…….just a tad overwhelmed by it all but slowly making my way out of the fog. Thank you for continuing to check in on me and for your prayers. You are the best!
You have so blessed me with all the cards and thoughtful gifts. I will never be able to catch up enough to thank you all personally but know that I am so grateful.
My friend Kim (whom I call Kimmie because I add ‘ie’ to way too many names) wrote me the above poem. She’s my smart engineer/yoga teaching/book loving friend who claims to not be a writer. It’s a beautiful thoughtful piece of poetry and one of my favorite gifts. Love you Kimmie.
And Jill sent me a box full of turqoise joy—several handmade lovelies—that made me giddy with excitement and a fabric flower and a lovely ‘ponder’ bird from my friend and mentor Denise, who is the very reason I started this blog in the first place. You girls know how to bless a sister!
Kristi, my friend and previous roomie, made this awesome zippered pouch with the girls’ picture on it. Isn’t it the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? Muwahhhh. I love it friend.
Ruth sent me the most beautiful hand-made scarf in just the perfect color. It’s so wonderful to have something handmade to keep me warm. Thank you so much sweet Ruth.
Boy do y’all pay attention. I received these compotes which are exACTly like the ones I had. Love them. Makes my kitchen feel like home. THank you Heather!
And then there was the handwritten note from Emily (my soul-breathing sister) and the bookmark from one of my favorite blog friends Melissa (handmade with unkind words—possible cursing?— spoken to her sewing machine!) and the fabric flower pin and ‘You are Mine’ necklace from Susan (my beloved friend and latin teacher to my girls).
and then my friend Michelle, a local photographer, who had taken lots of pics of our family in the past, sent me a CD full of pictures. (sighs and tears and hugs Michelle)
A couple years ago, I ordered the ‘All You Need is Love’ sign from Melanie at My Sweet Savannah. I could hardly believe it when she sent me another last week in the mail. You are such a dear Melanie. THank you so much! It’s starting to feel like home around here! (And in case you were wondering what I found at Anthropologie in Nashville , I got books and bowls and dishtowels)
One of my favorite blog friends Meg sent me this awesome vintage ‘E’ necklace. ILOVEIT! Thank you dear friend 🙂 I can’t wait to hug you and thank you in person. When are we gonna do that, btw?
And Lisa Leonard, yes THE Lisa Leonard sent me this awesome ‘Much Loss, More Gain’ necklace with a heart and the word ‘Love’ on the back. I feel so blessed and was happy to hug Lisa and thank her in person at Blissdom.
And then there’s these dear saints. I can’t imagine how hard this has been on my mother. It must be so difficult to watch your children suffer. She’s been an incredible source of love and support and I’m so thankful for her in my life. She went to Nashville with me and sat in a steamy pool room for hours while my girls swam. Aren’t granny’s the best? I’d never sit in there that long.
And my sister, who is like my right hand, I don’t know how I’d function without her. She’s toted me everywhere and put up with all my valleys. Actually, she’s gone right down there in them with me and I’ll never be able to say thank you enough.
And reason number 177 why I should have been from Texas: here’s my current shoe collection.
No wait, apparently, I don’t wear shoes. I wear boots and flip flops.
The ones in the middle are Frye riding boots and are the second most favorite pair I’ve ever owned in my life (2nd to the Ariat riding boots that perished in the fire). It’s a shame really that I don’t ride horses.
*Sadly, I ordered another pair of “shoes” this week. Take one guess. Yep, brown cowboy boots. It’s a sickness really.
*We are doing pretty well these days. We’re living in a great rental house that we’re slowly but surely making our own.
*We are working on house plans and I am painstakingly trying to produce an inventory list of EVERYTHING that was in my house for the insurance reimbursement. It’s a teeny bit overwhelming. Did I have 20 pairs of jeans? 30? how many spatulas? bowls? Noone will ever believe the inventory list of my MAC makeup or my lamps for that matter. Or the books or the dishes. Anyone want a part-time job?
*I had notebooks and magazines full of inspiration pictures that are now gone and I’d love it if you’d send me links to your favorite home inspiration pics {or your favorite brown boots}. I’ll save them into a file for later. My cousin JamieKnoxville sent me this one when I asked her to be on the lookout for master bedroom pics. I should have known better. You gotta hand it to her though, it is sorta
Texas-y. Study it and get back to me.
*The girls and I are back in full swing with school and everyday we seem to remember something that we’ve forgotten to reorder.
*I’m hopelessly behind on responding to your most thoughtful messages and I profusely apologize. If you’ve sent me anything that you wanted a response from, if you wouldn’t mind to resend it now that my inbox is more manageable.
*I got a new camera, of course, and I hope to post about it sometime. {I love how people keep asking me, “Is that new?” MmmmmmHmmmmmm. It’s all new. From the MAC down to the boots. }
Back to the camera, I LOVE it. It’s a Nikon d7000 and Ken Rockwell wrote a great review about it. I was ready to upgrade anyways and was pretty sure I’d get the d700. The d7000 is $1200 cheaper and is being touted by many (including Karen, who’s teaching my photography class) as being as good or better than the 700. One thing I know is that this camera is like buttah. And we all know how I love that.
Have a great week. Maybe I won’t be so scarce around here but next on my list of inventory is my closet, so if you don’t see me in a week, send in the troops. Or better yet, let’s have an inventory party and y’all tell me everything that was in my closet?!
Much love,
xo,
edie