Playtime......

Yup--she liked the car she could climb in and out of.

In.

Out.

In.

Out.

INoutINoutINout.....a bazillion times INoutINoutINout.....

NOTsomuch with the big pool though.
I did manage a smile or two from her--

Not that I was thrilled with her in it.
I was not......

(Life vest?! HELLO???)

I think we've decided 'big pool' = scary for the bug and more work for the girl.
'Little pool' = STAND UP if you get a face full of water.

*sigh*

NO MORE BIG POOL.

Butohmygosh, YES please.....MORE ice cream cones.

O
M
G

The garden hose is a wonderful thing. *laughing*

Sleeping with Bread

The examen, based on the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, helps a person hold onto what spiritually nourishes him by looking at what is giving him consolation in his life or causing him desolation. It allows someone to express his gratitude to God for the good stuff and turn to him for solace for the bad stuff. It is quite simple. You simply ask yourself, in the last day/week/month what gave me consolation and what caused me desolation.

In the past week it’s been a case of ‘pay attention to what interferences I put in the paths of those who need Me’.
I can’t count the number of times I’ve had to pause and go “Okay….that was helpful…..”.
From the boss having unfamiliar pain in his sternum, to a pigeon hitting the deer (yep--they found another problem which woulda went undetected had that not happened), to the parent who opted to remain to talk with their kiddo instead of hitting the road on a tire that blew in the parking lot…to who knows what all I missed cuz He’s got a broader picture than I do….

I’m grateful, truly.

‘Bad’ things happening or not happening to 'good' people….. Him running interference seems to have been huge this week.
I am grateful.

I’m also still crabby.
But I’m getting there.

There’s blessings to count regardless.
And I’m counting them.

I’m not about ‘all the blame and none of the glory’.
But I’m not just about ‘good P.R. for G-d’ either.



K…..
I think we need to talk about mosquitos, Big Guy…..

TFTD

You won't solve all your problems today, but you can take care of one or two of them. You probably won't get all the way to your destination, but you can definitely make some progress.

Every day offers numerous opportunities to make progress. Make use of as many of them as you can.

Steady, persistent effort may not seem like it's having much effect at the time you're doing it. Keep going though, because over time those little steps forward can take you a long, long way.

Right now, there's a valuable difference you can make. Instead of just letting the next few moments pass by with nothing to show for them, choose to invest them wisely.

Move your world forward a little bit. No one else may even notice, but you will know, and you will benefit, as will they.

The other bank

Francine

Frank has a sweetie.....Frank has a sweetie!!! La la la la laaaa la!!!!

Oh my......can't ya just hear the pitter patter of wee little ground squirrelies?!

:-)

MORE! :-)

Fairy Reminder

You'll spend a lot of time fixing things when they go wrong.

Be sure to put just as much time and awareness into enjoying life when things go right.

Next in line......

Did I know I was 'next in line' with another Administrator?

No.
Do I care that I'm 'next in line' with another Administrator?

No.

I care about people.


Wednesday the boss went for medical check-ups and Thursday there were tests. It all got shoved into a whirlwind of more tests on Friday and he's still at the hospital. They're buying time to decide the best route to go.....to get a more experienced surgeon on board.

There's a blown suture on the heart valve they replaced six months ago, and blood is pooled inside the heart wall. It's not an easy fix and it's not an easy situation.
Everyone's worried--including me.

Apparently I'm a 'next in line'--or so I was informed by the CEO who asked me to talk with the staff this affects. And 'let's talk Tuesday about other details'.

I don't wanna talk other details.

I just wanna get past this moment and safely to the other side.

And I wanna be able to answer the cellphone without my heart racing.

Juiced

Yup--in the super duper 'Nana bought me a pool with a canopy' pool.....with flutterbys and other assorted inflatable bugs!
Juice is required, apparently.

She LIKES it! She LIKES it!!

Nana done GOOD! :-)

Today's Thought

Start now.

We can learn to be gentle, loving, and nurturing with ourselves. We can do loving things for ourselves. We can love other people and let them love us.

For Ron--the buzzy wreath

QOTW 5/28/10

Name three things you worry about running out of.

Patience.

Energy.

Toilet paper.


Probably in that order.
In some circumstances.....NOT in that order. LOL

Personally, I think they're self explanatory.
...'Cept maybe for the toilet paper, maybe?

Nah.
That's self explanatory, too. LOL I've decided.

TFTD

If it is important enough to you, you will find a way.

If it is not, you will find an excuse.

