Living Life Beautifully

Blogging...2018. It feels like it's been forever since I've blogged or even spent more than a few minutes on this computer. My mind is always thinking.  I need to slow down enough to spend time journaling or blogging. I used to journal every day but I just don't have all the issues I used to journal about.  That is a really good thing.  I can talk about things without getting unhappy.  I have no expectations, so every day is good and a blessing.  Especially if you look for the blessings. Today I've been cleaning, organizing and laughing at chickens. I'm working on a sifting tote for my meal worm farm.  I've got lots of beetles. They sound so gross crawling around in that tote.  So awesome!!!! My garden is planted and yet both of my strawberries were eaten by the neighbor chickens. Ugh. It's going to look so pretty when everything is growing. I can truly say I am the most peaceful I have been in years. God is good! Easter is Sunday. ...

It's a beautiful cold day.  Freezing temperatures are challenging me to keep plants alive in the garden and water thawed for the chickens.  Yet, Gertie the duck swims in her little pond even in the cold. I have a duck in the bathroom and two frizzle babies in a cage next to the duck. The wood stove is cranked and Harry Potter, movie number 3, is playing on the DVD player. My Son Taylor will be home from Italy this week and I'm thrilled about that. Gracie our new puppy is still a cutie although is proving to be a challenge to potty train due to excited tinkles. But Brinkley is being a great big brother, helping me to teach Gracie, and peanut is being peanut.  The mailman didn't seemed too happy when he asked me if I got a new puppy.  Poor guy. My dogs bark at him like they are going to eat him. It is a new year.  A blessing, a fresh start, incentive to improve.....and yet the bible says "EVERY DAY" is new.  Try not to put all your hopes into an entire...

I was lying in bed thinking. I've been sick for, well, today will be my third day.  I feel so much better today but I have little to no energy.  I should probably be napping because it's what my body needs at the moment. I was thinking about how fast this year flew by.  I have my vision board in front of me and it was put together a year ago.  So many of the things written on it have come to fruition or close to it. We lost people these last few years and they made changes to our thinking.  It is amazing what power some people have within their life.  There are people who I didn't know well, that effected me with how beautifully they lived their last days.  There are people who left us quickly in hard ways. There is such power in the lives of some people. I notice that turning on the news has such power over our lives.  feeling the pain that others go through, or the fear the news puts into you, makes your heart race and pulls you down. I h...

I just spent an hour typing up a really good blog post only to lose it due to an error. What's funny about that, is the post was about having peace when stuff happens. So I guess I was being tested.  And I think I passed.  :) I was talking about magic moments in the day.  There are these moments throughout the day when something happens, or you see something, or hear something that is just so cool. A sunset with amazing colors and this glow to the edges as if it's on fire.  Seeing a mocking bird bopping the head of a baby buzzard sitting at the top of an electrical pole. Hearing the sounds of cicadas on a cool summer evening. Most of us don't realize these moments happen because we don't really look for them. I'll ask my husband what was his favorite part of the day and he tells me he didn't have one. That got me thinking.  How sad to live each day not looking for the cool parts. I live my life with my faith as my foundation. Every night a...

Good almost afternoon!!! Gosh, it feels like forever since I've posted a blog. I'm sitting here at my desk where I have all my little encouraging things on a vision board in front of me and to the side is a digital photo frame, that was given to me by one of my dearest friends, that has a rotation of photos I love.  Pictures of family, friends, pets, and special days. The busy month of may has gone and June is stressful with taxes due, doctors appointment, health insurance ending, and drivers ed for the youngest. But I'm choosing to stay in peace. I have complete faith that the month will all work out with God's help....just watch. Hopefully July will be a little more gentle with us. I think everyone is a little nervous about the world right now.  I keep seeing political post that are stretching truths and causing people to fear the future. Our new president is trying to run the country like a business, because that's what he does, and i...

Today started out as a good day.  My youngest graduated last night and the day was going to be a, catch up on housework day.  May is always so busy and our home turns into a disaster that never seems to get cleaned up. Then my dad drove up.  My dad hasn't been to my home in two and a half years.  I was actually excited to see that he came to the house.  He wanted to bring Alex a graduation card. Well.....He seemed like he didn't want to be here.  I asked how he was doing. I took him out to see the chickens and Henny, our Road Island Red, wanted to go from my lap to his.  He took her, told her not to crap on him and then handed her back within a minute or less.  He didn't seem interested in anything about me or his grandkids. He said nothing positive.  He didn't compliment anything.  I thought to walk him through the garden, but he just said, "I see that".  So...he left.  My husband came in from the back of th...

My house is such a mess. I bet more women wake up with that thought than anything else. I've been walking around trying to organize stuff.  I have Alex's camping things to put away and I just swept the pet hair off the floor.  If you came to my home and you knew my family...you would think it was going to be perfectly clean and organized.  However.... I was not born with that gene.  I was walking around this morning and it was as if I could hear the words of my mom and grandmother and mother in law, who are now in heaven, as they would tell me what a mess and that I need to clean and declutter my house.....etc....etc....  I'm laughing as I tell my husband this and then I looked up and said, "shhhhh......  this is how I stay married". I told my husband that he is very lucky that I found God, because I would be the crazy screaming lady, that I was before, who has this idea that if I don't keep it perfect, I'm a failure. I would...