Happy in the Moment - Reader's Digest Edition!

Since I haven't written in a few days, I am feeling the pressure of a post -- but it is 5:30 in the morning and unfortunately my brain and that writing muse seem to be still asleep.

Because I know most of you think we live a thrilling, non-stop, ride of adventure here in my little part of the world, and I do so hate to disappoint you so I will fill you in on our weekend and week so far. Hang on...tighten the seat belt...it is gonna be T.H.R.I.L.L.I.N.G!!

Last week we went to work, to school, to work, to school, to work, to school, got my hair cut, to school, SPELLING TEST (she made a 100!!) went to dinner with friends, went to a car show, tried a new Chinese place and got ice cream. Life on the edge, people, life on the edge!

After lunch on Sunday (roast from the crockpot, that made the house smell really good and made it extra hard to sit through a church service, just knowing what was awaitin' at home!) we all took a nap.

I use that term loosely...my husband took a nap, my daughter did consent to watch a movie in her room and I tried to catch up on last season's Rachel Zoe on dvd.

I am now completely obsessed with fashion - NOT! But I love the show! It is BANANAS!!

This week has been even more exciting...we went to work, to school, work to school, no piano lesson this week, (YAY for a bit of rest from the exhausting weekly schedule o' fun) and today we are back to work, school and church tonight!

See --- EXCITING, THRILLING, ADVENTUROUS! Don't feel like you have missed out too much by my non-posting hiatus...consider this the Reader's Digest abridged version of our life. I'll try and do better next time.

Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev

Painfully Cute

She wanted her hair cut shorter and then she lost her last front tooth. Now, this is the face I see every day and it is painfully cute. Painful because she looks like her three year old self and at times even her one year old self with her missing teeth. Yet, I know she is her six year old self and time is moving too fast. It is almost too much to bear, this painful cuteness that lives in my house!



Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev

990

Good Morning !!

Here's a little tidbit....this is my 990th post...that is 10 away from 1000!!!

In the words of Charlie Brown, "good grief." I never thought that milestone would be possible and never in my wildest would I have thought four years ago that I would still be here (or that you would still be here for that matter). I let my "blogaversary" slip by this year with no fanfare...but this morning it hit me that I have been here writing out my life for all to read for four years.

I remember my first ever post - it was short and trite and not something I would never dare to repeat...but it was fun and apparently meant enough to me to keep coming here, day after day (or sometimes week after week) for the last four years. This is my therapy, my scrapbook, my journal, my quiet moment of the day. I have worked through little situations in my life here and I have worked through BIG situations here. I have grieved here, laughed here, remembered and rejoiced here. I have questioned God here and I have heard His answer here as well. I have reconnected with special people here and watched some leave as they weren't fond of my thoughts here. I have meet new friends here and made lasting connections with others who understand the blog therapy as I do. I have even had a stalker or two here! It is amazing what life brings you when you open your heart.

I will be honest and say that there have been times I have wanted to "shut it down" but I always come back to it and how much better I feel after I purge my soul with a post! Thank you for reading, for listening with your heart and commenting. I have appreciated each one and hope to hear more from you in future.

Happy Friday!

Living Happily in the 990th Moment!
Bev

Not Who I Was

I have posted this before - but I heard it again this morning and just felt the need to post it again. Love, love this song and the thoughts behind the words. Hope you do too!


I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was
I used to be mad at you
A little on the hurt side too
But I'm not who I was

I found my way around
To forgiving you
Some time ago
But I never got to tell you so

I found us in a photograph
I saw me and I had to laugh
You know, I'm not who I was
You were there, you were right above me
And I wonder if you ever loved me
Just for who I was

When the pain came back again
Like a bitter friend
It was all that I could do
To keep myself from blaming you

I reckon it's a funny thing
I figured out I can sing
Now I'm not who I was
I write about love and such
Maybe 'cause I want it so much
I'm not who I was

I was thinking maybe I
I should let you know
I am not the same
But I never did forget your name
Hello

Well the thing I find most amazing
In amazing grace
Is the chance to give it out
Maybe that's what love is all about

I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was

~Brandon Heath
"I'm Not Who I Was"

Wish I had written this....it says it all for me!

Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev

Thursday

I miss Thursdays
and even more than I want to,
I miss you most
on Thursdays.

Remember, it wasn't so long ago...
a lunch, a chat, a hug and then back to day to day world.
It was fun, it was friendly, it made me smile on the drive there
and on the drive back.

I could go for some chicken fingers
fries with LOTS of ketchup
and an honest -to-goodness
glass of sweet tea!

More that than,
I could go for the chat and a hug
the smile and the laugh
the moment in time away from the rest of my world

Today is Thursday
but it is not the same
I just want you to know
I miss you the most on Thursdays.

Another Visit From The Tooth Fairy!

Before...


And after...


The dreadful, awful, dangling, hanging, grossing momma out front tooth came out during Morning Work at school today! Hannah was overjoyed to have it come out at school as it earned her a trip to the nurse and a tooth necklace to carry it around in all day long!

The tooth fairy will wing her way to our home once again tonight! I just hope the cat doesn't scare her away!!

Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev

What I Did Over the Weekend!

