Ten on Tuesday #11 -10 Things You Want for the Holiday

Do they have to be presents I would actually get? I say no!
1. A maid that will keep my house clean and cook our meals. :-)
2. A new car.
3. I cheated and saw this on the Neiman Marcus Christmas book - Guinness® Authentic Guinness Home Pub Package. The funny thing is my home pub would cost more than my house!
4. A large spread of land to build a house and have room for horses and a ton of animals.
5. Somebody to come in and help clothes shop. I mean someone to help me get really cool outfits that I feel good wearing!
6. A trip to Ireland or Italy.
7. My niece showed me this yesterday, it is a digital picture frame, but it is the size of 32" t.v. They have it on Brookstone's web site. This would be nice to show off my pictures I take.
8. A gourmet kitchen.....for the maid of course.
9. Walk in shower with one of those waterfall faucets....mmmm relaxing!
10. For my family and friends to have a prosperous and healthy year!!
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Twilight and a Touching Story

It has been so long since I updated. Things have been crazy busy, which is a good thing, but I am ready to slow down just a bit.

We (10 of us) went and saw the movie Twilight on the 20th at midnight showing. The movie was great. I have heard several comments that it wasn't as good as they expected, but let me just say this: It is a movie based off a pre-teen - teen novel. I loved it and so did my teen daughter! I hope you get a chance to go see it.

Now on to the touching story:

This lady right here is our Mamaw. She is 97 years old and lived on her own until she suffered a small stroke. She is always so chipper and happy and she didn't retired until she was in well in 80's. Within the past year we have seen her decline and before her decline she always talked about how much she loved being at the nursing home, so we know they are very nice to her and treat her well. She gets her hair done, her nails are always polished and she is treated with respect.

Her memory is starting to decline and at times gets very confused. She says she wants to go "home" and at times tells us she has been visited by someone who has passed away years ago. My parents went with other family members to have a Thanksgiving dinner with her this past weekend. While they were enjoying themselves, a nurse came in and checked to make sure they had everything they needed and she decided she would share a story about Mamaw.

She said she was pretty new there and had happened by Mamaws room, she noticed that the door was shut. She knocked on the door and asked her if she was okay. Mamaw replied "Don't come in here". The nurse asked again if everything was okay and Mamaw's reply was "I said don't come in here." The nurse explained that she then tried to open the door and it was met with some resistance and she was concerned that Mamaw was okay. She went ahead and pushed the door open a little more and said she was wanting to make sure everything was alright. When she came through the door, there sat Mamaw with a very disappointed expression on her face and Mamaw looked at her and said "Oh no, now you have done it, now you will never get out of here".

It really touched my heart to hear my dad tell me this story, I know Mamaw is happy and treated well, but it still is sad. I haven't been able to go and visit her as often as I would like to, to be honest she doesn't really know who I am anymore. I will be going by to visit her this week and plan on going more often.

I hope you have a wonderful week and I will be trying to update again soon.

Wordless Wednesday - Invasion of the Birds

I know these aren't the best pictures, these were taken with my iPhone. Unfortunately this was all I had. They moved through in waves, it was unbelievable!

Friday Fill-Ins #97

1. My blueprint for success includes hard work, careful planning and a lot of patience.
2. Lemon Heads was the last candy I ate, left over from Halloween.
3. The best facial moisturizer I've ever used is Hope in a Jar (thanks Yellowrose for turning me onto this).
4. Laughter can be good therapy.
5. I'd like to tell you about my family, they may have their minor flaws but I love them more than anyone could ever know.
6. Loyalty is my strongest characteristic.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to maybe renting some movies, tomorrow my plans include cleaning house and Sunday, I want to shop for some new fall clothes!
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