Grandma Woods ~ 1917 - 2010

I'd say rest in peace, but who would want to rest when you can praise God and sing with the angels? Which is exactly what Grandma is doing right now, as well as seeing Harley again after all these years! I know that everyone has fond memories of Grandma, she was great! She lived a long, full life though and is in a much better place now! Sadly, I am still missing many photos prior to the mid 90's, but I did manage to find a few...

Not sure when this was, early 90's I think, Grandma and I having our birthday party...

Ditto...

This was in 1989, Grandma did not think I could carry her, so I had to prove her wrong... :)

I do know that she was ready to go, and I know that we will all see her again one day. If God chooses to give me as many years here on this earth as he gave Grandma, I will consider myself lucky. I have however instructed my wife and children to have a party in lieu of a funeral for me, as it should be in my opinion. Yeah, I know her last name is not Woods now, but I will always remember her as Grandma Woods! Good memories, good times! Till we meet again!

Cold and Snowy...

Sigh. That's about all that is going on here, at least it waited until everyone that was visiting made it safely back home though, I cannot wait until Spring!

Yesterday around 3PM when it started snowing...

This morning around 8ish... Hopefully I'll be able to get out later...

Pool, the pool was getting about a quarter inch of solid ice on it until I removed the controls from the timer and now just have it running 24/7 to keep anything from freezing...


Cory's new apartment. He moved in a few days ago, of course all he had was a bedroom set, TV and stand, so we took him some dishes, microwave, and other essentials. Jessica's mom provided a table and chairs and Carolyn's sister is going to bring some furniture down from TN once the weather clears up a bit. First time being out on his own, always a milestone in life... :)

Other than that, I guess I need to get over and finish my neighbor's basement now that the holidays are over... Yes, I'm still working on it, although I've not been over there since a week or so before Christmas... At least it is inside, otherwise I wouldn't get back to that until Spring, I don't do cold unless absolutely necessary!

Huh?

So, here it is, my first post of 2010 and it's already the 4th??? Oh well, I don't do resolutions, what can I say. I do need to blog more often though as I plan to print it one day and give it to my kids... We'll see how that works out. :)

I don't even really have much to say actually, I plan on finishing my pool house this year (but I've said that now for two years, so we'll see if that happens) as well as getting my back yard graded and grass planted. There, I guess I actually DO make resolutions, those are mine... :)

Here are a few pics from the past week or so, I had a gazillion people in and out, but amazingly only picked up the camera twice, I REALLY need to work on that, sigh...

Titus, Joshua, Marci, Timberly, Terry and myself the day after Titus and Jackie arrived at our house coming back from Paris...

Uncle Titus with his neice and nephews (the ones that happened to be here), Titus loves his neices and nephews!

Adam and Andrea, not sure why I didn't take one of them with Gideon, but like I said, my picture taking has been severely lacking as of late...

Titus and Gideon, it was actually the first time Titus and I both met Gideon, he is a very beautiful boy!!

Relaxing after dinner last night...

I still can't believe I only took about 15 pictures the entire time everyone was here visiting... :( Perhaps I'll be better at taking pictures this year, I've taken very few this entire year it seems... Yeah, I need to work on that...