CRAZY

So, as you can tell, I haven't been keeping up lately with my blogging. So much has happen and is happening that I am thankful that my head is bobbing above the water right now:)

For those of you who don't know, I was promoted to Dept Manager of Install Sales at Lowe's in Davenport. Some of you may not have known that that is where I am now. I really enjoy working with installs and love the idea of starting something and watching it turn into something great! I guess I get that from my dad. I remember growing up in a remodel that never seemed to end. Mom was always the one running around cleaning up, trying to make it look less of a mess than what it actually was. I always joked that once we knew where at the light switches were in the house, we were moving.

Anyway, I am also busy keeping up with the house and all the yard work that it brings. I am enjoying getting out more in the yard, but wish the knats would leave me alone. They are HORRIBLE this year. We also had some pretty high winds here yesterday and a limb came crashing down on the front yard. Thankfully Clinton and Karla came over and helped me trim it down. Just need to burn the limbs. Karla took the bigger stuff for a fire.

Olivia and Sushie are doing better. Olivia scratched her eye about a month ago and we have been going to the vet's alot, just to keep a close eye on it. I think her nails got too long and she scratched it that way. Thank goodness for my mom, because she is the one who has been taking her since I am working. Plus, the girls get to stay with mom during the day and get spoiled too.

Well, I will post some pictures that my sister took of the cementary and will try and do a better job keeping up.

LOVE YA

AmberLynn

HAPPY EASTER

Hello All!

Well, I have decided that I can't go to church tomorrow. Started thinking about Easter and then Dad, and I lost it:( Felt like I was going to have a panic attack again. I did talk to mom about it and she seems ok. I just wish I could be stronger for her. I hate the idea of her sitting in church by herself tomorrow. But I am a reck just writing this.
Hope you all have a good EASTER!

LOVE YA

Amber

I'M OVER WINTER!!!

Well, today in Fulton Illinois is COLD! We started this morning with rain. Then came the flurries of the white crap, snow. Now, the blowing wind. I AM READY FOR SPRING!

MY Grandma Martha

Well, Grandma Benson went to HEAVEN today at about 8am. 5 days ago she was taken to the hospital and today went to be with Grandpa and Dad.....She was such a prayer warrior for everyone she knew. WE LOVE YOU GRANDMA!!!!!

What I am Thankful For

I am THANKFUL for the flower box's my dad built for me this past summer. Now that he is gone, I can't help but look around the house and remember all the projects he helped me with. He was so intent on getting the house "winter ready" before his surgery. And sometimes I think that if he didn't have the surgery, would he still be here? But as a CHRISTIAN, I have to remember that God knows our birth date and our death date. Dad loved that saying, and to be honest, it has helped me grieve his loss.

I hope that the next couple of months become easier for my entire family. I don't expect their to be a day that I don't think of him, but I hope that I don't cry everyday. I try and focus on the fact that he is in HEAVEN with SOOO many loved ones.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE!

LOVE YOU DAD!!!