Whipped cream made from bananas? Gotta try it!

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Sunday brunchday.

Saturday we woke up to a beautiful day in the bluegrass and thank goodness because we had work to do outside. Both our yard and Granny and Pepaws were looking pitiful due to the drought last summer so thatching and reseeding needed to happen fast. Barry has already thatched our yard earlier in the week so all we had to do was throw down the seed and some Preen (Pepaws idea) :) in the flower beds. With the lawn king, aka Pepaws instructions we bought tall fescue for our yard and theres because it's suppose to be drought tolerant and thick growing.
After our yard was finished we picked up Sarah and headed over to Granny and Pepaws. Pepaw seemed tired but it was so good to see him, hear him laugh, and of course crack a joke or two! We worked raking and then seeding their front yard. We were all three worn out and really don't see how Pepaw had been out there working on it by himself....he apparently thought he was Bruce Willis in Die Hard last week! :) Barry then headed to the UK vs. Florida game, and because I needed to take a shower after yard work, he took Sarah's boyfriend Cody to the game.
Saturday night we were able to catch up with Addie who was in town for a shower being thrown for Alison. We met Alison, John, Addie, and Rob down at the new pizza place on Old Vine for dinner. We had a great visit. Alison is only 6 weeks away from Wood's due date and looking cuter than ever! I'm so happy for them! It was of course fabulous to see Addie and I only wish we lived closer to each other.
Today we woke up and headed back to Broadway Christian church. We really like the new pastor their so far, and have a good feeling about it. We will continue to be thoughtful in prayer and know that God will lead us to making the right decision on a new church home. After church we headed to Alfalfa's for brunch with Sarah and Cody. Our food was delicious of course and Sarah and I made some good giggly fun as usual. We took another look at the beautiful horses on display at the Ann Taylor gallery as well. The rest of our day will be spent running some errands and hopefully watching a movie while it rains outside. :)

Happy Sunday!

Hello Friday!

Came home to begin a two chapter readathon and review for my Methods class.  It turned out o he more grueling than expected ( over 3.5 hours ) Wes Cottongim was in town so Barry was able to go hang out with him for a while.  They had a nice visit together.  
I was able to finish up my work around 9:15 and get a small work out in.  Barry came home with flowers, sushi and a bottle of skinny girl ( I was craving )!   What a Guy!   We are settled down for the evening on our chocolate marshmallow of a couch to watch Secretariat.   
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I got to speak with Sarah, Katie, and Dad today which was nice.  Mom and Dad are on their way to Daytona to set up some things up at their new place.  
Both sets of parents in Florida and here we sit getting ready to go cover up rose bushes to protect them from 24 degrees ......something's not right here.  ;)

Counting my blessings instead of.....sheep.

 

The last 24 hours have been spent relying significantly on Godsupport! Last night about 7:00 I recieved a call from Mom informing me that Pepaw had experienced a light heart attack and was in the ER. Words I didn't know how to react to but had to anyway. She proceeded to say that that from bloodwork done so far all things looked better than worse. Barry and I quickly put shoes on and ran out the door heading to Central Baptist ER. I felt better immediately after seeing Granny and Pepaw. We stayed in the room with them until about 10:00 and were able to meet his cardiologist Dr. Skinner who infomed us he would be staying overnight with a scheduled heart cath in the morning. Pepaw continued to have some chest pain throughout the next 12 hours.
It was tought to head to work, praying for peace for us all is what got me through the day. I called Granny at work to check on things and learned that Mamaw's doctors had called in the family because she was not doing well. I cannot imagine the amount of stress and anxiousness that must have filled Granny today. Cindy and Patty headed up to Ironton to be with Mawmaw while Granny, Chris, Dad, and Barry were at Central Baptist for Pepaws cath.

Good News~ Well, Pepaw did have an artery 90% blocked which required a stint and a few others with partial blockage which will hopefully be fixed with the use of medicine and a healthy diet. This was a scary thing for all of us to go through, but I'm sure everyone will sleep a little easier knowing what we do now. I don't ever like to think about life without a loved one, and this type of situation makes you reflect on those thoughts. My Granny and Pepaw have always had a special place in my life. The relationship we have is strong and greatly cherished. Barry feels the same way about them, and this moment will defintely be used as a reminder from God to love, and let that love be known to everyone we hold dear to us. Mawmaw seemed to be doing better today as well. Reports came back good from Jerry and Jim so we just pray for continued healing, comfort, and peace for her. We are blessed!

Crafty crafts.

Tonight I decided to get some crafting on.  I've had felt to use forever and wanted to make some flowers.  I sewed a couple together to attach to a pin and the other one to a hat I bought.   I like the look but might increase the size.

Last Sunday Barry lost his phone at Kroger ......unfortunately it was found by someone who made 48 mins of calls to Honduras ;)    So we had to have his phone canceled.   Keeping with our latest Apple trend, today he went to get an iPhone.   Its really cute and basically just a mini iPad!   So here we sit watching Anthony Bourdain eat and drink his way through the Carribean , while I make flowers and Barry downloads apps!   :)

Yummy Sunday night!

Barry and I came home tonight after our trip from Ironton and the grocery store to have a great meal.  I made up a pasta dish with steamed muscles in a tomato garlic sauce, oh and some cured dandelion buds made by Sarah and given to us in Florence, Italia!  It was delicious!   We also did a tasting of a wine sent com Sangiovagne Italy ( which we have been to! ) from the wine club Barry got me for Christmas.  Its a very nice Merlot Sangiovese with cherry flavors.   We got to put the aerator Mom let us have to good use!   
Now we have a fire going and a warm little puppy ready to watch a movie.   Happy President's Day Eve!

Our weekend thus far.....

Friday night we went downtown for the gallery hop.  Sarah had some work in the place next to Natasha's.   We met cute lil pregnant Jennifer and Brian and ended up @ two other galleries.   The Ann tower gal had all the lil ponies so Barry was able to see the one our kids at Southern had done.  We walked around enjoying the nice February weather and ended up at Natasha's for dinner.  I had skate fish or sting ray for the first time.    It was sooooo delish!  Tasted like scallops but more buttery in flavor.   Yummo!  We also tried lobster corn dogs which were super good.   
Yesterday we spent a ton of time working on computers yuck!   Can't figure out this apple thing!   I had a massage at noon and then stopped to see Pepaw. We had a good visit.  Granny and Cindy were in ironton because Mamaw is not doing well.  Barry spent the afternoon raking our yard getting the grass ready to seed.  We went to the UK S. Carolina game and watched Miller have a killer game!  They looked better than they had in a long time.   We got home and I spent about 4 hours screaming at computers and doing grad work.   Barry made us a cute lil fire outside and we had paella from vday.   Good times!   
We're now headed to Ironton with Sarah to see Mawmaw as she's in ICU.  Hoping she's doing better today.