...words to remember...

"SO WHAT?!"

...my favorite room

I love my little house.  My favorite room is the sun room.

When I finally found a job after being laid off for 11 of the scariest months of my life in 2009, my first project was downsizing.  I was living in a huge 3500 SF house on 7 acres with a private lake, and was desperate to move.  Sounds crazy, I know - but that house had a lot of sadness and painful memories attached to it.

I learned of a little place in the Slate Belt that was for rent.  It had everything I wanted - most especially lots of closets!  It also had a fireplace, which is something this Florida girl had always wanted.  Of course, it took me 2.5 years to be brave enough to actually light a fire in it, but I used it almost every weekend last winter.

But what sold me on it was the sun room.  It's old-fashioned, with jalousie windows.  There's a terracotta tile floor and it has views of my little front porch and a lake just down the lane.

The porch railings are covered in morning glories now, and they are so charming and fresh to look at in the early mornings.

I love to have breakfast out here on the weekends.  Sometimes, if my weekday mornings aren't too frantic, I'll at least have tea out here.  While I love autumn, it signals the end of lounging barefoot in my robe out there - reading or doing a crossword puzzle.

I'll still use it into the early winter - I can bundle up in a throw and have cocoa while Cody snoozes on his rug.

It's my favorite room.

...back to normal (for me, anyway)

The Miracle League raises funds to build specially designed baseball complexes/facilities to meet the needs of disabled kids.  Everyone gets an "at bat" each inning and there are "buddies" to assist the players.

The Miracle League of Northampton County will be dedicating their new baseball field and complex today. It's located at the Charles Chrin Community Center in Palmer Township.

Ground was broken in December of 2011 and it's really exciting how fast this has all come to fruition.

Please come out and support the kids who have looked forward to this - I'll be there assisting in honor of a young friend of mine who is a dedicated sports fan and I can't wait to watch him play.  I'll most likely be the one covered in cotton candy tufts, so please feel free to say hello.


Opening Day - Miracle League of Northampton County
Sunday - September 9th, 2012 - 12:30 PM
Charles Chrin Community Center
4100 Green Pond Road - Palmer Township