I won

I won the art challenge I posted about earlier and I am just excited about it...
I have already gotten my check for 100.00 and have a bag of my choice for the Daily Windows bags, on the way...will post a pic of it when it gets here...

I am in NC visiting with family and haveing a great time...

Daily Window Designer Challenge

I just entered a piece of my collage art in a challenge for the "Daily Window Designer Challenge" in hope of winning....You too can enter, all the info is on Arlene's blog here.

This is a sample of one of the window bags.....@ Arlene's blog
this is the collage art I sent in....

Gosh, Been Forever Since I Posted

Close up of a rock with moss and lichen on it....took in NC mts.

Cherahala Skyway, part NC and TN

This is at Bald River Falls in Cherokee National Forest..

Hubby and I trailered out motorcycle to the NC MTS in Oct.....the weather was perfect for riding...

I hope there are still some friends out there that checks my blog.....I seem to read so many other blogs and I neglect my own..

Brenda

Troubling Times

Life brings about troubling times!

My Daddy got very sick last summer and had a long rehabilitation, he could not go home because he and Mama had packed up the house so that he could no longer live there.....My sister and brother-in-law built them an apartment on to their house, and they love it and seem to be very happy there....My sister has been talking to them, especially my mama, telling them we have to start on removing everything from the old house....I had heart surgery last summer and also had some trying times afterwards.....

I live in Florida, but they live in North Carolina....I am here in NC staying with my sister and we started last week on cleaning out the house....Boy, was it ever hard, 3 bedroom house and 2 of them were packed to the ceiling.....it took a long time and a lot of muscle....My mama is not taking it very well, there has been a lot of hurtful things said from her, daddy just sorta takes everything into stride....Sure there was things they wanted to keep, but Mama had bought non-sense stuff and packed up, not to be seen until we pull it all out....of course she doesn't have room in the one bedroom apt. to put anything else and anyways, she wanted all new stuff and got it....Now, we have the house set up for a huge sale and going to have it every weekend in July......Mama is remember things and asking have you seen this or that?...I want it......If we tell her No, she says, I guess somebody took it!

Oh, dear, has this been tough....but my sister and I are determined that this will not tear our family apart.....Mama is sulking like a child and yelling at Daddy its all your fault for getting sick.....

I have been praying for all of this to end well and with some extra money for our parents to have to fall back on....She has been going to yard sales for years and know how thing have to be priced to sell, but she is looking at prices we are putting on things and saying, but I paid this amount for that.....

We thought this would be hard to do if they were gone (deceased), but I think it has been much harder doing it while they are still with us...

I love my parents and I pray that the Lard will tell Mama that she needs to get past it.....

thank you for reading my venting, if you made it this far!

Brenda

Just saying Hi

It has been a while since my last post. It seems I spend most of my time reading other blogs in Google reader...But, I did want to say, Thank you for the followers I have and I will try to do better, even if its just posting pictures....

Hubby will be loosing his job at Kennedy Space Center in the near future due to cuts in the space program..so we are very concerned what will come next for us in our lives, but I know God has a plan for us and I am praying he will give us the signs for what or where he wants us to be.....My family are in NC and we might end up there, which will be a good thing.

Have a Good Sunday!
Brenda

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!.........to all the sweet mother's out there....

graphic courtesy of Graphics Fairy blog....

Card for my Mama's B-day