Inside the yellow bungalow....

Just found out........!!

Today I found out that my house was actually built in 1918...making it 90 years old!!
I think she needs a celebration held in her honor!! What do you think??

Look how different my little 1919 house looks over the years.......

2008
This picture was taken in the spring of the year....lots has changed since then!!

2006
This is the year the house was remodeled. Side windows added beside the front door and a new walk way. New electrical...new plumbing...a bathroom added...a walk in closet added...new kitchen and new baths....interior walls changed...the back porch was converted into a laundry room...side windows and pocket doors discovered under older remodeled jobs. Look at the garden...or lack of it!!

2002
Can you believe this.....my house at one time was PINK!!! It knew I was coming!!

1995
Oh my goodness....you've come a long way baby!!!!

My goodness....doesn't time just seem to fly past you? Already it is January 5th....! Seems like it was just Thanksgiving!! I am looking forward to some warmer weather....or at least warm weather that stays around longer than 24 hours! Texas weather is funny. One day it can be eighty something and the very next day down in the forties!! I am trying to adjust, but it has been a slow thing.......I have been doing a "get warmer and stay dance" all weekend long.

Walking around in my yard has been rather depressing for me. My once gorgeous flower beds have become dormant and very much void of beauty. As I said in another posting.....it is hard for me to adjust to the ugliness of winter coming from a state that flower beds usually remain beautiful year long. My garden guru.....my Mother.....keeps reminding me that this too shall pass in just a short period of time and before I know it spring will be here and the garden will come alive once again!! I know she is right.......but it truly cannot come fast enough for me.

Today it is raining and very cold outside. Just Saturday it was in the 80s! There is a cold sleeting rain called for most of the day.....where did the sun go??? I guess I will continue to do my 'dance' in hopes that the sun comes back!! We might even get a few snow flurries here in Fort Worth! There is a saying here........"if you don't like the weather...just wait five minutes...it will change!" I have the heater on......the oven on.....and I am very much toasty warm!! I am bound and determined to stay warm today no matter what! I know I won't be going outside today that is for sure...the temperature keeps dropping!!

January is a time of reflection for the year that just passed. The first thing that comes to my mind is how incredibly fast it passed me by!! In a blink of an eye...it was gone!! 2008 was a good year for me....bringing lots of good memories my way. Yes, and like other years....there were some awful memories that came my way as well. My Mother always says..."trials always make you stronger"......well, I am a very strong person if this little saying is true!! I choose to press forward leaving behind things which pain my heart.......I am looking forward to a wonderful new year.......a year which will bring new memories and pages in 'my book'. If I should encounter a bump or two....well, I guess I will become 'stronger' still.....

My children are all doing fine. I hear from them often and through the wonderful experience of 'blogging'....I am able to keep in contact with them even more so!! Whatever did Moms who live states away from family do before children created a blogspot where they posted daily happenings and pictures??? My little grandchildren seem to grow by leaps and bounds. Little Becky just turned a year old on December 27th....hard to believe yet true!! I need to post the new pictures I have of them and will do that this week.........until then just click on the girl's blogs and see the pictures they have posted on their blogs! Despite what is taking place in my children's lives....they seem to be holding on stronger than ever.....that is a true blessing from God to a Mother's heart. Each day is a gift.......