Today I'm just looking for a soft place to fall.
The skies are powder blue, no clouds in sight, first time in weeks it seems like, the high winds, punishing rains and hail have abated.
We had our inspection today, the yearly one, and it took all of 5 minutes or less, hehe, I spent a week washing, scrubbing, dusting, and making sure even Cinderella would marvel at the cleanliness .....all for naught.
Next week is the week I'm going on my fishing trip, except for a fishing license, I'm all set. Everything will be provided for save for bug spray and sun tan lotion.
The baby here, Chanel, has taken over the house. She truly is spoiled, yet happy. She behaved herself very well during the inspection, staying out from underfoot.
Even with frequent brushing she's shedding a lot, then again the temp. turned warm really fast after a cold spring.
I finally mailed my younger sister the box with family photos, I"ve only had it for 2 years and 2 weeks! She was very patient about how long it took me to return them, trusting, it was so good to be able to take them out and look at them from time to time. I scanned them to my puter, and will be making copies. I have special projects going, for both sisters, as gifts, that involve the pictures. My last attempt, putting marbles on a framed picture of Grama Lottie wasn't the best! My heart was in it, however I thought it didn't look all that great.
Grama Lottie would play marbles with us girls when we were little, and it's a great memory and I thought a framed picture of Gram surrounded by marbles would be sweet. Well.......
The radishes and carrots are coming up already, I pulled three radishes yesterday and gave them to neighbor. They look real good this year. I think that manure they put on the garden, last fall, did the trick. I planted the vegetables in different spots in hopes of keeping the pests away. That's what the gardening magazine reccomends, so....
The tomato plants are growing, however...the onion seeds and tomato seeds haven't sprouted anything yet and I hear it might take fall for them to come up! Yikes! Live and learn.
I think that using the fleamarket here in town, for vegies, might help too since food prices here keep rising. Each week sees a new high for everyday items, bananas alone were .69 cents a pound.
June 18, 2008
June 10, 2008
Communication is of the essence, much like time.....a smile that wasn't seen, a wink between friends to indicate an understanding, ( that didn't get noticed ) or a certain word that meant one thing to one, and it was a trigger for another....
It's all tooooo easy to wreak havoc on a relationship through poor communication....
Between loved ones, a LOT of understanding, and trying on each others' moccasins for a moment, might save a relationship, providing you don't actually go around borrowing their favorite pair!!
Expectations in relationships are touchy. To have them is to have to express them, immediately, while the iron is hot. To have expectations and NOT express them is a recipe for certain disaster. Resentments build, forming a wall to open communication and understanding.
Miscommunications need to be handled with caution, listening to what the other has to say, and repeating back to them, to show you understand what they said and how they feel. THEN you can tell your side, without interruption, ( for interrupting kills relationships ) and how you felt at the time. The goal, in my eyes, is to understand the other and meet them halfway in order to preserve a loving and caring environment where one feels loved, understood, and accepted even through misunderstandings.
It's never too late to try to fix a misunderstanding, and while the communication is key, so is a hug, a smile, a nod, a gesture of some kind to indicate that it's ok that you messed up...
I think if some tried harder, there might be fewer wars.
It's all tooooo easy to wreak havoc on a relationship through poor communication....
Between loved ones, a LOT of understanding, and trying on each others' moccasins for a moment, might save a relationship, providing you don't actually go around borrowing their favorite pair!!
Expectations in relationships are touchy. To have them is to have to express them, immediately, while the iron is hot. To have expectations and NOT express them is a recipe for certain disaster. Resentments build, forming a wall to open communication and understanding.
Miscommunications need to be handled with caution, listening to what the other has to say, and repeating back to them, to show you understand what they said and how they feel. THEN you can tell your side, without interruption, ( for interrupting kills relationships ) and how you felt at the time. The goal, in my eyes, is to understand the other and meet them halfway in order to preserve a loving and caring environment where one feels loved, understood, and accepted even through misunderstandings.
It's never too late to try to fix a misunderstanding, and while the communication is key, so is a hug, a smile, a nod, a gesture of some kind to indicate that it's ok that you messed up...
I think if some tried harder, there might be fewer wars.
June 03, 2008
It's been a day of music, song, and a feeling one only gets when spring has arrived and one's spirit soars with the clouds and birds..
Speaking of which, the songbirds here serenade me each and every night....it's amazing and amusing, how they prefer certain kinds of music to sing along with...
New Age music seems to be their favorite, just like me, however they sing along to Big Band and one even seemed to like "Johny B Good" song.
The dark gray weather, frequent mist and rain most days doesn't bother me, I sleep in, and move slowly then.
Each day has it's own rhymn, just like us humans, and I have no problem going with it.
I finally, thank God! feel as if I have come home. It has taken over a year to ajust, make accomodations for some situations, and fit in. I've always felt more like an ethereal spirit than a human, and settling down in one place hasn't been easy or a happy experience......
I was recently reminded of this, ( the part about not being happy anywhere) by a relative, and I had to agree.
It was then that I took stock of more than my life, of my very existence and while I didn't come away disappointed nor feeling that I'm "not enough" I decided to make some changes.
Change isn't easy, not when one is of a certain age....however it opens new doors.....
A neighbor that passed away recently had lived here for 20 plus years, as her daughter and I worked together, packing dishes, cleaning her mom's apt., we discussed life and death, and she shared photos of her mom from another time, when her mom had been a young woman....she shared with me that she'd never seen the pictures before...and how lost she felt now that mom was gone and she couldn't talk to her about the pictures, and her mom's life, and all the chances that were gone....
My older sister once said to me that "life is what happens while you're busy making plans" and I think that was a John Lennon quote. So I try now to live more in the moment, look forward to a happy future, and cherish the past, mistakes and all.
