A NIGHT WITH GRAYSON

On a night where sleep will probably not come easily and maybe not at all, as we have to be at the hospital at 7 for the heart cath.....and since I have my days and nights mixed up most of the time, early morning anything does not work good for me. A sincere thanks to each one of you that has sent an encouraging email or comment. I am living on those tonight. When your family has had a heart history, it is a little scarier. I am praying that tomorrow night I can post that there were no blockages or minimal ones that could be easily opened. And you will not waste a prayer on baby Grayson or his Mom and Dad tomorrow either. He has to have some tests in the afternoon at a totally different hospital so it will not be an easy day for any of us. He has had so many upper respiratory infections that there are a few things they need to rule out. But on a HAPPY NOTE, I will share a few pictures I snapped of him last night.
Does that look like a Mom and Dad IN LOVE? A GRAMMY STEALING SOME SUGAR

I WILL BE BACK TOMORROW NIGHT WITH ANOTHER GIVEAWAY. THERE IS ONE MORE WEEK OF MY BLOG ANNIVERSARY!

WINNERS, WINNERS and MORE WINNERS

That took a little time...and it seemed like the LOCK OUT, stole my energy. By the way my son-in-law just offered me $50.00 to recreate the "climb in the window"!
But here goes......The 2 winners of the Card Boxes
(though I may send them in mailers, so I can give you more cards) ARE
Karen at On Having Faith
Lindsey at Louisana LIVIN

The winners of Beth Moore CD'S are
Amanda at Serenity Now
Debbie at Heart Choices
Melinda at Sweet Surrender
Lorena at Rose Chic Friends
The other SURPRISE WINNERS are
Nancy at Nancy's Tidbits
Becky at MORNING MIST and SCATTERED CLOUDS

PATTI this gal needs a BLOG

NEZZY at COWPATTY SURPRISE

I will be back MONDAY with more giveaways and more pictures as I go down memory lane of my first year in BLOGGING. THERE is one more week to CELEBRATE. I am hoping to have a new blog look next week.

If you are a winner,send me your name and address so that I can ship early next week. Have a wonderful Sunday. My plans are to get some GRANDSON HUGS! Thank you for the encouraging comments and all the prayers.

WHAT TO DO ON A BLAH DAY.......GIVE

GET READY TO LAUGH AT THE END OF THIS POST...but first a stroll through some of my favorite pictures from this past year in the BLOG WORLD!

THIS IS WHAT THE SWINE FLU LOOKS LIKE

Remember this picture and POST (of the All American family) when Jack was guarding his territory at OUTBACK and DID NOT want Pop to hold GRAYSON...EVER

As you are reading this post, please remember that the last paragraph happened while I was waiting for these pictures to load...Everything else was written and I was ready to hit POST, but first I had to take BELLA out. And now I am wondering if this was ALL for you to have a laugh for the day! UGH

BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POST!

This has been one of those days...a day I have thought too much, a pajama day (which I normally LOVE) but today was one I didn't! Most of you know I have an anxious week coming up with my husbands heart cath on Tuesday. I really get that people have heart caths everyday and they are fine and I am praying that will be our story. We just happen to have a LONG AGO cardiac history that makes me a little more anxious. The details are in previous posts and I feel guilty even talking about it. I am spending the weekend alone, at least today. I stayed in bed too long, then got up and read some email and then caught up on several sites that I read daily. If you don't read them, please do.....Kate, Mike, and Jenny and leave them a word of encouragement. I go to bed each night with them on my mind.

Mike's wife has a way with words that few people have. She is a beautiful writer, raw and honest.

So really what was just a BLAH DAY, was a WORRY day, that was really a FEAR day, that led to a GUILT day. Guilt that others had some REAL GIANTS in their lives. Guilt that I was not counting my blessings. There was the guilt that I needed to get dressed and get something constructive done, guilt that I had eaten too much junk ( and I am not normally a STRESS EATER), and guilt that I was not just trusting....

Jack is out of town with a college baseball team and while I know he is concerned about Tuesday, you would NEVER EVER know it. The kids are worried. I hear it in their voices. Then I got the sweetest email from a friend and decided I was going to change the coarse of this day. I got a box of cards out and am determined that in the next few hours I am going to send a card of encouragement to every person that I can think of that is going through a trial. I also decided that what makes me happiest is GIVING! So tonight, instead of just a few WINNERS on my BLOG ANNIVERSARY, there are going to be TEN! You still have a few hours to comment, as it will be a few hours before I draw the winners. It will take a little time to get all the names together.

OK, on to the laugh. Remember I had to take Bella out. That is only my job when Jack is out of town. Not a JOB I even like. Let me set the scene. Normally I wear CUTE pajamas. Today was NOT one of those days. I actually had the top of one pair on and the bottoms to another pair on. Not CUTE. Add to that, I had not even run a brush through my hair all day, had no make-up on, nor a bra. I take Bella out through my shop and then a gate to the back yard. I have done it 100's of times. She does her business and we come in. BUT tonight as I walked back to shop door I realized not only had it closed but it was locked. NOTE TO SELF...Do not EVER go outside without my cell phone. Add to this Bella is the most hyper dog ever, a post for another day. I take her out on a leash and pray that she does not drag me and cause me to let go of it. I then walk to every door of our house, silently praying that I might have left some door unlocked. All locked. I can get in my car, as I have one that you can unlock without the keys, but you cannot drive it without keys. There is one place in our house that you can get in,if you are the size of Parker,but Parker's not here. Then I realize that last night it was a little warm and I had cracked a window in the bedroom, but I would have to take the screen off, then push a chair over and then I MIGHT could climb in. In the meantime, I am holding hyper Bella by her leash and realize that I can NEVER get in and hold her at the same time. So I walk back in the dark, put her in the back yard and threaten her. Out loud I told her if she dared to get out, I would not chase her. She was on her on. Then back to the front of the house, finally get the screen off, push the chair over and in a very contorted position, climb through the window. Then get on my knees and thank God that I did not have to go to a neighbors looking the way I did. NOW LAUGH!!! THIS IS BELLA!Check back late tonight or early tomorrow and I will have all the winners posted.