…when I can sit and think for a second - until then, I’m just gonna link to this post since it made me smile….
Have a great Saturday! :-) (Stop and smell the flowers!)
Happiness is a rose garden...
Peace.
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so, i threw my back out - slipped a disc…something, today.
the wind was incredible and as i opened the door to the excursion (”the beast”), a gust of wind caught it and almost pulled me out of the car…i made the mistake of trying - at that exact moment - to shut the door. i felt something pull, pop or tear in my low back…
anyway, now i’m in so much pain i think i’ll have to hang from the ceiling to get any sleep tonight.
and of course it’s saturday.
and of course we lose an hour tonight.
and of course i’m having myself a grand ole drama queen style pity-party.
but at least i have a sweet husband who knows how to order take-out and…a bathtub.
and at least i get to go to c3! 
and at least i can sing in jeans and sneakers tomorrow morning…
see, there’s plenty to smile about….even when it hurts to smile.
i just have to make it ’til monday when my german doctor can “fix” me again…(is this cuz i’m close to forty?)
oh well, good night. Peace.
I’ve been thinking today about the things that make me smile. Saturday seems like a great day to think about things like that. So, here goes:
- I love it when I don’t have to be pretty.
- I love dressing up and getting all sparkly on a Wednesday…for no reason.
- I love clean sheet of paper - the way it looks and feels…full of possibility.
- I love it when my daughters want to borrow something of mine to wear.
- I love it when I say to Byron, “Sorry the house is a mess - I’m cleaning it today.”, and he says, “I don’t care about that - if you’re in the house I don’t see anything else.”
- I love the feeling of a little boy’s hand in mine.
- I love the Florida sky at dusk - when it’s all pink and teal and changing…it’s like a present every day.
- I love the sound of water…it’s like music to me.
- I love the way my dogs don’t care about anything but being with me - no matter what I look like or what kind of mood I’m in.
- I love the way my mic feels in my hand on Sundays…it feels like home.
- I love a clean bathroom.
- I love newly washed, 800 thread-count sheets.
- I love the way hot coffee feels in my hands when I’m chilly…and I’m usually chilly ’til I drink my coffee…so, it works out well.
- I love words…the sound of them, the meaning of them - a purposely and thoughtfully turned phrase is spectacular.
- I love the way old books smell.
- I love it when people act surprised to hear that I’m a pastor’s wife…
- I love seeing people realize for the first time that God really loves them…more than any person has ever been loved by anyone.
- I love it when Byron is speaking on Sunday, and he shares a truth from God’s Word and someone says afterward, “How did you know that’s exactly what I’m dealing…it’s like you read my mind.” - and he explains that he didn’t know…but God does. (And he’s reminded that he’s doing what he was born to do).
- I love being with a friend - a true friend - and not having to be good, or strong…or even appropriate - and knowing they’ll love me anyway.
- I love the color turquoise.
- I love hard rock…and opera…and Enya. I love blue grass, Sarah McLachlan, Aerosmith and Chris Tomlin. I love Dolly Parton and Axel Rose - I love eighties hair bands and punk rock. I love Hillsong United and Johnny Cash. I love Mozart and Nickelback…and (this could go on all day).
- I love a wool sweater in the winter…even if it’s only 65.
- I love quiet…and I love noise.
- I love roses…and pretty weeds that my son picked for his mommy.
- I love it when my eyelids and toes are sparkly.
- I love it when I wear sunglasses and a ball-cap and someone says, “Oh, it’s you…I didn’t recognize you!”.
- I love my family.
- I love it when it’s Saturday and there’s a ton to do, but my family lets me sit for a while and make a random list of things that I love…
…I’m sure I’ll think of a zillion more the minute I hit “publish”, but I have miles to go before I sleep - so….
Peace.
so i’ve been cleaning my house all day - mainly concentrating on laundry, my bedroom and my bathroom. sad that it takes me all day, but i’ve been sick all week and…well, there we are.
i haven’t felt well every day this week - except for thursday - but, every night around 6 or 7 i start running a fever, and it’s downhill from there.
so, assuming that the same may happen tonight, i’ve been racing the clock all day - i’m determined that i will go to bed tonight with my surroundings being peaceful and clean - and smelling like pledge and meyer’s organic lavender cleansers…
now the clock is ticking.
i’m not taking my temp. until i’m finished.
so that’s my mission today - so that i sleep well (which for me is anything longer than three hours) and can tackle my real mission tomorrow.
the sun is going down, and the rain is falling - and there are more surfaces to make smell like lavender!
so i’m signing off.
peace.
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