My weekend

I had a marvelous weekend! Saturday, my sister in law, Karen, came to visit for the day. Of course I was thrilled to have company and had to cook for her. My daughter gave me this beer bread mix at Christmas. If I had had any idea how good it was going to be, I would have made it long before now.
Also, it is so simple. Stir one can of beer in with the bread mix, put into grease loaf pan. Melt stick of butter and poor over dough. Bake for one hour. That's it!
This particular mix was bought at Reflections in Meridian. I give it 4 stars!!!

Sunday, I attempted to work in my flower beds a little, but it was just too hot outside for words.
Not to be deterred from being productive, I decided to rearrange a large portion of the furniture in my house. Talk about an adventure! I still get a break from the sweating even after I cam inside.



Friday Five (#1)

Hooray for Friday!!! I wish I could say that I had a really eventful week, but it wasnt really.

1)No skin cancer! I recently had an odd looking lesion on my foot biopsied, and found out this week that it is benign! Talk about a sigh of relief.

2)Golf! If you read my blog you will already know that I have decided to try golf. A friend from work is letting me borrow a few clubs to start out. I cant go spending a couple hundred dollars on a hobby I dont know yet if I will like. I'll try to keep everyone informed how it goes.

3)Back to school! I registered to go back to school yesterday. I dont really have a game plan. I only lack a couple of classes to have a university transfer AA degree, so for now that is what I am doing. No, I am not planning on leaving nursing. I would actually take classes all the time if I could afford it. Call me a nerd, but I love going to school

4)Grilling! Yes, I love to grill. I grilled more vegetables a couple of days ago, but this time I cooked them in one of my cast iron skillets. So good! My sister in law is coming to visit tomorrow so I think I will do that again. One of my neighbors gave me some fresh squash from her garden, so that will be grilled also. Yummy!

5)Visiting! Earlier this week, Lane and I went visiting in the Dynamite City of the South (DeKalb). For anyone who is familiar, this is not a big experience. It was just something different to do. We visited Sage book store where Lane got a new Beanie Baby. He loves his babies.

Lara, who owns the book store, lets her dog and kitten roam in the store. Lane fell in love with the kitten!

This is my first Friday 5 and I didnt really plan for it. Hopefully next week I will have pictures and more embellishment!

Feedback please

The first full week of August I am planning on riding to Pennsylvania with my daughter and grandson. (she is going to visit her dad) I am trying to plan an itinerary of cheap things to do while I am up aroung the East coast. I have looked into visiting Washington DC. I know there are always things to do there.
I have never really been up to that area so I am open to fun things to do and see....on a budget.
Thanks!

Adventures Anew!

All of the men in my family have been golfers. My father, both brothers, cousins, all enjoy chasing that little ball around the green. I decided there might be something to it! I am going to give golf a swing. (Get it.....golf, swing....haha)
But seriously, I know that I might look like a bumbling baffoon when I start out. I am ok with that. Fresh air, exercise and the social aspect all seem worth it to me.
Although, I do remember when I was in high school and my next older brother, Jim, was going to teach me how to correctly hold a club and hit the ball. By the time I had my hands in the correct position and my head turned just so, I could hardly move! It was very comical even if I didnt think so at the time. I am going to tell myself that part of the problem was that it was my brother teaching me and I was being hard headed against his direction and not that I am THAT uncoordinated.
I havent given up the running that I started in the spring. Please dont think that I am a band wagon person. The Southern heat and humidity is kicking my booty. I needed an outdoor activity that isnt quite as strenuous as running but not as sedentary as just lounging by the pool.
Wish me luck!

Potholes in Life

Have you ever stopped to think about potholes? I think about them every morning as I am driving to work. I live about 35 minutes away from my job in a neighboring county, so there is a lot of road to cover every day.

No matter how many times a pothole is patched, it comes back. All it really takes is a little bad weather, and that nasty hole is back in the road just waiting to possibly do some damage to your car. Unless, of course, the road department takes the time to actually resurface the road in that area. Patching can be done in a few minutes by a guy with a shovel and some loose asphalt. Resurfacing takes a crew of men/equipment and a decent bit of time.

My point in this “pothole 411” is that we all have some sort of pot holes in our lives at one time or another. When you get a rough patch in life, are you just going to temporarily smooth it over with a quick fix and risk serious damage with the next heavy rain or are you going to invest the time and effort into correct the underlying cause of the problem?

First day of school

Today my grandson, Lane, started his first day at Highland CDC. Like going to "big school"!
Up until now, he has stayed with a family friend during the day. So, although my daughter has been dropping him off somewhere each day when she goes to school or work, it is very casual. Not like going to day care.
We backed his backpack last night with everything on this list. This morning I talked to him about going to big boy school and making new friends and having new toys to play with. I have no idea if his almost 2 year old brain really comprehended, but he seemed excited. My daughter was very nervous.
After dropping him off, she texted me to say that he didnt cry. He was all too concerned with the toys! He gave mommy a kiss and that was it.
I asked her if she went to the car and cried. I would have and probably did the first time I dropped her at daycare. Bless her heart, she said she held back tears.
Babies grow up so fast. Hard to believe that today my baby dropped her baby off!