For that's what life is, a series of mistakes, and happenings....and choices.....some of us have made more mistakes, or choices that weren't the best, from whatever reason it matters not now, for it's past...it's what we take away from the mistakes and choices, what we learn from them, that counts.
As long as I"m doing the best I can, I'm happy with myself. And I'm happy.
Speaking of which, the songbirds here serenade me each and every night....it's amazing and amusing, how they prefer certain kinds of music to sing along with...
New Age music seems to be their favorite, just like me, however they sing along to Big Band and one even seemed to like "Johny B Good" song.
The dark gray weather, frequent mist and rain most days doesn't bother me, I sleep in, and move slowly then.
Each day has it's own rhymn, just like us humans, and I have no problem going with it.
I finally, thank God! feel as if I have come home. It has taken over a year to ajust, make accomodations for some situations, and fit in. I've always felt more like an ethereal spirit than a human, and settling down in one place hasn't been easy or a happy experience......
I was recently reminded of this, ( the part about not being happy anywhere) by a relative, and I had to agree.
It was then that I took stock of more than my life, of my very existence and while I didn't come away disappointed nor feeling that I'm "not enough" I decided to make some changes.
Change isn't easy, not when one is of a certain age....however it opens new doors.....
A neighbor that passed away recently had lived here for 20 plus years, as her daughter and I worked together, packing dishes, cleaning her mom's apt., we discussed life and death, and she shared photos of her mom from another time, when her mom had been a young woman....she shared with me that she'd never seen the pictures before...and how lost she felt now that mom was gone and she couldn't talk to her about the pictures, and her mom's life, and all the chances that were gone....
My older sister once said to me that "life is what happens while you're busy making plans" and I think that was a John Lennon quote. So I try now to live more in the moment, look forward to a happy future, and cherish the past, mistakes and all.
For that's what life is, a series of mistakes, and happenings....and choices.....some of us have made more mistakes, or choices that weren't the best, from whatever reason it matters not now, for it's past...it's what we take away from the mistakes and choices, what we learn from them, that counts.
As long as I"m doing the best I can, I'm happy with myself. And I'm happy.
June 02, 2008
It's been a gray and rainy day here, with a little early morning sun...
Chanel woke me by literally getting up close up to my face and crying, she wanted her morning feeding and some attention.
The manager here called me after I'd been up for an hour, her and maintenance man wanted to pull the old air-conditioner and install the new one I bought. It all went smooth for them, save for moving my heavy easychair! Surprisingly there wasn't much dirt nor any cobwebs even though that old monster of an air-conditioner was 30 years old!
Does anyone here remember those old pearl collars worn in the 50's? You'd wear one with a sweater, it'd have a little eye and hook to secure it. Well I got one today, from where I live, and it's real fur. Not faux stuff. Quite old too. A lovely silvery beige one. I can't believe what some people are donating to the "free bench" here....I've put out my share of things too, some brand-new that I couldn't use.
The lone tomato plant was put into my garden today, it's the best looking tomato plant out there, I think the others planted too early and the frost hit them. The radishes are coming along nicely, too thick so I had to thin them out. I see some green coming up from the carrots already, and from the tomato seeds I bravely planted outside instead of indoors. We'll see what happens....
Yesterday the Pansies went in, only 4 packs, there isn't much room in the flower bed for more than that I think. There's already white Lilies in there and some Iris.
Supper was easy tonight, a tomato sandwich on white bread, with real butter and a smattering of powdered sugar ( which was a waste ). The tomatoes were sweet all by themselves.
Tomorrow I'm headed into the garden center again, see what else they have, I did want to try potatoes, however don't know if it's too late.
Oh I envy ( not really) all those people that filed for their stimulus pkg. money on time.....I didn't file until the first week in May, so maybe if I'm lucky I'll see the $$ in July.....******sigh****** suppose I'll miss all the sales...oh well. "Use it up, wear it out, make do, and do without".....that's what I read somewhere and it's getting easier to practice that one.
Chanel woke me by literally getting up close up to my face and crying, she wanted her morning feeding and some attention.
The manager here called me after I'd been up for an hour, her and maintenance man wanted to pull the old air-conditioner and install the new one I bought. It all went smooth for them, save for moving my heavy easychair! Surprisingly there wasn't much dirt nor any cobwebs even though that old monster of an air-conditioner was 30 years old!
Does anyone here remember those old pearl collars worn in the 50's? You'd wear one with a sweater, it'd have a little eye and hook to secure it. Well I got one today, from where I live, and it's real fur. Not faux stuff. Quite old too. A lovely silvery beige one. I can't believe what some people are donating to the "free bench" here....I've put out my share of things too, some brand-new that I couldn't use.
The lone tomato plant was put into my garden today, it's the best looking tomato plant out there, I think the others planted too early and the frost hit them. The radishes are coming along nicely, too thick so I had to thin them out. I see some green coming up from the carrots already, and from the tomato seeds I bravely planted outside instead of indoors. We'll see what happens....
Yesterday the Pansies went in, only 4 packs, there isn't much room in the flower bed for more than that I think. There's already white Lilies in there and some Iris.
Supper was easy tonight, a tomato sandwich on white bread, with real butter and a smattering of powdered sugar ( which was a waste ). The tomatoes were sweet all by themselves.
Tomorrow I'm headed into the garden center again, see what else they have, I did want to try potatoes, however don't know if it's too late.
Oh I envy ( not really) all those people that filed for their stimulus pkg. money on time.....I didn't file until the first week in May, so maybe if I'm lucky I'll see the $$ in July.....******sigh****** suppose I'll miss all the sales...oh well. "Use it up, wear it out, make do, and do without".....that's what I read somewhere and it's getting easier to practice that one.
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