Magnificent Monday {12}

Today, i only have one etsy find (as seen above).  Normally i post things that i find, like, and want to pass along for others to buy and love.  

Today, i post something that i will be buying for my hubby!  Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow... probably more like awhile down the road because of all of the moving mess!  Hubby loves Rubix, he can solve it in 35 seconds (when he has been practicing).

So this is my one and only find for today because it is so exciting of a find for me!  Thanks goes to Sophism Press for showcasing this art work on her blog.

GERMS!

Ok, i can't see myself pulling a "Michael Jackson" and wearing a surgical mask around everywhere.  But i sometimes wonder how people go through life being so disgusting.  I am not an extremist germaphobe, but i do wash my hands before i eat.  If someone is sick, i would prefer to not sit around chatting with them.  Stay home, feel better.... call me when you aren't coughing all over my food/drink.  ;-)  I have had a sick child for almost a month now, she just wants to hang all over me and keeps coughing in my face.  I have to let her hang on me because she is my child and i love her... but strangers or even friends, how do you nicely say "take your germs elsewhere"?

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Hubby jokinly explained the issue of "spreading the wealth" today during breakfast.

Me: what are you doing?

Michael: I'm squishing the blueberries around so when i take bites it is spread around...

Me: uh, ok...

Michael: you've gotta spread that wealth...

Me: what are we Obama now?

Michael: i'm just trying to explain the oatmeal situation here...

Me: *drops blueberry into his bowl*

Michael: now look what you did...

Me: what?

Michael: you've added another huge blueberry to the mix

Me: *drops a spoonfull of oatmeal into his bowl*

Michael: ya killin' me here.... how's this one big blueberry suppose to pay for all of that extra oatmeal now?  Gotta spread that wealth, but not too much.

haha

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stupid stray cat got into our garage... and peeeeeeed, everywhere!  But where? yuck... the house is starting to smell like cat pee.  That's the last time i feel sorry for a stray cat. ugh! i hate the smell of cat pee.

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What in the world.... yes, our world.  I'm starting to wonder about people.  Just the ordinary average people. I look around at how people are living their lives. Probably out of my own boredom, but i honestly do care.  For the most part, people are going on about their daily lives while other people are suffering in this down economy and just this spiraling down life-style on our planet.  They are not paying attention to the world around them. It only takes 1 act of kindness to make a difference in another persons life.  What act are you going to do today?

enough said

the little lessons we learn...

Today another mom wrecked into the back of my car.  Today yet another mom was looking down as she drove through the school parking lot, and admitted it to me (again) that she was just not looking up while she was driving.  Today i wish i could stand out in front of the school with a sign and scream my frustration.... have a sit in.... have a protest... something to get these parents to wake up and pay attention as they drive.

My car was bumped into.  My bumper cracked in half.  My pride was hurt because hubby was in the car (again!) and (again) he says that my overly cautious driving is what caused yet another person to ram into me from behind.  My being at a complete stop, on a road, with a stop sign, and not going super fast and cutting people off who are on the other road... that i caused this wreck.  OK, so my pride was hurt (again).  But the parents drive like they are in the Indy 500 (if you are not originally from Indiana - look up Indianapolis 500 to get that reference).  These parents drive like crazy, pull up, drop off their children, and then speed off into the parking lot and then onto the main road.  My only hope is that they never hit a child.  My only hope is that they never cause such a wreck that any person is hurt.  My pride will heal. My car will be fixed.  My opinion of these parents, will not.

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The Great Depression.  I keep hearing people on the news saying we are in a recession.  They say that if things do not turn around we will be in a DEpression.  So i keep thinking about how people acted during the Great Depression.  Sure there were some bad people, but on the whole neighbors looked after neighbors... family looked after family. And on the whole people just did all that they could do to help their fellow man through the hard times.  We now have BIG government, so we do not see "soup kitchens" like you would have back in the day.  People now go on welfare and get food stamps.  It is a much better "set up" than the 1920's.

Currently we are living off of our savings.  We have no income coming in.  We did not expect to be in this place in our life a year ago.  1 year ago... it seems like a lifetime away from where we are today!  Michael was working at SIA.  He was leaving on Sunday morning and he would then be gone all week and return the following Saturday late afternoon.  We only got to see him for a few hours before he left again.  WE made the choice.  WE put ourselves in our current position by making a family choice for him to branch out and go on his own with his company.  WE are not to blame for the economy going bad and making our grand plan turn from awesome to... not so awesome.  But we do not place the blame for us having our living conditions be what they are... WE made a choice and it turned out not to be such a good one.  So we are having a hard time even thinking of any kind of a "hand out" at the moment.

Where we go from here... we'll if you know me or if you follow me, you know we are heading West.  We are selling our house, picking up from the mid-west, and transporting ourselves to California. It is a BIG move and a HUGE change.  But we are hopeful for making this change happen for a better life for us all.

I have been thinking recently about this "recession" and wondering if in 5 years when we all look back if they will say it was greater than a recession and perhaps a "depression"... and will we all look back and say, "i lived through it... and it wasn't too bad..."  Or will things actually get worse and we end up looking back with a grateful attitude and be just so thankful that we made it through such a hard time.  My great-grandmother died a few years ago.  But i remember her one time saying that the Great Depression was something she "lived through" and that it was "impossible times" but that she was so grateful for all that she had in her life each day since then.  She lived to be 98 years old.  She lived a long life and the depression was something she never forgot.  Perhaps i am not seeing our situation in such a bad light because we prepared (as best as we could) for the situation we are in right now.  Others may have not been so lucky to have thought ahead or prepared for the worst and losing their job caught them off guard?  Perhaps one day when we are back to our very nice life style we will look back and think "wow... i can't believe we lived without so much!"

