In Limbo

Perhaps it is in these times of limbo, when we are forced to wait for the eventual outcome to happen that we can learn to handle our emotions of the upcoming event.. I wrote about my grandmother and my 'Thoughts on Letting Go of My Grandmother'. It is a bit of a sad read, but one full of feeling. and an experience that we all must face at some point in our life.. letting go as people dear to us die.

family sadness

Today brings with it sadness as news of my Grandmom's health continuing to decline reaches me. We have been preparing ourselves for the eventual end of her life, but it as not easy as it nears. I so wish that I could be there to tell her how much I love her. I wish I could be there to support my mother through her grief. Perhaps the Universe will provide me with a way to do so yet. I will let my wish go, and let the seeds be planted.

Bedtime Routines

When you have children, having some sort of a bedtime routine is a good thing. For those of us who really do not like to adhere to a schedule, foolowing a basic outlive of a routine can still help bring some order to the end of the day. Set up a way to spend some quality time with your child(ren). Bedtime stories are wonderful for this! Let you child pick out a book, and read it to them. Help them with their reading, discuss it with them, be silly. This can create some of their most heart warming memories.. and a few of yours too!

Snow in Arizona Again This Weekend

Can you believe it is going to get cold AGAIN! We are going below freezing at the end of February in the Mohave desert of Arizona. Not only that, but we are expecting snow. I'm not sure that we will get any in our yard, but we certainly will be surrounded by it up on the mountain tops! I also hear that traveling through the mountain passes is expected to be 'nil to dangerous.. I guess we are going to be snowed in to our little valley! hmmmph! Not sure which I would prefer.. rain or snow.. take a look at these rain in the desert pictures and you will see what I mean!

Gerbils, gerbils, gerbils!

I love animals. Wild or pets, they can just be SOOO cute! I love this collection of gerbil pictures! Check these out... 'Did you say close up?' 'Ooooh LINT!' 'This Could Be Useful' 

How can that much cuteness fit into a package that small?!

Plenty of Color

I thought this combination of pages was quite colorful today! Thought I would share them with you. Let's start with this.. 'Express Your Color Mood' link. Then move on to enjoy these fabulous moth photos... 'Moth in Mason Jar' and 'Moth Among Leaves' I wonder if the colors express the moth's mood! Enjoy this short color break!

Gorgeous Red Flowers

I have been privileged enough to find some gorgeous photographs online lately! I love the title of this one.. 'Hummingbird Stop'. And what exactly does the title of this one make you think of? 'Jumping Cactus'  I can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring! Have a fantastic happy time, where ever you are in the world, and what ever time it is when you find this!

Rain, Rain

Rain, Rain, Go Away, Come Again Another Day.. I think it is starting to flood out there. I don't really want to be stuck in the house because the road is flooded. You would think that living in the desert would mean that it would be dry. That is not true here though. The Mohave desert has so many different types of weather, and this is a high desert, a mountain valley even! We get snow in the winter, floods a few times a year.. heck, the road even washed out twice last year! Check out these pictures! Mohave desert sunset Windswept Couds Fiery Pink Sky I'll bring you more later!

Gerbil Photos!

OOOOOOOhhhhhhh! Did I find something fun to do today?! I found this site that has all these great photos on it! You should check out this cute gerbil and then there's another one of her sleeping in her burrow. There were plenty of things to look at.. I am sure I will be going back!

New Beginnings

To bring around new beginnings, there have to be old endings. Everything in life works this way to some extent. Here I am trying to start my life over.. create a new beginning for myself, just as my grandmother is reaching the end of her life. I always thought she would be around long enough to see me stand on my own to feet and succeed. I guess I am taking too long! I'm not sure that I know how to live life without her being in it. She has always been in the background supporting me in some way.

Liquid Sunshine..

Starting the day off with a large glass of freshly squeezed orange juice is simply awesome. That sweet flavor.. that bright happy color.. it is like drinking in sunshine. And since I cut the oranges in half and juiced them, all of that nutrition and flavor is still packed into that juice. SOOOOOOOO much better than carton juice that has been pasteurized for ease of shipping. I wonder when the cost of pasteurization will be realized, and we will start to take a stand to regain our health and happiness..

Sweet Sleep

The best part of a long day is finally getting to the end of it. Curling up in bed to dream peacefully of sunshine and slow days is the perfect recovery tool. Wishing everyone out there pleasant dreams of the sweetest things. Good night all!

Ridiculous?

I just set up a twitter account for my cat to go with her website/blog. Is that totally ridiculous or what?! Yeah, I was bored. Snowshoe's Condo can be found here.. and followed @SnowshoesCondo Come visit and see if it gets interesting along the way!

Too Tired

Do you know what you get when you have a bunch of nights that you haven't gotten much sleep during in a row? TIRED! That would be me today.. tired. Went for a walk and all it got me today was MORE tired. I am going to go play a computer game now.

Walking on Sunshine..

