favorite childhood memory

When I was a kid we lived in an old farm house in rural Kansas.  It was heated with a Warm Morning stove.  The mornings were anything but warm.  A Warm Morning is a heating unit that was set up in the living room and heated about 5 feet away.  The rest of the house was freezing.  Mainly because it was a house of odd additions with the heating system at the time of the additions being a wood stove.  Most of the rooms had a small stove originally.  All of the wood stoves were gone when we were there.  This meant we were freezing most of the time.  It also meant we wanted to sit directly in front of the stove.  Which pissed my dad off, because then the rest of the house was even colder.  So anyway, my sister and I would sneak up in the night after every one had gone to bed and sit in front of the stove.  It was always so pretty to look at the flames behind the glass and be all snuggled up with our dog, Porky.  Even though I know they had to have been awake and normally he would have spanked us good for it, we almost never got caught sitting there.  It was always so nice to get warm, in the dark, with the fire.

Blessings

1. husband
2. kids- all of them
3. my kitties
4. dog too
5. That I knew and loved Tinkerbelle
6. my home
7. that the heat is finally over
8. watching the Royals
9. lots of grandparents for my kids
10. weight watchers is working
11. live in America
12. live in modern times
13. mind is opening

Thanks a lot

Three things that I appreciate about my current self: mind is opening, I am impressed with what I have been through, including myself in my own happiness.

Ways my body has served me:  have brought three babies into the world, fed them after they were born, able to stay awake for long periods of time, relatively healthy, still kicking after all of the self abuse I have given it, durable, built exactly how God intended it.

Physical likes:  boobs are good, now that I follow a moisturizing regiment my skin feels soft, short enough men find it cute, eyes, hands, feet.

Thank you God for building me how you wanted.  I may not have done the same, but then I wouldn't be me.  I am learning to like me.  I am kinda impressed with myself lately.  Maybe you know what you're doing after all! 

Weekend of Gratitude

More Gratitude.  Well, this was weekend was full of things to be thankful for.  Starting off, my Fall goal is to get up-to-date on all of my medical check-ups.  So I am in the process of doing all of that.  Seems to get rather involved when you don't do it often, if at all.  So, Saturday I did my labs.   I am thankful that that is on it's way to getting done.  I traveled (safely) to Olpe and watched my niece play in a volleyball tournament.  I am grateful I got to see that and visit with family members as well.  I am thankful that she won the two games that I saw and that no one was injured on any of the teams.  I am thankful that my youngest daughter was able to have her best friend come over Saturday night and that they had a good time.  We went to the Renaissance Fair in KC on Sunday.  I am thankful that it was a nice day, that it wasn't crazy crowded, and that we had a good time.  I am grateful that my husband did a minimal amount of complaining.  I am grateful that we got back a little early so that we could all rest and get a few things done around the house: laundry & mowing.  Normally I have a wellness/health plan each day that I make up the night before.  Since the weekend was so busy, I did a bundle.  I  had an agenda for the weekend and could do any of the items at anytime on the weekend.  I got quite a bit accomplished.  I am thankful for that as well.  I am grateful for the changing seasons.  The humming birds have all left and my spring flowers are barely there, but my mums are pretty and the weather is wonderful!  What a life!

Weird Stuff

What is the weird stuff I do when alone?  Well, I dance.  I dance a lot.  That's not really all that weird, I assume everyone does that, but I don't usually do it when people are around.  I look up strange things on the net.  Like, what is a druid?  My search history is a little off.  I sort my shirts.  I have sooo many T shirts.  I like to get them all out and sort them.  I talk to my cats.  I have 4.  I like to tell them stuff.  They are very sympathetic and never tell a soul.  I meditate.  Again not weird, but if you live in a rural area, it is.  That's pretty much it.  Anything else I do when alone, I can pretty much do when people are here.

In a Minute

What is the reasoning behind my blog name?  Well, I have many daughters and one of their favorite movies of all time, whether it is 1994 or 2008, is Cinderella.  I have seen that movie at least 5000 times.  I know it all by heart.  One of the scenes that really speaks to me is when the step-mother and step-sisters are telling Cinderella to do all of this stuff while she is getting breakfast, feeding animals, whatever and she goes "in a minute" all sing-songy like it is all no big deal.  I always felt like that was me.  "in a minute"  I'll get to it, while everyone has no idea what they are asking, nor do they care, they just want it.  Especially when they are little.  And that pretty much sums up my life from the time I was 22 to now. 

In this very room

What am I grateful for in this room?  Well, I am sitting at a computer on the internet.  I am very grateful for that.  I am next to a glass of clear, clean water.  In many parts of the world, including America, they do not have access, so I am grateful.  On the counter is a baby bottle with change in it for the Life Care Center and a mug with pop tabs in it.  I am grateful for the people in both of those organizations as well as the people who have been putting the change and tabs in there.  I see pictures of four of my kids and my husband.  I am thankful for all them in my life.  I have an AC going in the room.  Can you imagine being in a metal building at 95 degrees with no AC?  There are many more things in here, but I will leave it at that.