Kinda like a Monday morning.  Yesterday was President's day.  day off.  so today feels like a Monday morning.  A sunny day, after a little bit of rain yesterday.  Looking back on my posts, I always seem to mention the weather.  The storms.  The weather is always a piece of who I am for the day.  Not that I am blue on rainy days, just a sense of ( Read more... )

 Stormy Weather.  It was a sunny day today but the residual affects from yesterday's stormy weather live on.  The world feels cleaner, fresher, greener. I had been, for the last several weeks, almost desperate for rain.  Moisture, the freshening of my little piece of the world.  Alexa called me on my mobile at the first drop, she was thrilled to ( Read more... )

It is wonderful fun to watch Cocoa chase the squirrels around the yard.  She has not a chance to catch them, but she enjoys the sport.  Their leap far outdistances hers, and they scale the large oaks without a care.  She is a young pup and still hasn't even learned the basics.  She diligently guards the trunk where the squirrel scrambled up, but ( Read more... )

I have a few errands to run and yet I am hesitating.  The local radar (should have been a meteorologist) indicates a storm approaching.  It's not that I don't want to get wet on my travels, but rather I enjoy sitting on the couch and watching the storm in the back yard.  I know that responsible thing to do would be to appreciate the potential ( Read more... )

Ah.  A blank page.  Inviting... challenging.... Alexa saw my window open to live journal and was excited that I was creating a journal.  When I was asked to describe myself, I hesitated and she stepped right in. "Why you are a mom, a personal chef, a Christian."  It was easy for her.  I suppose I was looking to describe who I wanted to be, rather ( Read more... )