I love this song! so right now I am Walking on Sunshine.. and skipping along! Enjoy!

Short Nights, Long Days

After what feels like an incredibly short night, I am off to another running pace for another really long day. i feel like ai am starting to burn the candle at both ends, and I am not sure how long I can keep this pace up. Freshly squeezed orange juice and green smoothies provide wonderful nutrition, but turn me into Superwoman they do not.. I do that part all on my own. Wow I am tired!

Goodbye.. ummm.. I Said Goodbye

What a long day! I had another one of those phone calls with my mother that I wanted to be a ten minute phone call, but somehow it was over two hours long, and I said good bye several times. The reason I dislike those calls so much is that they are usually later at night, and my kids end up falling asleep in the living room waiting for me. Poor things.. we were supposed to spend a nice evening together and then have our normal bed time routine. Ah well.. such is life.

Walking Through Sand

Some times in life it feels like we are walking through sand. We feel like we are struggling to get anywhere, and we really are trying. It seems that when that happens in life, there is always someone else around you that just shakes their head and wonders why you aren't getting anywhere. From their vantage point, it looks easy.. just put one foot in front of the other and keep going. And as hard as it is, that is exactly what you need to do. As we went for a walk today, the dirt road turned into sand, and we struggled along, and in the end we reached more solid footing and went off at our usual pace.

Juicing Time!

I love making green juice! It is so nutritious, and sweet! Today's recipe is seeming to be romaine lettuce, red grapes, celery, and parsley.. listed in order of quantity. This is one of our favorites.. although we do vary our leafy greens. It can be very important to rotate your leafy greens, or you will end up losing your taste for them, and won't enjoy your juice as much. Want to know what is even more nutritious then green juice? Green smoothies.. all that good green fiber to help clean out your body and absorb the toxins. Lovely and kid friendly!

Family Gatherings

I love days like this.. the kids come together to help each other out. This is homeschooling at it's best. The youngest is having some difficulty with addition and subtraction. When the numbers go over five, it gets tough for him. I've been through this before.. my oldest had the same difficulties.. just not a math person. It is wonderful to see her stepping in to help him.. they think the same way, while my middle child and I are very logical and number oriented. My other two children seem lost in the clouds to me, but I can see that they see things through patterns and colors instead of shapes and numbers.

What a Day!

Wow! What a day! When it started out I knew it was going to be good.. We were talking about how things were just coming together so easily today, until we got back into the car after shopping and it wouldn't start. It was not a click click, not a slowly dying start sound, just nothing. Well, after sitting there trying to figure things out for a little over an hour, we finally got a bit of good news. Have you ever tried to keep three children from panicking when you are stranded 45 minutes away from home? It was a very long hour!  The good news though.. a mechanic friend called back, made a suggestion, and the car started right up. Something about a micro switch or sensor.. in my words, the car wouldn't start because it didn't know it WAS in park. And after shaking off the upset of being stranded, we are back to talking about just how terrific a day today is! Life is GOOD!

One of THOSE Days..

Have you ever had one of THOSE days? You know the ones.. you wake up thinking that everything is just fine, but the walk into every doorway. You try to put on your socks, and catch them on your toes. You try to pick up a cup, and just miss. Yikes.. have you ever tried typing on one of those days? i swear the keys are doing dances and swinging their partner 'round. I am having a hard time keeping up with them! Hope everyone else out there is doing better than me!

Gluten Free Brownies.. YUMMMMM

Okay.. I just had to tell you.. we finally decided to try one of those Betty Crocker Gluten Free box mixes of Brownies. We got a whole bunch of different ones at one point on a free coupon or something.. I really don't remember anymore. Well, after sitting on the shelf for a couple of months, we finally decided to try one. This arctic blast freezing everything made turning on the oven feel like heaven. And the brownies?.. YUMMMMMMMM. After warm gluten free brownies and the oven warming the house, we all feel much happier now!

Good Morning Cyber World!

I absolutely love waking up to sunny days! The arctic blast that we are getting right now I am not so happy with though.. After all, it is February. When is this frigid air going to be gone? I want to wear my sleeveless shirts and capris.. I am so tired of the sweaters.. and shivering.  I am just finishing up going through my emails while I drink my fresh green juice and coffee. I know.. quite the combination. But that is me, and you will find that I have a variety of interests and ideas to share with you.

IT WORKS!!!!!! and Mango!

It works! The autopost really works! And now you will be getting to see all the nifty things I find to share all over the place! It will be so easy for me to just tell you about things this way! This might just be the best invention since sliced bread!!! Hmmm.. considering how bad bread is for you, let's make that sliced Mango! Click that link there to go see one of the best tasting healthiest recipes you have ever seen with mango! Who says it has to taste bad to be good for you?!

Sending Them Off

I just couldn't help myself! I had to see if this autopost thing actually works! 

But I won't leave you high and dry with nothing to read.. check out this article I found while browsing today!

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