Weekend at a glance...

This past weekend was such a fun one! Except for worrying about Chloe Friday and my migraine Sunday evening the middle of it was really nice. On Friday night two sisters who served missions here in the 80's were here visiting and spent the night at our house. We stayed up until nearly 2 AM talking about our lives, our pasts, and just life in general. It was so fun catching up and learning all about them and their lives now. Annette lives in Utah and Shirley lives in Nevada. We knew them back then as Sister Lewis and Sister Gunter. Kelli Murphy came over to visit with them, too, and that was a neat reunion, too. I hadn't seen her in a while and she brought over her daughter and her grandson. Shirley and Annette brought over a dessert of lemon pound cake with chololate ice cream on top - yum! I'd never heard of it but it was great! It was a really fun night.


Saturday I picked up Chloe from the vet and came home and did chores, chores, chores. We've had a clothes dryer dilema and I had to go return one Joey purchased for me and now we have to find another one. Therefore, Saturday I had the "redneck clothesline" all over the front porch, the bannisters, and over drying racks on the sidewalk. It was such a windy day so they dried pretty quickly and I'm surprised my neighbors didn't stop and ask prices - it really looked like a yard sale! (However, today we went after work to Byron's lot and picked up a dryer! Yay- I can dry clothes - - it's been over a week since I had a dryer and that's a hard thing to do without when you're used to one!) After the dryer returning, cleaning, and errands I came home to get ready for "Girls' Night." I can't believe I didn't take any pictures but it was really fun. We watched "Why Did I Get Married?" and Tyler Perry's movies are just hilarious. However, Darla's impression of the movie is even more hilarious! She so needs to be on a stage or on Broadway!! She is so funny!! It was a great time and we laughed so hard! Thanks, too, to Tiawanna for those oh-so-yummy brownies! She makes the very best brownies - they are double chocolatey with layer of Hershey's and oh my goodness - chocolate heaven! Thanks for bringing those - they were the best!


Addison had to work some over the weekend and enjoyed some time after work with her friends at Kristen's house. She'd spent Friday night with her also so she had a really fun weekend with friends. Ethan came home Saturday night, went to church with us, then headed off to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee with a bunch of his friends from college for Spring Break. I hope he has a great time and sets a good example...Erika enjoyed time with some friends who are visiting Idaho from South Carolina - Jessica, Rachel, and Laura. They had a great time hanging out and having fun catching up Saturday night.


Sunday was nice for the most part. Church was nice and I always enjoy Donna's lessons also in Relief Society. She has such a fun sense of humor and is an excellent teacher. After church we took naps after lunch and just hung around home because I had a headache which turned into a vicous migraine. I got so sick...that's the third migraine I've had in my life and I really hope I never have to experience the fourth one. It is a very sick sick for me...I was so very grateful at 2:30 this morning when I woke up for about the 100th time and realized I felt a little better! What a great feeling and such an answer to prayer.


Thanks to Addison for taking such sweet care of me last night while I was sick. She is an exceptional little nurse already. She's gotten lots of practice between my surgery in December and last night when I was hurting too bad to move. Thanks again, Addi, I love you. And, Joey, thank you for being so kind and sweet to me, too, for the cool washcloth you put on my face and the coke you gave me to drink and the sweet kindnesses you showed me. You are so special to me and you take such good care of me. I love you.


I have much to be thankful for - a great family, a sweet boyfriend, and the best friends you can imagine. Those are the things money can't by and fame can't reward. I love the quote I have high on my wall between my kitchen and dining room which says,
At times I get discouraged when things aren't going as I'd like them to be going or maybe I set my expectations way too high and get disappointed but just like this says, I'm going to learn to more fully enjoy and appreciate the simpler things - the smaller things, because really they are the ones that really count! I saw that over and over this weekend when I reflected back. It is in these small things no matter how small that our biggest blessings usually come from. I'm looking forward to a great week!