- Location:eight miles from the end of the earth
- Mood:
chipper - Music:complete morning silence!
1) What is the origin of your LJ name? Gaelic for the tender name my grandson tagged me with during his Shrek era. He was Shrek, my guy was Donkey and so I am.. (think about who Donkey hooked up with). We were the three amigos but now that trilogy is the grandson, my guy and OUR DOG!
2.) The title of your LJ: I once had my aura read many many years ago, I think I journaled about this in the beginning. It was a rose reading - My "roots" are not in this world, I am an observer for the Brotherhood of the White Light.
3.) The sub-title of your LJ:...continuation of the title.
- Mood:
giggly
- Mood:
pensive
- Mood:
hopeful
So, just for one little rant - as we returned to this patch of heaven located eight miles from the end of the earth and prepared for settling in after dark, putting the ice up, putting the groceries away, starting the generator... my guy comes into the house to say that someone on the ranch is setting off fireworks. No, he says, shooting up in the sky BIG FIREWORKS! I'd heard the booms of what I thought were big guns which is not necessarily unusual after dark around here, but as I walked down the drive to see what he was talking about OMG! we're talking full on COR pyrotechnics! Full bursts in the sky, very colorful sparks flying everywhere...! Thank goodness it was probably a mile or so to the west and looked like it was projecting from very near to the middle of the Middle Fork Cottonwood Creek. I smell no fire this morning but will fret all day. People. What part of knee high dry grass and sparks don't you get?
- Location:eight miles from the end of the earth
- Mood:
anxious - Music:birds
I thought I posted a pic. But now I gotta reboot - ah the joys of dial up...
- Mood:
grateful
Today I begin the process of regaining my prosperous self, seeking the lining to these clouds and moving forward... less of a team player, less of a Polyanna, more focused on relevant tasks.
- Mood:
awake
Middle child will be moving this week, the grandson and I tallied up how many houses he's lived in in his 7 years and that equals the number of places I've lived in my 55 years - 7! Hopefully, this one will last as long as his other house now. They've been there for 3 years.
36 days 11 hours 16 minutes to opening day at the Chico Outlaws!
- Mood:
calm - Music:birds tweeting
Anyway, yesterday my guy and I went into spring training for following the baseball. Drove 250 miles for his cousin's (they grew up like brothers) 60th surprise birthday celebration - and back! A lovely spring day tour down the heart of California with flowers, trees and green grass everywhere in abundance!
We toured the county after the monsoon subsided on Monday. Hit Whiskeytown, Keswick and Shasta dams all in one day. I don't recall a more enjoyable time as a family.
- Location:home sweet home
- Mood:
peaceful - Music:silence - whoa
The pup (coming close now to a year old) discovered the stock pond in the front yard yesterday and while he did not actually swim, he did have hours of fun just chasing the bubbles that flew from his feet as he trotted through the water deep into his chest but not where his feet did not touch the bottom.
My guy cut the grass and laid some new 2 x 6's on the porch that had rotted. I pulled weeds in the flower bed and sat on the swing watching all the rest. I made a delicious pot of hocks and lentils/split peas and we watched the World Classic Baseball matchup of the USA and Venezuela. Go USA!
- Location:home sweet home
- Mood:
contemplative - Music:silence - whoa
- Today is the birthday of my two children born seven years apart 31 and 24 years ago. They have both brought much joy into my life and as was noted in comments on Pink Hollyhock's blog, children's birthdays are special to their moms...
- Both our ponds are finally full and beginning to run off! I am hoping that this storm brings a healthly snowpack to the mountains and we get closer to at least a normal year.
- Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the passing of my little brother. He filled me with laughter, challenged me to re-evaluate my opinions, and left me with some incredible books and an amazing picture of a dancing man... He thoughtfully passed through the veil on the day between the kids' birthday and my little sister's birthday.
- I'm becoming the master of my thoughts.
