Good morning, Ladies!

I hope everyonehad a good weekend!

Yesterday was my chapter's monthly Girls Day Out. We went to the Secret Garden Tea Room in the Montgomery Street Antique Mall here in Fort Worth.

Queen Virginia of the Purple Angels, Long Beach, California was in town and joined us.

She geneoursly presented each of us with lovely gifts, including a Red Hat bear which dances and sings "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" ! The bear was immediately dubbed our mascot and named Rosie. My Ladies decided Rosie has to come to every chapter gathering.

We all had so much fun chatting the afternoon away! And as aways, the food and service at the Secret Garden was excellent!

After eating, everyone went shopping in the antique mall, hunting for wonderful treasures!

I am up before the sun this morning...I've already been up about an hour.

On Sunday, my chapter is going to the Secret Garden Tea Room in the Montgomery Street Antique Mall here in Fort Worth. It's really a great place.

Gonna be another hot one here, although there was mention of rain.

 Whether you're a newbie or have just been away awhile and feeling a bit lost on the QMB2, here's a couple of links to click on to help you find your way around:

www.qmb2.com/hatquarters

www.qmb2.com/tutorials


And please pop in and join my groups:

www.qmb2.com/rosegarden

www.qmb2.com/tvchatter

www.qmb2.com/genealogy

Ya'll have a great day!

Good morning, Ladies! 

I hope everyone is having a great day!

It's Monday...

so it must be time for...   

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  Julie's  Blog  .

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Got the laundry started...want to get as much done before the heat of the day. The dryer does make a difference in the temperature in the house.

Letting DH sleep in...he wasn't feeling well last night. I think the heat got to him.

fed the cats...

Geez...best laid plans...neighbor just knocked on the door, and now Sam is up...

Welcome to all the newbies here!  You'll find a lot of new friends here and maybe even cross paths with some Ladies you already know!  There's so much to do and so many places to explore!  If you hit a snag, you'll find help from your sisters here, so jump right in!

When you go to your "hub", notice at the bottom there is the latest blogs posted.  That's one way we know about new arrivals to the board.  I have been sending a "welcome" to a lot of you who have been here for several months, yet have not been active for various reasons.  Hopefully, the links in my message will help you find your way around. 

Ya'll have a great day!

I know it's rare for me to post a blog in the evenings, as I usually do it on Sunday or Monday when I have my day off.

Just got a wild hair and decided to do it!

I am a bit stressed over my assessment of my knee tomorrow, especially since I am not very fond of the clinic we use for work related injuries. On one visit there about my knee injury, the doctor actually asked me how my hip was doing!

I am grateful that I am even walking, although with a definate limp and pain with every step.

I started thinking about how lucky I am in my life...

In 1988  I put my 2 children in the car and drove 30 miles to a domestic violence shelter. We stayed thee for three weeks. I found a job and found a house to rent in the city. My abuser kept coming after us, attempting to kidnap the kids, slicing my tires and the brake line on my car, breaking into the house...

We even lived in the car for awhile trying to stay one step ahead of him...in and out of domestic violence shelters.

Both my children are now grown and doing well...I have since married my best friend...

Last night, he and I were just sitting in the back yard watching the cats and he said, "Well, Julie we have officially become old farts!"

And I realized how lucky we were to be able to have that moment of doing nothing, not stressing over anything and just sitting and enjoying the peace.

There was a time I did not have running water, or enough food to eat.

My children were dressed from garage sales and resale stores.

There was the time we were living in my car that we cleaned up in a McDonald's restroom and slept in a church parking lot.

I don't know about tomorrow...maybe the healing will just take time or I will learn to live with the pain and limp.

How blessed I am today.

Got up early this morning and put the computer online to keep the phone busy so work can't call me on my day off to come in!

The temp outside is reading 81, so it's a bit nippy out there!  LOL

Dh is taking me to lunch later today to Mexican Inn. Kewl...a date!

On Wednesday, I go for the final assessment of my knee to see if there's any permanant damage.

Well, that's it for now,

Ya'll have a great day!