Life's Little Moments: RUB A DUB DUB

My Favorite Things

**Laying next to Ace while he is sleeping.. and watching him breathe.. knowing the miracle that he is.!!
**My Husband.. being with him, weather it be work or play. He is my best friend..!! I Love Him..He is always happy and makes me laugh.. mostly at myself..! I give him lots of amunition..!!
**Having all my kids togther in the same place at the same time..
**Butterfinger Candy Bars.. :)
**Finished Scrabook pages
**A clean house.. (it does not happen to often )
**Reading time ( nothing like a good book to take the world away )
**Sunday Naps ( or snuggling )
**Looking through my scrapbooks, photos or saved pictures on my computer.. I could spend hours looking at my kids and grandkids..

TODAY I THINK...!!!!!!

Today Nov. 9th 2008 I think...

Today as I sit here totally helpless because of one of the worst colds I have had in a long time.. I realize how lucky I am to have such a wonderful husband to take care of me...

He is such a charitable Man. Something that was taught in his home by his parents which he has passed on to his children. How wonderful it is to be married to someone that is always thinking of others.. And always in a good way.. He is always cheerful and always looks for the good in all people.. How lucky I am.. :)

Today Nov. 3rd 2008 I think...

One of my most favorite songs is Somewhere Over the Rainbow.. If you listen to the words, it can be used in so many ways.. I prefer to think of it as a rainy day kind of song.. Somewhere over the rainbow.. sky's are blue... I was looking up some versions of the song, and I came across a quote by Judy Garland...

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of someone else.. "

WOW..!!!! How inspiring is that..??? One has to think about who they are.. what they have.. And then go out and live what they are and what they want to be.. nothing else or anyone else can do it for us... We alone are the ones, that if we are not where we want to be... Need to act.. and change.. Not wait for someone else to do it for us... In the past 5 years I have come to know who I am.. Who my Husband sees.. Have changed some things I did not like about me.. and even changed some things He did not like... And I can truly say that I am Happy... Happy that I am me.. Happy that I have a husband who loves me.. Happy I now have the wisdom to change what I have the power to change.. and let God take care of those things that I don't... My only wish for how I feel about me now.. is that I would have found it sooner.. So look within your hearts.. and become the person you want to be.. Life is Wonderful.. !!

Today Oct. 22nd 2008 I think...

That family is at the center of life's meaning.. And shoved in a closet in plastic buckets...!! Yesterday, I got the opportunity to stay home and work on my scrapbook room. Well.. you cannot work in a room full of pictures and not look through them.. right.?? at least I can't.. I look into this room and think.. Man I have a lot of junk.. I keep putting off finishing it.. but cant seem to get inspired to scrapbook in a messy room. that is like cooking in a messy kitchen.. I just can't do it...!! So I jumped in it.. started cleaning it.. Then I saw the CLOSET... ugh I thought..!!! Well.. I found something I was not expectiong to find.. I found much more than junk... Last Spring, my daughter-in-law Caroline, organized my photo's into plastic buckets according to child and events.. When I got to that part of my closet, I noticed that the stack of picture boxes was taller then me.. (5'2") Then I noticed that each box was full.. Full of much more than just a bunch of pictures.. Full of Life... Full of Celebrations... Full of Triumphs... Full of Sadness... Full of Happiness... Full of Cute... Full of Fancy... Full of Dirty Kids... Full of Clean Kids... Full of Playing.. Full of Working... Full of Generations of all of the above... Full of old... Full of very Young... Full of inbetween... Full of Long Long ago... Full of right now... What an overwhelming thought... How profound it is that one's whole life is packed in plastic boxes in a closet... All I have had and enjoyed for the past 47 years can be found in this closet.. I think I will call this closet Family... like a neverending hug...!!

Today Oct. 20th 2008 I think...

I really kind of like rainy cloudy days.. Yes they are gloomy to look at in some respect.. Yet at the same time they cause us to reflect on what things we would like to see if it weren't so gloomy... This morning as I was locking the back door to go to work, I looked out the glass door and there was probably 20 quail on my back deck, I thought to myself how neat it was that they were there, I ran and got the camera. As I started to raise the blinds so that I could get their picture, I had to be careful not to scare them.. I knelt down by the glass window and I noticed up close the color that they had.. And I thought how they would glisten if the Sun were shining on them... Then I thought that is why we have gloomy days... We need them to appreciate the good days all that much more.. :)

Today Oct. 19th 2008 I think...

I think that God gave all Birds food to eat...

He just didn't drop it in their nests..

