I don’t have a lot of pictures proofed yet from June 2009, but I do have a few that I uploaded. This was our summer vacation month, so just lots to dig through. Been really busy at work, trying to get mulch done, weather not cooperating, helping dad, etc. Hope you are all having a wonderful, blessed time!
Wow, so very fast approaching the end of what I have ready to upload. There are some fun ones in here, mostly birthdays and school celebrations. I’m starting to proof the ones from our St. Louis vacation last year.
It has officially been 1 month & 2 days since mom’s passing. It still doesn’t seem real, honestly. I did a page about her (the prompt topic was “a page about love”) and it just seems like the pictures were taken yesterday, but they were of her holding my babies. Well, 009 as a baby. 006 (almost 007!) didn’t like anyone to hold him except me, Bob, my dad & Bob’s dad Bob. PERIOD.
Going to work on the mulch project today (the boys & I were excited to start the “Mulch Expansion Project 2010” on Tuesday. Yea, a bit of a late bloomer, I am. Dad’s coming over later and I think we are going to lay the foundations for my raised beds in the garden for next year. Have a totally cool idea I want to try that I saw in one of my very yummy gardening magazines. Boys are gone this weekend so I’ve been goofing off & trying to catch up a bit on things around the house. Like laundry, dusting, mulching & scrapping. Too wet to caulk, so maybe next Saturday.
Last weekend we went over to see Kevin play football. OK, he did mostly standing around. Some walking. As a frosh, he doesn’t get much game time. We got there at half-time. He goes to a school that still has K-12 in the same building. How cool is that. They ended up loosing due to a couple of critical errors, but there were some good plays made by both teams & the boys had a BLAST. We took dad, he had a good time too, I think. Then Saturday Kelli took us to a very cool, working flour mill. You know, with the grindstones & everything. Took way too many pictures, I think I was irritating everyone. Dad drove, that was weird, but I took some naps & read & that was cool. But was so ready to be home by the time we got home.
When I pick the boys up on Sunday, it won’t be Bob who will have them, but his girlfriend. It’s the first time with her by herself. It will be weird, I think. I’m hoping we can have supper together so I can get to know her better.
So here are the pictures that are my faves!
My sweet 005, he is my little lovey boy.
My dad’s favorite pasttime.
My tax refund check in ’09. It now has rubber mulch all underneath of it & around. Then around that it has wood much & bushes (that’ wehre I’ve been weeding & mulching. It goes to the second pine tree in the middle (directly “behind” the slide). Project Mulch Expansion 2010 will take it from there, all the way to the road, around the phone box you can just barely see by the mailbox.
Looking it it from the other angle. Shows you the corner that you couldn’t see in the other picture.
005 looking sad because there “wasn’t anything to do and I don’t want to be here” Mother’s Day 2009.
Me, on Mother’s Day. I love Pizza Hut, so that is where we went. Even went there on my senior prom, but that’s another story…
008 trying to get all 3 of us. Again, on Mother’s Day. These are the things that make me happy!
Being silly eating snowcones at the school carnival.
More snowcone action. Love those eyes!
Games, games, games (oh, and some chaos too, for good measure) it was a blast!
He always gets so lucky!
He ended up with over 100 AR points that year, my Mr. 008 I love to read!
More happiness!
My wonderful, sweet, grumpy, attitude-ful nephew Kevin. Love you buddy! We had his party at my house because it was just so much easier on Mom. D&K&K live 2 hours away. She was not doing well at the time.
Today was such a good, busy day. The kind of day that turns into good sleep at night… Here is what I did:
ü Caulked upstairs windows
ü Weedeated
ü Picked up sticks
ü Proofed school photos
ü Ate some lunch
ü Cleaned storm windows & screens for upstairs windows
ü Returned said clean items to upstairs
ü Remade 3 beds
ü Swept out inside of window frames – lots of old glazing!
ü Vacuumed entire house
ü Pulled 14 buckets of weeds, grass & violets from main flower bed. All done! Now time to expand it out with the new mulch!
ü Cleaned up woodpile – it was all just branches that had come off but I needed to get them into firewood type pieces
ü Burned trash
ü Dug rocks out that I want to use in new walkway
ü Went through stored clothes to find 006 some long pants that fit
ü Did an upload to flickr
Wow, that’s a lot! I kicked some list-butt today! Tomorrow I’m not sure if I’m going to go see Eat Pray Love with a friend or more work around the house… Oh, I did go see Takers last night, it was good. And this afternoon I watched The Color of Paradise. It’s a foreign flick from Iran, but you can get it on Netflix. I suggest using the subtitles. An absolutely amazing, heart-wrenching beautiful story. The cinematography is absolutely exquisite and the scenery completely stunning. It is the story of a blind 8 year old boy in a small rural village & his widower father.
