Don't Pee on the Bee

Waxing and Waning

"Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process."
--Anne Wilson Schaef

Like the waxing and waning of the moon . . .

Life has calmed down, and I don't feel so stressed.  I actually found/made/whatever the time this weekend to sit on my couch and read Vanity Fair cover to cover.  It was sooooooo nice!  I've also been reading The Camino by Shirley MacClaine.  Interesting.  I'll share more on that later.

Don't forget to check out the moon!

A Wealthy Dirty Face

One of my goals for March--besides getting back to the gym--is to finish posting about Nurture Shock!  Of all my posts, those are the ones that seem to get the most blog traffic.

Alpa recently commented on one of those posts, so of course, I headed over to her blog to check it out.  Read this post about  Fiction Writing and Gujarati Proverbs.  This literal interpretation of one of them is my hands-down my favorite:

When the goddess of wealth comes to give you a blessing, you should not go to wash your face. 

Love it!

That Looming Moon!

So I feel like I am barely keeping my head above water these days, but luckily for me, I got my hair done today!  Woo hoo!  That will do wonders for a bad mood!  And I swear Rachel gave me the "super duper head massage" when she was washing my hair today!  Thanks, Rach!

As we were talking As I was ranting today to her, she said, "Isn't it a full moon?"  Now normally, I know these things because all those years of working with other people's children made me a BIG believer in the power of the full moon!  "I don't know, "I said.  "I know it's been bright, but I don't know if it's full."  Check out this link and you'll find the answer! 

When I looked at this moon calendar, I saw my life this past month in the phases of the moon--starting out big (and crazy!), easing up a bit, and then cranking up and moving into full-blown stress!  The good thing, I suppose, about this image is that the full moon on Sunday reminds me of a pimple ready to pop!   Gross, I know! But it gives me hope that this will ease up!  And it reminds me that everything is a phase and part of the plan!  Breathe . . .

Hamsters and Chicken Nuggets

All I can say is that I feel like a hamster running in its circle-thing and never stopping!  This is NOT the way I like to live my life!  I think all of us are starting to feel a bit crazed.  Anyone else feeling like the universe is spinning out of control?

One thing is for sure, though, there will always be chicken nuggets when dinner time rolls around and mama is crazed!  Here's JJ's definition of what a chicken nugget tastes like.  He shared this with PopPop who was eating with us--not chicken nuggets, though!

"A chicken nugget tastes like a big glob of chicken, kind of like a meatball, but sort of sweet." 

Can you say, "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeew!!??"

Et cetera

Every night at dinner, we say grace and then go around the table and say one thing that we are grateful for.  We call it "Thank you, God."  JJ usually starts.  For months now, he has been saying, "Thank you, God, for this wonderful dinner," a phrase he "stole" from my father-in-law when he was visiting several months ago.  (In fact, I still hear Poppy Don's voice when JJ says it!)

But last night, JJ threw a twist in there that sent J.R. and me into hysterics!

JJ:  "Thank you, God, for this wonderful dinner.  Et cetera."

It makes me laugh just typing it!  I am assuming that by "et cetera" he means "for all the wondrous things we have."  We'll be following up on this for some clarity!

Quiet time is over!!!

Yesterday I had some work to get done, so J.R. took the kids for a few hours and left me home to write.  It was so great!  I always feel so energized when I have had a few uninterrupted hours of writing time.  J.R. is great about calling me when they are on their way home, and he called just as I was finally sitting down to each my lunch (a few hours late!)

By the time they got home, I was sitting on the couch reading, getting caught up on several of my magazines.  JJ walked into the livingroom and announced rather loudly, "Quiet time is over!"  He then proceeded to sit down and start making all kinds of "boy noises!"  Sarah walked in shortly thereafter and began to cry, just because she's three and whiny at the moment!  I listened to the noise and was grateful for the time that I had had!

Oddly enough, a short while later, something outside beckoned, and JJ just had to put on his boots and get out there.  Even more strange was that Sarah decided to follow!  Once she hits a certain amount of "outside time," she is usually done.  But there they both went . . . and here came my quiet time once again!   I could have gotten up and swapped the laundry, but I decided to stay right where I was and just enjoy it.  Now thatwas an unusual and liberating experience!  Sitting on the couch, doing nothing, just listening to the silence in my house.  Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh . . .

Shake it up!

"If we take a survey of the greatest actions . . . in the world . . . we shall find the authors of them all have been persons whose Brains had been shaken out of their natural position."
~John Adams

I came across this as I was doing my "green" research.  I like the image of shaking things up to come up with new ideas.  Feel like I could use a little shaking up myself!