Thoughtful Spot... Life

My thoughtful Spot today is this...

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

I am so excited about my upcoming trip.. I love to travel and see new places! I grew up living in the country and just being an innocent kid... I remember wishing I could be a baby goat... I know that sounds crazy but I loved to play with the baby goat and they always just threw their little bodies into the air and butted heads and acted silly... They seemed so carefree and fun... I lived outside growing up, camped, grew a garden, played in the fields with the horses and cows, picked okra till I wanted to cry... I love love love the outdoors and the simple pleasures in life!! So a trip to Colorado where the Buffalo and Bears live, Trout jumping out of the rivers and whitewater swiftly running through my toes... Firelfies at night and a bizzilion stars in the mountain sky while we make smores over the camp fire... That makes my happy...

I will take pictures galore and make memories with loved ones... That is Life

Signed,
Thoughtful

Monday Morning Coffee Confessions

I am scared to death! There... I said it!

A week from today I will be in Colorado with my daughter and my sweet niece... I am so excited and cant wait BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will be camping the first two nights and I have to tell you I'm a little scared... I haven't camped since I was a child and I'm going got be alone with two teenagers! It should be a blast. We are whitewater rafting on Tuesday afternoon... We are staying in a campground where there is showers and bathrooms and individual tent sites... so I'm not really that worried... I guess I'm just nervous that I will have forgotten something important and it will be a disaster...

Me to Wenie - "But I promise we will have great memories and pictures to prove it"

I grew up out in the country roughing it and I'm not worried at all to be out in Mother Nature... I'm actually pretty excited to have fun and make some memories with my daughter Wenie and the cousin Du... I'm just feeling a bit ill prepared... I keep making list and lists and lists of things to take with us... Maybe if I just trust my gut and pack and go it will all be fine! I'm sure it will... do you hear me trying to convince myself that everything will be okay?

So... if you have advise I am going to take it...please post any and all !!!

Here's the situation... Monday night camping in a tent on a camp site that has individual tent sites, each has a fire pit and a bear box (Eeekkkkk)... we will be there for 2 nights! I have a tent, lantern, blowup mattress, Coleman stove and THAT'S IT!!!

Just some fun pics Wenie and I took this weekend... Enjoy!!

Signed,

Camping Princesses'

My Thoughtful Spot Thursday

My thoughtful spot on this summer day is...

My son "Bubby"

See he is a bit of a bear... always has been 100% boy!! He beaks things, he is loud and dirty most of the time... But Holy Cow he is funny and not a day goes by that he doesn't make my life interesting!!

So, Ill tell you what happened to him today after I back up and tell you what he did 3 years ago...

3 years ago he fell and busted out 6 front teeth at one of his sisters softball games... his lip was swollen and he had no teeth ( for about 2 years he didn't have teeth ) and then one night about 3 days after the infamous tooth drama happened... he thought it would be a good idea to get into his dads clippers and shave the front of his hair down to the skin... So I sat his butt on a chair and told him that if he wanted to cut his hair I would just shave his head... I did... shaved it down to the scalp... He looked like a convict without hair or teeth all summer long!!

Today... I got a text from Wenie that said "look what YOUR son did!!"... I always know its bad when she refers to her brother as YOUR SON... then she attached the picture!!

So what did I do? I told her to tell him that as soon as I got home I was would be shaving them OFF!!! I told him he looked ridiculous and that thank goodness it will grow back...

My Thought on this Summer Thursday is just this... Will the antics ever stop? I doubt it... but here is my second thought...

I am blessed to have a happy and healthy little boy that is ALL BOY and he makes my laugh (Kinda like his Dad)

Signed,

Mom of Bubby

Top Two Tuesdays!!

My Top Two things I am looking forward to!!!


1~~ Colorado with my Wenie and her little cousin Du...


We are going to have so much fun I cant even wait!!!

First two days are going to be fun fun... Typical Thelma (minus Louise) kind of road trip days... Camping, rafting and being silly girls with a iPhone camera in hand ALWAYS!!!


