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Mother’s Day

12 Friday May 2017

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This mother’s day is a special one for me. You see this will be my last mother’s day with one of my children living at home. In July our youngest son gets married and will move out to start a family of his own. After 37 years of marriage, this will be the first time in 36 years that my husband and I will be on our own.

ALONE!

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I know that I will go through a short time of drastic mood changes as I will rejoice with our son one minute then realize I won’t see his cheerful face everyday. When my granddaughter, now 14, walks down the isle as a brides maid looking like a beautiful young woman, I will wonder where the time has gone. My Eldest grandson is serving a Best Man, How cool is that? I know that is going to make me loose it, and I’ll cry for sure when my eldest son leaves with his beautiful wife and my new grandson to head back to Florida after the wedding. But I am so Looking forward to so very much as well! Like my time ALONE with my husband. A second Honey moon so to speak!

We have known so many couples over our years of marriage that focused so much on their children that once the children were gone the marriage fell apart. So we have worked hard over the years to keep our love fresh and growing, and very much alive!

I am looking forward to evenings where we can have a lovely candle light dinner and not have to send the kids away first or worry that they might come home early and mess up our plans for the evening.

I’m looking forward to hot baths where I can completely relax without having anyone stand outside the bathroom door saying “Mom, do you know where my cell phone charger is?” Or outside the locked bedroom door with the same question. LOL! You mom’s know what I am talking about!

I am so blessed to have Four wonderful adult children that love the Lord first and then love us accordingly! Three Beautiful grandchildren, with hopes of more, or as my Dear Friend Thomas Suchy (my daughter in law’s father) says “MANY MORE!”

 

Happy Mother’s Day to all My Mother friends! Those with children of their own and those who are mothers of the heart! May God richly bless you and may you truly saturate yourselves in the love of your children while they are still at home! The time will come soon enough, and sooner then you think, when there are no more little heads to kiss good night, sleeping in the room beside yours!

 

 

I Love My Life! Boys Gymnastics

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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I got good news last night! I was promoted to lead coach of the little boys gymnastics team.

I was so proud of my boys as they gathered around the pool before their big competition. As I was looking around for something (can’t remember what) I accidentally bumped into the soccer referee and nearly knocked him into the pool. He was very upset with me, but not for bumping him, NO, it was because I was wearing my pajamas to the gymnastics meet. I though to myself, how can this be? I know I spent time picking out my cloths for my first big day! It was so tragic. So I told my boys was going to run home and change quick and be right back. I felt so bad leaving them by themselves when they must be nervous about competing.

So I rushed out into the parking lot to look for my car. The parking lot was more then full as the collage across the street was having a graduation today day as well. I walked quickly through the lot looking up and down the isles to try and see my car. I walked through buildings and tunnels and even a few tents looking for my car when I finally found my little white diaper wipes box that had a few of my purse items in it. What is this doing here, I wondered? Well at least now I had my keys. ( You see I had lost my purse earlier and had to make due with the diaper wipes container.) A few tunnels latter I found my purse as well, but still No car. Then just across the way I thought I spotted my daughters red pick up truck. Just as I turn to head for the truck someone touches my head and wakes me up.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERATotally confused I jump and say “WHAT?”

My husband just replies with “I Love You!”

I ask him if I was talking in my sleep or if he needed something?

he said “NOPE! I was just thinking about how much I love you and wanted to tell you.”

So my dreams might be a total chaotic mess, but thank God My real life is wonderfully put together.

I smiled as he said “I’m sorry I woke you.” I told him that I loved him too and turned back over and went back to sleep.

When I woke for the day I rolled over to get out of bed and ran face first into the guest room mattress that is being stored beside our bed during the remodel. LOL! So maybe real life isn’t as pulled together as I would like! ~~~ I Love My Life!

 

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I Love My Life ~ Keys

12 Friday Feb 2016

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I went into town today to see the chiropractor, then I thought I would look for a valentines gift for my sweet heart. I found a large bulky object, to be disclosed later, then had to carry it to the front of the store and though the cattle lines to the cashier. Yeah, probably not the smartest thing to do after a back adjustment, right?
 
