The girls (Mandy, Josie and Lucky) and I
made it to Magnolia for our vacation time.
The drive time was 16 hours and a few extra minutes. The girls were really good, they got to stop
in Alabama at Peggy’s and meet her princess Belle. They even scored a new bed with Unicorns and
Rainbows.
I got to visit with my Aunt Jeanette
yesterday for a while. Headed to Wal
Mart and Brookshires to gather supplies for our stay. Planning on cooking a whole chicken with
gravy and mashed potatoes. Also, picked
up a turkey breast that I’ll cook in a few days. Not sure what the rest of the menu will hold.
Went to mom’s grave and looked at her tombstone. It still doesn’t seem real that she’s
gone. Everywhere I look there are still
memories (great ones at that). I’m
still so lucky to have had both my parents.
I wish I could have had them longer.
I look around the house here and I remember
so much of my life as a child and even an adult. The cabinets in the house my dad made, and
mom stained. The drop ceiling in the
kitchen my dad put in, paintings on the walls that mom painted. I look at the flowers in the yard that mom
took such pride and joy in, I remember her getting some from other people and
cultivating them. The roses are in
bloom, her gladiolas which was a favorite of Dad’s is in bloom.
This morning I was up at 4:30am, was
going to walk but decided to stay inside and have coffee instead. I went out and saw a beautiful pink sky and the
nice cool 65 degree weather. Of course
later today the air conditioners will be going full force.
Not much of a post today, but hopefully
it will be better this week as I go through things here.
