Just Keep Swimming

What do you do when every day is an adventure, and not the kind where you get to climb Mt. Everest or scuba dive in the Caribbean? A twisted knee, a car repair, stuff breaks, shit happens.
There is something you say. It's a little song. Do you remember it?
What do you do when just the thought of not having a job scares you.
Because work is a blessing. You thank God you are able to work at all. You are pursuing something. You are able. You can look forward.
Well...you sing the song. Just keep singing it.
What d'ya want? A cookie?

Simple Pleasures

I've been waiting to be inspired. Still waiting.

Have you ever had the feeling that life is a crap sandwich, and every day you take a bite?? Of course you have. So, while waiting for some great inspiration, the little voice in my head said--"turn around".

I turned-- and saw that I still have the ability to enjoy the little things. Simple pleasures that make me smile.

Like a beautiful sunset. The smell of fresh cut grass. Hitting all the green lights. A field of daffodils. Finding a good parking place. Fresh tomatoes. A stack of unread books. Clean sheets. Spring.

To qualify as a simple pleasure, it must not cost much and must result in a spontaneous, involuntary smile. It sometimes feels like serendipity. Sometimes it just makes you go "ahhh". You expel your held breath, and know that this is good.

Now, all that is very ethereal. But this...this is real. You can hold it, taste it, savor it.
This is something that makes me smile whenever I find it And, for some reason, it is not everywhere. (Why not???)

Yes. A candy bar. It's just a little thing. But it makes me happy.

(No. I am not a spokesman for the Mars Company)

Just A Trifle

What better excuse for something yummy. Easter and strawberries.

My cooking usually consists of dumping a bunch of ingredients together and calling it a meal.. For this little trifle, there was slicing, actual cooking, whisking, whipping, folding and building.

Really, I'm just showing off.
Look what I made!! Pretty

Happy Birthday...90!

Okay, not til March 11. But..the family is having the party today, so I want to pretend I'm there by adding my contribution to the celebration.
No, it's not chocolate cake or chip dip.
It's this...

Tagged

Meghan did it.

4 Shows I like to watch:
NCIS...NCIS...NCIS
CSI ..all of 'em

HGTV..anything

Old movies

4 Things I'm passionate about:
Cami, Todd
Staying organized
The J.O.B David and I have

Beautiful music and good books

4 Phrases I say a lot:

Well, hell

I'm coming dear
Thank you

Love you

4 Things I have learned from the past:
Expect the unexpected
Some friends are forever. Some not

Most people are good
I'm old, so I've forgotten most of the things from the past anyway

4 Places I would like to go:
North Carolina
Utah
A Caribbean island..any will do
Road trip

4 Things I did yesterday:
Took David to church
Prepared 100 anesthesia records
Mopped the floor (love swiffer)

Strolled around the internets

4 Things I'm looking forward to:
Getting my windshield wipers fixed before..
Spring

Being thin..any minute now
My bad haircut growing out

4 Things I love about winter:
Nothing
Zip

Zero
Nada

4 Things on my wish list:
A new wheelchair (see, I share my wishes)

A maid (yes, I wish to be a princess)
Enough money to be financially and personally secure

Happy children

4 People I tag:
I double dawg tag Cheryl and Jolene

The double dawg counts as two

So that equals four tags

Right???

It Global Warmed All Over Us

Six inches of lovely, heavy snow. SURPRISE!!! Nobody forcast this.

These pictures are from Cami's apartment balcony.


Mississippi River. Pretty...

Slippin' and Sliddin on the bay bridge. We live on an island.

This just doesn't happen in this part of the country very often. We get very excited.

Say Hello

Thought you might like to meet Todd's girl, Katharine. I knew there was a reason he landed in Charlotte. This lovely girl was there waiting for him.

Christmas at home.

Kat is a pre-school teacher in South Carolina, just across the border. She puts a lot of miles on her car going back and forth. Hoping she can move back to NC soon. Must. Find. Job.

Todd also has a new career. He just passed his Pharmacy Tech Certification test, and will soon be certified in compounding and IV's so he can work in a hospital. He will graduate in March. Then he'll decide if he wants to go on to Pharmaceutical School. Should 'a known he would end up in the medical field and his girl in education. Tradition!

The Second Child

Raise your hand if you have way more individual photos of your first baby than the second (third, fourth...). When the second one comes, there are more photos of "the children" than of "the baby". I didn't even realize it until I went searching for baby Todd pictures. Doesn't mean we weren't just as happy or loved them just as much. Just is.

This was, of course, before digital cameras and the old 35mm camera scared me.

First child:

Let the rockets flash and the cannon thunder

This child is a marvel, a matchless wonder.

A staggering child, a child astounding.

Dazzling, stupendous, miraculous, dumbfounding.

Bright as a button, sharp as a thorn,

And the only perfect one ever born.

Second child:

Arrived this evening at half-past nine.

Everybody is doing fine.

Is it a boy, or quite the reverse?

You can call in the morning and ask the nurse.

(Ogden Nash)

Fresh Finds From The Photo Box

All children are born innocent and good. They are the closest thing to heaven we will ever hold; so new and fresh from God's arms.

Every parent thinks their child is the best, the smartest, the most lovely thing to come into the world. And they're right. Even when they try to prove us wrong, we still believe. We are parents.

(Do you hate this method of posting photos? Feeling a little insecure about it. Todd is next. I've found the time to do this, what with being iced in and all.)

When They Were Young

Hooey, I'm on a roll now!
I don't keep scrapbooks. Don't even keep photo albums. What I have are boxes and boxes of photographs. (The ones I haven't lost in floods and other sundry catastrophes.) I think I this is a fun way to share.