Its Sunday.
After a crazy weekend - we have made it to the other side.
I worked a full week and then worked on Saturday as well.
My other half went to his 20 year class reunion and was gone all day yesterday and most of today.
Big thanks go out to family that stepped in to help us (me) out during this stressful time.
But now I am trying to get myself motivated to get back to work tomorrow.
I have clean clothes that need to be folded and a kitchen in a state of disarray complete with pizza boxes and dirty and clean dishes.
It was a beautiful day today. Cicadas were singing (in October!), sun was HOT, my youngest pulled a massive zucchini out of a garden, and I was surrounded by family and 3 cats for much of the day. This week is going to be a bit of a letdown compared to today but I have high hopes that we aren't on the downward slide yet to winter. I need to mow one more time at least - finish the spring garden clean out - pull out all the trees around the house... the list is never ending.
So I'm ready to get to bed a wake up ready to get to work.
Who's gonna come and help me?
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Here we are again
And we're back.
Or are we.
Who knows or cares probably.
But someone close to me said 'You should write in your blog again' and I thought.
Yeah.
That actually sounds like a good idea.
What about?
Not sure.
Somedays I wish I would have documented my life better and then I think... why?
Somedays I wish I could write a novel but would I want to spend time doing that?
Lately my life has felt like it is racing forward and I can't catch my breath. Is that how it feels for everyone as your kids grow up and work feels overwhelming and the things you say you will do tomorrow wait for years to get done?
I don't want to take a day off from work to do those things - usually.
So here we are again... catching up.
Seems like a good idea.
Till we meet again.
Or are we.
Who knows or cares probably.
But someone close to me said 'You should write in your blog again' and I thought.
Yeah.
That actually sounds like a good idea.
What about?
Not sure.
Somedays I wish I would have documented my life better and then I think... why?
Somedays I wish I could write a novel but would I want to spend time doing that?
Lately my life has felt like it is racing forward and I can't catch my breath. Is that how it feels for everyone as your kids grow up and work feels overwhelming and the things you say you will do tomorrow wait for years to get done?
I don't want to take a day off from work to do those things - usually.
So here we are again... catching up.
Seems like a good idea.
Till we meet again.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Hallelujah - arranged by Shawn Kirchner
Verse One:
And let this feeble body fail,
And let it faint or die;
My soul shall quit this mournful vale,
And soar to worlds on high.
Chorus:
And I'll sing hallelujah,
And you'll sing hallelujah,
And we'll all sing hallelujah
When we arrive at home.
Verse Two:
O what are all my sufferings here,
If, Lord, Thou count me met
With that enraptured host to appear,
And worship at Thy feet!
Verse Three:
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain,
Take life or friends away,
But let me find them all again
In that eternal day.
~Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
And let this feeble body fail,
And let it faint or die;
My soul shall quit this mournful vale,
And soar to worlds on high.
Chorus:
And I'll sing hallelujah,
And you'll sing hallelujah,
And we'll all sing hallelujah
When we arrive at home.
Verse Two:
O what are all my sufferings here,
If, Lord, Thou count me met
With that enraptured host to appear,
And worship at Thy feet!
Verse Three:
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain,
Take life or friends away,
But let me find them all again
In that eternal day.
~Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Monday, May 19, 2014
Sprinter
We survived winter... just barely.
I won't tell you how many times I thought the cold was over to be put back in the deep freeze again.
Tomorrow the weatherman is forecasting 80 degrees.
Really?!
Ugh.
I won't tell you how many times I thought the cold was over to be put back in the deep freeze again.
Tomorrow the weatherman is forecasting 80 degrees.
Really?!
Ugh.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Summer To Do list
I get home from work and immediately put my play clothes on.
I can think of many things I could do outside.
Weed the garden,
mix up the compost,
mow the lawn,
water the plants.
Just a few of the items on my summer to do list.
Winter is still months away.
I can think of many things I could do outside.
Weed the garden,
mix up the compost,
mow the lawn,
water the plants.
Just a few of the items on my summer to do list.
Winter is still months away.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Going back to School
Have you considered going back to school - in other words - getting a second degree?
Uff da.
My current job has morphed into this uber crazy position that is so pared down that all I get to do is the stuff that I have to do. Not fun. So after 8 months of this position - I am wondering if maybe a job change is in my future.
Have you gone back to school?
Did you have kids and a home to support?
My dream since I was pretty much done with my first degree is to be a librarian.
Maybe someday I will realize that dream or not.
Stay tuned.
Uff da.
My current job has morphed into this uber crazy position that is so pared down that all I get to do is the stuff that I have to do. Not fun. So after 8 months of this position - I am wondering if maybe a job change is in my future.
Have you gone back to school?
Did you have kids and a home to support?
My dream since I was pretty much done with my first degree is to be a librarian.
Maybe someday I will realize that dream or not.
Stay tuned.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Adding Professional Sports to the list
Growing up in a small town in a state that didn't have any professional sports - I never really became a fan of any teams - except maybe the Cubs. But didn't really even follow them - I just knew some of the more popular players.
Living in a large metropolitan area - I have recently been to two professional baseball games and *surprise* I enjoyed going! Didn't hurt that they won both games either.
