You know, it’s hard enough to find friends in this world without all the problems that the world already creates for us. It’s so important to make special bonds in our lives. One of the best ways I have found is through music. Music is such a universal language. You can be a musician’s friend who doesn’t even speak your language, but when you get to playing that sweet soulful melody, there’s no denying your kindred spirits. They say music even soothes the savage beast. Just the power of music alone can break barriers and tear down walls. No wonder it’s such a controversial subject today.
We went on vacation
Update on that.. We did actually end up going on vacation. My mom had a great time celebrating her big ___0 birthday with us there. The wedding, which I still have slackingly not put up pictures from, was gorgeous. We had an awesome time. Me and hubby even got to go out every night after the kids were asleep to just hang out around the square and enjoy each other’s company. It was absolutely lovely.
Now we are back to reality and life goes on. Things are going… and hopefully I can expound more on that soon.
Throw in the towel
Sometimes… just sometimes …
rethinking our vacation
Don’t want to go anymore. It would eat up the itty bitty cushion we have so we don’t drown. I don’t know what else to do or say about it, though. I hate having that few sighs of relief time to come back and worry. I mean, everyone needs a vacation, but it’s just too hard for me to be able to relax about it since I am counting the cost.
Retail therapy
I really need to do some shopping…small shopping, though. We are saving all the money we have to be able to go on vacation again this year. So, I guess I will have to wait to getsome Pandora earrings. It’s okay, though. A vacation with my family is so much more important for long term happiness than a short term mend with jewelry.
Pictures to come
I know I just posted about our trip and the beautiful hotel, the great walk through the zoo and such. You are probably wondering where in the world are all the pictures that verify these facts, right? Well there are a few in my camera, but being as I am sort of pinned under a sleeping toddler, I dare not stir much in hopes that I can keep her asleep. Mind you, they aren’t the most professional shots. I am not going to be all like Azul Photography, but they are decent. I do try to capture views that are interesting and from a photographic perspective artistic in nature. They are coming, probably tomorrow, if I can get them up while the toddler is busy doing something she likes.
Much needed break
My family and I took a much needed break and trekked down nearly 5 hours to Maryland to visit with some of our dearest friends. They were having a big birthday party for the son, so we decided to make a trip out of it. We stopped at the in-law’s house halfway through to spend the night there and visit with them. Early the next morning, we headed down to our hotel near the venue. It was a gorgeous hotel and thankfully we only paid about 20% of the sale price for a normal weekend night.
We had planned to go see the monuments the next morning, but that didn’t quite work out. We did, however, get to the zoo and take a small part of the trail through as far as the sea-lions and Amazonia exhibits. It was a whole lot of walking, that really told me just how out of shape I have gotten. I still feel as though I was walking in heels for 3 hours, my feet are so cramped. Next time we need to take segues or a trolley of some sort instead of just walking. *If that was allowed, anyway*. We rented a stroller for the baby. Somehow, we forgot our in the house. She had a grand time looking at the animals, trying to touch the fish and frogs, finding the monkeys in the trees, and seeing birds she had never seen before.
After the zoo, we went to the party. The baby was not happy the last 20 minutes of that deal…too much noise and not enough activity for her. Thankfully, we all got in a good time before it was time for us to try and head back to where we originated the trip. We had to pull over twice in order to make it back without us all falling asleep. My husband really sacrificed to be able to make the trip, being as he is still in the same amount of pain he has been for the last 2 years due to that accident back in August of 2011, as well as the tiredness that has accrued from lack of sleep from said pain, the baby not always being cooperative, and working his job. I truly do appreciate the effort he makes to allow us to have as normal a life as possible with all his physical limitations. God gives him strength in the moment, even though he is now so exhausted he couldn’t keep his eyes open for longer than the Super Bowl…and barely that. With everything going on *which I am not privy to discuss* with our lives, we really DID need that break from everything to just bond and reconnect as a family without any real outside distractions.
Playing the day away
At least that’s what I would like to do on my guitar. I love my guitars, and I have always had a penchant for music. I just have not had the inkling or time to really become a better guitarist. I am so tired! It is hard when you have a baby around who loves to be with you all the time *pretty much*.
I have three guitars. My acoustic with the removable electric speaker hookup is Leila. She was a gift from my dear husband when my firstborn was small. My dearly departed father gave me his show stopping electric which has had lots of use in his blues band. That’s Jerry. Then there’s Alvin, the newest addition who is just a humble acoustic with a missing string. I cannot seem to find strings that will work for him just yet. For some odd reason, the standard ends don’t fit him. Guess he’s a lot like my dad. Sure, I could replace him with another guitar, but I cannot. The most I would do is get a travelers’s guitar so I can practice more often when the children are busy or asleep more quickly and, of course, the 12 string that I so desire for the times when I am alone doing worship at different venues. The sound is so much fuller than with just the regular 6 strings. Oh well…maybe one day.