Dirt

The weather has been fantastic this week! I can't tell you (well, if you live in DFW, I don't even have to!) how great it has been. Tuesday, a few of us, saluted Lisa in a McDonald's dinner (one of her favs). Spending time with a few people and remembering her was really nice, not to mention Jay dancing on the table and giving everyone the evil eye (she does this squint thing when you don't do something she wants, its hilarious).

Wednesday rolled around and I found myself needing to do a project, so I hit up Lowe's on my lunch break. I had really meant to just get some shimmies and a screen for the back door (darn bugs), but ended up buying a shovel, garden rake, seeds, compost, and fertilizer (thanks to mom for the laundry list of essential items to start some plants). Came home and started digging up those aweful, sad looking, small, bushy plants along the sidewalk out back, tilling the soil by hand, adding the compost and fertilizer, etc (awww, better than yoga for relaxing). Hopefully this weekend I will be able to plant along there as well as dig up the other two mini flower bed areas out back. All in all, I am very happy with the thought of weeding, watering and hopefully producing a few veggies and flowers all by myself. Life.

That's it from here. Have a great weekend...perhaps I will post some pics of my project when it is complete.

Peace.

There's something about Lisa...

I learned yesterday that a dear friend passed away Saturday from cancer. In my gut I didn't feel surprise because the last few weeks I had not heard much from her or her husband and I knew the cancer had spread. But my eyes and heart don't seem to have the same logic, nor would I want them too.

Lisa was one of those people. I think, if you've ever known someone like this, the rest of my feeble attempt to describe her is not needed.

We didn't know each other for years and years. It's been less than 2 years. We didn't see each other everyday or even talk every week. But from the moment you begin a conversation with someone who has that "something," none of the details matter. Lisa was always in the present. She would lean in close to every detail of a conversation and lean back for a good chuckle about even the smallest joy. Smart, witty. She led with her heart, told it to you from her gut, and didn't stop until she had convinced you that "yes, I am special! Yes, I can do it!" There was just something about her that the world needed and will greatly miss. That I will greatly miss. She was tenacious. She loved life. She was LIFE. She was light in any room. She was just Lisa, every moment, every time, every day.

Peace.

Natural Well-being

"Don't seek happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. Happiness is ever elusive, but freedom from unhappiness is attainable now, by facing what is rather than making up stories about it. Unhappiness covers up your natural state of well-being and inner peace, the source of true happiness." Eckhart Tolle

This quote really hit me this week and I've been thinking about it a lot. Thought I would share it. When I saw the words "Freedom from unhappiness," all I could say was "huh, wow."

Yesterday Jay and fam came over to have brunch (which ended up nt being cooked until noon, so I guess it was lunch!) and dye easter eggs. I am a new garden hose owner (so much fun having a piece of lawn!) and the most fun of all was Jay discovering it. I've included a few photos. Gosh she's cute. It sure makes me miss my other niece not being here. I think we will soon be investing in a kiddie pool for summer...what a great afternoon. There is no better way to feel well than get muddy with a 1-year-old. It brought me back to that quote I had read days before. Sometimes I think kids and pets have way more to teach me than any other group of beings.

Peace.

1943

My mom sent this as a forward--a magazine that republished a 1943 article. One time it would have paid, literally, to be "husky." Wow. That's all I can say! (Just click on the image and it should open a new larger window of the piece)

The Perfect Day

If there could be a perfect day, today would be pretty close, for two reasons that make me feel pure happiness. Today's blog will be in pictures. I'm no professional (in photography!) but I think they still speak for themselves.

Peace.

Barack Rocks

"Obama rocks my face off" could have been an alternative title to this blog! H-bomb and myself ventured into Ft Worth Thursday night for the Obama rally. In case you don't know yet, we got asked/selected to sit behind the podium in the bleachers!!! I think I almost wet my pants when the secret service guy asked us and gave us "the mark" which consisted of initials and an "X" in blue sharpie...not much to look at as a symbol goes, but by showing it through several check points it got us the VIP area (ok, maybe we were not VIP, but we sure felt like it!). AMAZING. We are in several pics (although VERY small!) and got about 5 seconds of on air time on FOX (trust me though, I had to rewind to find us, so no one else would be able to pick us out without help). It matters not...we were there and had a blast. For Heather's account and a picture (more coming though), see her blog link:

http://holymanontoast.blogspot.com/2008/02/oh-my-god-coolest-night-ever.html


Wil is back from Cali for 2 days until he heads out to East texas...I am still studying for the ever approaching boards...Work is SOOO busy I don't know how to fit all the clients in...my closet remains unpacked...in a nutshell, not much else new here! Have a great weekend ya'll.

Peace.