Sunflowers

Wah-Lah! My very first bloom!

These poor little sunflowers have been put to the test. I'm surprised they even bloomed for me after what I've done to them. First, I left them out and they got a little frostbite on them, but they pulled through. Then, when they were still in their little greenhouse/terrarium and only 3-4 inches tall, I set them in the sun for awhile and completely forgot about them. For two hours! Oh it was bad. When I lifted the lid, steam poured out. They were layed out on the soil looking like cooked green spaghetti noodles. Surprisingly some of them, again, pulled out of it. Others were not so lucky. Thank goodness most of them were hardy!

I can't wait to see what it looks like in a couple weeks when all of them bloom.

Hopefully it will be sooner.

Enjoy your day and remember to Shine.

:)

What color?

Not too much going on around here, other than the 'vehicle curse' that has been placed on us. We have four, yes four cars broke down at the moment. One isn't even ours! And it has all happened within 3 weeks. It's so ridiculous all we can do is laugh about it now.

I really need to start getting ready for work. But instead I'm thinking I want to paint the office. Not at this moment of course, but soon. For some reason I'm drawn to bright pastel colors right now. And would kind of like to put one on the walls in here. BUT, it's really going to clash with the rest of my house (well, except Devony's room).

Most of my house, with one exception, is painted warm dark colors. I like barn reds, mustard yellows, pumpkin orange, colonial and navy blues, browns and dirty looking greens. And black. Oh I can't forget the black. Not shiny, modern black. I'm talkin old fashion, dull and worn, wicked looking black.

So, how do you think bright meadow green is going to look? I'm thinking it's going to look funny next to all of my antiques and old stuff. I'm thinking that as soon as the painting is done and the room is put back together I'm going to say, "This isn't right. Let's repaint." And since I've done that before, a couple times actually, and know what a pain that is, I'm thinking....."How about Tan?"

Warm and Sunny

Memorial Day weekend is the kick off to summer. What a beautiful Saturday it is! I've not had a Sat. off of work in over three months-so glad I took this one off. It's warm, sunny and gorgeous outside...and the pool opens today...and we're grilling out...and visiting with family...Yee Haw!

Have a wonderful holiday weekend. Drink lots of lemonade, eat yummy burgers and hot dogs and laugh entirely to much!

And wear your sunscreen. :)

Here's the Reason

It seems that most of my blog posts, scrapbook layouts, Facebook status, etc., are always about Doug, the dogs, Devony or 'Yours Truly'. There IS another member of the family. His name is Clay. He's our son.


Many of you may not know about him. Here's why...

1. He's super-quiet. Spends a lot of time in his immaculate room listening to music.
2. He's a computer geek; always in front of the PC. I have a great many pics of the back of his head and the computer screen! We encourage this. He will probably be our meal ticket when Doug and I get old.
   
3. Metro-sexual!! He can't be bothered with non-sense like playing around or rough-housing. He might get dirty. Or wrinkle his nicely ironed shirt. (that must be purchased at Pac Sun)
4. His hair is longer than Devony's and he takes great pride in it. Therefore, after all the grooming, there is not a lot of extra time to spend with the family. you can admire that hair in the afore mentioned photos in reason #2.
5. He's very popular with the ladies. His cell phone is 'blowin up' at all times, day-or-night! All that primping pays ;)
6. He's cool...
   
7. ...so cool that, well, I don't really know where to begin or end with that.
8. He's 13. There, that's the beginning and end of his coolness!
9. He spends a great deal of time irritating his sister and freaking me out with claims of playing that barbarous sport of football next year. Apparently he's one of the fastest runners in his class and the football coach has took notice of that. Dang that stupid coach for being observant.
10. Hates having his picture taken. Which just kills me. I'm a scrapbooker which means I take pictures of EVERYTHING!! I once made a layout that had a pic of Devs closet and alllll the t-shirts she has. she loves tees with silly sayings on them.

Sunday morning before church I was snapping pics like crazy. Devony was being baptized that morning so I was already on a photo taking high. After about 10 surprise tries for getting Clays picture taken, the best one was of him and the chocolate milk glass in his face. Darn that boy. :)

P.S.

I don't know where those 'flower bullets' came from. It's suposed to be #1-#10.

