This past week has been an emotional roller coaster ride for us. Darrel Priede, the soldier that was killed this week, was an aquaintance of ours. I rubber-stamp with his wife and they are close friends to R & H. Needless to say, this incident hit way too close to home. But then, R decided to race anyways, his way of dealing with everything that happened. Well, around 8:30pm last night, Chris called to tell me that R had won the race. He led every lap and no other car could touch him! It took him ten years in the Sportsman division, but the timing could not have been better!
Friday night, Chris, Madie and I went out to supper and stopped at Wilmot Park on the way home. She had a ball! Her favorites are the slides (prefering to go down on her stomach!) and the swings. Yesterday, her and I went to the Market and then to the park again. And today, we packed a picnic and went to Odell Park, with Moka, R, S and Sadie. A third day of fun at the park! When we got home, R stopped by, with a mini cone for Madie. Her first cone over! Here are a few pics that we snapped this weekend. The ones near the flowers were taken on Friday, in our front yard. I had the close-up one (with the white flowers) finished in 8 X 10 and just had to scrapbook it right away! It turned out pretty cute!
I called this post "Take the Time", because this past week's events made me realize that we have to. Take the time to spend with family and friends, take the time to watch your child have fun, take the time to sit and enjoy your evening tea, just take to the time to enjoy life. It is way too short. Toby Keith put it best in his song "My List"... That's the song that's been in my mind lately.
"Under an old brass paperweight is my list of things to do today
Go to the bank and the hardware store, put a new lock on the cellar door
I cross 'em off as I get 'em done but when the sun is set
There's still more than a few things left I haven't got to yet
Go for a walk, say a little prayer
Take a deep breath of mountain air
Put on my glove and play some catch
It's time that I make time for that
Wade the shore and cast a line
Pick up a long lost friend of mine
Sit on the porch and give my girl a kiss
Start livin', that's the next thing on my list
Wouldn't change the course of fate but cuttin' the grass just had to wait
'Cause I've bot more important things like pushin' my kid on the backyard swing
I won't break my back for a million bucks I can't take to my grave
So why put off for tomorrow what I could get done today
Like go for a walk, say a little prayer
Take a deep breath of mountain air
Put on my glove and play some catch
It's time that I make time for that
Wade the shore and cast a line
Pick up a long lost friend of mine
Sit on the porch and give my girl a kiss
Start livin', that's the next thing on my list
Raise a little hell, laugh 'til it hurts
Put an extra five in the plate at church
Call up my folks just to chat
It's time that I make time for that
Stay up late, then oversleep
Show her what she means to me
Catch up on all the things I've always missed
Just start livin', that's the next thing on my list
Under an old brass paperweight
Is my list of things to do today"