We are managing to get along OK. Dad was finally able to get mom’s death certificate so he can finish the paperwork. It still doesn’t seem real when I say it. Or when I go there. I keep thinking she’s still down in Indy. But I know she’s not, I know she’s in a better place. I know if she were still in the hospital, I would be there with her instead of getting so much done around the house. I know that is why I have not been able to do very much this summer. That makes me sad. It is an odd mixture of peace, guilt, relief, sadness & happiness. I’m pretty sure it does not have a name.
Next weekend we are going over to my brother’s house to see 015 play in a football game. Dad is going with us. I think that will be good. We’ll take hot chocolate. It will be good to see everyone.
Here are my favorites…
Playing Peek – a – Boo the morning after losing that tooth. It is blurry, but I like it. I got several action shots and the blurriness of his hands still reveals his face behind them.
008 at school with some of his classwork on the wall. Really love how they do that!
005 in his kindergarten class paying attention (for once!) Isn’t he so cute! He hates being the youngest in his class….
Fish fry at church. Yummy!
Wabash Donut Shop. Also yummy! I love their Bavarian Crème (with the powdered sugar on them, but they are so messy, I end up looking like a pig! Their apple cakes are a close second…
Still cannot get enough of seeing this in the back seat!
At the park, playing.
Saturday morning playing in our PJs until noon. Apparently there is nothing better!
You can catch all of them here:
Wow, it has been a couple of crazy months with my mom being in the hospital for 2 months & trying to make the time to drive down there to see her. And then her finally losing her struggle with it all. It all still seems to be a bit surreal & I suppose I’m still in a bit of shock. It was wonderful to see family that I haven’t seen in so many years & to hear the laughter & the tears as we celebrated her life. And to hear such a large crowd sing Happy Birthday to my sister. I know she has mixed feelings about the funeral being on her birthday but I think it is a wonderful connection back to mom.
Today is the day that we celebrate all for that we labor. And so I have been busy around the house trying to keep those piles in check that keep cropping up all over. I did upload some pictures, so I’ll share those, and got an order packaged up. I also got a guilt trip from 006 soon to be 007 that I don’t have many pages in his scrapbook done, so I have one percolating over on the table. Just want to make sure I like it before I nail it all down. They are with their dad this weekend (he came up to attend the viewing & funeral and also helped immensely with the boys. They were both honorary pallbearers and I was so very proud of both of them!) and so I think it will be a nice surprise to him.
I also managed to come down with a nice cold Friday night after the viewing, so I’ve been full of snot! Been trying to not take too much medicine as it really makes sleeping funny & hard. Yesterday I managed to get 6 buckets of weeds out of the flowerbed around the playset. I think I have just a couple more day’s worth on the old stuff, then I can start working on the second addition, I can’t wait! And for fundraising this year, the school chose flowers, bulbs & trees so I’m totally stoked about that.
Our compost pile has been more fruitful than our garden this year, but considering the time limitations, I suppose that’s OK. I have big plans for it next year, I saw a lovely plan in BH&G that I totally loved, made it look intentional, a part of the landscaping instead of just this plot that sticks out like a sore thumb. So I’m going to give it a whirl. Hope my dad will come over & help with the tiller! Pray for him, if you of that persuasion, he’s having a tough time with mom being gone.
So here are the pix!
Friends at a Komets game. Isn’t she soo pretty!
More Komets action!
Perry Meridian Craft Fair, Spring Version. I did not go this year as I did not make any sales last year. Very disappointing!
Mom at the Wabash County Hospital after they found the blood clots in her legs. We didn’t know it then, but this was pretty near the beginning of the end.
My dad being goofy with Zack taking pictures. He does this because he can’t take a good one even when he tries. But he does when he stops trying.
Becoming 008. Isn’t he handsome???!
Losing more teeth. Trouble is, he doesn’t have many growing back in yet.
Thanks all for looking! The rest is out on http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154606@N00/
Wow, I got an upload done this AM, totally cool….. there is lots my therapist wants me to journal about, I guess I just need to make the time and do it, I’ve just been feeling so tired & overwhelmed that I’ve not done it. More on that later….
Here are my favorites…
Such a big guy driving the lawnmower all by himself! This was the clean up efforts after the ice storm last year…
Love seeing these guys in my mirror when I’m driving…
Best place to get donuts. Period.
Beautiful sunrise. Picture doesn’t do it justice…
Mr. H - school project. Love how he peeked out just as I was snapping….
And the full stream can be found here…..
For those of you who have been trying to keep track of my momma, she was actually up & talking this afternoon. Not all of it made sense, but wow, what an improvement! Thanks for all the prayers! We are hoping that by mid next week or so she will get moved out of the NCCU & into a regular room…
Can you believe it? I’m only 18 months behind! Sheesh, don’t get me started. Some fun bowling & the office remodel in here…
Here’s the stream….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/81154606@N00/
Tearing down the walls…..that’s Bily the new daddy…
This thing measures your fingers & thumbs so they can drill your holes the right size….
My super-cute new shoes!
Crazy-long icicle at the parental units
Zack happy because he was winning!
Look at that form! Not bad for a 007
Mark being very studly with a sledge
