One Word Wednesday

Sorry, a day late...... I got tagged and if you are reading this --- you are tagged!


1. Where is your cell phone? on my desk
2. Your hair? messy
3. Your mother? heaven
4. Your father? heaven
5. Your favorite food? BBQ
6. Your dream last night? weird
7. Your favorite drink? water
8. Your dream/goal? heaven
9. What room are you in? office
10. Your hobby? sewing
11. Your fear? cancer
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
13. Where were you last night? bed
14. Something that you aren’t? outgoing
15. Muffins? apple
16. Wish list item? travel
17. Where did you grow up? Tennessee
18. Last thing you did? work
19. What are you wearing? clothes
20. Your TV? off
21. Your pets? none
22. Friends? many
23. Your life? blessed
24. Your mood? headache
25. Missing someone? family
26. Vehicle? Corolla
27. Something you’re not wearing? earrings
28. Your favorite store? Dillards
29. Your favorite color? brown
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? last night
32. Your best friend? sister
33. One place that I go to over and over? Liz's
34. One person who emails me regularly? Dianne
35. Favorite place to eat? Logans

are my answers honest? yes

Reading frenzy.....

Okay I started reading Right Next Door, by Debbie Macomber, very good. Then Donna had her book club Monday night and on my desk Tuesday morning was The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, very good also. I have never understood why people try reading two books at the same time, (although Dianne is reading three right now) but I started The Help yesterday at lunch and read on it last night while I was downstairs. When I went upstairs for bed I read some of Right Next Door. I can do this -- an upstairs nighttime book and a downstairs/lunch time book! Except I forgot to bring it with me today. They are soooooo different it is easy to keep them apart ---
I really get into my books and movies. I guess that is one of the things I dislike about myself -- they all seem real to me. Oh well.....

Until next time . . . . . You are not old unless you get wrinkles in your heart.

Subtle Saturday

Saturday, Oct 24th...The day started with brunch and Ladie's Day at church. Leading Ladies was the theme...the speaker was awesome and the decorations by some of the SH ladies was unbelieveable. The fellowship with these sisters is always uplifting and refreshing.

In the afternoon I met Liz and we drove down Natchez Trace.....so pretty. I did learn that if you are going to walk down to Jackson Falls you need on good shoes which I did not have! I made it back and will have pictures posted later. It was good to spend an afternoon with her --- Laff was watching the ALA/UT game and Emily and Susan went to see Steel Magnolias.

It was a good day....

NYC - Day 4 --Part 2 and final

The original wooden escalators at Macy's. Cool!

The Rockette dolls at Macy's Grill in the store

It all happened here - - - -

"MIRACLE ON 34th STREET"

We had a wonderful time and it ended much too soon... I do want to return to NYC, the first time is so overwhelming....so much more to see, more to do.

Until next time . . . . .to have a friend you must be one.

NYC - Day 4 Part 1

We got up at 6:15, hailed a cab and went to the Brooklyn Bridge.
We walked from the Manhattan side to Brooklyn and back to Manhattan. We had planned on doing this at night, but just ran out of time--- the sunrise in the morning was awesome. Our next trip we will make sure we do it at night.


Me on the Brooklyn Bridge!

Sunrise over the Manhattan Bridge

The mid way point of the Brooklyn Bridge

view of Manhattan from the bridge

Statue of Liberty........

Back to the hotel for showers and shopping. . . . . .

NYC - day 3 -- part 2

CENTRAL PARK

Boathouse Restuarant in Central Park

Bow Bridge

Fountain at Central Park

Joyce and Dianne waited the Boathouse while I walked through trying to find Bow Bridge and I finally did. I want to go back to CP and cover another part of it.

New York, day 3, part 1

Sunday, October 11, 2009 --- our plans since we decided to go to NY was to attend St. Paul's Chapel on Sunday morning. St. Paul's is a very special place of worship and I cannot describe in words the feeling you get at this place. It is small, but oh so big.

First of all, after his inauguration (in NY at that time) George Washingon went to St. Paul's for the service. They still have his "box" there. Second, and perhaps what makes the quiteness, the peacefulness (is that a word) of this chapel --- St. Paul's is located directly across the street from Ground Zero.

On 9-11-2001 not one window was shattered, cracked or moved!!! It became the place where the firemen, policemen and other rescue workers would go to rest. Like I said, this is a little history of St. Paul's, but the feeling of being there is ...........

The side of the chapel . . .

a sign showing some of the debris in the yard after 9-11 --papers, soot, ashes, computers, monitors (click on picture). . . . . . .

The front (or back) yard is filled with old tombstones but this one is close to the entrance ...

"They are in Peace"

. .a memorial of badges..... . . .. in honor of . . . . .

. .organ in the balcony. . . .

. . a cot that the rescuers would rest on. . . .
(it was a cot, not a twin bed and they had many of them in the church during the rescue efforts) . . .

. . .the front (or the back) that faces Ground Zero . . .

. . . .Ground Zero .

The service that day was wonderful and just the peace and respect and . . . . .. . ..

Come back later for details on brunch and the afternoon activities.

Until later . . . . . .For God so loved the world. . . .

New York City

These are some random pictures from New York. I have found I love to photograph architecture and things like that. Of course I never know how the pictures will turn out, but I love doing it.

The Plaza Hotel

Brooklyn Bridge

Washington Square

Rockefeller Center

St. Patrick's Cathedral

to be continued . . . . . . .

New York City - Day 2

Lots of experiences with travel --New York taxi rides, subway rides, bus rides, open upper deck city sights tour rides. The Subway --- you see I am very claustrophobic, very. On this day we took the subway, but due to construction had to transfer to a bus due to construction where the subway goes under water (they say) and then back on the subway. My lucky day I suppose.

Stand clear of the closing doors please. . . . . .

. . . this was our destination.

CONEY ISLAND

The Wonder Wheel --nope I did not ride it. Actually the park was closed except for some kiddie rides.

The beach . . . . .

. . . . and the boardwalk.

A hot dog at the famous Nathan's (I did not think it was so good, it was beef, however).

Then back to the hotel to get ready for our big night out. . . . . .

BYE BYE BIRDIE at the remodeled Henry Miller Theatre,

starring --get ready--- John Stamos! He was terrific!

The play was wonderful; however, this was also my niece's senior play ten years ago -- and it was terrific considering broadway vs high school drama. But, John Stamos!

Then on for a little more nightlife at Times Square.

This is definitely a fast paced city.

Until next time. . . . . . . .if God be for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31

New York City -- Day 1

Where am I?


I am in the clouds on a plane headed to NYC!







This looked like a snow avalanche but so soft you would love to land in it.





A view from the sky. . . . .

Yellow is the mode of transportation
in NYC.

The Plaza Hotel

Time Warner Towers --- You can buy a condo here for about 4.5M! The sales rep was out that day so I could not put down my deposit----wrong.

Rockefeller City

The name says it all. . . . . .

Times Square ----- The blue ball at the top is the one that falls to light up

the year on New Year's Eve.


. . . more Times Square

Day one included shopping, shopping, and more shopping......lunch at "au bon pain" which seemed just like our Panera Bread. We shopped at Bloomingdale's, Barney's, Tiffany's, Lord & Taylor and even Walgreens (Dianne needed foot supplies). We had plans to walk the Brooklyn Bridge and eat at Grimaldi's but we were so tired and with rush hour we could not get a cab. We had dinner at the Salmon River at our hotel then went to our room and took care of our feet.

New York City is a place you need to visit at least twice because the first time is just too overwhelming.

More tomorrow. . . I am so glad I took all week off. . . .