Trip to Nashville

Before I start telling you about my flight, I want to fill y'all in on my internet issue. There is a Dunkin Donuts nearby Virginia's place and I can walk to it with no problem and have been doing this for the two weeks I've been here. Problem is they keep telling me that their WIFI is not always working and they don't know why. Every afternoon when the heat is beginning to drop down to about 90ish, I would venture down there and guess what? That's right no internet connection. So I have been able to spend a lot of time in word re-writing New Beginnings. This has been very good and I can also do this at her apartment. Today is the second time we've gone into the city of Nashville where we can get on a different but working DD WIFI.

Now for the flight info. I was suppose to leave Rochester and be in Nashville in 3 hrs. That is with a quick change of planes in DC. As we were getting near time to land, the pilot announced that due to a thunder storm we were in a holding pattern. He said that if we couldn't land in twenty minutes, we would have to divert to another airport to re-fuel. Now I had been stressed all day before the flight due to excitement but the minute I entered the plane I was calm. Oh, the peace of God is so great. Even with this new issue, I was still at peace.

Next the pilot said we were going to land in Harrisburg for fuel. Okay, no problem. We were on the ground waiting our turn for fuel for over a half hour. Now we get gassed up or whatever they call it. Now we have to wait our turn to take off again because DC is not allowing any planes to take off for their airport until....yup you guessed it, too many aircraft need to land there now.

When we were finally allowed to land in DC it was 9:30 instead of 7:30. Now all the planes to Nashville have left for the night. The first plane was at 7:40 the next morning. We all had to wait in line at the courtesy desk for a ticket for morning and a coupon for a motel and a number to call to try to get a room. They gave us a discount, not a free room because it was not the airlines fault, they said.

When they sent our bags down, my wheel was broken off of my small bag, but I didn't notice it for a little bit. I meet a young woman who was also stranded on her way to Nashville to visit family. We started talking to the line and I asked her if she would feel comfortable sharing a room and the expenses. We both would save and neither one of us would be alone. She said she would. "Thank you Jasmine, I enjoyed getting to know you." We got checked in and to bed about midnight and had a 5:30 wake-up call due to our shuttle leaving at 6am.
Now the rest of the trip was uneventful, thank the Lord. I felt like I wanted to bless her with my book, What's Done is Done, so I gave her one.

I hope her trip back to Rochester was a good one. FYI for Korana and Lesley. My friend's name is Jasmine and she lives in Greece off of Latta Rd. I can't give you her last name here for privacy reasons but you know how small our world is, I think you might run into her sometime. Well, her aunt picked her up and Gin picked me up and that was my 3 hr. trip that turned into something like 16 hrs. Thanks for reading.

Love to all, especially my wonderful husband,who now has a decent computer and can read this too.
Until next time,
God Bless Y'all

View my blog?

I have come to the conclusion that I don't update my blog often because I have no idea if anyone views it. I have a few followers but I can't even tell when they view it. Without comments, I'm at a loss to decide if to continue this or not. Sorry, I just lost the few things I had written. I guess I need to take a blog class. Learn how to put pictures on it and so forth. I will continue to pray for wisdom in this area. Feedback is welcome as usual.

If you have read this blog from the start in 2009, you know that what started as a blog for my book quickly turned into a family blog. I started with trying to give my life story and then went from there. Since I am working on my next novel, I don't have other books to show as I have seen in other writers blogs. That's okay. I am not other people, I am just the unique person God made me to be. I will strive to be me and only me.

I am taking a trip to Nashville in a few days. I wonder what God will have for me there. In the book of James in the New Testament he(James) states that if we lack wisdom just ask God because he wants to give it to us. But we must have faith with no doubts. Isn't that the hard part? The no doubts!

Look forward to hearing from anyone who wishes to share insight with me.

Until next time,
God Bless Y'all

How important are keys?

