The Beginning of 2013

Oh my goodness.  What has happened to the first three months of the new year.  I had such big plans to blog at least once a week, but as you can see it has been weeks since I even checked my blog page. 

Retiring doesn't necessarily mean that you have more time,  as a matter of fact there are days when I wonder how I had time to go to work.  I have started to try to rekindle a few interest of the past.  I have been crocheting some.  When I went out to California in December to stay a few weeks with Sarah and the kids, she got me going on that and I have made numerous hats, scarves, and endless starts and stops on other things.

We seem to have a steady stream of places to go, things to do and people to see.  With our family living all over the country, it seems that there is someone we need to visit all the time.  Three of our grandsons that are all eight this year will be having their first communion .  One in Memphis, one in Louisana and one in California.  I would love to be there for all of them but that will probably not happen.  They are all playing baseball this year and I would love to go to a game but that will probably not happen.  The other eight are involved in all kind of things from wrestling, football to band.  I just hope mom and dad keeps the pictures and video coming and I hope they all know that I am very proud of them all.

As the young ones grow up and branch out with their lives, we have to face the sad reality that we loose people along the way.  My mother who was 92 years old passed from this life on Feb. 18th.  She was still living at home and taking care of her needs up until two weeks before her death.  On the morning that she died, she talked to my brother at 6:19 am when my sister went upstairs before she was to go to work at 6:45 am, Mother had peacefully left this world.  I can't feel sad because I know that we would all be lucky to go this way.  I feel she was blessed.

This week is spring break for Al. and Emily will be with us most of the week.  We took a drive up to Pulaski TN today and we drove through snow showers almost all the way.  The drive was relaxing and beautiful.  I'm sure Emily will keep us suffiecently entertained the rest of the week.

 I hope that everyone celebrates this Holy Week in a special way and has a Joyful Easter.