Be Still and Know...Then and Now

Now that I am recovered from my travels and have finish the series that wouldn't end I move on. I know y'all are breathing a sigh of relief. Several days ago Linda @ 2nd Cup did a meme that I really liked. (follow the link below if you did not read her original post) So here's a stolen meme about blogging. Trying to find its source of origin would have led me down a path of links that I'd still be on in 2014, so I'm just plain ol' stealing it. I guess it is better to be a day (or a week) late and a dollar short than to have missed the party all together. So here goes! 1. What is your blog about? When I began this blog 14 months ago I did it on a whim. I had no real purpose or direction in mind. I had a sweet friend at church who had a blog and it sounded fun so one day for no particular reason (very Forest Gump) other than “I wanted one” I set up my blogger account. Over the course of the past 14 months I have written about many things and if I had to pla...

Well you were witnesses to my arrival on Thursday evening in Florida. but here is what you did not see. My friend and I spent a few minutes making plans for the next day. There was shopping to do and lots of food prep to get ready for the wedding. I rested for a bit after my long car ride and then sent myself off to bed. The next morning we headed off to the ever faithful Wal-Mart for the necessary food stuffs. We returned home with our car packed to the brim. I spent the next few hours washing, chopping, peeling and assembling the necessary veggie trays, fruit trays and other array of wedding foods for the next day. The mother of the groom was to arrive in a few hours to make preparations for the rehearsal dinner and since I was already ensconced in the kitchen I pitched in a helping hand. Between the two of us we made short work of the dinner. Aside from a small fire in the oven which burned itself out in short order, it I'm sure will be one of the more humorous stories of the re...

Well I returned from Savannah and got to unpack temporarily, do some laundry and then repack and hit the road again. I would love to say that this second trip was going to be for rest and relaxation, however I am sure that after everything is said and done I will return home with sore feet and a kink in my back. One of my oldest and dearest friends daughters is getting married. She and I were expecting at the very same time. Me with my first and her with her second. My son was born and then eight days later her daughter was born. Although our children are not BFF's they have been part of each other lives since they day they were born. The BFF's DD wanted to get married at the family beach house in Cape San Blas Florida. The wedding was going to be on the beach and the reception to follow at a larger house just down the street from my BFF's parents home. Now let me just state up front that what I am about to share with you is public and common knowledge. My very dear friend ...

After having spent the entire previous day exploring Savannah on foot, we decided to give our tired old puppies a rest. We headed to the car and spent the next day making the rounds of some of the surrounding area. We made a trip to Bonaventure Cemetery, also prominently featured in the movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" This short drive proved to be well worth the time invested. As soon as we stepped foot in this ancient (by United States definition of ancient) place you could feel the presence of peace and serenity. The trees that line the drives in this cemetery are, in some places, 250 years old and have been noted on the Georgia Landmark and Historic Tree Registry. The statues were amazing! As you passed the family plots and saw the markers it was only natural to wonder about the lives of those who had been laid to rest there. I thought of what kind of life they had lived and what brought about their death. The occasional marker of an infant or a very young...

I confess, I'm a foodie! I love all things Food Network and I especially love Paula Deen. When we made plans to come to Savannah I was salivating at the opportunity to dine at this southern landmark, this mecca of deep fried ecstasy. As I said in my earlier post, my dear friends daughter was able to wrangle us the much prised reservations. And after a long day of walking the city we headed back to our hotel for a bit of a nap before dinner. We needed to be fortified for the experience of entering the inner sanctum of all things southern. After a very short walk, it was raining, but just a light spring shower and we had a large umbrella so we arrived dry and cool after our short walk from our hotel. We found ourselves standing in front of the sanctuary of fried chicken and black eyed peas. My mouth is watering just thinking about the food. The Lady & Son's Earlier in the day we stopped into the Paula Deen Store (right next door to the restaurant) to do a bit of shopping. I ...

After a good nights rest we helped ourselves to the wonderful Sunday Breakfast Buffet. It is a real treat to have an omelet chef at the ready. I had mine with spinach, fresh tomatoes, onions and cheese, yum! With our tummies full we set to explore Savannah. The minute we stepped out of the hotel it was a constant feast for the eyes. Around every corner were.... Beautiful homes Carriage rides... Picturesque squares, 22 of them to be exact, each one we strolled through was unique and you could just envision yourself whiling away a spring morning with your coffee and paper under the dappled shade of the life oaks. With only a few days we did not get to visit all 22 of these wonderful little parks but we saw almost half of them. Each park had a name and most times some sort of historical statue or plaque telling you about the famous person represented in the statue or marker. Some of the squares even were the final resting place of some of the more prominent Savannah citizens back in the d...

Well after nine days of being on the go in one form or another I am finally home. I have much to share about the happening of my spring break and in an effort to be systematic as well as refraining from long windiness I have decided to launch my first ever .... Blog Mini Series. Please, please...... try to contain you excitement! Now that you have had a few seconds to let the awsomeness of this groundbreaking blog event wash over you I move on to..... The Great Escape.... Savannah, Spring Break 2009 - Part One Our adventure begins on Saturday, April 4th. We along with all the other parents of middle school and high school children joyfully drop our beloved off-spring off for the annual UMYF Spring Break Retreat. It is a much anticipated event in the lives of all the youth and this will be my DD second trip with this group. The chaos is organized and the noise vibrates as they all patiently wait to board the bus. This is a picture of my DD (far right) and her BFF's as they gear up f...