Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Update 15 of the Photo Challenge

 
 
 
108/365  What teens do...
 
 
109/365...the famous people I hang with at work

 
110/365...four of my five loves on Easter

 
111/365...How I get color in the greens, I cheat...

 
112/365... Such a cutie!!

 
113/365...  A random Robin's egg

 
114/365...snap chat from K...

 
115/365 We love this guy... 
 

 
116/365.... I like to call them flowers not weeds...

 
117/365.... This was my take home tree from Arbor day in 5th grade...

 
118/365  Me and my Lu...

 
119/365 Ahh babies...

 
120/365  Self explanatory...

 
121/365 Yeah, she made the cheer squad!!
 

 
 

Monday, May 19, 2014

Sunday Social on a Monday...

 
Good Morning Monday!!
 
I am doing a link up with the following blogs because I loved this week's questions because they focused on my happys....SUMMER.
 
 
Sunday Social
 
1.  What is your best summer memory as a kid?
I loved the pool, riding bikes, and just hanging out with my best friend.  I also used to tan outside with the neighbor lady and she would bring her TV outside with an extension cord to watch her soap operas.  I thought that was the coolest!!
 
2.  What is your favorite summer drink?
It used to be an ice cold coca cola or diet coke.  I don't know what it will be this year.  But in the evenings I really like a glass (or two) of Moscato on the back porch :)
 
3.  What is your favorite summer TV show?
The Real Housewives of New Jersey.  This is the best one as far as I am concerned.
 
4.  What is the best outdoor summer activity?
A good book on the back porch in my lounge chair.  And sometimes a nap :)
 
5.  What are your summer vacation essentials?
We really are not vacationers, but I would say a camera, my kindle for the travel, and good food.
 
 
Link up with A Complete Waste of Makeup and share your answers
 


Friday, May 16, 2014

Tired of being fluffy...

 
No, this is not a post about the big diet I am going on to lose weight.  I am not referring to that fluff in my life.  However, it is kind of  a part of it.  I am a First World Glutton.  Of food, stuff, entertainment, and all other forms of excess.  I do not feel First World Privileged.  I feel First World Trapped.
 
 
I am making a public decree to lose the Fluff.  If this gal can give up soda pop after 40 years (only 5 in the last 32 days) she can also give up her addiction to the things/ways of the world.  No I am not saying all of the things in my life are bad, but they are in excess and they are choking the life out of me.  Literally.  My heart is heavy my friend. 
 
 
I can name about a 100 things I want right now materialistically, but the things that I am needing are rest, peace, contentment, passion, and purpose.  I cannot buy those things.  They come from weeding through the muck and prioritizing the important things. 
 
 
This is going to be a real struggle for this material girl.  That is a sad but true statement.  Sacrifice and denial are not part of my M.O., that means method of operation ( I looked it up).  I want the peace that comes from simplicity, the rest that comes from contentment, and the joy that comes from time to fulfill the innermost parts of my being. 
 
 
I am ready to breath deeply again......