Wine or Whine

Instead of whining, I am going to start drinking wine. I know a whino or two in my world. I am now asking you to speak up. Please let me know what you like. What's your best bets under $20? Consider this your classroom. I am ready to learn.

Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkins and More Pumpkins

Garden or Bust

I would like to think that I have a semi green thumb. I started a garden the summer after we moved into this house. Last year was a pretty good year. I was able to share some of the veggies with the girls are work.

But this year was a bust. I tried and nothing ever really took off. I did neglect my garden so I shouldn't expect to get something for nothing.

BUT, the other day, I went outside to pick-up and what do I find...

several green bell peppers and lemons!!!!

The pepper plant has about 15 peppers left on it. I have picked about 8. We have picked four lemons and there are about 8 more on the plant. This is an actual photo of my veggies. Kind of proud.

All Girls Club

In elementary school, several girls and I would meet after school and walk to one house. It's was Kara's house. Once there, we would have some kind of great snack, giggle, do an art project, sing, and all other things girly. This would happen about every other week. We were all part of an all girls club called Girl Scouts. Troop 1367. I started as a Brownie and made it as a Girl Scout.

I don't think that I will ever forget what it was like as a Girl Scout. I guess it is the earliest stage of a great civic organization. They instilled good, honorable morals and values in everyone of us. I remember stand in a circle and singing the silly little song about making new friends but keeping the old. I remember the secret little hand squeeze as we had all of our arms crossed.

I'm not trying to tell you a story of "back when I was a little girl". I bring this up because Reece has brought about all of these memories. She has joined a Daisy Troop. Most of the girls go to the same school. On every other Thursday, Reece rides the bus with the other Daisies to the Troop Leaders house in the neighborhood. They have a snack and then start on a project. At the end, they sit in the same little circle that I did. They say the same promise. Sing the same song. Pass the "squeeze" of the hand in the circle.

It's just an indescribable feeling to know that we have experienced they same thing. It's the same feeling I had at her first dance recital. It's the reason that my eyes get watery with pride.

Morning Time

I am NOT a morning person. I don't drink coffee. A glass of ice tea or a DP will do. I need a good 20 minutes before I am ready to talk to anyone. This would include the Queen if she were here too. But I adapt. I jump in the shower to buy 10-15 minutes. I drag my feet brushing my teeth and putting on something.

The problem is that there are some new "things" that have really been starting off my morning with a bang.

1. Reece is not a morning person either. This leads to #2
2. She and I fight almost every morning about what she is going to wear. I can hear you Mom. Just pick the clothes out at night. We are starting this again tonight because I JUST CAN NOT TAKE it any more. It's just a really shitty way of starting the day.
3. I am on week 2 ( 14 days) of not being able to hear out of my left ear. I am on my second around of antibiotics. It just really irritates me to wake up and no improvement.
4. Addison is a morning person. She wants to talk and color and pack lunches and change clothes and do hair and 93 other things in the morning. I just want to sit for a minute and wake up.
5. Finally, Addison has taken a liking to MY cereal. There are no less than 8 boxes of cereal in the pantry. One is mine. When I sit down to eat it, she comes over and "shares" the bowl with me. Even if I make her own bowl, she still wants to eat out of mine.

I'm in a funk. It'll change. I know I need sleep. I checked the schedule. It's available next month.