I just returned home from golfing the Ladies League and have slipped into my suit and will be taking a fresh up dip in the pool as soon as I finish posting... Rebecca of http://rebeccaforvintageliving.blogspot.com had some lovely words on her post yesterday... as she enters into new territory of her life... The lovely words I absorbed knowing they are very true... With endings comes new beginnings, with sleep comes awaking, with death comes new life. Look all around and see the design God has created. Every tree, flower, knows this simple circle of life. Life shows us how to smile, laugh, and cry. True wisdom comes and we learn to enrich our lives and nourish our souls.. True wisdom also makes us make changes and move on... Life is a secession of present moments. Learning to leave time behind regretting the past, or fidgeting the present or constant worry of the future will make us miss a lot of life...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Thoughts
I just returned home from golfing the Ladies League and have slipped into my suit and will be taking a fresh up dip in the pool as soon as I finish posting... Rebecca of http://rebeccaforvintageliving.blogspot.com had some lovely words on her post yesterday... as she enters into new territory of her life... The lovely words I absorbed knowing they are very true... With endings comes new beginnings, with sleep comes awaking, with death comes new life. Look all around and see the design God has created. Every tree, flower, knows this simple circle of life. Life shows us how to smile, laugh, and cry. True wisdom comes and we learn to enrich our lives and nourish our souls.. True wisdom also makes us make changes and move on... Life is a secession of present moments. Learning to leave time behind regretting the past, or fidgeting the present or constant worry of the future will make us miss a lot of life...
Monday, August 30, 2010
Quiet Moments
My plans are to spend some time reflecting on life and it challenges and the best ways for enduring and conquering... and let life be the best it can be... If we don't these challenges get in our way of having peace and tranquility in our lives... I will be turning on the air soon as I am noticing the temp in the house is rising... I need to fill the little china dish fountain on the front porch as the little finches are sipping already... I will water the garden so it can maintain trough the heat of the day..
As my intentions for today are to enjoy the silence, unlike yesterday filled with voices and entertainment... Not having to worry about the 9-5 work day or the first day back to school in our area I can eliminate most commotion many families are experiencing... Silence, I have come to learn to cherish it... For myself slowing down must take place to tap into a creative side... It would be a wonderful thing if our lives were a straight drive without running into traffic and in our journey a convenient parking spot is always open for us...For me my parking spot is open today... my home... Determined today to reduce my pace and enjoy time and add joy to my life...
Oh I just left for awhile and completed my chores and now back to finish posting... Tom will leave soon and attend the funeral to come home ...eat a late lunch and head out to the golf course for afternoon into late evening... leaving me to enjoy the quiet moments...
I do so hope you can have moments today and if you can't my wishes for you are to make whatever changes you need to allow yourself to be happy and find contentment....
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Moments In Our Life's
We started the morning by waiting on UPS to bring a package containing a pair of new Ohio State looking special ordered shoes for Lance... They arrived... I explained to the boys how years back we use to have our feet placed in a machine and X-rayed to see if the shoes fit correctly... They were real fascinated by that... Next we headed over to the golf course to play golf with the boys... They each have their own clubs and are learning some of the rules.... Grandpa has had them over many times... Imagine that? After many strokes and having the most exciting thing... the full throttle ride on the golf cart the boys were ready to come home ... Toasting hot dogs on the grill and fresh cut french fries potatoes... applesauce... sliced tomatoes... and a surprise cupcake completed a lunch for the boys... Next the begging for hidden object games on the computer... I downloaded a 60 minute game for us to hide and seek... { oh how different than when my grandma and I used to play " Hide the Thimble"} of which I have nothing but fond memories.... After we played the game it was pretty much time for the boys to gather their belongings and wait on mom to come pick them up... shared with more conversation... We had about a hour to change clothing and and head back to the course to play the Friday night mixed couples scrambles... After a lovely, lovely evening on the course we went to the clubhouse and had our supper and load of conversation... Most of the couples throw in a couple dollars and games of Keno are played... After about a hour and a half we finally said we had enough and headed home... I came home ...soaked in a hot bath filled with oils and headed directly to bed...
The first thing I did this morning was to check out Tinora's first night of football score and found they had been very successful... Way to go guys....
The past couple days have been spent absorbing the loss of our dear friend and adjusting our thoughts... The funeral will be on Monday... so there is a possibility posting may be very light the next couple days...
