First Post!

Jon and I have been talking about starting a blog, so I finally got around to setting one up! Things have been crazy in our household - finally being able to catch our breathe after all the wedding festivities. We have been thoroughly enjoying nights together with no plans...catching up on our DVR and making delicious dinners together! (Well, maybe Jon making the dinner, and I getting to be the taste tester! )

I think about just joting down my feelings about what's going on in my world on paper, but alas, I do, and my hand starts to hurt, and I quit. I love this because I can write what I want and I get spell check! :)

As I thought about what the first "official" post should be about, thoughts of my grandmother filled my mind. The anniversary of her death was Friday, October 30 ... so this seems fitting.

Oh my dear Granny. Everytime I think about her, a picture of her sitting in her wheelchair with a silly hat on, a big grin on her face when we would walk through the door, pops in my head. I miss that crazy lady everyday! This has been such an exciting year for Jon and I! There were many moments that I would think of her and what she would say if she were here. Like when I almost cut my mom's finger off when I dropped my earring down the disposal and mom went to go get it and I accidently turned on the disposal with her hand in it. I was a wreck and mom had to calm me down! I know Granny would've been there that day, and she would've said "Barb, she didn't mean to!!" She always had my back. During the spring I would drive down 75 to Mom and Dad's, and the wildflowers filled the medians. That was one of Granny's favorite things to look at. Maybe because she was finally out and about, but everytime you past the same corner, she would say - "Look Em! Those are so beautiful! WOW!" Everytime you saw them!! I would roll my eyes, because I have seen them 1,000 times before, and so had she. But, that was one of the greatest things about her - she found the beauty in everything, everytime. No matter what. Now, when I'm driving and see a wildflower, I smile because I know that she is smiling down on me.

Mom and Dad's backyard was filled with beautiful flowers all summer long - another one of Granny's favorites. She loved to sit on the back porch when it was a million degrees outside and just look at the flowers - and she would do that all day long if Mom would've let her. This summer it seemed as though the flowers were bigger, more colorful, and just billowing out of the landscapes. I like to think that Granny added a little bit extra fertilizer to let Mom know that she's ok, and she's watching over us. :)

I would always tease her that I was her favorite grandchild- but that was the greatest thing in the world - she made each and every person she met feel like they were her favorite. I would do anything to get a chuckle out of that lady, and her do that same for me. We were buddies, and I sure do miss my buddy.