Please Pray

Please pray for my dear friend Carol and her husband Curt.  He had a heart attack and is in a medically induced coma.. she heard him fall and did CPR on him until the meds arrived.. She was working from home that day which is not a usual thing.  He will most likely need bypass surgery.. but they are worried because he was without oxygen for a while.. They are lovely people and I have known them for years.. taught their children in preschool..

Journals

I've always liked to journal.. I had diaries when I was young.. they are probably thrown out now.. I have kept emails and letters from people.. and I like to go back to read them from time to time.  My ex and I saw a therapist.. she thought it was odd that I brought a notebook with me and wrote things down.  I told her it's just me and it makes me feel better.  I am a list maker and it seems when I make the lists nothing gets crossed off even though I have been busy all day.. so I started making a list of what I actually did.. she thought that was odd too.. I don't think it's odd.. I still do it.. I make a list in my email and save it as a draft.  I don't do it every day.  I sometimes make a to do list and then a ta da list.. it's satisfying to me to see what I have accomplished during the day.

Light of our lives

Zack is growing and changing so fast.. the last few weeks he has learned to sit up.. has learned to crawl.. I love seeing him on video chat and talking to him on the phone.. what a dear, sweet boy he is.. we think he is teething and so has a little trouble.. but Mama and Daddy are there to help.. He is so into everything.. loves his toys.. loves anything electronic.. like Nana's wireless mouse.. and he loves to hold hands..

Meet Me On Monday

Ok, Ok.. I know it's Thursday.. and I have no idea how to do a linky.. but I saw this on a blog and want to try it..

 

Heather at Acting Balanced gives us 5 questions each week to answer and the post includes a linky so we can BlogHop!. Heather said this meme is based on the original Meet Me on Monday hosted by Java at Never Growing Old.

Here are today’s Questions:
1. What was the first live concert you ever attended?
2. What colors look best on you?
3. What is one thing about you that most people wouldn’t know?
4. Who would you call to be bailed out of jail?
5. What do you think is the greatest invention of your lifetime and why?

1. I saw the Beatles in Seattle with my cousin.. I think I was 11..
2. I wear a lot of black and neutrals.. I don't know that they look best on me but it's what I'm       comfortable in.
3. That way back when I considered becoming a nun.
4. My husband for sure
5. The microwave.. my parents got each of us a commercial microwave in the late 70s.. they got them from a friend who was in the restaurant supply business.. The other would be computers and the Internet.

Happiness

Thank goodness my darling daughter and I have made up over our little tiff.. Paige is on the left and Erin on the right.. We went back and forth a bit.. and then I sent her this youtube clip because it's really how I feel.. I don't like being at odds with anyone but especially not one of my children..

Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Live 1969)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GYKJuDxYr3I

I will always be a bridge over troubled water for my children.. I know that people have disagreements but there is nothing like family.  I love Erin with all my heart and will always be there for her and to encourage her.. same with the others.. I am so happy that we are back on track with one another.  We did discuss the issues that were bothering us and that was good too..

Sail on Silver Girl..
Sail on by..
your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine.
If you need a friend
Im sailing right behind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.

I love you, Erin! And your time to shine is now!!

Home

I just did a post and some how lost it.. so I'll start over.. I am home now.. missing my daughter and my baby.. I was able to help them get setteled in their new home.. it's so cute and cozy. they have a ton of room for Zack to play.. he's army crawling and will soon be doing the hands and knees crawling.. once that starts.. watch out.. he will be into everything. He is such a cutie..

Crazy

I am going crazy with getting rid of stuff.. I have been going through everything under my bathroom sinks since there is no room to put anything else!!  I found things that have not been used since we moved here 2 1/2 years ago.. I'm tossing it all.. Some have expiration dates and some don't.. but I know all of it is old and I don't want to put that on my skin or hair..

So I'm doing under the sinks, my pantry, garage and the second garage that is full of boxes still.. It needs to be done and if I follow my plan of doing a little every day I will get through it..

When I sold my house years ago.. I had so much stuff. My ex left a ton of stuff.. asked me to keep it for him and then refused to take it when I was ready to move.. I think we were all packrats.. plus I had all kinds of things stored for my preschool.. I spent a year going through things an hour or two at a time every week.  I would put everything out in the carport and then Peter would come over and haul it all away on the weekend.. That was very cleansing for me.. I've moved twice since then and still have things to get rid of even though with each move I've tried to go through things.. On our last move we had very little time to do anything except for big items and clothes we gave to charity so it all got moved here.. and that's why I have a single car garage full of stuff.. some I will want to keep.. but there is so much I can do without.  Maybe I've been watching too many shows of Hoarders.. I just never want to be like that.. Peter is good.. he likes to do what he calls editing.. I'm getting that way too..