High heels

I have had a lot of opportunities to be having fun with my kiddos lately. But I have not had many opportunities for the big girl, high heels. I did wear a pair the other night when my sweetheart and I took our sweet sixteen daughter out for a special supper. It was very nice and both I and my daughter dressed up. I LOVE it!! I like the feel of being all done up. I feel like a lady and I enjoy it. Spit up has it place, but sometimes a girl just needs her high heels.

Summer is in the Air

There are certain key events that occur each year just before the summer hits. The weather is obviously one of them. As the days start to get longer and warmer, my mind turns to summer ideas and I know that I have made it through another winter. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy winter for a little while but winter last longer than my enjoyment of it. I enjoy each season for awhile but eventually get bored of it. Another key event is that of the end of the school year. My high schooler finished today. She just finished her grade ten year. Wow, I can't believe she is growing up so fast, we all know what that means for me.(older still) My others will be finishing in just ten days. I will now be thinking of how to keep them busy and me sane this summer. I will be assigning some reading this summer to keep a couple of my boys in semi-school mode. But I still need some ideas that will be fun for them and not kill me or my pocketbook. Any ideas, please let me know.

Time

Isn't time an interesting thing. Sometimes, time seems to stand still and at other times it seems to fly by. My mother told me, when I was little, that when I got older, time would move faster. I must admit that, that seems to be the case. With each passing year, I find my time soaring pass me. The magic slow down of time, is to be waiting for something. Man, it seems like time actually stands still. I am not the most impatient person, but even I have a hard time with that one. I guess we actually have the control of our time, to a degree. In fact, it is the same each day, each of us get the same twenty-four hours a day and we decide what we are going to do with it. Often, we feel like we have to do certain things and they are taking up our time. However, in reality, we allow others to assign us tasks or job, etc... A good example of this would be our jobs. We say the boss is making us work "X" amount of hours, when in fact, we are the ones who decided to take that job. We are often guilty of giving away our time and blaming others. We also fall guilty of "time wasters". A "time waster", could be somethings like tv, computers, phone calls, anyway you get the picture. This whole "time" thing has just been on my mind. I guess I have been amazed at the difference. You see as I watch my baby grow, I am reminded of how fast time can fly but as I wait for one of my children to do a chore, I am reminded of how time can actually stand still.

Knowing what you Want!!

How can one be happy if one doesn't know what she wants? I have spent many years taking care of others, which is a wonderful service. However, one must always take care of themselves as well. I seem to have forgotten this little detail. You may ask, why is this so important. Think of the last time you traveled by plane. When the flight attendant speaks to the passengers at the beginning of the flight, she instructs the passengers on emergency procedures. One of those instructions are to place the oxygen mask on your own face first before helping others you are traveling with. We must realize that in order to lift others we must be on higher ground so to speak. If we are not taking enough time to fulfill our own needs, eventually we may not be of help to our love ones either. We must be well in a whole sense. We need to take time for our physical bodies as well as mental, emotional, etc... This is hard, as I struggle with it often, myself. Others are not usually going to freely give you opportunities to do this, many times you will need to be strong, not greedy, just strong. We need to remember ourselves as a person with dreams, needs and wants too. We really need to take some time to keep these alive and in turn, keep ourselves alive and complete. These things make us better people, better wives and better mothers. Find some time today and start taking care of someone special, someone like YOU!

What do butterflies eat?

The other day I was on a walk with my now six year old. As we were walking he spotted a butterflies flying by. He said that he wanted to catch it. I asked him what he would do with it. He told me that he would feed it. So I thought the next logical question was, what do butterflies eat. Well, I am afraid that I had shown my son, my lack of intelligence, as he threw his hands down in disbelief. He than went on to say," Mom, they eat butter, you know that they are called butterflies!
If only life was so simple and things actually were as they appeared.

Sweet Sixteen

My oldest daughter turned sixteen this week. I tried to make it special for her but there is no way I could show her by material possessions how special she is to me. I am so thankful for her and her sweet spirit. She is turning into such a wonderful young lady.
Happy Birthday, Sweetie!
And I know that you will want to get your license now and yes, start dating.