A Day of Gratitude

I am grateful for this life!

Here's to the Ride!

Morning, Afternoon & Evening

We spent the morning working in the back yard. The afternoon wandering through the Antique Mall and the evening with Tucker and Rollin. I'm going to spend the rest of the night snuggled by Jim. Life is Good.

Here's to the Ride!

Saturday's Travels

Jim and I spent the day sight seeing in Tennessee. Bartlett. Millington. Covington. Memphis. Germantown. A few antique shops. A few specialty shops. One delicious Starbucks. Lunch somewhere on Hwy 51. Driving through the country in all directions. Ending the day at home, snuggled in for a romantic comedy and memories of the days travels. Life is good sight seeing in Tennessee!

Here's to the Ride!

Mrs Shimmel and the IRS

Yesterday I spent quite a long time on the phone with Mrs. Shimmel of the Internal Revenue Service. It seems one of Jim's past employers from 2008 provided incorrect information to the IRS and I have spent several months typing letters, overnighting documents, faxing copies and making phone calls. And then yesterday Mrs. Shimmel reviewed my file and dismissed everything! No past due taxes! No penalties! Just a clean slate!

And today as I walk around with my "clean slate" I marvel at the kindness of someone who took time out of their extremely busy day to look closely at what mattered to me. And I am grateful for Mrs. Shimmel and the IRS!

Here's to the Ride!

Little Boy Tackles

We just returned home from visiting Liz, Tucker, Rolllin and Fynneus. We played old car/new car. A ball game where the boys and I sit on the floor and roll 2 balls back and forth. When the evening was over I told the boys to give me kisses and hugs and they tackled me on the floor and took me down. With laugher everywhere, all three piled on top of me and I could NOT stop laughing myself.

This is Joy! This is my life! This is why I love it here!!!!!!

Here's to the Ride!

Tax Time

It's tax time again and while I usually wait until April 14th to file our taxes, Jim has been (strongly) encouraging me to get them done now. So I spent the day working on our taxes and at the same time feeling gratitude for all the wonderful amenities of our lives.

Tax time - another opportunity to appreciate my life!

Here's to the Ride!

Fish Stories

We went to the Mid South Fly Fishers monthly dinner meeting tonight. This group of men and women, who love to fly fish, get together and compare fish stories as well as fly tying stories! But tonight I met Barbara who, like me, always takes a book along on fishing trips.

We're thinking of starting a Book Club! Now that would make for some good fish stories............

Here's to the Ride!