Lately things have been blurry, and when I say blurry - I mean - I can't see five feet in front of me. I have noticed it since last week -- I bought some eye drops! Oh - sure - I just figured it would go away...but SURPRISE -- it did not! So, me, Little Miss "Perfect Vision" finally gave in and made an eye appointment...and guess what... I am blind as a bat!! No, not really - just a little nearsighted and in need of a fashion accessory to help me see when driving or walking or generally trying to navigate my life!
Those of you who are local - I'd advise you to stay off the roadways for the next few days - cause I don't have my glasses just yet and I am still under the impression that I can continue driving but maybe by this time next week if you see me, I will actually be able to see it is you coming toward me and not some blob with feet!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
They're Creepy and They're Kooky...
Here is how we spent our Tuesday afternoon...a new Halloween tradition!
A spooky, but edible Halloween House -- YUM!
A spooky, but edible Halloween House -- YUM!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Next Thing You Know We Will Be In A Boat Hunting Alligators!
I don't know what could get better about my life today! I have spent the afternoon in the kitchen with my sweet girl, listening to groovy Bee Gees tunes on the radio and creating these fun Halloween treats which are sure to keep my mom away from the snack table!!
Squashed Frogs
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The recipe is simple -- make a batch of rice krispie treats - add green food coloring and some m&m's...then drop globs on wax paper to set up!
My hubby is a fan of Swamp People -- maybe he will be able to appreciate dessert tonight!! :-)
Living Happily in the MOMent!
Bev
Squashed Frogs
!
The recipe is simple -- make a batch of rice krispie treats - add green food coloring and some m&m's...then drop globs on wax paper to set up!My hubby is a fan of Swamp People -- maybe he will be able to appreciate dessert tonight!! :-)
Living Happily in the MOMent!
Bev
Saturday, October 23, 2010
A Milestone in the Making!
Three years, countless emotions and here I am writing post number 1000. I would have laughed you silly back in 2007 when I got this crazy idea to write on a blog, if you had told me that I would still be here three years later...it would have been a ludicrous idea for that stay at home mommy of a three year old. Today I am a part-time working and part-time stay at home mommy of a six year old and the way I view my life today is radically different than the way I viewed it back then. My perspective on many events in my life has shifted, quite a lot, and I sit here this evening feeling somewhat like a snake with a new skin. I have shed much of the past insecurities and anxieties about my self, my life, and my purpose. I wear a new skin - a confident, happy, contented skin. The journey to here was hard, it was filled with my blood, sweat and tears, littered along the journeyed road are some old fears, some old friends, some old misconceptions of who I was then, but thankfully the road is filled with new friends, new perspectives and some renewed connections that have brought the circle together.
I could drone on and on about me -it is my blog after all - it is self-centered most of the time and yet as I read through old posts I do see my loved ones woven in and out of the lines on even some of the most boring of daily posts. Here is just a little ode to some of you who have shown up here sometimes over and over!
I love my family, my husband and child. My parents, my in-laws, my Mississippi family and my people across the river.
I love my girlfriends who know my secrets and share theirs with me too, Sue and Kim and Kim S, Stacey and Molly, Robin and Myra. I love my "guy" friends, the ones that used to keep me sane, way back when, before my knight in shining '57 Chevy metal arrived. To Abe, the keeper of my memories,Chuck and Charles and Glenn....thank goodness for Faceb**k so I can keep up with all of your busy lives!
I love my work friends, Debbie and all the teachers. What an interesting experience it has all been and so much more to come!
I love my new cat...he is so sweet and just what I needed when I needed it most. Oh - I love those dogs too - but the kitty cat...he snuggled himself into my heart in a big way!
I love my little house on the lane, the messy corners that reflect what I always wanted. No longer just two of us in these rattling rooms, there is a child in this house...with all the stuff that brings. It is messy, there are crumbs in the kitchen, there are toys strewn from one room to the other, there is laundry drying in the dining room, school papers on the counters and toys filling up both our bathtubs...but I wouldn't change it for the world! I can have a clean house in 12 years when she flies off to live in some college dorm - for now, I love my messy house - you are welcome to come visit just be sure to push the mess aside before you sit down!
