Wet Wednesday in January

Wet Wednesday

Hope everyone is having a good week; if you’re in the Houston Texas area you’re having a wet rainy week. Praise God for the rain as we really need it even if it’s makes for bad driving conditions, wet stinky doggies as they come inside and oh let’s not forget the dirty floors. I hear we may have some sunshine for a couple of days then rain again however no one should complain as we really need the liquid sunshine. The other good thing is that it gives you time to work on some crafts and catch up on some reading. I have been doing a little of both. Working on a baby shower and bridal shower for this month and next it’s exciting to be able to give young people little things like showers that will make their lives a little easier but more than that make them smile with happiness.

I am also reading a great book that Trey and Lauren gave me for Christmas and it’s really good. I sure some of you have read it the name of it is Heaven is for Real. By Todd Burpo I just started it and with work, crafting and house work I am halfway through which for me is really good. I like to read but seem to always be doing something else then when its bed time I start to read and sleep city here I come.

Wanted to tell you about a birthday party I did back in December, it was for a little boy turning 2. He loves Toy Story as all other little kids and that was the theme of the party. I did him a candy buffet and he was so excited when he seen all the candy and toys in the buffet as well as the other children and might I add the adults. I took some pictures and wanted to share with you, hope you enjoy.

Stay dry the rest of the week and always remember I love you to the moon and Back !!!!!!!!!!

Cotton Bowl Weekend

Sorry it’s been a few days since I last blogged. We have been a bit busy getting my hubby to leave on a job for 4-8 weeks. It’s like moving him but with just his clothes. The poor man doesn’t have that many to begin with or at least that is what I thought until we started packing. He is so stubborn he thinks he can take everything in 1 suitcase. We are not through so we shall see. It’s going to be different with him gone as I have not been alone for that long since 8-22-1984. With us being empty nesters I am going to have to find things to keep me busy or I may go crazy. I will be flying out to see him at one point and in between I will be working on a baby shower for a sweet dear friend’s daughter Lauren and a bridal shower for my God Daughter Lauren. Just a thought Lauren was a popular name back in the 80’s as I have a daughter n law Lauren, 2 friends with daughters name Lauren and then my God Daughter. Guess I might have to # them to keep track.

However before we worked and were lazy this weekend watching the Texas and the rain we went to Aggie land aka The Hayes Family in Willis. My God Daughter went to Texas A&M as well as her finance and her dad Rick is a big Sooner Fan with all his brothers so you can only imagine how the night began.  Since I didn’t go to school there but both Lauren my Son Trey love the Aggies I usually hope they win. So from Kingwood to Willis Larry and I stopped and searched for an A&M shirt to surprise Lauren with and can you believe we never found one. I was not a happy camper and neither was Larry for having to stop so much. Guess he really loves me after all, so I went in my Rockets gear because I do LOVE my Rockets. We had such a good time with them and their friends Kelly and Darren, the food and drinks were great even though we had no clue how to make a frozen daiquiri or pina colada. But put 3 Aggies together and man do they come out Great. Before you think I thought she was a Christian and she is drinking  well “Yes” we are all Christian and as 1 of the men informed us the Rum goes in the drink; guess we didn’t use what we were supposed to use so can we say almost virgin drinks. This was all fun however there was a Bet made between Rick and Debbie made before we all got there. Rick bet Debbie that if the Aggies lost she would jump in their pool and Rick would jump if the Sooners lost. Remember we live in Texas and even though we don’t get snow it does get cold. The outside temp was about 42 degrees and Rick said the pool 50 degrees. So to this Texas girl that’s cold and I would not want to be the one to lose. If you watch the news’s you should already know who had to jump in the cold pool water and it was not an Aggie. It was a blast to egg it on as Rick was not really happy at all that his Sooner’s lost. Let me set the record straight he does like the Aggies just not when they play the Sooners. They were season ticket holders while Lauren was in school. We videotaped it and took pictures and below are some of them. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did taking them!!!

Love you all to the moon and back.

 All of us after Rick Jump in the Pool.






Rick not happy the Sooner"s are loosing the game.

