Wild Horses

I find it amazing that you can be in a perfectly fine mood, then a song comes on your mp3 player that has no real significant meaning except that you've always just liked it a lot, then BOOM! You start thinking sad things that make you want to cry. Of course, it may very well be hormones, but, you know.
You just live your life, going along day by day and then realize how much things have changed. You have always known that things would change... I mean, your kids have to grow up, parents get old and die, jobs change, school ends, you get these awful things called wrinkles (HORROR!)... stuff that you never expected to happen does and things that maybe you did expect to happen don't. life. It's just like every spring we are all thrilled over and over again at how one day there is snow on the ground, and seemingly the next, the trees are filled with whole, complete leaves. We humans are so easily impressed, lol.

I read on another blog about this young Mom who felt at times that she gets this nagging feeling that she should be doing something important with her life. Um, honey, you are already doing the most important job. When your daughters leave your home, you will not be thinking "Gee, I sure wish I had spent more time at my job when they were little". Trust me. It may at times be boring or frustrating or tiring beyond belief or more rewarding than you could ever have imagined. But it's still more important than punching a clock somewhere just so that you can have other grown ups to talk to, or feel the need to do something important. The world will still be there in a few years. Your kids will only call you Mommy for so long. Just Mom comes all too soon.
Personally, I was always more proud that I was the only one who decipher my girls' own language. Not even just my own, but some other kids whose mother worked outside the home at an important job. I am certainly not saying that every woman is made to be a stay at home mom, either. If you are not, and work because you will go insane, then please do your kids a favor and leave them in the care of someone who does want that particular job.

Anyway. Happy warm summer nights.

ants in my pants

So tonight after supper I decided that I really can't keep waiting to get this garden going. Also, a certain someone is telling me that everything is dying because it's not been planted. I got changed out of my scrubs and headed out. That black stuff that we put down two years ago was still there, but covered by weeds. The very things it was supposed to keep out. Imagine that. So, I found a corner and started tugging. It came off fairly easy. I was semi-surprised. I kinda figured it would, but, you never know. It was still hard work because it's very heavy with all those friggin' weeds!! As I was going along, I'm feeling what seemed like bites on my legs. Upper left leg mostly. Well, it seems that there are many ant colonies that have taken up residence under this crap!! They obviously were not happy with my efforts to dismantle their homes. Also, I think they had heard from other ant relatives nearer to the house about the slight disruption the night before as I pulled some weeds from between a sidewalk crack. Now I'm quite sure they will come looking for me when I go to sleep. Poppy told me last night that he heard that a good way to get rid of ants is to sprinkle corn meal near them. It ssems that they take it back to the rest of the little buggers and they all eat it and they can't digest it, and die. So, after leaving heaping piles of weedy black fabric around my garden, I headed into the house for corn meal. I sprinkled it all over the garden. At least the birds will be happy in the long run because they can eat ant larvae and cornmeal tomorow!

Petie had been hanging out while all this was going on and I thought it would be nice just to sit with him for a bit, as Kev had gone inthe house. It took him a little bit but soon he was rolling all around, had a nice little pee in my flowers, then came and snuggled up next to me. I talked to him for a bit, and before I knew it, he was in my lap, happy as a clam. Poor little guy. I'm sure that we are the only soft caresses and kind words he has ever had in his short life. He sat with me till my feet nearly fell off from falling asleep, then Kev came out and gave him some treats so I could go in the house.

Well, it's time to go for Kylie, so I'm off. I'm looking so forward to the long weekend...

don't fear the pillow

The weather turned out to be half decent today. I wore my mermaid scrub top because it seemed as though we should all start swimming. Anyway, I took a tiny tour of my garden in the sunshine when I got home. Things seem to be progressing nicely. Especially the weeds! There is this one plant that is growing quite vigorously...but the problem is that I don't know if it's a viable flower or a weed! There is another one just like it a few feet away, so.... Hmm. I'll have to wait and see. I did throw some seeds in there so who knows.
I do love it when the breeze blows the curtains on a warm day. It's one of those little things in life that bring me a little tug of contentment and a bit of sentimentality. The warm weather brings back so many good memories for me.