Difficult circumstances can challenge you but they cannot stop you.

Only you can stop you.

The prezzie!

<-- comes with batteries AND USB cord, noless!

<-- dangerous toy during an Administrator's meeting

<-- got Mel into deep cah-cah afterthefact

<-- will travel to the next Administrator's meeting

Oh, now--a little cah-cah is a good thing! :-D

(I think it was the 'AND if you remove it from it's base--it's a very short vibrator' remark that I didn't make that mighta created the disruption.....LOLOL I'm sure it had nothing to do with SOMEone waving it around and making it go and stop, go and stop, go and stop...)

Things that make me happy

....the baby robin hoppin' across the patio.

....freshly weeded flower gardens.

....watching my seedlings turn into plants.

....freshly picked strawberries.

....plotting the thieving of the neighbors' cherry tomatoes.....

....hearing himself humming the Llama Song and mumbling to himself. LOL

....the geeky flower fan prezzie.

Fairy Dust

People are the way they are.

Get past the need to try to change them, past the need to judge or condemn, and look for the value they offer.

Sometimes that value is deeply hidden, but when you find it you've found a real treasure, something few people take the time to uncover.

Sleeping with Bread

Tonight I swung myself through sunset, watching the sky darken and the bats appear in their dusky flight.
It’s one of my favorite times of the day that G-d gives me.

The sound of the world changes.
The brilliant colours fade into the darkness.
Lit by the low glow of the wreath’s lights, I swing and listen and watch the transformation.

I transform with it, thankfully.
There’s a letting go that happens. The tasks around me are deemed ‘done’.
Business ends.
Responsibilities end.
The day has ended.
There’s nothing to do to make that not happen……nighttime doesn’t need my permission.

Nightime brings its own consolations.
There’s a quietness. There’s a peacefullness. There’s an ending of all that WAS through the daytime. And there’s hope….in the slow unveiling of the stars that glimmer in the darkening sky….. in the promise of ‘rest’.
And there’s the faint whisper around me and in me that speaks:

“Tomorrow will come…and I shall try again…..”

The examen, based on the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, helps a person hold onto what spiritually nourishes him by looking at what is giving him consolation in his life or causing him desolation. It allows someone to express his gratitude to God for the good stuff and turn to him for solace for the bad stuff.

Yesterday's Morning

Today's Thought

If you become too consumed with your own thoughts, you can fail to see what is right in front of you. If you are too obsessed with analyzing every move, you become unable to move at all.

On a regular basis, take a quiet, peaceful retreat from your thoughts. Spend some time not plotting or worrying, not considering or agonizing, but just being and enjoying your own awareness.

Colours....

The whole world is colour on the back patio. Himself planted his flowerbed, and I believe I'm as done as I'm going to be for a while. (until Mel spies new colours to add to the existing ones!)

It's quiet.

It's peaceful.

It's colourful--and the flutterbies and hummers are already liking it.

Yup--hummers already. Erica Hummer was by a few times yesterday while I was putzing in the back yard, transplanting seedlings to their new spots, creating new places for colours.

Himself was pleased.

He's an allergy sufferer and doesn't spend time on the patio like I do. He's a 'drive-by' sitter.....shows up, sits a bit, and then zooms off to do another somethingorother....

Yup.

Pretty much set for summer to creep up and happen......and it's trying! It was in the 90's yesterday. GREAT day to have off. Great day to putz around the yard at will.

Great day to zip in, take care of a couple 'must do' work things and zip out.
(He didn't even miss me....LOL)

And today--it's a colourful little spot I'm about to retreat to, given that the work day's done and there's hours of light left to chat at the critters.

I think we'll talk about how slick I am....not only did I slip the jaunt to work in without himself noticing it--I outfoxed the squirrel on that corn feeder deal.

HA!

k....that's a 'so far'....LOL

Facing the sun

Fairy Dust

If you don't like what you see in the mirror, it is not the mirror that must be changed.

It is you.

In very much the same way, the world you experience on the outside is a reflection of who you are on the inside.

If that world is ever to move forward, it must begin with you.

Outside, Nana.....

Thought for the Day

Before you respond, take a breath. Before you respond, take a moment to think.

When you instantly and automatically react, it allows the people and events around you to take control of your life. When, on the other hand, you thoughtfully and deliberately respond, it puts you firmly in control.

You can watch, listen and learn from all that's going on in your world. Yet you never have to let it all get to you.

