Random Point

 NEVER mistake my tolerance for acceptance. 

John 15:5

 "I am the vine, you are the branches.  He who remains in Me ,and I in him, bears much fruit.  For without 

Me you can do nothing."       Food for thought today.

Back from Gainesville

 Got back from my Gainesville visit last week.  Have been busy looking for houses and getting caught up on laundry.  Enjoyed seeing all the children and grandchildren.  Made our rounds while Jim was with me...then he flew back to Charlotte and left me to visit at my leisure.  Spent Jennifer's birthday with her and Logan.  We spent the day shopping at the mall and Hobby Lobby.  Then to her favorite restaurant  Las Margaritas with Jerry and Rachel, then home for her ice cream cake.  I think she enjoyed herself.  

Spent a couple of days helping Rachel unpack in her new apartment.  Loaded bookshelves, hung some pictures and worked on the boys bathroom.  

Jenny and I had lunch with JR and Logan.  The boys requested Sonny's ... JR wanted a turkey sandwich and Logan said ...bring me the redneck egg rolls and a slab of ribs.😱  After Sonnys, we went to Browns Farm stand and bought some fresh vegetables for lunch Sunday.

Saturday, Ms Violet had her end-of-year dance recital.   She did great and I loved all the little costumes, but the showcase was the "Father/Daughter" dance.  Didn't know Jon could actually move in sync to music...lol.

Sunday revolved around food....I had bought some fresh corn, so I sat on porch and shucked it, then inside to cut off cob for fresh cream corn...also bought some white acre peas, and had boiled potatoes...fried bacon and fried cornbread.  I think everyone enjoyed themselves..lol.  Rachel came out with the boys and all the neighborhood boys, Logan and Camden played outside.  

Tuesday was a long ride home.  Seems that road gets longer every time I travel it.  BUT I was definitely glad to get home and into my own bed.  Jenny and Jerry are great hosts and Logan always gives up his bed, but it's nothing like being in your own.  Best part of this was Jim didn't know I was coming home.  I haven't seen him grin that big in a while.  He definitely doesn't like taking care of himself. 

Now to bring everything up to date...I woke up this morning around 3am and knew something was "off".  My vision was blurred and my eye didn't feel right, so I go in the bathroom and frightened myself.  My left eye is matted and gunky....PINK EYE!!!  OH NO!!!  DrOnDemand is a wonderful thing.  They called in for my eye drops and Jim brought them home.  Now it's drops for 6 days and hopefully this won't pass to Jim.  

Catching up

 May has been busy.  Most of it has been spent trying to figure out what I want in a house and trying to find it in this area, and not be "house poor"😕  

Had a quiet Mother's Day.  I got calls from the children which was wonderful 💓  T-shirt with all the children represented by their birth flower, amazon gift card and a bag of Three Musketeers (yummy). Got a unique and wonderful gift from Jim.  It is a portable hand warmer and massager.  I sure does work good on these arthritic hands.  It sits on my desk so I use it quite often.

Went to SC to spend a few days with Emily and Zack.  Things are good there.  Played with the grandcats.  Finally made a bed for Luci (short for Lucifer) so maybe now he will let Binx have his bed back.  

Have a few new ideas and some projects going, but am going to Gainesville for a visit first.  Need some cuddles from the little grandsons before they get too big for Granny to hug and kiss on like the others have ( I still sneak a few when I can catch them off guard).  

Officially House Hunting

 It’s official…we are house hunting.  I have a realtor looking for the imposssible.  You know, the 3-4 bedroom, 2-3 bath, gourmet kitchen, fireplace, office, screened porch, outdoor kitchen, outdoor fireplace, workshop, etc all in a package that is no more that 10 mins from shopping, no HOA, plenty of parking and lots of extras….and try to keep it under $500,000 in the Charlotte area…I think she had to have medical help for the hysterical laughing  😂😂

Hubby and I went to the Charlotte farmer’s market Saturday.  It has become one of our favorite weekend outings.  Fresh eggs on the top of the list!!!   Hubby is addicted to corn on cob and first crops are coming in, so we loaded up and he ate all day Sunday…he was a happy boy 😀

Busy month of May.  We have something scheduled every week this month.  At least someone will be home with Tabitha most of the time and she won’t have to be boarded.  

It’s MahJong time.  Goodnight. 

Foxworthy/Morgan was cancelled 😢

 Several weeks ago, my husband bought us tickets to see Jeff Foxworthy and Leanne Morgan in Charleston.  Ours plans were to go to “concert”, stay in hotel, then go spend a few days with our daughter and son-in-law (Emily and Zack).  Well, since “concert” was cancelled and hotel room is non-refundable, we are still going on our trip!!  It’s not until May, but we will be ready to have some fun.

Went to my exercise class this morning then chair yoga and stretching with hubby tonight.  Trying my best to stay ahead of the arthritis and keep the joints moving.  Sometimes I wonder if I’m going to win this fight, but I won’t go down easy.

On a lighter note..I didn’t have my phone near to record, but hubby and I got tickled doing our stretching tonight.  We have our chairs set up and watch a video on the big screen tv.  Miss Tabby decides to sit on the table beside the tv and watch the lady giving us directions.  We noticed that she would cock her head to the side while watching, then lift her paw when we lifted our arms…we never know what Miss Tabby has on her mind 😺

All is quiet here. Hubby and Tabby asleep and I’m the last one up as usual.  Time to play Majong until I can’t see…lol. 

Granny's new blog

 Restless leg was strong with this Granny last night so what do I do?  Think. For some reason this old blog came to mind.  I read over some of the entries and decided that calling it "The Holcombs" no longer applied since we are now empty nesters and live in NC away from most of the children and grandchildren.  So think, think, think.....since I need to write and get things out of my head😉 I decided to rename this blog and use it for all things me.  Family, marriage, travels and my own opinions about things...I know that most people don't give two hoots about what I think and that's ok, but it sure makes me feel better to get some musings out of my head.  SO....this should be an interesting journey for me and you if you decide to read and if not...I wish you a happy life..   

This past week was a wonderful time....Monday and Tuesday were for exercise class and getting prepared for our trip.  Jim is now over an office in Knoxville and I decided to travel with him this time.  But before we could start our travel Wednesday, we both had appts...Jim teeth cleaning and I had cardiologist to review tests I had taken.  Jim's teeth are good (this is for my MIL who I know will read😂)  and my cardio visit was excellent.  All tests came back great and after years of every 6 months visits, I have now been told that every looks so good that I can change it to yearly!!!  Answered prayers!!!!

Anyway.. we left for Knoxville Wednesday afternoon...such a beautiful drive.  Jim worked Thursday and I stayed in hotel, worked on my diamond painting and watched Designing Woman (Lauren Bacall) and Singing in the Rain...this was my kind of day...  We drove down to Pigeon Forge for dinner at Mel's Diner.  Very cute and FULL...  Jim only worked until 2 Friday so we went to the Island at Pigeon Forge and spent the afternoon.  We looked in almost every shop they had but our favorite was sitting in the rocking chairs outside the Moonshine store and listening to live bluegrass music.  Weather was perfect and we enjoyed the music and people watching...Saturday we started our journey home but first we went to the Bush Bean factory and visitor center.  We had a blast.  "Roll that beautiful bean footage"..lol  Of course Jim didn't leave without a bag full of a variety of beans.  We drove thru part of the parkway...missed our turn and Matilda (our GPS) rerouted us.  OMG what a route she took us on...let's just say we were glad we had plenty of gas and we didn't hear any banjos😱  We made it Home Sweet Home 😊

Now to start my week with laundry, cleaning and trying to stay out of trouble!!!