Time is flying

Here I sit updating my blog with only 2 presents bought for Christmas.  I'd  rather someone poke me in the eye than get out to shop.  Fact is on Wednesday, we are going fishing so MAYBE Pete will take pity on me and shop with me .  I've GOT the lists for everyone just can NOT make myself get out in the crowd with those crazy people.  NOT ALL people are crazy just those out shopping besides its 24 degrees here. RIGHT!  reason number two - TOO COLD.  never too cold to fish though.  Ok I'm done. Pity party over. Just thought I'd share


Luv n hugs to all


Charlee

December -OH MY

WHERE did July 4th go>  Oh yeah, I was getting ready to be married. BUT since then the time has just flown by.  My Sister in Law has opened up her very own upscale shop and is such a success.  I do still have house envy of your new home :))))))  Children grown and moving on with each of their lives.   Pete and I "practiciing retiring each week.  some weeks I really think he is gonna do it and then ......sigh ...well we are hoping after the first of the year, that he will cut back on the 3 days a week he works now   LOL. We so enjoy each others company and the time spent.  no matter where we are.

THANKSGIVING- what a wonderful word

Such a wonderful word full of promise and blessings and all of God's gifts to us all and a reminder of them.  This year brings thanks for Pete, my husband who  is full of love for all that I have and his family that loves me back.  Thank you Father for this precious man in my life.  We have been going to the lake quite a bit and I can actually say a few time I've "smoked" Pete at fishing - NOT OFTEN but I do have pictures :))))!!!  We will be spending Thanksgiving in Hurst and setting a new FAMILY tradition here of decorating the Christmas tree as a new family.  I love to have the tree up early and then down right after Christmas.  Then we started adding up all of our NEW FAMILY for Christmas presents.  Did I say I was blessed with all the new family?  I am :)) Pete got the whole HUGE family surprise the most . Gotta love me and all that comes with me!  He just got blessed with about 15 more people that he had ever expected to have. Added to this Rachel and the girls came up a few weeks back for the Nascar race and below are some pics.  Pete's first Nascar races and we had such a great time with Todd and Cherish on Friday and Rach, Christian and Faith on Sunday. Faith's man won the race which made it ultra cool

just random pictures of our NEW LIFE

Pete and I have spent the last several week-ends or if we could sneak off during the week at the Lake.  "Practicing Retiring"  we are REALLY starting to like it alot but it is not quite our turn but when it is we will be ready

Changes for Christian

Was just reading some of my older posts and realized needed to update Christian's status. She returned from the Coast Guard - with That was not the right thing for her and now she is attending Lone Star College to get back into the college groove, which is where she realized she should have been headed. She has reacquainted with a long time friend Amanda and it is a blessing they are together at school

FINALLY BACK !

Ok boys and girls- finally got everything back so I could update my blog. JEZZZ this TIME I wrote down my information so I could get back on without CRS and the password thing.

ANYWAY update from May. This wonderful man in this picture with me has now become my husband as of July 2010. What a wonderful life this has become. I have moved to Hurst Texas to be with my husband and everyone else is still in the Houston area. That part was hard to leave everyone but I DO SO love this man that the decision was not hard and had the full support of my family. I have also become a homemaker full time. Now THAT took some adjustments but I've about got the hang of keeping house, cooking for my man and being loved again. WOW. Pete and I have bought a travel trailer and moved it to the lake up here. WE both love to fish and Pete is "practicing" retiring so we go for a few days at a time "usually" every other week at least. We also just got back from Savannah- a delayed Honeymoon, Savannah is absolutely beautiful and when you see some of the pics, you can just tell we had a great time. Now that I've found where the heck the blog was lost at, THANKS ROBIN!!!! I'll be more faithful. Luv n hugs

Charlee and Pete

AMAZING WEEK-END!!

This week-end was Christian's Happy 18th b-day, her graduation party and going away party all in one. Well It took two solid days of cleaning to even make the place presentable but mission "sort of accomplished". BUT my "man friend" came down to visit for the week-end and wow did that MAKE the week-end special. We never ran out of things to talk about and he was so helpful by cooking and helping to clean up. A man that cooks and cleans - WHOA he has my heart beating and yes he does. It is great to feel first of all and then feel alive and sincerely happy is awesome and honestly beyond what ever I thought I would have again.

Not sure where this is gonna go as he lives far away but wow this moment, at this time is awesome
luv n hugs
charlee

smiling

How strange the last two weeks have been in my life. I've reacquainted with an old "friend" and it is simply like 40 years just had not gone by. There is not a day when I don't have to charge my phone and I'm loving it. Some one who calls and drives with me the hour to work and then some afternoons talks with me the hour coming home. Oh yeah then there are the couple of hours we talk while I'm on the porch. He lives up by Dallas so that is a BIG BUMMER but wow to be wanted and missed is pretty awesome - had pretty much decided that part of my life was over and not going to be repeated and now I am so looking forward to each new day and to this week-end . He is coming down for Christian's grad party and will meet most of my family- well talk about baptism by fire- if they don't scare him off then he is a keeper. I find myself smiling alot these days and that is pretty neat. Well I should get back to work just wanted to share with you, RObin as you are pretty much the only one who reads these besides me. He wants to take me to Savanna,Ga in Sept and I am so seriously thinking of going :)))))

luv n hugs
charlee

Continued New Beginnings

Well its been over a week and my friend and I are still chattering like 40 years never happened. It is unusual for me to have a man to "Chat" with but I like it! I never had to recharge my cell phone because i used up the whole battery in one phone call but now I do and I like that also. Next week he is coming down for Christians' grad party and then I guess we will see if we have sparks and ignition. I'm thinking yeah we will :) and I'm gonna like that as well a whole lot. Rachel and Christian seem to be fine with my guest coming but we will see when he gets to OUR home if they can deal with another man being at our home. My hopes are that they will be accepting, if not WE will be patient. It is so scary good right now, please Lord let it continue.

luv n hugs
charlee

Beginnings

Thank you Facebook for someone finding me. An OLD OLD friend from High school looked me up on Facebook and emailed me. WELL this is day 3 and we have talked about 10 hours. Apparently lots to catch up on and wow there is a little heart beat starting again. That is a very cool thing when your heart has been in shut down mode for a LONG time. SO here's to new beginnings and ????!!!!

Hello remember me?

WELL so much has happened since I last updated my blog but mostly the reason it wasn't updated is because I forgot my password and my email changed. CRS BIG TIME!

Anyway it is almost May and things are chaotic at the Harris household!!!Christian will turn 18, have Prom, award ceremonies and graduate. Then she has joined the Coast Guard and will go off to boot camp on June 15th. There is gonna be some severe separation anxiety at our house very soon. Faith has no concept of how long 8 weeks is - so she thinks Sissy will be gone just a couple of days. I hope Rachel is ready for some serious bonding time with her 7 year old :)))

Christian decided to join the Coast Guard and get her chosen field paid for by them. She has chosen to become a Marine Biologist and they have Marine Bio tech training thru the CG and then if she so chooses she will have 4 years of college paid for by Uncle Sam. Scary that you can be that smart at 17.

Faith made all "A" honor roll - Thank goodness conduct is not part of that- she honestly can talk to the walls somedays and apparently has and gotten in trouble for it. She is a natural born chatterbox.

I don't get to see the other grandkids so I wish I could update you on them - but they are loved nonetheless. OH Gage chose not to graduate from high school this year as the teachers are too dumb and school is boring..so someday there will be a lesson learned from this but ...not right now