I thought about my girl all day yesterday….she is spending her 20th birthday in the big city today…NYC that is ~ first time not at home with a homemade, lopsided cake and her brothers ….I am missing her today but know she is having a ball with her oldest BF…two Okie girls in the city…fun!...
….I realized I had not been that relaxed for about two straight days. I closed my eyes and let myself breathe as the jets pulsated over my filthy car…i felt my body go limp as if it were being cleansed as well. I am busy. To say the the least yesterday after that car wash...
I am not sure where I get inspiration from some days, I am just lucky that I love music and the poems I hear in the lyrics~I wonder how “they” come up with these words…and why didn’t I come up with that? I love Neil Young (even after all these years)….my son has brought him...
Two days ago my son came home from school begging to adopt the class rat. I asked, “forever”? he said, “yes”…. I said, “absolutely NOT”, and proceeded to remind him how crazy his mother is already with not only a 6 month old puppy, but the heaps of laundry that never get folded, piles to...
“There is little chance that meteorologists can solve the mysteries of weather until they gain an understanding of the mutual attraction of rain and weekends”. ~ Arnot Sheppardt My peony bush “popped”…such a beautiful scent and perfectly sculpted flower with the shortest life span ever! ~ they burst out of the earth in early Spring and...
I wish I could bottle up the energy of a 3 year old and open it on days that I am tired. . . or feeling a little bored… Remember when? When a jar of play dough and a cookie was enough? Sometimes I really wish we could go back in time, is it just...
“Jesus died praying. His last words were words of prayer. The habit of life was strong in death. It may seem far off; but this event will come to us also. What will our last words be? Who can tell? But would it not be beautiful if our spirit were so steeped in the habit...
I no longer have babies. I have growing children & my baby Luke is turning 12 today. Tween. ( ugh) I am actually kind of sad but on the other hand happy….not sure. I fixed the wheel on his bike the other day~ it has been out of commission for a few months and was...
If you read yesterdays post below it will explain about my stumbling into this bride to be at the San Jose Mission while I was on vacation. Here are a few more pics I snapped of her, looking exquisite among the arches and light in this incredibly sacred spot. ~ “And above all, watch...
Over Spring break we were in San Antonio~ i was on a “mission” to relax, drink Margaritas, be with my family and to get inspired by some fresh surroundings. On our last morning we were strolling thru the San Jose Mission…my husband told the kids to “leave mommy alone to do her thing”…I was wandering...
