Happy Birthday to Scott - Again!

A celebration of the day Scott was born.  That's what he told me.  We are not celebrating another year.  He's finished with that.  We are celebrating the day he was born!  Any celebration of Scott is great with me!

I was half as old the day Scott was born as I am today - kind of an interesting statistic.  (or twice as old today as I was the day Scott was born)

It was so much fun to have everyone together (as always).  I sat between Scott and Alex - across the table from Bella and Bryce.  The only person we were missing was Amy, who was giving a baby shower for her sister.  She was with us in spirit, I'm sure.  (when she wasn't running around playing "shower")

The kids were great!  It's fun to watch them grow up, but there are times that I'd like to slow down time so that I could take a better look - freeze faces - and laughter - to keep forever. 

And... many more!

Happy Birthday, Scott!

Happy birthday to You!
Happy birthday to You!
Happy birthday dear Scott!
Happy birthday to you!

So!  My "baby" is 31 today.  And what a wonderful 31 years it's been!

A treasure
A joy
From the moment I knew
And in all the years since

Today, I am grateful for Scott!

Websites * July, 2011

House Beautiful

I get the magazine, but I just checked out the website today for the first time. I could have spent the day on the website.  

Paint colors - design tips - websites for gift ideas.  It's all there.  Check it out 

Quotes * July,2011

"Live in the present."

From the inside of a Dove chocolate wrapper

Wise advise - not always easy to do.

Websites * May, 2011

May 23 - May 30
This week's Website of the Week is a brand new website started by a friend and fellow music lover.   

Check out the site.  Leave comments if you'd like.  Add your list to the musical Bucket List.  And... visit often.  

www.whatmusicmeans2me.com


May 15 - May 22
Overstock.com

Just bought a rug from Overstock.  Love the rug!  Love Overstock!  $2.95 shipping on your entire order - no matter what you buy.  Pretty cool! 

Quotes * April, 2011

April 24 - April 30
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16 NIV

"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die."- John 11:25-26

Happy Easter!  His is risen!

April 17 - April 23

There's another train, there always is,
Maybe the next one is yours,
get up and climb aboard another train.
~ Pete Morton ~

Remember the Poozies? 

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WWJD

So!  I have this neighbor who lives behind me - educated, attractive, well-groomed, healthy (apparently).  She is a member and attender of one of the most prestigious churches in the area - for all appearances, a Christian.

And yet she doesn't have one kind word for any of her neighbors.  She certainly hasn't had one for me in the 20 years I've lived here. Comments from the neighbors about her range from "petty"... to "crazy"... to "mean spirited _____".

She regularly reports (real and imagined) property infractions to the County (and yes, I'm one of those receiving a visit from a County official - and at least some of my infractions were real). 

Recently, she had flood lights installed on the back of her house.  They don't point down at her property.  They point directly into my back windows.   I thought briefly about contacting our friend, the County inspector.  But being a "live and let live" kind of gal, I just close my room-darkening curtains in the bedroom and enjoy the fact that she's lit my back yard nearly as well as she's lit her own.  So, go for it, neighbor.  Light the world! 

Her yard is near-perfect - an apparent metaphor for her life.  She works hard on it, spending hours and hours raking, mowing, brushing, blowing, sweeping, tidying.  And yet I've never seen her sit on the beautiful bench in the back of her yard and read a book or enjoy her lunch in the beautiful setting she's created.  It appears to be much more about appearance than function.

There are days I'd love to fill my back yard with plastic pink flamingos and barbed wire "art" and wait to do battle with the County representative who would almost certainly come to visit.

But most days, I wonder what makes her so unhappy.  Where does the anger come from?  What hurts?

As I sit here, looking out my window at her house and yard, I wonder if there is anything I can do to make it better (other than landscape my yard in like fashion - which I'd love, but can't afford - and would do myself if I were physically able.)

Thanksgiving has passed.  Christmas is on the way. 'Tis the season to be all about peace, love, forgiveness.  What would Jesus do???