Tonight I booked my trip to the East Coast. I am going on a trip out East with Becky. We are wanting to see New England in the fall. We will see Catherine and her school in Rhode Island. We will have a ball! I am ready to go now! Like a kid at Christmas. This is something I have always wanted to do. I have been saving my money, putting aside 30 bucks here and 30 bucks there, and I am ready to complete another item on my "bucket list" !
Excitement Abounds!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Tonight I booked my trip to the East Coast. I am going on a trip out East with Becky. We are wanting to see New England in the fall. We will see Catherine and her school in Rhode Island. We will have a ball! I am ready to go now! Like a kid at Christmas. This is something I have always wanted to do. I have been saving my money, putting aside 30 bucks here and 30 bucks there, and I am ready to complete another item on my "bucket list" !
Posted by Jami at 8:32 PM 1 comments
Flip Flops
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Over three years ago, I traded flip flops with Jennifer. We both bought a pair in Wimberly, but I liked hers better, and she graciously traded. I loved those flip flops. They were made by "Reef".........my dear flip flops, I decided they were worn over 1200 days. Rain or shine, cold or hot, I wear my flip flops. My wonderful flip flops scummed to the brutal wear and tear that I imposed upon them and they broke.
I went to see my friend Cindy in San Marcus several months ago. We went for a pedicure and believe it or not, the people spoke English! I mentioned needing a new pair of flip flops and there is a store in San Marcos called the "flip flop shop"! How wonderful is that! So, after our pedis, Cindy and I took off to find the shop. I bought two pair of Reef brand flip flops.
One pair has this little metal thing on the sole. I noticed this after we got back to Cindy's house. I first thought I stepped on something, but then lo and behold, it was on both shoes. Then I thought maybe they were "ice grippers", something to help not make them quite so slippery on the ice, you know, during cold weather. Then, well, I realized that most sane people don't wear flip flops during icy weather, and I doubted a company would make that just for me! Anyway, after I got back to Waller, Catherine in her infinite wisdom, informed me that I got the Reef's with the "bottle opener" built on them! Like, all you need at the beach is your shoes and a beer! Who would have known! I don't drink beer, but today, I spend $1.50 on a soft drink in a bottle with a pop top so I could try out my shoes!
I am thinking of renaming my blog "MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING"..........
Posted by Jami at 8:40 PM 6 comments
More Ramblings
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
So, Catherine went back to school yesterday. We left at 6:30am, and did not get to the airport until 8:15am. Her flight was suppose to leave at 8:55am. Yes, we cut it a little close. I thought Catherine might learn from that experience that we did need to leave earlier, but, from her comments "Next time I will make my flight leave later", means the lesson I learned was different than the one she did.
Last night, we sent a few text messages back and forth, her from Providence and me from my bed, and she stated that I wasn't sad when she left. Of course there is some sadness. I will and do miss her. I miss all of my girls, even the ones who have been "gone from home" for years now.
I am happiest when they are here.
But, as far as sadness with Catherine leaving, I told her, that to me, for me to be sad, seems selfish. What kind of mom would I be if I wanted her (or any of my girls) to stay here, to keep me company or entertained? Not so good I think. I must be happy that they are capable of being independent, and grown and happy in their own lives. Like the "new" moms, whos blogs I read, I cherished every moment of when they were young and children..........but I also do love knowing that somewhere, they learned to be happy adults. I cherish that as well.
The Olympics. For those of you who know me, you know I am not a great sports enthusiast. My parents watch the Rockets, Astros, Texans, Cowboys, and golf....lots and lots of golf. When I go down to visit, sometimes they try and talk to me about those sports. I don't know names and who does what. I just don't watch sports. I don't HATE them, I just don't watch them.............so.........why is it I am glued to the Olympics, all day, every day, all night, every night. I watch fencing, trampoline, volleyball, track, gymnastics, diving, even "Basketball"! Why is that?
Jessica is taking the GRE test in September. It is the test to get into Grad school. I wish that Jessica knew what I know. She is really really smart. She takes after her dad in that respect. Well, all the girls do really. I may have issues with my Ex, but, he did give them his smart genes.
Jennifer called tonight and said when she was tucking Mia into bed, Mia wanted to know if they were going to GG's tomorrow (GG, that is me), and Jennifer said, "No" not tomorrow, and Mia said " I love her so much".....well, I teared up when Jennifer told me that. I love Mia so much too!
And now you know what happens when:
- You don't blog as often as you should
- you have no one to "think out loud to".
you get an incredibly long and dull blog!
Posted by Jami at 9:13 PM 2 comments
My Parents
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
I know I have not done my parents justice on this here blog..........I mean, I did start off thinking it would be about Mia, and then, well, she up and got moved away! So, I don't have "daily" tidbits to share about her, thus, I have wondered off the original course. I have written about friends, and adventures, and old movies, and bugs and stuff, but not too much about my parents. I would like to make it clear, I ADORE my parents. I think I must be the luckiest person in the world to have the parents I have, and I must be the luckiest person in the world to get to the age that I know I am the luckiest person in the world!
This past week has been pretty hard on my parents. My dad lost his eye sight in his left eye, pretty much over night. The optometrist said it was Macular Degeneration, but then ophthalmologist said it was AION: Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. He explained that is like having a stroke in the eye. So, now we are after the information on what caused the stoke and make sure it doesn't happen again!
One of my daddy's sayings when I was growing up was "that's the way the cow eats the cabbage", which pretty much means, it just is what is...........and he takes his own philosophy as much as he dished it out, so, he has pretty much accepted the loss of sight in his left eye, but he sure is worried about that right one! Can I add here, ME TOO ! and my Mom and my brother, and my kids...........so, I ask that if you read this, and you are the prayer kinda saying person, (I know some of you are and some of you are not), please send up some extras for my parents. They are wonderful parents, and, well, I love them so very much.
Posted by Jami at 12:48 AM 3 comments
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