Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there !!! Started mine early !!! It was a beautius Friday so why not. I enjoyed a wonderful lunch w/two of my favorite peeps :). The husband and my one and only daughter who I absolutely love, love, love to the moon.
The weather was spectacular, sunny and warm. We had lunchDowntown Naperville at Ramsey’s Kitchen. We both enjoyed the Lobster Roll. The husband came along which we always enjoy b/c then he picks up the tab and we can save our money for more important things like the Lush Store or Sephora 😉 !!!
We exchanged Mother’s Day gifts. We actually share a brain, no really we do. Sometimes it’s a little scary…Anyhoo, she got me a beautiful new charm for my Pandora Bracelet
Mother’s Day Charm BraceletJournal, flower’s and bracelet (for her)
Now it will be just a relaxing weekend w/the husband and hopefully the weather will stay beautius !!!
Being a mom has always been an honor and a privilege to me and I never forget how lucky I’ve been to be blessed w/such a beautiful family. The husband, 5 children, 9 grandbabies, and our Rosie. Oh the husband bought us a beautiful new home a couple of years ago and he still works so hard for our family. Thank you to all for choosing me as your mom and I’ll love you to the moon forever !!! Enjoy your weekend an your people…Here’s a few of my pics.
Mother’s Day BouquetJournalHomeChristmas, 2024and this one…My GirlsOuter banks, 2024Love It !!Together foreverAdorb !!!!Connie & Missy’s Fam Ruby Mae & SamOuterbanks, NCGrandmama loves her girlsLove them…Baby was born December, 2024…OliverMe & MissyFamily,2024#frainsthename#frainsthenameHarper and Mz. RubyGrandpapa & Grandmama w/Baby Sam !!!The FamThe FamilyFamily Matthew & Hannah’s wedding…We’ve grown 2 more babies/Sam and Oliver
I hope you’ve enjoyed our journey so far…So much fun and remember, “Family is not everything, it’s the only thing…” We are so blessed and we love you all !!!
I’m going to end this post with a note to my mom…”We lost you 2 years ago, yet I’ve talked to you everyday. I take you with me everywhere I go. You were the best mom ever and I hope I have made you proud … I’ll love you forever and I look forward to being with you again. One last thing, wasn’t that great, an American Pope. I know you are just so happy about that and I’m sure you love his name. I’ll never forget you mom. You were the absolute best…Blessings.”
Thank you mom for your gift of Music that has carried me through so much…This one’s for you.
MomMom/Retirement
You were so beautiful !!! I love you mom, Happy Heavenly Mother’s Day
I’m going to throw one of my favorite song’s in here to listen to while you read. I first heard this song watching our youngest perform on stage when he was a dancer and fell in love with it !!!
7 Cardinal Rules for my Life
1. I have made peace with my past so that it won’t disturb my present.
2. What other people think of me is none of my business. 😉
3. Time has healed almost everything. I give it time.
4. I am in charge of my happiness 🙂 .
5. I don’t compare my life to anyone and I don’t judge. I have no idea what their journey is all about.
6. I don’t think too much. It’s alright not to know all the answers. They will come to me when I least expect it.
Finally last, but not least and probably the most important to living a life of gratitude is to remember #7 everyday. Because, “If you act as if, it will become a part of you…”So always remember to ” S M I L E !!! ” 🙂
7. Smile 🙂 . You don’t own all the problems in the world
Let’s have the best November ever. Remember to say, “Thank You”. Try to always be grateful. Life is too short to be anything but happy…
Day is done…I must get out of the January Dumps. So here I am for the January Challenge. The prompt today is, “Phantom”. When I hear that word, I think of “Phantom of the Opera” yes the musical. This is from my old day’s of when I wore the hat of Musical Theatre Mom. It was a fun time of life for me and yes I do miss it. Also a great musical for sure, one of my fav’s. Happy Friday and let’s hope we don’t get a snow storm next week. I mean we’ve come this far with nary a flake of snow, so know you don’t get to make up for lost time next week. Snow go away.
I have picked out 3 paintings for today’s post…I told you at the start I would have no trouble with finding an original painting for each letter in the AtoZ Challenge.
My first choice is the painting titled, “Boots” I really love this one because I see apassion in his work… He has always had an amazing work ethic and this painting has that certain feeling to it … He has always been an extremely hard worker, he just doesn‘t quit and quite frankly that is why he had me at, “Hello” <3 .
Boots
My second choice is one of the Artist’s favorite thing to paint and that is the Beach…I’m sure that is where his heart lives and breathes…
The Beach
The third choice for the letter “B” is going to be, “Boat”. I have named this boat, “The Tradewinds”…
The Tradewinds
As I revisit his paintings’s, I am reminded just what a talented artist he is <3 I hope you are enjoying his beautius artwork <3 Happy Friday, Happy Easter…
Rememberyou can check out his artwork for sale on the link below….Enjoy your weekend AtoZ blogger’s
Today I’m doing nothing !!! It’s my day off and it looks like I’ll be doing nothing this weekend too. Yes another winter storm is on the way. Which okay, I’ll sleep in tomorrow and it will be a cooking day (Lasagna Soup) and playing with my planner for the weekend. I was just looking at my treasures and I thought I would share them with you.
My first one is my Barometer…I absolutely love, love, love this. This was my grandmama’s and my mom made sure I got it b/c she knows what a weather geek I am. It works too, which is really cool. It’s got to be over 100 years old.
My next treasure is this cross. This too was my grandmama’s. It hangs in the my room right by the door. It slides open where you can keep some holy water. It is safe with me <3 .
My third treasure are these tiny, little tea dishes. I don’t know why, but I have always loved them <3 .
Tiny Tea Dishes
It’s not always about how much money someone leaves you when they pass over. In fact these items are priceless to me. I thought about what I would sell these for if they had any monetary value, and I wouldn’t sell them ever. <3 Happy Friday and be safe out there in all that snow… Oh I’ll take pics of the snow and keep you posted on the storm.
One last treasure that she has entrusted me with. This was a prayer missal that she kept from her 1st love, “Louie <3 .” He lost his life tragically before they were married, so I’m honored to keep it safe for her.
