Be Still and Know...Then and Now

I am sad/happy and a bit frustrated to report that the bunnies are doing well. The day after my second discovery I was a bit uncertain about the baby bunnies future. There was little I could do to repair the damage the dog did to their cozy little nest. Fortunately during the night momma returned and quickly set about to restore some order to the chaos left by my inquisitive dog. Once again we are on constant guard duty whenever the dog is in the back yard, which I am finding a bit more cumbersome than the last time. The bloom is defiantly off the rose where my protective instincts are concerned. However in the grand scheme of things I am hopeful that they will move on to parts unknown very soon. The last go round they were gone with in a few weeks. So we area about at the half way point. I can see the finish line and am looking forward to being able to give the dog free reign in his own backyard very soon! I returned inside after my morning visit to their nest with assurance they ...

Hey there y’all! Sunday, August 21 More knitting………if you remember last Sunday, well this Sunday was not very different. I think I have just reached my boredom threshold with the homespun and the crocheting. I am still keeping a crochet project going but I am really trying to focus on learning how to knit. I guess what I mean is really learning how to knit beyond just the basic knit and purl stitches. One day I hope to be able to describe knitting as easy. However thus far it seems to be taxing my mental capacity to the very limits. This stitch is a bit on the complicated side, complicated for me anyway. The problem I have is retention. As soon as I flip my piece to the other side I immediately forget what row I have just completed. Did I just do three or four? You may be laughing but in the split second it takes me to turn the piece that little tid bit of information just flies out of my head. If the television is going or if the DD walks in with a question well that just muddies th...

Myself: What is the dog doing? Me: Get out of my flowerbed….bad dog! Myself: You don’t care what the dog is doing just go inside and mind your own business….. Me: Oh no, Mrs. Bunny has decided to birth her second or hundredth litter of bunnies in my flowerbed. Myself: Now remember you said that if Mrs. Bunny came again you were going to let nature take it’s course…. Me: Oh No Buster is now using a newborn bunny as a chew toy! Myself: Maybe Mrs. Bunny will learn a lesson and move on to someone else's back yard! Me: Look at it’s tiny terrified little baby bunny legs flailing around in a panic. Baby Bunny: Help Me! Mommy! There is a ferocious Hound from Hell tossing me up in the air like a chew toy! Myself: Seriously, I have not even had my first cup of coffee and now I have to go chase down the dog in the back yard in hopes that he has not killed another bunny! Me: Oh no…….here we go again. Buster: Kill the Wabbit ….Kill the Wabbit…..Kill the Wabbit! Myself: Remember you...

I am glad that this week is in the record books. With my colonoscopy on Monday the rest of the week was a non issue. Sunday, August 14 The DD Sunday Schedule has changed a bit now that school has started back. The Youth Choir has begun practicing immediately after church. They order a few pizza's and all have lunch together. Then practice is from 1 to 2 in the afternoon. It makes for a long morning but since the hubs was out of town I just brought my yarn bag with me to church. I sat in the parlor and learned how to do a new stitch. If ya have to wait I might as well put that time to good use….. I have to say I usually find knitting to be a challenge. I much prefer to crochet. It’s far more forgiving if you make an error(which I do all the time). But I am trying to forge ahead and not let defeat overtake me where the knitting needles are concerned. This stitch may be the ticket. It is so easy and there is absolutely no repeat. It is the very same stitch coming as well as going i...

  Without being indelicate, how do I describe a situation involving some very personal moments that should only happen in private that do in fact happen for all the world to hear! Have a colonoscopy and you will know exactly what I am referring to. So there I was blissfully enjoying my sedation. The procedure was finished and the Hubs was patiently waiting for me to wake up. The nurse jostles me briefly and instruct me to try to expel some of the …you now what… Well any true southern girl will tell you, we have had generations of training on exactly how to avoid that situation completely! All I can tell you is that there are times when the body needs to do things that supersede a girls desire to protect the illusion of femininity. After one such expelling situation I heard from across the room…"That was a good one!” I was sound asleep and it was so loud that it woke me up y’all! I opened my eyes and saw a wonderfully pleased smirk on the hubs face. I promptly close my eye...

