I am a housewife and mother and somewhat educated. I am self-proclaimed as high maintenance and extremely fickle! My husband, Bill, would vehemently disagree with the high-maintenance part, but at 43 years old with six kids (3 I birthed and 3 I inherited), one step-granddaughter and a granddaughter on the way, and trying to merge into the freeway of my destiny, I think I can safely say that I can certainly feel a little nuts at times! That's why God gave me some cool interests!
This is just scanning the surface of the complexity of one of God's children-Me!
I'm in an odd mood today. I think I'm sort of melancholy. I have a great longing to be near the ocean and I'd love to go visit a lighthouse. I've never been in a lighthouse! Isn't this a great picture?! I'm assuming that is a lighthouse at the end of that road. With my eyes the way they are, it kind of looks like the Space Shuttle!
Every so often I get in a traveling mood, but I want to go to places like on the north eastern coast of the US or somewhere really historical like Pennsylvania or Virginia. I want to be somewhere near the ocean, but not a "springbreak" destination! Know what I mean? If I could only stand on a cliff somewhere and look out at the ocean; that would be the bomb! Going by my really big dreams, I'd love to visit the western coast of England. There are some awesome cliffs there!
I think what I need to do is to go back to my story and write. There I can escape to the cliffs of western England! I'm really excited to get finished with it (almost there!) so that I can begin to send my manuscript off to publishers and see what happens! And I can start brainstorming for a new story!~
Here are some of my paintings that are really folk-artsy looking. I think these are my favorite kinds to paint! Sorry about the quality of the photos. I can't seem to keep the camera steady! Hope you like them!~
Today, June 14, 2009, is my and Bill's 6th wedding anniversary!! Yay us!! Since it's a day to pause and reflect upon all of the wonderful memories he and I have shared, I thought it might be nice to write some of them down and invite you to share your favorite memory with me. As those of you who know us know that Bill and I were married on the Walnut Street Bridge (those that were there, who could forget it, right?!). Those of you who are unfamiliar with Chattanooga, the Walnut Street Bridge is one of four bridges in downtown Chattanooga and was built in 1881. It used to be used for cars, but as the years passed and it became too unsafe for them, it was restored (sometime in the 1980's I think?) as a pedestrian walking bridge. It is a wonderful place to visit with the Bluff View art district on the south side and Coolidge Park and Frazier Ave. on the north side. Bill and I would go there often as we were courting and he once sang a love song to me (Garth Brooks 'To Make You Feel My Love'). So that was where I told him I wanted to get married. His "official" proposal was beside the Tennessee River at sunset (Ah, so romantic!) and then we honeymooned in Ashville, NC and then on to Gatlinburg, TN. We stayed at the Bearskin Lodge on River Rd. It's a hugelog cabin style hotel next to the Little Pigeon creek and our room had a balcony where we could see the creek below. If you ever get the chance to stay there--do! It's beautiful! And go to The Park restaurant; it looks just like the Bearskin. In the manner of the Smoky Mtns., it rained for most of our visit. But, for the majority of the time, it just misty rained. I remember walking back to the hotel after breakfast or lunch (?) and walking near the creek. There was a tree that came out over the sidewalk and just as Bill and I were walking under it, I reached up and grabbed a branch and gave it a great shake! Bill, in his wonderful humor, just laughed! Most of the wonderful memories I have with my Sweetie happens in the day to day living with him. The crazy lyrics he makes up to songs and commercials, the way he always flirts and sweet talks me and constantly telling me he loves me, and his way of looking at things logically and sensibly, grounds me (I can get too caught up in my emotional side of thinking sometimes) and gives me encouragement that I can do whatever I put my mind to. He makes me so very happy to have in my life and-Sweetheart, you are the love of my life! Happy Anniversary!~
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