A Lazy Sunday

What does a person do on a day that has a 70% chance of rain and thunderstorms. Well you go to Busch Gardens and hope that it is a 30% not rain kind of day. Well it was a rather slow day at the park and you could have ridden all the coasters over and over. Carla, Ash, & I were hoping for a day of walking, shopping and just enjoying each others company. Carla & I rode Apollo's once and had gotten on for the second ride and we were in the front seat. As soon as we were all buckled in it started to pour buckets and then it stopped, but as soon as they started the ride and we were half way up it started to pour again. It was like having someone stabbing you as the rain hit our faces but luckily I had a hooded sweatjacket on and it was over my face for the whole ride. It was a great ride.
For the most part the day was great but it did rain but did not dampen our fun we had. It was a great day to go to BG and ride the rides. Got 2 rides on Griffon and probably could have kept riding as there was no lines at all. It was a nice day after all and I enjoyed being with my girls.

A new playset

Above is pictures of my babies with there new swing set at the other grandparents house. Alyssa loves it and wants to be over there all the time. Not much happening in my life so I blog about my g-babies. I am working on some appliqué from Pat Sloan to do when I go over to visit hubby. I have to have a lot to do when he is at work as I will not drive over there. They go at over 100 mph and do not obey traffic laws hardly. I do not like to drive here so over there is a no.

A Visit to the beach with my kids

looking for buried treasure. Ocean Eddies on the pier.

Horses on the beach. Looks like fun.

We drove down to the beach because it was a nice day and not much else to do. Chris and Ashleigh went searching for GOLD but did not find any. Carla and I walked the boardwalk and then walked down on the sand. It was nice to just sit on the sand and watch the waves hit the sand. I got a call from Auntie Linda while at the beach and talked to her for a while. The pics above are of the sights at the beach. Carla in front of the pier. All in all it was a very nice day. I really enjoyed myself and soon the locals will not dare go down to the beach except at night when we can park for a dollar. LOL

Life without a TV

This is the TV my hubby bought us for our room just over 2 years ago. Well yesterday it would not turn on and then started making this loud popping noise and I had to unplug it. I can live without the TV it is just that I like the background noise and it keeps my granddaughter amused. So he bought a 3 yr. extended warranty for it. So hubby says call and see where you have to take it to get it fixed but oh no I have to ship it somewhere and the girl tells me to make sure I pack it well so nothing happens to it. It is already broken and then my next question is how long. Well she goes on to tell me it has to get there, then look at the problem, then order parts to fix it, and then maybe I will get it back. We are talking months without a tv and that is just not right. For what I paid they should have a fix it place in every area. So I am not a happy camper and am not happy to be going without a TV for who knows how long and then there is the problem with all the plugs in the back for the VCR, DVD, and radio receiver. I do not think even with a picture I cab figure out what goes where. I am just so pissed as my hubby has only been gone a month and it could not have happened when he was here. And so is life as they say, and at the moment I hate mine.

A Day with my Dad and Barbara

This is a picture of my daughter and granddaughter with my dad. He was being silly when I took the picture. I do not often get to go down to see him since Michael has left. Today was suppose to be a BG day but it was rainy and my DD's husband was suppose to work so I asked her if she would go down to my dad's with me. She drove her new carso that her pop pop could see it. This next picture is of me and my dad with sandy. We had to keep her down as she wanted to kiss his face every time he said cheese. The quilt behind him on his chair is one that I made for him. We sat and watched the race and he got bummed when his Jeff Gorden went out first.
This picture is of dad and his sandy. She sits right beside him on his chair. She also loves to give him kisses.

Barbara and I were sitting at the table when she saw a cardinal come to her feeders but of course all of these birds chased it away. So I took this picture and I do like the way it came out. Barb made some really good soup and I had 2 bowls and took home the left overs. I guess barb knows that I loved that soup. It had all kind of veggies in it and big chunks of hamburger and tomatoes. She also made some corn bread so the lunch just hit the spot.
The next 2 pics were taken at the rest area in NC that is on the intercoastal waterway. I took the first pic of the 2 of them standing on the pier. The bottom one is of a boat that was going by and I got a pic of Ash with it in the background. It was a really nice day and I really love to go down and visit with Dad and Barb.

As soon as we got there I asked Barb if I could use her computer to say Good night to my hubby. So I went up and got him on Skype and was talking to him to see what he was doing. Barb and dad both got to see him and talk to him. Dad was in awe at the fact he could see him and talk to him in Kuwait. So he got to see everyone and that was nice. Michael and dad compared there bald heads. So I said Good-night and everyone else told him good-bye and told him I would talk to him when he got up in the morning. So this was my wonderful visit to dads,

Life without my hubby

This is one of the last pictures taken of my mother before she died in 2006. This is another reason for my lonliness as I do not have her to come over and tell me everything will be alright. She loved my hubby and sometimes I think she would have kept him in a divorce and got rid of me(LOL). It has been really hard but I know she is in a much better place than she was. I love you mom and I know you are watching over your mom. So take good care of her.

My life since My hubby left has been really lonely. Especially on the week-ends when I have no one here. It use to be our time to do things together. Go on a ride, go shopping or just relax in each others company. I am so lost on the week-ends. I have started to sew and am trying to finish all those little projects I have started. I am now working on a baby quilt for a friend of my youngest DD who is due end of next month. I wanted it done by tonight but I have had a nagging headache all day that I can not get rid of.

My Life

Spring has sprung in VA and all the little plants are blooming. The one above is from my garden and it just looked so pretty. The flower below is from my neighbors front stoop and it looked so lonely growing in the cement. The one below that is a new calla lily I just bought to put in my front garden. I just love flowers and love to have a lot of them planted in my front garden.


The picture below is me and my new spot on my nose. About three years ago I had a spot in the same place and the Dr. gave me some chemo creme to put on it and it went away. So for the past three years I did not even think about it. Then about a week ago I rubbed my nose on my pillow and it started to bleed and I could not get it to stop. So I watched it and it did not seem to be getting any better or healing so I made another appt. to get it looked at again. Well this time no cream but a biopsy. They took a spot out of my nose so now I have this black hole. Oh and when they did this it would not stop bleeding and the had to cauterize it. Tried a stitch but that did not work either. So now I sit waiting for the results. Hopefully nothing bad so I can go over and visit with my hubby for a couple of months.