the 23rd.. another month

Cuddly new chenille listings today :)

6 new listings today!

Fall is definitely here and is is quite nippy outside in the morning. The pastel stroller blanket will be just perfect for morning stroller rides or to keep warm between the house and the car. It will be listed on eBay and the bibs in my little ETSY online store.

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If not, here are the links to see these new additions :)

www.hartwelldesigns.etsy.com


http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZhartwelldesigns

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Instead of Spring Cleaning, I'm Fall Cleaning!

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A day on Lake Hartwell

Russ, Eastin, Miller and I ventured out on the lake this past weekend. It was a gorgeous Fall day, the air was slightly crisp but still shorts and t-shirt weather! It is unbelievable how much the levels have dropped since our last time out. I heard that the lake is dropping appx 6" every week. It is scary! There are three new islands that have popped up this past week that we can see from our deck. We are on the main channel of the lake which I'm scared at this rate, will become only a slight river if this continues.

We went to one of our favorite islands.. Only.. It is no longer an island, but has become attached to the main land. You would not believe all of the deer tracks we saw and we even spotted several foxes on what used to be the island.



The white sandy beach was under water this Spring. I have no idea what lives in that deep hole, below the clay cliff Russ is standing on. We kept saying watch out for alligators.




I'm also posting some pictures of several trees, which show their roots. The lake had washed away the dirt and it was really neat seeing what a tree looks like under ground!

blah blah blah is right......

I honestly don't know what else to say, that is why I haven't posted in a long time.

I can't put into words what I'm feeling.


The pain of losing Rod has been wearing on me. Everything I see, everything I read, every song I hear, I think of him. The new fall tv shows make me think of him, I'm so sad he isn't here to see them. When I see a Dollywood commercial, I think of him ~ he loved Dolly Parton. At his memorial services, the song "I'll always love you" (Dolly's version) was played along with Country Roads by John Denver.





The leaves changing colors make me think of him and our farm in West Virginia and how gorgeous it has to be there now.

Every moment of the day he is in my thoughts and just knowing that I will never hear his voice again haunts me. My heart aches.
I cannot imagine my life from here on without him ~ our Thanksgiving tradition was roasted oysters and lots of beer. I gave him his own set of oyster knives for Christmas last year for him to use this Thanksgiving :(.

I've lost all 4 of my grandparents, my dad, my mom and now a brother. I don't feel safe, I don't feel whole anymore, actually the only thing I know is what I feel and I'm sad, mad, anxious and realize nothing is forever and tomorrow my world could change again. I could wake up tomorrow and all it would take is one phone call for another change.

It is really amazing how the change of seasons, the crispness in the air, the thoughts of the holidays can bring on such strong emotions and new pain. I had thought with each day passed, that the next day would be easier, I was wrong. With each new day, there is a new emptiness discovered.