Heat

We are so spoiled…
We complain when:
It’s Hot.
It’s Cold.
It Rains.
It Snows.
It’s Dark outside.
It’s too bright.

It’s been unseasonably warm this week… and I love it!

Blog Project 365-09 #203

Tooth Fairy

My grandson lost his first tooth last night… and the second tooth is just about to fall out too.

Because I’m out of the loop, I have to ask.
What does the current tooth fairy pay these days?

When I was little, it was 25 cents.
For my kids it was a buck.
The grandkids are saying it’s up to a 5 spot these days… really?
I think I need to buy stock in teeth at these rates

Blog Project 365-09 #202

Thinking about coaching…

So I mentioned the roller derby that #5 is skating in. I’m helping her with some stuff on the side.
A hundred years ago I was a speed skater… but it had been 30 years since I’ve been on skates.
It’s like riding a bicycle Mostly.
Anyway, they need extra hands with the newbies. They’re the Cherry City Derby Girls… the babies are called Cherry Poppers. Maybe after a couple of weeks of playing with #5 I’ll see if they still need help, if I don’t break a hip.
Lol… I’m not exactly sure If ” Cherry-Popper Coach” will work on my resume

Blog Project 365-09 #201

I almost missed my 200th post…

Oops…

Today was productive
I price shopped tires for my ride… ouch.
But.
One of my favorite clients works for Firestone and I saved $350.00 with a friend/family discount!
I celebrated by crack cleaning my kitchen… now the rest of the house looks like crap.
Tomorrow’s high point might just be carpet shampooing. Yipee!

Blog Project 365-09 #200
(time to count again just to be sure I’m still on track… if only I could check to see if I’m on track in other area’s by counting)

Post #199 :)

Wow… That’s a lot of posts!

Well our plans for tonight’s tattoo are going to have to be rescheduled, that’s the only word I have so far. No details given… I’m hoping for the best.

Last night I got the best nights sleep I can remember having in years.
Literally.

I’ll explain later about why people who use the avatar name “Addict” probably shouldn’t take ambien. Not for 4 years at least.
Anyway, I chucked the Rx a few days ago, and I feel I’m now getting the best sleep of my life.

Blog project 365-09 #199

A part of something cool…

A tattoo artist friend asked for help with a situation.
By request, a terminally ill man wants a tattoo. He will be in the hospital until the end. A complication from a spider bite of all things. Dr’s are giving him a couple of weeks to live.
He has always wanted a tattoo.
My friend received special permission from the state to perform the tattoo in the hospital.
I’m going to photograph the event.
We are scheduled for tomorrow night….

Blog Project 365-09 #198

A great way to end the weekend :)

Another quiet day at work, we’re getting lots of “house cleaning” done.

#2 called and invited me to dinner tonight, which was awesome… she’s an amazing cook and take take even simple recipies and make them special.  Grandson (11) made a cake himself and decorated it.  The top said “Nana” not once, but twice and was topped with chocolate sprinkles.   I felt like it was my birthday.

Yes, it was the best!

 

Blog Project 365-09 #197

Uneventful Saturday

Two days in a row… just how I like ‘em.

On a side note, things picked up a bit at the shop today, it was much needed. Nothing like trying to sell something in a poor economy that no one really “needs”.
The upturn was very welcomed

Blog Project 356-09 #196

Uneventful Friday…

It was a slow and quiet day today at work…
The weather is fantastic, it’s clear with just enough breeze to make it perfect.

I had the most awesome request. Someone asked if a photo I’d taken could be used on a book cover
(if you’re a facebook friend, I’m repeating myself)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blog Project 365-09 #195

Sometimes it just takes a moment

I was laying on the floor in the library, looking up into the skylight, playing with the Gracie the cat… and in a flash the thought “I shouldn’t be here, this isn’t my life” hit me.

I’m not the only person here who grew up in hand-me-down clothes. I back to school shopped every year of elementary school at good-will (before ‘retro-shopping’ was cool) and started working as young as I could to augment school supplies and clothing so I didn’t stand out so much, I also helped with household expenses. We had little money, we got evicted routinely from our homes, I didn’t get to do many of the things my peers took for granted.
I DID have everything I needed, I was never homeless, there wasn’t a ton of food, but there was enough, but that was about it.
As a child I always had the expectation that the situation would remain the same into my adulthood and my children would be raised in a similar set of circumstances.
In fact, in the early years, it was.
I married early, had kids young… divorced for independence and started a life that was much harder than I thought it would be. The kids and I lived in low-income housing with a welfare check and food stamps… I worked occasionally but made far less over-all because of childcare costs and always ended back up where I started. It seemed hopeless for a long while.
I couldn’t afford a car, but the low-income apartments I lived in at the time was next to a community college and I discovered that financial aid paid better than welfare, so I went to nursing school… it was my only chance to get out and be able to be self sufficient.

Anyway tonight, I lay in my house and look around at all of the “wants” I have… and in that moment I was truly humbled. All of my needs are met, I have most of my ‘wants’, I have a husband who loves me and 5 children who have grown up to be amazing adults, each in their own way.
It would be easy to be boastful and say that it was a lot of hard work and determination (and it was).
But in that quiet moment I felt that I have so much more than I deserve. When I look at my life through the eyes of “my child self” it’s overwhelming, sometimes I think I’m living a life that is so much more than the life I was really meant to live.

Blog Project 365-09 #194