Always remember that you can choose how to think and feel about whatever is happening. Even more importantly, you can choose what, if anything, to do about it.

Courage.....

Today's Reading

The words that others say to you cannot hurt you. If there is any hurt, it comes only from your response to those words. The opinions of other people cannot harm you. It is only when you put too much store in them that they can affect you at all.

Difficult circumstances cannot keep you down, and favorable circumstances cannot raise you up. It is what you make of those circumstances that really matters.

The quality of your life depends primarily on what you do with it. Most of those things outside of you, that you worry about so much, really make very little difference.

What truly makes a difference is the way you choose to think, to feel and to act. What truly makes a difference is what you decide to do with it all.

From the box......

He asked why I'd keep those things.....

Letters sent with accusations of an imagined mission to 'ruin him, financially', asking to be exempt from child support as if I had the power to exempt him, professing his newfound understanding for the poor 'deadbeat dads' of the world.
Letters sent to then young children, explaining his absence from their life as being my fault--the loss of their childhood home, my fault. The inability to visit, to send even a card on their birthday or to make a phone call--again......my fault.
And with the letters--photos of a marriage.
Just three photos.
A gaunt, unrecognizable young woman smiling with an angry adult standing beside her, jaw set..... I believe the step-mother saw the handwriting on the wall that I couldn't/wouldn't see.

Why'd I keep those things?
Initially they were kept for legal reasons--but that 'reason' had long since passed.
After five years of living with their father while I dutifully traveled five hours one way to visit every weekend, they refused to return to him and asked to remain with me. They'd asked many times before.
Of course he was angry.
They were angry.
I was angry.
They were kids. I was done letting them live as they were having to live.
I listened to them long enough. I tried different venues long enough.

I'd kept those letters to remove all doubt if anyone doubted.
No one doubted.
They were never needed.

Why did I keep those things?
I'd forgotten they were there.
I'd forgotten the position they were placed in as they angrily handed me letters and openly stated they wouldn't visit him and I couldn't make them.
I'd forgotten.

Time has a way of doing that sometimes--it takes the edge off, softens the hardened and changes the emotional intensity somehow.

I hold no resentments. I wish for him health, wealth, great happiness and a good life.

It was odd thing, tossing those envelopes and photos into the trash.
Even though I'd forgotten, I felt a need to remember....

And there was this pause before I actually let them fall into that bag that's since been carried from the house.....

I think it was some little 'need' in me to ensure history wasn't being 're-written' to deny truth of the circumstances that were.

The written words are now gone.
The photographs--gone....

We'll each be left to the memories as we write them for ourselves.

As it should be.....

Go figure.

Wet.

Cold.

Miserable.

How's that for a day off?

Oh, it's not like I didn't putz around and do a bit of this, a bit of that.
I tossed heaps of stuff--stuff I laughed at myself for even thinking I'd wanna keep.

And I got the wreath decorated for summer......which took me several attempts. What's up with that? Used to be I'd toss it on the ground, string the lights and have the sucker decorated and back up in a matter of minutes.

And I did laundry.
And more plants got planted.

43 pots with assorted plants to date. LOL I do soooooooo little in moderation. My only defense when himself noted the increase from last years 38 pots--: "11 of them are perennials and they came back--which meant the pots weren't available.....so of course I had to buy five more pots!"

"Don't you mean 11?"

"Nope--but it's early." :-/

Now today--they're saying sunshine and warmth.
I'm supposing we'll get in the Jeep and go.
And I'm supposing we'll pass a place or two that has plants.

They might even have a cute clay pot or two.....or six or seven....

On the edge

Fairy Reminder

The fact is, your thoughts, your values, and your priorities most certainly have a major influence on the quality of your world and your life. Though you cannot instantly make something appear just by thinking about it, the things that do end up appearing in your life often do so as a result of your thoughts.

The quickest way to improve your situation is to improve the way you think about it. Though your thoughts will not immediately change anything outside of you, they can immediately change your outlook.

Your thoughts directly control your actions, and your actions have a major impact on the reality of your life. When you feed your moments with positive, loving, thankful thoughts, your life and your world cannot help but benefit.

Today's Reading

If you're able to worry, you're also able to be confident. Because from a functional standpoint, worry and confidence are pretty much the same thing.

Worry is the expectation that something negative will happen. Confidence is the expectation that something positive will happen.

How do you create confidence about something that hasn't happened yet? You use the exact same process you would use to create worry.

The big difference between worry and confidence is the expected outcome. And the powerful fact is, you can expect whatever outcome you choose.

