sunday's peonies...

i love my peonies...

they're kind of extra special
because they go from bud to bloom overnight...

the same heat that brings them to life
is what ultimately shortens their show.

i wish it wasn't like that...

but it's another life lesson i suppose...

love it while it's here,

because a storm could appear out of nowhere

and all of the beauty will just fall to the ground.

appreciate your peonies...
happy sunday
xox

high school girls

i love to blog...
gets my mind off
january(and real life)...
lately i have really worked to
create a more personal space here.
i have opened my door to the world.
putting it out there.
me.
putting me out there.
friendly, chatty and always ready to make
a new friend.
my simple blog.
no rules here.
no advertising.
my blog is not overflowing with awards
or sponsors.
simple.
fun.
so how come sometimes it makes me feel
like it's high school all over again?
the mean girls...
the cool girls...
the drama queens
and the wanna bees.
if i could go back and give my 16 year old self some advice,
it would be this...
be yourself.
carry on.
xox

thank you friends...
i'm so glad to have you here!

i avoided this...

not interested in this kind of winter fun! the wind was crazy...i was afraid the roof was going to blow off so i spent most of the day working on the little project downstairs. you know...when you spend all day painting, your brain is free to do all kinds of thinking. serious thinking. i was making a list of everything i am grateful for. overall i am SO content with my life. sure i have days when i am feeling a little lost, maybe a little down. being a stay at home mom just brings that on once in a while. it's really a waste to think that way. i have a beautiful family, great friends, a home to shelter us and we live in the most amazing place. i am very proud of almost all of my choices and the ones that turned out to be wrong...well they taught me important lessons. carry on girl! don't look back unless its to remember the good times. so even though it looks like all i did was paint the trim...i accomplished a lot more than that. i gave my soul a make-over. I AM DOING BETTER THAN EVER!! 

fate is funny

amazing how life happens. it just keeps happening. you just never know what the day will bring.
my horoscope yesterday said something like...you may be looking at a job offer that will significantly improve your social status and overall happiness. hmmm, then the phone rang and i was asked if i would be interested in a job. a cool job. i said give them my number.
today, it says there will be an unexpected opportunity. the phone rang. i was offered another job.
so i have stepped back and considered this.
what is meant to be, will be.
i love fate.

here i go again

as always, i have set my expectations too high.
what was i thinking? that overnight i would become
some great writer? yeah, i was thinking that.
this is hard to do. mostly because it is so "out there".
so much pressure to make everyone happy. that's a
much easier thing to do, day-by-day, when it is a small
group of people you're dealing with. but this is so
big. it's the fact that i have openly chosen to let
anyone in here. that's not normal. it's scary.
i must set new limits, create my blog boundaries. i love having boundaries.
it keeps me safe.
so, for now, i will be vague. i will be careful.
i don't know who's reading this.
do i just talk to myself?
very interesting.....

gotta start sometime....

i think i have always been a late bloomer. i was never
a trend setter or one of the kids with the newest electronic gadget.
the "sony walkman" came and went. i never owned a "disc camera".
i honestly didn't purchase my first cd until the summer of 1992.
so here, once again, i find myself trying to catch up.
2008 and i have just discovered "blogging".
i've been told i can do this. and i will try.
i may decide to capitalize at some point.
OBVIOUSLY i am not a writer. but i am a talker.
i just want to talk. my life is really normal, but the craziest
things go on around here. we are always saying"this is a reality
show moment". i guess everyone has them.
i just don't want to forget them.

darn it, if only i had started this a few years ago.