PUTTING THE BRAKES ON FOR A BIT! Grab your lunch-this is a long post!

ICY ROADS!

DANGER AHEAD!

SLOW DOWN!

Grab your coffee, coke or tea-

This is a LONG POStT!

We went to the most beautiful wedding

last Saturday night.

MyHero performed the ceremony.

It was magical.

It was held in a spectacular exclusive setting

about an hour south of us.

The ceremony started at four 

so we left home at two,

following my son & his family down.

We wanted to be early.

On the way down,

we hit a steady fine, sleety rain.

The roads weren't bad yet

BUT

you could tell it was coming.

The ceremony started and the bride walked in.

Erin looked movie star beautiful 

AND

there is a special connection.

Not only is she friends with my son
 & his wife,

she was MyHero's nurse for the radiation part

of his treatment.

Used to seeing her in scrubs,

MyHero's mouth dropped open

seeing her walk through the door as a 
BRIDE.

He FINALLY recovered, 

told her she was beautiful,

and the ceremony commenced.

I will post some wedding pictures
in an upcoming post
because they deserve a post
of their own.

Following the ceremony,
we walked a brick walkway

to the main clubhouse,
greeted the wedding party,

and went to the Irish pub on the second floor 

for drinks and fabulous hors d'oeuvres.

(internet photo)

Later, we went back downstairs to the

main dining room to eat.

It was the best five course meal
 I have ever had at a wedding..
maybe anywhere!

It was all done effortlessly, 
at an easy pace,
while we chatted and listened
to a few speeches.

There was a dance that followed
back upstairs in the Irish bar.

It was fun to see my little grandson.
CJK (age5)

ask a little girl to dance with him.

She was shy and said NO 

and he was heartbroken,

and embarrassed, 
and hid until the bride's mom,Judy,

dragged him onto the floor.

Such a tender thing to watch unfold.

A hint of what is to come when he is a teen?

Okay--so the

REAL REASON

for this post....lol

We left early because we heard

from latecomers to the dance

that the roads were bad.

My son & family 
decided to head home, too,

so we followed them.

The first few miles of road were fine,

clear, not even a hint of rain, ice, or snow.

About 30 miles into the drive,

the weather changed abruptly.

There was a heavy 'mist' and the roads looked slick.

They WERE slick.

We slowed down to about 20 MPH under the speed limit.

There was a line of cars behind me

and ahead of me,
 with only a few fools flying past, 

well over the speed limit.

About 5 miles from home we saw

a lot of police cars and the road was down

to one lane--almost to a stop.

We snaked through and carefully 

wound our way home.

On the news this morning I heard there were

125 ACCIDENTS IN OUR AREA!

The road we were on had been closed 

earlier for part of the night

AND--

the police lights and one lane?

Clean up from a fatal accident

on the overpass there.

When I got home I realized that

I had to peel my hands off the 

steering wheel because I had

been gripping the wheel so hard.

My neck and shoulders were tight

and actually ached.

I started thinking about all that is going

on in our lives at this point.

An upcoming move,

which means purging and 'letting go',

some family issues,
someone moving in temporarily,

a recovering husband,

and a recurrence of an old 

auto-immune issue that requires

steroids and anti-inflammatories for me.
That's a whole lotta stress.

10 years ago-this would have all been
a piece of cake to handle.
Today-I wish I was 10 years younger...lol

But it doesn't stop there--

To punish myself further,

I decided to open an Etsy shop and 

a second blog to support it.

Hello, Blondie!

I had an ephinany!

I guess I needed ICY ROADS to point

out that I need to 
PUT THE BRAKES ON 
AND

SLOW DOWN.

At this point, 

I have decided to put Etsy on hold,

along with the second blog.

My original intent with Etsy was to 

do all handmade items

and not use it as a 'dumping ground'.

I have not had the chance to do much creating

with everything else going on.

I want to thank everyone that made purchases

from the shop.

I did really well in the few weeks I was open

SO

I won't close the shop completely,

nor will I kill the other blog,

but I am taking a 

BREAK by putting the BRAKES ON

for a bit.

I will still be keeping/using
THIS BLOG-
Nana Diana Takes A Break
so you will always find me here.

I need to look forward to

my volunteer work at the VA

and my grandson's library/school.

I don't want either of those to become 

A CHORE.

WHEW!

I think I'll go bake a pie...

because we all know...

Thank you to all of you that

read this whole mess-lol

You guys are THE BEST---

I don't care what anyone else says about you!

Now pardon me while I go relax~