More Minutia of my Life Pictures

Check out this great find!!!

Hubby found several of these "drawers/trays" back in an old "shop" classroom. Not sure if they are UFO's (unclaimed foreign objects) or what??? He even found a few birdhouses! Hubby is a Guidance Counselor/Coach at a local High School and he loves to dig in old storage closets for hidden gems. These drawers/trays are solid wood and quite heavy!!

I have a few ideas and Of course I'll paint at least one White but I would love to hear some good ideas from YOU!!! Stenciling, painting, organizers, etc....?????

QUILT
FOR
BABY DAUGHTER ANNA LAURA

Grandmama/Mama Jane & Anna Laura
Gulf Shores Beach

SCOTT EXERCISING LIKE HIS DADDY

JAMES BEING STRETCHED
BEFORE
PHYSICAL THERAPY CAMP DAY #2

JAMES EATING ICE CREAM AT THE ZOO
(SORRY FOR THE SMALL SIZE)

So there it is...a FEW of the wonderful minutia making up what I call MY LIFE!!!

What's Yours????

LIFE IN MINUTIA

MY LIFE IS IN THE MINUTIA

I'm having issues with posting pictures and can't figure it out. I'll have to call Number One son and get him to navigate me thru this maze. I clicked on the add image icon and it just autosaves??? Oh well, please come back, I have some great pictures to post!!

This post was prompted by a Facebook post from a friend who wanted to know if the rest of us in FB land was tired of knowing where everyone was at any given time...sort of a GPS report...many agreed and as I read doqwn the list of comments I began to think I was alone in my thoughts of WANTING to know where everyone was !!! THEN....... a very eloquent comment came up talking about enjoying the minutia of life in his own life as well as the life of his family and friends.


HMMMM?????? I'm thinking that the bits and pieces of my life that bring me the most joy are in the minutia of my life............I WANT to know that Mary Ellen and James arrives safely at the zoo and enjoyed strawberry ice cream on a very hot August day.....I want to know that Number One Son is going to play Starcraft with his old college roommate online before he takes a leisurely nap.....I WANT to know that my Baby Girl ate at the buffet after church (she has been sick and couldn't eat so now I know two things..she ate AND she went to church)....

IF NOT
for
FACEBOOK

those are the details of life that may get lost once everyone grows up and has busy lives of their own!
In fact, the wonderful friend who wrote the original post had not been in contact with me for over 20+ years until we found each other on Facebook!!! Yes, we knew exactly where each other lived...we knew telephone numbers....but no connection until FB. I now know she has a daughter getting married and one came home recently and lounged around the pool with her mother. I now know she helped plan a lovely wedding shower and even got to see pictures!!! I now know she may not be as interested in my grandson's potty training schedule as I thought but hey, if she waits long enough I'll give her a post she'll like.

So...to all my dear friends on Facebook and in Blogland....I WANT to hear about your latest home decorating project, or when you had tea with a neighbor, or when Aunt Sue's surgery is scheduled and you might want an extra prayer going up...or someone had a great visit from a Grandbaby, friend, cousin, aunt, uncle, or a Blogland friend

I'm interested......Please keep posting the Minutia of your lives and I'll keep reading, praying, and joining in your circle of people who care!!

PICTURES will be FORTHCOMING...Grandson's new wheelchair, my newest quilt projects, a junking find...AND possibly a slice of Pound Cake I intend to Bake...IF that's not TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!

Let ME Hear your take on my musings????

BLESSINGS
GMAMA

HOT SUMMER AND GOOD INTENTIONS

HOT SUMMER & GOOD INTENTIONS




I had the best of intentions to blog at least weekly but LIFE happens. One daughter came down with acute colitis which meant 4 days at my house and then 4 days in the hospital. Since I'm still the Mama, I stayed with her round the clock. She was tested for everything from appendicitis to Chrones Disease, ovarian cyst, etc.. due to the severe pain. Thankfully, it was determined the colitis was due to either a viral or bacterial bug perhaps from food or source unknown. The healing process has been long and 15 lbs has been lost...by my daughter, not me! She has returned to her own house whom she shares with a roommate and life is returning back to normal.

All this trauma occurred after a relaxing week spent at "Spa Christie" ....translated my sister's house in NC. I'm not usually the recipient of nurturing rather I'm the dispenser. So a week of pampering was quite rejuvenating to say the least. I ate all my favorite foods, had an hour massage, visited with an elderly uncle, took naps, slept late, drank gourmet coffee, sonic ice (I love it), and in the evening Sister, BIL, & me all played Farmville on our 3 laptops. It was Fabulous! Everyone should have sisters!

One aspect of the trip has not been noted...I finally overcame my fear of flying!!! In order to visit my sister and avoid an 11 hr. car trip, I decided it was time to face my fears and fly the friendly skies. Other than being "wanded" by Big Mama, the flight was smooth sailing. I only had one layover in Charlotte which wasn't difficult to navigate at all. I found out I like the aisle seat best because of the extra elbow room...either the seating has shrunk or my booty has gotten bigger??!!

The Heat Wave here in the south has been BRUTAL!! the first 2 weeks in Aug. were triple digits with heat indexes between 102-116. School has started back around here which meant I started back keeping my youngest grandson. The heat has forced us indoors for most of the day...a few days we could get out very early till about 9:30 before the heat & humidity drove us back inside. Autumn can not come too soon. I love cool weather anyway and winter doesn't bother me one bit. In fact, I miss snow very much having grown up in West "By God" Virginia! Everyone tells me I'd get tired of it but I remind them I grew up and lived in snow country till I was about 25 yrs. old. I even drove to my first teaching/speech therapy position in 22 inches of snow!! One day I ran off in a short ditch and had to walk to the nearest house to call my principal to tell him I would be late. I was informed I needed to get there ASAP...NO SYMPATHY for snow...teachers were expected to have studded snow tires and be at their post. In rural WV back in the mid 70's, bad weather often meant the only heat or meal a child may have would be at school. Therefore, schools opened even if classes were suspended. Schools were the heart of a small Appalachian community and teachers were highly regarded which meant much was expected. I learned a lot and have many stories from those teaching days that I need to write down so they won't get lost over time.

SO.....it's the DOG DAYS of SUMMER...and life is suspended until we get into a fall weather pattern ...maybe two more weeks according to the local weather gurus. We finally got some rain the last 2 days. We've had no rain since July! I have lost TWO HYdrangeas and many of my summer flowers bit the dust long ago. It was too hot to get outside to water and for the first time ever, I allowed my flowers to die a slow death in front of my eyes. SAD!!

Grandson James is in B town for intensive physical therapy after having spinal surgery back in June. Daughter and James are staying in the local Ronald McDonald House for two weeks. She says it is unbelievably clean and comfortable. Corporate sponsers make sure they have a hot meal every evening, Starbucks in the a.m plus a continental breakfast, snacks available at all times, free wash facilities, etc... This is the first time experiencing the gratitude for R McD House ministering to my own family. I look at those little donation boxes at McD's in a whole new way!

Hopefully, I'll add pictures of James in PT camp!

Blessings
GMAMA