Friday, April 17, 2009

April Birthdays and Blessings

I’m almost two days late, but yesterday was my sister, Roberta’s birthday. Here is a picture taken about 50 years ago. She’s on my mother’s lap. Betcha can guess how old she is! Happy ‘belated’ Birthday, Berta! I hope it was a good one!
Happy Birthday to the following April babies I know. Again, I’m sorry I’m late on some of them and I hope I didn’t miss anyone (but please don’t be shy if I did)! Sharing an April birthday with her grandma Berta is my great-niece, Katlyn, who turned three on the 5th. My friend Jane, from my working days, was a year older on the 6th. And as I’ve already mentioned in a special posting, my darling daughter, Sarah, is a bit more into her thirties. My friend Kelly will be celebrating tomorrow, the 18th, and I will be joining her with some other girlfriends! And my niece, Becky’s birthday is on the 24th. And although they have passed from this world I honor the memory of Kirk’s sister, Janet, whose birthday was April 2 and Kirk’s grandma, Faye, who celebrated her last birthday last April 8.
Lately I have been a little depressed and grumpy. So today I decided that it would be good for me to start noticing my blessings. There are so many little things in life that can be overlooked if we don’t slow down to notice. So here’s my blessing for the day - As I ran several errands with my four year old granddaughter in tow this afternoon, I was blessed with parking spaces next to the sidewalks, every time! Now this may not seem a big deal to most people, but to those who have independent, darting toddlers, not having to cross traffic in a parking lot is indeed a blessing!

Friday, April 10, 2009

Doin' the Happy Dance!

Update from this morning: I found the tax documents and software! Yeah! Thank you, God!

Where, Oh Where?

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been gathering tax information. Because we usually do not receive a refund, over the years I’ve developed the bad habit of procrastination in filling out the tax forms. Come to think about it, lately I procrastinate on many other things, as well. So that’s the first problem. I'm just about out of time and I have not started ‘doing’ the taxes. But I have a bigger problem and a more annoying habit that has also developed recently. Where did I put the stuff, including the software I bought? Am I the only one who puts things away so I’ll know where they are and then forget where I put them? So on this most holy day of Good Friday; I plan to continue searching every nook and cranny in my house, praying that God will help me find the tax folder. Or was it a big envelope? Oh, bother!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Happy Birthday, Sweet Child of Mine

Thirty-three years ago, at 2:35 am,
God blessed Hubby and I with our first born.
A girl, 6 pounds and 9 ounces, 19 inces long.
She always had lots of hair!


And she was always the lady
(although she will show her knees these days)!
Eighteen months old here:

I love those freckles and green eyes!
This is her kindergarten picture.

Fifth grade
and the braces that contributed to her beautiful smile!


Wearing her high school band uniform
and the beautiful smile I mentioned.

Our lovely birthday girl!
We love you! Happy 33rd!
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