"If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on ( Read more... )

monday--- was a day off for hubby, so we packed the trunk for a little afternoon of lounging by the lakeshore. We grab lunch, find a great spot at Wildcat Point in Cherokee Landing, and we just have a chance to finish our lunch, grab a few silent moments together, and then get invaded by two guys with fishing poles. Another 10-15 mins. later rain ( Read more... )

my sis in law touched my belly........grr. but i feel sorry for her since the only child she had only made it to 5 months, she survived, but she never got to experience the baby kicking and all that fun business. so i guess i give her permission, but i don't want anyone else touching, WITHOUT ASKING, ok? The big news is I finally decided to go with ( Read more... )

It feels like wednesday to me for some reason. I lost a day somewhere. I was talking to a friend today who was down on himself because of expectations that others have put on his life... and he feels that he has disappointed them. I'm sure we all have felt this way before. It is so easy to let negative people invade our thoughts... but it's just as ( Read more... )

Van Gogh Quotes ( Read more... )

Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in an Asylum at Saint-Remy in 1889 ( Read more... )

updating my pregnancy experience. Agh, my legs, they are no longer my own. Every little thing I do seems to make my legs and feet swell up. I heard this might be an issue from the pregnancy books I have been reading, but agh, what misery. The other day I said, "screw it" I'm gonna work in the yard regardless of my protruding belly, and forgot about ( Read more... )

Yesturday we had a visit from my sis-in-law who was buying a new bicycle for her daughter. It's so pretty and pink and has pretty pink/purple tassles coming from the handles. I haven't been able to see her daughter,my neice, in over a year. I miss her. It's complicated. Have you ever known someone who cuts you out of their life just because you ( Read more... )

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Yesturday was our second ultrasound, and we had hoped we would know whether we were having a boy or girl, but the baby was curled up so we couldn't tell. It may be another month or so before we give it another peek. On the plus side everything is going fine, heartbeat is perfect, everything is in working order, right on schedule, and not having any ( Read more... )