TW3 or The Good The Bad and The Ugly

In the 60's there was a short lived TV series called "That Was The Week That Was" (or TW3), I loved it.  A year or so later the movie "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" was released.  Both of these titles came to mind as fitting descriptions of the past week.   (August 22-28)

The Good: 

-The first meeting of our new Home Group on Sunday evening.  New friendships are forming.

 

 

-Charlie and Sarah left for a short vacation in Hawaii, enjoying time with her brothers, sister-in-law and nieces.

-Sarah celebrated a milestone birthday.

 

 -Kevin and Shannon finalized the purchase of, and got the keys to, their new home.   It was a short-sale and will require a lot of fixing-up, but they have already begun the work.
 
 

-I got a phone call offering me a part time job, something I've been thinking and praying about for awhile, without actively pursuing. (update: the job didn't work out, but that's okay, the offer was encouraging!)

-We bought a new car!

The Bad:

-The stress and amount of time it took for Kevin and Shannon to tie up loose ends and provide down-to-the-wire paperwork for the funding for their home loan.

-Mike working 8 am - 8 pm on Monday and 5 am - 10 pm on Tuesday plus his normal schedule and responsibilities the rest of the week.  

- Charlie's car breaking down completely Tuesday evening, just hours before they were to leave for Hawaii.  (fortunately we now have an "extra" car we can loan them when they return)

- A dear friend's routine surgery that should have lasted about 2 hours stretching into 8 hours.  (Praise God she is now on the road to recovery)

The In-Between

- Good for Charlie and Sarah, not so much for Kevin, as he willing got up at 4:30 on Wednesday morning to drive them to the airport. (We love that they are there for each other!!)

The Ugly:

- Kevin and Shannon witnessing someone commit suicide at what had been, up to that point, a wonderfully relaxing summer evening enjoying an outdoor concert by one of their favorite groups.

In the end the Good outweighs the Bad; the Ugly will be hard to get over, but we are so grateful that Kevin and Shannon have had something uplifting to focus on this week and in the months ahead.

All in all we are very blessed.  God is good; and we cling to this truth.

 

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Summertime

We have had a very pleasant summer with mild temperatures for our area.  But that is about to change; at least for a few days.  It's going to get HOT.

In spite of all the mowing, trimming, etc. that Mike did over the weekend our yard is quite overgrown. 
The small palm on the left is a volunteer.  We have several scattered around the gardens.

The citrus trees are flourishing and will be ripe in the late fall.  
Lemons                                           Tangerines

 

We have one tree in full bloom (right), I'm not sure what it is; (update: I believe it is a  Crape Myrtle) lots of growth on all the other trees and a few flowers still blooming.

I picked the last of the hydrangeas and hung them in the garage to dry.

I love Autumn and after the hot weather predicted for this week I'll be more than ready for it to arrive.

What to do...

Yesterday, at Goodwill, I found this:

 

It is an eight panel photograph of Central Park; each panel is 6 1/2 x10 inches.  I paid $2 a panel (each one is a well constructed chunky box with a nice hanger on the back).  My intention was to re-purpose it with a picture (or poster) that would better fit our decor, and reconfigure it in a 4 by 2 rectangle versus the 1 by 8 layout.    

Then I found it on line at Z Gallerie  (they have since removed the link) and thus the quandary.  It originally sold for $279 before being marked down to $195.  Seems a shame to deface it...what to do, what to do. 

I would love to hear your suggestions?

Sisters - Part 3

Sally, (Mom), Patsy, Dianne - 1962

I've been looking for some pictures to fill the gap between elementary school and now, but so far haven't found them.  Therefore this group will make a huge leap in time.  When I come across others I will add another "sisters" post.

Pat, Dianne, Sally 
February 2009

Pat, Dianne, Sally 
May 2010