Good morning, girls!
It’s early morning as I start this “Daily Dime, 03.2018” from the airport in Lexington, Kentucky. Waiting to board the plane for home. Yes, those are tears you see in my eyes. Hate leaving my mama; she turns 91 next week. But had such a good visit. Blessed to have her around for another birthday.
Going to vary a bit from the usual “Daily Dime” formula, sharing 10 photos from my 4 day visit rather than from a single day in my life. Thank you for indulging me. Joining Kristen at Taz and Belly for this series.
Daily Dime, 03.2018
12:30 am, 03.09.2018
- Arrived in Kentucky at 10:00 pm on 03.09; my brother was at the airport to meet me. My sister arrived an hour later. When we got ready for bed about midnight, Valerie realized she’d picked up the wrong suitcase at baggage claim. With the airport closed til morning, there wasn’t much we could do. And as she needed contact lens supplies before she could sleep, with no car available to us at that hour, we bundled up in my mom’s winter coats and rain bonnets for the snowy .7 mile trek to Walgreen’s. Here we are in the security camera of the store. Trust me, you should be grateful the photo is small and blurry.
9:00 am, 03.10.2018
- After our escapades the evening before, my sister and I slept in a bit before going down to breakfast with my mom in the dining room at her retirement community.
Evening, 03.10.2018
- Birthday dinner for Mom at O’Charlie’s with Valerie, Kevin and my nephew Jacob. Followed by 8 rounds of Bingo, where I won once, my brother won three times and my mom won the big coverall prize. Finished up the evening with a beer at Bar Louie where we met my brother’s girlfriend LeeAnn.
Noon, 03.10.2018
- Brunch with some of my favorite 90 year-olds and a pretty great 57 year-old, too. Can you pick out my mom? Would love to have you take a moment to read more about why her 91st birthday is a miracle, in a post from this time last year, here.
Early morning, 03.11.2018
- After the birthday festivities, worked on my “10 Spring Cleaning Tips” post until after 1:00 am. When I looked up from my laptop and out the large picture window in my mom’s living room, I was delighted to see a mini-blizzard of feathery snowflakes falling. Woke up again at 4:30 am to check the snow and it was still falling.
- Awoke in the morning to a winter wonderland.
11:00-1:00 pm, 03.12.2018
- Once the sun came out and turned the roads to slush, Valerie and I ventured to nearby Georgetown, Kentucky for scrapbook paper and lunch.
2:00 pm, 03.12.2018
- Queen for a Day at Sugarboo at the Summit. Loved this crown. The store is as fun as its name.
9:00 am, 03.13.2018
- Time to open presents. Although Mom’s birthday is the first day of spring, she opened her gifts today so we could return or exchange anything we needed to. Luckily everything worked!
8:00 pm, 03.13.2018
- Scrapbook page in progress. I did straighten up the things that were crooked!! Hard to see what you’re doing sprawled on the floor. This was the bed and breakfast where we stayed in Bertchesgaden, Germany in October.
6:00 am, 03.14.2018
- Winging my way back home. The sunrise on our approach from Lexington to DFW. Can you see the sliver of moon still out in the eastern skies? Sleepy, sad to leave my mom not knowing when I will see her again. But we had a very good visit. Looking forward to a nap this afternoon with my kitties beside me. Back home in my very own bed.
Happy to report that I have begun transitioning into two shoes! Wearing the boot for the flight home lest I get trampled deboarding the plane by all the folks anxious to be home to El Paso. But so far, so good. Going to try a little bit of walking on the treadmill again later today. Thanks to all of you for your well wishes and support on my road to healing.
Your Turn
How would your “Daily Dime, 03.2018″ look? If you were to share photos of the last few days in your life, what would they show? While my photos are not examples of exceptional photography, I hope they reflect some of the love my family shares.
Will be jetting off to Albuquerque for Lucia’s second birthday this weekend. Going to drive and take my kitties with. Should be memorable for several reasons. Then it’s time for spring cleaning. Going to be purchasing some of the spring cleaning tools I mentioned in this post, but don’t have in my arsenal already. Now that my foot is mended, I need to get after this house. And on 03.21.2018, on my mom’s official birthday, we will be revealing our spring bucket and activity lists. Would love to have you join us. If you blog, link-up and if you don’t, you can just leave your list in a comment that day.
Thank you for your readership and friendship! Hope you will come back by again soon.
Hugs and kisses,
Whitney @ Whitney à la mode
Aww! What a lovely trip to visit family! And you got yourself a winter wonderland…right at the end of winter! I keep planning on doing a “Day in the life” post but I keep putting it off. I WILL do it within the next few months!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Oh, Whitney, what a winter wonderland it was. Good thing we have moved from having to use rolls of film to take pictures, ha! I would have spent a month’s paycheck on film that day. Love me some snow.
Yes, do a Day in the Life post. Would love to see one with pics of your school and classroom!!
Daenel T.
Happy birthday to your mom! I’m so happy that you and your family got to spend some time with her. I know it made her heart happy.
The snapshot of y’all in the security camera made me giggle — I’ve always wanted to take that picture but have been to nervous. LOL
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Wasn’t that snapshot from the security camera something else? My mom got a lot of good mileage from that photo and telling the story of my sister and me out in the ‘blizzard’ at midnight to get contact solution. We had the retirement community laughing at our adventures.
Thank you for your birthday wishes for my mama. We have had such a difficult road with her over the past seven years. Never thought we would be able to celebrate these latest birthdays with her. Thankful to God for holding her close and helping us through.
Laura
This looks like a fun-filled trip! I love your scrapbook page! I don’t scrapbook elaborately like that, but I do like to get my photos into a book. I’m only 4 years behind now! Amazing what having kids does to your free time-as in they take it all and then some! Haha! But they are so worth it!! Hope you have a great weekend!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Oh, girl, I am so far behind in my scrapbooking. Oh, my. But I have decided to give myself some mercy. I am doing pages that I want to do rather than struggling to go in chronological order, which, at one time was so important to me. So, I have been scrapping holidays. And need to scrap Lucia’s birth. And some family vacations. Working on our trip to Germany from October now. But have so many other vacations, holidays and special moments from years ago that still need to be saved. Thank you so much for your sweet words. I love scrapping.
jodie filogomo
I say let the house go—–cleaning is overrated…haha!!
What a fun time you had and fabulous visit!!
XOXO
Jodie
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Leslie Roberts Clingan
You are so right!! I have come such a long way (thanks to good meds) from the OCD housekeeper I was when my daughters were young. We are talking mopping everyday, vacuuming daily, lining up the Barbie shoes in the Barbie house everyday. Thank goodness for Fluvoxamine!!
My Kentucky visit was wonderful. Wonderful. And the snow was icing on the cake.
Debs
What a great trip! Love how they organised for you to have a fantastic snowfall while you were there 😉
Your mum looks great for 91 – my mother in law is the same age and certainly looks much more frail. Hope she had a great birthday!
amy
It looks and sounds like such a wonderful visit. So funny about the suitcase. Every time I travel someone tries to keep my suitcase.
Lysha
Looks like such a fun day! I just can’t get over all the snow that some parts of the country are having this year. I sure hope it slows down before we fly up to Boston in a couple weeks.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
We want to fly to Boston, too! In a month or so. If all the stars align. I haven’t been back since we moved away from Brookline in 1968.
Hasn’t this snow been crazy? And we had 88* sunshine yesterday in El Paso. I will take that any day.