Sometimes, ya gotta stop and smell the roses...literally!~

Today was such a nice day weatherwise and otherwise here in the deep south. I am a homebody and don't really get out that much. I have written about moving several times, but in case you are a new reader, I will fill you in. We moved back to our home state of Alabama from Colorado in March of 2005 to help our son pick up the pieces of his life after his wife left him. He had bought the house we previously lived in before the move from my father-in-law (we had rented it from Dad, we never owned it). We moved in with him per his request after we moved back from Colorado to help him deal with the pain he was going through after his wife walked out on him. He sold his house last November and now he is living with us in a very nice mobile home park just down the road from where his house was. He had sold the house to his supervisor. His supervisor was letting us still store things there because our storage unit is full, but he is not keeping the house, so we are having to get the rest of our stuff out. Thankfully, my niece has a storage unit on her property that is not currently in use and she is letting us put the little bit of excess in it. Anyway, when I got wind of the fact my son's super was no longer going to own the house, I asked him if he would mind if I went and dug up a few of each flower that was planted and get some cuttings from some of the shrubbery that was in the yard. He gave his permission and yesterday, my Hubby, his Mom, and I went to our old house and did just that. My MIL is the one who had originally set out the plants and flowers to begin with. Even though it was hard work, it was so enjoyable. I haven't had a day like that in a long time!~

After we got our goodies, we went to her house and sorted through our plants, as some I had gotten for her. Afterwards, we sat out on the breezeway with one of my Hubby's sisters and her Hubby (they take care of Mom). We just sat and talked and joked and laughed. I tell ya it was good for my soul. I was showing my SIL the rosebush I dug up. It is called Joseph's Coat. Hubby had bought it for me for Mother's Day back before we ever moved to Colorado over 8 years ago. My MIL had admired it one day and got a cutting off of it. I wish you could see that rosebush now!!!! This woman has a greenthumb like nobody I have ever seen before! My rosebush has never been that big!!!!! Anyway, my SIL said she liked the lavendar rosebush her Mom had and took me around to see it. She wanted me to smell it. It smelled divine. Roses are my favorite flower just because they usually have such wonderful scents.

It started getting chilly, so we moved our conversation inside. My SIL made some coffee and offered to fix us breakfast for supper. She made me some real hot chocolate from Hershey's cocoa, as I don't do coffee, and she baked some homemade biscuits, and fried some bacon, sausage, and scrambled some eggs. She told her Mom she would have to make the gravy because she wasn't good at making it. Mom looked especially tired, so I told her I made good gravy and I would be happy to make it. She was more than willing to let me. I made what I call white gravy. I used some of the bacon grease, flour, milk, water, salt, and pepper. It turned out delish, even if I do say so myself, and so was Mary's food. We had such a nice time sitting around the table picking at each other and just enjoying the fellowship.

It was such a nice day just to be able to take the time to do something I really enjoyed for a change which was to work in the yard a bit and hang with my family. My MIL is such a greenthumb. Most of what I know about flowers and plants, I have learned from her. I actually had time to stop and smell a true rose too!~

Thank you, Lord, for such a wonderful, peaceful day...

P.S. A couple of weekends ago, I actually took a book outside and sat in my lawn chair and read for a couple of hours. There is something to be said for R & R. I felt so happy that day and yesterday as well!~