Precious Memories

I couldn't go back to sleep after Mark left for work this morning,  so I got up and went to the parsonage to pack up some more stuff.  I'm happy to say I'm almost done.  Mark will need to help me with the rest and take the truck.

I worked for 3 1/2 hours and quit to meet Ilene for lunch at Cagney's.  After lunch,  I went home,  unloaded and headed back to the parsonage for another load.   A little over an hour later I was heading home before I got caught in the rain.  The sky was getting ready to burst asunder!  I didn't make it home before it began to rain.  Fortunately, I am able to back the car underneath the car port attached to the house.  That helped with the unloading job!

Ominous-looking cloud cover as I left the church.

Once again, my dining room is overflowing with boxes to go through,  some of them chock full of memorabilia.  Precious memories, how they linger.  How they ever flood my soul......at least I can have the memories now without a deluge of tears.....most of the time!

The stuff in the floor and on the table in the dining room.....

The stuff in the living room on

the coffee table and in the floor

by my chair.

Today was BOGO entree at Ruby Tuesday.  When Mark got home from work at 3:35 we left so we could beat the dinner crowd.  We ate the salad bar as one of our veggies with the Hickory Bourbon Pork Chops (adding $1.99 to the cost of the meal).  I ate salad and brought home the pork chop and baked sweet potato.  Mark ate salad and some of his pork chop and mashed potatoes and brought the rest home.  Now we have supper ready for tomorrow!  Well, Mark will probably eat the rest of his tonight after church, if not before!

We are planning a few bike trips for the not-too-distant future.  One to Virginia, one to Ohio and we haven't decided on the one for our one-year anniversary, which is July 26th.  Hard to believe it has been almost a year already.  But sometimes, since we have known each other so long, it seems much longer.  Not sure why that is!

Time to get ready for church soon!  Have a blessed day!

The Run-Around

Its been more than 2 weeks since I posted last, so this will be a catch-up post!  I won't give exact details, because I don't remember them, LOL!  But, I'll try, so here goes!

The week of June 2nd went by pretty quickly as I got ready for my trip to Georgia with Ilene to visit her cousin and husband, Rowena and Dave Iverson.  Such a wonderful, godly couple!  I got everything ready and sitting by the door on Thursday evening, June 6th, except the last minute toiletries, etc. that I needed Friday morning.  I was scheduled to pick Ilene up at 8:00 a.m.  But, I left early enough to have her loaded and ready to leave by 7:50.  We arrived at the Iverson's at 3 p.m.

Our weekend with them was full.  Charlotte, Rowena's sister, took us to dinner Friday.  Then we went back to Rowena and Dave's to play cards.  The 4 ladies played while Dave studied the lesson for Sunday school.  Saturday, we 4 ladies went thrifting.  It was pretty rainy.  We went to several places before heading back to the house for food and more cards.  Sunday was church and then met Charlotte for Chinese before going back to the house.  Dave played cards with us throughout the afternoon and again after evening church services.

Monday morning, June 10th, was supposed to be when we headed home, but since it rained so much on Saturday during our thrifting and Dave didn't go, we decided to do some thrifting with the Iversons.  We ate a late lunch and then decided we would wait and leave first thing on Tuesday morning.  We played more cards Monday evening.  Tuesday morning we were out of the house by 7:30 a.m.  We arrived at Ilene's at 2:30.

I spent the rest of the week being messed up on what day it was.  Saturday, June 15th, we attended a birthday party of Mark's next to last granddaughter, Nellie.  She was named after her grandma, Lanelle, Mark's late wife.

Today, Mark grilled port chops and we had macaroni and cheese and a salad for lunch and his daughter, Jenifer joined us.  After church tonight, we packed a couple of pork chop sandwiches and headed to Pilot Mountain.  Unfortunately, it was about time for the park to close when we got there, so I took a few pictures and we headed back home where we ate.

Pictures:

A bunny in the back yard on 6/3/19

Heading to Georgia with my bestie on Friday, June 7th.

Supper provided by Charlotte Friday evening.

Dave and Ilene fixed breakfast on Saturday morning.

Dave fixed breakfast Sunday morning.

Ilene, me and Rowena at church.

One of the children from the group is missing from this

picture.  Siblings.....4 boys, 2 girls.  Three of the boys are triplets!

Playing "A Different Kind Of Rummy" Sunday afternoon.

Strange cloud formation that had the rainbow in them

on June 11th.

Taking pictures while riding the bike after I got home on Tuesday,

June 11th.

Unusual cloud formations

Taken Thursday, June 13th, at Salem Park in

Winston.  We took a bike ride and a picnic

supper there.  This heron was hanging out.

Sorry about the picture being sideways!

A turtle checking things out.

Saturday, June 15th, we went to Finch Park for Nellie's birthday party.

I think Nellie ate as much peanut butter as she put on her pine cone!

Nellie's mom, Amber, and Amber's twin brother, Michael.  

Mark's step-children, Lanelle's kids.

Michael and his two children, Dakota and Bella Rose.

On our way to Pilot Mountain after church tonight.

Made it just in time to capture the sunset.  Beautiful!

Sunset to the West and the Full Moon to the East.

Headed home with Pilot Mountain in the rear view mirror.

Praying each and everyone of you have a wonderful week!

Graduation Day

Can it be possible?  Just a little over 18 years ago, this young man entered our lives.  And today he graduated from High School!  I told his momma I was too young to be a grandma when she told me she was pregnant with Michael.  Eighteen years later, I'm too young for him to be so old!  How did we get here so quickly?  ;)

The Week Passed Quickly!

Sunday evening after services Kim treated us to supper at Three Amigos in Wallburg.  There were a couple of photo bombers in the first picture.....waving from their booth in the corner.

On Monday I took Kim thrift shopping because she was looking for solid colored tops for her multi-colored skirts.

On Tuesday I had an appointment to get my oil changed.  We were going to go to more thrifts, but we ended up spending the afternoon binge-watching, "When Calls the Heart" series.

On Wednesday I discovered that the squirrels had ruined my bird feeder!  GRRR!!!

A selfie before heading into the church for services.

On Thursday we did some more binge-watching of 'When Calls the Heart."

After Mark got off work, we headed to Ruby Tuesday for the BOGO deal!

Thursday evening we played Sequence on the deck.  This one was a CAT'S game.  The object of the game is to get 5 in a row of your color.  We did well blocking one another this game!

On Friday Ilene and Mark met us at Mamma Mia in Wallburg for lunch.  Mark left to go back to work before I thought to get a picture.  Kim left for her trip back to FL around 3:15.  She arrived home at 1:19 a.m.  We had a good time visiting but the time really flew by!

Saturday I worked on some projects in the shed.  

I tried to find out something about this vase but couldn't find anything.  The markings are "GERMAN 1387."

Mark took a break from working outside and we went to Subway to get lunch and took it to Thom-A-Lex park.  We rode the bike.

After we got back from the park, Mark worked outside some more while I did some more painting in the shed.  I'll be putting some more layers on this vase.

This is turned the wrong way, but I did an art journal page today using the prompt, "it is good."  Then I saw this bird stencil and knew exactly what I would do.  So, tomorrow I will glue the passage from Genesis 1:20-23 from day 5 of creation.

Another full week!  Praying you and yours has a wonderful Lord's Day tomorrow!