Well, it’s Friday folks, I am about to head out to Jeffrey’s to take care of him and Tessa! So excited to be able to help. After all that is the part of mothering one misses the most when they grow up. You lose that feeling of helpfulness, well, today, I get to have that feeling again. I wish it were not due to Jeffrey having surgery though, oh well, what is one to do.
The doctor said that the surgery was a great success and he should have a lot less pain, he was able to take all of the bulge off. I am very happy.
The best part of yesterday was that two nurses thought I was not old enough to be Jeffrey’s mother. Wow, the birthday month presents just keep coming! What a great way for God to make up for the no snow debacle. So happy now!
Ok, must go get dressed and load up the car, am taking the griddle (thank you Gladys and Don for that, still love it!) and other things to take to Jeffrey’s.
See you all in the funny paper!
The Day After
Well yesterday was my birthday and for the first time in a long time I did not get snow, I don’t know what God is trying to tell me. Maybe I need to listen better, or perhaps it is one of the Wookie’s practical jokes. Hmmm, something to think about.
I got my presents from the Irishman, we ran errands that I had to do, then we went to see a movie that I really wanted to see. The Journey 2, I love anything Jules Vern, I mean honestly who doesn’t, of course doesn’t hurt that The Rock was in it as well. I don’t know what it is about that man, but I love him. I love the fact he does these movies that are family oriented. He is just fantastic in this, and I loved it, and highly recommend the movie.
We were going to go to dinner, but once I got home, well, you all know what happens, I put my pajamas on and watched Grimm and Merlin, I know, I’m kinda lame. Butt he will take me to eat on Sunday, so it’s all good, and it was my choice to stay home and watch my favorite shows.
Today is filled with the party for Al, then Elizabeth is coming to continue my birthday celebration and did I mention it is freezing cold here with a hint of snow in the air? Maybe Chewie forgot the actual date of my birth….. Maybe he thought it was the 11th and not the 10th, it could happen. My ex-husband always swore my birthday was actually February 11th and not the 10th, as a matter of fact he forgot it so often that he really started to believe it was the 11th. So maybe Chewie is disoriented up there, he is happily chasing rabbits and getting ear scratches that he was totally distracted. Yes, that is what I choose to believe.
I have a fabulous outfit to wear today, I can hardly wait, perhaps I will post a picture here later. We shall see, I want you all to see my fabulousness, I understand there are people that read this that have never seen me, well, isn’t it time you saw how absolutely gorgeous I am.
Have to go have my coffee and finish the money tree and the card box for the party, hope you all have a terrific Saturday, I know I am going to.
Cookies, Snow and Slipper Boots
Finally I feel the cold, I woke up to 29 degree weather, still no snow though, that is disappointing. I need the snow, I crave it, it is my friend. Snow is the great equalizer, it blankets everything and turns it into an amazingly beautiful world. Snow doesn’t care if it lands in a rich neighborhood or poor, it falls on both equally.
Yesterday was a good day, I not only got to spend time with my son, Jeffrey, I received a huge surprise upon my arrival, Tessa was there! Love the days I get to see Tessa. That girl is total greatness.
I am loving my new slipper boots Elizabeth and Freddy got me for Christmas, they are warm and cozy and extremely cute. Gotta love the cuteness factor, even if the only ones that get to see me in them are the dogs and the Irishman. As soon as I get up in the mornings they go on my feet, as soon as I walk in the door from going anywhere, on my feet they go! I am so spoiled by them, I feel like I am walking around on a cloud, they are just amazing.
I have been craving sugar since my fall off the wagon, I cannot shake it, no matter what I do I want sugar so bad, I dream of the no bake oatmeal cookies. Those are pure sugar, three cups of sugar in the recipe. I want them so bad I almost got up in the middle of the night to make them! This has to stop, There has to be a happy medium, where I can have sugar socially and not go overboard. Perhaps there is a drug out there that can help me with the urges, a patch, like for cigarette people. Sugar addiction is real my friends, I am living proof, I think I even had the D.T.’s.
Well that is enough for now, I am going to go start my day and do stuff, like resist the urge to make cookies and eat them all. Elizabeth Anne does not live close enough to come help me scarf them down as soon as I make them.
Full Moon
Is it just me or does everyone expect to see Oz when they walk outside and it is a full moon? No? Just me? This morning when I walked outside the moon was amazing, so full, so beautiful, so enticing and so very bright. One understands why humans have been fascinated with the moon since the beginning of time.
But the moon has a bad reputation as well; it gets blamed for turning men into hairy beasts once a month, and for turning women into raving lunatics. What is it about the moon that it is credited with and blamed for so much? Why are we so fascinated? I can’t speak for all mankind all I can speak for is myself, so here goes.
I love the moon because it reminds me that everything has a beginning as well as an ending, the moon signifies a newness for me. Renewal, renewal of the rotation of the earth; renewal of my own emotional well being. When it snows and the moon is out my soul is soothed, there is a peacefulness that cannot be found at any other time of the year. As you all know I love the snow, there is nothing like it, it is the great equalizer. When the snow covers everything it is beautiful, a wonderland of purity, when the moonlight is bouncing off of it, giving a bluish glow, it is Gods way of saying all is right with the world.
I can hardly wait for snow, I hope it snows like it did last year, it was amazing, and lasted so long, it was a gift, I know most did not see it that way, but I did. Snow and coffee are God’s greatest gifts to me, they both sooth my soul and let’s me know all is right with the world. The moon is an added bonus to those two things. A combination of all three is quite heady indeed.
Sweater Dresses and Boots
I am bone tired, cooking food and serving it for 8 to 10 hours is very tiring, but the end result is always good. We make money to help people in our community. That is a good feeling. I have such a great team, I can’t say enough good things about them.
I have been thinking a lot about Sandi lately, and Dee, I miss them both so much, I still have their numbers in my phone, I have their pictures on there as well. When one gets to the age that death is inevitable that is one thing, but to die from horrible diseases too young is another. Sandi’s was not by her choice, although I believe Dee had a choice. She chose to smoke, and chose to continue to smoke even when she knew it was killing her. That is the sad thing, and it does not diminish the pain of the ones left behind, I believe it heightens it.
On to other topics, I refuse to be unhappy today, the weather is cooler, it is bordering on boots and sweater dresses season, and I could not be happier. I am 25 pounds lighter this season and am so beyond excited to get some new sweater dresses! I love them! I want a closet full of them, I also want to live somewhere that I can wear them nine to ten months of the year. I can hardly wait for snow this year! I am so beyond excited about the possibility. There is always the possibility of snow here in North Texas. We mainly get ice, which I will take, but there is that occasion, the slim chance, that we will get snow, and twice in a row it has been on my birthday! You are all welcome! I will bid you all adieu for now, making breakfast tacos today to sell at Lakeside tomorrow. See you all there!
Angie World 