Thankful Thursday 13

Thirteen Things on LadyBug's Mind Today 1. Mr. Bug is off to visit a friend who is dying of melanoma. We are thankful that this friend hasn't suffered too much. If you have a mole, and it looks funny, please have it checked - don't pretend it is nothing!!! Do it for the LadyBug. 2. We have a memorial service for an elderly gentleman on Saturday. He lived a full life and has gone back to medical school. 3. When I kick the bucket, I'm going to medical school. It's the only way I'm getting in!! 4. #1 Son is the crucifer for that service. What an honor!! 5. We are thankful that the house is almost closed in. It looks beautiful. 6. We are thankful that the septic guys didn't turn off our flushing capabilities while they install the new system. 7. I was at ballet the other night when a woman came in and told us we can't park on the street. There aren't any No Parking signs. I am thankful she left before I lost my temper. I did NOT move my car! 8. I think the ballet instructor was upset with me because I refused to move my car. 9. I don't dig my heels in for much, but I wasn't moving my car because some old bitty didn't like it parked there. When the county puts up a sign, I won't park there... 10. The trees are blooming here. The dogwood is ready to pop!! 11. I think I made some really nice friends in the past year. 12. Two of my dear friends are moving into beautiful homes this spring/summer. I am so pleased for both of them. I do hope they remember that we will help them move - if they feed us. 13. Life is short. Enjoy it! Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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Wordless Wednesday

The Happiness Fairy

A very good friend of mine sent me this:


I got the biggest bang out of it that I wanted to share it with all of you.

I Found It!!

You all remember that I had an ugly - ok hideous - phone jack thingy in my front yard. It is about 4 inches by 4 inches square and about 30 or so inches tall. Oh - and it is a "lovely" shade of vomit green. I have been looking for a wishing well to hide it. Those run in the many hundreds of dollars. I am too cheap to spend that kind of money on a phone jack, anyone named Jack or even jack sh*t for that matter...

Well, I found this to cover it:

#1 Son didn't have school today so we went shopping. We were poking around Target. I rounded a corner and there it was. It was the last one. #1 Son and I hemmed and hawed. Then, we tossed it into the shopping cart. The pagoda has a tiny flaw so they gave me 10% off. A bargain - there is nothing better than a bargain!! When we got home, #1 Son helped me lift the pagoda over the phone jack. We held our breath and slid it over... When it fit perfectly, we cheered, gave high fives and did the happy dance across the front lawn.

We, at the Crossing, get all excited about the little things in life. Mr. Bug actually ran out to meet me when I got home today and complimented me on this little treasure. He was thrilled with my purchase! (I was thrilled that he noticed it in the first 24 hours it was out there!) Little LadyBug's reaction was priceless! Her face lit up and she said, "It's perfect, Mom! That's so cool!" Heck, if I can impress my 5th grader with a lawn ornament, I've really done something - I dunno what. but it's something!

Monday Memories

Monday Memories: Did I ever tell you About St. Mark's Square? We traveled through Europe in a yellow VW Beetle with Massachusetts license plates one summer. I was 7. My cousin was about 12. My mother was pregnant - not cute pregnant... pregnant. (My dad must have been crazy to attempt a vacation such as this under these conditions...) Picture this in your mind: It is 1972. It is July. It is HOT! It is HUMID! Everyone is sticky. We were in Italy - Venice - We were in St. Mark's Square - to be exact. Venice is beautiful, but it is smelly. There are pidgeons everywhere...You see all the pictures of the pidgeons on TV... There are many many more in real life. Remember, it was really hot. My mother wasn't feeling her best, as you can only imagine... We had had to PAY to use a public toilet. The so called clerk in the bathroom tried to pull a fast one. My mother is a force not be reckoned with when she isn't pregnant - you should have seen her when she had a bowling ball for a tummy and a pea for a bladder... The clerk found that out... We finally got to use the toilet and it wasn't a toilet, it was a hole in the floor... Can you even imagine... When you gotta go.... We were trying to decide what to see next. We were standing by a tall column thingy in St. Mark's Square. A pidgeon pooped on my mother's head. It wasn't a little drip. It was a huge white smelly plop... The kind that smear your windshield. My cousin's eyes got enormous. I caught my breath... Dad was having a hard time not smirking. My cousin and I had a choice to make -- If we laughed, my mom could lose it and it wouldn't be pretty. If we didn't we'd surely die. We howled with laughter. Mom wasn't thrilled, but she made the best of it. She managed to hold it together. I will never forget how annoyed she was. She doesn't do birds on a good day. I think that may have been the last second we spent in Venice. NOW it is funny... THEN it wasn't funny... Well, I thought it was... and I still do! LadyBug Links to other Monday Memories

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We're Baaack....

Hi!
We are back from our retreat. Everyone had a wonderful time!

This is what we found when we got home today - it seems as if the boys have been busy while we were away.


Here is the view from the back.


Little Ladybug always misses her "alone time" when we go away. She usually goes for a walk when we get home. I caught her checking out her flowers on the way down to the creek...

Silent Saturday

This should tide you over until I get back from my All-Church Retreat on Sunday...