We all have moments in our lives... they are available in different degrees on a daily basis... We can find them to be very pleasant with the smile of a friend or someone we love or even someone we don't even know.. Think of moments you have been over come with joy and remember how they affect your life.. My thought for you today: Many times we have been told doing things we love can be selfish.. I do not find this to be true... I have found before we freely give love first, we must be full ourselves.... I hope it is possible for you all to do something you love today... It will make life contagious.......
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tetter-Totter
Aging gracefully is a matter of self-esteem... Our zest and sense of daily joy... Our life satisfaction... Many times I feel a sense of loss due to loosing "traditions" Our children seem to be letting go of many lovely things that we important to us through their want for more.. Maybe this is another thing that has occured with us.. We really don't feel the drive or sense of all the time wanting more.. As most ladies of my age appear with jet black hair, honey brown, or even blonde or other artificial colors, I am strutting around with my white head of hair that God gave me the right for... I happen to love the greying of hair and think of it as knowledge gained.... { besides artificial coloring of hair doesn't come close to fitting in my budget] Do you believe there is a secret to happiness? We certainly see in our everyday news that answer certainly doesn't like with money... Yesterday was the sad drama of Tiger and Ellin... and shocking comments of others... Money of definitely not the answer.. I think the answer is ever, so simple.... It is simple and maybe in others eyes somewhat corny, but I do believe the concrete foundation is.... COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS... We are excited when we get something new, but then something happens... it ages like us... I find several things most take for granted.... Most take our shelter.... breakfast, lunch, and dinner for granted... Most take their walk in wardrobes bulging with clothes for granted.. Cars, computers, appliances, TV, and carloads of conveniences are all taken for granted.. Seems counting our blessings in this day and age isn't as easy as it sounds with hundreds of ads conspiring to tell us what we have is not good enough... and that we deserve better and more... When will we come to the conclusion what we have is enough and finally enjoy and be happy with what we have and just plain choose to be happy...
You can smile, build friends, achieve more, win the lottery, do what you desire, but if you aren't aware how wonderful it truly is you are still striving for other things when the answer lies right in front of you... The secret is to " Count your blessings" and enjoy the teeter-totter ride of life......
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Looking To The Stars
Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings on Heaven where the love of our loss ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.... author unknown
A Post Of Inspiration
Burned Biscuits {author unknown}
When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then... And I remember one night in particular when she made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad.. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed. Yet all my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school... I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that biscuit and eat every bite...
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for the burned biscuits.. And I'll never forget what he said, " honey, I loved burned biscuits"
Later that night I went to kiss daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned.. He wrapped me in his arms and said, "your momma put in a hard day at work today and she is real tired. And besides- a little burned biscuit never hurt anyone."
Life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people. I'm not the best at hardly anything and I sometimes forget birthdays and anniversaries just like everyone else.. But what I have learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's differences- is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing and lasting relationship..
And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of God, because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where a burnt biscuit isn't a deal - breaker.
We could extend this to any relationship, in fact, understanding is the basis of any relationship, be it a husband -wife or parent or friendship..
Please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burned one will do just fine... Passing it along to some one who has enriched your life.....
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Appreciation
Maybe the attitude of reminding myself to stop saying "if " and using "when".... then my dreams have a chance of coming true... Accustomed to living the tight shoe string I love using treasures of life that don't cost much... So very many are available to us... like spending quality time with others and competition to keep everything just pumping... Golf does tire me when it is extremely hot but today was truly a God sent of picture perfect...
I am feeling the need for some creativity and some changes... I try not to compare myself with what others are doing and just be myself and do my own thing... The more I just do things to please my tastes and desires the happier I am... { Remember Tom is the one who says he has to be somewhere and his desire is for the golf course... so I have a free hand} I am hoping for some inspiration to come in like a gentle breeze and carry me away to creativeness.... I do know I need to sniff out some vintage junk jewelry for altered art work as I have used many pieces I loved already.... That doesn't seem to be very available in our area so that ma mean a trip to a antique shop with some beautifully decorated booths in the near future...
As for the remainder of this afternoon I will most likely require a nap before suppertime and focus on just being thankful for this lovely day and how very blessed I truly am... Take a hour or two and enjoy these lovely thoughts with me....
Monday, August 23, 2010
Ordinary Practices
Sunday, August 22, 2010
A Nest Maker
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Feeling the Blues ???
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Comfort
Oh how I love the look and feel of this vintage bedroom from the 50's prints to the sophisticated palette of greens, soft pinks, blues, and creams.. Dessert plates are the perfect addition to this vintage retreat.....
