I have missed a few days of blogging so I will try and catch up. The newest thing I want to mention is my raise. I got a whole dollar an hour increase. Yea for me!!! I was so excited to see that amount on my pay check. I knew I was getting a raise but I wasn't expecting that much. I was disappointed to find that I lost almost half the increase because taxes got most of it. But I thank God for watching over me and all the blessings he bestows on me.

My son and I went to K's grave site yesterday. It is a three hour drive and this was the first time we have been able to go. I think I could make the drive by myself now. I would like to go more often. I still have not bought a head stone and that is the next thing I plan to do after I pay the lawyer that is handling the succession for my property. I have my first meeting with him Wednesday.

In answer to Grannysdaughter's comment, I have been crocheting on an afghan in a design that I am creating using several different afghan patterns. I am pleased with the way it is coming together. I have chosen the yarns in colors from the fabric I covered the cushions of my rocker and the pillows from the couch. Also I had to add some red yarn to match the red sheer panels I hung at the living room window. I am really enjoying all the colors in the pattern. Most of the yarn I am using is leftovers from other projects. I only had to buy a few skeins.

Back to work tomorrow. When will I be able to live without having to work 40 hours a week again? I would love for that to happen in the near future. Probably, everyone wishes for that every monday.

I didn't do much except crochet this weekend. But that still made it a pleasurable time off. On monday, the ladies at work start comparing their weekends; determining who did the most and of course, who spent the most. When, I tell them I stayed at home, they appear shocked. They can't accept that I can find enjoyment in my own house without spending money. Even as a child I could always find something to do without leaving home.

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Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever....The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Psalm 146:5-6,9