A Few Steps Back

I just realized that since I'd taken most of the summer off from blogging, there are still a few things I'd like to share with y'all. Hope you don't mind my doing a little back tracking.

One morning (I mean, afternoon!) after Abby got out of bed, she took a look out our back window and spotted a big, white bird. We had no idea what kind it was, at first.  I was beginning to think we'd discovered some sort of rare breed.  We did some research on the Internet and came to the conclusion that it was a simple white dove.  It acted so strange, though.  It would stand in one spot and flip it's head from side-to-side very rapidly like it was paranoid or something.  Then it turned to the side and I could see that the poor thing was injured.  Looks like it had been shot near it's wing.  It could still fly, but not sure how long it survived.  Kind of broke my heart.

Well, enough of that depressing news!  My birthday was on Aug. 13th.  Now, without uttering the exact number of years I turned, let's just say that I'm creeping ever so closely to the BIG 5-0! Ouch, that hurts to event think about it!  Guess I just need to pull on my big girl panties and suck it up, right?  Anyhow, my hubby makes the best and prettiest birthday cakes for me every year.  Oh, to him, it's serious business!  He won't even allow me to step foot in the kitchen while he's baking! 

See the concentration on his face...

And check out the final result...PERFECTION through and through! So good with a tall glass of ice cold milk!

I had a very nice birthday!  The girls gave me some great gifts and sweet notes. 

Here's Brittany's creative wrapping job...she calls me "Lil Momma".

Abby gave me a peach scented candle and some body scrub from Bath and Body Works...love them both! They smell heavenly! Brittany knows how fascinated I am with Savannah, so she ordered this book for me that contains the stories that are told on the Blue Orb Ghost Tours. It contains a bit of colorful language, which is not my cup of tea, but the stories...oh.my.goodness! Talk about making the hairs on your arms stand straight up!  Not a good book to read before bedtime, that's for sure! 

Chris surprised me with an iPad and I'm completely hooked! I never thought I'd use one, but I don't know how I ever functioned without it. For dinner, we drove over to a little town in South Carolina called Easley and had the best fried catfish dinner (with hushpuppies, of course!) that you've ever put in your mouth! It was so tasty, I think I heard the angels above me rejoicing! :)

Well, you know me...there's still more to tell! See you soon! Have a good one!