Indiana is so peaceful

Alisha's pretend nasty look!

Indiana colors

a quiet moment between brothers...

Funerals are difficult....there in the coffin (what an awful word) is your loved one...they don't look anything like you remember...but it is there you must say, "Good-bye"...one last and final time. But, close by seems to be every person you know...from your childhood....all grown up with children and now grandchildren of their own..it's a family reunion of sorts...but everyone is sad.

Chris..pretending to be short..

Spending time my family, friends and neighbors brought back memories of lots of love and acceptance.. lots of hugs everywhere. With Wilma's passing I was re-introduced to all of her and Danny's friends...they love them dearly. They came to serve...they did it well.

a frozen Chris

and Dan smiles...

Two white lemo's pulled away from the funeral home and headed to "Fuchs" cemetary. Wilma was laid to rest near my Dad and all my other ancestors. Guess Danny will make that same trek one day...wonder if I should be buried there as well???

This was a good trip....there was a lot of time spent with the immediate family...ample time with the extended family...and even squeezed in some time with my old High School best bud! We were all feeling the same sorrow and finding comfort in the nearness of each other. Dinner out at our favorite Mexican Restaurant, Motorcycle Rides, Talk time around the "table" , a birthday and anniversary celebrated...and best of all...the announcement of a baby...due in July! YAY! Dan will be occupied with the thoughts of a new grandbaby...

A lot was learned on this visit...new levels of caring realized. Life is indeed short..the old cliche is true...we really should live each day as if it is our last AND we should take the time and put forth the effort to care for others....people matter!

time to go home...

a proper perspective

Fuchs Family, Summer 2010

Austin, Alisha, Isaiah, Dan, Nathan, Linda, Fred, Jeff, Angie

Lexi, Wilma, Brittany, Mom

Zeke, Ava, Eli, Toni & Aaron

(missing: Dad, Marc, Cindy, Adrianne, Whitney, Coy, Lindsay, Chris, Lois, Marshall, Carson, and Garrett

Georgia Wilma Fuchs

10-14-57 to 11-14-10

Daughter, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, friend..and

lover of Jesus!

We will see you again!!

Sometimes we just need to take a deep breath, exhale and count our blessings...and stop the whining...I'm talking to myself here..

My sister-in-law of 28 years left this world yesterday at 1 PM....She left behind all her worldly goods, my brother Dan, he children, Alisha, Isaiah and Olivia...her grandchildren Austin & Lexi...her Sister...and all the rest of us Fuchs'...her battle with breast cancer is now over. She had the ultimate healing. Jesus took her home!

When she breathed out her last earthly breath she breathed in heaven's... and met Jesus face to face!! I'm sure he said, "Well done, my good and faithful servant."

And he welcomed her in. It was, I'm positive, a glorious event. She was met by both her parents and other ancestors....she got to see my Dad, our favored Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents that were so incredibly much fun when we were younger (Dot, Buck, Ralph, Doris, Chris, Claude, Jean, Cletus, Bob, Walter, Mary, Granddad Noah and Grandma Verna), and, I'm sure Leon, Debbie & Dennis were close by too...all waiting...they knew she was coming...

Now they are going on the "walking tour" of heaven meeting all the prophets of old and others like Peter and Paul and David....Esther...she can tell them, "hey I've done the Bible study on you"...they will just scratch their heads?? Later she'll getting moved into her new mansion...after the heavenly worship service...wow, wonder what those voices sound like? Then, once settled in she'll probably be glad it's quiet...and hopefully a Wal-mart is close by...and some Santa Claus Land fudge...maybe a pepsi...she's not renting movies...she's just watching them....has a computer that never crashes...an I-phone...wait..she won't need that....but she will always has enough farmtown cash to buy whatever she wants....she's wondering if we will remember to make up the Christmas exchange list...she already knows we will all forget who's name we have but doesn't even worry who will keep the Master List. She's with the Master!

Yep, she's going to watch from heaven now....no pain or sorrow there...no crying and Jesus is visible to her naked eye. He has given her her new body and revealed to her the Name He had set apart for her.

Now she is whole...and we miss her...I can hear her voice...her eruption of laughter when she is tickled. Wilma was the first thought I had today...her youngest daughter was my second. People who have experienced this say they didn't know how they held it together ...but they did...God was faithful. I am not ready for my dear Mother to leave this earth ...and I've had her around for 49 years....Wilma's children did not.

God help us be your hands and feet...help us watch over and take care of them in their Mother's absence. Bind up their broken hearts and be so overwhelmingly present they speak of You and testify to your goodness to others.

