Just Simply Holly

Current Mood: Sad

I just found out a little while ago that my 24 year old nephew drowned while fishing Tuesday night. PLEASE keep my family in your thoughts, prayers or anything that you do! This is my brothers oldest son and my brother and sister in law just lost her brother to cancer a few weeks ago. My family would appreciate any thoughts you could send our way to help us get through this tragic and unexpected loss. Thank you!

My nephew and his fiancé have finally narrowed down their wedding plans. The wedding is to be in October and it will definitely be in Las Vegas. So now, they are researching the best hotels Las Vegas has to offer. They want a hotel that will offer them a room with the best view possible as well as one that is close to the strip and the wedding chapels. I don’t think they’ve chosen a specific chapel yet, but I heard that his fiancé specifically said she didn’t want to be married by Elvis…LOL! No matter what hotel or chapel they choose, I have no doubt that they are going to have a beautiful wedding that they will cherish for years to come! They are such an awesome couple and it is so exciting to hear the plans for the next stage in their life together!

My mother and step father are celebrating their 70th birthdays in just a couple of weeks. Between the two of them, they have six kids, so all of us have decided to pitch in and get them one large gift rather than several small ones. Knowing some of my step siblings though, they’ll also bring small, but expensive gifts to the party. Anyway, after tons of back and forth emails and phone calls we finally came to a final decision on what I’m sure will be a very special gift. We’re sending them on a royal caribbean cruise. They’ve talked about wanting to go on a cruise for a very long time, but it’s just not something that they’d actually purchase themselves, so we did it for them! I can’t wait to see the look on their faces!!!!

It’s been a rough weekend, or at least it started off to be one, but Sunday evening is here and I’m happy to report that although the weekend started off on a rough foot, it’s ending on a better note!

For the first time in our 17 year relationship, my husband and I had an argument that actually made us go to bed without saying good night and end up sleeping in separate rooms.  The argument lasted almost a full 24 hours, mostly because I was simply too stubborn to say the first words.  Fortunately he wasn’t as stubborn and things are now fine!  But let me just say that I now understand how financial stresses can cause marriage problems!

Today we got the news that my husband is getting his first out of town job assignment.  He’ll leave the house tomorrow morning around 3:00 AM so that he can be to his shop in time to head out to southern Ohio by 4:00 AM.   As of right now the pan is for him to be home in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday, but if something happens on the job they may have to work Saturday as well, and since he’ll be working from 3:00 PM to 3:00 AM, he’ll end up not getting home until Sunday at some point.  Our daughter is having a ver difficult time at the thought of daddy not being home for a whole week, she’s been in tears on and off since she got the news.

For dinner tonight I made our family favorite, NACHOS!!!!  Rather than sit at the table and eat we decided instead to eat in the family room and watch a DVD that we bought the other day.  We watched Meet The Robinsons, and let me tell you, I HIGHLY recommend this movie!  At first I had a difficult time getting into the movie, but by the end I was TOTALLY hooked and can’t wait to watch it again!

Anyway, I need to wrap things up.  It’s going to be a rough night and a VERY early morning!!!