Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply,
Speak Kindly and Leave the Rest to God.
A clean house is the sign of a broken computer.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
That's what I get for helping!
Hi Dixie, Here is your card from Diane:
Dixie, I prayed for you today.
"The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face towards you and give you peace." Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV)
All joking aside....I love you! Red Nostrils and all! Bless you.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need water. I put the Coke on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.
Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, the flowers don't have enough water, there is still only 1 check in my check book, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
Do me a favor...........
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
A sharp tongue can cut my own throat.
If I want my dreams to come true, I mustn't oversleep.
Of all the things I wear, my expression is the most important.
The best vitamin for making friends..... B1.
The happiness of my life depends on the quality of my thoughts.
The heaviest thing I can carry is a grudge.
One thing I can give and still keep...is my word.
I lie the loudest when I lie to myself.
If I lack the courage to start, I have already finished.
One thing I can't recycle is wasted time.
Ideas won't work unless ' I ' do.
My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.
The 10 commandments are not a multiple choice.
The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! It is never too late to become what I might have been.
Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right.. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.
Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and wrong.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Hello again!
It may seem as if I've been hiding out, but let me just say I've been very busy. It's spring time! For me that means cleaning, moving and planting.
The cleaning has been both at my place in Andover and at the cabin. Two weekends ago I moved my household furniture from my home in the cities to the cabin, and took the cabin furniture back to Andover. Let's just say it was a workout! Randy took two spills, and ended up with a few bruises. I on the other hand wound up with a sore back and legs. But does the cabin look wonderful.
I was able to move my bedroom mission style furniture, brown leather living room furniture, kitchen table and guest bedroom queen sleep number bed all up north. I love being up north even more now. Believe me, I'm not a camping kinda gal - I like my bed, running water, heat, and kitchen way too much to sleep outside under the stars. I have a hammock for looking to the heavens and seeing all the beauty it has to offer. Then I go inside where the clean sheets await.
Well, Randy and I were able to get the vegetable garden planted this weekend. Man-o-man - he is like a child at Christmas time when he walks into a greenhouse. He had over 30 tomato plants in his basket at one point. I told him he could get 15, so we ended up with 20 which is still less than we had planted last year. With over 22 tomato plants in the summer of 2006, we ended up having a community garden. All the neighbors were in our garden. It was like watching black birds take over a corn field. With that many tomato plants producing vegetables, we had to open it up to the neighbors or they would have gone bad. Even with others partaking in our garden, we were still able to can 40 plus quarts of tomotos for use during the winter months. Here's to another great season.
I did get my flowers in the ground along the shore line. This is something I look forward to each year on Mother's Day. With over 100 flowers to plant, I expect the shore line to look wonderful this year. Randy and I nurture the gardens as if they were our children. Each morning we go out and check on the "kids" to see if they are safe, growing strong and if any nasty neighborhood gangs have taken over (weeds). It is a joy to watch them grow and become strong and beautiful. See, it is like raising our own kids.
Once our gardens are producing, I'll have to take photos and post them for all of you to see. Parents like to brag - right?
Well, that was my weekend in Northern Minnesota on Mille Lacs Lake.
The cleaning has been both at my place in Andover and at the cabin. Two weekends ago I moved my household furniture from my home in the cities to the cabin, and took the cabin furniture back to Andover. Let's just say it was a workout! Randy took two spills, and ended up with a few bruises. I on the other hand wound up with a sore back and legs. But does the cabin look wonderful.
I was able to move my bedroom mission style furniture, brown leather living room furniture, kitchen table and guest bedroom queen sleep number bed all up north. I love being up north even more now. Believe me, I'm not a camping kinda gal - I like my bed, running water, heat, and kitchen way too much to sleep outside under the stars. I have a hammock for looking to the heavens and seeing all the beauty it has to offer. Then I go inside where the clean sheets await.
Well, Randy and I were able to get the vegetable garden planted this weekend. Man-o-man - he is like a child at Christmas time when he walks into a greenhouse. He had over 30 tomato plants in his basket at one point. I told him he could get 15, so we ended up with 20 which is still less than we had planted last year. With over 22 tomato plants in the summer of 2006, we ended up having a community garden. All the neighbors were in our garden. It was like watching black birds take over a corn field. With that many tomato plants producing vegetables, we had to open it up to the neighbors or they would have gone bad. Even with others partaking in our garden, we were still able to can 40 plus quarts of tomotos for use during the winter months. Here's to another great season.I did get my flowers in the ground along the shore line. This is something I look forward to each year on Mother's Day. With over 100 flowers to plant, I expect the shore line to look wonderful this year. Randy and I nurture the gardens as if they were our children. Each morning we go out and check on the "kids" to see if they are safe, growing strong and if any nasty neighborhood gangs have taken over (weeds). It is a joy to watch them grow and become strong and beautiful. See, it is like raising our own kids.
Once our gardens are producing, I'll have to take photos and post them for all of you to see. Parents like to brag - right?
Well, that was my weekend in Northern Minnesota on Mille Lacs Lake.
PS: We never got a line wet in an attempt to fish, but did work on the boat. I mowed our yard, which consists of 6 lots, and two of our neighbors yards. I think I took four showers in a period of two days. It's very dry up north, so the dirt was flying everywhere.
Have a great week. Chat soon.
Make it a great day!
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