The Coffee Cup in Pensacola

--- Here's a pic I forgot I had. Cheryl and I were in Pensacola early one morning after taking Natalie girl to the airport. We always wanted to eat at "The Coffee Cup". In the background is Creola, the cook who has apparently been there for 37 years, according to a newspaper article in the lobby.

---I'm in Chipley this week. Dad has kept up the old homestead property like a park and it's supremely peaceful to walk Coco around outdoors. She and I took a boat ride yesterday on the pond, her first ever boat ride. She was a bit scared but calmed and was looking over the side at the water.

---My sweet boy Matthew is arriving tomorrow - hooray! First I have to take a basic ed test (TABE) at the vocational school in Chipley to get the ball rolling with LPN school, a program that my new job will pay for. Starting o-ver a-ga-ee-in...Sung like the Reba tune!

---Quick aside: Nat's beau's Mom (Michelle) and sisters stopped by the other day and it was so nice to talk with them. They are moving to Texas to live with Michelle's in laws while her husband is deployed to Iraq. Besides Chris she has 3 daughters including one newborn! Living in Navarre puts you up close and personal to what folks go through for our freedom. God bless our troops and their families.

---Peace...

(This is my first ever post using dial up -- patience IS a virtue.)

Thankful

Natalie girl arrived home Saturday. It's nice to have her back. The pic is of Natalie, Nat's boyfriend Chris, and Mama Gladys impersonating her favorite food network lady, Paula Deen. I guess the blond wig is from the girls' dance costume closet. Nat is missing her beau. :(

I'm off to apply for numerous jobs today - Catholic Nursing home in P'cola, 2 nursing homes in Gulf Breeze. one home health place in Navarre. I plan to head to Chipley this eve to apply at some spots over that way. Also there's lots of summer fun happening at "the Farm" and I want to be a part of it!
I do miss Wyoming but I love, love being back in the panhandle of FL!

Prayers for: MattyB and fam, Nat and Chris, the Billings family tragedy in P'cola - special prayer for Law Enforcement and agencies involved, priests, ministers, chaplains, troops...

Peace

Adorable Video!

Well, I've either been studying for my CNA test or putting off studying for my CNA test.

I really want to live "off grid", as I stated previously. The purchasing of chickens and goats hopefully will occur in my five year plan. I must have something to fuel my methane digester, doncha know? Honestly, living "off grid" is more of a function of not being so great at making a buck than living green, but both are important. I've always been sort of a simple living kind of gal and agree that the love of money is the root of all sorts of evil, as the good book says (I Timothy 6:10).

Anyhoo, I came across this video from a sweet feller in Vietnam that I just had to share.

P.S.  Rest in Peace, MJ!

Oh, P.S.S  The Sun Shower is working great.  I've only taken one conventional shower since my last post.  My favorite part is pouring the remaining water from the bag over my head at shower's end.   I also use water from our underground sprinkler well, to have free water.  I want to see if I can live on way low conventional energy.

(Ok, I guess I have more to add - so much for the P. S. biz)

Continue prayers for Sid, MattyB, Joy, Mike and fam PLEASE!

Li'l Natalie girl is flying out first thing (5 am - yikes) in the A.M. for Tampa for 2 weeks to be with her beau and fam.  I'll try and post another pic of them soon.  Godspeed Nat!  I'll miss my cleaning buddy.  She's been joining me at the BBCJ (Backbreaking cleaning job) and we make quite the team!

Mama Gladys

Mama Gladys (AKA Mom) is here in Navarre this weekend for niece Natalie's dance recital. I can't go because I have to work my BBCJ (backbreaking cleaning job). I am taking antibiotics for my sinus infection but they don't seem to be doing the trick, as I still feel AWFUL.

Anyhoo, Mom, as usual, "set us up" with something special. She bought Cheryl a pink hat for her walks and a bag of fresh cherries (Cheryl has a major thing for fresh cherries). For Natalie Mom made Nat's favorite coconut cookies and bought her some fresh asparagus. Mom took me out for lunch and got me some fertilizer for my container garden. She's purdy, aint she! This is a picture from when we went to Tampa last week.

For mom, we got pay per view "New in Town" which we all thoroughly enjoyed. We've had a nice day and are celebrating Mama Gladys! Pic below of "New in Town" is from IMDB.



Please continue prayers for folks in Wyoming: Sid (still hospitalized), nephew Matt, sis Joy, Joy's husband Mike and his family and all others involved...