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Ants In My Pants

I am antsy today.  Impatient.  Fidgety.  Ready to be and do and go, with nowhere to go.  I don’t know if it is the fact that we’ve been here 3 years now and my mind automatically leans towards preparing for going away.  Maybe that’s what it is.
D.C. is so fast paced.  Seems to be a [...]

Keeping Busy In Order To Keep My Mind Off Things

 
If I could have any yard at all, it would look something like that.  The cottage garden has so much appeal to me.  It is untamed and wild and yet controlled and orderly at the same time.  A paradox.  Like me I suppose.  
A profusion of colors, shapes, sizes.  A plethora of fragrances.  A haven [...]

Giving Up

What habits or attitudes have you had to give up in order to live a better/healthier/happier life?

sodas – holy cow!  I used to drink waaaay too much soda.  Diet or otherwise, I’ve tried the whole shebang.  Now I’m down to lemonade which, I know, isn’t much better from a sugar stand point but at least [...]

Five Senses

I see my Katy Bug growing into a beautiful young woman way too quickly.
I hear the sounds of the same daughter playing her daddy’s computer game.
I smell the soft, spring smell of rain.
I taste homemade lemonade.
I feel like crawling under the covers and reading my book.

Stop and Go, Push and Pull

 
I start a lot of blog entries.
No seriously, I do.  Stop laughing.
I start a lot.  I finish few.  What typically ends up happening goes something like this:
-While driving in the metro area on a various errand or while working at church on Wednesday night or sitting at play practice a FANTASTIC idea for a blog [...]