Remember Me?

I'm back! I'm glad to be over the past 2 weeks. It sucks when the only time you see family is for funerals and weddings. Hubby is doing good as can be. However his grandfather is still so very sad. He told me the day of the funeral, " I just buried my best friend of 56 years. I don't know what I'm going to do without her. I miss her already."

I felt so sad for him. 

Death is not something you want to think about, but it's inevitable.

My mother-in-law said she went to his house this week, and he 

was taking a nap on her side of the bed. Just breaks my heart!

Hubby on the right with his "pops" and cousin.

The day before the funeral was the wake, which was at the funeral home.

Two of the family members, one being her brother & the other being her nephew,

opted to speak.

OMG.

They were drunk. 

I was SO embarrassed for them. My hubby was so mad.

We understood they were trying to lighten the mood, and tell funny stories,

but to be drunk? Come on now!

So I had to encourage the husband to go speak to try and get things back on track.

At least for his grandfather's sake who wasn't laughing at all.

 Thankfully he did, and got things back in order.

Everyone grieves differently so...I guess I'll leave it at that!

 

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Time for me to catch up on all your blogs!

Rough Weekend

It has been a ROUGH memorial day weekend for us. 

It started Thursday with a trip to the ER for me. 

I thought I was having a miscarriage (based on past experience).

But thankfully I wasn't pregnant, it wasn't a miscarriage, instead it was 

"Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding."

In layman's terms, "One HELL of a period."

And that's putting it lightly.

So I spent my 5 day weekend on a recliner in pain.

MINUS the wedding I had to shoot Saturday, with the help of lots of pain meds.

 It was rough, but I got through it.

Hubby actually went to Atlanta for the weekend.

He typically goes every memorial day for the annual Caribbean Carnival (LWLH, your hubby would love this festival) and for one of his friend's birthdays. He felt so bad leaving me, but I told him I had good drugs so I'd be fine. 

He was back bright & early Sunday though and by then I was feeling much better.

And then MONDAY came.

We got a call from his mom to go to the hospital because his grandmother was not doing too good.

She was on her way to her daily dialysis and "fell asleep" in the car.

When his aunt pulled up to the center and tried to wake her up, she was unresponsive.

They rushed her to the hospital but it was too late.

She died.

Everyone is at peace knowing that she isn't in pain and isn't suffering anymore.

But the worst part is seeing his grandfather cry.

This August would have been 56 years of marriage!

So for the next few days they'll be planning the funeral and I volunteered to do the funeral programs. 

I've been looking online and on Etsy (which surprisingly Etsy had nothing).

If yall know of any good websites let me know.

Cruisin!

Hubby &  I bought new bikes today so we can step up this get healthy thing! I chose a cruiser & hubs chose a mountain bike ( I think). 

Here's my new Schwinn!

I love it!

 We rode 5 miles today and we were POOPED!

I was inspired by reading THIS blog to get a bike.

I've been a reader for a while & her weight loss journey has been amazing!

And her pink hello kitty cruiser is FABULOUS!

Bills, Bills, Bills

Not the song by Destiny's Child...

I'm referring to those pesky statements that NEVER get lost in the mail & ALWAYS arrive on time. I DREAM of being debt free.

I tell ya, sometimes I wish I could have lived at home forever with no debt.

But, I guess that's a part of growing up.

I am so anal about paying everything on time.

But what I dislike is when the statement says, "if you pay the minimum payment it will take you 20 years and cost you $10k. But if you pay 3 times this, it will only take you 3 years and will cost you $2k." I really want to pay the triple amount but between saving for Hawaii  & Vegas we can't.

Priorities...I know! Don't judge!

Tonight I paid one card completely off and this week I will pay another completely off. 

And next month will be our last payment on hubby's truck! 

WAHOOO! 3 steps closer to being debt free!

What tips or things have you all done to become debt free (or working to be debt free)?

Bebe

I got my new camera in & Bebe has been my model this week...

A few outdoor shots first!

Bebe laughing at my jokes.

Bebe's pretty smile :)

Some indoor shots.

Bebe wasn't in the mood to smile anymore apparently.

She looks like she wants to say, "Take the damn picture already!" lol

 Profile shot

Her guilty look.

No more pictures!!

And then a random shot of my neighbor!

 

Hello Gorgeous!

I've missed yall! I haven't read any blogs in a few weeks again so I'll be catching up today.

I haven't had anything to really blog about. I have to start blogging for myself instead of for an audience because it hinders me from writing every day. 

Anyways, as you know we went to see Kevin Hart a few weeks ago and he was hilarious!

It was definitely a great show.

Afterwards a huge group of us went to TGIF for dinner & drinks.

Hubby & I getting ready to head out to see Kevin Hart. 

(hubby says I always pose like a power ranger: hand on hip LOL!)

Of course I had to get my hair & make up done.

I love this dress I found on sale at Macy's for $25!

I also finally broke down & upgraded my camera. My new Canon Mark II should be arriving today! I can't wait to try it out at a wedding this weekend!

And this week is our employee appreciation week!

Our company is really good with the gifts and giveaways.

This year we all (5000+ employees) got a watch.

I also won free passes to a play & ice skating.

We also had a family event day last weekend & this weekend.

And this Friday we all go to our local civic center for a huge celebration!

Chocolate Banana Parfait

The other day I made chocolate banana parfaits...recipe from Dworianyn Love Nest!

It was SOOOO good...but...

The greedy side of me put this in one large glass versus smaller glasses as seen on her blog.

And it was waaaay too much for one person.

Hubby & I had to share, LOL!

Other than that it was great and very easy to make.

You must check out her recipes section of the blog!

Lots of amazing recipes!