An example could be when you drop your daughter off after you both went grocery shopping, make sure no one has left the keys in the trunk before it's closed. Then thank God when she reminds you that she has an extra car key for you. But, that is a key for the ignition and not your trunk and you soon find that out. So, you  drive home and find that you need to park in the shade so that the sun is not beating onto the trunk and baking  your food.

Now, you are positive that your husband has extra keys and you begin to search for them, only to come to the conclusion that even though  he doesn't always take them to work, that he usually does because he has house keys with the car keys. See if you aren't home he might like to get in anyway.

You need to be watching to see if the shade is disappearing and the sun is getting close to the back of the car. Then you would need to pull it forward to save your precious groceries. The clock is creeping  along and you have only been home an hour, and you have at least another hour or more before you will be able to get your hands on a trunk key.

Look for the good things! I do have a gallon jug that is frozen solid in with the yogurt and butter and maybe that will be enough. Smile or cry, you have a choice here. I want to cry but choose to smile and say, "it's all good." Really?? No, but what choice do I have. Okay, writing this has helped me, so thank you for listening.

Yep, I really need to go out and pull the car forward. Next time I'm out I think I will get another trunk key made. I try not to repeat my mistakes if I can help it.

Until next time.
God Bless y'all

Nurture

Good morning,


 I have a question that sometimes nags me endlessly. Do you ever wonder why the person that you are closest to can't meet your most important needs? Well the answer is right in front of me. He is not suppose to. He wasn't created that way. It's wrong of me to even expect he would be able to do this for me. 


Why?
He calls me beautiful and in his eyes I'm sure this is so. But then there is an ugly side of me that I don't even like. So what do we do if we feel like we need more? Is there anyone who will love me when I'm unloving and unsure of myself? Someone who will always understand me, even if I can't?


Does every little girl want to be pretty like Cinderella, or in my case like Annie Oakley. Ya, I was a tom-girl from head to toe. But, the point is that we were all made to be loved unconditionally and only the God of the universe can do this. I need to take the pressure off my love, husband and  partner in this world. To allow God to be who is wants to be to me.


After a few days of being AWOL, I'll ask the Lord where He is, and if I sit quietly and put away the distractions of the day for awhile, he will let me know that He has always been there with me. It's just that I have let my 'stuff' get in the way of spending time with Him.


"Wow, is it that easy, Lord?"

Yes and no. Yes is really is, if I make a conscious effort to to this, and no because I allow things and distractions to get in there instead. Here is the bottom line for me. God loves me unconditionally and wants to let me know that I can never do anything that will change this. But I am the one responsible for making the time to deepen my relationship with him.

 I hope you know that this information was from my experiences but it could be for you too. Men and women alike need to nurture relationships. Hey, if we don't we get distanced from our friends and family.  If so, how much more do we need to grow in love with Jesus?

Until next time,
God Bless y'all

Day

Today is the last day of May. Is this important to you. I don't think so. I just needed to get a title up there so I could move on with this blog.

We arrived home last Friday afternoon about 5 ish. Okay, so ish isn't a word but I use it a lot. Our weekend was kind of laid back. We attended a Bible Study on Saturday evening but that was just for a couple of hours and we were home pretty early. Well, shortly after dark. On Monday our neighbors at our complex were having a picnic but we didn't go. It was very hot outside and we were too tired to be hospitable if that makes any sense to  you. We just did not feel like being around other people. About 4pm we decided to ride in to check out a movie. That was almost a very bad decision because the movie was very offensive. We left after about 10 minutes and told the manager about it and we were told we could get a rain check, or go to a different one. We chose a different one. We exchanged language for violence but we stayed. I wish we had more good, interesting, real life movies for adults without the extras. The things that some people like us would rather avoid.

Tuesday was back to work for John and back to Curves for me. I think I got the best of the deal. I also needed some groceries, but still I wasn't on a work schedule. The trip home I might add was so long or at least I thought so. The motel was quiet and relaxing so that was a good thing. Last night I worked for a few hours that I had not planned, but it was okay.

