Miss you

2 years ago today, my sweet Aunt walked into the presence of Jesus.

Love and miss you...... so much, Aunt Mary Nelle

Project 365 - week 13

Week 13.

Well, this week was supposed to be very different than it ended up.  All my guys left on a college visiting trip and I was left home alone....the house to myself.....for a week!!!

Oh did I have plans!

That was my first mistake.

Here's my week:

Sunday

No picture today

Alyssa left this morning to drive back to school...she was not feeling well, so I was pretty worried until she got home.  But she made it fine!

My boys left after church today.

They are driving to Indiana to look at colleges for Jared.  Jason decided to go along since he has several friends at the different colleges.

Soooo...I have the house to myself for a WEEK!!!

Monday

 Started working up at the church today.  This is my new office.

And then I got the unexpected pleasure of babysitting this sweet boy so his mama could go to work for the afternoon!

Tuesday

 spent the morning with my CrossWalk committee working on curriculum for the spring and summer.  It was a VERY productive morning.  I love working with these ladies!!!

Wednesday

This was a VERY BAD day.

I worked back up at the pharmacy today to help them out over spring break.  When I got home after work, I opened the door to the worst smell EVER!  My poor Lily had had diarrhea....

...all.over.the.house.

...in every.single.room.

After 4 hours of scrubbing, 3 mop heads, a bazillion candles and several blisters...I finally got it all cleaned up and smelling better.

now I am pooped........pun intended.

Thursday

Lily is one sick dog.

She had to spend the night out side and just endured a lot of poking, proding and pricking with needles from the vet.

you can tell just from the look on her face that she is not happy!!!

Plus she smells really bad.

Friday

After spending another night outside, enduring another visit to the vet, more shots and a bath...Lily is VERY glad to be home and back at her perch.  She seems to be feeling better.  We will get the test results from the vet on Monday.  He thinks it might be her thyroid.

Saturday

 The pharmacy was shorthanded for spring break, so I volunteered to work again  today....9-1pm.  The rest of the day was spent cleaning, grocery shopping and waiting for my guys to get home!
Man, I've missed them!

I am hoping your week was better than mine!  Actually it was a good week all-in-all and I got a lot accomplished....just not quite what I had planned.

When plans get interrupted

I had this week all planned out.

I have the house to myself and my time to myself for a whole week.

I had plans.

Are you laughing yet?

Monday my plans got a very fun change...I got to keep my friend's 5 month old for the afternoon on the spur of the moment.  I love changes like that and of course adapt to them very well.

But Wednesday, I had planned to have a relaxing evening to myself.  Just me, my book and a quiet house....perfect.  Then Thursday, was supposed to be my "fun" day.  I had plans to meet this sweet friend for the first time!!  She is here to present some research at a conference (she is uber smart, this one!)

 

However, when I came home from work last night,  I opened the door to the worst smell I have ever smelled.  My poor Lily had had diarrhea ALL over the house....

...seriously, in every.single.room.

I will spare you the gory details but I spent FOUR hours cleaning....lit a bazillion candles and then had to bathe the dog.  I literally fell into bed last night.

This morning, I took Lily to the vet (at the crack of dawn), He wants me to stay home with her today to keep an eye on her.  They are not sure what is wrong, may be her thyroid (she gained 12 lbs in one month!!) and they are running some tests.  I have to take her back tomorrow morning to find out.

I love, LOVE my dog.  She is the BEST dog ever.

BUT, I am so upset that I don't get to meet Judith...she is only here for a few hours.

This particular interruption is not going over very well....at all.

I am so disappointed I won't meet Judith, I am a bit miffed that this all had to happen while I was the only one home and I have blisters on my fingers from scrubbing.......can you sense the pity party coming on?

I think it is very interesting that I just picked up my new study book for the bible study we are starting next week:

Jonah:  Navigating a life Interrupted

hmmmmm...I think God is about to teach me some things.

Project 365 - week 12

 Week 12.

Well, I just spent a fantastic week with my daughter in Arizona visiting my family.  The older I get, the more I seem to miss Arizona.  I wish I lived closer and could go home more often!!!

 Here's my week:

 Sunday

Look to the sky!!!  Christ must be returning!!

My mom is pumping her own gasoline!!!

This is the woman that would go out of her way and pay more to go to a self service station.  when those went under, she would pay her grandchildren to go pump her gas for her!!!!

I seriously nearly fell out of the car.

Monday

  I was sitting on my parents porch having my coffee and doing my quiet time when I heard a very strange noise.  Turns out this hot air balloon was flying over my parents house....nearly landing on the house!!!!  Unfortunately I didn't think to get my camera out till it made it down the street....crazy!!!

 I had so much fun going to my niece's softball game tonight.  And what a beautiful backdrop for the game!!!  I miss those mountains so much!!!

Tuesday

 We went ATVing in the desert today.

See my last post for some more pictures.

We found a Gila Monster (pronounced "heela")

I have only see one other one in the wild in my life!  It is very rare to see them and they have a deadly bite...so I think my brother and daughter are crazy in this picture!!!

Wednesday

today my mom treated me to a 2 hour facial.

oh.my.word.......I love her!

Thursday

 I got to have lunch today with 2 friends I have known since elementary school.  It is always so fun to see how those friendships pick back up so quickly even when we don't see each other very often!!!

Friday

Today Alyssa and I flew home to Arkansas. 

It is always so sad to leave my parents!

We watched this movie on the plane....great movie!

Saturday

Today is the ONE day I have all 3 of my kids home!

Alyssa leaves tomorrow to go back to school, Jason just got home tonight and the 3 boys are leaving tomorrow to take Jared to visit some colleges.

Of course, we had to play cards!!

Time for us to see your week!!!  Link up!

The beauty of my home state

 This is long, with lots of pictures!

But I wanted to share with ya'll how beautiful my home state is.

I miss it.

We got up early...like 5 AM early...to head out on a day of ATVing in the desert with my dad, brother, and a friend.

People will tell you how amazing the sunsets are in AZ, but the sunrises are just as beautiful!

 This is my soon-to-be 80 year old dad driving his Razor through the desert.  He amazes me.

 We ran into a bunch of cows that wouldn't get out of the road!

 I am always taken aback by the delicate beauty you find among the rocks and dust

 This is my crazy brother making a dust devil with his ATV

 of course, flat stanley came along!

 you will never see a view like this any where else.  just breath taking!

 me and my dad

 my brother and my dad

 This is a gila monster.  This is only the SECOND one I have seen in my life outside of a zoo.  They are very slow but have a deadly bite....once they bite, they do NOT let go.

 Yes, he is crazy

 so is she.

 Look that that sky...incredible.

 this is chimney rock

me and my brother scaling chimney rock!!

I am the dot on the top!!

 like I said....crazy!

And by the way, she received her 2nd grad acceptance today!

We had such a wonderful day!

How will I ever choose a picture for P365?

Which one do you think I should choose?