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. . . .