On Wisdom

"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be." ~~~Thomas Jefferson

Well, I must have been serious in my last post.

I walked for 30 minutes around our hilly driveway. Then I came in and did a little with my resistance bands and I even went down to the basement and used DH's exercise thingy. Then I was disgusted by the mess down there and cleaned it up too! Vacuumed and everything!

The basement is where DS and well, everyone throws stuff (empty boxes and such). And I mean "throws" literally. DS stands at the top of the stairs and throws the boxes down.

Then we put up a little pool just outside the door and so the chairs are always right in the middle of the floor.

And DS also keeps his golf clubs right at the bottom of the stairs so that we have to walk around them.

And DH left his duffel bag that he brought back in the middle of the floor down there, well, not the middle but off to one side.

DD likes to play down there so there are toys everywhere!

So you can see the mess I came into when I went to use the exercise thingy. I threw the boxes away if I was able and then moved those I needed to keep, off to the side in a nice stack. Then I found a good spot for the golf clubs and put the duffel bag and chairs away. Then I vacuumed.

It is no longer embarrassing to have someone see it. Though I can't believe that I just told the whole world how messy my basement was!!

Now, if I can just keep up the exercising everyday. And I mean EVERYDAY!! If I skip a day, I have a terrible time getting back to it so I need to do it everyday. I know all about giving your muscles time to recoup and all, but I have to do something everyday. Maybe I can do different types everyday. We'll see...

Well, I'm now into another book but I think I'm going to have to slow down my reading a bit. One, I can't afford my book habit! and two, I have got to get back to exercising and housekeeping not to mention taking care of the kids.

I have got to get exercising. I always do good for a few weeks even months sometimes and then something happens and I miss a day or two and then I can never seem to get back to it again! I may need to start exercising 24 hours a day to get where I want to be in the time I have to do it!

Oh, well, I guess I should stop talking about it and get off here and go do it! So I'm off to exercise!

If anyone knows any magical exercises they want to share, feel free.

Still reading.... can't put my book down.... great escapism for while DH is gone....don't have to face reality too often....love a good book!!! Off to finish my book!

Here is a precious clip art
that I've been wanting to use
but never got around to it so...
here it is.
I'll say it's just for my wonderful DH!
Here's hugs to DH. I love you!

Reading.... it's a lovely pastime. It is one of my favorites. I get lost in books and sometimes the poor kids have a hard time bringing me back to real life! This week I've been catching up with my reading and... boy howdy, have I missed it!

I encourage you all to find a good book and get lost. Become best friends with the characters, find yourself on vacation, maybe to the English countryside, or a beautiful beach, or to the wilds of Africa. Go and enjoy.

Hate...

"Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. "

~~Harry Emerson Fosdick 1878-1969, American Minister

We've had some work done on our home and I absolutely love it.

I now have my porch that I have longed for, for such a long time. It's all I ever dreamed it to be.

Yesterday, as it rained and rained, DD and I set up our puzzle table on the deck and worked on a 550 piece puzzle. It was wonderful.

It got cool so DD brought out a sarong and used it as a shawl. It was sweet. She eventually went in and I stayed out reading and working on the puzzle until the wind started blowing the rain in on me. It was truly wonderful.

A few nights before, we sat out there, me reading, DS building with Legos and DD chasing fireflies. It seems so nostalgic to me. It seemed as we were a part of days past. You know the days I witnessed on "The Andy Griffith Show" and others like it. I absolutely loved it!

Thank you DH for helping to make a dream of mine come true. I love you.

First Love

I ne'er was struck before that hour
With love so sudden and so sweet,
Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower
And stole my heart away complete.
My face turned pale as deadly pale.
My legs refused to walk away,
And when she looked, what could I ail?
My life and all seemed turned to clay.

And then my blood rushed to my face
And took my eyesight quite away,
The trees and bushes round the place
Seemed midnight at noonday.
I could not see a single thing,
Words from my eyes did start --
They spoke as chords do from the string,
And blood burnt round my heart.

Are flowers the winter's choice?
Is love's bed always snow?
She seemed to hear my silent voice,
Not love's appeals to know.
I never saw so sweet a face
As that I stood before.
My heart has left its dwelling-place
And can return no more

~~John Clare

From a book I'm reading....

I love this!



From a book by Lisa Kleypas...


"Slowly," McKenna admonished,... "You'll make yourself dizzy."


"Who cares?" Aline asked ...."If I stumble, you'll be here to catch me, won't you?"


"With both arms," he murmured.




Love it!! Yes, I'm a hopeless romantic....

There is only one journey. Going inside yourself." ~~Rainer Maria Rilke

"The most foreign country is within." ~~Alice Walker

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. ~~Carl Bard

Keeping it safe here....

Okay, so I had issues with my blog here. I won't go into details so as not to hurt any feelings.

I love blogging and have enjoyed it a great deal over the last months so I hate to give it up. I do have another blog where I'll be posting more like I did here and those I want to know about it do, but I've decided for here that I'll just keep it safe.

Maybe I'll post favorite memories of mine or my favorite memories that others have shared with me. Maybe I'll be a little nostalgic and post about things long past, or maybe I'll post some sayings or quotes I find here and there that speak to me or that I just like.

No matter what I post they are just thoughts and words and they are mine and they are not written in stone. They CAN just be things that I'M THINKING about for the moment. So please, just take it that way and we can all be happy.

So check back soon and I'll get started on my safe blogging. Have a great weekend!