By now I am sure that most of you think all I do all day long is sit and crochet…..I have been cranking them out over the course of the last few weeks, I will admit to that! I find a certain sense of peace in reparative processes. The nature of doing the same thing and getting the same results only different appeals to me. I will also confess I do enjoy standing back and looking at the finished product. Fortunately or regretfully, I have finished up with all the Mish Mash yarn for the time being. The final total was five shawls. There are still a few random balls of yarn left over but not nearly enough for a sixth piece. The remnants will have to wait for the next batch of leftovers to come my way! I am posting early this week because I feel certain that I will be otherwise occupied on Sunday with ….shall we say ….preparations… butt more on that later….. Well enough of that…let’s get to my week! Sunday, August 7 If the DD continues to get more and more beautiful I think the Hubs ...

One of my friends posted this on their Facebook page and I thought it was just too funny!   To all you single ladies who are in such a hurry to get married, here's a quick piece of Biblical advice: Ruth patiently waited for her mate Boaz. While waiting on YOUR Boaz, don't settle for ANY of his relatives: Brokeaz, Poaz, Lyinaz, Cheatinaz, Dumbaz, Cheapaz, Lockedupaz, Goodfornothinaz, Lazyaz, Drunkaz or Marriedaz and especially his third cousin Beatinyoaz . Please, wait on your Boaz & make sure he respects Yoaz!   :) R

She speaks….in full sentences……. A very close friend is of on vacation. The DD has been employed to feed the cat and water the plants while they are away so I had driven her over after dinner. When we got home we had a sweet little surprise waiting for us. The DS and my future daughter-in law and Muffinhead had come for a visit! The DS was involved in a vacuum cleaner repair in the driveway so Muffinhead and the DD and me headed to the backyard for a popsicle break! I was busy taking pictures and had set my popsicle down on the table on top of the wrapper and my sweet chatterbox in a very clear little voice was issuing instructions! “Eat your popsicle Grandma!” With our popsicles finished the misquotes chased us inside. It wasn’t to long before she was clomping around in my flip flops. “What are you doing with my shoes!” “No! My shoes Grandma!” It just breaks my heart with love y’all!   Blessings R

I’ve been thinking….which for me at this stage in my life is a real accomplishment. I was watching Regis and Kelly this morning and Jan Fonda was on. She was commenting on the fact that she is now seventy plus years old. I then began to physically hate her for looking so good at the age of 70something. She was on the show to promote her latest book which I probably will not read. However her conversation did give me pause to think about a few things. I have two more decade to get under my belt before I hit my 70’s. That fact alone kind of makes me tired just thinking about it (there’s that word again!) If I am honest the process of pondering where my life has been, where it is going and what it is I really want out of the remainder of my years on this planet, well let’s just say that for today I don’t have a plan beyond dinner time. When you are in your 20something you have your whole life in front of you and you have this wonderful feeling of invincibility. Now, today I recognize t...

That would be Obsessive Crochet Disorder…..but when you use a double strand and a big fat hook size they really do come together very quickly! It’s summer, it’s REALLY HOT outside so the only option to baking in the southern heat is to sequester myself to the cool of the air-conditioning with a project on my lap and that at times gets a bit too much. The picture taking this week was practically non existent but here are my meager offerings! Maybe it really is the lazy days of summer or maybe the heat index of 100 plus temps but the desire to do anything beyond sit by my fan has evaporated along with all the water in the nearby lakes. No pictures on Sunday, July 31  Monday, Aug 1 Are y’all tired of looking at picture of prayer shawls?????? It seems like that is all I have been doing lately. Y'all remember this picture from a few weeks ago? Well this basket of mish mash has yielded three completed shawls and I have a fourth one in the works and possibly enough for even a fifth. ...

Hodgepodge…I love that word! 1. Share a favorite song lyric. I am not a HUGE listener of music. I’m a talk radio kinda girl. But I do love a good musicals. South Pacific, Oklahoma, Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls…”I got the horse right here his name is paul revere and the guy he says if the weathers clear…can do, can do…this guys says the horse can do…” or “I dreamed last night I got on the boat to heaven and by some chance I had brought my dice along…” but then who can pick…’Do a deer a female deer….” or “Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy Talk….talk about things you like to dooo…” y’all I am humming and tapping my feet. 2. When was the last time someone yelled at you? Ok….after a few minutes of searching the old memory banks I pulled one out. I have to be honest and say that it has been such a long time since anyone really yelled at me I had to stop and think. Personally I have done my fair share of yelling over the course of my maternal life but having it directed at me is a bit different. ...