She came home on Friday and stayed until Tuesday. While she was home, we just spent time together basically, and didn’t do much in particular. We worked on scrap books Sunday afternoon and in the evenings. She gets me motivated on those. Yesterday I went by the scrapbook store to look for a scrapbook that I want. No, not a certain book, but of a style that I want. After I had been looking around the store awhile, I was standing there contemplating a display, and the woman says “Are you looking for something specific? Can I help you find it?” and I said “No, nothing specific.” then I said, “Yes, I am looking for something specific; I just don’t know what it is yet. I’ll know it when I see it.” That is how it is right now. Since I wandered around and looked at everything for awhile, I bought a few sheets of paper and a few embelishments and left. When I got home last night, I intended to work on my baby book some more… but after church last night, I was no longer in the mood. And since Olivia wasn’t there to motivate me, I just put it aside for another day.

I mean to call Chandler last night too. Yesterday was his first day of school, so I was going to call. I didn’t have time before church, and after I forgot until it was too late - it was 9:00. That is 10:00 at Chandler’s house so he should have been in bed by then. I’ll have to try to get him tonight.

Bev has a doctor appointment today…. I wonder if he may say, “Let’s go have this baby now.” She surely is close!! She is swelling so much and in so much pain.

This is truly a journal. Nothing newsworthy… thank goodness! I am just reaching out… Have a good day!

While Olivia has been here, we have scrap-booked a little. Actually, maybe it has been a lot. She is working on some very nice pages and I am envious! Hers always look soooo good! I was having trouble deciding exactly what I wanted to do next. I had gone in the spare room looking for something, and ran across my baby book. It was small and coming apart, and I had the idea to scrap-book it. So I finished taking it apart and began the project of scrapping my baby book! It has been fun to do. I am still working on it and some of the pages are waiting for new embelishments.

I am going to bed - I don’t know what I am still doing up anyway!

This is at the shower for Bev. She received several nice gifts for the baby, and we had loads of fun!!

Lindsey in her bedroom

Lindsey waiting on the others to come out so we could go to worship. This was the first Sunday she was able to go to church since she began chemo. She was very excited about going. I don’t know what the frown was for!!

I need to buy a baby gift for my sister! We are having a little party Saturday to “shower” her with gifts. It is just about 4 weeks until Baylee is due to make her appearance. It probably has seemed slow to Bev but the time has gone fast for me. I also have a couple more things on my list to pick up. I hope to get it done at lunch time. I have a pair of sandals to pick up at the shoe shop… they have only been broken about 2 years … but for the year or two that I wore them, they were my favorite. I finally brought them in to be repaired.

Last weekend, I was the wedding planner for my second wedding. Sometimes, it does get interesting! This was not something I planned to do. It just happened. I suppose in one way it is a logical progression in the weddings which Larry performs the ceremony.  In the first one, we worked together to plan out how it would go. It was my first one, but he had participated in many. The second one, he did not perform, but I coordinated.  Both of the weddings were for the same family and many of the same people were involved. Both were small, informal ceremonies at the church building, but there sure are a lot of things to see to making sure it all goes well and makes the bride happy on her day!  It was fun and interesting at times!

I am reading some books that Olivia recommended to me (us) on a previous blog. The author is Charles de Lint, and the books are fantasy. I am really liking them. I first read “Dreams Underfoot” and then the “Dreaming Place” and now “From a Whisper to a Scream.”  I have ordered another one from Amazon (actually my 3rd; the other 2 I received this week.) I read some of the “Ivory and the Horn” but put it aside when I received the “Dreaming Place” in the mail.  After all, the “Dreaming Place” comes before it and Liv and Gail won’t like it if I read them out of order!!

This is one of those writings that is just to make contact and to say something! I have been checking everyday, looking for new posts to read. There haven’t been many. And as I am thinking “write something!”, I remind myself that I have not posted much lately either. So I decided to take a few minutes and give it an effort!! That is why there isn’t much substance to it; just a writing of random thoughts going through my head.

I couldn’t take photos during the wedding … I had a job to do remember … I am wishing I had someone to take good ones for me as he walked down the isle tho!!

this weekend, and he is gone to church camp. Therefore he will be missing the rehearsal and will get home just in time to get ready. He has never been in a wedding before and he does not own a suit. This is a small wedding and they are not wearing tuxes, but black suits. So I needed to get him a black suit. He was home the first of July, but we did not think to do it then. Last week he was gone to Myrtle Beach (see photos on this site at “my sons” page) and did not get back until Saturday evening and left Sunday morning for camp (previous post). Sooooo…. I had Zac and Kristin pick him up a suit yesterday and take to him at camp to try on. We had to guess at the sizes as he does not buy or wear dressy clothes. They carried it to camp and he tried it on - in the parking lot with guys making a human shield around him! - and it fit! So now I have to get the white shirt and tie. Also somewhat of a guess, since long sleeved white shirts are sized much different than polos and tight-fitting tees!  This is reminding me of last summer getting ready for Zac and Kristin’s wedding when Riley had to go from church camp and be measured for the tux! And Zac telling Chase he could not go to camp until he went to the tux shop and got measured for his! (as he had been procrastinating) By the way, their first anniversary is coming up on the 28th.

getting everyone ready to leave again. Zac Kristin and Chase had gone to Myrtle Beach last week. They left on Friday and returned this past Saturday. Chase and L both went to church camp again this week. So Saturday evening was spent washing the clothes that were dirty, checking the list again, and packing for their second week of church camp. Sunday morning (after worship) Chase left for Knoxville. Just before he left, we found out the interstate was closed. There was a tanker truck wreck and chemical spill on the interstate, and everything was closed for about a 2 mile radius. The truck had actually wrecked on Saturday afternoon, but they had been unable to clean up because of the rain. So Chase left with some written directions on how to go (anticipating being able to be on the interstate part of the way) … but when he got to Cookeville, the interstate was totally blocked. It appeared to be backed up that far, and the wreck was 43 miles away! So Zac stayed by the phone and the computer to find him alternate routes to K-ville. It took him 5+ hours for a trip that should have taken no more than 3 on the interstate! He was a tired boy! He did arrive safely and is settled in for the week at the camp.

Zac and Kristin stayed with me last night since he didn’t have to be at work until 1:00 today. So when I get home today it will be to an empty house again. The last time they left, I didn’t do a thing! I was soooo lazy! But I have goals this time… really, I do. I think I will be better off taking one thing at a time tho… so my goal for this evening is to clean the living room really well. And to make a visit that Someone needs to make to a church member. I will let you know tomorrow, if I accomplish anything! ha ha

Lindsey has been given an excellent report … she is now cancer-free!

Chase and Riley at church camp on carnival night. What are they doing?  I don’t have a clue!!!! LOL