family time

family time is the very best time

or not....depends on the family, depends on the day

for today tho, it's all good.

it's easter and for some folks that is a special holiday
holidays of this sort can be a big huge deal or not depending on the family & spending time on a holiday with family can be a chore rather than a gift

try to make today, actually everyday, a gift of time spent with family

we only get so many days.......enjoy then when we are in them

family is the best 

words

words can make or break
they can help or harm
cure or curse
such simple things with such great power
use your words well

my friend jerri hit the nail on the head today.................read more at her blog
http://jerrilance.blogspot.com/

because as it was said once by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
Poetry: the best words in the best order.

welcome to the middle of the week

so where is the fish?

that never got properly answered................

yeah ...I need to watch more movies & more current films..........but with so many interesting offbeat films out there why stay mainstream?

the full moon this weekend just beggs for a visit to the drive-in.......and there isn't one

not anymore................they went away.

but we do have the huge mega movie complex
20 theaters in one place with real food (not just popcorn anymore kids)
yeah...eating pizza in the dark with a movie...............
I'd rather do that at home where the pause button works..............for when the pizza sauce drips onto my lap

so we watch the odd movies, at our own odd times, in our own odd world.

at least it's green 

spring time = weed time

well it is spring time & the weeds are taking over my yard already.

the goat's head are the worst.............and they get in your feet, carpet, dogs fur, foot pads and do they ever HURT!

they are green & growing tho.........once we get them pulled up the yard will be sand again

until the patio gets put in.......looking forward to summers in the sunshine on the back patio.................

but for now.............it's spring & that means it's time to weed

trying to nap............... 

relaxed................. 

cats at rest

there is something calming about a cat napping..................

they are so completely asleep & yet an eye will just barley open or an ear will twitch and then they snooze again..................

aware of what's around them & yet totally relaxed

if only we could rest so well...............

sometimes, I guess, we do....................

but not often enough I'd bet

been a while

Past the Ides

Past St Patrick's Day

Past the new moon

been a while

feels like a friday kind of day......and TGIF

the sun is out altho, it's still a bit chill
and the flowers are recovering from the (hopefully) last gasp of winter
the mountains have lots & lots of snow so summer shouldn't be to full of fire....

just the fire in the sky ........warm sunshine should be heading our way anyday now and I am so ready...cabin fever is setting in but the chill outside is still trying to keep us in....................

so here's the thing

we get all the time in the world, every day of our life a gift, to enjoy ourselves & what do we do....

we work too many hours in the day..........because otherwise we can't afford to enjoy ourselves
we get too little sleep at night.....so we can stay up 'just one hour more' to be enjoying ourselves
we hit the snooze button'just one more time' ..............becasuse we're too tired to actually get up to have fun ..............and this is especially true on our days off of work

and why is it that we are "off" work?
do we have to be "on" at work?
maybe that's why we are so tired and not having any fun..........
if we were "off" AT work more often then perhaps we'd enjoy our work more and not have to fight to find the time "off" to have fun

but then it's wednesday, so who really knows........

change.........

normally I'm not a big fan of static condidtions......
change can be a good thing......it is one of my favorites events in life

having said that I will add that some change really sucks to get thru, it not the change itself that can be so stressful it is the transitioning

these are the big changes: death, birth, moving, new job......well you get the idea

the passing thru these times are what causes the most stress, concern, worry, even the joy of new job, new place to live, new addition to the family can be stressful.

& on days like today, the alarm clock going off in the morning can be just a bit much.

so upsy daisy............being to smile & enjoy the new day.

change is there in every moment

if we choose to embrace it and roll with it the time goes by more smoothly than if we keep trying to hit the snooze alarm and pause life.

Anais Nin:
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through.
Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it.
This is a kind of death.

transitions 

sunday musing

My g'pa is in hospital this weekend...............

they are doing all the very right things but it's kind of sad to see that life truly does sneak up on us & pass by when we least expect it

time slides on by while we are busy doing things...............so remember to take a pause to tell the folks that are important to you that you love them..........while you can

is it really thursday?

no really, I'm asking...........it feels like a monday
hectic, disjointed & rushed
a monday kind of day..............

thursdays should be smooth
you've gotten almost all the way thru the week, the time off is in sight, and things should be winding down

but not today

new technology

Now I'm not a techno-geek, but I do like the newer technologies
so when my cell phone died (it's been a long slow death) I finally broke down & got a new cell phone

this dang thing has bells and whistles......Lots of them

and a owners manual that is a 1/2 inch thick (just so you know what to do with all those bells & whistles........................

I have read the manual twice....... as I'm not very sure about just pushing buttons to find my way round...which is my usual way of working with technology (you find the most interesting things about your computer that way)

and I'm still not sure how to add a name & phone number to my list, nor is it very clear about how to clear out those logs of recieved calls..............unless I have to save the number then delete it.............which is a waste of time esp if its a telemarketer

so after work today, I get to play with my new phone...............maybe I'll get a call that I can try to answer.................haven't even figured out that yet...........would be a good thing to be able to answer the phone when it rings

springtime morning...... 

lion or lamb?

It's March...finally.............or would it be Already?

so lion or lamb..............which will it be?

so far for here, we are going to be warm & partly cloudy during the day with showers possible & scattered and cooler in the evening

sounds like spring
feels like spring
looks likespring

seems to be most like a lamb.............at least so far