Attitude of Gratitude

Enjoying being back home from my mini vacation
to southern Georgia. Even though I enjoyed myself
and the very warm sunshiney weather, its nice to
be home again.

Spending time with my daughter Angela who has
been living in Georgia for the past 10 yrs. And so
far there has been no drama between sisters.

Even though I had to go to 2 funerals in one day
it was nice to celebrate the lives of both people
who passed away and know they are in a
better place now and not suffering anymore
like they were here. They both will be missed
by family and friends, they can smile now
without pain or turmoil.

The LOVE I have for my family and how
much they mean to me.

Attitude of Gratitude

Making the trip this past week safely

The wonderful vacation I took this
past week to southern Georgia

Spending time with family and friends
I don't get to see very often

The beautiful weather I was in this past week
I was able to get warmed up even for a short
period of time.

THE SUN IS SHINING

The sun is shining and I love it
BUT
the temperature is only about 7
Looks can be deceiving.
But I will take the SUNSHINE
any time it wants to show up.


I will be heading to southern Georgia
on Sat. late afternoon with my
granddaughter and great granddaughter
to visit family and hopefully get
thawed out. Hope the temps are warm.

We will be there for Valentines Day
and want to try and make it a
special day for us.
Hope everyone has a wonderful day and
is happy!!!

Attitude of Gratitude

Happy that my best friend Deana's husband made
it through his shoulder surgery ok. Now all the
proper healing can begin.

The SUNSHINE we had a couple days
this week. It is such a welcome
change from all the snow we
keep getting.

Having my driveway shoveled for me. That in
itself is a huge blessing, as because of my arm
limitations, I can't do it very well and takes
me a very long time.

Blizzard 2011

Well the Blizzard of 2011 is over as far as I know. We survived. Cold and tired from shoveling , but survived. I am grateful we didn't get as much snow as Chicago did but we got enough. I haven't heard of an official amount of snow that we got but guessing from whats in my yard I would say we got a foot of snow on top of the snow we already had. The schools and most businesses were closed yesterday. But then the roads were snow covered and driveways snowed in so you weren't going anywhere anyway. I started shoveling my porch and at least around my car, when my daughter and her boyfriend came out and shoveled for me. It didn't take them long at all and then my car was moved out and the rest of the driveway was cleaned out. It would have taken me a couple hours at least due to I only have one arm that works properly and its hard to pick up the shovel full of snow, so I push the shovel as best I can. I am grateful they did it for me. I have been able to keep up with my driveway so far, but this last snowfall I knew it would be a challenge. I took some pictures before the snow started and then some afterward so that I could see the difference. Not that I want to remember this, but some of my southern friends and family who have not seen snow this at least gives them a perspective and of course a little sympathy :) for what we have.

Here a couple pics I would like to share. One is what it looked like when I tried to open my front door and the other is my driveway after it was shoveled. You can see the snowmounds that
surround me.