Wilma, I miss you already....but I shall see you again....I'm glad you are healed! Give my Dad a hug from me. Tell him we all miss him terribly.

good friends are priceless

Leslie, Kat, Kahroll, C2T2, C1, Tricia & Dot-ee

Good friends...never take them for granted for they truly are hard to come by....the women in this picture... I truly believe would do any and everything for me that I

ever needed ...unfortunately...they live 8 hours away....and I have to remind myself...the friendship that we have was cultivated over 10 years time....argh...I just keep forgetting....

But, just for the record...."I love these women".

I love my Birthday present too....it arrived today 11-12-10....yep, "Hollywood, C2T2" got it zipped right off to me...and now I have it to enjoy. It's the perfect gift...containing all the things I love....#1 chocolate..and not just one...a whole bag; #2 great smelling candle...but not just any candle...a great smelling "monogram" candle...so it speaks to my selfish self!! , #3 a great book....but a surface level read so you can laugh...and not take yourself too seriously AND it won't make you feel dumb...also "looks" great on a coffee table or bookshelf (very important) finally, #4 a great card....one that makes you laugh out loud, even when you are by yourself.

So, here's to great friends and great presents....CHEERS! (ok, you have to use your own imagination here...raise your own glass...ok?... cheers!!)

Marc Miller's Random Rule World

Yep...I live in "random rule world"...and I am "wait on the repairman-girl" (always with 2 dogs in tow). That's what I do...I wait for repairmen...and I really do need to get out more...or make some new friends...yesterday, I realized I was talking too much when all of a sudden "POOF"...I woke up and saw that the "heat pump" repairman was walking backwards on my sidewalk, was 20 feet away from me saying, "uh, huh, yep, well I gotta go"....and I still had more to say...and I was talking about stuff that didn't have anything to do with the heat pump...I was telling him stories.....so embarassed!

BUT...back to Mr. Miller's random rule world. Everyday I hear the words, "When the Ramble house sells.....". The end of the sentence always has something to do with what we will "do on that great day"....this sentence has been repeated MANY times per day for now 2 1/2 years....the girls and I truly believe the house will never sell because he will always be trying to make the best deal EVEN in a dead dead dead real estate market....argh...BUT that is another story best left to a professional counselor to decipher.....back to MY story...

Mr. Miller says all big purchases or expenditures are on hold except "necessities". This means no vacations, no new toys (cars, boats, etc.), no new furniture, art, no ANYTHING..."until the house sells". This, however, does not really apply to him...just us! BECAUSE just this week...the Mistah has seen fit to purchase 1) a membership to the Country Club (it was such a deal and now he won't have to be embarassed when asked to play golf and he has to say, "yes I live in the CC but am not yet a memeber"; 2) new computer (the old one crashed); 3) new printer (he really did ask if I thought he was really going to walk down the hall to my printer every time he had to print something...really...is this YOUR office or is Munroe?? I counted the steps....from desk to desk it is 27 steps); 3) new screen and keyboard...Oh, can't forget this...4) had to upgrade the DISH network suscription (needed more channels) ...

Also, he's on a repairman kick....so far this week we've had 1) the heater repaired; 2) pool heat pump looked at ...didn't have it repaired...$400...I put my foot down and said, "No"; 3) all the carpets in the house were cleaned...loved this guy...told him how the carpets were cleaned when we moved in but not properly....seemed stains were coming "up out of the carpet"....we certainly weren't making them this dirty...Now, we all know Miss Lucy-Goose had a tiny leetle problem w/going pp on the carpet in the dining room when she had her UTI (inflicted upon her by her mean parents who thought it was a good idea to give her "cat" treats bc they are small...OH YEAH AND FILLED WITH WRONG INGREDIENTS THAT BLOCK LITTLE TINY BABY YORKIES URINARY TRACTS)....I saw fit to spray really well before he got here and got up all her "little accident stains". Well, he's going along cleaning up all those 'horrid stains from the previous owners"...when he decides to pull out some new "device" that he "punches" down into the carpet. I ask, "what's that for?" He replies, "it detects moisture"....busted...at that moment a loud ALARM goes off...he looks at me with that 'knowing look'..and I say, "oh, yeah, you are going to find moisture in that room...our Yorkie has had a UTI and she has used this room alot this week....... at that moment everything I had said about the horrid previous owners went out the window...he was convinved WE were the dirty people.....argh...shoulda told him about the Goose right up front....

And now....and this is my favorite....as we speak there is a man out in the front yard trimming our trees...yep, he was here this Summer when we moved in...trimmed them 'up' 15 feet....Marc apologized and told me, "I'm sorry that I can't be comfortable with them only being 15' up...I need them to be 20' up... AND...the guy is pulling down the moss that hangs in the trees....this is Florida...EVERYONE has moss in their trees...it's harmless....but TODAY....we are having the trees trimmed AGAIN...and the moss removed...can't wait to see that bill....