So then I go to meet a friend for coffee. My back is hurting, of course, so I decide to just take my wallet and my phone into the coffee shop and leave my large purse buried in the van under stuff because it’s just to heavy for me today. We had a great visit, then I went to reach for my keys…
 
There were no keys. Guess what I locked in the van with my purse? Genius! Thankfully my friend hadn’t left yet and I was able to get a ride over to where My husband works, instead of having to walk a 1/2 mile in the cold and rain, without the coat, that I had left at home today! I know, smart-right?OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA I am clearly on a roll today!
 
I walked into the store and said to my husband “Please tell me you have the extra van key on you today!” To which he said, “YEP!” with a bewildered look on his face. I tell him “Story later, got to run!”
 
Happiest day of my life!!! Well close anyway! God is good! Yep,
~I love My Life!

I Love My Life! Quitters

24 Monday Nov 2014

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578830_3099162418600_1089490711_nSo, I have had people telling me this week that I should Quit, Your getting old they say, Retire! But this is who I am. It’s part of me. How does one just stop being who they are? I have to say it hurts! It hurts me deep! But I’m just not a quitter.

Am I just too old to do this anymore? I’ve spent days analyzing it all. Earlier this year I participated in the back yard extreme hammock Slam! It’s rough and not an easy sport to  master. It’s much like stepping over the hammock but you have to get your momentum going at just the right pace as you lean all of your body weight forward. Then just as you would have normally clear the hammock you need to catch your toe on it in just the right place like a drag line on an airline carrier, which will launch your body forward and slam you to the ground before you know what happened. I haven’t quite figured out the point system yet, but again I must have shown lack of talent and been a complete failure at it because I was encouraged to stop it and never do it again.

So many of you have told me I should go down quietly while I’m at the top. And, well I tried. But Last Sunday I could feel myself slipping, Losing my grip even. Addicted to the sport I threw myself into Extreme Stair Traverse. But my husband told me It sounded like someone threw a bag of books down the stairs. It was horrible! The whole family just looked down on me. I could see their disappointment and embarrassment in their eyes as they helped me up.

I haven’t even broken a bone in years and the last few events I’ve participated in have even been lacking in trophy bruises. This last one being the worst as it is in such a place that I can’t even proudly display it!

Some of you have suggested that my down fall was because I wore socks. So now I question myself constantly. Should I have worn my support hose instead? I really thought I was doing the safe thing by wearing socks and keeping my toes warm, but maybe I was being too safe. But I could have died with my boots on. I just don’t know.

To tell the truth it is made even worse because most of this advice has come not from fellow contenders, but from complete  amateurs who have never tried the sport themselves. Can I even trust their advice?

I know Extreme Clutzing  is dangerous! I know I’m getting old and I should quit. But we all know that once an adrenaline junky, always an adrenaline junky. Lets face it folks , it’s just how I roll. ~~~ I Love My Life!

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I Love My Life! ~ Weigh In

24 Wednesday Sep 2014

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578830_3099162418600_1089490711_nSo, I went in for my annual Dr.s exam the other day. As usual the first thing they do is ask you to step on the scale. No big deal, right? Well I step up and see the little digital readout right in front of my face. It calculates for a while, then up pops the numbers 335Lbs.

My first thought is, “Man they really need to get this puppy fixed.” Then to my shock the Nurse says “Looks good!”Now I am thinking “Are you kidding me? 335 is not good, I know I was putting on a little weight but really 335Lbs? Well at least I am carrying it well”

Then I dare to take one final glance at the read out before stepping off. This time I see something I missed the first time, it reads 133.5Lbs. Relieved, I just start laughing. Amazed at how my silly mind works and how quickly so many thoughts can rush threw my mind in just seconds time. Of course since I am laughing, the nurse wants to know what is so funny so I have to explain my thought process. I told her that I was thinking that they needed to get a new scale, but I guess it turns out that I need new glasses.

