As I sit here, my silly 13 year old daughter is wearing a wig. Last night she came up the basement stairs wearing this short curly gray wig she got from her great grandma. I howled with laughter, begging her to take it off because I was afraid I'd get laughing too hard and start to cry. (So embarrassing!) She just kept on wearing it, loving any attention she can find!
Tonight she decided to be funny again, so she carefully arranged her own hair under the wig, placed a couple of flowers in it, and decided to watch TV in it. She threatened to go get her big ole CMU ball cap to plop on top of it. Oh, now that might make the bladder fail too.....yikes!
I love her impulsive sense of humor, and I have a sneaking suspicion where she might have gotten it. I used to do crazy (and crazier) stuff like that when I was a kid. (and still) I just always had this little 'bug' inside me to just do something impulsive. Believe me, it wasn't always funny, but it was fun!
I think it was one of the things that attracted my husband to me, so hey, nothing wrong with a little crazy, right? And for those of you who think they know Steve...you are probably wrong in your assumption. He's as crazy as they come. At home!
The one thing the four of us have in common is that on the outside, we're a little on the quiet side, but inside, there's a fire brewing! And once in awhile, we eat unwashed produce! Oh, yes we do!! We also tear the tags off the pillows and return our library books a day late. We're rebels, I'm telling you. Don't even get me started on Serena...
Natalie never ceases to make us laugh, as she imitated Larry the Cable Guy by saying (while in her wig), "I don't care who ya are, dat's funny right der!"
And dat, my friends, is funny!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Stuff From a Sleepless Mind
Good morning! It's been a long morning for me, as I decided after tossing and turning a bit to just drag it out of bed at 4:50am. Do you know there is nothing good on TV at that hour? Not even a good old Three's Company episode!
So what's a sleepy girl like me doing in a place like this? Well, sometimes when I can't sleep, I begin praying, which leads to thinking! Thinking keeps me up more than anything.
What made me feel better about getting up with the roosters is a song I heard the other day. Don't ask me the name or who sings it. I was trying to hear it while someone was talking...rude, I know, but it really caught me and I wanted to know what the lyrics were. The line that caught me was something about "sleepless nights are for letting me know you're still there" or something like that. I guess the jist of the song was that when God is taking you through rough times, he uses it all to help us to grow. Like a tossing turning worrying restless me. He used my sleepless night to remind me of His presence. I will be listening for that song again for sure!
We've had a bunch of busyness going on so far, with appointments and jam-making, pool and deck building, and the other stuff in life. We always think summer is a laid back time, but that really is just a state of mind!
Just a sidenote: I bought a bathing suit yesterday! It was a monumental moment for me! Did it have something to do with my favorite number? Oh, yes, I would say "17" had something to do with it.
I'll leave you pondering on that! Enjoy your summer. I'm going back to bed.
So what's a sleepy girl like me doing in a place like this? Well, sometimes when I can't sleep, I begin praying, which leads to thinking! Thinking keeps me up more than anything.
What made me feel better about getting up with the roosters is a song I heard the other day. Don't ask me the name or who sings it. I was trying to hear it while someone was talking...rude, I know, but it really caught me and I wanted to know what the lyrics were. The line that caught me was something about "sleepless nights are for letting me know you're still there" or something like that. I guess the jist of the song was that when God is taking you through rough times, he uses it all to help us to grow. Like a tossing turning worrying restless me. He used my sleepless night to remind me of His presence. I will be listening for that song again for sure!
We've had a bunch of busyness going on so far, with appointments and jam-making, pool and deck building, and the other stuff in life. We always think summer is a laid back time, but that really is just a state of mind!
Just a sidenote: I bought a bathing suit yesterday! It was a monumental moment for me! Did it have something to do with my favorite number? Oh, yes, I would say "17" had something to do with it.
I'll leave you pondering on that! Enjoy your summer. I'm going back to bed.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Just Twinkle
"We can't all be stars, but we can all twinkle." (unknown)
When I first read that, I thought it said "tinkle". Of course we can all do that!!
I have been twinkling at least in some areas of my life, which is pretty normal. Life isn't twinkly all the time, only if you're tinkerbell or maybe Dolly Parton.
One area of particular sparkle is my diet plan. I have lost 16 pounds! I can't say it's easy, but it's getting more normal. I still don't love exercise, and I probably never will, but I will do it. The trick is to find something I like to do and do lots of it. Hmmmm...donuts probably don't qualify as exercise, right? Get your mind out of the gutter, I was talking about the donuts you do while driving, not the ones you eat!
That's all the twinkling this star feels like doing today, I guess.
Now, you get out there and twinkle (or tinkle) yourself!
When I first read that, I thought it said "tinkle". Of course we can all do that!!
I have been twinkling at least in some areas of my life, which is pretty normal. Life isn't twinkly all the time, only if you're tinkerbell or maybe Dolly Parton.
One area of particular sparkle is my diet plan. I have lost 16 pounds! I can't say it's easy, but it's getting more normal. I still don't love exercise, and I probably never will, but I will do it. The trick is to find something I like to do and do lots of it. Hmmmm...donuts probably don't qualify as exercise, right? Get your mind out of the gutter, I was talking about the donuts you do while driving, not the ones you eat!
That's all the twinkling this star feels like doing today, I guess.
Now, you get out there and twinkle (or tinkle) yourself!