Daybook: May 8, 2011

Outside My Window…

I can see the results of some of my labor in our yard.

Is that just a South Texas expression?

I always say I am going to go out and work in the yard.



Working in the garden sounds so established- so

sure of the outcome.

I am flying by the seat of my yard clothes’ pants.

Plus my gardening

is definitely

blue collar.

 

I Am Thinking… and have been thinking all day

about Mothers and Mother’s Day. 



This is what I decided.



This is not an exclusionary club- 

ALL

women are mothers,

whether they are married or not,

young or old,

blessed with children or not.


It is the nature- the essence of being a woman.

Who hasn’t been nurtured by the care and

tending of another woman?

I have also been thinking about

blogging blocks (I am in serious trouble here friends),

getting a year older,

and writing an e book.


I’ve said it before-

I have simple needs and complicated thoughts.

From the Kitchen…  I am tired of having things in the refrigerator

and pantry that aren’t getting used.

I have started the pitching/sharing process.

I  Am Thankful For…  things exactly as they are this moment.

Acceptance is indeed the key and the answer

to peaceful living for me.


However,

and this is big,

this acceptance needs to be dynamic.

For example…

Accepting something I can’t change while

sitting on the couch is

NOT

the same thing as accepting things as they are

while doing laundry, let’s say.

I am creating…. a gardenia bed.

My daughters Lauren and Katherine gave me two gardenia plants for Mother’s Day.

I want the entire yard to smell like

Jungle Gardenia.

Remember that fragrance?

I am reading….teacher training materials.

I am training first year teachers tomorrow.

At 8:30 am,

when the training begins,

the first thing I am going to say is…

“It’s May.  You’re almost there. Keep a tight rein.”

I am going… to wear pearls tomorrow.

Have a wonderful week!