Love

     Good morning. Its Sunday, church day. My husband is awake and already has cinnamon rolls in the oven. Sometimes I don't know how I lucked out and got a good husband. I don't think I appreciate him enough. Well I do appreciate him but I just don't show it enough. I do try but how do you show your appreciation for someone that you love? I try to keep a clean enough house, I try to cook and make things that he enjoys eating, I try to tell him that I love him everyday,  I encourage him to get out of the house and do things that he likes, and I try to make sure that he has clean clothes to wear. But men generally don't care much about a clean house or clean clothes. But I guess that I should keep doing what I am doing and continue to show my love and appreciation the only ways I know how. And hope that he feels the love and can see the love in my eyes when I look at him. What more can a wife do, but love with all her heart.
     Have a good day. Enjoy the ones you love.
 
                                                           April Whitehair

     Good morning. I am up a little later than usual. Well actually I woke up early this morning with a headache, took some headache med and my husband got up and made me a pot of coffee and back to bed I went. My headache is gone now but my head feels a little off. Drinking more coffee and hoping that it doesn't return. My husband went to play golf, he deserves a break from all he does around here, a little time to himself. Hopefully he doesn't get rained out.
     Today's plan is to work on the garden. That is if it doesn't get to hot or rain to much. The tomato plants are getting lots of yellow leaves around the bottom of the plants. Probably from getting to much rain recently. We had to stake two of the banana pepper plants, never had to stake pepper plants before. Like I said to much rain. I have also noticed some white fluffy mold under the cucumber and sunflower plants. Not much I can do for that, we just need some sun without the rain for a few days.
     Short post today. I got lots to do. Hoping to get started before it gets to hot. Have a good day.

                                                                April Whitehair 

Home Sweet Home

     Good morning. Home sweet home. Yes I am finally home from vacation. I did not get a chance to post yesterday morning, it was a busy day with all the driving home. Well actually I didn't drive at all my husband did all the driving. Which I am glad about. There are a lot of crazy drivers out there. The worst thing is cell phone use while driving. Is talking on the phone or texting really that necessary of a thing that you should put your life, your family's lives and your fellow driver's lives in danger? We seen a sickening wreck on the way home yesterday. It actually happened right beside us. A woman changed lanes unexpectedly on the interstate and the old man in that lane could not miss her, though he tried. His car hit hers, hit the median wall, then rolled back across the road and hit the truck in front of us. He was just setting there with his head hanging and he was not moving, I thought he was dead. My husband and I jumped out of our car and ran to him. He came to and was notably lost and confused. All we could do was comfort him with words and tell him to sit still till help arrived. Which help came extremely quickly, there was patrol in the traffic. When we was driving away the woman who changed lanes unexpectedly was standing out side of her car talking on her cell phone, perfectly fine but with the back end of her car smashed. She didn't even go check on that man. It made us so mad because he will be the one who gets blamed for it even though he did nothing wrong. I saw it and I was saying "Wreck, Oh God, Wreck" before it even happened. We was quite shaken for the rest of our drive. I said lots of prayers for that man and us and everyone around us for the rest of the trip home.
     Our vacation was a wonderful escape for both of us. We did a lot of swimming and sunbathing. Though we got very burned it was fun. It was nice to get away and have no worries, no responsibilities. But it was over way to soon and now we are back to our real lives. There is so much to do. A lot of vacation laundry to do. A lot of unpacking. But it will all get done, sooner or later.
     I am so thankful for my sisters for helping out with Mom while we were away. I hope they had a good time with her. But I also hope they got to see some of the things I have to deal with everyday. It is not an easy job to live with and take care of someone with Alzheimer's. It is frustrating and emotionally hard to watch the daily deterioration of a loved one.  My oldest sister and her husband got to spend a couple days with her and they have offered to take her some to give us a break every once and a while. That will be so nice for us. Maybe we can get into having a date night again like we use to.
     While we were on vacation we missed so much stuff at home. Our cats, babies, the most of all. It was so good to see them again. I think I loved on them so much that it drove them crazy. But I think they miss us as well, they seemed happy to see us.
     I also missed my garden while we were gone. Everything has grown. Our bean plants are now taller than both of us. But there will be a lot of work to do in the garden in the next couple of days. A lot of weeding. And hopefully I will be frying up some fried green tomatoes soon.
     Well I better go start the day. I have lots to do. Have a good day.

