end of another week... 9-24-2010

Elizabeth birthday girl 

cj birthday boy

on the road...again...

another week slipped past... oldest son hurt at work... blew up his knee... will have to see an orthopedic surg... his birthday was Monday and grand baby Elizabeth's was Thursday... got to spend quality time with them both... am trying to pack to prepare for our winter south... so now down to decision time... it is beginning to chill up here but still in the 90s there so have to pack warm and cool for down there... sweetie wants to pack some tools and such to take also... and also must make sure all is on target here 'cause youngest son is staying here... life is full of decisions... i just have to remember that "every decision I make is a choice between an grievance and a miracle!" (that statement is on my fridge)... so here I go into the decision making world... wish me luck and send prayers after me...

end of this week... 9/17/2010

ending a week... pulled my knee again... slows all my plans down... but must keep on progressing...
packed clowns away this morning... am going to try to pack other things that are not needed right now and decide if I need them or not... if I do not dig in the box for the next 6 months then I must not need it very bad... the only exception is emotionally important items... I need to remember I cannot be emotionally attached to EVERYTHING  that comes my way...
I must limit myself... this is easier said than done... I have been trying to limit myself to reference books lately... the kind that could be helpful if for some reason I could not look something up on the puter!!!
I must also develop a preferred clothing style and begin to limit myself there... BIG problem is there what I want to wear is neither "in style" nor "attractive"... it is just comfortable... so it is also embarrassing to my children and grandchildren... hahaha!!

let's all do the simplicity shuffle...

today I will practice the simplicity shuffle...
pick up... decide... store/throw out... pick up... decide... store/throw out...
that sounds simple enough... right?
so why do I often fall over myself doing this? How hard can it be to "decide"...
none of these things are life altering decisions... keep this widget or not?
my house is overflowing with widgets, thingamajigs and such... I need to see clear spaces and special items on display... gotta get to work!!

fall beginning...

fall is beginning...

or so they say...

I am not through with summer yet! I had a wonderful summer playing with babies... at the beach, playground, river, and even in the living room...

I know the snow is on it's way and my bones will not tolerate it... so I will have to escape to Texas "south for the winter" snowbirds... How do I survive and even breathe so far from my sons and grandbabies... Sometimes it is more than I can do... But I intend to haunt these pics and hang on tight to memories to get me through to the next time I can see those wonderful faces and feel those young arms wrapped around me once more...

one more time...

his life is simple....

his is simple too...

How to simplify... hahaha this should be simple!
Figure out what I need and release the rest...
What about what the other people in my house deem as worthwhile...
Do I ignore their wishes? Try to convince them they really don't need this or that...
Being on both ends of this simple issue makes it complex...
So... start with one part of a room at a time... and then move on around the room one piece at a time...
Now let's see... do I need_____???

birthday #53

ok... I have lived through another Birthday... now to be middle aged I will have to live to be 106! This is doable...right?
To take inventory...
1. still weigh too much, 2. grey is increasing, 3. wrinkles are increasing, 4. seeking simplicity and seem to be gaining on it...hence the grey increasing (no more dye), 5. children are grown up men now, 6. grandbabies growing...3yr old informed me she is NOT a baby! another one starting school in fall...
Goals?
1. Andy's independence increase
2. Increase my health earmarks
    a. blood pressure continue to be normal
    b. stamina continue to increase with Victoza
    c. cholestrol continue to decrease
3. continue simplification of homestead
4. develop stream of income
5. not dwell on weight loss but on health increasing...

laxy saturday

starting out to be a lazy day... mom asleep alot... james feeling down and staying dizzy... dad gone to visit his brother... i am finally over my toothache but now do not want to go get it pulled now that the anitbiotic has worked! I just want to get in the car and head north to the cooler climate and my grandbabies giggles are calling me... To hell with dr appointments and such just let me outta here! This being a grown up stinks... so how is your day...

mom with her "red honeysuckle"

stool grown in among the treesour new neighbor!

making choices to be here instead of spending all my time north with grandbabies and sons & DIL has not been easy... but days like yesterday with mom in her garden talking "teaching" me all about the plants she has gathered there and feeling that these days are not going to last forever make this choice feel like a wise one... not long before I will get to go north to share special days with the rest of the family... but for now this is where I belong...

life happens

am now getting a chance to rework and create my own spot here in Texas...I have bought my parents 1 acre homestead and inherited the 5 attached acres from my grandfather... may get to add another 5 if one of the sisters agrees she wants to sell her portion... so now to make it mine...
property is in much disrepair and needs to be cleaned up and made useable. House and property could be used for a hoarder series on the tv... So here we go...
biggest issue is how to simplify when my parents are still going to be living on the property and we must merge and work together to join our lives and not be in each others nerves ALL THE TIME!!

other than clean up and tuck away we are reworking an old camper into a potting shed greenhouse... will be posting pics

please wish me luck...and send up prayers...

misscathy

mom's day

today is mom's day...I know a lot of mom's and like most of them... haha. Life is changing as my mom needs more and my kids need less... it is my turn to clean and guard mom instead of her watching over me... this is a time to preserve memories and listen to clues so I can continue to please my mom as she becomes less and less of herself and more and more who she is becoming as she ages... I pray heaping blessings upon all the mothers that are a part of my life and my history...

a new joy filled year?

A new year and what will it hold... lots of hugs and grandbaby kisses... laughter and prayer... looking for joy where it can be found... I know sometimes we have to search for these simple things... some days they are harder to find than others... the world here is covered in snow and much is hidden just like the joy is sometimes hidden in our life... it takes determination sometimes to find it... a choice to seek the joy in our little lives... the taste of a strawberry, the breeze on a hot day, the snore of the one you love beside you, giggle of a child on the phone, "I love you" long distance from someone who means it... tiny things in this HUGE world but all can bring joy into my little life... I will search for these things and FIND them this year...