Sleeping Angel

Spending a couple of days with Al and Micah and the kids. The Petes will also be here soon. So more fun pics to come.

April is a Special Month

Our yard now is dirt, rocks, trees, and wildlife...and it will stay that way. No grass to mow...pretty much just natural. We are going to try a few wildflowers and a few other plants, but rumor is that the deer eat almost everything that gets planted. So...my "April snapdragons" are on the front porch. These are for Arika, Dad, and Grandma Berling. (We'll see if anything wants to eat these) ;)

This is Awesome

I grabbed this from Face Book and You Tube- it is great.

Three Tidbits :)

I have figured out why Ron and I still like each other...and why we have stayed together for so long...almost every night I hold his hand (or arm) so that he doesn't float away from me- hehe.

Encouragement for us all...

Life would be easy...if it weren't so hard- hehe

New GIRL on The Block

We have a new grand daughter in the family. Her name is Evelyn Ruth. 

She was born on Saturday, March 22, 2014.

Life Without a Plan

Most days, now, I get up without a specific plan for the day. hehe

There are certain things that need to get done each week. There are some days that we have a particular appointment or other commitment to make. But most days...I just go with the flow. I have decided that my best plan, is to get up, take a shower, and get dressed. If I do that first, then the rest of the day, I am ready for "whatever". Did I already mention that most days there is no alarm clock set either. (The regular exception to that is Sundays. Occasionally there will be a day, here and there that require an alarm clock, but normally not)When I say, "get dressed" my normal attire is my sweat pants. I have actually been thinking that I might need a "dressy" pair of sweat pants (if that exists) ;) It used to be that I would never let myself be seen in public in my sweat pants. I have decided that some where along the way there is a particular age that we all reach- where we are willing to be seen in almost anything. I guess I crossed that point a while back. hehe We do try to plan our "trips to town" now, just to cut back on a little of the driving. Everything, besides Bandera is 30 miles away. (Honda to the south, Kerrville to the north, Boerne to the northeast, and Helotes to the east- all 30 miles.) Some days the internet connection is frustrating- then, by default,  I just leave the computer alone, on those days. Other days, Ron, mom, and I are perfectly happy to go to our separate rooms, and spend hours on the computer. I spend quite a bit of time each week planning a Sunday school lesson (Old Testament). Of course there is the usual cooking, cleaning, and laundry to do. And I still have certain things that need to be done for the store. Then after that...I'm like what should I do today?? Work outside, unpack a box, hang something on the wall, read a book, watch TV, exercise, work on a sewing project, create something, etc, etc. It's like I am living life without a plan. I guess that is what retirement and old age are. I have been wondering how I would manage that. hehe

Beige, Gray and RED

They came and installed some window blinds today. I now have 2 rooms that aren't just beige and gray- I went crazy with a little RED :) "Sangria" in the bunk room and "Red Pepper" in my office. I wanted to do red in Ron's office, but chickened out and went for brown instead. All of the bathrooms and my office have top down/ bottom up blinds- I love those. I still have some rooms downstairs, where I haven't decided what to do on the windows yet- but most of the upstairs is done. I also saved some cute little "Chinese stuff" for my office. I figured that was the only room where I would do "whatever" I wanted ;)