I love my blog readers! Why you show up here every day -- I have no idea...but you inspire and encourage me to come back here too - and for that I whole heartily thank you! I have been most blessed by some of the comments you have sent my way. Strangers sharing my journey - and what fun to find some new friends (that would be you my Yankee Twin) along the way too!
Life during 1000 posts has not always been easy, I will admit to some very difficult struggles, to pain and chaos that life has brought to me during this time. You are all my witnesses, I have been marred, marked, pierced, broken, but I have been bandaged up and put back together well. I have been able to Forgive the ones that hurt the most and Move on with my life and I look back with clear eyes, no regrets and a heart filled with love and gratitude for where I am today, and where I have been.
Happy 1000th post to me...and you too! 'Cause if I have written 1000 - then there is a chance that you have read 1000 too!!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
I could drone on and on about me -it is my blog after all - it is self-centered most of the time and yet as I read through old posts I do see my loved ones woven in and out of the lines on even some of the most boring of daily posts. Here is just a little ode to some of you who have shown up here sometimes over and over!
I love my family, my husband and child. My parents, my in-laws, my Mississippi family and my people across the river.
I love my girlfriends who know my secrets and share theirs with me too, Sue and Kim and Kim S, Stacey and Molly, Robin and Myra. I love my "guy" friends, the ones that used to keep me sane, way back when, before my knight in shining '57 Chevy metal arrived. To Abe, the keeper of my memories,Chuck and Charles and Glenn....thank goodness for Faceb**k so I can keep up with all of your busy lives!
I love my work friends, Debbie and all the teachers. What an interesting experience it has all been and so much more to come!
I love my new cat...he is so sweet and just what I needed when I needed it most. Oh - I love those dogs too - but the kitty cat...he snuggled himself into my heart in a big way!
I love my little house on the lane, the messy corners that reflect what I always wanted. No longer just two of us in these rattling rooms, there is a child in this house...with all the stuff that brings. It is messy, there are crumbs in the kitchen, there are toys strewn from one room to the other, there is laundry drying in the dining room, school papers on the counters and toys filling up both our bathtubs...but I wouldn't change it for the world! I can have a clean house in 12 years when she flies off to live in some college dorm - for now, I love my messy house - you are welcome to come visit just be sure to push the mess aside before you sit down!
I love my blog readers! Why you show up here every day -- I have no idea...but you inspire and encourage me to come back here too - and for that I whole heartily thank you! I have been most blessed by some of the comments you have sent my way. Strangers sharing my journey - and what fun to find some new friends (that would be you my Yankee Twin) along the way too!
Life during 1000 posts has not always been easy, I will admit to some very difficult struggles, to pain and chaos that life has brought to me during this time. You are all my witnesses, I have been marred, marked, pierced, broken, but I have been bandaged up and put back together well. I have been able to Forgive the ones that hurt the most and Move on with my life and I look back with clear eyes, no regrets and a heart filled with love and gratitude for where I am today, and where I have been.
Happy 1000th post to me...and you too! 'Cause if I have written 1000 - then there is a chance that you have read 1000 too!!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Thursday, October 21, 2010
999
This has been a day of random numbers for me. Now, normally I hate math and numbers and anything to do with any of that side of my brain -- the side that is particularly smaller than the other wordy and bookish side.
I have just noticed random things times today -- like it takes me 24 seconds to change a trash bag in the kitchen can or it takes my duaghter 8 minutes from the time she starts eating to the time she decides she needs a drink. And consequently it takes me 8 minutes to get comfortable in a chair strangely enough after I give her a plate of food. Hmmmm
Oh - and it took me 14 minutes to drive from my child's school this morning to the hospital to see my dad - but it took me 13.5 minutes to drive back from the hospital to my child's school for lunch -- hmm...and even more puzzling, it took 18 minutes to drive back to the hospital but again - only 14 minutes to drive back to the school for car line pick up!! Oh - and in between all of this, it took me exactly 10 minutes at Zaxby's drive through to get lunch for my mom and I and I spent 7 minutes inside the grocery store buying a case of grape soda so I could write a check for more than the amount so I could get money for lunch through that drive thru!!
