I will remember

Isn't the passage of time something that is amazing, and yet frightening as well??

I was not able to attend remembrance day ceremonies today as I came down with another cold!! However while I watched the bag pipes played and the wreaths laid, I came to realize quite sadly that the time of the great war, the war to end all wars has almost passed. There are two Veterans, one Canadian (106 years old) and one British (112 years old). Their time is almost done here on this earth, and while we all try to remember the fallen, those that have laid down their lives for us, the actual physical memories are almost gone....Only TWO people....really remember the great war.

I wonder how they felt when the 2nd world war broke out....

Korea....

Vietnam.....

Afghanistan.....

I wonder if they think this was all for nothing??

I know that the stories will be passed down, I will try to keep my end of that bargain, but when will we forget?....Us humans have a way of forgetting. My Grandfather was in the British navy in the second world war, he has also gone now, but I do still have some stories of him to pass down.

I was stirred to sobbing tears when the 112 year old gentleman tried to rise out of his wheel chair to show his respect for the fallen....he couldn't make it up.

Let us never forget the sacrifices made by those brave soldiers for our country. Whether we believe war is right or wrong...whether we disagree with the politics of war, the senselessness (is that a word) of the innocent dying, what ever we believe, we must never forget the troops out there, those that aren't coming home and those that will..........

Christmas is coming

When do you all decorate for Christmas??

What is too early??

Ahhh the weekend is over.....

Oh, Okay...here I am....sorry for the absence. I don't know why I haven't been able to find time to blog, I guess just life. I have also been "spring" cleaning my house, and going through ALL my cupboards and such....which has been taking a lot of time. In fact I am still working on it.

Normally this evening I would be relaxing in front of the TV, taking advantage of my last evening of the weekend....back to work for hubby tomorrow :( Oh it is so sad that the weekends go so fast!!! BUT we got home late tonight, so my show that I normally watch is over so I figured I would take the time to blog and read a few.

We are home late tonight, cause we were at the hospital. We went to a close friends house for her son's first birthday, and since we were late getting there, there wasn't a whole lot of food left, so we took Gracie to McDonald's as a treat. Well while we were standing in line, she tripped (goofing off and hanging off my arm) and caught her arm in between my legs, twisted and landed on the floor. We thought she was OK, but throughout the meal we realized, after telling her to be a big girl and quit crying and making everyone look at us, that she wasn't moving her arm at all and when she did move it in the slightest it would send her off the deep end again.

Now a bit of background. When Gracie was 14 months old, she broke her arm....which in turn broke my heart. I had set her on a chair, and turned my back, and off the chair she came and landed just wrong, which broke both forearm bones. I do think that the poor kid gets flash backs, because whenever she hurts that arm, even slightly she gets super upset and wants to go and see Dr. _____. We thought too that this was one of those times.

Thank goodness we did take her to the hospital tonight though, by the time we got there she was screaming crying, which she never does, she usually just sucks it up. She was the most miserable thing ever. Thank God, it wasn't a broken arm but she did have a dislocated elbow. Anyone heard of such a thing?? I guess it is a tendon in there somewhere, and all the doc did was a violent twist and after about five minutes she was TOTALLY fine. It was amazing!!!

I am getting tired of my accident prone kid.....NO more hospitals!! Those few months when she had her cast on did me in for life! I don't mean to complain, I know that there are those who are at the hospitals for a lot longer and for much worse things, but in my own little world, and what I have experienced, I wouldn't want to be going back and forth a whole lot to the hospital. I feel for those that do have to. One good thing is Gracie really likes the doctor and going to the hospital, she isn't scared at all. ( Although after the doctor twisting her arm like that, I don't know!!)

Update on the smoking; I have been doing really well, two weeks on the patch and I have managed to keep it back to 1 a day, until this weekend......I kind of slid a bit backwards this weekend, but I fully intend to reboot and get back to that good place tomorrow morning. I really hate that feeling when you fail, and being on the patch has really shown me how "in your head" smoking is. I don't need nicotine, the patch gives me that.....and yet.....I crave a smoke so bad, I eventually cave in??? What is with that??? So I still need the prayers please!!

Hubby and I had a date yesterday!! My Niece has just taken her babysitting course, so we hired her for her first babysitting gig!! Chris and I went to a football game and then out for supper! We had a very nice time, although I do have to say it got kind of chilly watching the game :) The other downfall is we went to eat at Red Lobster, and I ALWAYS get sick.....last night was no exception. I was up hugging the porcelain bowl a few times.

What a weekend!!

That and with the time change, means BEDTIME!! Goodnight all!!