Just a bit of wisdom.......

Respite

Today

"Tell me something you learned today."

That's a pretty predictable thing that comes from my mouth.

"Tell me ONE thing you know now that you didn't know when you woke up this morning."

The kiddos at work are pretty crafty--some have taken to making things up about math cuz they know I SUCK at it and wouldn't know if it was truth or lie. LOL
It's kinda interesting to sit in a room filled with adults and make the same request of them.
I even broadened it.

"Tell me something you learned in the last three days."

They scrambled.
I mean SCRAMBLED.
Nervous laughter happened.
People started doodling and tending to some non-existent work in front of them. (that's disallowed in meetings dontchaknow--100% attention and participation means you leave the 'junk' from the room and that you're 'present', tyvm!)

It took 'em a while.
And they're 'the professionals'.

Someone learned about a function in Excel.

Someone else learned about brake pads.
Another person learned how to request funding from an infrequently used source.
Another learned how to use a fire extinguisher.

And then I looked at the gal, relatively new to the team, who was squiggling in her chair....

"I learned how little I truly KNOW.....how much what I THINK I know gets in the way of hearing someone who's trying to teach me about THEM."

I coulda kissed her.


Ah yes....It's another great day for learning!

Another Fairy Reminder

Many of us have deeply ingrained patterns for sabotaging relationships. Some of us may instinctively terminate a relationship once it moves to a certain level of closeness and intimacy.

When we start to feel close to someone, we may zero in on one of the person's character defects, and then make it so big it's all we can see. We may withdraw, or push the person away to create distance. We may start criticizing the other person, a behavior sure to create distance.

We may start trying to control the person, a behavior that prevents intimacy.

We may tell ourselves we don't want or need another person, or smother the person with our needs.

Sometimes, we defeat ourselves by trying to be close to people who aren't available for intimacy. Sometimes, we choose people with particular faults so that when it comes time to be close, we have an escape hatch.

We're afraid, and we fear losing ourselves. Sometimes we're afraid that closeness means we won't be able to own our power to take care of ourselves.

We're learning that it's okay to let ourselves be close to people. We're choosing to relate to safe, healthy people, so closeness is a possibility. Closeness doesn't mean we have to lose ourselves, or our life.

Today, I will be available for closeness and intimacy with people, when that's appropriate. Whenever possible, I will let myself be who I am, let others be who they are, and enjoy the bond and good feelings between us.

Uh oh again......

YES.

I have Friday off.

YES.

I have Monday off.

YES.

I have mountains of work that needs done.
NO.

That doesn't seem to matter...

No.

I've not taken a 'vacation' day for a while.

Uh huh....

I'm 'maxed' out on vacation I can earn.
Yup.

I'm losing vacation time I 'earn'.

*sigh*

WHO TOLD!?

k......the paid leave report that my boss looks at told.
And he has a point--vacation time is earned and ought to be taken 'once in a while'.

Yeah, well......apparently he's not paying attention cuz I do take time off to watch the bug, or to take care of medical appointments....
k....he mighta noticed it and mighta told me 'doesn't count'.

I just informed himself I was off Friday AND Monday.
I hadn't bothered to tell him....wasn't like I had plans for the time.
I didn't figure on doing much of anything. The boss' point was that I just needed to take the time off for me. Not for watching granddaughters, not for going to doctors. Time for ME.

....yeah yeah yeah.....whatever.....
What the heck?!

So.

Yup.

I have four days off.
And yup--himself now has working knowledge of the time off.

Any bets on what'll be happenin'?

*shrugs*
Dunno that it matters what happens in those four days.

But I do know what won't be happenin'....... Work.

Ties

....or.....in other words........

It's very important to decode your own messages, like saying "I feel angry" instead of kicking the cat. People who learn to do this find they are misunderstood less often and, as a fringe benefit, are clawed by fewer cats.

Just sayin'...... :-/

TFTD

Clear, specific, and direct language will help us be more responsible and less blaming. We can use simple words that expose the truth rather than words that hide or sugarcoat it. We can use specific examples and give details rather than generalities or hints. We can be more direct by using you and me language. In the process, we yield to the truth within ourselves - and become more honest.

Today, I will be aware of communicating clearly, specifically, and directly.

Ripples

Things that make me happy

....pink sunrises with morning coffee.

....filling patio flowerpots with new flowers.

....beaming when himself proclaims "And if there's frost--certain we won't be carrying all 42 pots in to the garage......"

