Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day

Hi Girlie's and Guysie's or would it be Boyies??? Just Kidding!!


Gotta say it sounds better than Hello, ladies and Gentlemen,

My heart is overflowing today with love and gratitude, and I hope yours is too!!

I have to brag on my family a bit, cause yesterday was an awesome day for me. They really made it a special day! Not that they don't always do special things but this was their best.

My husband took the lead role in planning everything and got them all involved, even my sister-in- law. It was so great to have my son and daughter here on the actual day of Mother's day, cause it has been a while. They did such a good job on dinner, and they gave me such precious cards with handwritten notes in them. Gee, makes me think they might have read my blog!! Actually, my daughter always does that, sometimes my son does but not always.
It was truly a blessed day.

My daughter arrived about 2:30, and we sat and chatted, and watched my son who is 31 and
about to go hiking on the Appalachian trail soon (June 8Th). We had him put on his gear, his
huge backpack that has a gazillion pockets on it and has his mattress pad, and tent attached)
plus his carrier for his lil 12 pd. Jacket Russell terrier, Joey. It is a sight to behold!! Joey will hike with him, and when she gets tired he will carry her in this thing that she was suppose to sit in.......but we sort of reconstructed to be like a sling so she can lay down. Lord only knows what it will be like on the trail. Glad it is him, not me.

Course, Joey is quite the adventuresome dog and will absolutely love it, she loves to chase lizards and crawl around in my plants, and just explore, so she is much like her owner. Think we are gonna have to get her a shirt that say "Super Trail Dog" ,"Adventure Dog", or maybe " Suvivor Dog". Leave a comment and tell me which name you like best!!

The backpack alone weights 40 Pd's. He is a fit guy tho, and has been working out at the gym and reading every book he can get his hot lil hands on to prepare. He has also been dehydrating food for a month now. Strawberries, apples, bananas, refried beans, scallions, carrots, onions, mushrooms, yogurt, blueberries, pineapple, and I am sure there is something I have forgotten. He came home on Saturday with huge cans of nuts, and big bags of trail mix, and powdered milk, Raman noodles, instant mashed potatoes, tuna, spices, and honey. He has already made his meals for the first 8 days, and then we will ship him packages to the right post office every so often (probably weekly) I would think.

This would be Joey the "Survivor Dog"

Mom is gonna need a lot of prayer when the time gets here. I am doing fine right now, because I just keep reminding myself the Lord took care of him when he lived in Gainesville, then in Ky, and then in Tampa, so he can take care of him on the trail. Course, they didn't have bears there, and he didn't sleep in a tent in the back yard. Course, that's just me, I am a typical Mom, and if it was your son, you wouldn't be thrilled about this venture either. We Mom's have to stick together!!

Oh yea, I sort of spider webbed there a bit, then
We had dinner, opened gifts (well, I opened gifts and cards) they watched, and we played
Taboo, and ate cheesecake. A perfect day as far as I was concerned, I'd rate it a 10.
it was like heaven to me. Sorry don't mean to go on & on, but I am just SO
darn proud of them.

I spent the morning sending them all ecards and letting them know what a great job they did,
and how appreciated it was!! Hope it encourages them and spurs them on to good works, not
just for their Mother, but for others as well.

Well, it is time to make din din, cause Morris will be home soon!! Just a joke.......remember
Morris the cat, and they used to say "Din din, Morris! My husband is Jim, but he does like
din din too!!

Hey, have a great rest of the day.

Blessings, Nellie