Then it's softball all week!!!













2~~ second thing I'm looking forward to I a evening of thunder storms and good hard sleep!!! I love love love Oklahoma thunder and rain!! Bring it on...



Took this pic about 2 hours before the storm hit!

Signed,
Sleepy Thelma ready for VaCa!!

TGIF People!!!

Thats all I got Is TGIF...

TGIF PEEPS!!! it's a hot hot summer Friday, I am ready for the weekend with little to no plans... SHOCKER!! No softball, baseball or even husband... Not that any of that is a problem... Jut sayin'... Have a great weekend everyone!! Stay cool and hydrated-- I think I'm headed to a clear blue pool for some sunshine therapy!!!

Tonight I'm Mom-n it... Seth has family fun night to end his week at VBS... Pizza, cookies, sliced apples and inflatables are in my near future!!! Fun fun...

I am hoping my teenager doesn't run me all over creation with last minute plans... And I am planning on trying to do some reading as well this weekend...

Have a great relaxing weekend peeps and be sure and check out my Monday Morning Confessions Blog to see if anything juicey happened!!!!

Signed,
Sunshine on my skin

Top Two Tuesdays...

Top Two Quotes:


1-
"If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you.”
~Winnie the Pooh
2-
"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."
~Audrey Hepburn

I believe that if you think positive about yourself and you live in that truth, you will be that person... I get up everyday and put on a smile and my makeup because I know I am beautiful and I will live my life like I am happy and because of that I am!




Signed,


Brave, Strong, Smart, Beautiful, Kind and Poised!

Monday Morning Coffee/Confessions

Well... since I started a new J.O.B. I'm not sure that the Monday morning coffee talk is the same as usual since I don't have my normal Loud Co-Worker to converse with or the other characters in the office. This new office is like being the new girl in school... Kind of funny how I have stressed over what to wear everyday ( why?? They've never seen my wardrobe...) and the Q&A that goes on... pictures of the kids and the questions about my other half Wilkie... trying to get all the His Hers and Ours figured out... Where do you go to church? Are you a Democrat or Republican? Do you work out and where? What did you do this weekend? Talk about the weather and how darn HOT it is... that's really just a round about way of asking if you have a lake house and or does your family own a lake house... These are all "Let me figure this new kid out" kind of questions...

Being in a new office is like moving to a new city!! Its a chance to start a whole new identity... WOW!! This could be fun! Who do I want to be now?

This whole blog might give you a little insight into a person that you might think I am but really its a face. I am one of those "always happy" people and I tend to be a pleaser... so does that make me a fake? IDK... but what I'm trying to say I guess is that I am a hot mess sometimes and I try so very hard to look like I have it all together... I thing the word I'm looking for is "Undone" ... That is my Monday Morning Confession...

A beautiful musician named Francesca Battistelli said it best in her song titled "Behind the Scenes"

Things aren’t always what they seem
You’re only seeing part of me
There’s more than you could ever know
Behind the scenes
I’m incomplete and I’m undone
But I suppose like everyone
There’s so much more that’s going on
Behind the scenes

Signed,
Girl Undone

Im Back!!!

I am back!!! I have not written on my blog in a few weeks... its been a wild and wacky few weeks... I have had doors close and others open, I have smiled and I have cried... The world has tried to eat my lunch and yet I have eaten it back and in the mean time I think Ive gained 5 lbs... So, for my faithful readers let me first say I'm sorry I dropped off the blog planet and I will now try to take little pieces of my past few weeks and catch you up!! So here it goes in no certain order and honestly I don't really remember what came first or last... Hold on, its a roller coaster ride!!

When this baby girl came into my life she was a little 6 year old and just a few weeks ago she got her drivers liscense... Ri Ri, Riley Roo, Sister and Daughter... you have grown and matured and have always made me proud... I am blessed to have you in my life and I am a better & a more whole Mom because of you my little Riley Roo... I love you... remember this sister... You are carrying very precious cargo when you drive so please please drive safely!!! My prayer for you

 

Regarde St Christophe et va-t-en rassuré

Beautiful flowers from Craigs funeral...

