Angelina's Father's Day, a video for the grandkids from Grandad

the charter bundle

For months I have been getting ads about the charter bundle.The ads say that if I put my phone, cable and Internet together that I could save $. Not very entising because I had a good deals on all those services. But when my cable bill went up I called to see how to bring it down OR to disconnect the cable since we watch little to no TV. So while I had them on the phone I inquired about discounted international calls. This is sweet. I use to to pay about $112.00/month for cable/phone/Internet. Now with my charter bundle I will pay $94.00+tax, so roughly $110.00/for cable with free movies,unlimited US/Canada phone service/hi speed Internet AND 250 MINUTES A MONTH FOR CALLS TO HAITI!
I can't wait for the change over to occur!

It Just wasn't right :(

Today I had to take a quick to Raleigh for a seminar for work. Steve drove with me because he is just nice that way. He got to go to Gwenn and Nick's church and then go out to lunch with Nick's partents while I was in the meeting. (no fair..right?)
After he picked me up I told him I wanted to get something not McDonald's or Subway to eat. So he took me to Panarra's (sp??) When I stepped out of the car it hit me. I wanted to cry and in fact I am pretty much spilling tears now. Gwenn is not here.I go to Pannara's with Gwenn. She is in Haiti. Nick and Nia and Nico and Josiah are not here.They are in Haiti.We stopped at the Farmer's Market. They wern't there either. I know this is normal but I think I am having a bit of a delayed reaction. Really..it hasn't been that long since I saw them. Just over a month..but still.. I can't just pick up the phone. I turn on the computer I hope Gwenn is on line. I think once they move into a home there instead of an apartment in Port..(long story on this one) I will feel more settled knowing they are more finally nesting. I am so glad ALL my girls didn't move to Haiti. On the other hand if they did it might be easier..we would have to move too..Meanwhile I'll wait for the Skype notice to signal that Gwenn is online. And wait for all three of my girls to blog and be thankful that I have a family to miss. Family in Haiti, PA, NY,SC and even my family in heaven.And thankful I have family right around the corner to play with.

yay ! yard sales

Today I earned $91.00 at a yard sale that I didn't even go to! Gretchen and Jon let me piggy back with their sale. So now I am 20% ready to buy my next plane ticket to Haiti and I got rid of some junk at the same time!I love yard sales and I love my kids for doing all the work!

In Another Life

The day warm and fair. The atmosphere downtown Manteo was cheerful and light. My husband and I sat at dinner waiting for the phone call. When it came that Josiah had arrived, all 9 1/2+ pounds of him we were elated. Minutes later the world came tumbling down around us as we got the call "Mommy, something is very wrong!" came the frightened, panicked voice of my daughter Gwenn. It was one of those dream like times that seems so surreal now. How could this have only been two years ago on the first of June?? I remember every detail as if it were some dreadful movie I had once seen but not my own grandmother experience.It was only later that Gwenn and Nick learned and shared with us that the name Josiah means "God heals". Now at two years old the only evidence of the night mare is the scar, the battle scar that runs down his chest. He is strong, rough and fearless. His mother just says "He's a mess!" (a term of endearment in the south)I think now of the past two years and it does not seem that life could change more for a family than has changed for Gwenn and Nick. Josiah's surgery,Nico finally coming home from Haiti and then the road to and the actual event of moving to Haiti. So I will miss Josiah's birthday. But I will think of him often. The infamous day of his birth haunting my memories and the grateful heart for Josiah-God heals.

Question for bloggers

I have one of those live feed applications on my blog so I can see where people who read my blog are located. It's fun to see and guess who the readers may be. So most of the time I have about 7-10 readers a day. But today, in the course of about 6 minutes I had 14 hitts from 7 different countries.So why would there be that sudden abnormal activity?? Any guesses??

No Greater Love

No greater love has a man than this-that he would lay down his life for a friend.
This is a picture of a high school friend of Gwenn's.
This picture is Memorial Day. Not grills on sale. Picnics or sleeping late. Where is the Happy in "Happy Memorial Day"? I am not judging people for this. It is just sad to me that our culture forgets so quickly....