Full Moon 3.11.09

The full moon makes me crazy. I've heard that's an old wives' tale, but it does ring true sometimes. I still love looking at it, even if the Universe seems wonky in some ways on those couple of days. (Apparently it makes others crazy too, but that's another post for another day.)

I got up earlier than everybody else because I wanted to take some pictures of how cool it looked before daylight today. I guess the Virgo in me is just not satisfied with the way they turned out--photos can't capture the beauty of it. The electrical lines would not photo-shop out of my image without ruining the rest of it, so I just left them there.

Tokyo and I greeted this day in the moonlight. Picture or no picture for the scrapbook, I have an imprint of it in my mind's eye, and a sweet memory with our much loved canine. :)

Dog Quotes

Missed a day of bloggin on 3-10-09! Bummer!

The kids and I talked today about all the pets we've loved who are now in Heaven. Here are a few of my favorite quotations about dogs.

"Those sighs of a dog! They go to the heart so much more deeply than the sighs of our own kind because they are utterly unintended, regardless of effect, emerging from one who, heaving them, knows not that they have escaped him!" - John Galsworthy

"The censure of a dog is something no man can stand." - Christopher Morley

"Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." - Josh Billings

"The uglier the dog, the more he or she is loved." - Martyn Lewis

"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience." - Woodrow Wilson

"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." - Mark Twain

Photos in Random Order

I've been taking some pictures with the new camera. In no particular order, here they are!

The first page I've scrapped in a very long time: "Made For Me" - isn't the black lace trim gorgeous? It was about $8 per yard, and the pattern was exactly what I visualized before I saw it.

























Here's what I see when I sit at my computer:



















Finally, a great picture of Miss Tokyo Jones~
















Not sure what this plant is called, but I loved its orange color.
















One of Sam's citrus trees that he is babying in the hopes of cultivating some great fruit; this one is called Eureka Lemon and I'm told they'll turn yellow when they're bigger and more ripe.

Spring forward!

(Said in my best Martha Stewart voiceover)

A gentle reminder to set those clocks ahead one hour to observe the silly annual tradition of springing forward!

Pancake breakfast will be shifted to pancake brunch as we spend the rest of the day trying to get it together so we can get where we need to be on Monday in a timely fashion.

Oh my--time for bed already ;-0

Friday Night PBS

I've traded in my happy hour cocktails for a new guilty pleasure on Friday nights: Bill Moyers' Journal on PBS. Since the TV guide in our local paper doesn't list who the guests will be, I always tune in a little before 9:00 p.m. to see if I want to watch.

A couple of months ago, John Lithgow was discussing his recent run in Arther Miller's play "All My Sons" and other acting accomplishments. They went on to chat about his popular children's books and his latest book, Poet's Corner, which includes some of Lithgow's favorite poems. He read a Shakespeare poem that he'd read at his father's memorial service. It was from Cymbeline, and called "Fear no more the heat o' the sun." Even though it's a typical Shakespearian tongue-in-check piece, it was quite moving. Lithgow must really knock out his audience in person--he is quite a remarkable performance actor. I've decided I'd like to book Lithgow to read it aloud at my memorial service. LOL

Two or three Fridays ago, a poet named Nikki Giovanni was featured. She was soft-spoken but forthright and sassy; I liked her right away. I believe she now teaches at Virginia Tech. She shared how she had a crush on Billy Dee Williams, and how she'd confessed that to his wife, who didn't mind. (Or was it Denzel Washington? Not 100% on that.) Later she read poems from her book Love Poems and talked about how you need two things to learn how to ride a bicycle: trust and balance. She chuckled and said she'd realized that's all you need for most of life, too.

I'm thinking I agree. :)

Tomorrow I shall take my 40% book coupon to Borders and get Ms. Giovanni's book of poems. (I'll post the bicycle poem when I get the book.) But right now - it's time for the Journal!

Update at 9:30 p.m. - The show about John Lithgow was repeated tonight. Great to see it again.

Michael J. Fox

"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business." - Michael J. Fox

After I read this quote, I realized I've often confused the two. But actually, it might be more accurate to say I had their meanings mixed up. It feels good to make the distinction.

Clarity . . . I like it.

Daylight Savings Time

Even though the time doesn't "spring forward" until this weekend--and usually later in the year--I've been waking up earlier. Today I woke up at 4:40 a.m. (OMG - I know, right?!!)

The best thing I could come up with was, Hey, next week, it'll be 5:40 a.m. and possibly we'll make it to school and work on time. ;-0 We are looking at the glass as half full these days, bwahahaha.

I have been going to bed earlier, too. Didn't mean to fall asleep the other night in the middle of "Two and a Half Men" - I'll have to catch that one on repeats.

Another personal side note: Good luck to Gravy on Thursday 3/5 as he goes to the special magic pediatric dentist. Hugs, mi sobrino!

Invisible Ink

Tonight I am using invisible ink for the post . . . since I don't have anything to blog.

:)

3.2.09

Feeling a little rushed tonight. I want to get my checkbook balanced before my shows come on in 5 minutes! I should've done it yesterday, but while Sam took the kids out for a while, I spent the time working on a scrapbook page. Once I get it glued down, I will post it here.

A family historical note: My mom's father would be 103 today if he were still alive.

:)

My path-

" . . . this path, this road that is one perfect
straight line even if it goes around the world through heat
and fog and rain and snow and it's my life I keep thinking,
It's my life."
- Deborah Keenam, from "Small History"

Instead of lamenting that my path isn't easy and straight, I'm reminded to try to be more observant of what is positive along my own path. I need to pay more attention to the universality of my journey insted of focusing on what might be missing or what's wrong with said journey.

In my eyes, my journey is here, there, and everywhere. But suddenly I remember that in God's eyes, I'm traveling on a perfectly straight line . . . the one in accordance with His plan.