more time to go places.

Mandy and I at one of the open markets.

Bridgett and I looking at carpet and purses

Our first meal in our downtown apartment. This was from a vendor just off the street.

I suppose there are many other countries to visit, but Turkey is the only one that I can think of.

Day 9...A Picture of Your Friends

This is one of the times last year that we had family over for a pool time and we invited Velda and her family to join in with us.  My best friend that lives here in Alabama is Velda.  She is the one sitting in the chair with the blue shirt on.  Then my sister, Tammy is standing behind my dog, Lacey. I really don't have a lot of friends that I get to do things with.  I am praying that in the near future that the Lord will open doors that I can spend time with my friends from church.

A - Z Blogging Challenge

 “I” is one of the most important letters in the alphabet—don’t you?  It’s impossible to imagine an individual inscribing ideas impaired of “I”!  The language would be incomplete!  Inadequate!  This is because the letter I happens to be one of the most-used, versatile letters in the entire alphabet.  As the fourth most common letter, I is used 38 times more frequently than Q, X, Z or even J.  I is also a word in and of itself, representing the first person pronoun.

Info About I

• I is the only personal pronoun in English that is always capitalized.
• The letter I is derived from an Egyptian hieroglyph meaning “arm,” since the word for arm began with the same sound.
• The dot over a lowercase I is sometimes referred to as a “tittle.”
• In the Turkish alphabet, four different characters represent I – an uppercase and lowercase dotless I, and an uppercase and lowercase dotted i.
• The Phoenician yodh and Greek Iota were both meant to represent I.

As I was thinking of the letter for today, I thought, let's see if there is anything on line about the letter I.  I found the neatest, site http://www.yourdictionary.com/, that talks about the different letters of our "Alphabet".  After browsing a  bit, I knew what I wanted to do.  I am going to use a word that starts with "I" that I have never heard before.  So here goes:

My Daughter, Bridgett, has always had a love for animals.  They could be small in size or large, it really didn't matter to her.  At times in her life, she has had a number of pets that I would never have thought.  

One year, she bought my daughter, Alexis a  "Tarantula".  Now I had to draw the line at this gift.  She was allowed to have it, but it stayed at Bridgett's house.  Later, I learn that it is living in Byron's room (her son).  He loves it.  

Then one day they get home and find that it has crawled out of the cage and is roaming somewhere in the house.   Byron is not even concerned because he is not afraid of it.  In his eyes it was a pet and it was innoxious.

A - Z Blogging Challenge

THe Letter for Saturday is H for

Hummingbird, the tiniest bird and the only one that can fly backwards.

Don't they just make you want to go out and buy some feeders?

A - Z Blogging Challenge

Yesterday, or actually, Friday the letter of the day was G. So here it is 12:55 on Sunday morning and I have yet to do Friday or Saturday's letter. Please bare with me as I try my best to get caught up.

Letter G

For the letter G, it was not hard to decide.  Our youngest daughter's name is GABRIELLE.

She was born in May of 1996 and has been a blessing, headache and a joy.  When she was little, she was always our little drama child.  Has always had a big vocabulary. One of her favorite TV shows growing up was the Discovery Channel.  When she went to school, the teachers were amazed at how much she knew about animals.

This is one of my favorite  photos

She has always been able to keep people entertained with her antics.  Now that she is almost 15, she is growing up too fast.  

Age three

On her way to a Biscuits Game

Gabrielle has decided that she would rather be called Gaby. I think that the kids at school, decided that for her.  She has a big heart and loves to be around her friends.

In her bedroom with circles

7th grade as a Dancer

This summer, she will be moving in with her birth mother and dad.  Our daughter, Bridgett is her real mother and we have been raising her since she was 5 months old.  We adopted her at age 1.  She has been looking forward to this for the past year. 

Part of video she made

What the next year will hold for her, will be up to her. She will be going to High School and then learning to drive. I believe in her and know that she is able to do whatever she wants to do.  I am just glad that I have the Lord on my side and He will keep His hand on her, as she continues to grow into that lovely young lady.