Then this past weekend - I watched the PGA US Open on TV for the first time. I may even have a few players that I like. (I will save that disclosure for another time). But I thought I would try to find out when the next tournament is and am failing miserably. I am pretty sure it is the British Open but trying to find it on the PGA home page isn't working. Which probably goes to show how little I know about golf - right? Oh well. I will search for British Open and find it right away.
So far absolutely no interest in basketball or football or hockey (yuck!) but all are playing professionally in my current hometown. So stay turned for more amateur talk on sports!
Living in a large metropolitan area - I have recently been to two professional baseball games and *surprise* I enjoyed going! Didn't hurt that they won both games either.
Then this past weekend - I watched the PGA US Open on TV for the first time. I may even have a few players that I like. (I will save that disclosure for another time). But I thought I would try to find out when the next tournament is and am failing miserably. I am pretty sure it is the British Open but trying to find it on the PGA home page isn't working. Which probably goes to show how little I know about golf - right? Oh well. I will search for British Open and find it right away.
So far absolutely no interest in basketball or football or hockey (yuck!) but all are playing professionally in my current hometown. So stay turned for more amateur talk on sports!
Monday, February 4, 2013
It's February?
and I haven't written in months...
Excited about 2013.
I have a milestone birthday this year.
Can't believe I will be 'over the hill'.
Makes me feel like I have to get over some hill just to be a smart-ass.
2012 kind of sucked...
Job stress
Health stress
I have to drive in snow... :)
Looking forward to spring.
We are supposed to be done with the super cold weather now.
My fingers are crossed.
Happy February.
Excited about 2013.
I have a milestone birthday this year.
Can't believe I will be 'over the hill'.
Makes me feel like I have to get over some hill just to be a smart-ass.
2012 kind of sucked...
Job stress
Health stress
I have to drive in snow... :)
Looking forward to spring.
We are supposed to be done with the super cold weather now.
My fingers are crossed.
Happy February.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
From a recent wedding that MD attended
An excerpt from Plato's Symposium
Humans have never understood the power of Love, for if they had they would surely have built noble temples and altars and offered solemn sacrifices; but this is not done, and most certainly ought to be done, since Love is our best friend, our helper, and the healer of the ills which prevent us from being happy.
To understand the power of Love, we must understand that our original human nature was not like it is now, but different. Human beings each had two sets of arms, two sets of legs, and two faces looking in opposite directions. There were three sexes then: one comprised of two men called the children of the Sun, one made of two women called the children of the Earth, and a third made of a man and a woman, called the children of the Moon. Due to the power and might of these original humans, the Gods began to fear that their reign might be threatened. They sought for a way to end the humans' insolence without destroying them.
It was at this point that Zeus divided the humans in half. After the division the two parts of each desiring their other half, came together, and throwing their arms about one another, entwined in mutual embraces, longing to grow into one. So ancient is the desire of one another which is implanted in us, reuniting our original nature, making one of two, and healing the state of humankind.
Each of us when separated, having one side only, is but the indenture of a person, and we are always looking for our other half. Those whose original nature lies with the children of the Sun are men who are drawn to other men, those from the children of the Earth are women who love other women, and those from the children of the Moon are men and women drawn to one another. And when one of us meets our other half, we are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy, and would not be out of the other's sight even for a moment. We pass our whole lives together, desiring that we should be melted into one, to spend our lives as one person instead of two, and so that after our death there will be one departed soul instead of two; this is the very expression of our ancient need. And the reason is that human nature was originally one and we were a whole, and the desire and pursuit of the whole is called Love.
Humans have never understood the power of Love, for if they had they would surely have built noble temples and altars and offered solemn sacrifices; but this is not done, and most certainly ought to be done, since Love is our best friend, our helper, and the healer of the ills which prevent us from being happy.
To understand the power of Love, we must understand that our original human nature was not like it is now, but different. Human beings each had two sets of arms, two sets of legs, and two faces looking in opposite directions. There were three sexes then: one comprised of two men called the children of the Sun, one made of two women called the children of the Earth, and a third made of a man and a woman, called the children of the Moon. Due to the power and might of these original humans, the Gods began to fear that their reign might be threatened. They sought for a way to end the humans' insolence without destroying them.
It was at this point that Zeus divided the humans in half. After the division the two parts of each desiring their other half, came together, and throwing their arms about one another, entwined in mutual embraces, longing to grow into one. So ancient is the desire of one another which is implanted in us, reuniting our original nature, making one of two, and healing the state of humankind.
Each of us when separated, having one side only, is but the indenture of a person, and we are always looking for our other half. Those whose original nature lies with the children of the Sun are men who are drawn to other men, those from the children of the Earth are women who love other women, and those from the children of the Moon are men and women drawn to one another. And when one of us meets our other half, we are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy, and would not be out of the other's sight even for a moment. We pass our whole lives together, desiring that we should be melted into one, to spend our lives as one person instead of two, and so that after our death there will be one departed soul instead of two; this is the very expression of our ancient need. And the reason is that human nature was originally one and we were a whole, and the desire and pursuit of the whole is called Love.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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