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.

Sun Short

Stepped on the scale today. It screamed so loud, was afraid the neighbors would hear. Gotta change all that. More exercise is needed and less food--well, BETTER food. Stay tuned for an update.

Today is the day the Lord has made. Rejoice and be glad in it! Great service today at Inspiring Body of Christ Church with Pastor Rickie Rush-from the books of Hosea and Luke. Hit a home run---again. I've said before how Pastor Rush has been an acquired taste. for me over the years. Gives pause to ponder. Maybe we both had to grow...
And to quote Forrest Gump on this Sunday: That's all I got to say about that.

Enjoy this day.

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.

Didja Ever....

Have one them days where you know you’re blessed and so grateful to have a job? Yet in the blink of an eye you get popped IN the eye –again—why the job you’re blessed with and grateful to have ,ain’t for you?

Yep, one of them not so much a hallelujah day was today.

Part of the problem maybe you’re the square peg tryin’ to be put in the round hole. Your tasks are so structured you’re asked, “Do you just not want to try?” Nope. Not quite. Because you’re structured enough to expect a particular direct deposit into your bank account every 15th and the last day of the month.

You have gifts. You have passions. God knows what you have, cause He gave em to you. The Holy Spirit is always there to help guide—if you’re open to the help. Why be so afraid to do what He tells you? Oh yea, that whole flesh thing about fighting cats for empty tuna fish cans, while they keep you warm under a bridge, because you lost your bungalow and the HHR Pumpkin of a car ran out of gas miles ago.

OK—so you exaggerate. You are a writer. Oh wait, that’s a gift. A passion. Your words. People, you least expect, give your feedback. Just a couple weeks ago, a woman you could not stand, praise you for a book you self-published a decade ago. Another woman came up to you, announcing she wants to write but doesn’t know how. Her youngest son is autistic and she wants to write children’s stories about special needs kids. She listened to every word you said. Then there’s a young man, he loves movies, so you call him Movie Man, reads your, blog (yet never leaves a comment) just about everyday, and never fails to tell you over and over and OVER how good of a writer you are.

Then, tonight you go for a two mile walk. Gotta clear the head. You sit on a bench and talk to God. List out your desires: Publication of your written words, people to listen to your spoken word, new job where your skills are utilized, money for more home improvements and the infamous cat food. Yes, you prayed big. BIG. Of course, He only knows if you’re ready. You have to do you part. You gotta show Him.

Hmm. Your worked on a short story today that is destined for submission to several publications-then sent out more than a dozen resumes today-then on your walk you gazed at other houses for improvement ideas-and you’ll set the DVR for “Private Practice” because of pretty Mister Taye Diggs because you need to run to Petsmart to get the cat food.

The Holy Spirit holds your hand tight. And in the meantime while everything falls into place as only He can do it, enjoy alittle Elvis Presley from 1960's movie, “GI Blues,” with the song “Didja Ever?”

Remember you are blessed.