Ha ha...I'm not usually a self-congratulatory person (is that a word?) but I do love celebrations!
Birthdays always remind me of a new year...as Anne of Green Gables says, "tomorrow is a clean slate" - a chance to start all over again.
I remember years ago reading Barbara Johnson's story (I think it was called Put a Geranium In Your Hat) and how she decided to celebrate on the first day of every month. She cleaned her fridge and I think maybe her whole house and maybe even her purse...it was a long time ago that I read it but I like the idea (not that I practice it myself but perhaps I should start!)
Birthdays are times to remember...today is my youngest daughter's birthday and tomorrow is mine. My oldest daughter was our Christmas present and my youngest my birthday gift! Pretty good and pretty hard to top!
I'm not that excited to be 48 years old. My husband was teasing me about becoming "mature"...he's older than me, btw! I still feel a lot like I'm a small 12 year old inside my soul--I need to read Beth Moore's So Long, Insecurity-You've been a bad friend to me! That shall be one of my new birthday year goals!
But birthdays are also a time to look back and reflect on incredible countless blessings...an awesome family, great friends, happy memories, even some sad ones that helped develop character and wisdom and insight and bring strength to my spiritual life.....laughter, babies coming into our world, the memory of precious ones who have left this world for a better place, music, breakthroughs, adventures, embarrassing moments that later on make for hilarious stories to share....so many wonderful things in this life.
Thank You, God!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Snail's Salad
A few weeks ago, we went camping (that's a whole post in itself--how is it camping when you get to enjoy a Netbook, try out Skype, watch TV --cable TV even! and have running water, a biffy and a shower in your trailer? Sweet!)...
Anyway, already I digress..haha!
Keshia and I went for a walk and we simply took our time, drinking in all the sights and sounds and scurrying of critters. Somehow one of us (I think it was Keshia) noticed a snail on the path. He was eating teeny tiny clovers...I said he was eating the world's smallest salad!
That moment is really staying with me...I wanted to start a blog called Snail Salad...Enjoy the micro-moments of life.
When was the last time I ever slowed down and crouched down to watch a snail eat supper? :)
It was magical for some reason. It was very cool. It was a great reminder...kind of like slow down and smell the roses or wake up and smell the coffee...mmmm!
About a week later I came back to my job only to find it had vanished like the wind. I think that moment was much more of a gift from God than I could have known.
Thank You, Lord, for micro-moments to enjoy and savor and for using a super small snail to grab my attention and remind me of Your blessings!
Anyway, already I digress..haha!
Keshia and I went for a walk and we simply took our time, drinking in all the sights and sounds and scurrying of critters. Somehow one of us (I think it was Keshia) noticed a snail on the path. He was eating teeny tiny clovers...I said he was eating the world's smallest salad!
That moment is really staying with me...I wanted to start a blog called Snail Salad...Enjoy the micro-moments of life.
When was the last time I ever slowed down and crouched down to watch a snail eat supper? :)
It was magical for some reason. It was very cool. It was a great reminder...kind of like slow down and smell the roses or wake up and smell the coffee...mmmm!
About a week later I came back to my job only to find it had vanished like the wind. I think that moment was much more of a gift from God than I could have known.
Thank You, Lord, for micro-moments to enjoy and savor and for using a super small snail to grab my attention and remind me of Your blessings!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Beautiful things
green green grass...
sitting at a picnic table reading a good book
with the sun shining brightly
... a cool refreshing breeze
...shade
a bubbling brook
cute puppies
adorable babies
aroma of coffee...ahhhh!
hugs from friends
kisses from hubby
back rubs
FOOT rubs! Yes!
affirmations
waking up praying
waking up!
waking up feeling grateful
So many blessings in life....people, of course!
Thank You, God!
sitting at a picnic table reading a good book
with the sun shining brightly
... a cool refreshing breeze
...shade
a bubbling brook
cute puppies
adorable babies
aroma of coffee...ahhhh!
hugs from friends
kisses from hubby
back rubs
FOOT rubs! Yes!
affirmations
waking up praying
waking up!
waking up feeling grateful
So many blessings in life....people, of course!
Thank You, God!
Confessions of a FarmVille Freak
OK, OK, I am an addict. I admit it.
I play FarmVille on Facebook way too much.
I recently got rid of all my buildings. It was kind of fun imagining that the farm experienced a big storm and things got wiped out but then I decided no, it's a commune and Farmer Mim is getting organic and living closer to the earth literally. hee hee
I'm going to start planting crops that don't yield a harvest for 4 days..some time soon.
Ack, letting go! It's not easy even in an imaginary world! If only I can get myself as addicted to writing again as I am to silly old FarmVille!
I play FarmVille on Facebook way too much.
I recently got rid of all my buildings. It was kind of fun imagining that the farm experienced a big storm and things got wiped out but then I decided no, it's a commune and Farmer Mim is getting organic and living closer to the earth literally. hee hee
I'm going to start planting crops that don't yield a harvest for 4 days..some time soon.
Ack, letting go! It's not easy even in an imaginary world! If only I can get myself as addicted to writing again as I am to silly old FarmVille!
Reluctantly Unemployed Again
Wow, talk about the circle of life....but sometimes the circle has a squiggly line added :)
I came back to work from vacation only to discover my job packed up, too!! It was a bit of a shock but it's not all bad.
Yes, I feel a bit sad but it's also an amazing opportunity. Like Anne of Green Gables used to say, Tomorrow is a clean slate.
The world is full of possibilities...just hopefully it will offer me a paycheck again soon, too! :)
I came back to work from vacation only to discover my job packed up, too!! It was a bit of a shock but it's not all bad.
Yes, I feel a bit sad but it's also an amazing opportunity. Like Anne of Green Gables used to say, Tomorrow is a clean slate.
The world is full of possibilities...just hopefully it will offer me a paycheck again soon, too! :)
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