My life these past few weeks.......

Hello!!
There's been so much going on over the past few weeks. So much I may have to post to my blog over 2 or more posts. It's been crazy!!
First I'll share a few pictures {you know me + taking pictures!!} of some clock projects I've altered.

This clock I made for my boss' office at TCA. This picture does NOT do it any justice. It came out adorable! Perfectly whimsical for the Preschool Director at Trimont Christian Academy!!

And this clock is in the Teacher's Lounge at TCA's preschool dept. I, too, LOVE how this one turned out. Love the paper I used and wanted to use if for litterally YEARS!!!

These two pictures are of the sky looking west from the Kmart parking lot. {If you live in Franklin, NC you'll know where I'm talking about!!} It had just rained...actually pored...and this is what the sunset was starting to look like shortly after. Gorgeous!!

Some may think I'm CRAZY!! {but really, I'm not!!} BUT SERIOUSLY*****HOW COOL ARE THESE PICTURES?!?!?!? Love the rainbow effect of this row of ribbons. Saw this photo-op in the Michaels store in Boone, NC a few weeks ago. I'm planning on using one...possibly both...as backgrounds to cards. Love it!!

These next few pictures are the most recent pics of our home. Kevin took them to show a customer some different color combos that are available out there. {Their house has been the same beige colors for many, many years.} Anyway...just wanted to share.

  

And this Whiskey barrel is at the bottom of our driveway. Kevin is quite proud of *his flowers* as he calls them!! LOL!! And I don't blame him...they are doing beautifully!!

We just LOVE this picture! This was taken over Memorial Day weekend when we were up visiting Hannah. We took some time alone and drove on the Blue Ridge Parkway where we pulled over at one of the overlooks. I, of course, set the camera on the hood of the car, set the timer and VOILA!!  :)

Okay...now for what's been happening the past 2 weeks.....

I ended up sick...again!  :-/    This time the worse I've ever been. Stayed home from work last Wed. (6/8) figuring I would do my routine doctoring {saline spray, Albuterol inhaler, Advil, Tesselon cough perles.....etc.} and lay low + be fine to go to work the next day. Well when I woke up on Thursday (6/9) I had a fever of over 102!! Could hardly breathe. Was couging like crazy. And was feeling just downright HORRIBLE!!! Kevin tried making an appt. with my doctor but they couldn't get me in until Friday (6/10). We were then going to go to the walk-in clinic but decided in the end to make a trip to the ER. My temp was up to 103 by then + I was totally miserable. My oxygen levels were down to 90 so the nurse stuck an oxygen tube in my nose. Boy did that help a great deal!! Come to find out I had PNEUMONIA!!! I have NEVER had PNEUMONIA!! And with all my bronchial issues I've had most of my life that is saying alot!! So...long story short....I've been on antibiotics since last Thursday (6/9) and have been getting better as each day goes on. It has been SOOOO SLOW GOING!! I will say that. I've been out of work since that *dreaded* Thursday. (6/9) I see my doc this coming Tuesday (6/21) at 10:30 a.m. And then the following Wednesday (6/29) I've got an appt. with a Pulomonologist in Sylva to finally get to the bottom of all this *crap.* {sorry about my French!!!} I have had some sort of bronchial issues since I was a kid. It accelerated after Hannah was born. And has even accelerated even more working at TCA. I'm sorry to say, but kids + germs go hand in hand and due to my *weak point* {which are my lungs + the ailments they seem to collect} I've been sick a lot more this past year working there than my whole adult life.  :(   Anyway...on the brighter side of this particular *episode*..... I am on the mend. Like I said before...it is slow going! I still have to watch everything I do because when I do too much I pay for it later in the day. :(  Like yesterday (6/17) Kevin was working and so I was home alone. {I know...could mean trouble!} I ended up straightening the Kitchen. Well come 2:00 in the afternoon I was zonked out on the couch!! And stayed there until supper then back at it {sleeping on the couch} until around 9 p.m. Crazy sleep schedule, I know!

I think today I've learned my lesson. I've hardly done anything...strenuous that is. Oh!! I have made the bed!! LOL!! Laying low. Which is smart!

So, there we have it. My last few weeks of MY LIFE.

Thanks for reading.

LOVE YA!!!

Good Morning!!

It hasn't been too long since my last post... ;)

Today I want to share with you the amazing things that have been happening in our lives lately. With words and with pictures.....

Kevin and I surprised Hannah a couple of weeks ago by showing up at Spear's Barb-B-Que and Grill in Linville Falls (her *family* owns it) on a Sunday for lunch. She literally had NO CLUE we were even coming!! You should have seen the look on  her face!! (I would show you a pic if I had taken one!!)

Her in-laws were working on the grounds planting flowers in the flower beds, hanging baskets and anywhere else they will fit. I cannot tell you how gorgeous their gardens look. But I can *show* you!! Here are a few random shots that I took while there that afternoon....

