Just keep breathing...

Today was one of those Saturdays...
Got up and started running right away...
Car was in for an oil change...
Ran to Walmart for a "few" things (and of course ended up with so much more)..
Hubby's training this morning wasn't in the place where he thought is was...so we unexpectedly had some hours together today...
We took a ride out to buy some more cucumbers...
Pickles were supposed to happen today...
They didn't..
They will happen tomorrow as I have a whole bushel of them sitting in my kitchen...
These will be the last 25-30 quarts for the season..
Spicy pickles and mustard pickles...
Might try to squeeze in a batch of bread and butters too...we will see..
Got home and the roofer was here!!
This in and of itself is a bit of a miracle...
The process to get the roof done has been going on for two months...
but I think we can officially say (keeping my fingers crossed) that it is finally done.
I will never recommend this guy to anyone and once we make our final payment I will need to decide which review sites to go on...
But that is a story for another day...
We didn't do pickles today...
Instead...we sat on the couch when we finally got home..
Hubby watching movies..
me reading on my Kindle...
getting lost in the story but still spending time together...
Means that tomorrow will be a bit insane...but today was a day to recharge the batteries...

End of the week...

Is it Friday yet??
A question that has been asked since Tuesday of this week.
every single day...
Could they get any longer...
Isn't it amazing how time passes...
Some days, it's gone in the blink of an eye...
wishing for another hour...
putting things off until tomorrow..
Other days, time couldn't go any slower....
Those are the days that you have the extra hours...
but rarely the energy to make good use of them.
So much to do in the 48 hours that make up a weekend..
An oil change..
A meeting with the roofer...
A training
Grocery shopping
more canning
cleaning the house
doing laundry
Cooking
a bit of shopping..
maybe some "me" time..
Sneak in a breath here and there..
A conversation with a good friend...
Snuggling on the couch maybe?
Gearing up for another week ahead...
End of the month...
Holidays are right around the corner...
As I gazed at the moon tonight..
absorbing the healing energy of it's rays...
Wondering how it got to be the end of September...
The stars peer through the clouds..
the moon with a circle around it...
knowing that others I love and care about are looking at the same moon..
at the same time..
and hoping that the healing powers are helping others that need it so much more than I do...
Sending out lots of love and good energy out to the universe tonight....
hopefully it reaches all of you...

Sadness

A few years ago, I told you the story of a priest and a nun falling in love (Angel Wings)…

Sadly, the nun met her maker before the priest…but theirs was a love story for the ages. 

Well, yesterday, the priest got his angel wings as he departed this world to join his nun.

His journey after she passed was not an easy one, as it apt to happen when you lose the love of your life.

He succumbed to Parkinson's after a long battle in hospice.

So, while he will be missed in this world, knowing that there is another angel looking out for us brings a small modicum of comfort.

Knowing that he is back in her arms, spending eternity together, brings comfort as well.

Another angel got his wings this week too…

He was young…a college friend, who also married his college love. 

A horrible disease swooped in and claimed him within six months.

Leaving behind his lovely wife and two adorable children to make sense of a life that they never dreamed of

His presence was huge and his smile lit up a room…he will be missed by all that had contact with him.

As the emotional chaos threatens to darken the outside, finding solace becomes necessary for survival.

The arms that pull me close at night create pinholes to let the light come through…

They make the darkness less scary…less all encompassing…reminding me that no matter the chaos, there is always an island of calm within reach to take a break for a moment.

Seamless

The sun is shining…

The brisk coolness of fall is in the air all day instead of just in the morning.

Bright and shiny outside

But on the inside, there is turmoil.

A hundred different directions

The churning of the machine

Just keep swimming

Just keep moving

If you keep moving

If you don’t stop

It doesn’t have time to catch up.

On the outside,  calm.

Normal

Bright

Sunny

Seamless

Laughter

Smiles

Inside, chaos.

Spinning

No place to land

Tears

Anger

No switch to hit to make it all stop.

the sky is angry tonight...

We have had some amazing thunderstorms over the last few days like many places on the east coast..
i was just sitting out on the porch watching the lighting light up the sky followed by long rumbles of thunder...
to me, that is one of the most relaxing things to watch..
Certainly no fun to drive in like I did earlier today...
but from the safety of my darkened porch I sit in awe...
In amazement of mother nature
The sound of the rain bouncing off our new roof
the storms have helped to center me..
find my balance...
and realize that there is more than just what is going on in my little world right now...
There are positive thoughts going out to so many people in our little blogger universe right now..
seems like there is a lot going on and lots of people who need some extra thoughts and prayers..
So as the thunder rumbles and the lighting flashes in the sky...I take a moment and send good thoughts and prayers to all of you that you can find peace and the strength to deal with what the universe is throwing your way...
hugs to you all

Deposit in the karma bank

Ever have one of those days....
Nothing in particular goes wrong...
but everything feels off?
Where everything is status quo...
but that doesn't feel good enough.
Those are the days...
when everything is fine but not quite right...
that I feel it's necessary to put a deposit in the karma bank.
When you do something...big or small....that makes someone elses day..
Whether it's a simple smile to someone who is obviously having a bad day...
Entertaining an upset baby at the check out so their parent can swipe a card...
Picking up a spilled bag of groceries
Picking up someone elses check at a restaurant...
helping an old lady get something off a high shelf..
mowing part of your neighbors lawn...
Letting someone go first at a stop sign..
Something that puts someone else's needs above what is going on in your head at the moment.
It's like that insurance commercial where someone sees someone else doing something nice and decides to take a minute and do something nice for someone in return...
That's a deposit in the karma bank...
and whether that deposit becomes available for your use...or for someone else's...
it takes  your mind off whatever is the center of your world for a minute and puts the focus on someone else...
for just a minute...
and just maybe...
that karma will come back around to you...
Throw out the goodness to the world....it's gonna help someone.