A little crazy

It has been a little hectic lately. Mark's car required some major work about a month ago. Last week, he lost a lens from his glasses and so he went ahead and had them checked and got new lenses in the same frame. This week, we had to have a new motor put in our central air unit. I had a bad case of the 24 hour flu yesterday and am basically well now. Mom is coming for a visit tomorrow and my awesome husband did the household chores that I have not been able to get done, after work tonight! Last night, I was flipping channels and got to see the Steven Curtis Chapman family talk about life since the loss of their five year old daughter. They were so "real" about their pain and anguish and yet their love for God, Jesus and the Bible was so very obvious. I was so touched by them! Pastor Jason is the new lead pastor at CCC now and I am excited to get into the fall and Tuesday morning Bible study. I have been doing some freelance writing for textbroker.com to earn a little extra money. Hope all is well with everyone.

Time to Blog!

I can't believe I used to blog so often. Anyway, all is well. We had VBS over the weekend and that included six hours on Saturday and a swim party last night. A good time was had by all! Our new senior pastor is coming this Sunday and I am excited about that. I am reading a book called Velvet Elvis and doing things that I can around the house. Mark volunteered to work at his job Saturday, as they are extra busy. We went to eat at Olive Garden Saturday evening and did some Wal-Mart shopping. I got a call from a very good friend of mine, Karen Lang, Saturday afternoon, from Europe. I have started doing some freelance writing for hire but have not earned much yet. I think it takes time and the right opportunity. I enjoy it. On Labor day weekend, we are to gather for the burying of dad's ashes. Not much else to say except all the dogs are fine and Dusty is still chewing things he should not. Hope my blog friends are well!

Been awhile!

We have kept busy this summer. Last weekend we went to Chillicothe and spent time with my mom and my aunt. Mom fixed a wonderful meal and my sister, her husband and the kids ate with us. It is hard to believe that Delaney is nine months old. Her picture is above. We had taken some of Colton but they are blurry (worse than the one above of mom and Laney). Mark had Thursday and Friday off and last night we "vacationed" at the Ramada Inn here where they just built a new aquatics park. We swam in the lazy river and had a good time. We had dinner at Denny's and just relaxed. Today, we grocery shopped and made home made ice cream. Aldi's had strawberries for .99 cents per pound and I froze four pounds and used a fifth to go along with the bananas for the ice cream. All of the dogs are fine. Dusty wants me to pet him constantly when I have free hands. We have a new pastor coming to CCC. I am hopeful for the future and seeing some new and exciting things happen for the Lord. Hope every one is having a great summer.

Flowers

Finally got some pics of the beautiful flowers. The hanging basket has Gerber daises that we got for $ 4.00 at Wal-Mart Friday night. The rest are a potpourri of things Mark planted (annual and perennials). The weekend was a little rough because it was the first Father's Day without my dad but we managed to find some joy along the way. I am planning on attending a retreat with a Beth Moore study this weekend and am looking forward to doing that with ladies from a church other than the one we attend and the chance to meet new people. Weather seems to be improving. Have a great week.

Summer weather

The weather has been wild. Please pray for those affected by flooding. I thought tonight was to be calm and quiet (as opposed to last night) but then I learn that we are under a tornado watch until 10 p.m. Just as Mark was leaving for work this morning, we lost lights and there was a fairly strong storm. The lights were restored in about an hour so it was no biggie. The search team at central has chosen a pastor for us to hear and vote on and so he is to preach this Sunday, have a meet and greet Sunday night and we vote the 22nd. I am anxious to hear him. I am still container gardening but nothing really has much blooming going on. I still need to take some pictures. We have a car in the shop and so I have not been out during the day much which is saving on gas. Hoping for a restful night.

It has been awhile!

Not much to blog about except to say that we are keeping busy. I have kind of developed an interest in flowers (which Mark already had) so I an trying some container gardening. I bought some generic bleeding hearts and Mark put then in a hanging basket and I bought some Cale Lillis and he potted them. The Lilly's are not doing so well. I am learning that you have to place certain plants certain places, depending on their need for sunlight. This can be tricky!! We purchased a dwarf Lilac bush and Mark got it planted. Pictures of some of the plants Mark planted in prior years are above and I will try to get some of this years on soon. Memorial weekend, we went to the Flower's farm on Sunday. We got to see several friends from the Flowers, Farmer and Blessing families that we had not seen for awhile and it was so fun! It was close by and so we came to town and picked up the poodles so they could go and hang out on the farm with us. We all came home rather tired. On Monday, we had a 16th birthday party for our great niece Chelsea. It was fun too.

Our 18th anniversary

We celebrated 18 years of marriage last Monday. Mark took the day off and we had our pictures taken at JC Penny's, had lunch at the Red Lobster and saw the movie "Expelled, No Intelligence Allowed". The photographer was very nice and we were happy with them. This coming weekend is booked with the Mother-Daughter banquet Friday night and then I am supposed to help with a friend's daughter's graduation reception at church from 5-7 Saturday and so we went ahead and did Mother's Day a week early. Mom came here and we went to church and then we took her to lunch to a family style restaurant in Savannah, Mo.. We had a good time. Mark's mom is supposed to be out of town Sunday and so we took her out Sunday night. (needless to say, I did not eat much). Otherwise, I still have to keep a watchful eye on Dusty. Yesterday, he tore up a phone book. Being one now has not meant he is out of puppy stage yet. That onry little!

We did the last lesson in our Home builders. Tuesday morning class and it was a review yesterday. We had Carol Davidson as the instructor and I learned so much about the Word of God! That is a brief rundown of Hubbard Happenings. God Bless!!