sadness

Sunday night...

I chatted with a dear friend of mine, nothing out of the ordinary, just regular everyday chatting. Ended like it always did, with her saying, luv ya lil sis.


On monday...

I got a call that she died.



We weren't related. Not by blood at least.
But she was my sister. "MUCH older sis" as she'd say.

Di - I luv ya sis. I miss you tons.



Never Alone

June

June:
flowers
visitsand birthdays

3 month update?

This has been one craaaaaaaaazy summer lol.
I've been here:

most of August.

And I have scrapped more this summer than in this entire year.


Update and shares to come :)

In the month of may....

It's time for a In the month of_____-fill in the blank- post!

In the month of May I went on a road trip.with these crazy fun people.
sat in three traffic jams in three different states.drove in six states.
saw the Great Smoky Mountains for the first time.
met Mariah for the first time ever in life, and the baby in her belly. :)
built a fort.saw a bear. A REAL one.
(photo by miss m)

met my new niece.spent a whole weekend with Blue.planted a garden with a little help.
(little as in boy AND dog)
and learned my brother was deployed to Iraq.

And many, many, many other things.
(a police escort, Dollywood, celebrity sightings, kid wrangling, sightseeing, gardening and landscaping, babysitting etc etc etc)



Did anyone else blink and the month was over??

I have great friends.

Really great.
They're taking me here.
To their mountain home.

Vacation officially starts in 1 hr and 45 minutes.

this month is OVER.

It's been a while.

Quite a while actually.



Lots of things happening.



Bad things mostly.




Cancer.




Strokes.




Deaths.




Hospitals.




(8 people are in those 4 above items....)



Yeah.
It's been a month. sigh.



Good things:

THIS owl that I got at an estate sale a few weekends back.

And a road trip.
Here's hoping APRIL has more good things than bad.

Happy Heart Day