Foxglove...

Snowball bush...

Not a flower or bush. But HOW COOL is this?? A birdbath with some cool ground cover in it. 

Wild Azalea....

On Saturday, May 7 a few of us from Trimont got together and had a scrapbook day. After all it was NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY!! {always the 1st Saturday in May!!} When I get together with other ladies at a crop I *never* get anything done!! Well I surprised myself and made this mini-album!! I have had this bird, chipboard album for a few months waiting to use it for these particular pictures. I LOVE how it turned out!! 

The pictures were some b&w's of Hannah in her wedding dress before she got married. Gorgeous!!

We {at the school} had our annual Walk-a-thon to raise money for the school. It is the biggest fundraiser of the year. It was warm that day. {May 13th} Can you tell that the 2 yr. old teachers were pretty much done by this time??  ;)  I would post some pictures of the kids but, even though this is not a social site, I don't want to post them without permission. All in all we had a BLAST!!!

This is Hannah at work...

Yes, she works in a bar. Well, actually a restaurant that has a bar. She is good at her job!!



This is Hannah and Whitney. It was the Sunday afternoon we surprised Hannah by just showing up in Linville Falls. Whitney is a Sweetie. She works at Spear's.

I always take pictures while driving in hopes that no one will see me. {I think Kevin thinks it's just like texting while driving.}

Here are a  few  taken on my way home from work over the past few weeks. Hope y'all enjoy them!!



That's about it for now. Enjoy the pics! Will hopefully add to this blog again and again.........

Love y'all!!  Nite nite!! 



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Our day today.

Good Morning!!
It is a gorgeous day here in the western Carolina mts. this morning!! We are experiencing what the locals call our *blackberry winter.* The wild blackberries are in full bloom so the temps go down + the air is dry + the sun is in abundance. When I woke up this a.m. it was in the low 40s, sun shining and just a gorgeous day!!

Last night my friends Jessica + Marci {and me!!} went to see Chonda Pierce. She is fantastic!!! Funny + yet on fire for the Lord!! She has a wonderful message amongst her comedy. We laughed so hard!

www.chonda.org

Go have a look at her website!

And here's here youtube channel. Great stuff!!www.youtube.com/chondapierce

Not the best picture, but it was 11:00 and we (incuding the lady that took the picture) were all tired!! Jessica's the tall one. Marci's the short one. I'm the one with Chonda Pierce on my chest + Chonda is the blonde one.  ;)  She is such a great speaker. (and singer!!) It's worth hearing her testimony.

Kevin and I went to the memorial for a very good, close friend this morning. It saddens me to say that Al Dilthey passed away on April 21st.

   

   

He had been a cancer survivor for a short time. Had stage 4 melanoma 4 years ago. A few months ago he was having some weakness in his right arm so they did an MRI and found tumors in his brain. They started the cancer regimine but after a few short weeks the tumors were way too aggressive. I'm having a very hard time thinking of him *gone.* He was so vibrant it's hard picturing him no longer here on earth. This picture of him and his loving wife, Suzanne was taken at Hannah + Jonathan's wedding only 7 short months ago. I know that I'm not to *second-guess* God by any means. And that He NEVER  makes mistakes...but it's thought provoking on why certain things happen.

We spent Easter weekend with Hannah + Jonathan up in Linville Falls. It was a gorgeous weekend. Weather-wise and spending time with family on such a Glorious occasion. Easter Sunday morning we went to church at a local church. Very nice. 

Here are some pictures of our weekend together. {I'm ashamed to say that I didn't take nearly as many as I usually do when we're up there.}

On Friday night Kevin, Hannah and Jonathan went to see a movie {maybe?? something?? can't remember!!} and I stayed at the lodge. I ate at Spear's. This was my meal:

Kevin doesn't normally *let* me eat alone at restaurants but since there's *family* here + I am able to come + go from the kitchen, he was *okay* with it!!  ;)

Hannah + Jonathan were having *words* on our way home from church so Kevin was cringing. He can be quite amusing at times!!

On Saturday evening Jonathan + I went out together while Kevin + Hannah went for a ride on Wendy's {she's the manager at the lodge} Harley. This is a house that we passed on our travels. Loved it!! Looked very *new-england-y!!*

And one of the MANY Christmas tree farms in that area..





That's the *goings-on* around here for now. I *plan* on keeping up better with this blog.

 

IT IS I!!

Yes, it is I!! I am still here, living + breathing here in western NC!!

Kevin and I are bunking out in the basement tonight. We've got some violent weather going through our area. But nothing like Alabama earlier today! Scary!!

Lots of things going on lately. Here are a few pictures that I'm going to share about what we've been up to...

Went to Linville Falls to see Hannah the end of March. Uncle John had flown into Atlanta to come get his parents to drive to Colorado. Anyway... here's some pics from our trip w/ John to see Hannah + family...

We had such a great time!!