It takes me 1 minute to log into my computer and this morning I took a 6 minutes shower. My alarm clock has a 9 minute snooze and it takes Benedryl about 15 minutes to work into my system and make all the hives disappear.
My child can eat a small plate of mac n cheese in about 2 minutes, especially if she has not eaten lunch and is just home from school.
All these random time stamps - absolutely meaningless...but this number, 999 is the number of posts I have written on this blog since September 1, 2007. And that is about 333 posts per year...give or take a day or two!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
I have just noticed random things times today -- like it takes me 24 seconds to change a trash bag in the kitchen can or it takes my duaghter 8 minutes from the time she starts eating to the time she decides she needs a drink. And consequently it takes me 8 minutes to get comfortable in a chair strangely enough after I give her a plate of food. Hmmmm
Oh - and it took me 14 minutes to drive from my child's school this morning to the hospital to see my dad - but it took me 13.5 minutes to drive back from the hospital to my child's school for lunch -- hmm...and even more puzzling, it took 18 minutes to drive back to the hospital but again - only 14 minutes to drive back to the school for car line pick up!! Oh - and in between all of this, it took me exactly 10 minutes at Zaxby's drive through to get lunch for my mom and I and I spent 7 minutes inside the grocery store buying a case of grape soda so I could write a check for more than the amount so I could get money for lunch through that drive thru!!
It takes me 1 minute to log into my computer and this morning I took a 6 minutes shower. My alarm clock has a 9 minute snooze and it takes Benedryl about 15 minutes to work into my system and make all the hives disappear.
My child can eat a small plate of mac n cheese in about 2 minutes, especially if she has not eaten lunch and is just home from school.
All these random time stamps - absolutely meaningless...but this number, 999 is the number of posts I have written on this blog since September 1, 2007. And that is about 333 posts per year...give or take a day or two!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Monday, October 18, 2010
Weekend Lessons Learned
Here are some trustworthy lessons learned from this past weekend.
-if you bribe your child with an inexpensive dollar toy from Walmart, just so you can get through the store in peace...make sure that the toy is actually in the cart, on the belt and gets put in the bag. Ours got left somewhere between aisle 6 and 16 and the horrible discovery of the missing sea monster did not happen until we got home and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth!
-if your child wants chicken wings from a Chinese resturant -- don't go to the one by Food Lion -- they have NO SUCH THING as an order of chicken wings...I had to order two kids meals of wings to get four - I left $11.00 poorer...it was a sad afternoon!
- if you have Kohl's cash - never wait until the last possible day to use it. If you do, it is inevitable that your child will get sick, throw up on your dining room rug and have to spend the rest of the day in bed. So long, free stuff!
- if you see an ad for a marathon viewing of HOARDERS on tv, SKIP IT! It will (1) make you think there are some really crazy people on tv , (2) make you desire to clean your house with a fury, (3) cause you to go through your home with a trashbag and throw random things away,just to prove to yourself that you are not a hoarder!
I am sure I learned a few more lessons this weekend...but for now, those are the ones sticking in my brain. Please pardon me now as I have at least one more corner of my home that needs a good cleaning!
And how was your weekend?
Bev
-if you bribe your child with an inexpensive dollar toy from Walmart, just so you can get through the store in peace...make sure that the toy is actually in the cart, on the belt and gets put in the bag. Ours got left somewhere between aisle 6 and 16 and the horrible discovery of the missing sea monster did not happen until we got home and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth!
-if your child wants chicken wings from a Chinese resturant -- don't go to the one by Food Lion -- they have NO SUCH THING as an order of chicken wings...I had to order two kids meals of wings to get four - I left $11.00 poorer...it was a sad afternoon!
