Birthday Bliss ~ My Wish For You

From my Mom on my birthday ~ pictures of me as a newborn plus! :)

Thanks, Mom . . .Your Wish is well taken ~ even if I WAS a little 'Rascal' . . .!! LOLOL

Favorite Family Photos

some are tucked away in albums,

some in scrapbooks,

some on video . . .

but all in my heart, as I peruse a lifetime of memories

in a window of time reserved for reflection.

This photo is circa 2001, two years after Larry's passing.

One of my favorites!

Mishap On Cedar Lake Road ~

Didja see me?

The gold Explorer, pulled over under the overpass?

Ya know . . .the vehicle with the drivers' side door open and the puking pooch hanging out over the edge of the running board, with his pooch parent hanging onto him for dear life whilst he lost his cookies so that he wasn't squashed by an 18-wheeler driving by at the speed of sound?

Yep. It was me. Saving my dog, the DellMeister:

and my Explorer from all things splatter-y. :)

He's much better now.

I think it was motion sickness. :)

When An Actress Lives At Your House . . .

Life can get pretty interesting!

Here she is: my daughter whom I classify as the one with the LEAST amount of DramaQueen tendencies in her bloodstream, who is starry-eyed and hollywood bound!

The summer Play Production is in full swing, and AubreyGirl is in her element.

Sigh. :)

Have You Ever Noticed . . .

that sometimes the world spins around you at an alarming pace, and you just. simply. cannot. keep. up?

sigh.

Take for instance my latest fall:

I FELL OUT OF BED LAST NIGHT!! Honest! Honest, I did! LOLOL

This is how it happened: Gil bought me a pregnancy pillow for Mother's Day . . .I've been sleeping SO WELL since! This pillow looks like a "lobster claw" and that is what we call it . . .and we laugh because it takes up half the bed, and whilst in it, one feels TOTALLY isolated from the outside world (or at least from the other half of the bed!) LOLOL!!

I was up til about 2 am . . .and shimmied down the hall into the darkened bedroom, tossed the covers back, put the pillow 'in place', and promptly 'climbed aboard'.No sooner did I get into the 'lobster claw' contraption, than one side of it slid off the edge of the bed, taking me down with it! I screamed, as I was helpless to stop myself, and very soon found myself crammed against the wall and the bed in a diagonal corner. My right arm flailed about wildly trying to grasp ANYTHING to hang on to, but failed miserably ~ ending the torrent with a HUGE, LOUD slam against the wooden blinds over the window! Stunned . . .and startled still, I began laughing uncontrollably, with tears streaming down my face. I was so wedged into the corner that I couldn't move, and my pregnant belly didn't help matters one bit!

Meanwhile, Gil, who HAD BEEN fast asleep, now begins deadpanning me with dry humor.

"Angi, could you please get back in bed?"

"Do you have to make such a commotion when you come to bed?""

"how many times have I told you, you can't float in that thing?" and on and on . . .I am certain I laughed and cried for twenty minutes.

Gil never came to my rescue. All he did was deadpan. I had to extricate myself from my predicament. And it was absolutely halarious! and a wee bit embarrasing . . . after all, I am of an "advanced age"! LOLOLOL

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Or, take for instance a more sentimental moment:

On Being The Labor Coach . . .

So, Tiff and I jumped into a Bradley class mid-stream. She's at 30 weeks now, and moved to 3 week appts. It won't be much longer!

Tonight she began to open up a bit and share with me her perspectives on the class (her silence has been unusual. but then, she's in an unusual situation . . .first babies can be that way!) and I'm really happy about where she's 'at'.

Meanwhile, I am building a 'rythym' with her during our relaxation techniques, and learning my daughter all over again, and in a new light.

It is truly amazing. I feel so honored to be her coach. her mom. her friend.

My prayer is that the Lord bless our time together in a unique way, further building and growing the bond that is already between us.

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And then, of course there is the never-ending socialization of Gil. Someone Puh-lease, puh-lease tell me . . .what on earth is he doing with those peppers???

Sigh. Back to your regularly scheduled life.

I'll try to find mine! :)

This. Has. Never. Happened. Before.

I've been TAGGED!

Wow! I feel . . .I feel like a GROUPIE or something! Like Sally Fields when she won her Academy (?) Award ["You LIKE me! YOu REALLY like me!"]

Now, uh . . .I guess it's time to 'jump off the face of this cliff!" LOLOL Here goes! :)

8 Things About Me (Facts/Habits)

1. I am totally, head over heels in love with my family. My husband is one of the most amazing gifts in life I've ever received ~ straight from the Throne of God, Class A Issue. My adult daughters thrill my heart ~ they've both come through the teenage years like precious metal, that's been refined in the fire. My youngers are being given a new path upon which to walk: a solid path that will take them through the teenage years without all the hullabaloo. And then there is our L'il Guy. Our Newest Addition. The One On The Way. Oh, what a thrill to be adding to our family, a premonition of which I had many, many years ago when I was yet a teen, that I'd have a child in my 40's. wow. This only covers my most immediate family. I'd need a list of 32 Things to squeeze everyone else in! LOL :)

2. I'm a Horse Lover. And I'm no longer denying myself one of my life's greatest passions.

3. I'm a deeply spiritual person, in love with the Lord, and walking in a new dimension these days. It is a new place of liberty and freedom, one that has taken a 'learning-curve' to get used to, but a really, really fun place to be!

4. I'm a People Lover, and always have been. To be surrounded by a host of others is my greatest energizer. To share joy and love and faith from the Father's heart is so easy for me, that I am perplexed when others say they 'can't do that' or that they 'don't understand how to ' love another.

5. I'm a Reader. See disclaimer attached to #2. ditto.

6. I LOVE quiet, reflective mornings (with plenty of coffee!), and busy, task filled afternoons (preferrably with people!) (when I'm not in an introverted place.) (yeah. Figure THAT one out! LOL!).

7. I am an overcomer. I might fall seven times, but the Lord picks me up, dusts me off, and puts me back on track again. Gee, I guess that makes me kinda feline-ish . . .Nine lives, and all! :)

8. I am a self-taught computer guru. And a host of 90 other self-taught things. I've decided that I can do ANYTHING that I set my mind to. So, watch out world! I have my mind SET on you! :) [Think George Harrison!]

So, Let's See . . .who shall I tag?

Sunshyne
Jodi
Angie
Brandon
Rachel