....Mr. Bunny's dance across the neighbor's freshly tilled garden. *laughing!!*

....the email that started out "I never took the time to thank you--I'd like to do that now..."

....a Sunday afternoon all to myself! :-)

....ladybugs!

Fairy Reminder

We tend to think of the rational as a higher order, but it is the emotional that marks our lives. One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.

—Merle Shain

Pain stretches us. It pushes us toward others. It encourages us to pray. It invites us to rely on many resources, particularly those within.

We develop our character while handling painful times. Pain offers wisdom. It prepares us to help others whose experiences repeat our own. Our own pain offers us the stories that help another who is lost and needs our guidance.

When we reflect on our past for a moment, we can recall the pain we felt last month or last year; the pain of a lost love, or the pain of no job and many bills; perhaps the pain of children leaving home, or the death of a near and dear friend. It might have seemed to us that we couldn't cope. But we did, somehow, and it felt good. Coping strengthened us.

What we forget, even now, is that we need never experience a painful time alone. The agony that accompanies a wrenching situation is dissipated as quickly and as silently as the entrance of our higher power, when called upon.

I long for contentment. And I deserve those times. But without life's pain I would fail to recognize the value of contentment.

Sleeping with Bread

There’s a reason I’ve not bothered with ‘Sleeping with Bread’ for what seems like eons. If I’m honest, which is what this examen is about, it’s been centered around my pissiness with my Maker.

The good news is, He and I have a good relationship--even if it isn’t ‘kosher’ in the eyes of the world around me. I worship different. I practice different ‘rituals’. I don’t fall into the ‘normal’ stereotypical ‘religious person’. I know that’s not ‘fair’ or ‘right’ to paste a label on folks--me included. I admit that it was a journey and a half to arrive at opting to even HAVE a civil relationship with My G-d.

I was angrier then--but I’m angry now.

And I have been for a while…..

So when I say “I’ve been flipping Him off on a regular basis.”, it’s true in action and word. I have.

I’ve been into a pissin’ match with Him--I know I have.

I want things how I want them and He’s seemingly not cooperating.

Does He like that I’m mad with Him--I don’t think He‘s thrilled…but it ain’t gonna make or break Him OR His love and passion for me.

“My child is angry and that’s okay.”

No kidding……

Don’t get me wrong--I love my G-d with a passion, too. And as passionate as I am in my love--so am I as passionate with my pissed-offedness.

(He made me this way--I blame HIM.)

But I’m pretty convinced He can handle it way more eloquently than I’ve handled it when my kiddos were pissed off with me….….

“My child is angry.”

OH yeah…very much so.

I don’t like the hand being dealt to people that I care greatly about--and some that I vaguely know. Truth is--I’d rather deal in angry than deal with the fear of losing important people in my life. So--I get mad and stay mad. And then, for good measure--I broaden it to circumstances around me, the loss of ethics and principles in the world today (or what appears to be the loss of those things…) Oh yeah…cuz if some anger is good--MORE must be better, right?

What’s UP with people?

Don’t they get that it ain’t all about ‘what’s in it for MEMEME’?!

*sigh*
(yes I heard myself......)

I cannot change the circumstances--the ‘stuff’ happening around me.

The only power I have is to love anyway, and to manage me and my attitude.

I’ve managed it, alright…..right into suckiness.

Yeah--angry.

Not ungrateful.

Not blinded to the good things around me of the works of My Maker in the lives of others.

Not so mad that I can’t keep my head above water, that I’m drowning in my own pissed-offedness…but mad enough that I’ve let it get in the way of forgiving Him.

I DO forgive my Maker on occasion.

And I’m sure He chuckles at the thought of roles being reversed--but I‘m also sure He‘s gracious when I do get around to forgiving Him.

I mean, it used to be ‘all the blame and none of the glory’.

SOME of the blame and MORE of the glory is definite progress in the relationship.

Much like the children I’ve been blessed with, I can forgive and keep moving without missing a beat of lovin’ ‘em to bits and beyond.

Pretty sure He’s got me beat in that department……

I’ll get past the MAD bit….eventually.

If I bother to look at His pattern--He’s pretty good at revealing more to me eventually. And I end up ‘getting it’.

But I tell ya…..if He drops ONE MORE CLUE about ‘faith’ and 'acceptance'--I’m gonna blow Him the raspberry.

I mean it.

You know I mean it……..