Moving Toward The Fall Season
We had 14 boys over screaming and jumping into the pool.... creating about a loss of 1/2 inch from the contents ... so it was pumped once again to fill to level... A amount of 206.00 was brought in gift for Landon to give to the little girl I posted of yesterday fighting cancer... She has had a terrible couple weeks....
I am looking forward to viewing some projects and some of others decorating for the fall season... I hopefully will find some inspiration of some small projects to achieve for personal use... I did print a couple aged book pages yesterday afternoon for a project for ornament tags I hope to complete in the next few days ... These will be used for Christmas if I can get my thoughts all organized and find the right stamp for rag ribbon....
I am posting on a short break while waiting on mopped floors to dry to return to a few chores... I hear my little yellow birds out at the little china water fountain on the front porch... Oh yes, as I peek from the window I see 2 of them enjoying the fresh water that I cleaned the fountain and placed fresh for them to drink... The sweet little yellow birds come several times a day and sing a tune and drink.... I will miss them this fall and winter however.... There has been several tractors going by this morning.... Some land leveling and odd and end chores in the fields as they await the time for the iron horses to bring in the harvest in a few weeks....
I must say tootles for now and return to my dailys before the temp rise too much but for right now it is very pleasant and a gentle breeze is moving the curtains ever so softly.....
The lovely pictures are fromhttp://ginger-ella.tumblr.com
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Musings
We were told that we would be having about 14 children coming over for a splash in the pool this afternoon about 4... Tom's grandson is having a way belated birthday party... He wanted a summer party instead of in the winter so today is the day.... We have a sweet young girl that is in our school district ... I believe she is 11 and she has been fighting cancer for a couple years... The school has TV piped into her hospital room where she attends classes with the other children... She is back on chemo after completing a long session and the outlook at this time is not good but she continues to fight... Landon { Tom's grandson} and his family had decided Landon didn't need any birthday gifts and he truly doesn't... but if the children attending would like to give money to this sweet little girl and her family for gas to be with her or something she may need they as a family would match it and Landon would take it to her personally to help with some of the expenses this family has endured.... This strong little girls name is Tianna if you would like to add her to our prayers... She really could use every prayer possible as she continues her courageous battle with this terrible disease....
Our evenings has cooled off the last couple evenings and thus so has the pool water dropped to cooler temps... The boys if they decide they will swim today will be taking a gasping jump in the pool... It is always fun to see the expressions on faces as they jump in... Most time the eyes widen to double size and a scream is heard... I am afraid there will be one lot of screams heard later this p.m. if the sun does come out.....
Well I am off to do chores again... In the next week I need to muster up energy to clean out the window screens and wash all the windows out doors... It soon will be time to think of getting the home ready to endure the winter months and storing things away for another season.. For me it is not going to be as hard to do as the heat this summer was far more than I wanted... so the cooler months are going to be welcome... Also means the sports in High school will be starting and I love attending so I am looking forward to that.... Blessings sent to you once again... Have a lovely day....
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Lets Hear It For Romance
Monday, August 16, 2010
Home Sweet Home
This morning so far has been spent trying to catch up... Sweeping decks and porches and watering flowers and laundry.. This afternoon I will travel to Defiance to purchase groceries and get the house up and running again... On our way home from Indy we got into a travel jam created by a crash.. It took a couple hours to clean up and " oh no" but " oh yes" the Indianapolis Colts football game had just left out so most of the passengers were all supporting their Colts jerseys in the cars surrounding us... Todd and Jens home is much larger than ours but I am glad to be back to my little "playhouse" compared to many we viewed this weekend.. A simpler life has returned. Back to the down to earth warm charm. Back to improvisation... farm wives tend to be more thrifty... We love handmade and home-made... and not such outlandish ways... Hand-made and home-made happens often at my little house in the country..
Just stopping in on a small break to let you know all is well and I am home... Blessings sent your way... Back to catch up...
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Life's Lessons
When surrounding yourself in good company you are offering one another gifts... Sharing time surrounded by a lovely, cozy, home is the most wonderful feeling... Objects with memories ... the aroma of baking...{ I need a time out as I am baking cookies and that aroma is filling the air and time for checking the baking process... They smell so yummy...} The cookies will be going to Indy with us tomorrow morning... Tom is looking so forward to spending time with his son Todd and his family... Heat is expected... but they have a lovely back yard setting with a spacious pool , fire area ect. so we will be very comfortable.... Dining in Al Fresco in this setting always sets a perfect spot to enjoy family... Always a festive touch in simple offerings....
My very special thoughts and wishes for you all this weekend is that you can spend some time with family and friends and enjoy the value of those moments.... Blessings.....