BUT there is one more "random world" entry. I was paying the bills the other day...online and saw a $50/ month subscripton to "realty trax". What? So I asked...."what is this for?" He gently reminded me..."when the Ramble house sells.......we are going to be investing in real estate, this sub keeps me up to date on all the houses on the market here in Ocala"....oh really? And when will that be since the HOUSE ISN"T EVEN ON THE MARKET???????????????????????????

Again, in the gentle voice, "I need to be ready to pull the trigger on an investment".....I'm thinking at $50/month for another YEAR at the least? That's when I realized.... I am on the "only if it's necessary" agenda....he is not.

I love this man but absolutely cannot understand any aspect of his brain. Do we have extra money or don't we? I think I will go shopping...AND get a pedi AND a mani AND fly to Indiana for a visit....and yes, I WILL have 2 colors vs 1 put in my hair and maybe those wildly expensive boots that I DIDN"T buy.... I will go back for them.....argh.....

ok, enough whining....the Dog Groomer is here....and, oh look, there's Nancy, the pool lady......and we are all listening to the "varooom" of the chainsaw.............

laundry room office dogs

Grass doesn't mow itself....durn!

most recent ironing board cover

hidden one underneath

brand spankin new one!!

Ok, I've come to the conclusion I am a bad housewife. Yesterday, while doing some "retail therapy" in Tallahassee...and that is a whole 'nother story....I FINALLY remembered to buy a new ironing board cover. I know, I know....that's not a big deal to those with degrees and full time "careers"...but it is important in this house...because we iron...a-lot (a word Adrianne is not allowed to use at her fancy university in her Sr.

writing classes bc the Professor says, "describe what you are saying, don't cop out and use a non-descript word like 'a-lot'," but I'm using it!...rebel)

retail therapy evidence

ANYWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY....FINALLY we have a new one....when I took the old crusty one off (see above crumbled grayish one)...I discovered ANOTHER one underneath it....it too was awful and crusty.....what is wrong with me? They're cheap, it takes 45 seconds to install.....argh!!

gall bladder girl and groomed pups!


All I know is I have waaaaaaaay more fun filling the above bags than I do doing household chores...but oh, the joy when the new cover is on...that's how you know you are a "real" housewife....joy comes!

Now, how about that yard? Is is just going to mow itself? I think the Mistah thinks, "yes"...bc ever since my surgery....noone has mowed it...and yep, the grass is still growing....argh....and how about those graduation announcements? Huh? For BOTH my Sr's?....do they have caps and gowns ordered???? And is that Sr. portrait gonna frame itself? And, oh, how about that light you were going to take to that "friend" on Saturday???? IT"S STILL ON THE COUNTER, HELLO?????? Still no hotel reservations for graduation in April (which are all prob sold out by now...) No thank you notes written to alllllllllllllll the people who bailed me out during my recovery and fed my family......

I like it that the 5 birthday cards I bought a week ago are all still on the counter...unsigned...everyone's b-days have passed...good job there too chicka!!

Kippy & Delivered foods (yummy)

BUT...in the last 7 days I have managed to VOTE (yay) attend a Republican Businessmen's Celebration hoopla, listened to Bobby Bowden speak at a fundraiser, been to the movies 2x. once w/my honey, once with my kids, taken my dogs to the Vet, spent some time with a good friend, had lunch w/another, FSU Former FB Coach, Bobby Bowden

sent flowers to yet another, went to the Dr. for my follow-up surgical visit, cooked lunch and baked brownie volcanoes for my Bible study Group,printed pictures, had the carpet's cleaned, weeded the front bed, got all Whitney's volleyball gear ready for tonite's Regional Semi-Finals' game and spent quality time with Adah & "Kippy" in Tallahassee (and had to have my car towed, and picked up again......guess I am more of a social butterfly than a task-master...at ast the laundry is

done, house is clean (thank you Joann), pool is clean (thank you Nancy) and dogs are fed...oh, and groomed, (thanks Shelly)! Oh...and create this blog post....hmmm :/

The good news? My best buddy is just like me...it's November 8...she mailed my b-day present yesterday....19 days late...hmmm? That's not too late...actually I really thrilled to have a present coming...can't wait to have a little "visit" from my buddy! Cheers C2, wish you were here!!

Mr. "Pak-Mail" himself and recipient of Cyndi's long, heartfelt story as to "why" the gift is so late....look at the compassion written all over his face....

C2...a good housewife "poser"....

..I think I'll go to the gym now...have a vb game out of town tonite...need to be ready, mentally...hahahhahaha!