Vacation Days

On vacation this week. Should have been an exciting time but somehow I managed to pull or strain a muscle in my back so I am slowed down a bit. Maybe I'm supposed to pamper me. Stay home do my nails. I am thinking of going to the salon and having my hair cut and colored.
My hair has gone so blah, I colored it at home about a month ago. It's okay but not what I wanted. Surely I can sit while the stylist does my hair and it won't be to agonizing.

Before my back injury Tony and I had helped the girls move into a new apartment off 6th street.
Very cute! They're still fixing it up.

Oh my gosh! Forgot to tell you all Stacy found out she's pregnant!!! I'm gonna be a grandma! She was not trying, and she and Curtis had already broke up when she found out. They are both doing well with the news. Curtis is very concerned and excited. Even though he did not plan on having more children right now, (he has one son Payton, who's adorable). He will be a great dad. Stacy had been using contraceptives before she went to the hospital in January, but I think she'd had so much trouble with her body and the diabetes she actually thought she could not get pregnant.
Hello! She is a young 22 year old woman, it can happen if you don't use protection.
She is taking care of herself eating right and making all her appointments to see the doctor. She goes to a special clinic that deals with diabetic women and pregnancy. It is located in Springdale, Arkansas about 20 miles from Fayetteville. This gives me great comfort as it is hard for healthy women to make it to term with a baby. Stacy coming out of a very unhealthy situation in January and now pregnant is a lot for her body to do. Leave it to my baby girl to challenge fate.
We pray for the best, and that God will put his blessing on this child, even though it was not concieved in a holy union I pray this will be a blessing for her. We are excited!!

So my first few days of my vacation and the Memorial weekend went as follows-- Saturday was my nephew Marcus's birthday. It was held at Durham gymnastics. This is a great place for a child's birthday, located in Springdale it has thick spongy mats everywhere!! Two big trampolines. Balance beams and uneven paralell bars, the kids were everywhere, doing everything. One of my favorites was the foam pit. Basically a deep pit with big pieces of foam, surrounded by thick mats around the walls. The kids would run down and springboard into the pit,these kids loved it. Lots of family there my brother and cousins, my nephew Brian's wife Amber and the girls. Our family is so wonderful I love them all. Saturday evening we had dinner at the girls apartment. A friend gave them a rack of ribs he had cooked for a house warming gift, ummmmm! They were delicious! We had a great time, wonderful fellowship, a true blessing. Sunday (the day my back went out), Denise, Robbie and I went to church at newheights which is held at the Boys and Girls club in Fayetteville. I love this ministry, teaching directly from God's scripture. Using the bible and its words to teach Gods word.
Denise has found a need in her heart to know God and his word. Feeling blessed that she wanted to learn and know God gave me such a wonderful feeling. Robbie had been to newheights, some of his friends go there, so he suggested it. We have enjoyed each Sunday there so far, I have not been attending church as I had in the past and was feeling disappointed in myself to have strayed. I am a true believer in God and his mighty word. I pray all can know God and seek a fellowship to praise God.

After church we went to lunch at Louies a great little Italian resturaunt and bar that opened up in town recently. It was recommended to me for great pizza, and I was not disappointed. Great wait staff, the sweetest young lady took our order and checked on us to make sure we had everything we needed. The pizza was fantastic we had a combo of the Margherita and the Barbecue chicken oh was so good!
One of Denise's friends came in and we invited him to join us. He had ordered a burger. When his plate came out it was huge, what a burger. If you like food whatever it might be Louies is the place for sure.

Tony had decided to work on the carpet while I was gone. The carpet in my house is the original from when we moved in back in "92"! Old is a good word for it. This stuff has been cleaned personally and professionally so many times. So here Tony is spot cleaning and vacuuming this thing again. He went to vacuum our bedroom and the vacuum went out. So we went out to shop for a new one and that's when my back started hurting me. Oh well this to shall pass. We found the vacuum we want but the store was out so we have to go back on Wednesday.

Yesterday, Memorial Day, spent most of the day at home since my back was shot. But as the day went on I felt like Tony deserved some time out since it was his day off. So we decided to go for a drive. First of all though he wanted to drop off Stacy's shoe rack she left at our house, so we did that.

Tony and I enjoy our drives, whether around town or around Arkansas. The drives to the lake are the best of all. We do love the lake and someday want to move there. I did think last year we seriously were going to buy a home and move there. Tony has talked about this for years but seemed to drag his feet when I got involved in looking for a place. Suzette Manen was helping sending me info on great places, she is wonderful and if you need a realtor she is great. She is currently pregnant, expecting, she is very excited as she should be. She also has a blog you should check out she is a blessed women with a sweet husband and family. She helped my son find his rental home a year ago, a wonderful lady. While we were out Tony got a call from Stacy who invited us back to her place for burgers and hot dogs. We accepted, grandpa Harold was back in town so she called and invited him also. For dessert we had watermelon, the first I've had this year and it was so good. We watched a movie Stacy had then headed home it was another great day. Even with a bad back I still had a great time. I love my life, my family, my friends, they are the best, I am so blessed. May you be so blessed in your life! Love to all! Debra