My new pictures!!!

I saw these pictures at Bed, Bath & Beyond awhile back and wanted them but couldn't afford both of them at the same time and wanted to use my store coupons on them so I bought one and was going to go back the next week and buy the other one.  Well, when I went back they didn't have them any longer and I had them order them for me and had to wait another month for them to come in, I was getting a little nervous they might not be able to get them any longer since it was taking so long but lo and behold they called me on week five and said they had arrived!!!!!!  I fell in love with them, I guess cause they remind me of the beach so much and wanted to put them in our computer room so I could look at them every day and dream of sitting there at the beach, kicked back and relaxing *LOL*
Here's what they look like..... I know, I need something to go with them but haven't figured out exactly what that is yet, maybe a shelf underneath???  Open to suggestions ;  )

Where has Summer gone???

It's hard to believe that schools start here next week on Monday, August 2, we've still got plenty of summertime left so why are they rushing it to end?
Last week Megan's daycare was closed so she stayed with me most of the week and again on Monday this week.  I enjoy hanging out with her and getting to spend some quality time with her, won't be long and she will be wanting to drive and be with her friends instead of here with me so I better cherish every second I get with her.  Took her shopping at West Town Mall last week to get her some new school clothes but she was more interested in texting her friends than she was shopping so we ended up with very little new clothes ( I told her Mom I give up )  LOL
The week we got home from the beach, Marci told Skeeter that she wanted a divorce = (  She has been trying to decide if this was what she really wanted for the past year and finally decided to at least see if this is what she is really wanting.  I know she hasn't been very happy at all the past 3 - 4 years and especially the past one so I will support her fully and be there for her if and when she needs me.  Skeeter has moved out now and Marci is experiencing life on her own!!!  I felt so horrible for her this week, she called me crying Tuesday afternoon cause she had just closed out her checking account the day before so she could open a new one at another bank in her name only, she didn't have time Monday cause she was on her lunch break and had planned on going the next day to take care of that.  Tuesday she went to lunch at Cheddar's restaurant with several of her friends and pulled her envelope out of her purse to pay for her meal and accidentally left it laying on the table instead of putting it back into her purse.........Needless to say, she had just gotten paid on Friday and had $750.00 in the envelope that she has lost now. No one has been honest enough to say they found the money yet so she can kiss it goodbye and have a hard lesson learned. 
Last week I got our house in Powell listed with another real estate agent and hope and pray this one can get some kind of interest in the house and get it SOLD before the end of this year.  We've even discussed the possibility of us having to move back into it and selling our house here in Maryville if it doesn't sell soon.  So everyone keep your fingers crossed and prayers said that it will sell soon!!!  We spend every weekend back and forth having to keep the yards mowed so that is pretty much of the weekends wasted = (
Well, that is pretty much what my month of July has been like since we got back from the beach ( oh how I'd love to be back there right now)   Here's a pic of my lilies that finally bloomed the week we got home, I had set the bulbs out and forgot what they were so couldn't wait for them to open up and refresh my memory *LOL*
I guess after the events of this month I should be looking forward to August and hope things start to look brighter and more peaceful here!!!

Vacation Time!!!!

Last week we all went on vacation to our favorite beach ~ Topsail Island, NC and had a beautiful house oceanfront to sit and watch and hear the ocean all day!!!  I think this was one of the best vacations I have had in awhile, last year at Tybee Island, GA it rained all day every day so this past week we had nothing but 90 degree weather and plenty of sunshine to soak up all week!!!  Marci, Skeeter and Meg went with us (in their own vehicle) and it was great getting to spend so much girl time with her sitting with our chairs and feet in the water while soaking up the rays and chatting all day every day.  Marci and Meg went out two nights with the flashlights looking for crabs, they caught a bunch of them and had to name each one.  Marci was picking them up with clothes pins so they wouldn't pinch her and one got away from her dragging the pin with him on his leg *LMAO*  We went out looking for him the next morning but couldn't find him.  Dwight and I enjoyed our early morning walks with Daisy each morning and Megan came along with us one day but I don't think she is into that much now that she is getting older, she didn't even collect seashells this year.  Dwight and I stayed at the house about all week except for two evenings we went out to eat and looked through some of the beach shops but we just enjoyed sitting on the deck in the afternoons watching everyone play on the beach.  On Thursday we had a shark scare, one was spotted right down from us earlier in the morning, then we all went down to the beach and had been there about 15 minutes when two sharks came in really close to the shore, you should have seen everybody getting out of that water and passing the word all up and down the beach to get everybody out.  That's the first 'live' shark I have ever seen and he was about 10 feet in front of me jumping through the water.  Needless to say, there was little ocean activity that day, most of the kids just played in the sand or a bunch of them had beach volleyball set up to play.  I don't think any of us were ready to come back home this trip, It would have been awesome to have had another few extra days but I left with some awesome memories of all our time together and the fun we had = )  Already looking forward to next year, can't wait!!!  Thanks Dwight for putting up with all of us.....
Here's a few pics we got:

Marci and me

Marci and Skeeter

Our Beach House ~ Casablanca