the kids

I have the two best kids ever! My kittens, Delilah and Wisp. Hope you enjoy their precious pictures and as much as I enjoy their sweet, cuddliness. :D
Wisp, when he was about 2 months old. He's a lot bigger now but still just as sweet. He's a purr monster!

Delilah, she's so beautiful and calm. She never plays, just looks at you "what could you possibly want with me?"

raindrops are falling on my head

Good day ladies and gentlemen. It is a good day but also a sleepy day. I can't ever seem to control the yawning on rainy days such as these but I enjoy them from time to time. :) It amazes me that we are quickly approaching the end of August. This year I was really caught by surprise, moreso than ever before. I guess I've get caught up in the daily grind and miss a lot. The good news, possibly why this time of year is my favorite, is that my birthday is this week, and then on Saturday college football season starts!!!! I love football. I love autumn weather and football more than the average person. I can't explain it but let me convey that I am excited. :D

Thanks to our new subscription to the Times Free Press, I got a College Football '08 guide book with my paper yesterday. It has all the schedules and lots of articles to catch me up since I've been a complete slacker and have very little idea what's up with which teams. haha
My hubby is even a little excited this year.... maybe he sees how much fun football season is for me, who knows?!

I'll write more again soon but I promise not to make this a play-by-play blog about college football. I love it but I'm not into forcing anyone to read about it. :D

Much love and many blessings,
Cass

Whoops!

I had completely forgotten about this site. I started it nearly a year ago (which is obvious by the old content below, lol). I'm sure no one missed something they never knew was there but hopefully I will feel inclined to post here again, now that I've rediscovered it. :D

Depending upon who you ask, life has changed only slightly since last year. The biggest change of course was getting married in April and sharing my life with my wonderful husband Gary. Otherwise, nothing else has changed. I still work for the same two doctors, oral surgeons in Hixson, and spend a great deal of my life there. I have two awesome kittens, Delilah and Wisp, which bring me the joys of motherhood without the REAL responsibility yet (haha). I love them oh so much!!!

A great adventure and challenge has presented itself to me. In September, I'll begin leading a small group in our home. I'm not certain about many of the details for now, but if you want to know more, just e-mail me. My church is having a group leaders' training day/meeting soon and I'll know a lot more after that. I am really excited to lead a small group. I've done it only briefly before (3 months-ish) and really miss the relationships that are built there.

I guess there's not much else to include for today, just wanted to say a little something and get back into the swing of things. :D

Much love and many blessings,
Cass

Relief

I'm relieved that it stopped raining yesterday and that we were able to get the rest of my stuff moved this weekend. I cannot describe the huge relief I feel for being done with the whole situation. I just hope I don't have to move for a couple of years. But with my track record, I'm sure there will be some reason for me to move in just a year or so. I told Gary today that I didn't want to move for a long time and that next time, regardless of the cost, I want to hire movers. It was nice to have lots of help with this move, but I just can't do as much myself, not with the way my back has been outta wack. I do not have all my things settled by any means, but I think I can get things mostly situated tomorrow. And I get to sleep in a real bed tonight, for the first time since Sunday!!! Oh the simple pleasures... I must sleep now, my body is exhausted. I'll write more soon about the ins and outs of my life. Much love and many blessings ~Cass

I'm moving on...

I move so often, I should buy stock in U-haul. Oh well, I guess I just transition more quickly than most. This literal move feels like a mental move as well; I mean that I believe that I have done lots of maturing and growing as a person in the past year. And though there have been significant "growing pains" this time around, they have been necessary and enlightening. It was always my belief, back in the day, that taking care of yourself mentally and making choices for you was entirely selfish, but now I see that isn't quite the case. I've grown to understand the importance of taking care of yourself and making choices that are not quite selfish but not always so selfless. I grew tired of being everything to everyone and never feeling I could rely on others or that I had the right to. I believe that my health and my happiness have greatly improved from the lessons I've learned in this sometimes painful process. God has been good to me, He has not given me more than I can accept (though it felt that way from time to time) and He has restored my faith in many areas of humanity. Also, He has helped me to see truths that I never quite accepted before. I am grateful for His love and His guidance. I am also so thankful that He has given me the greatest love of my Earth-bound life and has helped Gary and I along no matter the obstacles. I have so many things to be happy about and to see His love in and I pray that I will continue to find more peace as time goes on. I pray that I become the woman He designed me to be and that I will be the wife and mother that I dream to be. So though this literal change of address isn't really a big move, it is a huge step in the direction of my new life and my improved self. For His peace and His guidance, I am eternally grateful....