So later that evening after returning home as we sat and eat dinner my husband mentions that he has lost about 10lbs this last month. I told him “that’s nothing! Today I lost 200Lbs in one minutes! Can’t beat that! I Love My Life!

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I Love My Life! ~ Something

17 Wednesday Sep 2014

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1462624_552998194791948_1139318348_oSo my husband is a twin, right! And he gets a little crazy sometimes when he doesn’t get to talk to him. Well this weekend was one of those times as his twin (who is married to my sister) was out of town visiting their sister on the Oregon Coast. I am sitting on the sofa reading when my husband walks in with the telephone and starts dialing away. I ask “who are you trying to call?” He replies “Lynn.” I say back to him, “honey he is off visiting your sister, can’t you just let him enjoy his time away?” at this point Lynn answers his cell phone but he must be driving because the phone cuts out right away. Frustrating my husband and sending him into some what of a panic. I again question if he could just wait to talk to Lynn till he returns home from the coast. To this he says “I need to ask him if he has something I can borrow!” Finding this answer quite funny I decide to mess with him by saying in a very condescending voice as if speaking to a child, “well honey, I’m sure he does!” We both start laughing and my son chimes in “Hey Lynn, do you have anything I can borrow, CAUSE, I really need to borrow SOMETHING!” All of us roaring with laughter now, my husband finally gets out the words ” I meant something specific you nuts! I Love MY Life!

 

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I Love My Life! ~ Grand Fish

10 Wednesday Sep 2014

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Last year when my grand kids went on vacation I got the privileged to babysit their pet beta fish. Being the nut that I am, I thought it would be fun to do something special for the kids. So I decided to take pictures of me and the grand fish doing something special together every couple of days and post them for the kids on Facebook. This was such a hit with the grand kids and I have to say I had such a good time coming up with new ideas. Here are just a few of my favorites.

Day 1:

1016804_10151488857067548_713140845_nI’m so excited, first time ever my grand fish gets to spend the night! Actually he gets to stay the whole time my grand kids are on vacation. Me and Blue are going to have so much fun together!

Day 3

1010519_10151488857222548_1967623667_nBed time story fun with my grand fish! Sleep tight little Blue! xoxox Yep! It’s all about the little things and making every moment count with those you love!

Day 5

1017489_10151488858882548_1450799298_nToday my Grand fish and I did art together. Blue did great while I painted his portrait, Blue you are truly a poser! Ah! Such great memories that blue and I shared
that we will never forget!

Next time you get an opportunity to keep an eye on your grand kids pet, remember me and the fun I had giving this special unique gift to my grand kids and the joy it brought to them. In fact the next summer I got to watch Blue the grand fish again and the kids asked me to send them more pics! So you  know they loved it when they ask for more. I Love My Life!

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I Love My Life ~ Where Is The Wire Brush?

15 Friday Aug 2014

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So It’s lovely out side and I decide to barbeque some chicken for supper, right? I head out back, move the Barbeque away from anything flammable and start it up, and head back into the house to prepare some veggies to cook with the chicken. I tell my son “ In a few minutes after the rack is heated and stuff starts burning off of it, I need you to go out and brush it down good with the wire brush.” He says “Ok!” Soon I am finishing up the veggies and tell him “OK, go out now and get it done I am almost ready to start cooking.” He looks out the back door and says’ Wow! It’s really smoking!’ I say “good, that will make your job easier cause it will be mostly burned off before you get there.” He says “So where is the brush?” We start looking around in drawers and on the shelf that it is usually on and my son says, “UM, MOM, That thing is really smoking” So I look and sure enough smoke is rolling out of it.

