The blahs....

Yes, I have them.....the blahs.

No energy, no motivation. I need a vacation. I am feel as though I need to be "recharged".

My battery is close to empty. I haven't had a vacation since March 2010 when we were in California for the ASA banquet and the Commondities Classic. We spent an extra day there to visit Disneyland since we were only a couple blocks from it and was able to walk there. It looks like our vacation this year will be spent in Missouri, as we are talking about going to Branson during the week of our 12th anniversary.

I love being a stay at home Mom, don't get me wrong, but I NEED time away. I need time to recharge so I can be the best mother and wife I can be. Right now, I have no patience and find myself very unhappy with the way I have been towards my kids. They need me to be calm and collected and relaxed. All of which I am not at the moment. The last couple of weeks have been stressful, with the tearing down of Grandma & Grandpa Klein's home, to the death of Grandma Fred. Add all that in with timelines for work, trying to keep the house clean, etc, I am just spent. I really am looking forward to a vacation! :)

Remembering Grandma Fred

September 2008 - Taking Reagan to meet Grandma Fred, at Katy Manor Nursing Home

This past Saturday, June 11, 2011, my grandma, Irene Vollrath, passed away. Grandma Fred, as we affectionately called her, was a wonderful & spunky lady. Our usual days to visit her, when we were kids, was on Sunday afternoons. Sunday afternoons in the summer time, you could always find her in the garden with her baseball cap on, picking tomatoes. I believe, and still do to this day, that she grew the BEST tomatoes in Cooper County. After going and picking tomatoes, or playing in the barn and Choteau creek, we could always go in the house and find a freshly baked cake! Usually, yellow with hard chocolate icing. We, all my cousins and sisters, would sit around eating cake and drinking iced tea. During the winter months, Grandma always had her quilting and sewing stuff out. She loved making quilts and made one for each of her grandchildren and gave it to us when we got married. Grandma gave Kevin and I a very sweet and cute, scottie dog and heart quilt. It reminds me of Valentine's Day, which is symbolic, because it was made with love.

Yesterday, we said our final earthly goodbyes to Grandma, but we all know we will be reunited with her in our Heavenly home.

Rest In Peace, Grandma Fred, enjoy your reunion with Grandpa and send him my love. I love you!