The examen, based on the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, helps a person hold onto what spiritually nourishes him by looking at what is giving him consolation in his life or causing him desolation. It allows someone to express his gratitude to God for the good stuff and turn to him for solace for the bad stuff. It is quite simple. You simply ask yourself, in the last day/week/month what gave me consolation and what caused me desolation.

Yup--we have babies! :-)

Today's Thought

We don't have to deny ourselves activities that help us feel good.

Going to a park, basking in the sun, exercising, taking a walk, or spending time with a friend are activities that may help us feel good.

We each have our list.

If we don't, we're now free to explore, experiment, and develop that list.

Do it today.

When all else fails......

Go fishin'.
Drag 'er-indoors along....and make sure you toss in the camera.
(that way she won't kvetch as long....so I'm told....)

Of course there were a bazillion things I needed to do around the house.
Of course they got done when we got back home.
Of course once I got there I had a great time.
Of course I had to kvetch....LOL

Even if it's good for me, I kvetch.
It's just how I'm made. :-/

All week long I toddle off to work.
All week long he's free to come and go and do--as he pleases... Ah the joy of being 'retired'...... Go fishin' THEN, dangit!!

And all week long I'm chasing my tail, being around people......'doing' people.
I don't particularly 'like' people come the weekend.
I'm 'peopled' out.
I'm all about 'go go go' until I'm 'done'.
And on the weekend....I'm 'done'.
I soooooooooooo just wanted to be 'done'!!!
Kvetching about wanting to be done IS TOO required for me when someone interferes with MY PLANS.

Truth is I had an agenda--it was called 'NOTHING' inbetween 'SOMETHING'. LOL

So he stuck in the lawnchair, grabbed my camera......and stuffed me in the Jeep....while I kvetched.... ....and moaned..... and grumbled....

He ignored me, dangit!!

Sheeeeesh.
Doesn't he know by NOW that ignoring me only makes me try harder?!

He made me take the camera while he caught bluegills and catfish and bass.

And I did 'NOTHING'...inbetween 'SOMETHING'......at the pond.

Smart man to toss in the camera!
But I wanna go on record--

It is NOT my fault that 125 photos happened.
And YES, HUH!!! He was too responsible for MY attitude...... LOLOLOL

Fairy Dusting

Who decides what makes you miserable and what makes you happy?

You do, of course.

Stop dreading those things you know you must get done, and start looking forward to them.

The attitude you bring to them is completely up to you....

FYI

"Dammit I'm mad."

Anyway you look at it, backwards or forwards--

".dam m'I timmaD"
"Dammit I'm mad."

*save for future reference*

I wonder if anyone I know has 5.4 million they'd like to sink into 193 acres of farmland.

It's my Field of Dreams. *sigh*

Nestled

The birdie feeders are filled (again).

I moved the birdie bath AND the birdie feeder trying to keep the silly grackle thieves from stealing all the gus birdie's food. YES THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN FOOD!!!

The stupid squirrel decided if 'some is good ALL of it is better' and SOMEhow took the whole ear of corn he was SUPPOSE to be sharing with Mr. Bunny.....and Mrs. Bunny....and Frank and Francine ground squirrel.
Greedy stupid squirrel......

I've decided I'm going to outsmart the squirrel--and I'm going to plant/transplant flowers and while I'm doing that I'll come up with an 'anti squirrel stealing corn thingy' if it takes me all day!
k....well....maybe not....LOL But at the very least I'll have words with him--which I'm sure will solve the whole problem. (I'm pretty sure HE doesn't think it's a problem......but---)

Ohhhhhhh....and last night after work, after mowing, after a retirement get together for an educator--I snuck an hour before it got dark just sitting on the patio being comatose. OMG it was a busy end to the workweek.....

BUT!!! I had a visit from baby bunny--who freaked out when he realized a HUMAN was on the patio. LOL
It was all good though--he sat in the 'you can't see me' pose and let me take his photo--and then hopped back to visit again....... I think I'll call him Baby Bunny.

:-)

I'm very original!!

Which is why the squirrel is in NO danger of losing his right of 'corn stealing'.....LOLOL

Fairy Reading

The more you identify yourself with the problems that face you, the more difficult it will be for you to get past them. If your whole identity is wrapped up in your limitations, how can you ever be free of them?

There is a part of you that exists beyond every problem, beyond every limitation. Let that part of you dominate your thoughts, your words, and your actions.

Though you will certainly experience problems, don't allow those problems to define who you are. Operate from a level that is above all the problems, for it is from that perspective that you'll successfully transcend them all.