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Reflections on life from almost 40. Avoiding midlife crisis with faith, family, humor, politics and the laundry chronicles
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April 7 Handcuffed by heart
Today’s story is not about today, but rather about people in general, about human life as we live it. I happened to walk into my kitchen today to see the sun glinting off this set of handcuffs, and the image looked interesting so I grabbed the...
February 22 Princess
We took the Youth to see Pink Panther 2, and while we waited for it to start, we did some window shopping. This wineglass should clearly be mine, don’t you think? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midlifemusings.com%2F2009%2F03%2F18%2Ffebru...
February 21 Pinewood Derby Polar Plunge
It was Pinewood Derby Day! None of my boys won awards beyond participation ribbons, but Spidey’s car took second in every heat he was in. He had a great second place car! In other news, there was a man there who looked so much like my husband t...
February 20 Picture this
Here is Drama taking a picture of me taking pictures. Yes, with sound effects. It was hilarious. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midlifemusings.com%2F2009%2F03%2F17%2Ffebruary-20-picture-this%2F'; addthis_title = 'February+20++Picture+thi...
February 19th Hot Ride
I took this picture to torment my friend who is in the market and loves a fast car. Yes, I am cruel like that. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midlifemusings.com%2F2009%2F03%2F17%2Ffebruary-19th-hot-ride%2F'; addthis_title = 'February+19...
February 18 Riding Free
So, I have mentioned before on this blog that I do love a motorcycle. I used to ride with my dad on his bike, and it is just such a …freedom. Wind blowing, seat vibrating, nothing but you and the road. And the back of your driver if you happ...
February 17th
And so, I looked at my phone on this day and saw that Diva had taken some self portraits. A chip off the old blockette, I guess. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midlifemusings.com%2F2009%2F03%2F16%2Ffebruary-17th%2F'; addthis_title = 'Febr...
February 16 Love Lingers
I took this picture because when I saw this scene, it made my heart stop. And then, when it started beating again, it broke. At the Pretty Place I told you about a few days ago, there is a very small graveyard. When I went out there the Monday after...
February 13 Happy Birthday DaBaby
This is DaBaby. She turned three on February 13th. How did I get to the place where my baby is three and there’s not a new one coming or even thought about? It’s not somewhere I thought I’d be even 18 months ago. OTOH, I’m pre...
February 12 Communicating with an Old Friend
On this day, I woke up at 5am and wrote a letter to a friend of long standing. It took nine pieces of stationery to craft a 2.5 page letter. I mailed it from the post office, since I didn’t have a stamp. Two weeks later, there still hasn’...
February 11th Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Little cheater pic I made on the 12th because I forgot to do so on the 11th. The point is that I finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on the 11th. Two weeks later, I’ve finished the last two books, though I’ve not yet formed...
February 10 The Pretty Place
“Come on, and I’ll show you a pretty place, a place you can go to collect your thoughts when you must leave there.” This is the view from the van as I was leaving that place, after spending a bit of time there. I was so delighted ...
February 9 Job Interview
On this day, four months after my husband quit his job, I had a job interview. That was kinda scary, since I haven’t worked a public job in 13 years. It has been suggested to me that I should go back to school, and one of the courses I am inte...
February 8 A Social Call
So, after the wee party, which was indeed a sleepover for the girls, we went on Sunday to visit the old youth pastor. Well, he’s not old, he’s still quite young, but he’s not the youth pastor anymore, either. He is the full time p...
February 7 Good Times
On February 7th, I had our youth over for a wee party. We had pizza and wings and music provided by Guitar Guy. After Papa and Grandma died, my aunt and I were talking about the house they lived in. She mentioned that she wanted to build happy m...
February 6 One Hot Chick
This right here is some food ya’ll. Specifically, it is roasted chicken and roasted potatoes mostly cooked by Country, my 15 year old. Yes, I taught her well. I took the pic about halfway through the cooking time, when we stirred the potat...
February 5 Odd Jobs
Lately, I’ve been picking up odd jobs in order to generate a little cash flow. Some of them are fun and some of them are just odd. This picture represents one of the fun ones. I get happy every time I do it. Seriously, how can you look at all t...
February 3
And it’s off to school she goes. On the 3rd, I took Country to the local high school to find out what we needed to do to get her registered. And I cried like my baby was going off to kindergarten for the first time. Because she was. Except ...
February 2nd
February 1st was a Sunday, so we will let the SPS suffice for that. On February 2nd, just two short days after I washed my sheets, I was washing them again to accomodate this: If you can’t tell, it’s a twin mattress, set up on ru There&#...
Jan 31
Did you know that smell is the most evocative of the senses? It is powerful. My Grand-dad has been dead now 20 years, and he quit farming 10 before that, but if I smell a sun-warmed field, I am instantly moved back in time. I am young again, and he...
Jan 30
January thirtieth found me back at the movies, this time for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. All day. I tell ya, I do love a movie, but it gets a little boring to see the same one six times. In a row. Six times. Anyway, Guitar Guy had dropped off hi...
January 29
Love me some interesting pants, ya’ll. I went off with my friend on the 29th, and wore these pants for the first time. When I first got them, in a bag of hand me downs, they were almost too small. Now they are almost too big, so I wanted to ...
January 28
No clue. Seriously. How sad is that? But apparently I was sitting in the parking lot of one of the local shopping centers, reading. For reasons unknown. To anyone. Even me. Grrrrr addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midlifemusings.com%2F2009%2F02%...
January 27th
January 27th was my sister’s birthday. I spent the afternoon with a friend and then I came home to discover that sometimes one person posting one picture can lead to someone else posting this one: Just to record the true and actual state of a...
January 26
Ain’t that pretty? This is the inside of The Music Loft, which is one of the music stores in the next town over. I ended up there on the 26th, and thought it would make an interesting photo. As you can see, they have quite a selection of ele...
January 25
Some time ago, and I truly cannot remember how long it has been, God sent me a fleeting vision. In it, I was on the platform at church, singing, and GuitarGuy was to my right playing a red guitar, and I had such a feeling of perfect rightness in the ...
January 24
So, at the end of the day, I went to Wal-Mart, where I saw this sign for handy husbands. Gotta tell ya, I almost bought me one. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midlifemusings.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2Fjanuary-24%2F'; addthis_title = 'January+2...
January 23
So, January 23rd was apparently an amazing day, and I took a picture of my new coffee cups. Actually, since it is now the middle of February, I have no recollection of January 23rd, and that is why I have started taking the pictures with my phone, ...
Jan 22, Day 22
This is a test. Dont judge me if it doesn’t work, hahaha! Total fail! Just sayin’ On the 22nd I spent the morning with my mom, shopping for apple themed stuff for her kitchen. We had a good time as we always do, and I picked up some fru...
Day 21 Train
On the 21st, I got caught by the train, but let me start where I left off about the snow day. We got up after a four hour nap and went out to start the van, which began to suck amps like mad after making an audible POP when the cables were connecte...