We run outside and I notice fire is dripping from the bottom of the thing onto our wooden deck and there is a very strong smell of plastic in the air. I reach out and turn it off as quickly as possible.” I wonder, what was in there that burned up?” I open it up and flames shoot everywhere. So I drop the lid again. A little later I open it again with the handle of a broom to keep myself from getting burned. This time I am able to see something about the size of a wallet. Now I am wondering why would someone put their wallet in a barbeque and leave it there. I get a small shovel and try to remove it from the thing so I can put the fire out. That is when I realized it was the brush we couldn’t find. My husband had put it inside the Barbeque to keep it from getting wet when it rained instead of putting it on the shelf where we usually keep it, thinking I would, of course, look inside before lighting the thing up. Insert sheepish grin! So we had fried chicken instead!~~~ I love my life!

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I LOVE MY LIFE! ~ Airport Scan

17 Wednesday Jul 2013

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So, My husband kinda has to talk out (I call it downloading) every bit of information he has learned in the day, every evening in order for him to relax. So he is telling me about this articular he had read about air port scanners ; right? So, I am listening like a good wife.

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He tells me that Air ports have been using  security scanners that are so strong that it can detect breast implants and hernia scar tissue and such. That they are now thinking about making the scanner more surface oriented and not such a deep search, since this infringes on people’s right to privacy.

So I say “What about people who hide things in their rectum? if they don’t do a deep scan how will they find those things? People could sneak explosives on the the plain that way!”OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

He looks at me and says, as if trying to remember exactly what the  article said, “They did say that” (Pause)

“you have to be careful not to” (Pause)

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” Or Sausage” (Pause)

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           “In your“(Pause)

“suitcase!”

Cause they are the same consistency and can be mistaken for a bomb in the scan!”

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Laughing I say “What does that have to do with my question?”

He replies “What is so funny? What Question? You asked me a question?”

I forgot that he doesn’t really listen when he is downloading!

When I restated the question after I had gotten his full attention, we both had a good laugh! ~~~ I LOVE MY LIFE!

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I Love My Life! ~ Could I Ever Love Him More?

14 Tuesday May 2013

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So, I was a very precocious child, so even as an infant I always thought I was a grown up, mature woman.  When I was only 7 years old I met the boy that would be later my husband. He was then 14 years old. It was love at first sight, for me. He was the most handsome man I had ever seen except my Daddy. Not only that, but he was unique, special. Even though he had an identical twin, he stood out to me as one of a kind. “Could I possibly ever love him more then I did that day?” I thought not!

When I matured to the age of 10, I saw even more in this man that I admired. He was a servant. He would help in the kitchen at family parties and work side by side with his mother in hers.

When I was 13, I saw him as someone I wanted to know more about. I was already smitten. And by this time he had started to notice my existence too. So we started writing letters back and forth. He told me in one of those letters “I always thought you were the cutest of all the Little girl.” And I thought, “Could I possibly ever love him more then I did that day?” I thought not!

When I was 15, Lindsay was full in love with me, but being very young, this was beginning to get a little scary for me. He wanted to spend every minute of every day with me. I just wanted a cute boy friend! So I broke off the relationship. This is when I learned the most about this mans character. I learned that He was loving, determined, and persistent but always the gentle man. And when he cried because I had broken his heart I thought to myself “could I possibly ever love him more then I did right there in that moment?” I thought not!

Back together now, at age16 he asked me to marry him. Can any woman love her man more then the day he asks her to marry him. At that time I thought not.

33 year of marriage, 4 children and 2 grandchildren later, I find I was wrong!

All those countless times in our relationship when I asked myself that question. For today he is an extension of myself. If he were gone it would be like taking my lungs or even my heart away. I have spent twice as much time in his home as I did in my childhood home. I have learned every good and bad characteristic, habit, and deed, and I love him for it all. I love his jokes that are not funny, yet he laughs so I laugh. I love the way he is always stating the obvious. I love the way he wiggles his eyebrows up and down, and how his belly sticks out when he sits on the sofa in the evenings and relaxes. Most of all I love the way he treats me like I am a priceless stained glass window even though I am more Mac truck.  How he looks at me as a fine work of art that the Master has graciously given him to care for; and I think to myself at this moment. Could I possibly ever love this man more then I do today? And I know the answer is YES!  ~~~I Love my life!

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