Some people swim with sharks or sky dive or crawl through caves or tons of other scary things.
Me? Not much, except...
I do ride my bike and take photos at the same time, even going 12 miles an hour. Hehehe!
Yep, I'm a brave girl.
It's actually not hard since I have my iPhone right there with me as I listen to music while I ride and my phone has a camera. Yep, that's kinda dangerous too, I know, but I'm very careful. I promise. I'm on the sidewalk the majority of the time and I'm extra careful when I get to the curvy parts. See I made it to the tennis courts safe and sound. Riding my bike there really helps warm me up before I start playing. I love that we live close enough to ride to the tennis center.
Look who I saw went I got to a corner on the way home. He watched me closely, but didn't run away. I think he and his friends nibble on some of my plants. They roam from yard to yard without much fear. Beauties, but wish they would stay in the woods.
BTW...George and I are less than 90 miles before we reach 4,000 miles clocked on our bikes. And that's just since we bought our bike pedometers.
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
But lately I'm contemplating cleaning everything. And I mean everything.
A real massive attack!
I said I'm thinking about it. So far, I haven't actually started. LOL
What has gotten in to me, you ask? Hmmmmm...not sure.
Maybe it's the fact that I climbed on my bathroom vanity to change a light bulb recently and saw all the dust up high where no one sees it, so it doesn't get cleaned, but ewwww!
Maybe it's the fact that I've noticed when I open some drawers (like those in my desk) and they are so full of STUFF that the drawers are hard to close. And I know half that STUFF isn't needed.
Maybe it's the fact that a girlfriend and neighbor recently died after a hard fought battle with cancer and I'm wondering what her husband is doing with all that STUFF that are important (or so we think) to women but men could care less about. And it's got me to thinking if something should happen to me that I'd hate for loved ones to have to go through all my JUNK and wonder "what was she thinking?"
Don't get me wrong - if you came into my home you would think it very clean and organized. But looks can be deceiving. Believe me, there is STUFF and JUNK hidden everywhere.
Sooooo I'm thinking of getting started.
What's holding me back? Oh, important things like blogging, facebooking, books, biking, the beach, yada yada yada..........
But, I WILL do it. And soon. (Note to self: It's in writing now, so get yourself in gear!)
I keep reminding myself of that old Nike ad:
"JUST DO IT".
Wish me luck.
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
Love this cartoon! Did your mama always tell you to be sure to wear clean underwear (with no holes) just in case you had to see a doctor or be rushed to the emergency room? LOL
I went to a new doctor today. Love him. HATED spending 2 hours and 15 minutes there....and only 20 minutes was with him. Grrrr! But, in his defense, he's so wonderful that everyone (and their brother) wants to see him and he takes as much time as is needed with every patient. Even when people are waiting and waiting and waiting. Hence, the reason they call it the "waiting room".
He wants to see me again in 3 months. It seems my cholesterol levels are a bit high. Hmmmm...wonderful why? LOL
I made sure my next appointment will be the first one after their lunch break. No more waiting for me. I hope.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mom and Sherry left after breakfast this morning. Sure seems quiet here tonight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is it just me or does it seem like people aren't blog visiting much anymore? Or maybe people just aren't commenting like they used to. ???? I've noticed it on my blog and on others too. Have you? I'm thinking facebook might have something to do with it. I enjoy it too, but still prefer blogging. I think it's much more personal.
Sometimes I think about stopping my blog, but I keep plugging along.
'Cause it makes me happy. That's why I starting blogging in the first place. For me. And that's important, right?
Please say yes 'cause when Mom and Sherry are here, the diet goes "out the window". Good golly Miss Molly!
Speaking of calories....Tonight my friend Jeanette came over and played Mexican Train and Chicken Foot with us girls. What fun! Sherry and I made a batch of "Southern Slush" last night so it would be ready for tonight. It's a packaged mix that you add to a bottle of wine and a bottle of water. It makes a wine slush...deee-licious! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I started my new bible study this morning...Priscilla Shirer's Jonah: Navigating A Life Interrupted. It's gonna be a good one.
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It's been so nice having Mom and Sherry here this week. We've had a great time.
It's gonna be hard to say goodbye to them tomorrow :-(
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
Dinner tonight along with a tall glass of peach tea. How southern is that?!
So yummy! Heaven on a plate.
See that butter on the sweet potato and the gravy on the pork roast AND on the cornbread muffin? Yep, I know...I'm a bad bad girl :-) I'm glad I rode my bike AND played tennis this morning, but I'm quite sure I'm consuming more calories than I'm burning. LOL
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
Mom and Sherry arrived just hours after Bree left on Monday.
