Sorry to leave ya hanging.....

So, as you can see in the picture above I broke down and bought socks.

I realized that I had also forgotten my deodorant, tooth brush and toothpaste. (Good Grief).

Luckily, the convenient store next door to the hotel had all my needs including the 3 pair of socks above, and I only paid $2 for them! STEAL! :)

This week won't be quite so hectic, thank goodness. I am only working thru Thursday and then I am off to a cabin in the woods until Sunday with a great group of ladies for some relaxing, reading, hot tubing, sight seeing, and scrap booking. I am totally excited!

How is your week shaping up?

Oh My Goodness.

I am about to have to do something that I haven't had to do in probably 15 years or more.

I really don't know how I am going to make it, but I am sitting in a hotel in a town that I don't know anything about. I am mentally and physically exhausted and don't have the energy to go back out tonight.

By the way, I am in a hotel because of an event for work that I have to be present at 730 am for. It's was more logical that I have a hotel room for the night than try to get up before the chickens and drive this far. So here I am.

I really, really, really don't know how I am going to sleep without my socks on.......

I forgot!

I forgot to mention in my last blog that I was a winner in my girl, Heather's give away recently!

I won a $60 giftcard to csn.com! I am totally stoked and am having a hard time deciding what I want to purchase! Oh, the agony! :)

I had an AMAZING time at church yesterday and am still experiencing the "high" today. I hope everyone has had a wonderful start to their week!

One of My Loves.

(please excuse the poor quality..they were taken with my cell phone)

I have mentioned before that I have five God Children. The pictures above is one of my loves.... my oldest God Daughter, Sarah Ashton. I love her to pieces!! I got to spend some time with her last night and today( and I will get to see her tomorrow at church too). She is 12 years old and is wise beyond her years. I don't think I could be any prouder of her and her older brother( who is my oldest God Son and is 14).

This weekend has not been bad thus far. Last night I had dinner with a friend from church. Her name is Donna and we tell people that we are sisters. Most people that don't already know us, believe it because we look alike. She has three teenage children who call me "Aunt Kathi"....I love it! We ate at a local Mexican Joint called Anita's...It was YUMMY! After we parted ways, I stopped at a store called "Eye Candy" that sells costume jewelry. I got four necklaces and three pair of earrings for $12.19! As we say in the south, You can't beat that with a stick! :)

After that, I visited with the God Children mentioned above and their parents

and then headed home.

Today, I had to attend a patient of ours' funeral. It was bittersweet, he was truly a wonderful man who loved God and his family. I have been friends with some of his Grandchildren all my life and am continuing to pray for them in the days ahead. He and his wife had been married 64 years. I can't hardly fathom that. That is TRUE love that only comes from God.

After the funeral, I went to a benefit for a local child that has a rare heart disease. Our praise band at Church is also a Christian Rock Band and they were playing for it, so I sat out in the sun and enjoyed the music and the great weather. After they were done playing their set, I left and went to the local Children's Home and hung out at their rec center with some cool kiddos and my cousin who manages the rec center on the weekends.

Now, I am home and chilling. Church is in the morning! It's youth Sunday, so I don't have to be there early to practice for worship service...this means I get to sleep in a few extra minutes(thank you, youth!). Whoop! How is YOUR weekend?

PS: One of my favorite movies is coming on right now, Miss Congeniality. Score!

Day 30

Day 30-One Last Moment

First of all, I am really really really proud of myself for blogging 30 days straight. There were several times that I just didn't want to, but I disciplined myself and did it anyway...whoo hoo!!

Now onto my one last moment.

I read the book above several years ago. My cousin had given it to my mom as a gift and then she passed it onto me. My mom had written a note in it saying that she hoped that I would find content and happiness like the character in the book did. She listed the page number as 336.

"Our dear Helen has been given us for this emergency. It is not strange that seeing our domestic life should have awakened in her some yearnings for a home and a heart and children of her own. She has said that there was a weary point in her life when she made up her mind that she was never to know these joys. But she accepted her lot gracefully. I do not know any other word that describes so well the beautiful offering she made of her life, first to God and then to us. He accepted it and has given her all the cares and responsibilities of domestic life without the transcendent joys that sustain the wife and the mother. She has been all in all to our children, and God has been all in all to her. And she is happy in His service and in our love."

Day 29

Day 29-Your Aspirations

First off, let me say that I can't believe that this challenge is almost over. I am very proud od myself to have blogged almost 30 days straight.

I could sit here all night long and type all sorts of dreams and aspirations out to you all, but I won't bore you with all of that.

One HUGE aspiration of mine is being worked on right now. I can't indulge you on this public blog with specifics, but for those of you that want to know are free to email me. I will give you a hint: there is a clue in the picture above.

The other two things that I REALLY REALLY want in my life is to be a wife again.....but a wife to someone that loves me with all they have inside of them and then to be a mother. I long to know what it's like to carry a child inside of me.

The thought that it may never happen scares me to death.

Day 28

Day 28-Something that you miss.

It's not something is someone that I miss. But I don't miss the new him, I miss the old him. He was one of my best friends for several years. He made me laugh so hard over the stupidest stuff. Most of it was inside jokes that only our inner circle understood. I could never stay angry with him because he would say something totally funny and crack me up.

I kinda believe he was my soul mate because even my husband(ex now) never had this kind of effect on me. He and I were closer than close. He, my friend Karen and her husband and I have so many memories together that I hope I remember for a lifetime. I just wish that he could get his life straightened back out so that we could have our friendship again. Its been almost a year since I saw or talked to him and some days he is on my mind so much that I wonder if he's thinking about me too. I hope he is. And I hope that one day he can overcome the demons that have him consumed.