I have been doing laundry yet again. I do believe I am caught up! Tomorrow morning I will pack. I got an email from the restaurant tonight and I called to confirm the hotel reservation. Tomorrow night at this time I'll be in Pittsburgh. That always kinda weirded me out. You know, how you can wake up in one part of the world and go to sleep in hundreds of miles away. Maybe it's just me that's weird, lol.

There was a commercial on tonight for an Alzheimer drug. Kylie asked if I would forgive her if she put me in a home if I got Alzheimer's! I said no! She told me she would take care of me when I get old!! Then she said that, no, she said I could live with her and that's different. She's not changing my diapers either. She would hire someone or tell me to reach down and do it myself, lol. Then she remembered that Kyra is going to put a pillow over my head if that would happen anyway, so she didn't have to worry. Ahh, Happy Mother's Day to me, lmao. I love my kids.

See you when we get back from Pittsburgh...
Later, and Happy Mother's Day to all of my loyal fans...

lint

So my quilt got completed and was well received and my cole slaw was a big hit at the baby shower. It was nice to have a little party at work. I took the pictures as well and will load them onto snapfish.com and have a little album made fro Dr. K and his wife.
As I was sewing over the weekend, Dirty Dancing was on TV. I love that movie so much. Patrick Swayze is such a good actor. At the very end when they are doing the final dance and he is looking at her and then singing...ohh my heart. Doesn't everyone want their significant other to look at them like that?! And then I had to cry too because it just seems so unfair that a person so full of energy and so gifted should have to suffer so. He always seemed like such a genuinely nice guy. I know God has some reason that we can't begin to understand, but...
I also got to watching a show that evidently was on in 08 and has been canceled on FX called The Riches. It was really good and now I can't watch it anymore!! I'm always so behind the times, lol.
One more day and then we're off to Pittsburgh. I am looking forward to it. I hope the weather is good.
I have so much work that I should be doing on the computer and I just don't take the time to sit down and do it. I need to update the family web page- it's still in December. I have pictures that need to be burned to disc, my mp3 needs to be organized, I should pay some bills, oh the list goes on! And right now I need to do some laundry.
Today we had a plumber come over to open up our clogged drains in the basement for the washer and the two sinks down there. What a pain. In the wallet. He said that at least once a month we need to pour boiling- not hot- water down all three of them to prevent build up. Yippee. Anyway, now I can finish your wash, Kyra.
Tonight we had Parmesan chicken for supper. Yummy!! Don't hate!
Alright. Now to upload some pics while i do some laundry.
Later

Bliss, riight

So today was our 27th anniversary. It was pretty much like any other day, except I got yellow roses sent to me at work. Everyone was all "awww, how sweet!", you know how women are. They are very pretty. There was a man around my age checking out at the window next to mine who said" Someone's getting lucky tonight!", lol. Not likely. Next weekend we will "celebrate" when we go on our weekend trip to Pittsburgh.
I am feeling better. I had some antibiotics called in to combat my "swine flu" and overnight my head junk has changed color. Amazing. The left side of my head felt like it should be surgically removed for most of the day, but seems to be somewhat better after a bit of a nap and a good hot shower. I imagine that this irritating cough will linger as usual, though. Tomorrow will be an exhausting day, since my children seem to have my day planned out, lol. Shopper I am not. I am meeting with Jean for coffee in the morning, so, I'll be available after 12. There seem to be a gazillion yard sales tomorrow, so maybe Jean and I can hit up a few of them.
Most of my weekend needs to be dedicated to making a crib quilt for a shower for one of our doctors' wives on Tuesday. Procrastinator I am!!

Later