We've been busy doing our normal routine.
Today's game - Chicken Foot Dominoes Today's wine - Line 39
We've been playing lots of games, laughing, cooking and shopping.
And eating desserts!
Sherry made this oh so yummy peach tart tonight with some peaches she brought to us. Life is good! "Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
I'm sure you've heard that diddy "One martini, two martini, three martini, floor!".
Believe me if I had three martinis, I would probably be on the floor. Make that I would DEFINITELY be on the floor. LOL
Tonight it was one martini (white cosmo) for me, one martini (tropical) for Bree and a beer for George. Gosh our time together went by waaaay too fast! And we hated that Jay couldn't come this weekend, but he had to work on Friday and also had a commitment this weekend.
We missed you Jay.
It's gonna be hard to say goodbye to Bree in the morning, especially since my Mom and Aunt Sherry arrive just a few hours later. Can't wait to see them.
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
Tonight was c-r-a-z-y! And terrifying. And fun. How's that for a mix!
We had fun plans, but in the midst of it, I received a terrible phone call from my baby sister. Hearing the words "something's wrong with our mama" chilled me to the bone. Chilled.me.to.the.bone. I've heard that saying a thousand times, but never really thought how it must feel. Now I know. My two sisters rushed to mother's condo as I hung on to my phone....waiting for news. And wouldn't you know it, the battery on my iPhone was getting low. Luckily, George had his phone with him and I sent them a text to let them know we had both phones in our hands waiting for news. That's a horrible feeling. To be 4 hours away and wanting to be THERE so so badly. Not knowing what to do. She was rushed by ambulance to the hospital with chest pains. It was incredibly scary, especially until she got to the hospital! To make a very long story short, she is okay and was dismissed about an hour ago. Thank you God!
Now...here's the fun part of tonight:
Front to back Left: Dick, Linda, George, Me; Right: T.G., Kelly, Nancy (Kelly's Mom) Guess who we had dinner with tonight? Yep, and heand she are awesome! (Click on he and she to see who I mean.) They were in town from Nashville and had dinner along with us and our friends Dick and Linda.
This song hesings about her is one that means a lot to me as a cancer survivor. She and Linda are breast cancer survivors too.
I have this song on a CD, but the only video I could find is this one and it's actually an advertisement for a CD, but it's still absolutely AWESOME. I think you'll agree. What a gorgeous song with T. G. singing with Crystal Gayle! I LOVE the piano in this too.
Enjoy!........ And if there are tears...that's okay. I cry almost every time I hear it. Mine are tears of gratitude for all those who love me and were so supportive after my diagnosis and surgery (and still are).
Pay close attention to what T.G. has to say towards the end (around 3:42)...so true!
What a day!
Now, let's hope I can sleep. So much to be thankful for. Mom is okay and Bree is coming home tomorrow.
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
After day and days and more days of rain and a whole week of no tennis, I was thrilled that today was sunny and we were playing tennis! I hopped out of bed and got ready quickly so I could ride my bike to the courts...and stop by $tarbuck$ in the village on the way.
I can't tell you how excited I was. I felt like a kid. I put in my ear plugs and tuned my iPod on my iPhone to listen to some Beth Hart, threw on my tennis back pack, hopped on my bike and off I went. So happy!
Just me and my shadow.
But wait...that's not me??
Seriously...when did my head become heart shaped?
And when did I become pregnant?
LOL I guess my visor somehow made my head look heart shaped??? And the back pack slung over my shoulders made my backside look HUGE. The stick looking thing coming down from my hand where I am holding my phone to take the photo is actually my tennis racquet sticking up out of the back pack. Lord have mercy...I look like an alien! And this one looks like my bike has a tiny horse head. LOL
Oh well, you can't have shadows when it's raining, so thank you Lord for a day with shadows, even if they're funny ones. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Speaking of rain (we had none today Thank you God), but look at these cuties that I saw at W*lmart this afternoon when I cruised down the shoe isles...just in case there were any cute flip flops that might have needed a new home (nope, none today). Adorable!
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
Awwww....I have found the best girl in the world for pedicures. Seriously. I compliment her big time each time I go and in return she massages me even longer than the last time. I think she actually enjoys it when I come in. Everyone likes to feel like they do a good job. (She was VERY good when I first started going to her, but since I've made her feel like the BEST, she feels extra special...and I get the benefit. wink wink)
My Mom was right when she told me years ago "you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar". Did your Mom tell you that or is it just a southern saying?
Whatever.....it works!
My toes are smiling and so am I.