- if you have Kohl's cash - never wait until the last possible day to use it. If you do, it is inevitable that your child will get sick, throw up on your dining room rug and have to spend the rest of the day in bed. So long, free stuff!
- if you see an ad for a marathon viewing of HOARDERS on tv, SKIP IT! It will (1) make you think there are some really crazy people on tv , (2) make you desire to clean your house with a fury, (3) cause you to go through your home with a trashbag and throw random things away,just to prove to yourself that you are not a hoarder!
I am sure I learned a few more lessons this weekend...but for now, those are the ones sticking in my brain. Please pardon me now as I have at least one more corner of my home that needs a good cleaning!
And how was your weekend?
Bev
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Pretty Purple Princess
This is my child, all dressed up for her school pictures! Can't wait to see the school pic - but I love this one -she is just so cute! Happy Thursday!
Bev
Monday, October 11, 2010
My New Happy Place
Here I go again, fighting the desire to write a post about why I haven't written a post in who knows how long? My first want is to apologize - but then I try and figure out why that is, because really who am I apologizing to? To you, or you, or the stranger in New Delhi? To my parents, to my friends, to the stalker who craves the minute details? Or should I apologize to me, it is my blog after all? It is my carved out place in this space to vent and laugh and share and work out the thoughts that whirl in my head and I have neglected it of late.
The truth is I really don't feel like apologizing at all.
I just feel like writing something...I haven't done it in a while, I miss the feel of the keyboard, the whir of the laptop, the thoughts that form in my brain and travel down only to appear in seconds on the screen before me. I miss the clearing of the clutter that a well timed post can give me. It is like cleaning off the corner of my kitchen counter that seems to be a magnet for all my child's homework papers. Sometimes I can walk right by it and never notice it, then other times, I have to stop WHATEVER I am doing and clear the clutter away. I am always happier when the clutter is gone...it is just an effort on some days more than rest.
I've been good, no drama, only work, caring for my family and missing sleep on a regular basis. I have missed so much sleep these last few weeks that I have taken to drinking coffee more and more and thinking seriously about installing a new coffee pot in my home to facilitate this habit even more in my life.
But truly my life is happy and fall is here, the leaves are turning and the cool air has arrived. I am finding that I have, without even a conscience thought, re-ordered my world and my priorities. Things that were hard and complicated this time last year are clear and easy today. I am clear on where my heart lies, where my future rests, how I want to love my loved ones, how I would chose if I had to chose. More on that later, but for now, this fall is peaceful for me, it is my happy place...the only way it would be better is if I was sitting on the beach writing this post!!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
The truth is I really don't feel like apologizing at all.
I just feel like writing something...I haven't done it in a while, I miss the feel of the keyboard, the whir of the laptop, the thoughts that form in my brain and travel down only to appear in seconds on the screen before me. I miss the clearing of the clutter that a well timed post can give me. It is like cleaning off the corner of my kitchen counter that seems to be a magnet for all my child's homework papers. Sometimes I can walk right by it and never notice it, then other times, I have to stop WHATEVER I am doing and clear the clutter away. I am always happier when the clutter is gone...it is just an effort on some days more than rest.
I've been good, no drama, only work, caring for my family and missing sleep on a regular basis. I have missed so much sleep these last few weeks that I have taken to drinking coffee more and more and thinking seriously about installing a new coffee pot in my home to facilitate this habit even more in my life.
But truly my life is happy and fall is here, the leaves are turning and the cool air has arrived. I am finding that I have, without even a conscience thought, re-ordered my world and my priorities. Things that were hard and complicated this time last year are clear and easy today. I am clear on where my heart lies, where my future rests, how I want to love my loved ones, how I would chose if I had to chose. More on that later, but for now, this fall is peaceful for me, it is my happy place...the only way it would be better is if I was sitting on the beach writing this post!!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
I Bet
Bet you are thinking I am never gonna be back here to write...I am-- I am - I promise -- I am!!
Check back on Tuesday.........promise!!!
Check back on Tuesday.........promise!!!
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