                                                           April Whitehair 

One Year Anniversary

     Good morning. Yes I am still at the beach. Yesterday we took a break from laying in the sun and went to a movie theater. The Beach Movie Bistro. It was great we watched World War Z in 3D. It was such a good movie. The theater was really nice, you went to your seats and a waitress came by and took your order for popcorn and drinks and just about anything else. They also serve pizza, appetizers, and a lot of other foods. It was awesome. A great time with my husband. And a good break from the sun. The movie was really good and got my prepper thoughts a moving. During the movie my husband whispered to me "you keep on prepping".  I just love him.
     Last night I got one of my migraine headaches, I think from all the excitement of being on vacation and I think the 3D movie didn't help either. So we went to bed early. And was awake early again this morning. No sleeping in for us on vacation. But no headache this morning.
     Today is our one year anniversary. It is nice to be back to where we were a year ago when we got married, to celebrate our anniversary. We eloped last year. Well no one at home knew we were going to do it. But we had planed it for months. But anyways, we have made it a year and I can see us being together for years and years to come.
     I am going to go enjoy my vacation and anniversary. Have a good day.

                                                                            April Whitehair

Beach !

     Good morning. I am still at the beach. We had such a good time yesterday. Went swimming a lot, got a little sunburned, but not to bad. We ate at our favorite pizza place, Chicho's. We talk about it all year and dream of eating their pizza and let me tell you it didn't disappoint. The sauce is a spicy sauce which is so good. We got to see the dolphins again this year. They swim in close to the beach a couple times a day and my husband tries to swim out to them every time. But just isn't quick enough. Our campsite is great, close to beach and bathhouse. The campground that we have stayed at for the past three years is First Landing State Park. It is just north of Virginia Beach. Close enough to go do all the touristy stuff but with a lot less people. The beach is private for the campers. So there isn't many on the beach which is so nice. I can walk out for a long time before the water is over my head, which is nice for kids. We woke up early this morning, around four am and decided to go get coffee and watch the sun rise. Well one thing I can say bad about Virginia Beach area is that nothing opens up till 7am. We had the hardest time finding a cup of coffee. We had to drive quite a ways to find a McDonalds that was open to get coffee. We also wanted sausage gravy and biscuts but the don't serve that at that McDonalds! Really! So we just settled for the coffee and a walk on the beach. We sat on a lifeguard stand and snuggled and watched the sun come up. We still haven't found any breakfast but there is a good looking pancake house that we will go to after it opens at 7.  Well I'm gonna go and enjoy my vacation. I miss my babies, cats, back at home. I cant wait to see them again.

                                                                  April Whitehair

We are at the beach !

     Good morning. We are at the beach!!! We left West Virginia at 3pm yesterday and got to out hotel room a little before midnight. And was walking on beach in the dark, I couldn't wait to see it. It was a long drive. It should have taken us 6 hours and 30 minutes but we were stuck in traffic for road construction on a under water tunnel for about an hour. And thanks to my husbands great driving skills we avoided a head on collision in the mountains of West Virginia. The other driver came into our lane unexpectedly, that was a bit of a scare. But the rest of the drive was good. We decided to stay at a hotel for the night since our reservation for the campsite isn't until tonight. We are staying in Bay Beach Travelodge. It in under $100 for a night. And if you know me you know I am frugal (cheap). The hotel is nice. Bed, tv, fridge, microwave, and everything you can expect from a hotel. I love to get the shampoos and soaps. We walked back down to the beach this morning and took a picture. The hotel is a very short walking distance from the beach. We will remember this place for future beach vacations. Plus a Dunkin' Donuts very close. Anyway I must go enjoy my vacation and my husband. Have a good day.

                                                                              April Whitehair

Last day before vacation.

     Good morning. This is the last morning before we go on vacation. We are so excited. We had to do a last walk through of the garden. I hope they all grow and do ok while we are away. I also hope they get some rain while we are away so that my sisters wont have to worry about watering them. Last night I tied up some more of my tomato plant and recounted the tomatoes and I now have 13! That is more than my husband's plant. But he thinks if he would recount his he would have more. Oh well for right now I am in the lead. Yesterday we had sandwiches for lunch and we were able to put fresh, garden grown lettuce on them. I was the first thing we ate out of the garden and it tasted so good.
     I am so excited to get away. We will be camping, tent camping. We love it. We go to a state park just north of Virginia Beach. It is really nice there. This will make our third year going there. It has all the big city conveniences but with the campground feel. And just a short walk across the boardwalk to the beach. It is a private beach just for the campers that stay at the campground. We will be driving through the night, I want to see the sunrise on the beach in the morning. I think I have everything packed and ready. Mom is ready to go visit with her daughter. And my husband can barely contain his excitement. We will miss our babies, cats, so much. It is so sad to think about not seeing them for four days. I am so worried about them. I know I will cry when we leave. Yes I am a crier, I cry about everything. I hope they have a good time and be safe and are happy to see us when we return.
     As I said yesterday I probably wont post much while away. But you can be sure that there will be lots of stories and pictures when we return to our normal life. Have a good day. I bet I will.

                                                               April Whitehair