This afternoon I am returning Korana's car and picking up our's. I hope to be able to see some grand-kids for a short time while I'm in Greece. Strep throat has visited one family and some kind of virus has been trying to get in the door at the other one.

New Beginnings is becoming a fun thing to re-write. As I work and revise I think the story is flowing more smoothly and I'm pleased with this.

I will need to leaving for Greece soon so I will get back to everyone soon.

And Ketura, feel better real soon, honey.

Until next time,
God Bless Y'all

Tennessee

Good afternoon everyone,

I had the great idea on the way to Ohio. I would start a vacation trip journal and be able to let y'all follow me on his trip. Well after a short time of planning how to do this and make is interesting, I realized that I had no access to the internet in the car. So I thought I would update this(How do you update something you haven't started yet)not important. Right!!!

Okay, so my aunt and uncle are doing okay for their age and at this point they are still living in their home alone. They have a lady that helps them with housework, cooking, taking them out, and so on. Our couple of days there were very nice. No blogging because I didn't want to take any time away from the visit.

Then on to Nashville, Tennessee. Our two grandchildren who live near here were graduating in two days and so we were excited. Virginia doesn't have internet so we just concentrated on the big event. We have been busy everyday like vacations are suppose to be.(I guess) Graduation was big but I couldn't get the camera to work so I might have been a little frustrated for a short time. We went out to eat at the Outback after and actually closed them down for the night. We arrived at ten and the sign said they closed on Thursday's at 10. But before we could turn to leave the man at the door asked if we had just come from the Blackman Graduation and we said yes, and he said, "we are staying open late tonight because of it. Kind of late to eat but were there for over an hour and the food was wonderful.

The kids live in Murfreesboro and so it was at least a half hour ride back and forth from Nashville. We have done this several times in the last few days. Wait till I tell you about yesterday. We took Bryan and Samantha to a town called Cool Springs, I think, anyway we all played Laser Tag. It was so much fun and I couldn't believe the workout you could get trying to shoot at the other guy and not get shot yourself. And all this in the dark. I wonder if we have anything like this at home? Today Gin's back to work and I'm at DD using their WIFI.
We will be heading home on Thursday morning. Staying over somewhere and hope to be home in time to go to city and get Dad's ride for work ready for the day after Memorial Day.

Okay, I know y'all are waiting to the weather report. Everyday has been nice since we left home. Tennessee has been hot compared to what we left. Today it is cooler. They said to expect cooler than normal temps. Only expected to be in the upper 70's.

Mary has put me to shame, she has been going to Curves and well, you know it's vacation, but I did promise to do some visits too. Yesterday, I took my travel pass and went to Curves and I plan on going again in a little while.

New Beginnings is in the re-write phase. I need to get some more done now so I'm going to close. I'm getting totally excited.

Until next time,
God Bless Y'all

Blog

A Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. Okay this definition came from a friendly dictionary. When I think about my past posts, reflections and comments really do describe this.

Currently, I have been having some problems with my computer. I know you've heard this before, but this is not the one I had a problem with earlier. I hope the problem is fixed now because I really need to get the rewrite of New Beginnings done and published. Some nights I can't go to sleep because I get a scene in my mind and it excites me and I just want to write. Sometimes I get up and write and at other times, I just force myself to relax and finally fall asleep.

I've read about authors who say your characters can't seem to be real, and others who say they positively become like real people to them. Well like anything else everyone has their own opinion. I need to keep in perspective that they are fictional people, and yet writers spend a lot of time with these people and get attached. When I write scenes about Beth, for example, I feel her pain, her excitement and concerns. I even cry with her at times. So in a way she is real for me. Now let me say that I relate to other characters also. That's how I function.

I just want to let y'all know that if there is too long a period without a post, it could be that I am not able to get on here or am busy with my rewrite. I look forward to your comments and thank y'all for them. The encouragement keeps me going.

Until next time,

God Bless y'all and have a happy Resurrection Day this Sunday