Had a Good Day

Bonnie 1/08/2011 24 Comments Edit

Something miraculous happened today readers. My mom understands why I do my blog and she approves! I can't believe it! I'm in tears I'm so happy! She called me this morning to see if I would make my famous fish stew for dinner if she picked up the groceries. I said "sure" since I didn't have anything else on my busy schedule except a bizzillon loads of laundry. She came over early to help out with the kids. I needed her to sew a button back on my Wightwick Manor Dress. I'm no good at sewing, but my mom's hands are getting so numb (she has a neurological disorder), she can't sew very well anymore, so she walked me through it. It was pretty easy. I don't know why I haven't tried to do it myself all these years! Anyway, we were talking while I was sewing, and I was telling her about the recent drama on my blog. I told her how I received emails from people all over the world who told me how much they enjoyed reading my blog. I think this impressed her! LOL! I explained to her that since I've been going through such a rough patch lately, I'm trying to find little things to make me happy. I told her that this blog was one of them. She finally "got it!"

Today's photo shoot was "interesting." First, I haven't washed my hair since Thursday, and I didn't feel like doing it today, so I knew I had to pull it back. Problem was, there was a freezing cold gale force wind blowing today. So, I put a hat on to keep my head warm. The rest of the outfit just came together after I put the hat on. I'm trying to mix things together from my closet in different ways since I can't buy anything new until February. I don't think it's the greatest outfit ever, but I tried. Anyway, as we were walking out the door to take photos, my husband told me he hated the hat. "Oh well", I told him, "I like it, so I'm wearing it." We rode the golf cart to my dad's grain bins a little ways behind our house. It was freezing, and the wind was blowing ridiculously hard! I posed in front of one of the grain bins and put my hand on the cold metal ladder and my husband gets this disgusted look on his face and says, "I can't stand that hat." Wow, way to give me some postive energy for this freaking cold photo shoot. I told him to just take some darn pictures! So, he did. LOL!

When we got inside, I uploaded the pictures to my computer. I was cooking while they were uploading. My mom walked over to the computer looked at the pictures and said, "That hat is the bomb." I kid you not! LOL! I don't know what happened to my mom today, but I like it! As I cooked, we continued to talk and had a really good conversation about many different topics. When the fish stew was done, we all ate and my mom said, "another triumph, my dear." (My mom loves the movie "A Christmas Carol" and watches it ever night. That's a line from the movie.) Today was a good day!

My song of the day is from my favorite band Death Cab For Cutie. This song reminds me of today because it talks about blustery days. It's from one of their older albums called The Photo Album. Enjoy!