Free Backgrounds

Free Backgrounds: ""

THE BELL TOLLS FOR YOU

Well if you have kids then you know that they can drive crazy and from time to time my patience wears a bit thin and while i can no longer remember the action that generated such intense frustration I will relay the MOM you could be over reacting scenario anyway. Child, AKA Chantmeister, commits crazy action. AGAIN! Mom, that's me,flips into a just barely controlled raging and in the rant state "It is as though there is a giant bell that descends on your head and all the people on the planet have clackers and are banging this bell as a wake up call just for you!!! and you stand there with a contemplative look saying hmmm what's that tinkling I hear in the distance. Well that did it, I couldn't even take me seriously! and we both fell into peels of relieving laughter.we laughed about that for days. In retrospect i suppose the reason it was so funny was that of the 2 of us I am the terminally flaky one. The greatest blessing God has bestowed on me is my wonderful dysfunctional mixed up insane ridiculous family to which I pretend not to be well suited but who are of course ideal for me.

this was one of those truly magical days!
A little while before we went to pick up mom princess pie wanted to play faeries.
she went and got the faerie wings and tutu that she received as loot at her little friends birthday party. Then so excited she could not contain herself she was crying let's fly to pixie hollow and ran out the door and down the hill. At that point princess pie "flew" all around the yard yelling "I a faerie, I a faerie besta". naturally pictures were required.


From time to time we all have to face painful and burdensome challenges demanding we wake from our complacency forcing us to take action or worse inaction. It is during these times that it is most important to remember our blessings. I had a conversation with ma Kettle once where she stated "Someone told me to count my blessings so I sat on the chair in the kitchen (overlooking the ocean) and found I couldn't think of a single one". Naturally I felt compelled to start listing her blessings. House on the ocean, enough food , family etc. The response was "oh, those are my blessings. I take those things for granted". It is easy enough to do! I have to work at it myself when I start to forget I think of ma Kettle.


well so that the blog doesn't become redundant I can't list all the blessings which have been bestowed on me every day. However, when all else fails there is always a faerie princess pie.
God's never ending ability to make everything right as His will dictates lines my bones with iron such that each day becomes manageable




So Riah thinks the pirate and princess pie should be married and she suggested this would be the ideal engagement photo and while i am all for it when they make this choice they might want a more recent pic

there is a little problem with the electrical system in my car, so the lights that should automatically turn off don't consistently do so. More importantly turning them off manually doesn't guarantee that they turn off either. As such i am frequently a midnight damsel in distress. most irritating!!! I do try to remember to check if the lights are off but have suffered with terminal flakiness a long time. And it is a condition that impedes rational behavior and thought. So again last night leaving work I go out, get in the car, turn the key and instead of roaring to life. Silence. Nothing. But as always God has blessed me with kind and loving coworkers who are only to willing to help me AGAIN revive my self indulgent persnickity vehicle.

I got an email from the hunky hulk my ex hubby always good to hear from him tales from his journey are most often a treat and the manner by which he tells them keeps me in stitches for days. Definately on the blessing list

The blessing for today I was so tired i could barely keep my eyes open princess pie fell asleep on the way home from the kettles. (Truly a boon since she woke up at 4:30 am). further she did not awaken upon transfer into her bed so I got a three hour nap before work today. So i was a little late. however i was very energetic and upbeat.
When i got to work i was training not really my favorite thing to do because it is pretty boring but the trainee was great at the end of her orientation and in a good place was ready to be fairly autonomous and we were spoiled with red cross students so an excellent night at work. God is so good to us and i can't help feeling He is particularly good to me. Does life get better than a 3 hour nap? i doubt it!

