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I seriously hate that I have a farmer-tan. SERIOUSLY hate it. Ah well, no getting around that. Well there is... either use a self-tanner to um, even it all out. OR go do the fake & bake deal. Neither of which I'm inclined to do. N - E - WAY!

Random thought.

Still no computer and that's okay.

While I'm on my Hero's computer (supposedly working on my talk for church this Sunday...), I thought I'd just pop in and writes a bunch of blurbs of things that have been percolating in my mind.

I have had some thoughts about writing more about my beliefs. I hardly ever mention them. P'raps because I don't want to be judged for them. Or p'raps it'll be a turn-off to my readers (never mind how few now!) In any case, my beliefs are what make up a good part of me. Hence, I'm going to write about them more often. When I get a computer. (ha!)

Have you heard of the "Wit & Whimsy" puzzles? No, not online puzzles. The REAL, cardboard ones. I bought one because I fell in love with the picture. While I had anticipated just doing the puzzle by myself as a way of de-stressing, it's turned into a family project with Hero & Boo participating. And you know what? I really liked it! It's quiet, people are concentrating and using soft voices... very nice! Now that we have completed the puzzle, I'm going to mod-podge the back. I'm afraid to do it on the front of the puzzle because of my disastrous attempt when I was 16. But perhaps it was just the puzzle itself. Shouldn't have been mod-podged because of the lame picture. It was the full-white mask with tear-drops in the corner of the eyes and ribbons surrounding it. VERY 80's I'm embarrassed to say! Yikes! SO - I'm going to figure out how to do it right and then we'll hang it in Boo's bedroom. She's pretty darn excited and so am I!

I am sick to death of of my living room. Er... well, it's all brown. Brown couch, brown piano, brown picture, beech-colored (IKEA fakes) book-cases w/doors. Same color for entertainment center. BROWN BROWN BROWN! While I love brown like Boo & Little Man's eyes, chocolate, rich dirt (hey - I'm a gardener!), puppies and the sort, I just do not like how everything is a flat BROWN color! Bleh! Need to punch it up! I'm hoping to get out to Jo Ann's craft store tomorrow and pick up some COLORS to do up my pillows, paint my rocking chair, re-cover the seats of my dining chairs (which are beech & burgundy) and PUNCH IT UP! I'm excited... and I like it!

I'm really hoping that HRH is going to come up here for a visit. REALLY hoping because it would give me the opportunity to do all the neat touristy things that are to be done here in Seattle. And what better than to do it all with a good friend?

I have drilled it into my kids' heads that we are going to have some semblance of a schedule this summer. Starting with, making their beds first thing in the morning. I grew up that way and I wonder - how the heck did I not pass that on to my kids? I'm not going to be anal about sticking to it all the time. I do love spontaneity. But I also love having the chores done first thing in the morning so we have the whole rest of the day to PLAY! Wish me luck....

I really need to get working on my talk. It's on "Fathers" - totally apropos for Father's Day, oui? I've been thinking of my own Dad and the experiences I've had with him. I loved how he was a patient teacher with me. We weren't really chummy as in talking about "life" but rather, he was really good at teaching me appreciation of nature on a deeper level. I LOVED it when I told him that I had signed up for a photography class in 7th grade. His eyes just lit up and he gave me two cameras. A Pentax... something (sorry - I'm horrible at remembering stuff like that) and a small box camera. He then started taking me out on weekends and showing me, teaching me composition, lighting, staging, etc. I really treasure those moments I was able to do that with him. You know what's funny though? He took the most magnificent, beautiful pictures of nature - specifically flowers - even more specifically roses. He could never take good pictures of people. He tried though! And? I can take good pictures of people.... but I don't think I would've been able to unless I had the lessons from him. And the good genes. I miss him. A lot.

Now that I'm in the proper mind frame of writing a talk about Fathers - I'll get to it.

Ta!

In anticipation of having a computer soon (YAYAY!) I've been thinking about re-vamping my blog. What is going to be the focus of it, what do I want to accomplish, etc. Etc. AND ECETERA. Then I came across this one gal's blog... when I can get the link to it, I'll let you know who it was. Anyway, she was saying that she is just going to blog whatever she feels like blogging. It's not a competition with having the "coolest" blog, or about having a high number of readership, or anything of that sort. And you know? She's right. Darn tootin!

I'm going to carry on with whatever's on my mind.

And with that, my mind goes blank.

Nice.

Here's an update on my husband's nieces.....

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