Rain and Shine

I LOVE Thunderstorms. There's so much electricity in the air! I'm always energetic and very creative on days like this. And from what the forecast says, it's going to be like this most of today and tomorrow. Sounds like I will...er...should get a lot accomplished. ;)

It needs to quit raining soon though. I really want to finish planting my flowers. Hey, at least I don't have to water. Right?! Of course these poor plants look like their about to drown. I might not need to water but I should probably drain.

Change The World

What a simple thing that seems to be when you say those three words from your heart. How overwhelming and impossible it sounds when you hear it in your head though.

I think it's safe to say, all of us agree that the world is not what we want it to be. Loyalty and honesty are not common practice anymore, nor is hard work. Friendships are often based on convenience. Love...well, for most it's in the form of a switch; they can just turn it on and off as needed.

We have become a desensitized society. Desensitize:1. to lesson the sensitiveness of, 2. to make indifferent or unaware in feeling.

It's happened to all of us. We see and hear so much violence through the media. We are often let down by yet another persons 'fall from grace'. And no, I'm not talking Tiger Woods or Jessie James here. It's our friends, family and neighbors. People we have looked up to and respected for their morals and integrity. These kind of people are far and few between. So we are naturally disappointed when we hear of their mistakes, selfishness or greed that they allowed to invade their lives.

Another major culprit of desensitivity is texting. I like to text, but I don't use it as my main source of communicating as many do. How many times have you received a text and thought, "What do they mean by that?". Or, how many times has your simple and completely innocent text been misinterpreted and/or caused anger or hurt feelings. It's because we can't hear the other persons tone. And we can't see their body language.

Don't let disappointment and negativity drag you down. I've been there before. Actually, I stayed there for quite a while. Thank goodness (God) I decided to change. It's a world that's dark and cold and it's no way to live. It affects everyone around you whether you think it does or not.

We can change the world. It's very simple to do. The way you want the world to be, is the way you need to be. The things you wish others would do, is the things you need to do.

Change you. It starts there.

Today is PAY IT FORWARD DAY. Here is the website for more info. http:/payitforwardfoundation.org/

Do something nice for someone. Don't tell them or anyone else what you've done. If the recipient is aware of your good deeds that's fine. But it's defeating the purpose if you expect a 'pat on the back'.

Just do it!

Wow! This day really makes me smile and want to Shine...bright. :)

Bits and Pieces

Well, I've done it again. I've gone and not kept up with a goal. For two weeks in a row now, I've not posted a blog entry like I promised myself I would. I know, I know, I'm only letting myself down, (cause I honest-to-goodness don't think anyone else reads it) but it's a promise all the same. And me, myself and I, get aggravated at ourselves when we don't do what we say we are going to do. Oh boy, I'm really starting to sound crazy....wait....yep, the other two agree.

Hmmm, what all has happened since my last post. Well, I've turned a year older. It's the big three-nine for me now. My mother swears I was born in 1971, but I just don't feel like I should be this old already. In my mind, all three of them, I feel much, much younger. Sometimes I start to do something, then 'I' stop 'myself' and say, "You're to old to act like that!" Then 'me' says, "Go for it!" So I do.

This was not exactly the direction I had expected my blog to take this morning.

Back to my birthday, and saner minds. It was a wonderful day. Doug took me out to dinner at our favorite place, J Parrino's. We ordered baked mostaccioli, as usual. And split it, as usual. And was home by 9:30, as usual. Doug and I had a great time at dinner. However, I noticed he didn't seem to act quite like himself. I talk about myself not acting my age, you should meet my husband. It wasn't until we got home that he finally told me how sick he was. I would have been just as happy with a bologna sandwich at home that night. Especially if I had known he was not feeling well.

There was girl drama at the High School. But we won't talk about that. Though your prayers are welcome and are encouraged. :)

Clay, well, he's the same. Doing good. Living to pester his older sister and freak his mom out whenever possible.

Got new glasses.

Had lunch with a dear friend on Saturday.

Um....lets see, what else. Oh, I went to see Chonda Peirce Sat. night in her Did I Say That Out Loud tour. She's a christian comedian and super funny! It was so nice to listen to a comedian and have good, clean fun....the whole time. Vulgarity and the "F word" does not make jokes funnier. Plain old simple, true, daily life is the funniest. Especially if you live in my home.

Just plain old simple, true, daily life is what's been going on in our lives. Boring as it may be to others, it's the simplicity of it that makes one Shine!