So I Was Just Thinking

They did it! My brother and his gal tied the knot and I got to be there to witness it. And what a ceremony it was filled with humor and love and a little pirate speak, too. (You had to be there.) I took a lot of pics, but for some reason many of them came out blurry, so I will share with you various pics  from the 2 day drive there and back and the celebrating while we were there. (In no particular order.) Our trip started off with a visit to Nostalgiaville. We saw signs for it 30+ miles away and just had to check it out. Remember these?? I really wanted to spend lots of money here.   We passed through a lot of these on the way to and from NC.   James and Caitlin tolerated a few photos before the rehearsal dinner. Ever the entertainer. The girls at the rehearsal dinner. James and the bride-to-be sharing a toast.  Don't they look alike? It's funny because they are actually Sisters-in-law.  The lovely bride.  Little Man learned about th...

Well today is the day that I am supposed to have my drawing for those people who took the time to stop and give my brother a little encouragement on his new blog. His first post on A to Z Photo will be June 1st, so please head on over. The winner of the random drawing using the random number picker is Becca . How fun is that?! I have put together some nice goodies from my Mary Kay stash since I don't have a scrap stash. Included in the prize package is a Satin Hands Set and other gifts from the Coastal Colors Collection. Thanks again everyone and remember to check out A to Z Photo's inaugural post on Monday. I can't wait to see how this turns out. And Becca, PM me at SIStv (mommyvictory) so I can send you this awesome prize package.

My parents loved the family road trip. Since my father was in the military, he would have 30 days off a year for vacation. He always waited until summer to use them. The trips always started with Dad getting out the old Rand McNally, a Best Western Guide and a pad of paper. (These were the days before Mapquest.) He would then map out our route correlating travel times with Best Western Motel locations. Dad knew he would be doing most of the driving while mom read the map, and my brother and I sat in the back of the metallic blue Chevy Impala station wagon continually saying, "I'm not touching yoouuuuuu." It's a wonder dad never pulled the car over. Lunches at roadside parks consisted of foods that would survive long times out of the refrigerator. Mom found something called "deviled ham" and another product known as "Cheez Whiz." She would use these together to fashion a ham and cheese sandwich with mustard on the white bread that stuck to the roof ...

You know, after feeling so bad for so long you finally have a break where everything is just funny. Yesterday was that day. I was coming out of the grocery story feeling sad about everything that has been going on these past few days when I heard the phone ringing in my car. It was my mother who had taken my brother to buy some clothes for my father's funeral this coming week. She wanted to know what color pants my husband had and if I thought he would like a new shirt to wear. I didn't know, so I thought I would try something I had never tried before which was three-way calling. I told her to hold on and not hang up and hit the send button. Next, I called my husband, but the phone rang and rang. I was ready to hang up on him so I hit the send button again when I heard him say, "Hello," and I heard my mom say, "Hi." My husband had no idea I was on the other line. My experiment worked. Finally, I had to say that I was on the other line too. When I got home, h...