We just arrived home from our weekend excursion, which by the way, was our annual trip to Helen, GA! It was such fun. Thankfully the hubby got to go on this trip - which made it even better. We did all the usual things, like watch the parade, shop in the Hansel and Gretel Candy Kitchen, eat at the pizza place along the river and play tennis!

This year we also took a second trip to the Babyland General Hospital (home of the Cabbage Patch Dolls!) and Hannah added to her collection. We now have a newborn, fresh from the Cabbage Patch and complete with shoes and a stroller. Her name changes so I won't dare put it down here, because in five minutes it will be something new anyway! I just call her the Baby.

An added treat while we were at the "hospital" was running into my college roomie! She and her family live in Helen and it was such fun spending a few minutes catching up with her. Gotta love that facebook...I would have never known she was there!

We started the day out today by visiting a local pottery business that we just adored and I got a nifty dogwood plate --- I just love picking up pretty pieces of original pottery and this place is the best! Over the years I have picked up some very nice coffee mugs, a really cool baking dish and tons of magnets for the fridge.

After stopping at a few more of our favorite stores for basics like cornmeal, grits and funnel cake mix at an honest to goodness grist mill, we headed home. We got here just in time for my hubby to go to work and my daughter's tooth to start falling out! I have a feeling it is going to be a LONG night!!!!

Hoping you had a great weekend!

Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev

10:09 PM

It is 10:09 on Wednesday evening. Top Chef is on, and I so want to watch it but there are dishes yet to be washed and clothes that need to be transferred to the dryer. The cat wants some ham, the child is fast asleep, the husband is in his shop and I am sitting here at the computer! Yes, I know, wasting time...but I wanted to say hello to you out in bloggity land. I have wanted to get here all week, but it is a short week at work and school and we have been go, go, go since the alarm went off on Tuesday morning.

I am super excited because tomorrow is my "Friday" and then on the actual Friday me and my troop are headed off for a weekend excursion that I can't wait to tell you all about on Monday. We are hoping for great weather, good times and praying no one falls through a bridge!

See you next week!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev

Ringing in the 6th Year in STYLE!!!!!!!

Around here, we believe in celebrating a birthday for as long as possible! Hannah's actual birthday was Wednesday...but we just kept on celebrating! Here is the week and weekend in photographic review!

Her birthday morning table....

Cupcakes made to take to church on Wednesday night to celebrate with her church friends!
Presents from Mommy and Daddy!
Getting early morning Happy Birthday phone calls from Daddy and Kaitlyn!
MeMa and Papa came over after school --- with presents, balloons and a cake!
A few quiet moments with MeMa and Papa remembering the day she was born!
On Friday night...she became a cheerleader! Here is Hannah and Payton getting ready to "take the field!!"
Waiting on the game to start!!!!!!!EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Watching the football players and cheerleaders run!
Waiting to cheer!
GO HARLEM BULLDOGS!!!!!
Saturday was her party...at a local park! Here she is all dressed up to go!
Her Little Pet cake!
The Birthday Girl -- Quiet Before the Storm!


It was a great time...

Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly

SIX!

Six!

5+1
4+2
3+3


Six is the number of years that sweet face has graced my life. She is the JOY of it...no doubt about that, she is also the funny, the frustrated, the loud, the hopping and jumping, the squealing, and the bittersweet part of my life.

I didn't know six years could go by so fast...I remember waiting thirteen for her, those years drug past like a slow, tired train. And just think...only seven more years and she WILL be thirteen! I can't begin to express how the thought of the teenage years scare me...so for today, I am just going to savor SIX!

I am going to enjoy the fake lizards and bugs and all manner of plastic creatures that grace all our bathtubs, the nicks in the wall and the spots on the carpet. I am going to gaze in wonder at the mountain of laundry waiting on me in the laundry basket and marvel at the toys strewn from one end of the house to the other. She doesn't think like me, she likes MATH, for HEAVEN SAKE, and yet she plays the piano and loves to read. She is smart, kind, outgoing and thrill-seeking. There is always a party going on inside her brain and at any given moment she wants to be an astronaut, a vet or a missionary! She loves her dogs and her cat and her Little Pets and if Bunny is lost at bedtime, everything comes to a halt until he is found and safely esconced in her bed. She takes gymnastics and piano and has a knack for memorizing scripture. She likes gummy bears and cheese sticks and double noodle soup. She is spoiled by her MeMa and only like Honey Baked Ham and if there is rice in sight...she will devour it in an instant! As I type this there is a tent erected in my den and a full-fledged camping experience happening inside of it, complete with (SUPERVISED!) marshmellow toasting in the kitchen! She can crack a joke in an instant, has a quick wit that gets me everytime and loves to sing any song that Sugarland has on their cd. There is never a dull moment in a house with this six year old.

I have waited a long time for a little someone, a little face in my rearview mirror and little arms to squeeze me tight. She will be grown and gone before I know it and I am going to force myself not to blink over the next 12 years...maybe then I can slow the process down a bit.

It has been six years since the sweetest baby in all the world was born and loved and given to us as a gift from God. Today we celebrate...even more than we do every other day!!

Happy Birthday, My sweet Hannah Joy! You are the reason for it all!!

Living Happily in the MOMent!
Beverly