Saturday

Well, the Saharan Dust has rolled in and it's far from being "so high in the atmosphere, you probably won't notice it." The sky is brown and the day looks like it's overcast and cloudy, although it's really not. You can see dust in the distance-everything is hazy. It looks a lot like the sandstorm days of my girlhood on the high desert in southern New Mexico. Yuk.

Anyway, looking forward to dinner out with the hubby tonight. Tomorrow is our 46th anniversary, but we are celebrating tonight at a local restaurant that has wonderful prime rib and steaks on Saturday nights.
We were just a couple of babies teenagers 46 years ago-I was 17 and he was 19. (and they said it would never last!)  Amazing. God has blessed us richly and we are so grateful! (Tried to find a current picture of us together, but it seems we are really good at keeping away from the camera!)

Bittersweet

Today was the very last day of everything being packed up and moved out of our daughter's family's house. Closing is tomorrow. Last minute cleaning and a sweep through to make sure nothing was left behind. I think we all left a little bit of our hearts behind, though. As I walked through the house one last time, I remembered a proud newlywed couple watching their first house being built. I remembered 3 newborn grandbabies being brought home to this house and a procession of "grandpets" that have come and gone. Driving 5 hours to visit them and the excitement of finally moving here to be close to them. Happy memories and some sad ones too, laughter and tears. The little girls playing on their first swingset-they'll be starting middle school and high school this August. A baby boy that took his first steps in the living room-now a 7 year old boy who whispered to his dog yesterday, "I don't think I want to leave this house."

Now they're renting an apartment for a few months.The new house is being built in a brand new neighborhood. A beautiful planned community with woods, walking trails and little lakes, parks and a swimming pool. They're excited and happy, and we're excited and happy for them, but for today it's a little bittersweet for all of us.

Father's Day

I'll always be a Daddy's girl. He was a special man and a wonderful Father. He's been gone 13 years-miss him everyday.

Yep

Nothing outstandingly exciting going on here-helping the daughter and family get moved into the  apartment where they'll live while their new house is being built. Sure isn't as easy as the times we moved when we were younger. I'm feeling the age today!

Quiet Day at Home

Not too long ago, I posted a picture of our house. It has a wrap-around porch which we adore. However, the house is 18 years old (we have lived in it almost 8 years ) and the outside has never been repainted. North Texas weather and time are taking their toll and we decided it has to be repainted this year. Hubby hoped to get started before the weather got too hot, but we ended up painting our daughter's house instead. (Funny how things like that happen! 😏) Anywho, we decided to start with the porch ceiling and we had one of many "if WE had built this house..." moments. Today, it was "...we would not have put 12 beautiful, but totally not made for outdoors light fixtures around the entire porch."

Very pretty, but have to be taken down in a zillion pieces-many of which have not weathered well over the years. So that took most of the morning. It was already over 90F and ridiculous humidity. Now the hubs is clearing off the wasp nests, (those things can rebuild a nest faster than whodathunkit!) and is getting ready to use his new airless paint sprayer.

I helped this morning, but I'm not a good helper this after noon. I had my second shingles vaccine yesterday and the same nasty reaction as I had with the first one has kicked in.  My upper arm is sore and a little swollen, and a little hot and red, and I am a little achy and grumpy. All pretty common side effects (well maybe not the grumpy). However, I've had the shingles and it's much worse than the shot so I'm glad to get the vaccine.

( P.S. I know this is a pretty ordinary post of an pretty ordinary day that I'm blessed to be living. I'm staying away from the news and all that's going on right now.  I'm praying for our country and it's people and leaders and there are no better hands I can put it in than God's. It does no good to fret and worry. I believe we need to do the best we can with what He's given us to do. And that's all I'll say about that.)

Beautiful Light

This really spoke to me today.  The greatest example of actions speaking louder than words.