For now, i am humble... i am grateful for all of the things that i do have in my life.  i can only look to the future with an open mind and a feeling of optimism for having a better future.

A good night sleep...

When i was younger i liked to watch the old black and white Tv shows.  The Dick Van Dyke show, Mary Tyler Moore show, Bewitched, etc.  I remember watching and not really thinking too much about it until i was an adult.  The adults slept in 2 seperate twin beds!

Now, if you had this set up today... they'd say you had marital problems and they would quickly suggest that you seek marital therapy!  But at what point (my guess it was the sexual revolution of the 60's) did it become abnormal, unusual, strange, un-hip even, to sleep in seperate beds?

My husband snores.  And i do not mean that light sometimes cute noise you see people doing on a Tv show.  I mean, S. N. O. R. E. - SNORE!  I wake up several times a night and he will be laying right in my face/ear and snoring very loud... to the point of shaking the bed lol  He is also a blanket puller.  Not a gentle tug.  No no, while he is sound asleep, he will TUG the blankets over to his side of the bed, again, waking me up.  He is a sound asleep scratcher.  He will scratch his arm, his leg, he butt, his balls... his anything!  It's like an asleep dog, only i do not think my husband has flees!  God, i hope not!

With all of that going on, i am suppose to get a good night sleep.  Yeah, right.  ;-)

I think that the parents of the 40's and 50's had it right.  Human beings were not meant to "sleep" in the same bed. It just can't be done and have a good night sleep.  I'm not going to go into the "sex" topic... but i will add, yes, having sex in a single bed (let alone a twin bed) can be done ;-)

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We are showing our house tonight. I am all nerves on the inside about it all. It is our first time selling a house, the first time we will be showing the house, i'm a total newbie and freaking out with questions!

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Claire went back to school today.  I always worry when she has been sick and goes back to school.  I make sure she has water/juice all day to keep her cough under control... will the teacher? I make sure she has tissues with her so if she needs one she doesn't have to get up and walk across the room... will the teacher?  I make sure if she needs a break because she is feeling light headed due to having her sinus' draining (she gets that with a cold) i make sure she gets a break and sits down for a minute.... will the teacher?  Probably not.  Her teachers at the school are amazing, but they are not her mom.  I might over do the love and being there for her when she is sick, but i think it helps when a kid is sick.  

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My favorite movie, it's cheesie, it's dorky, and probably not my favorite anymore.... but it once was a favorite movie - anyway it arrived in the Netflix mail today!  I'm excited to watch it.  Oh yeah, it's from 1980 - The Private Eyes, good movie... funny movie!  But only if you like silly movies from 1980 ;-)

The age of beauty

image taken by Rachel Devine

Remember that age where you didn't see beauty?  

Remember when your best friend had bright orange hair, millions of freckles, and you wanted to look just like her, so you drew little dots on your face to look just like her...

Remember when you wore whatever shoes you wanted, heck forget about the shoes just ran out the door to go play!  

Remember when you did your own hair and dressed yourself at age 4 and all of your little friends thought you looked "beautiful"...

Remember when you would just say the word fart and you would giggle for 10 minutes... someone might "tinkle" in their undies... all from laughing so hard about a silly word!

Remember looking past who your new friend at the park had for a parent/family, and just went running around having a great time...

Remember not caring or even understanding what religious affiliation your friend had, you just had a blast playing with them and only noticed they were different than you at Christmas, but honestly it did not even make a difference because she was your friend no matter what her faith was....

Remember the joy of just having these kinds of friends who loved you just for the fact that you were the same height, age, and playing in the same play area that they were...

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I've been struggling with the issue that, people on a whole, bug me! lol  Once you become an adult the innocent life of having a friend flies out the window.  People take notice of your appearance, the church you attend, the car you drive, the purse you carry, the shoes you wear, the people you know, and all aspects of your life.  I often long for the days where meeting new people was as easy as going to a park, running around from the swings to the slide and someone just joining in with you and just for that day... they were your bested friend ever.  

Imagine going up to a stranger as an adult... your in the store shopping, you see they are buying Organic too, you strike up a conversation with them over it and then follow them around and do your shopping together.  Uh, if someone did that i would call security on them! lol  It isn't as easy to meet new people once you are out of school.  Your guard goes up and strangers are just that... strangers.  They are no longer "potential friends".  It takes an effort to get to know someone and call them, friend.

I don't have many friends because i consider myself very private and i like to keep to myself and keep my personal family a bit private.  But the friends that i have made here in this town are the ones i have built the last 15 years of my life with here.  I know that i will not build friendships right away once we move, but i am starting to feel that feeling of... fear?.... wondering?... emotional pulling? (words are escaping me for how i feel exactly) how will i deal with day to day things when i do not know anyone where we are moving that i can just call up.  I have my brother and his new wife, but she only speaks a little English.  And my brother and i are close, but not BFF's.  It will be a new experience, knowing no one that i can just turn to to ask a question about the local life.

My new best friend... the Tom Tom GPS system!!  I wonder if it has a sexy male voice or am i stuck only with the "sexy" female voice on that thing ;-)

Magnificent Monday {11}

I am making this for a luncheon, Watermelon Ginger Limeade!

I almost could not pick just 1, but the one above is the one i picked!  Such cute TEA towels... Mr. PS store on etsy

The Black Apple etsy store

Make Pie... Not War Shop on Etsy

Tiny Wallet - Made by Hank Etsy Store

Cake Stand - Functional Pots Etsy Store