Simple life...

I think the Weepies said it best:

Can I get up in the morning

Put the kettle on

Make us some coffee, say "hey" to the sun...

Is it enough to write a song and sing it to the birds?

They'd hear just the tune

Not understand my love for words

But you would hear me and know

I want only this,

I want to live

I want to live a simple life.

I dreamed you first

But not so real

And everyday since I've found you

Such moments we steal

Like little thieves, we rub our hands

We hold our hearts between them.

But will you hear me and know?

I want only this,

I want to live

I want to live a simple life.

Move on, move on

Time is accelerating.

Drive on all night

Traffic lights and one-ways.

Move on, move on

Parking violations waiting

Turn off the car, breathe the air

Let's stay here.

I'll kiss you awake, and we'll have time

To know our neighbors all by name

And every star at night.
We'll weave our days together like waves

And particles of light.

I want only this,

I want to live

I want to live a simple life.

I know that life is difficult, bad things happen, struggles are daily with us, tragedy is a part of every life.

But I believe I make this harder than it has to be.

I want my priorities to be clearer

To be quiet more often

To remember my daughters second and fifth years of live vividly

To love my loved ones better

To practice the fine art of letting go

I want to live a simple life in 2009...

Life Lesson #1

Today's Life Lesson is brought to you by: This is my oldest daughter Audra, she is 4 1/2 years old and learning new things every day.

A couple of days ago she learned what "inappropriate" means, it went a little something like this:

First let me set the stage for you. We are at a museum, having a "I've been very good" snack of a chocolate chip cookie in their cafe while mom has an "ahhhhh, coffee!" snack.

In walks a woman that is VERY curvy and FULL figured. Now, remember, we are at a museum...a very quite place. Audra, who loves all things baby, says, "Mommy, she has a baby in her tummy!" I at this point, cannot cram the chocolate chip cookie in her mouth fast enough to keep her quiet as I wildly look around the room to see if the curvy, but defiantly not pregnant lady (this lovely lady was "grandma" aged...her ship has sailed in this department) had heard Audra's diagnosis. Thankfully she was happily going about her business at the pastry counter. "Audra that is INAPPROPRIATE" I said as I shoved another bit into her already full mouth!! "What does "inarroriate" mean mommy?" "It means you NEVER say that about a lady's tummy....EVER....no matter what size or shape it is!" I can't wait till she gets to first grade and has a vocabulary test with the word "inappropriate" on it!!

Be Happy...TODAY!

"If you are not happy here and now, you never will be." ~Taisen Deshimaru

The cute girl...

Exhibit: A
Exhibit: B

So who were you in high school? I'll go first, I was the "cute" girl. Not pretty, beautiful, smart, nope....just cute. Not that there is anything wrong with being cute. There are definitely some positives here. It's really easy to fly under every one's radar when you are the cute girl. If you are with a gaggle of girls and they are into some kind of monkey business, they never peg the "cute" girl as the trouble maker. And being the "cute" girl some how means you can put people at ease. The other girls aren't intimidated by you, the boys aren't out to impress you, it's easy to be friends with the "cute" girl. But there are days when "cute" girl wants to be, well, pretty, smart, maybe even a hottie. Case and point, my daughter walked into my closet the other day and saw a pair of sexy, strappy black heels (Exhibit A) that she cannot in her four year old life ever remember seeing me wear. "Mooooooooomy," she gushed, "are those YOURS???????" I was a little taken back by her shock to see such a smoke'n pair of shoes in MY closet. "Well, ya, they're mine." "Can you wear them???? she asks with her little nose all wrinkled up." Now I'm getting a little perturbed by the four year old. "Of course I can, I just happen to prefer these (Exhibit B). And "these" would be my "cute" shoes. I guess what they say is true....if the shoe fits....wear it! What can I say, I'm cute!!

Longsleeves....

I know what you are thinking right now...huhhh? What is this a picture of? This, is me, sticking my tongue out at fall. First you must understand I grew up in the great Northwest, I now live in the Southwest where today it was 88 degrees outside. It's October. This makes me cranky. It is supposed to be a beautiful fall day, leaves turning colors, cool crisp air. Not so much here folks. So I took matters into my own hands, put on a long sleeved shirt, light my yummy pumpkin spice candles and turned up the AC. Take that FALL!!!!!