 My sweet and gentle Uncle Craig passed away... he was a brother a son a father (to one of my favorite baby boy cousins) a cousin a friend and a blessed man... He made everyone around him smile, he served our country, he fished and he hunted... David Craig Warner will be missed and is loved...

Good Fellows

(right to left, top to bottom) Matt, Evin, Natalie, Drew, Wendolyne
Julien, Jenifer

Bitter sweet was this gathering of cousins... it makes me sad to say that it doesn't happen unless someone passes away, but non the less it was awesome! My daughter got to met cousins she has never met... I got to know the baby cousin Natalie who is now a amazing young woman... I met my little cousin Drew's beautiful new wife Wendolyn and I love love love her, great pick Drew!!! I saw my little cousin Matthew who I haven't seen in 3 years and we use to be very close ( that was awesome ) and I spent quality time with Ian who I haven't had a adult conversation with in my whole life because we live so far apart... I got to hug my cousin Julien and hopefully-maybe make him smile during a time of horrible pain while he buried his Daddy...

Julien and Matt



Ian & Julien



 

Last day of school 2010-2011 First Grade for my Bubby!!

Somewhere along the way my little baby boy finished his last day of First Grade... Oh Geezzz... he is way to stinking cute to have gotten into so much trouble this year... I took him McDonalds on his last day of school, ate lunch with him and let him hang the happymeal toys from my earrings! He's a NUT... and I love that sweet little NUT!!!

I spent the evening helping out my B-I-L and S-I-L John and Stacie with their fun fun photo booth at Cascia Hall Grad Fest... Lots of fun and grateful to help out family with their business... go check them out!!!

www.route66photobooth.com

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Somewhere in the middle of all this craziness Jenifer has had "away games" for softball on her competitive team, fundraising for her school team state champ rings and I have gone to a few booster club meetings where I somehow ended up as the Secretary for Softball Booster Club... Oh the things we do for our kiddos... :-)

Blondes...

Gracie Lou Freebush (that crazy yellow lab we have called ours for almost 10 years now) decided that it would add some spice to my life to plan a play date with a skunk around midnight on the one evening that Wilkie was out of town... It smelled so bad that it didn't even smell like a skunk... it actually smelled like something was burning and after checking everything out in and around the house I felt it necessary to make the kids leave the house and call ONG...


Yeahhhh... No... No gas leak Blondie just a good ole' Okie Skunk and a lab... the skunk won that game!!! Yuck!!!

The Chininea on "The Porch"

I tried a couple times to get some "Porch Time" squeezed in just to keep me sain... It worked.. Im still sain... as of right now :-)

My Great Grandmother "Mamaw" fell and broke her hip... she is the 4ft nothing little lady who is full of spit and vinegar and this might set her back a notch or two :-((   She is 94 years old and in a few days it will be her 95th Birthday... Please keep my sweet Mamaw in your prayers... Love you Mamaw...














Storms and tornadoes and lots of rain... we have spent a few evenings glued to the TV, calling family and friends to check on their well being while praying for our own safety... Unfortunately we have friends that have lost their family cabins and Riley's grandma in Joplin lost her home but is safe... The weather in Oklahoma has been nuts and now its over 90 degrees... Oh, and my AC is on its last leg in my car... :-D 

Its official, I have Stopped "Thinkin Arby's" :-( Bitter Sweet departure from USB but the statement that God closes one door because HE has another one opening for you" is very very true... I have departed a great job where I loved loved loved the friendships formed, to a career where I am excited about the future and the potential... So excited and I will give you all more details on a later blog...

Life has taken some ups and some downs but I will remain the same... helping others makes me happy, staying busy keeps me sane, and loving my family completes me...

Signed,

Stronger woman because of life!!