Be Still and Know...Then and Now

  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 ...

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...