Former Student

So I'm driving home the other day and stuck in traffic and I enjoy reading the bumper stickers and license plate frames and occasional personalized plate that comes along - but the plate frame I saw recently really made me laugh out loud.  It said...  'Texas A&M - Former Student'.  And all I could think was - nothing screams 'I didn't graduate' more than creating a license plate frame that says 'Former Student'!

Trying To Stay Cool

I have stories to tell - and pictures to post - but they will have to wait for another day.  It's late and I'm tired - but snapped this picture of little Miss Sadie this weekend as she tried to stay cool outside on the balcony and thought it was so much fun that it deserved a post - so enjoy!

Almost Too Old

At our church communications meeting the other night, we were talking about how to improve our website and what we could do to make people want to visit it daily.  One of the suggestions was to create a blog.  So I've been thinking about how to make it work.  I was trying to think of how to make it not so taxing on people to contribute - I know a little about trying to keep a blog updated on a consistent basis (or not keeping it updated as is more the case).  I was in the church office yesterday afternoon for prayer therapy and before we started, I was talking to Pastor Darren about it all.  He said he could easily do one entry per week.  So I challenged him to try one per week for a month to see how it goes.  I told him that it can be really, really tough to keep it current.  To which my dear friend, Jill, said that it's because I'm almost too old to have that gene to blog every day.  Needless to say, we enjoyed quite a laugh about that.  Oh well - I guess ALMOST too old is better than just TOO OLD!

Out For A Run

So Monday evening, I finally got my act in gear and decided to take my new haircut out for a run.  I figured after taking February off with an ankle injury, March off with walking pneumonia and the first part of April off for dental work - I really need to start cramming for the 10K on May 3 (I might be briskly walking quite a bit of it).  Back to my hair - it did ok - I might need to get a hat, though.  With long hair it was easy enough to put it up in a ponytail - with this new haircut, though, it has quite a bit of get in my face potential - especially on a windy day like today!  The run itself was good also - ran a mile and a half without stopping - thought that was pretty good - was getting a nasty side ache, though, so I briskly walked the last 1/2 mile.  Didn’t run last night - had the third (and last) installment of my root canal done (although now I have to go get the crown put in - might wait until after the run) - yuck!  But will got to the gym tonight and maybe out for a run on Thursday.

Tales From The Home - Part Deux

So we tried one more place - they had slip on shoes in wide widths - with a blue strip - my mom’s favorite color - things were looking up!  Unfortunately, she couldn’t figure out the slip on shoes - she got the front part of her foot in them but couldn’t figure out that she needed to use her finger to slip them over her heel - can you imagine?  Crazy disease!  So I boxed them up and almost in tears gave them back to the sales associate - who then produced a different shoe to try - except these had zippers - and all I could think was - she’ll never figure out the zippers - but I gave them to her to try anyway - what did I have to lose?  And all praise be to God - she was able to figure them out!  I made her put them on and off several times by herself to make sure she could do it - and she seemed to do just fine!  I told the sales associate that she was an answer to prayer!

When we got back to the home (for lack of a better word - I think it sounds better than facility) - there was this old man in his wheelchair sitting in the middle of the parking lot - he always seems to do that - usually blocking parking spaces!  So I had to park in a different spot than I wanted to - but - oh well!  I went in and got my mom all settled with her new shoes.  She was all excited about them and wanted to see if anyone would notice that she got new shoes.  As I was leaving through the TV room - there were two of the old men sitting in there enjoying a little too much whatever Spring Break Bikini show was on Fox at the moment - ick - dirty old men!  But wait - it gets better!  I go out to my car and the little old man in the wheelchair has wheeled over to my car and is looking in the driver’s side of the car.  So I ask him if he sees anything he likes and he tells me he is reading about the car - he’s reading the security sticker in the window.  He starts to move out of the way as I open it up and start to get in - he then asks me if my husband has his own car - to which I reply that I don’t have a husband and am not married - to which he makes a ‘hmmm’ sound - and all I can think is - double ick - I need a shower!

Tales From The Home - Part 1

So on Sunday, I had the distinct pleasure of taking my mom out to get new shoes.  We went a couple of weeks ago and looked at a few place with no luck - my mom, God Bless Her, has these wide little feet - and in case you don’t know - it can be tough to find shoes for wide little feet!  When I got to her place - she wasn’t there - I put away her laundry and tidied up a bit and then out to look for her - I figured she was in the activity room for one of the three Sunday worship services that they have.  I was right - I went down there and saw her sitting on the side - she didn’t see me and I didn’t want to interrupt, so I just sat on a bench right outside the activity room until they finished.  It was pretty cool at the end when they all sang ‘The Old Rugged Cross’ - one that I’m sure most of the group knew without having to look at the words - it was neat to sit there and just listen to the group singing - a bit of a blessing for me.

When they were done - my mom and I went out on our quest to find shoes.  The first place we looked has some shoes that I thought would work - they had velcro like my mom has now - but my mom can’t figure out what to do with the tongue of the shoes - so after I helped her the first time to put the shoes on - she wasn’t able to get them on again without getting the tongue all smashed in the toe so they didn’t fit - she also seemed to struggle with the velcro - bummer!  So we went to another place that I knew had wide shoes and slip on shoes - of course they didn’t have them in her size - dang!  And I remember putting the smaller shoes back on the shelf and just thinking - Lord, I don’t know what to do.

Stay tuned...