Milk

A while ago I wrote a blog about my Uncle Grover and how he drank my brother's milk and then forgot that he had done that. In the past few weeks, I have been going to 2 places in the area that have non-homogenized milk. That just means that there is cream on the top. It's really good in my morning cup of coffee. Then, you just shake it up to get the homogenization going. The milk I have been getting comes in half gallon glass bottles. Is it just my imagination or does milk take better from glass bottles? So with the recent milk trips and my childhood days of drinking that cold creamy white refreshment, I decided to write about milk. Another aspect of this newly acquired treat is that I have been buying whole milk and not 2%. Actually, the whole milk is better for you or so I am told. I have to say, I am enjoying a glass of cold milk sometimes with my dinner and sometimes just with a couple of cookies. I haven't had a glass of milk with my dinner in ages. Growing up, we always had milk with our meals, but as an adult I have been drinking water, tea or a soft drink instead. My husband says he doesn't know if milk is a drink or a food. It's both, if you count ice cream:)
There was a slogan on TV commercials that said, "Milk,it does a body good." I would have to say amen to that. What is the lesson here? Drink milk. If you can get it in the glass return-deposit bottles, even better.

A Georgia-gorous Weekend

This past weekend, my husband and I got to travel to Georgia to see our daughter and son-in-law. Husband and Son-in-law were in the Java Jog on Saturday. They were both signed up to run the 10 K. As it turned out, it was a picture-perfect run morning. No clouds, great temperature and no "humandidity" as my dad called it. A pack of 115 runners set off at 8:32. It was decided that my husband and son-in-law would not try to keep pace with each other. There are hills in Georgia, did you know that? When running, one realizes this fact quickly. Even a slight hill when driving is a big deal when running. We do not like those hills. As it truned out, my husband decided that he had had enough and felt good about just finishig the 5K part of the race. However, my son-in-law, finished the whole 10 K. I would say being over 30 years younger and an Army officer had something to do with his stamina. My husband came in first in his age group. It turned out that he was the oldest runner in this race. My son-in-las also came in first in his age group. Yea, G. and L.!!!!
While the guys were running, my expectant baby girl and I walked around, ate a light snack and watched our guys cross the finish line.
It was great to play tennis with my daughter. There is a single tennis court within walking distance of their home. I hadn't played in so long that I had to be retaught nearly everything.
Another highlight of the weekend was feeling my daughter's belly move as my grandson let me know he was having his workout too.
We had taken the crib with us that our daughters had and G. and L. put it up. It was a cool moment when G. and L. came downstairs to show us the handwrtten instructions that my husband had written 22 years ago as he had packaged up the crib. It was written on March 18, 1989, 22 years to the DAY of our arrival in Georgia!!!!! He had also written a note on the back of the directions saying that his mom had given us the crib and a blessing for the next baby to use it. This is definitely a keeper crib and note! Thank you God for all of your blessings!! Happy spring!!

March 15th

Today is the Ides of March, actually every 15th of the month is the ides, but Julius Ceasar coined the phrase, "beware the ides of March", to convey a sense of not so good things to come. I don't think of the ides of March in a negative way. It's just another day. It's one in which we can say, "This is the day the Lord has made...".
It is also my 100th post! I haven't had much time lately to blog like I did when I first started in blogland. Now, I will blog when something different comes up or when I feel the Spirit move. With 2 Bible Studies, going to the gym 6 days out of 7, being a Mentor Mom for MOPS, walking daily with our friends, checking in on my mom several times a week, and just the day-to-day tasks of life, blogging has become just a fun thing to do when I have a free moment. I enjoy reading my daughter's weekly blog as her pregnanacy progresses. I enjoy reading other people's thoughts and the way they phrase things. On this ides of March, I hope to do all of the above just like any other day. May we each rejoice today and not look at this mid-March date as one that is up to no good. Enjoy all that God has in store for you today and keep looking up!!