I am Thankful for 56

My birthday lunch with my Aunt Sue, me, and my sweet mil Edeltraut

I celebrate my birthday enthusiastically because there was a time in my life that I wondered if I would make it to 56!!

When I went to the church to volunteer they had a little cupcake waiting for me!  

I heard from my kids, sisters, Facebook friends so all in all I am one very blessed person!

On this Good Friday I wish you a Happy Easter as I reflect back on 56 years!

My Worn Out Boots

My dirty worn out boots make me so happy.......it shows me how much I have walked with my walker this year!  

I haven't had worn out shoes in 20 plus years since riding in a wheelchair takes no toil on shoes!

                I think I will need to buy a new pair of boots next year!

As the boot shows I still have a foot drop problem but I do not like to wear my brace....a comfort level thing.

What a great problem to have......dirty wore out boots!

Our 31st Anniversary Trip

Hubs pushing me in manual chair out to see the view seems like a good loving way to spend our 31st anniversary! 

We went to Cheaha State Park in Alabama!  It was Alabamas highest point so the scenery was so pretty!  Even in February.....

There were no restaurants open....winter hours......so we ate crackers!  Then drove around looking at what the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) had built in the 1930s

Me in front of the rock tower the CCC camp workers had built before fancy machines!

The best part of the trip was the 1500 ft ramp they had built as access to the scenic view!  

It had a great view of the gnarly trees that the weather had shaped

It sure was windy on top of that mountain but such a fun day with hubs.....

I am blessed and very thankful for our life together!

My Protective Dog

When this photo of my beloved horse dog came up on my Facebook memories from 2010.....I was reminded of when I was trying to find Donnie a good home back in 2010! 

I am glad it was my good home I found. I was feeling so stressed and felt I can't handle a big dog in the house....little did I know.  

It did get worse that year when hubs was laid off from his job!. 

Thankfully he did get a job after 8 months finally!  However it was a night shift job for 3 years.....It was comforting that I had my big horse dog in the house!  

My Donny has protected me in ways I will never know.....

The most memorable time was when a water moccasin snake was coming toward me as my wheelchair was stuck by the fence.....he bit the snake in half when the snake got 2 feet from me!!  And to think I was trying to find Donny another home!

Try to Remember when life gets so hard...... just hang on......we can't see the big picture!

Struck by Lightening

On December 24th, 2015 it came a bad storm with a lot of lightening ....I said "boy that lightening sure was close".  Since the net, tv, and phone would not  work after that......I called our provider!

When the AT&T guy came in the afternoon.  He showed us the phone box since it had been burned out from where the lightening struck!  and brought us a small piece of wire which is pictured above.

The repairman said we were hit hard, we sure were lucky.  We were so blessed and we went half the day not even knowing it!

We did lose a dvr, printer and Ooma phone box.....and a week of aggravation with them finally replacing the line that had been burned out.....but it sure could have been worse!