Tuesday, March 10, 2009

OH HAPPY DAY!!

I am so happy that DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME is back. I have missed you so much. Why? Because all of my best memories are connected to DST. As a child my mother would let me run wild and barefoot through our neighborhood until late thirty. The only thing that could bring me in was the moon. There were about 10 of us wild children who would play hide and seek and cowboys and indians until the moon was high in the night sky. It was then that all the lights would come on in our homes and mother's would stand in the front yard calling our names. On those special nights we would hurry home gobble our dinner, half-way bathe (does soaking in Mr. Bubble count?) and plop down in front of our T.V.'s to watch Batman, Beverly Hillbilles, Bewitched or Petticoat Junction. Bedtime in the Summer was a scandalous 9:30. I always slept with my windows open and would wake up to my white eyelet curtains stirring in the breeze and the sweet perfume of orange trees filling my little room.

For me DST means a a slower pace, more time to play, and freedom. Welcome back friend.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Calendar Keeper




Are you a calendar keeper? I have been one for a very long time. I love to keep all my important dates and appointments listed on my calendar. Now that I am 'older' it is a must, or else something will be forgotten. But in retrospect, I needed my calendar just as much when my children were small because of all the distractions and THEIR important dates and appointments. My calendar travels with me everywhere I go. Usually I tuck it in my purse. That way I have it when I need to check a date or write something important down. My favorite calendar used to be the Service League calendar. But now it's just a small Day Runner that snaps shut so I can keep receipts and other things at hand. I prefer the month at a glance rather than the week at a glance style. That way I can see what's coming. It brings me so much joy to wake up on Monday, look at my calendar and see......NOTHING! My my how times have changed. I do love to leisurely go about my Monday routine. Breakfast, workout (maybe), lunch, laundry (always) and then some reading and dinner. Mondays used to be so fast paced! Get the children up and ready for school, meetings, meetings and more meetings, sometimes work (when I had a job) and then suddenly it's 3:00 and time to pick up the children, homework, dinner, and fall in the bed.

Can you tell I'm enjoying this stage of life?

It's the first day of February (VALENTINE DAY IS COMING) so that means a new scripture. I have chosen Col. 3:17, "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Stay informed...

This was the headline on the ABC News website yesterday.


Obama Reverses Bush Abortion-Funds Policy

"Obama ends ban on funds for international groups that promote abortions, reversing Bush policy"