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Likes/Dislikes

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Inspired by a friend’s Facebook post…decided to write mine over here. 🙂

Likes:
That first cup of coffee in the morning.
The smell of the ocean.
Getting into a preheated bed during the cold months.
The feel of my children’s hands in mine.
Baby feet.
A tidy house.
That first moment of silence after the last child leaves for school.
When I’m moved to tears at Church.
Sunrise.
The feel of warm sand between my toes.
Dark chocolate.
Medium rare filet mignon.
The sound of my girls playing their instruments.
Hearing my husband’s car pull in the driveway.

Dislikes:
Liver.
Anything to do with eyeballs.
Spiders.
Feeling lost.
Feeling limited.
The smell of skunk.
Losing my patience.
Getting out of bed when I’m still tired.
Being woken up in the middle of the night.
The sound of chaos.
The damp musty old house smell when it rains for days on end (which I don’t smell anymore now that the new roof is on the house!)
Dirty windows.
Rude drivers.
Takers.

Your turn!

From the Depths of Chaos Comes Words

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Okay, maybe not so many words, but I thought I should let you all know that this blog is not dead despite appearances.  It has just been taking a much needed nap while it’s writer lives her real life outside the blogosphere.  We are preparing for an Open House on Saturday, so I don’t have much time…my filthy floors need attention, and today is a planned baking day…my son is home sick from school and is demanding some “sit with me and watch a movie please Mommy” time…(how can I resist?) So…for the moment, I will give you some snapshots to give you an idea of what I’ve been caught up with in recent months.  More will have to wait until later.  Hope you are all well!

A photo of Zan and I during a visit with “the boy” who grew up in our house, and his lovely wife. So many stories!! The kids were most fascinated with the story about the chickens being butchered in our basement. 😉
The Kiddos on the first day of school…
My niece started school this year too. Here is Mister and Niece on their way to the Bus Stop on the first day of Kindergarten.
A photo of my beautiful niece. She asked me to take her Senior Portrait. SCARY!!! I am not a portrait photographer in the least. I do much better taking candids and portraits of flowers! LOL She seemed happy with the results, even though I am uber-critical.
After the renovation was complete, I received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from our construction company. Smooooooth! And I’m a sucker…it totally worked! I am already eyeing all the projects we can have them come back for. I miss my men. 🙂

So much to show regarding the house, that those photos will all have to wait.  Rearranging, reorganizing, painting, painting, painting….*almost* finished!!!  Hoping to have it all done this week so we can enjoy the holidays in peace.

Thank you.

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I have been neglectful over here it seems and I apologize.

I should have told you all that my follow up appointment with my surgeon on July 2nd went very well!  He confirmed that all is well at this point, and my cysts are benign.  YAY!!!! I will need to return twice a year for digital diagnostic mammograms and ultrasounds, but that is a price I am more than willing to pay.  🙂  Thank you all for your expressions of concern.  I appreciate them more than you know.

Life’s a Box of Chocolates

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One day at a time.
That’s how I find myself getting through these past couple of weeks…one…day…at…a…time.
It has been an emotionally charged couple of weeks. The kids are finishing up school so crazy schedules, finals, moving up ceremonies, special events, have all been clamoring for attention. The renovation started on Monday, so chaotic is an understatement. Head on over to One Fine Summer to see what has happened the last three days. So much! So exciting!
My sister in law and niece came to town Sunday through today, adding some much needed distraction and fun into the crazy.

And last Tuesday it was discovered that I had a lump in my left breast.

Can you say sideswiped? Blindsided? I felt like all the air was sucked from my world. Life has a way of doing that to you now and then, doesn’t it? Kind of like driving in winter. Everything’s going along all peachy keen, and then you hit a patch of ice and spin out of control before you even know what hit you. Monday, life was good, exciting, looking forward to all the neat stuff ahead of us. Tuesday was terrifying as my doctor said he was sending me for tests and passing me along to a breast surgeon. Wednesday was even more terrifying as my mind worked itself through all the possibilities and obsessed on the whatifs my family could be facing. And then Thursday I got my strength and faith on and wrapped it around me like a warm cloak. Pushed it all to the back of my mind, prayed through my anxious moments, and enjoyed the ensuing chaos of my world.
Yesterday afternoon I went for my ultrasound and diagnostic mammogram. The news was good… it looks like I have fluid filled cysts. Still waiting for word from the doctor with next steps and the bottom line, but at this point I am breathing a little easier than I have in days. I will not feel a sense of relief until I hear the all clear. Even then, I feel vulnerable like never before. Life has a way of reminding you that now is all we have for certain, so we had better enjoy every second of it. 🙂

I saw a quote today…it was painted on a sign in front of a house I passed. It said:

Inhale.
Hope.
Exhale.
Hope.
Repeat.

Apropos, no?

Tidbits

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So this is the deep breath before the plunge as we wait with baited breath for a construction start date. As we wait, life goes on in it’s usual chaotic ordinary way. I’ve been doing more clean out….pulled two laundry baskets full of books out of our overloaded bookshelves to donate. In fact, the reorganization has left us with a very large nearly empty bookcase which may be repurposed elsewhere….or, more likely, will be filled up again with more acquisitions. (This family loves its books, even with the Kindles floating around on end tables.) I happened to be flipping through some of the books, and in the back of one was written the following. I found myself quite pensive after reading it, and so will share it with you to do with what you will.

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Can’t write that on the back cover of a Kindle. A bit sad that these histories and treasures will be lost to the digital age.

Had our first thunderstorms of he season the other night, after which followed the most beautiful sunset. My iPhone captured the moment.

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End of the year “stuff” has been happening…conferences and trips and concerts, oh my! Seems like there’s something going on every night between the usual baseball games and music lessons. Our school year won’t end until the third week of June, but the special events just keep coming! Truly enjoying every last one.

That is that for now…I still owe you a Perigee Moon post…and a few others are rattling round in my cage…like the one about a term I came across recently…”the Proverbs 31 Wife” and another about storms making us appreciate the calm all the more, and another about blessings within ordinary days, and another about all the things I WON’T miss when they rip out my old bathroom……and wait till you see the lights I just ordered for my hallways! Oolala!!!! But since I’m sitting at the Y while my daughter has her gymnastics class and I’m posting from my iPhone, those posts will have to wait.
I will leave you with the quote that just finished off my freshly painted kitchen walls:
“May the Blessings of light be upon you, Light without and light within. And in all your comings and goings.”