Rick Fixing to Jump!!!!!!! COLD









 
 
Rick coming out of the COLD water and it was not a nice
word coming from his mouth either. LOL it's OK it was not that bad.                                          

He is out of the water and after a nice hot shower he finally got the Right Shirt On. 

Texas Tea

This Texas Girl is proud of herself, I have been drinking sweet tea for oh so long and I decided the first step to help lose weight is to start drinking it UN sweet tea. Guess what 2 days and no sweet tea but I have to say thank you Jesus for sweet n low or this born and raised Texan would be in trouble. Sound like a little thing however I really think it’s like being and addict on drugs. I gave up Dr. Pepper in 2007 and that was horrible the headaches were rough. With tea no headache but a little jittery from no sugar today with this eating right and walking I am going to get this weight off. I am going to take this 1 step at a time. To keep my mind off of it I did a little sewing tonight working on a tooth fairy pillow for my G-man once it’s done I will share it, only if it turns out ok. Also have some Christmas Pictures of a candy bouquet I made for a Company and treat bags for their workers. However I deleted them by accident off my camera so I am going to try and send the ones off my phone to my email so I can save them and upload them.

Wish me luck. Hope everyone is having a great week!!!

Love you all to the moon and back

2013 Positive Thoughts

As today brings in a New Year I am going to start this year with positive and happy thought. This will now be about all the fun I have working on my Candy Creations and Planning Events as well as some fun things about my life I may want to share.

I believe I finally have realized that I don’t have to talk about my sweet girl every day and only live to think of her to keep her alive in me. Another mom who lost her son helped me to realize this and I thank her so very much (Carla) you’re an amazing friend even if you live in Oklahoma J Love you girl. So on this day I pledge to begin living a fun filled happy life to the best of my ability. I do believe now that is what Melissa would have wanted  me and my family to do, will we  still have sad days Yes however we have to live and not dwell in the past and can do all this with the help of God .

The only thing I will be doing for Melissa is work on creating a Foundation that will help pass laws on Road Rage & try to Raise Money for other vitcims families  that may need help or for scholarships for young women that are at risk of not attending  college as that is what Melissa would have wanted. I have been thinking about this for a while now and have come up with a name and hopefully it will be P.A.R.R. which would stand for People Against Road Rage. I have no clue how to do this but will keep you posted once it gets started.
Love you all to the Moon and Back

Cindy

Moving On

Since I last blogged I have been busy as Melissa big brother married a wonderful young Woman Lauren and her son Gavin. I became a mother n law and Nana all in one day. It was amazing and such a beautiful wedding and we are all very very Happy. I was also laid off from my job at Maersk in March and had my knee replaced 3 days after the wedding. Yes it has been very rough the past 2 months but as of today I do know that it was all worth it as I can go shopping and walk in heals with out my knee brace.
I have taken up sewing after more than 34 years and loving every minute of it making all kinds of goodies for my friends and family. I will be looking for a new job and with that a start fresh; when I started this blog it was very helpful however now I feel that it is no longer needed as I have grown in so many way with the help of family,friends but more than anyone our Lord and Savior God he has gotten where I am today. Happy, Health and ready to start a new chapter in this game of life. What job will I get only he know however he has never shut one door without opening a bigger and better one. And when that comes along I will let you know. I still have my Sweet and Sassy Candy Buffet and Events so if you need a small Birthday gift or a Buffet please visit us on face book or send me a message.
I am really excited to see where I am going and hope you will all come along with me. I am going to change the name of the blog to Sweet and Sassy so look for me there.
LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK
Cindy

I made it.

Saturday night after Thanksgiving and we are setting home doing nothing does this mean we are getting older? Hope not because I don’t want to think of myself as getting old, I like to think of the saying you’re only as old as you feel.

