Just Some Thoughts
I am currently sitting outside enjoying partly sunny weather. Perfect for yoga pants, a tank top and no shoes. Also of mention are the windchimes that are catching the "barely there" breeze mixed with the water fountains trickling, the sound of golf balls thumping on the grass (and clacking the trees for those who aren't quite so talented at the sport) and a little boy across the golf course who has been giggling non-stop. There are a lot of days I sit out back and feel really sad, sometimes angry, or just at a loss for any feeling whatsoever…but today isn't one of those days.
Today I am sitting out here being grateful for what I have. My perfectly lovable little doggy is at my feet. Both of the kitties are sitting right inside the screen door staring at me and the birds. My hubby is working, and from home as he has since we moved here from Arizona, so when I have problems (such as taking the camera lens off of my camera…and yes this just happened about 10 minutes ago) he can come help. Knowing that my parents, sister and grandma are nearby. And the luxury of a few really close friends (one who I talk to just about every day).
It is pretty crazy how many things can change in a year. I still get the "what happened this day last year" pictures on my OneDrive, which include flowers from the hospital, me recovering on the couch with the kitties or me helping at mom and dad's house for some distraction. (I have been kind of skipping over them for the last month or so. Mainly because I know they will always be there if I need them, but sometimes I just can't look.)
Not only that, but I have been going back through a lot of pictures while making our profile book, thinking…just wow. I was so different then and now. My life perspective has changed so much. And I look different too. I know my body composition has changed, but it isn't only that. My face looks like a completely different person (and so does J's) and it's like I don't recognize the "old" us sometimes. Have you ever had that feeling with anything? Like a lifechanging event, that could be either good or bad, that makes you think "Wow! Back before ______ I was so much different! Look how much that single thing made an impact on my life!" Anyways, I know I am ranting about nothing important, but it just seemed like a weird thought that maybe someone else would understand too. Plus maybe it will make you look back at old pictures, which is always fun!
As I mentioned in the past, we started a few standing garden boxes in the backyard. I thought it would be fun to put sunflowers in them, knowing that they would grow ridiculously tall. And yes, they have! I am not sure how easy it is to tell how tall they are in my pictures, but if I stand and reach my arm straight up, they are still significantly taller (which I guess doesn't say too much since I am short hahaha) After we planted a lot of the seeds in moms garden, I took some home to find out what would thrive in our boxes for next year. It is looking like green beans, dill, mad hatter peppers, chili peppers and edamame are the winners. (Oh and some sneaky little purple-y/blue flowers have appeared under some of the edamame too!)
I really wanted to share that my orchid from last year (the one from you, Maddie, if you are reading this) is alive and about to bloom. I decided to wait because there are a bunch of buds on it and they just haven't quite opened up yet. But the important part is that I don't think I have ever kept one alive for more than a few months, if that. And definitely never long enough for a second set of blooms!
Oh yeah...and here is a picture of Dakota because she has been such a cute little good girl today. And I was practicing with my camera, so I had to take a few of her.
Lastly, the laughing kid that I mentioned at the beginning of this, is now crying. I am pretty sure he fell down a minute ago.
