thankful thursday

cassie gets to come home and visit

and share in good times with her family

oh happy day!

wellness wednesday

i have been reminded lately how fun it is to shake, rattle and roll and the benefits of laughter. one of my daughters gave us all a little therapeutic exercise in one of her posts......and what fun it was! then a little impromptu visit to another daughter had me playing a game called "corn hole" and that had me laughing something fierce. after each of these little impulsive exercises.......i felt great! and i realized.....i need more of this! life can become so full of repetition (which sometimes is good) but ...the cares, worries, stresses, burdens, and just everyday life can leave no time for being impulsive and doing something out of the ordinary! so i plan to keep"shaking" things up a bit and making more time for fun and laughter.....we have all heard that
"laughter is the best medicine",

here are a few others:

"laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life" unknown

"There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them." ~Vicki Baum

tuesday's treasures

i fell in love with christie repasy's paintings about six or seven years ago. i never really expected to own any.....i don't usually splurge like that....however, i appreciated the joy i got just "looking and dreaming".

i have five daughters who always seem to just know what i'm dreaming about! so, together, they gifted me with two beautiful paintings, one for Christmas and one for Mother's Day

vintage charm

yellow chintz with violets

i don't know if my daughters know the amount of joy their giving has brought me over the years, but be assured.....i am so uplifted daily by these beautiful treasures....and feel so loved by the thoughtfulness of those who gave them.

special day

today is my mom and dad's anniversary. they would have been married 59 years today. they were married january 14th, 1949. as it was, they were together 48 years.

happy anniversary dad.Y

two years ago today, my nephew married his sweetheart, so now they share in this very special day. happy anniversary jeremy and annie!

friday's funnies

did you forget something?

paint a wall or two and call me in the morning

there is a lot to be said for paying attention to what ails you. being committed to making appointments, taking vitamins, getting exercise, eating right, etc.

but how about painting new color on a wall, putting up new wallpaper, tearing old wallpaper down, rearranging a room full of furniture, making an art project, hanging new pictures?

this "creativity" is so important to my well-being. i know this about myself, but sometimes forget how important it really is for a "healthy" me. it is amazing how much better i feel after completing one of these "exercises".

no.......it won't fix a toothache, or get rid of this pesky heel spur......but it does keep me sane.....

and there is a lot to be said for that too!

tuesday's treasures

it was suggested by just joni that we have a day to share some of the treasured "things" that have captured our heartstrings....and to tell the story behind them, in the spirit of getting to know a little about one another. i thought it would be fun....my only problem being.....i pretty much think everything i have is a treasure!

treasure: any possession that is highly valued by its owner; "the children returned from the seashore with their treasured shells" (i soooo understand that!)

prize: hold dear; "i prize these old photographs" (AND that one)

to care for: be fond of, be attached to (everything!)

also: a person esteemed as rare or precious (again...i sooooo relate to that)

so....i am not sure that my treasures will be like anyone elses. they may not have much of a history or even have an interesting story......but i will try and explain why i value, hold dear and am attached to them...why they are precious to me.

this is my first piece of found beach glass. (hasn't helped that we live in the desert!)

i have read about beach glass, looked at pictures of beach glass, bought beach glass.....but i have never had the experience of finding beach glass.....until this summer. we took a vacation to the san juan islands in washington state. after renting bikes one morning, we took them on the ferry to lopez island for a bike ride. we rode down to one of the beaches, and lo and behold, there it was......waiting just for me! to say i was excited would be putting it mildly. it's like one of those "10,000 things you need to do before you leave this earth" type of thing for me. so i tucked it into my little bike bag and away we went. we ferried back to friday harbor and turned our bikes in just before closing time and headed back to our bed and breakfast. as i was going over the days events, i remembered my sweet find, and went to admire it again only to find it wasn't among my bike bag possessions. i panicked! just.ask.my.husband.

the next thing i know, we are running (literally) to the bike shop (several blocks away). i go to the back, bryan goes to the front and actually finds our gentleman still there. he must have thought i was crazy when i explained why we were there after closing. however, he let us go through all the bike bags.......and there it was......waiting just for me.....again!