God saw you getting tired,

and a cure was not to be.

So he put his arms around you and

whispered "Come to ME."

With tearful eyes we watched you,

and saw you pass away.

Although we loved you dearly,

We could not make you stay.

a golden heart stopped beating,

hard working hands at rest.

God broke our hearts

to prove to us,

He only takes the best.

This was on the inside of Nan's funeral announcement.

I thought it was the most appropriate and beautiful thing I have ever seen.

♥

happy feelings

Feeling good this morning.

Had a really good night's sleep.

My house is spotless.

I cleaned from 2 to 8 yesterday, without stopping.

Scrubbed the bathrooms top to bottom, picked up, dusted, and swept every room, and cleaned the kitchen like there was no tomorrow.

I was exhausted afterwards, but felt really accomplished.

Oh, and I also got all of the dishes, and all of the laundry in the whole house done.

Turns out it was a really good thing I did. Jamie's brother and sister-in-law called this morning and said that they are staying here tonight so they don't have to drive home between the visitation and funeral for Nan.

I feel that he is very critical of me as a wife, and was just making comments the other day about how he "hoped that I was keeping the house fixed up."

Well, ha.

It's clean.

On a funny note, it stormed during my cleaning. Minnie is super afraid of storms, and typically stays right under my feet the whole time. While i was hanging clothes up, I realized she wasn't with me anymore. I started looking for her, and this is where I found her.

hahaha, i guess she missed her dad.

I Love her.

We have a busy week ahead of us.

Taking Jamie's other brother to the SS office to become his registered payee.

Don't ask.

It's a long and complicated story.

I am also going to be Natalie's official payee.

That I am happy about, because we both really want to start spending more time with her, and helping her out.

She needs all of the positive role models she can get.

I am getting my hair cut too.

Excited and a little nervous.

It's going to be a big change, but I am feeling the need to do something different.

I will probably just grow it back out over winter, though.

=)

I changed my mind on the cookbook.

I am getting this one instead.

It looks like the recipe's are much simpler, and will take less time, which is what I need.

Can't wait until it gets here!

For real this time.

=)

Excited.

Still haven't done any homework.

Not good.

♥

Haven't had much time or desire to blog the last few days.

Jamie's Nan died around midnight on tuesday night.

We have the visitation tomorrow and the funeral on Saturday.

I had to fix my work schedule, because i was scheduled to work during both.

but luckily, two of my co-workers stepped up and agreed to help me out.

She was truly the rock in his family. Everyone always went to her, and she was always able to say or do something to fix it, even if it wasn't what the person wanted to hear.

She was incredibly wise, and i will always be grateful to her for putting my mind at ease about whether my dad is in heaven. She will be so very missed.

She is also the sole reason that Jamie's family has such a deep faith in God.

She was an amazing woman.

Jamie hasn't really let it sink in. I'm kind of worried about him, but he just keeps not thinking about it. I am afraid it is just going to hit him at the funeral.

At least I'll be there for him.

It's a little easier knowing that she is in heaven. She was truly one of God's gifts, and I know he is happy to have her back in his arms.

I am having a much needed lunch with my momma today.

I love her.

I am also trying to clean the house up, and do dishes and laundry, because I have neglected all of that for about the past week.

I have homework that was due tuesday, and that is due today, and i haven't done any of it.

That is really, really bad.

Jamie is going to be ticked, but i have just had zero motivation, and I have had bigger things to worry about.

I guess I will just email the professor, and hope that she understands.

I can't stress about that now.

Oh well.

I will be glad when this weekend is over. Hopefully things will get easier after that.

♥