Ramblings of the Unimportant

This is the time of year that everything slows down for me. My father and I have been birthday buddies since I was born. Every year we looked forward to September. We are the only members of our family that didn't have Spring birthdays~I can remember always feeling so special that it was just the two of us. My birthday is on the 20th and his exactly one week later on the 27th.  Usually, we would share a big chocolate cake and tease the one whose birthday ended up being on a weekday. In about eleven days it will be 3 years since my father lost his battle with Cancer. I shouldn't really call it a battle! He was diagnosed in August and he died in October~ that's hardly enough time to put up much of a fight!! He never even made it to his first Chemo treatment. It has been a long and hard three years. Not only losing my birthday buddy, but losing my protector.....my strength....my comforter....my Superman....my Daddy.  I know that I am so blessed to have had him in m...

Well, as you may have noticed I haven't been blogging lately. Since my last post, life has just went into warp speed and I'm doing good just to keep up. We have started Fall and everything that goes with it full speed ahead!! ~ Middle School (yikes!), 5th Grade, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Flag Football, Band & throw in there a SUPER cool Wednesday evening program at church and serving in the church nursery on Sunday mornings (I love widdle babies!!) ~~ Every evening is jammed packed with scheduled activities, sleep deprivation and FUN! We are busy but are having a blast! We have even gotten the chance to sneak away and have some good ole' fun at the park & the lake (even though it's getting pretty chilly out there). My mother has been up here with us for a little bit and we have enjoyed some yummy southern cookin! I told her that she has to quit fryin everything because it is not good for any of us~ To which she replied, "I don't know how to cook any othe...