Too High

Got home tonight and my grass seems to be a bit too high. It was just mowed last week, yet I think my Lawn Guy and Crew need to visit on Saturday. I tell myself I oughta invest in a lawn mower--so just to mow when I feel fit. Hmm. Guess I ain't felt that fit enough since I ain't bought one. Yea, good grammar I know, I digress...and it could be fear of somehow chopping my hand off while I mow might be part of it too...

Thought of my KC Chum today and I didn't even hear our anthem Sister Sledge "We Are Family" when I did. Nope. Thought of when I zipped to and thru Kansas City, on my trek to Iowa a week or so ago. How it woulda been nice to stop and do lunch or coffee. The next time I journey North, I just may have to make sure I stop. OK-I just smiled, because I recall us sippin some Saki and playing our version of trivia, while another friend tired of us. Or the time we got lost and found the not so safe part of Omaha and released balloons or the time....yea, time for a visit.

Think I need to go out to my backyard, check on the grass there and to make sure my peach tree hasn't fried in the heat. Then I'll take a gander upward to the clouds...
...and be assured dreams are never too high.

Tired

Woke up this morning and thought it was Friday.

Wrong.

I thought I'd written 20,000 words before I went to sleep.

Wrong again.

Made it thru the day and a guy saw me fill my 74 ounce jug of water---

"Whoa, do you drink ALL that?" The guys asks.

Woke up this morning and thought I was in my Connecticut Country Home..

Wrong.

And thought I had me some Taye Diggs for a blanket.

For such a February morn...

Alas, wrong again!

The beauty of all this is--

Tomorrow will be another day where anything is possible!

Now 'cuse me, gotta head to sleep, ya never who may be waiting for you...

Sun Sum Up Saturday

Such a GORGEOUS day in Dallas and the best time to be in Texas!

Had a good girl gab fest last night with a chum over some yummy Mexican cuisine. The Bride2B's dream is to be an actress full time. She was in college to study architecture, and close to graduation, when the bug bit her. Since, then as she pays her dues, here in Dallas, she told how when the head of theatre asked her if she could wake up tomorrow and do what she loved for free-what would it be? Her answer was to act. I do believe she will go far.

As for me, I thought about the question. My answer was to write. I put down words on paper since grade school. I devoured books--hey, this was so before the internet and cable TV, and the only way you could see a movie is if you went to the movie theatre. I was so into making up the make believe others saw. Dance, music, acting--all was on my mind..

Alas, I didn't follow that dream. As I watched the Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Wisconsin Badgers today, I remember Iowa denied my entrance application, those years ago. My grades weren't good enough and they suggested I attend a community college first. I felt like such a failure. Community College? ME? Bolderdash! Instead of even giving a thought to what the University of Iowa suggested to do and to learn to be patient, I just went on my merry way to show them.

Oh my. Well, turns out I didn't show them much of anything...

Live and learn, especially on gorgeous days like this one, which the Lord has made.

Stay tuned.

Just To Wrap Up

Yesterday the Dallas Cowboys' training facility collapsed. Today a house just two streets over from mine, exploded. One of the four folks that lived there, was home alone. He's now in the hospital with second degree burns. Then one of my very small back yard trees is falling over. The recent wind gusts have been too much for it. I wonder how old it is. If I had a saw I could saw it down myself--but my luck I'd saw off a limb. Say prayers for the Cowboys injured and the man in the hospital. Stay tuned.

Wonderful sermon today on how to wait on God preached by Pastor Rickie Rush at the Inspiring Body of Christ Church. So many tips were given, yet my favorites were: remain active, be patience and expectancy. Build your trust in God. Look at the folks in your life who love you. Do they drain you? Are you able to look beyond that? Also look at the decisions you tried to make--did they delay God's blessings? For me, man oh man, I didn't trust God and fell flat on my face--ALOT. I tried to make decisions and not let Him. No matter how long it takes, trust Him. It's His time, not yours. GREAT sermon.

Dallas Mavericks lost. Cats fed. Birds fed. Squirrels too. Got Blue Bell ice cream. Dreams to ponder. Things to do. Just to wrap up.

And so you say...

President Barack Obama had a press conference tonight to answer questions about his first 100 days in office. Only 100 days? He's not made every body happy, yet to me, President Obama (I still like the sound of that)has done more in these few days, than another president in history? He's not Moses. He is a man that puts a new shade on everything. That's a good thing.

The Dallas Mavericks bounce on to the second round of the NBA play-offs. Kind of excited about that. I'm still bitter they was up 3-1 in the finals, a couple years back, and let Shaq and the rest of the Miami Heat take home the trophy. Nice to see Dirk and Co. win. Kinda wish Avery was still coach tho. Gives us something more to watch as we wait for the Cowboys' training camp in July. The longer the Mavs stay in, the short the summer wait.

Matt is gone on American Idol. I'm OK with that.

Rain. Lots of it. I gotta go curl with a cat and get a good night's sleep. Stuff to dream about.

Sunday Something

Pastor Rickie G. Rush, of Inspiring Body of Christ Church, preached from 2 Corinthians 4:18 today. What you see is temporary, what you don't see is eternal. How God breaks you to get YOU ready for the blessings--His plan for YOU. Your decision are not His decisions.

Yea. Feel all of that. I know I'm better than what I was. A work in progress--that's what I am--with more ways to go. I need to rejoice more in what I have--instead of worrying so much what I don't have. Which, honestly. are material things.

Oh wait, except for the man, I don't have in my life. That's not material. It's flesh. But yet, one of those things God is getting me prepared for. Just didn't want to be 100 when Mister Right Are You Still Breathing Now? appears. I digress.

I look around and open my eyes to what God has blessed me with. It's the little things. The little things, I claim should make me happy--that have grown into big things. A purr of a cat. A touch of a friend. The laughter of children--of all ages-including my own.
How He continues to prepare me. To make the images, He's flashed in my brain, come to be. I have to be ready. I can't force it. He's know what's right. I need to release more, give Him all my troubles and just give Him glory.

He doesn't ask for much.

He's not brought me this far to leave me.

I am blessed.

Friday To The Point

It's Friday. Work Week Done.
Dreams.
Passions jump into hydro-drive just as quick as dishes pile in the sink.
Octo-mom's celebrity lasts just a minute. Prayers for her 14 angels last forever.
President Obama is not Moses. We all need to do our share.
Tiger Woods will be on the golf course again. Not much of a golf girl, yet this is special.
Blue Bell Coffe Ice cream in the freezer.
Cat ready to stake claim to the lap.
Young and the Restless ready to be watched...Sharon is SO dumb and when will it come out Mrs. C is really Mrs. C?
Friday--It's the Weekend.
Get to the point.
Cue the song.