Scrambled Saturday

My 'to do' list had good intentions when I got out of bed today, but as the day progressed, I could see that I was going to need to settle for just being happy with my 'top 3' on the list.
Laundry, which included clean sheets on the beds, was a must.
Blogging about some events and thoughts was another must for me, with tonight's final post being my last event of the day.
And then I got to babysit my sweet little grandson Preston for 6 hours. Seems like a long time but it just flew by as he entertained me with his smiles, giggles and peaceful napping. It was certainly the highlight of my day and took most of my time., but not a minute of it was wasted or will be forgotten.

And so today closes out the month of April, 2011; a month that for weeks and weeks I looked forward to and now only look back on with regret and heartache. Lessons lived, lessons learned. I wrote today 'Will there ever be a day that I don't think of it? Sure...but it's not today. But hopefully soon. Until then, be patient with me'.
I am not sleeping well and eating even worse. I've dropped 4 pounds just this week since I've been home. Not feeling well...my health is not good right now but I fear it's mostly because I am forgetting to eat..sleep..forgetting to just function.
BUT, tomorrow brings a new day...a new month...a new season...a new beginning.
I'm hopeful as I try to live the way I need to, both physically and spiritually, that I will once again, be whole.
I will focus on each healing step and why it's being taken.
Gradually, I will be, once again....
me.

The Royal Wedding - William and Kate

Thirty years ago, one year before my actual wedding date of July 29, 1982, the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, married Lady Diana Spencer. I remember waking up at 2/3:00 in the morning to watch the wedding that literally hundreds of millions of people throughout the world were watching. It was the wedding of the century...everything a fairytale wedding should be, except for the 'happily ever after' ending.
Within years of the wedding, they had had 2 heirs to the throne ...William and Harry, and their marriage had fallen apart. And then 10 years ago, Princess Diana was killed in a car accident, leaving the 2 boys to be raised by their father Prince Charles.
Today was another Royal Wedding and I was once again, awake at 2:00 am to watch all the pre-wedding coverage and stayed up all the way through until about 8:00 am when the wedding was complete. This was the marriage of of Prince William, the oldest son of that young couple 30 years ago and his commoner girlfriend of 8+ years, Catherine Middleton...or 'Kate', by which she has been known.
It was lovely - regal - very beautiful. She will make a lovely queen someday and he will be a strong king for England. I'm half British you know...I feel a fascination for that country and loved every minute of the wedding coverage. And even though not a temple marriage, of course, it was still touching to see a young couple so in love, getting married and starting their lives together.
I wish them every happiness in the world for a long and blissfully happy married life together.

If at First You Don't Succeed....

Kylie helped me send out resumes yesterday on Craigslist for about 6 different job opportunities. I got a call for an interview today and went with high hopes and expectations. BUT, after driving over 20 minutes going the direct opposite way of where I would like to work, I got to the office, met with the doctor and had an excellent interview, but felt no warm fuzzies.
I don't know. I'll probably get offered the job, but you know what? It was too far away and I just think I was hoping for something a little...hmm...bigger?? Small office, small oriental doctor, small space etc...and if we are going to move out towards Mike and Kylie like we are hoping in the next year, then it is completely the wrong way and too far to be traveling back and forth.
So, I guess I'll keep up the search for the perfect job...cuz that one wasn't it.
Next.....

Rub -a- Dub Dub

Little Preston's in the tub!!!!!
How cute is he????
Such a big boy...gotta love him!!!

Family Family Everywhere

Every day of this fun trip has been with family and friends. I have been to luncheons, a bridal shower, sisters and cousins houses and out to dinner almost every night. And I am enjoying laughing, crying, loving and making fond memories. And I still have three days left until I fly home Sunday.
But while gone, my little grandson has decided to start crawling and talking, both of which Kylie captured on video tape and sent to me over the Internet.
Made me cry.
It's so hard living basically two different lives this week....one here in Utah and the one I still have in Texas.
It will be nice to get back to Texas and take this weeks memories with me.

Farewell FHE for Kathryn

Tonight was Kathryn's last Monday night home - so we decided to have a special family night and her favorite dinner as a farewell. Dutch oven stuffed pork chops, crescent rolls, cheesy scalloped potatoes and jumbleberry pie and ice cream for dessert. I was cooking all afternoon and didn't have time to get cleaned up before our company arrived, but it was a fun party none the less. It ended up being a 'come as you are' dinner party.
We played games afterwards and now that the family has left and gone home, I've got some dishes to do and some house to clean up before I'm off to bed myself.
We will miss Kathryn and the great fun and excitement she add's to our Family Night's. But we had some good laugh's tonight to add to our list of sweet memories of Kathryn here in our home.

Grandma's First Sleepover

Mike and Kylie celebrated their 3 year wedding anniversary this weekend...
and so grandma got to babysit Preston and have a sleepover.
The kids left yesterday afternoon...so I went over at around noon, got all the babysitting instructions and then the party started!!! Preston and I played and played...I took him for a walk where we went visiting around the neighborhood. Then he had a bottle and went down for a nap while I read a little of my book for April. Two hours later, he was up and we played some more. Dinner was 2 jars of yummy food, most of which made it into his tummy, but enough got around his face and hands that we were off for a bath after that. Now THAT was tons of fun. He loves to take baths and was splashing and sucking on the wash cloth the whole time. Into pajamas and then grandpa came over to play for a few hours. They went out into the garden and backyard where we introduced Preston to the ducks that were swimming by in the canal...after about 30 minutes, we came in and Preston and grandpa did TONS of playing and practicing trying to crawl. I think grandpa finally figured out how to crawl after an hour or so...then it was bed time. Del fed Preston a bottle and then took him off to bed... Del went home and I stayed the night. The kids back around 10:00 this morning.
So, it wasn't for a LONG time, but it was fun having my first sleepover with my grandson. And he was a gem.
It will be the first of many more times to come, I'm sure.

Family Night at the Batting Cages

I was asked to come along to take pictures...so didn't dress for the occasion...but yes, even I took a few swings and connected more times that most of us thought I would... But that still doesn't make me stupid enough to post pictures of me looking like an idiot.
It was fun though. Kathryn went here on a date last week and so was wanting to get Del there ever since. Del could swing a pretty nice bat back in the day...and he didn't do too poorly tonight either...it's just been awhile.
But a fun FHE memory.