Oh, my! What a wonderful time it's been this Saturday...well, almost. You see, 3 years ago, I purchased a CTS Caddy, thinking I was so cool, sexxy, etc.. Albeit, the guy I as 'dating' thought a infant car seat within was too not cool! Well, he is gone, like all the other transients...very transient!
But, today has been all about ME! I went to the car dealership to have my $100.00 oil fix, only to be deflated in that the other customers were either elderly, meaning 70+, or ethnic women. I some how don't fit into either category, so I was eyeing the used Mercedes on the lot. (OK, in reality, the Mercedes is tucked away in my back brain, and will check later to see if the $35K price tag goes down).
Then 'I' went to Archie's, laid down a cool $35 for 20 bulbs and a dill plant. (What the He double hockey sticks as my friend Maria would say) it's only money! After that onto home, where I found solestus in a bottle of chilled Chateue St. Jean Sanoma Chardonnay and back yard leasure reading the past two weeks of magazines and store flyiers....Bliss...true bliss, topped off with a phone call from a friend, Mary Jane.
Reality check, prior to MJ's phone call, but after a bottle of heaven, I mowed the back yard (somehow, with more delight this time).
Now for the finalle, grilled baby back ribs with Austin's willing BBQ sauce. Life is good! [not including the failed 20 year marriage and 8 year relationship(in small print)].
Lessons learned: 1. Pleasure comes in all shapes, sizes and disguises. 2. Have a great life, or drink Chardennay until you believe it! Cheers! xoxox Sue
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Out with the OLd
I believe it's true that all things come to an end with every thing running it's course, needing replaced or refreshed at minimum. Today has been about cathartic practices. The 20 year old hot water heater (who would have thought one could last so long) has been replaced by a more energy efficient one, with I'm told a life expectancy of 8-10 years. My gosh, that's longer than many peoples commitment to jobs and/or marriage. None the less, I'm thrilled to have this task done.
Another old/new event came with the purging of pictures from a long lost love. To my surprise it was a liberating, freeing thing. I should have done this earlier, but guess I wasn't ready. I don't think I've had some sort of mental block, but I just couldn't even bring myself to shed a tear while looking at the snapshots. All I could do was set there and think, OMG, what was I thinking. This guy is like many others that I've met since, just merely a mortal man with both positive and negative features. It must be true that love blinds our eyes and shields our hearts to what now appears so obvious. I did see many photos of my former husband, but couldn't bring myself to toss them out because my children were a part of them. I did learn a valuable lesson from my observations today, that being that mothers need to encourage their husbands to take pictures of them with their children. I have very few pictures of me with my kids primarily because I was the photographer. So please, mothers...get someone else to capture those moments for you. You won't regret it!
Early this morning, prior to the plumbers arriving, I decided to prepare the 10 apples waiting in my crisper drawer to be made into Crockpot Apple Butter. My intentions were to make this over a month ago, so at long last I've completed it today.
As for this afternoon, it was far to beautiful to stay indoors, so I took the opportunity to remove last years dead plants and refresh the beds with 2 flats of flowers. Even with these, I ran short, so off I went to the garden center this evening to pick up more followed by a comforting dinner at Joe T's where all was excellent as usual. Life just doesn't get much better than today. Below is some wonderful chill out music to enjoy as you reflect on your life:
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