Today Oct. 18th 2008 I think...
I love the smell of lemon scented starch.. I was ironing this morning.. and as the sun was coming through the window, I thought what a wonderful feeling.. A sunny chilly fall day.. the sun beating in as I ironed.. then I thought what a wonderful combination.. Lemons and Sunshine.. :)

Today Oct. 17th 2008 I think...
I really do not like living in Pueblo West.. BUT... I love my home.. I love what my Husband has done to it to make it ours.. I love how it looks sparkling clean.. I love the little touches he has made.. You know me.. I love to decorate.. but that does not compare to the craftsmanship that Bart has done to make it so beautiful...

Today Oct. 14, 2008 I think...
I just read a darling letter from a very special Zimbabwean... No.. not Cort... I received a letter from a friend of Cort's.. Her name is Patience.. Wow.. !!! what a powerful name.. What a beautiful girl.. Her letter inspired me to be a bit more humble.. (okay a lot more humble). It inspired me to get out my paper and pen. and write hand written letters.. hard copies.. snippets of my life.. and share them with my family and freinds.. It inspired me to want to be a little less worldly and a lot more giving and sharing.. Life is short.. We should hold onto all that we can in our hearts.. cherish each memory and each and every moment.. I hope I can inspire her just as much as she inspired me.. Patience.. thank you for sharing your freindship with me.. :)

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED

NOV. 1ST 08:
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS PART TIMERS OR WHAT BUT.. A FUNNY THING HAPPENED THIS DAY.. I WOKE UP AND SAW THAT WE HAD 4 BANANA'S THAT WERE GOING BAD.. NOT WANTING TO WASTE THEM, I DECIDED TO MAKE SOME BANANA NUT BREAD.. SO I STARTED MY RECIPE.. I EVEN PUT THE BUTTER IN THE MICROWAVE TO MELT A BIT FASTER.. I GOT TO THE VERY LAST INGREDIANT (NUTS). AND THERE WERE NONE IN THE FRIDGE.. I COULD HAVE SWORN I HAD NUTS IN THE FRIDGE.. I ASKED BART IF HE THREW THEM OUT.. HE SAID HE DID NOT TOUCH THE NUTS.. HMMMM I CLEANED OUT THE FRIDGE JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE COULD I HAVE THROWN THEM OUT ACCIDENTALLY..?? I MUST HAVE OR SO I THOUGHT.. WELL I DECIDED THAT WE WOULD HAVE OUR BANANA NUT BREAD MINUS THE NUTS.. AND SO I PUT THE BATTER IN THE PAN... AND BAKED IT ON 350 FOR 45 MINUTES... JUST RIGHT.. WE ATE SOME OF IT WHILE IT WAS WARM AND ALTHOUGH WE MISSED THE NUTS.. WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS OKAY... WELL LATER THAT EVENING I WAS COOKING DINNER AND OPENED A CUPBOARD THAT I DONT OPEN VERY OFTEN.. AND A WHOLE BAG OF WALNUTS FELL ON MY HEAD.. I HAD PUT THEM AWAY WITH OTHER ITEMS.. I PRECEEDED TO COOK DINNER LAUGHING AT MYSELF FOR BEING SO FORGETFUL... WENT TO THE MICROWAVE TO COOK MY BEANS.. BUT HAD TO MOVE A CUP OF ONCE MELTED NOW HARDENED AGAIN BUTTER.. HMMMM WHO PUT THAT IN THERE... ??? GHESSSSSSS...

OCT. 20TH 08:
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO WORK.. OKAY MAYBE IT WASN'T THAT FUNNY.. I WAS GETTING GAS ($2.76 A GALLON).. AND A LADY PULLS UP IN AN OLDER TEAL COLORED CAR.. I AM WATCHING A LITTLE KID SPITTING SPIT WADS AT AN OLDER SIBLING.. I SMILED THINKING OF MATT ANTAGANIZING LORA.. THEN I HEARD AN ENGINE START AND A SCRATCHING NOISE. AS I LOOKED UP THE LADY IN THE TEAL CAR HAD DROVE AWAY WITH THE GAS HOSE STILL IN HER CAR... I WHISTLED AND WAVED AT HER.. SHE WAVED BACK AND PROCEDED TO THE STOP SIGN... I LAUGHED... AND LAUGHED.. HOW COULD SHE NOT HAVE HEARD THAT HOSE HITTING HER CAR ALL THE WAY DOWN AS SHE PULLED OUT.. SHE IS GOING TO FEEL REALLY SILLY WHEN SHE GETS HOME AND SEES THE GAS TANK STILL OPEN AND SCRATCHES ALL DOWN HER CAR.. FUNNY STUFF.. OKAY I GUESS YOU HAD TO BE THERE...