went out to see Ma and Pa kettle today. affectionately known as the kettles. Today was like most other trips out there LOOOONNNGGG but relatively benign. You put me and ma in a room and it is like oil and water each vieing for the top spot. It's like impulse shopping, you know that the items are strategically placed there but suddenly remember i 'NEED' that . so to is it with me and ma. i know the snide belittling comments are strategically designed to trigger a reaction but the longer i hold off the sharper the needling gets. So what, you don't get to pick your family.
well the blessings for today a long list so just a few to list
Princess pie behaved herself at church today better than she has for a long time!!!
had a blast with CM and PP in the car to and from the kettles
Best of all everyone was less stressed than usual !
proof enough for me that there is Divine intervention all the time

well Chantmeister, princess pie and i went to a mall for a mother daughter shopping day neat trick three people two moms and two daughters we had a blast. We walked all over decided to have lunch I saw a sign for texas b-b-q and thought hooray! pulled pork. IT WAS CHINESE FOOD sweet and sour, honey, and terriaki chicken fried veggies etc. I know some Texans. I do not think that they would be the least bit amused. However, everything else was so completely carbolisious we ate there anyway not horrible and way cheap all three of us 8 bucks.
We did some more shopping around got a couple of little things and came home.
Ever have one of those caught in the act moments. yeah, well me too. for nurses day the hospice people gave a gargantuan bag of lindt truffles to our unit/shift and in spite of my current and successful dieting one of those tantalizing little treats found it's way into my mouth. Completely by accident!!! at that pricise moment, who should come in to visit mom? Mr. Fabulous Trainer Dude (who will from here on out be referred to as Mr.FTD) who quietly asks with an accusitory stare, what's in your mouth? well those lindt balls are good and they are big and i put the whole thing in my mouth I could bearly choke out the word chocolate. If you remember he is mad nice so he rolled his eyes shook his head and moved along. A little while later i was able to explain that i am a girl and do from time to time really need chocolate he appeared amused I am pretty sure I was not the first to justify chocolate

life continues to be unpredictable yet blessings flow from all around
My friend fixit dude dropped by this am and fixed my kitchen faucett now it doesn't drip! YES!
After I got on the horn with the Chantmeister to see if she and Honeybun wanted to create an adventure for this afternoon will update upon our return

difficult day today having trouble recognizing any blessing so the best thing to do is list them
Princess pie my exuberant granddaughter who is darling andbossy and sweet and demanding and wants to be the pirate as often as she wants to be the fairy, Riah and her whole clan who babysit while i work and tolerate, correction, appriciate me and my terminal flakeyness. my brother who just shakes his head in amusement and does his best to intervene since managing cash for me is like holding water in your hands with your fingers spread appart. My job with my delightfull residents who by their being do as much for me as i do for them. My work partner HayHay who understands that the manipulation of cosmic energy dictates the degree of success of our shift amd harmonizes nicely
see you list your blessings and feel better right away

so today got up went to pickup some stuff. On my way home I wanted to go out to eat. Called the Chantmeister and her Honey Bun to see if they wanted to come, we got take out at KFC. ,honey bun mowed my lawn! soo nice! I hate mowing!!!
Everyone should have an alaura borialis. she's the best! I got tons of hand-me-downs from her neice all the way up to size 12. Today in the mealea I found 2 huge bags of summer clothes for my fairy princess pirate all just the right size and style so fab
More proof that without devine intervention I'd never make it

It's my plan to list daily any blessings that befall me on a daily basis. Today i had a really fun day with my family some trivial shopping but a blast being silly in the car. It is a wonder they tolerate me.

The Chantmeister's honey saved me a boatload of cash by priming and restarting the furnace, so cool, the oil co's charge big for the 5min job I should earn so much an hour!

Bad diet day today I wonder if I am a carbaholic. I feel really good without them on board but crave them all the same. When i am a good girl and stick to eggs beans chicken and spinich i feel good have energy avoid joint swelling and pain yet sweets chips and pizza tempt me like a bellydancer at a labourer's convention.

Brag time i have lost nearly 70 pounds since last year this time just a few pounds away from halfway!!! feel so much better. My friend is helping me. He is Mr. Fabulous trainer dude so cute totally nonjudgemental and mad nice.

I won the biggest loser contest at work, cleaned up over $500 in the kitty. Mine all mine, I hope they have another one soon. Cash is a great incentive ;)