Where were you?

Well, today is the 10th anniversary of the attacks on America.  Do you remember where you were and what you were doing?  I sure do.

I was getting my then 7 year old daughter, Nichole and 4 year old son, Nathan ready for the bus.  We had MSNBC on (like we did every morning nothing unusual) and Sam who was 18 months old at the time was eating cereal of some sort.  Typical day, beautiful outside and I had plans of taking Sam for a walk later in the day.

While I was waiting for the bus to get the 2 older kids, I happened to glance up at the TV just as the 2nd plane hit the World Trade Center.  I was hoping that neither kid saw it (much to my dismay, Nathan had.  That's a whole other topic of discussion for a later time) they got on the bus and off they went.  Hubs went to work and reminded me of something - cannot remember for the life of me and it really doesn't matter.  After everyone left, I sat there in horror at the events that were unfolding on TV.

It took everything I had to just do the daily things that we take for granted every day.  I was thinking about all of my TRUE friends (past and present) and wondering how they were feeling.  I even got an unexpected phone call from my friend Tracie in England wondering how I was doing.  I reassured her that I was NO where near New York and Washington DC and we chatted for a little bit.  Some how we both didn't care how much the call was costing us, we were grateful for our friendship at that moment.

Do I feel safer at this particular time? Not sure.  But I do not take anything for granted any longer.  I've realized friends/family come and go in your life, and even some people from your past (long ago) come back into your life and make it that much more enjoyable.

For those of you who read my blog on any kind of regular basis, I thank you so much.  And for those who know me personally, in real life, you guys mean the world to me.

Kelly

40 years ago today

My parents were married. 


Even though my dad has passed away, I can see in my mom's eyes how much she loved him.


So today, March 3, I still celebrate their marriage and hope mine last just as long.


Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad..............

Miscellaneous stuff

Well here it is, the 27th of December and all the packages have been opened and played with. We ventured out on the 26th to spend some gift certificates for the kids and now they are happy for the time being. Still working on my "Gingerbread Cottage" by CCN and hope to have that done, completed, finished in time for the New Year. I really want to start something with more brighter colors to it, so I'm going to go out on Saturday to my LNS and see what kind of Valentine's Day stuff they have in stock. Nothing else to report, except that Chris (DH) and I celebrated our 15 year wedding anniversary on the 23rd. I STILL cannot believe it's been 15 years. Time has gone by so fast and I love him more now than I did when we first got married, if that's possible. I took a picture of my nieces and nephew with my kids at the in-law Christmas and hope to post that soon. The last picture of the "grandkids" was when my father-in-law took the picture and that was when Sam (my baby) was about 15-18 months old, so we were overdue for a new picture. Hopefully it has turned out alright. We desperately need a new camera, the 2.0 megapixel one is just not cutting it any longer.