We made it through Thanksgiving with just a few tears of Melissa not being with us. We put the fresh flowers on her gravesite and that was hard but Larry and I pulled it together to have a nice dinner with Trey, Lauren, Gavin and Diana (Lauren mom). Trey had to work that morning so we had a later lunch early dinner. We had our menu all planned between me and Diana then Trey calls and tells us what he was bringing. OMG so much food we could have feed a small army and had left overs. The food was amazingly good and we all ate too much and then regretted it. Our little Gavin found out he like Brussel Sprouts he even ask for 2^nd. Now our desserts were even more amazing way too many but they were great and still have left overs. Trey made Sangria and it was REALLY good, yes I had a class well actually 3 or 4. Maybe that is why it was such a good day? No just kidding I was not drunk but I had Trey a little worried on the 3^rd glass but I was adding tea and that made it not as strong.
Lauren, Diana, Larry and I played cards (spades) not really sure who won just found out that Lauren does not like to lose. Will have to remember that one and remind Trey. LOL He was watching football and Gavin while we played. Then A&M and Texas game came on so the card game stopped. A divided house is what Trey and Lauren will be; now that could be interesting.
The next 2 days have been spent getting car and truck worked on; getting blood work done that should have been done weeks ago. Then shopping for my new great niece and nephew for Christmas and a couple of things for Gavin. Both Stefanie and Katie had babies this month Stefanie had a baby girl and named her Caylee Ann and Katie had a baby boy name Kyler Lee. I have not been able to see either one of them as Stefanie lives in OK and Katie here in Texas but this weekend was just a bit too much to handle going to see a new baby when missing Melissa and knowing I would never get to hold a grandbaby from her. That is very painful and I don’t want to make Katie or anyone feel bad when this is a very happy time for them. I will get there but in a couple of weeks. Caylee might not get to see her until Trey wedding. (Sad face)
Today I never left the house however I made a big step towards healing and put up our Christmas tree and decorated my tables and put out some of my snowmen and women. The tree has no ornaments yet just up with the lights. Melissa always put them on and last year Trey and Lauren did it. But they’re not here they are at the deer lease so this year it may just get ribbons and bow.  
I know I am still not in a good place with Melissa gone but I know I am getting there. I just have to get through Christmas then I will be really focusing in on getting things done for Trey’s wedding along with getting my resume all ready to begin sending out. March 30, 2012 will be here before I know it and will be without a job and then the wedding not a month later so a lot will be going on that will keep me busy which is what I need along with God and a lot of prayers.

Snowman w/year on them

My breakfast table

My Formal Dinning Room

Just a few of my snowmen and women

With the light off to show how the one lights up

My tree with no ornaments

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas.

I Love You all to the Moon and Back !!!!!!

Another Holiday without our baby girl.

It is 10:00pm the night before Thanksgiving and I have no desire to do anything pertaining to Thanksgiving. I did get the fruit salad made, dessert ready, and fixing to help Larry get the turkey ready to go in the smoker. But really I could care less, the only thing I want to do is sleep but I know that is not health for me. So I am pushing myself to do things to try and keep my mind off of know that we will be missing my precious sweet Melissa again this year and the next and next. We won’t ever have her for the Holidays or special events like her big brother’s wedding coming up. She would be so happy for him as she loved Lauren and Gavin. She already wanted to spoil him rotten before she was taken from us. I keep thinking how much Gavin would have loved his Aunt Melissa and I want him to know about her but how do I tell a 4 year old about her. Since I have no clue how to I guess we will wait till he is older and can understand what a special person she was and tell him about the first time she meet him and gave him ice cream even though he didn’t eat his dinner. She kept him entertained while we all visited with one another.  She would have been proud to see Jon made friends with him as well.

I will go visit her tomorrow but not where I would ever want to visit her. Someone ask me today why I would want to put myself through getting upset on Thanksgiving. My reply was “You must have never lost a child or you would not be asking me that. As I then told her I will be upset regardless at least this way I can brighten her headstone with pretty flowers and know she is watching from above thinking my mom really loves me.” Then I turned and walked away because what I really wanted to say was not something a Christian would say. Plus why would I do something that would make God sad when it is him who has helped me get through this horrible storm.

I have to get myself together for Trey, Larry, Lauren and my little Gavin as he cannot see his Nana upset. So as I am going to bed now I am going to pray hard for God to get me through my 2^nd Holiday without our girl.

Melissa I know you’re watching and know that we love you but I have to say it anyway

I love you to the moon and back as well as all my other family and friends.