Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Things I've Been Doing

Tonight I finished the book, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman.  This is the second time I read the book.  I first read it in November.  Today I read it for the book club.  Still not sure if I will attend the meeting. Loved reading the book even more the second time around.  This book has a beautiful cover and is a great story.  I want to be in the story.  Living the life in Savannah.  I want these women to be my friends. 
Today was another up and down day in my life.  Seems like how it goes right now.  First I had some Princesses stop by for tea (pink lemonade).  One Fairy Butterfly.  I was the Queen.  I am not allowed to be a Fairy.  Per bossy Tink's instructions, I always have to be the human.  Story of my life.  The tea party was wonderful.  Nothing like a group of beautiful little girls to fill the house with giggles.  My favorite part is when Hubby and Uncle would come near the party, the little girls would say; "No boys allowed."  The party was under two hours.  I was not sad to see all the Princesses leave.


 Note my grand child has to be the one standing on her seat.  The other grand child is missing due to a pout.  Great nieces sitting where they should be.


Tink looks a bit under the weather.  She had issues with the game of duck, duck, goose.  She wanted to play Fairy Butterflies.

 I promise the Princesses looked happier earlier.  It was time to go.  They were tired.  (I was tired!)

When I woke up this morning Uncle had not slept.  I still had some hope that things were looking up.  He seemed more agreeable.  He was happy to see the little girls.  I even felt organized and put chili in the crockpot.  After the girls left Uncle's mood turned.  I am trying to work on him smoking less.  It worked during the morning.  Then Uncle decided he was not going to play my one cigarette an hour game anymore.  He threw a 3 yr. old tantrum.  I stood up to him for awhile and then lost my temper.  I left, went to my brother's and held their little dogs.  Normally, I am not a big fan of poodles.  But, I love my brother's poodle Josh.  I sat and talked to Josh while my sister in law got dialysis going.  Puppy calmed me, I came home for a nap.  Uncle was calm when I got home.  The major problem right now is, I do not have patience.  I am exhausted.  I am OVER it.  Unfortunately, I cannot be over it.  My emotions are not as controlled as they need to be.
One thing I have been trying to do is get out and walk.  Exercise my body and hope it helps my spirit. I did not get my walk around the lake today.  It is really more of a pond.  It is called, Lion's Lake.  It is 3/4 mile around.  I really enjoy it.  This is another place I got to find peace.  One side of the pond is under trees, feels like I am walking in a forest.  One side is open.  I do not go out there alone.  Really does not feel safe.  When Hubby goes with me, he walks a lap, sits a lap.  I think he likes how peaceful it is too.

Today I received this great text from Millhouse.  It was her little boy SBR.  Before he was born I sent him books.  One of the books was Moo, Baa, Faa La La.  Well SBR learned to say the La La part.  When I figured out what he was saying I just started smiling and laughing out loud.  Had to play it several times.  Next thing I know tears are running down my face and I am having a ridiculous cry over his little voice.  Then Millhouse sent me a text of SBR giggling and giggling.  That is why I love my Millhouse.  She knows what I need right now.  It is very odd for me to be crying out of nowhere.  For years I did not cry.  I know that was a problem.  I learned to repress my feelings a bit too much.  I missed crying over sappy movies.  I look forward to maybe having more normal emotions.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The girls enjoyed the Tea Party. Though Tink had attitude all day. She was having an 'off day' herself. She's had nightmares 3 nights in a row. Not fun.

-Tink's tired mommy.