- Location:home
- Mood:
grateful - Music:raindrops
Here's one from Facebook and it's fairly inclusive.
You know what to do: Bold the ones you've done.
Things you have done during your lifetime:
Gone on a blind date
Skipped school
Watched someone die
Been to Canada
Been to Mexico
Been to Florida
Been to Hawaii
Been on a plane
Been on a helicopter
Been lost
Gone to Washington, DC
Swam in the ocean
Cried yourself to sleep
Played cops and robbers
Recently colored with crayons
Sang Karaoke
Paid for a meal with coins only
Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't.
Made prank phone calls
Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
Caught a snowflake on your tongue
Danced in the rain-naked
Written a letter to Santa Claus
Been kissed under the mistletoe
Watched the sunrise with someone
Blown bubbles
Gone ice-skating
Gone to the movies
Been deep sea fishing
Driven across the United States
Been in a hot air balloon
Been sky diving
Gone snowmobiling
Lived in more than one country
Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
Seen a falling star and made a wish
Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
Seen the Statue of Liberty
Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle (did stand at the bottom and looked up)
Been on a cruise
Traveled by train
Traveled by motorcycle
Been horse back riding
Ridden on a San Francisco cable car
Been to Disneyland or Disney World
Truly believe in the power of prayer
Been in a rain forest
Seen whales in the ocean
Been to Niagara Falls
Ridden on an elephant
Swam with dolphins
Been to the Olympics
Walked on the Great Wall of China
Saw and heard a glacier calf
Been spinnaker flying
Been water-skiing
Been snow-skiing
Been to Westminster Abbey
Been to the Louvre
Swam in the Mediterranean
Been to a Major League Baseball game
Been to a National Basketball Association game
- Location:home
- Mood:
contemplative
This filled me with a peace that is difficult to put into words...
- Location:shhhh (work)
- Mood:
peaceful - Music:interactions with clients
- Location:home
- Mood:
hopeful - Music:Kodi howling
Yesterday I could have laid out in the yard to gather some sun color... this early morning it's 46 on the porch. I used to call this part of January the false spring. A good time to dig holes and plant trees as they have just several weeks to lay their roots before the frosty starts again. This year I don't know what this is...
- Location:home
- Mood:
worried - Music:clicking dog feet
"Whistling, however, is strictly taboo; to whistle is to converse with the devil or invite him in. Sailors, actors and actresses, and miners are particularly aware of the ill luck associated with whistling. On board ship, whistling is thought to raise a storm. In the theatre, it is believed to close the show prematurely. For miners, it is a sign of alarm."
She was writing about the noise making at New Years...I want to remember this...
- Location:home sweet home
- Mood:
chipper
- Location:home sweet home
- Mood:
cheerful - Music:electricity inverter humming
On to my third work assignment in the last 12 months and looking forward to its challenges... On to watching Raiden grow through his puppiness into his dogness before our very eyes... On to guiding the grandson through life's bumpy patches... On to supporting the number one son to whatever baseball holds for him this year... On to loving my guy into our golden years...
May the roof above you never fall in and the friends below never fall out. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO!
- Location:home sweet home
- Mood:
anxious - Music:household waking up
Last Sunday we drove up beyond Platina like anita-margarita did a few weeks ago. The weather was supposed to turn nasty later in the day but as we were strolling back off a little traveled road on a fully snow covered forest service road, it began to snow heavily upon our heads. We had the dog with us so he could really see the snow for the first time... I thought we would be burning the tires and eating crackers by the time we made it back to the car, but of course we have a nice little 4WD suv and made it home just fine by way of Red Bluff. Kinda the long way home, but my guy wanted to check in their purchasing venues for something he was looking for... it snowed on us all the way down the hill, past the R Ranch, well into the outskirts of Red Bluff. We were just sure that we wouldn't make it home, but I think I wrote about that already...
What a difference a week makes.
- Location:home sweet home
- Mood:
grateful
