Friday Favorite Fives

 How the Lord has blessed us!

Hosted by Susanne!

**Well, we thought this day would never come. When last fall our Son in law told us they had tickets to the British Open for July 2022 and they wanted us to go we were completely gobsmacked! So over the last months we have planned and set things into motion to make this dream of mine reality!  I have always wanted to go to Scotland.  Then in 2015 both my parents had passed so when the opportunity to go on a church trip to Ireland we jumped on it and I sort buried my thoughts of Scotland thinking Ireland would be a grand facsimile! We loved Ireland and it was especially wonderful to see it our dear friends, but this opportunity to travel Scotland along with our family,  our precious granddaughters, is truly a dream come true! Even as this day approached, the intensity within has swelled to a magical crescendo of joy and anticipation. So our adventure has begun. We are here with the family, finalizing and fine tuning our itinerary. So much fun!  I am feeling so blessed!  

**I worked so hard over the last 6 months in physical therapy to prepare for the rigors of the trip and when I graduated about 10 days ago I was feeling on top of the world. Since then the weather turned scorching ly hot so my walking ceased, and I had my ERCP  which naturally takes a lot out of me including my hair!  Bah!  But a new sassy hair cut helped a lot with that! Thank you, Lord!

**Riding up here sort of put a crimp in my style.. sitting for that 14 hour drive was sort of grueling and my legs have been rather sore and unweilding but this afternoon I am feeling stronger and more like I’d expect after months of therapy.  Huge praise!I am praying that with every hour until Sunday afternoon when we report at the airport terminal things will continue to improve and then the true adventure will be launched,!

**I am growing in new ways I  never dreamed possible.  You see , this area of Massachusetts apparently is perfect for reptiles of many kinds.  The marshes around the communities are ripe to grow the frog population and right around here, garden snakes are rather prolific. In the 6 years we have been coming I have only really seen 1 garden snake, but  just knowing how prolific were his  cousins in the area, my legs trembled as I took each step across the yard.  Well, this year, not only am I dealing with the issue it is compounded by the fact that one Mr. Slithers has taken up residence in the rock wall beside the garage. Oh, goody! However, I am really trying my hardest to welcome this  2 foot long creature,- my granddaughter calls him “Little Dude” into my realm of acquaintances. Every time I walk out to the car my eyes are searching back and forth for any squiggly movement .. even though I was informed this morning he was seen sunning himself  beside the front porch.  I have yet to see him ,but I am determined to relish instead of revolt over my first sighting. He is after all a revered friend in this household. As long as he is a lazy as my youngest granddaughter says, I think I’ll be ok, because Mr. Slithers and I have that in common.

**so my youngest granddaughter, Viv, says we are so thankful to be finally going to Scotland, and we pray we get there soon and especially we will get back! Amen