{Wordless Wednesday}

It was going to look like a rough Sunday when I received this pretty rose. It really did help. :)

One Down, Three to Go

Yesterday I asked someone a pretty big question. They gave me the answer I was hoping for!!

I was so happy when she said yes!!!!
Not many people in the South have God Parents, mostly because most of them aren't Catholic. Now I'm not Catholic, but I am (part) Episcopalian. Which is what most of my dad's side of the family is. So of course I agree with having God Parents!! If something happens to me I already know that my parents won't be able to take care of Sweetpea as much as they would like. The task now falls that I find one more God Mother, and two God fathers. This is not anywhere as easy as I would like it to be, I've got a few contestants that I'm thinking about, I just wish they were as easy of a choice as Miss OKC was. No offense to any one else that I choose of course, but she has been one of my best friends for a long time. I know she will love my child like her own, and provide the very best she can for the little Sweetpea.


Those are also the qualities I have to make sure the other God Parents would be able to do, willing to do.

If any of you out there chose God Parents for your little ones, I would love to hear your stories!!

Quick Phone Post

Here I am again. At the pool.

I've had a few eurekas and revelations in the past two days.

It's time to act like an adult.

(more frequently)

Big girl pants go on and stay on.

Gotta go.

Picture Post

Here are a few fun pictures! Definitely still not in the best over all mood but these are some pretty fun pictures that I think you will enjoy.

Mockingjay

"Well MP I just finished the mockingjay and I think you would really like the series. It's grabbing and not as predictable as I had thought.
It was cute. I sat in a chair in the dining room covered in a blanket my grandmother had sewn. The chair is next to an old cast iron stove. Duke, my grandfathers dog only left his spot from laying in front of me when the other (idiotic) dogs thought there was something to bark at, even then he was only gone a few seconds. What did get annoying is how protective he is. Duke does not like the other dogs when he is guarding me.
It's actually bitter sweet because I think springer spaniels are a superb breed. But I'm not happy about how overly protective they are. We have come to a few conclusions on this behavior though. (the one I am thinking is the most accurate) one is that he can't stand my aunts other four dogs anymore than the rest of us and since he is a dog he sees her as the leader of one of the most worthless packs ever. The other is that he is a dog that doesn't like other dogs.
And for the record the petals fell as I was reading my book so I used what I had for a photo opp. ;) but the petals really should be white.



Also if any series can have me tear up at multiple times in each book, it's pretty good.

I hope you have a very uneventful flight!! Can't wait to hear from you when you land!

Sent from my iPhone"

Here is a picture of my chair I mentioned and the email I sent to a very very good friend of mine who is finally on his way home from Afghanistan. Not his home home, but where he is stationed in Hawaii.
He is a fantastic guy. :)

Oh and as to my aunts dogs. I think they are all very cute...when apart and not all together. Honestly very very cute!

Surrounded by Flowers

Lots of flowers. Very beautiful flowers.
Not the ones you would associate with a funeral either. Because, as it were, those are NOT the flowers my grandmother would want.
She was a beautiful woman. 'Who saw every wild flower as if there had never been one before' (part of her eulogy, written by my aunt.) It's interesting how true that statement is. She loved flowers.

There are so many beautiful flowers. And while it still hurts that she is gone, the wounds are healing, and I can start to see all the flowers. The ones she loved. And the birds. The ones she loved to sit and watch. There is not a single bad word anyone can say about my grandmother. If they try there will be more than one person to shut them up...with plenty of good things.

I have so many many pictures to post and it's only sunday. Not to mention there are tons that I am sure will be posted to facebook.

So it has been a very very bitter sweet weekend.

I have a few more things to post about but for now I'll leave you with a few pretty pictures.



Wednesday Short Story

Well technically it's Thursday but I won't tell if you don't.. ;)

•I am enjoying my promotion. Even with the stress
•I am so thankful to have firefighter friends I can take my extra food I will never eat too.
•loving my iPhone4.
•I'm immensely enjoying the start of the summer nights. I'm sitting on my balcony finishing up the rough-rough draft of my english paper. It feels fantastic(I'm wearing running shirts and a sweatshirt :] ).
•I'm buying furniture tomorrow(or Friday, probably tomorrow)!!!
•I've decided I am probably going to paint a three rooms of my apartment.
•I've decided that even though i have some amazing friends in Washington county, I need a few more in Benton county..
•lookie what I bought!!!