Happy Memorial Day

Well, I do not know about you, but this day kind of makes me sad… and like any other human, I take the issue at hand and relate it somehow to my life… It makes me worried, to think about my son, how my uncles and father were all in the war, drafted at that… but thankfully, all survived, one in a body cast, another with a broken limb, but all alive. My son is now growing into a man, and it makes me think about his future.

Anyway, I have been so neglecting this blog lately, I need to stop that. Someone needs to give me a “blog call,” instead of a wake up call.. “Lisa… today is blog day!”

It isn’t that I do not enjoy blogging.. it is a matter of finding the time. I am naturally very scatterbrained and have a zillion things going on in once.. not sure if that keeps me going in deeper to my little world of chaos, or if it hinders my production in certain areas, namely, the blog and the laundry…

Ack.. putting laundry and blogging on the same level. Nope, they both just end up “somewhere down there.”

This past weekend, I went up to Chitown (Chicago) for my sister’s bridal shower. She  will be getting married in June- I am a bridesmaid. I just got the dress in the mail the other day… (I am really scared it won’t fit!) So it sits there, hanging in the bathroom, awaiting me to try it on… I will let you know when I do. Cross your fingers that it fits!

Anyway… my mom had rented a hall for my sister’s bridal shower… Here, they are, with my sister coming in through the door.. Kind of funny, she knew she was having the shower (it was not a surprise), but she still had that “Oh wow surprised look” which I though was really cool, because my mom I am sure savored every moment of it, despite knowing it was not truly a surprise.. But that is my mom, she will make a moment out of anything, and cherish it and break into tears..

Ok, so here they are, with my sister entering in…

This was also neat… my mother made a collage for my sister, growing up.. and made little notes beside each photo…

Here are some flowers from my mother’s garden:

Sorry it is a little blurry… But so beautiful..

Well, time to go make lunch, and get some laundry going… I will write back soon :) Someone just needs to kick me in the hiney and tell me blogtime!

Have a wonderful day!

5 thoughts on “Happy Memorial Day”

  1. Your sister really does look surprised! That is just too funny :D. She is pretty.

    The collage is an awesome idea. That is nice that your mom put that together for her. I only hope that I can do something like that for my children one day. Scrapbooking seems to take a lot outta me! LOL!!

    The flowers are gorgeous… purple! And I’ve always loved these!! We actually dried a bunch of them and used them on the pews for our wedding.

    Thanks for announcing we can kick ya into blogging… I’ll have to keep that in mind. You do it better than me. I think my last post on mine was Dec or Jan. That’s just sad!!

  2. You know a great way to get motivated to blog? Do one of the group posts, like Menu Plan Monday (http://orgjunkie.com/menu-plan-monday) On Sunday night make up a menu plan for the week and post it to your journal, then you link the post at orgjunkie.com. Over two hundred people join every week and its fun to see the menus that everyone has. It also generates alot of traffic to your site. A couple of others I know are Wordless Wednesdays (post a picture with no words or at max just a few) and Works for me Wednesdays (post something that works for you in your life.) I’m sure there are tons of others but these are the three I read. It’s great because there are alot of blogging moms out there and we all learn from each other this way.

    Before I go I wanted to let you know that I won third place at the fair this year with your design. Sorry I haven’t posted a picture yet, I’ll get one ready this weekend.

  3. Thank you all for the comments. HAHA so much for posting a few times a week!!! I will be getting better about this though :) Somehow, that is.

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