I'm baaaaack!

Since my last entry, it has pretty much been life as usual with the few variations each day will bring. The weather has been lovely for the most part, unlike the beginning of our summer this year. All around me there are babies being born and others surrendering there lives to eternity. God truly remains faithful through it all when we (I) let Him. He keeps speaking to me about being kind and loving to one another, so it seems that I have been falling short in that area - I ask His forgiveness for anyone I have wronged along the way. I know He is faithful in this as well and peace settles knowing God is the guardian of my heart, mind and soul (again, when I let Him). Surrendering my will can be difficult, at best, on many days - even though it is my greatest desire to do so, that human-ness gets in the way.

The afternoon at Cuba Lake on Monday was glorious. It was wonderful to be able to share my dear Aunt Kate's 75th birthday. Grasping the physical age of this woman is difficult for me, she will be forever young in my mind. She has been a second mother to me all of my life and invested a great deal of herself in me. There will never be a way to repay her, except to extend to others what she has extended to me and my family.

Fending off the drive to bead has been unsuccessful to date. I have such a compulsion to do this constantly that I have to discipline myself not to, and when I give in it is hard for me to stop. The picture with this entry is of a memory wire bracelet I just made and I think it is fun and kind of funky. The randomness of color and the dangles at each end are interesting to me.



Tuffy kitty was licking his chops after finishing off the drizzle of milk left in my cereal bowl. It seemed fitting to capture that moment! He is quite a character - mauling the dogs when he gets a chance and eating dog food along side of them. Dozer is funny ( the rottie) - he will growl at George (the lab) and not let him partake in the food, yet will stand by Tuffy, defending the bowl for him and to keep George away. The dynamics between these animals is endlessly entertaining.

Looks like another nice day today - I am off to Rochester on a day trip JUST FOR ME! Rings and Things (a beading website) has a traveling bead show and I will be attending for the first time! Can you tell I am excited? As I mentioned before, my addiction to beads/beading, may prove to be dangerous to my pocket book. I have set myself a modest budget and will have to shop within my means. Of course, I have my secret stash of cash via debit card from the proceeds of Pampered Chef.....hmmmmm. Stay tuned as I report the outcome of the day. My camera is going along in hopes that I won't be banned from photographing my outing.

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