Shh...Mmm!

It's a rather nice feeling...having nothing much to say.

I've been soaking up all the lovely-ness...days of rain and chilly-ness where I get to pull the fuzzy boots back out and wrap a soft scarf around my neck. Then a stretch of long days full of sunshine where I get to dress in layers and lose them one by one until the work day is over, the top is down on the car and my shoulders are bare to be kissed by the setting sun on the drive home.

I've been gardening. I've been dreaming. I feel calm and grounded here in this little world of mine but I'm fantasizing about traveling. I've been reading and cooking. We had a hooky day and I'm learning some neat little details and secrets about these almost grown children of mine. The weather has mirrored my needs...days of glow followed by much needed days to hibernate and sit with all the new growth, sensation and change that the glowing brings with it.

Out of nowhere, sifting is a word that comes to mind right now...I've been sifting my life and leaving the small bits to look back at later if I feel the need...taking the big bits and cherishing them completely. Simplifying and being more present with less distraction. It's delicious.

Three beautiful things:

♥Aiden the guardian of Caribou Campers Weekend


♥Prom and Personality


♥Cozy

Green, green and more green!

♥A freshly dug and fenced garden complete with chicken coop and compost bin. Go, me!

♥Thinking I owed Uncle Sam $782, finding out I only owe $692 then finding out I get $658 back from this lovely state and only paying $7.95 for these answers! ~whew~

♥Knowing in my heart that it's okay to speak my truth and simply let it go...knowing also that there might be repercussions and being okay with that too. Also getting to out-Sicilian a family member in the process. Ha!

~big sigh~

"Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~Howard Thurman

I took a break from here because I got scared. I started to feel alive inside and is that ever a scary place to be. Even scarier when it's accompanied by the knowledge of what barriers and obstacles are keeping the alive feeling inside...and the work it will take...the risks, the sacrifice, the changes and the especially the faith it will require to let the feeling turn into the "go do it" that is just dying to go and get done.

Then one day the scales tip and the fear has nowhere left to hold on...when passion and hunger and confidence become to big for the fear to have one single fingerhold anymore.

Hello Passion, Hunger & Confidence. I'm so very relieved to see you. Watch out, world...here we come.

Frugal, frankinsence and functionality...

♥My new mission...only spending as much at Wal-Mart as we get from our recycling! :) Mission accomplished today!

♥The smell of bacon and bbq...mmmm...heaven!

♥This parenting business...ball season and sleepovers, air kisses and new haircuts, friends and laughter, fear and fun, rules, rants, tears, love and that perfect fit that lets me know we're on the right track.

New category: Three REALLY ANNOYING things...

¢ A brand new laptop that will most likely cost $130 in repairs.

¢ Hopes, dashed. Twice in the space of an hour.

¢ A huge bruised pinky knuckle FOR NO GOOD REASON.

PS. The cent signs? So that there can be SOME SENSE in my universe right now.

Floaty, flunky and floaty some more...

♥Wearing a kimono and black knee boots to work.

♥Getting to leave said work early.

♥A nap.

Dinner, Death and Destiny

♥Another new recipe: Bourbon Chicken over brown rice...and a house full of peeps who loved it.

♥Dexter, my new crush. Let's not discuss the black case of killing tools...

♥Today's message that can't be ignored or denied:

Tara, the trick is learning to maintain an unwavering focus upon your desired end result, your completed dream, the "finish line," without insisting upon, or even contemplating, its means of attainment, no matter how logical, obvious, or tempting it may seem. That's all you ever really need to know, Tara.

Tallyho,

The Universe