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
Well, I did it! I managed to do three loads of laundry (more still waiting on me) and re-made two beds (one more to go) before I gave in and took a nap. A looooong nap. The kind of nap I knew my body needed.... so I took out my contacts, took off my bra, put on some warm socks and put in my earplugs. I grabbed my "napping sheet" and curled up on the couch in the master bedroom sitting area. And fell asleep in 6 seconds flat. I kid you not. At some point, I heard Miss Daisy barking and thought it was morning. I opened one eye and realized where I was and promptly drifted right back into the same dream. I love it when that happens.
You can bet your last dollar that I wasn't the only one napping in this house. I'm quite sure George and Miss Daisy was too.
Luckily, there was spaghetti sauce with meatballs in the crock pot, so dinner was easy. There is no way I felt like cooking and I certainly could not have gone out tonight. I scared myself when I looked in the mirror! LOL You know that look....hair going in all directions, mascara smeared eyes, marks on my face from sleeping so hard and a very wrinkled shirt. Lovely, just lovely.
I should feel refreshed, but I'm yawning as I type this.
More rain is predicted tomorrow. Will it be a 2 nap day?
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
Because of so much rain this week, our grandson's baseball tournament was extended through today. We had hopes they will go all the way and we would be spending the entire day at the ball field. I went to church by myself since the first game was at 8am and then I planned to meet everyone there in time to watch the rest of the games. But...pooh!..they lost 1-0 so they were home before I left church.
Since I didn't plan on us being home for lunch I had nothing prepared so I stopped and picked up some fried chicken and trimmings (thanks Colonel) and then we spent most of the afternoon by the pool.
Carson, Dalton and Karrigan At least they came home with trophies.
Tonight we grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and had chips and baked beans. We all played lots of ping pong and watched some fireworks right from our lanai.
HAPPY4thOF JULY!
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
Our grandson's baseball team is still in the tournament. They won 10-0 on Saturday. A very big win!
Our 4th will be spent at the ball field for the last day of the tournament. Because there were so many rain delays this week, the tournament was held over another day. If he keeps winning, he might have to play 4 games today! I can't even imagine.
Tonight we will be grilling out. (And hopefully celebrating.)
Go Carson!
What's your plans?
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
Finally the sun came out so my grandson's team could play this afternoon. He caught me taking his photo. I stood at the fence behind the batter to get some shots of our grandson pitching today. Using my zoom, it looks like he's right in front of me. Although the team won their first two games this week, today was a loss. It started raining right after their game. We got soaked running to our cars. The night game was rained out.
Tomorrow is the last day of the tournament. Fingers crossed for a big win in the morning.
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
I can't believe how much rain we've been getting here in the "sunshine" state! Another gullywasher of a day again today! This was our street this afternoon. Water was standing in the road. The lakes around the golf course were high and our swimming pool was up to the tippy top. My tennis has already been canceled for tomorrow morning. Even if it doesn't rain any more tonight, the courts will never dry before 8am. That's the third time this week.
Driving home from the grocery store this afternoon, I saw a man riding his bike in the rain. Not because he had to, but for exercise. You could tell he was a serious athlete. He was wearing only a pair of shorts (no shirt) and a baseball hat and some type of rubber shoes. He didn't seem to mind the pouring rain. I envied him. I remember loving to play in the rain when I was a child.
Did you?
Seeing him made me remember how free I felt out in the rain so I though about throwing caution to the wind and hopping on my bike. The idea of having to re-do hair and makeup kept me for trying it though. The guy probably just toweled off and changed into some dry clothes and was done with it. LOL Now if I had a umbrella like this................ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I feel so bad for our son and 10 year old grandson who are here for a baseball tournament this week. (And all the other families too.) What a mess! No one got to play today for sure. Our son called from the hotel in Panama City where the team is staying and said that it was a miserable day trying to find things to do. There's a 50% chance of rain in the morning too. Hopefully, the sun will come out long enough for them to get their games in tomorrow afternoon. George and I are sure enjoying our time with the 15 year old grandson who is staying with us. Other than a trip to the grocery store, we stayed in all day and played all kinds of games. He and George played ping pong and chess . He and I played computer games together. The three of us played lots of Phase 10 and Mexican Train. Sure do love him!
"Father, help me to be a blessing to someone today."
I do ride my bike and take photos at the same time, even going 12 miles an hour. Hehehe! 
I'm on the sidewalk the majority of the time and I'm extra careful when I get to the curvy parts.
See I made it to the tennis courts safe and sound. Riding my bike there really helps warm me up before I start playing. I love that we live close enough to ride to the tennis center.
Look who I saw went I got to a corner on the way home. He watched me closely, but didn't run away. I think he and his friends nibble on some of my plants. They roam from yard to yard without much fear. Beauties, but wish they would stay in the woods.
