Catching Up!

Has it really been TWO months since I've posted here? Time certainly flies when one is having fun and fully participating in life and love! Life has been very GOOD to me as it has unfolded these past few months. So good; that I haven't felt the need to purge my brain here in my blog. I think I am more prone to write here when I am depressed, so the lack of material may be a very good thing. Let's catch up here; shall we?


It's a BOY! Ab's now about 7 months pregnant and doing very well. The baby is due January 1st; a few weeks after she turns 18. She still continues to impress and surprise me with her ongoing maturity. The most impressive decision she made recently was to fully purchase a mobile home with some of her settlement as a result of her father's work-related death. It was a 2007 model in a nearby mobile park community, which was beautiful and bank owned. We put in a bid for way under their asking price of nearly 50 thousand and to our surprise and delight, the bank accepted. As she couldn't own it on her own until she was of age, I handled the purchase and will sign it over to her later. She and her boyfriend (and his mother) are living there now. IF her relationship with the baby's father doesn't last, at least she will OWN her own home! I am so very grateful that she had the opportunity to make such an investment at her age. The boyfriend is now working, nearly full-time and they are struggling to learn budgeting and finding out how difficult this "adult" stuff can be. Oh how I remember those days!


It's been 6 months for Mr. GS and I! We are very, very happy together and get along so well, it's scary! Life is always an adventure with him and I have done so many things that I would have never experienced without this relationship; like going Jeep and quad riding on the dunes. Wicked fun!!! I've been (cat) "fishin' in the dark!" and out fishing on huge lakes on a pontoon boat in Tennessee. And, who could forget the zipline in Alaska? We've been to OKC and visited family, the OKC Murrah Building Bombing Memorial, Toby Keith's "I LOVE THIS BAR"...bar and grill and the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame in Tennessee, among tons of other stuff. Along our trips, we've eaten some mean bbq, catfish and I introduced him to fried okra...an Okie delicacy! He's hooked! We try to eat at places that we'd not normally find near home, so that's been an adventure in itself. As we both love to eat, we make sure we exercise as well. He puts in an impressive 2 hour workout each day! I am walking about a mile and a half, or two miles nearly every day and I hope to work up to more. More trips are in the works for us! In November we are attending the Baja 1000 in Mexico, where we will be part of his son's pit crew as he races. In June, his son won the Baja 500 on a quad! We might go to Germany in the Spring if his sister gets married there as planned! Here's a photo from our recent Alaskan Cruise and one that I snapped of his son getting some air with his quad at the dunes!

We had a wonderful Summer visit with Fly Boy and his family! He was home for his "mid-tour" break from Afghanistan and we had lots of positive family time together. Fly Boy returned to Afghanistan after his two weeks, with just a few months left there. He is expected home from this deployment near Christmas and will be transferred to Alabama shortly after his return, where he will be a Helicopter Flight Instructor. He hopes that will keep him Stateside until he retires in a few years! Here's a photo I snapped of Fly Boy and my oldest Grandson as we are riding the General Jackson paddle boat up the Cumberland River! I think it's my allllll time favorite snapshot! I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know my youngest grandson, who I had not seen since he was a newborn in January! He's adorable! Look for yourself!

Well, that's it for now! I hope all is well with my Blogger friends! I have missed you and hope to be able to come by to catch up with you soon! Blessings! Lisa