Stuff That Makes Us Hillarys: 'It's a bunddttt cake"

...in the beginning...

We are the Hillary family. I can't actually claim all of us to be Hillarys, we've meshed with the Stimpsons, the Doxstaders, the Merrimans, and the Lowreys - but the more you hang around us the more we kind of rub off on you, and poof - you become a Hillary. Which, after reading some of the things that we do might sound like a pretty frightening thing. The disclaimer is that I cannot embarrass any of my children, and I promised. Then I uncrossed my fingers. We love the following people in our family.... Del & Nicole, Matt & Bethany & Drew, Em, and the Noahman Ashley & Mike and Baby Mackadamia and soon to be..., Mandy & Ryan, J-man and Dimples, and Ryan and Katie - yes we own two Ryans! Not pictured: Zoey the German Shephard, Opi the newly adopted puppy, BG & Baby Red the Macaws (the latter two Zoey would eat if put in the same picture). Welcome to our Blog. Don't take us too seriously.... life is meant to have a never ending, bottomless tub of buttered popcorn and laughter.

Friday, November 5, 2010

'It's a bunddttt cake"

So you know on those tear off calendars where you have the cutzie little thought and the date - and then you rip it off and the next day is there. When you get to Saturday and Sunday - it's a combined page...? I'm combining my gratitude page - to read Thurs/Fri...

Yesterday on the Thurs part of Thurs/Fri - Mandy and I kept each other company in the car during her lunch hour, laughing and talking over a 5 buck pizza and left over root beer from the Halloween festivities. Sweet wigglin' belly was there also, he likes his Grandma. It's fun talking to that Mandy Girl... I remember having that much energy and excitement about life.

Yesterday, in the afternoon part of Thurs/Fri I received a package from my cute daughter in law Bethany with some GRANDBABY pictures.... dang - all of you just eat your hearts out - I win. Ashley was on a business trip to their friendly state and she made sure that Andy said, "I love you Nanna!" a couple of times on the phone to me - he says that like a pro. Made my day.

Last night, in the latter part of Thurs/Fri, my cute neighbor Joni brought me a bundt cake from 'Nothing Bundt Cakes. I was trying to make her day - but she turned it around and made my day - Thankful for cute skinny running amazing friends... and her spirit, and her friendship, and her time spent on little old me yesterday.

Today - on the Friday part of Thurs/Fri I hit a wall. Not with the car or the bike or heaven forbid the Harley... just emotionally. So I'm just pluggin' my gratitude for the power of prayer. I feel SO bad that he has to listen to me go on and on and on and on.... and then on again. But he knew this day was coming and he was ready for me to come on bended knee. Did he answer all of my questions? No - but that's the beauty of it - I put it out there to him with all the faith I have in him... and then I wait, and trust, and work towards my goals, and realize that all around me he in answering my pleas in his own way and time. I wonder what kind of Bundt cake he would like me to send to him? Something heavenly for sure. Today - I'm grateful for Thur/Fri and that hopefully I'll see a better Sat/Sun.