Today seems to be one of those days... I miss my Grand Daddy so much it hurts. There are so many times every day that I think of things I want to tell him or ask him. More often than not, the past two weeks I tried not to think of him as much as I could. I still can't think of him without the tears, I know it'll get better. Then of course it catches up with ya... and here I sit. This evening I sat on the front porch tonight watching the squirrels play, thinking about all the times we sat on the front porch at his house .. just being. Often when I called he'd say he was "just watching the world go by". Somtimes it's nice to sit down for a minute and just watch the world go by. I wish he could sit on the porch and watch it go by with me~

Do you listen to Christian music? I know most of you don't. There is this song by Mark Harris that rocks my world right now. I have to either turn it off or pull over when I'm driving, sends me into a tizzy. Here it is though, beautiful words.....

Wish You Were Here
-Mark Harris

I wanted to tell you how closely Ive kept
The memories of you in my heart
And all of the lifetimes that we've had to share
Live even though we're apart

But dont cry for me
'Cause I'm finally free

To run with the angles
On streets made of gold
To listen to stories of saints new and old
To worship our Maker
That's where I'll be
When you finally find me


No dont you be weary cause waiting for you
Are wonders that you've never known
Just hold on to Jesus, reach out for His hands
And one day they'll welcome you home

And that's when you'll be
Finally Free
Finally Free

To run with the angles
On streets made of gold
To listen to stories of saints new and old
To worship our Maker
That's where I'll be
When you finally find me

I wish you we're here
I wish you we're here


And all of the dreams that you treasure
Will soon come together
And that's when your sorrow will tomorrow
And you will rise again

To run with the angles
On streets made of gold
To listen to stories of saints new and old
To worship our Maker
That's where I'll be
When you finally find me

I wish you were here
I wish you were here

Ray Rocks

Finally, the Tanner's hit the town. If you know Andy, you know he HATES going to Atlanta. He refuses to go downtown for anything. Finally, after years of searching, I found a reason that he would go!!

We have been watching "Everybody Loves Raymond" now since the fall, non-stop! He got 3 seasons worth for Christmas and then 2 more for Easter. It's what we watch every single night. If we are out of DVDs, we watch it on TV. We're obsessed.

You can imagine my TOTAL EXCITEMENT when a few months back, while randomly surfing online (see it does pay off) I found that not only was Ray Ramano coming to Atlanta... Brad Garrett (who plays his brother Robert) was coming with him! Can it get any better? My parents were game for a night on the town and we were set! (Yeah see: Misty & Tracey... you missed it. I tried to tell you!!)

It was an AWESOME show! Opening for them was the guy that plays Ray's friend Giani on the show, surprise! Brad Garrett was awesome and honestly, my favorite. He was hilarious and I'd LOVE to see him again! Ray was a hoot as well, just a little more ... um...calm. (and wholesome) Ray brought home videos to prove just how "based on his life" the show really was, it was great. It was total stand up though, no talk of the show until the end. The all came out together and talked about the show, answered questions from the audience which was very neat and then showed some "unseen before" bloopers from the show. It was a perfect evening!!!

The laziness that was spring break-

I had very big plans for spring break. I wanted to stay home as much as possible, clean, scrapbook, read trashy romance novels and watch way too many chick flicks! I am proud to say it was a huge success!! My house was cleaned, a TON of school scrapbook pages were done, I read 3 trashy romance novels, I watched 4 chick flicks..twice each and got a few other things in as well. I visited family, went on a "personal yard sale" of a friend's teacher loot, went to a birthday party and took my GrandMother on errands.

Gizmo thought it was so exciting that he couldn't stand it.... couldn't stand to keep his eyes open that is!!



Kitty Witty was so worked up...that he just had to sleep off the craziness~

And some neighbors heard we were having so much fun (being lazy) that they decided to join us on the front porch for fun! (and naps)



There you have it, spring break comes to our house. It's over before we know it and we're on to the end of the year count down!! Yipee~

Cancer Stinks:

So there is a couple that was part of our Sunday School class. We have only been "back home" (at the church we grew up at) for the past 6 months or so. Only attending Sunday School a hand full of times. We'd been told about this family when we were there and continually updated through friends, church and a website.

Why was this family so special you ask? Because although she was about the same age as me... she was battling cervical cancer. While I am out working on scrapbooks, watching movies, having fun with my preschoolers, playing golf, going on vacations and enjoying life... she, the same age as me, is fighting a battle for her life! Ugh! I just HATE the stuff!!!! Cancer stinks, it's evil, cruel and has no rhyme or reason.

I know they are making great strides in how to prevent it and ways to treat it. But... it's just not enough. Too many people, young and old, end up with this stupid junk!

She was my age and this morning, after 16 months of fighting cervical and breast cancer, she left behind a one year old little boy, a four year old little girl who has cystic fibrosis and an amazing husband...as she went on to heaven.

I have never met her, but understand she was a HUGE woman of faith. She knew where she was going and although didn't want to leave her family behind, she was at peace knowing she'd soon be with God. She had an amazing spirit up until the end I hear.

How in the world people survive that don't believe in heaven is beyond me. Beyond me! How do you say goodbye to someone if you don't believe that they are going to meet God and that you will see them again? How, how, how can people cope? How can you look at a new born baby and not know that it's a gift from God? How can you look in the sky at a rainbow or stand on the beach and admire the handy work of God and think it all just happens on it's own? How can you look at your life and how blessed you are, not believing in a God to say thank you to?


Unbelievable that there are still people who don't believe -
Thankfully I am surrounded by friends and family who do -

And for the record cancer stinks and I hate it!