Weekend W's

My weekend W's:

Woo-hoo: Most of my Christmas decor is up- yay!

Whine: Why is my laundry is never caught up?

Wisdom: Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still. -Chinese Proverb

Weakness: Hershey Kisses w/Almonds

Want: An English toffee cappuccino from Tim Horton's

Worry: The possible 8 inches of snow we may get tonight into tomorrow. Ugh.

Web: Instructables- How to make anything and everything w/instructions.

Wish: Chicken piccata for dinner made by my personal chef? =)

Weird: I didn't do much shopping this weekend.Very weird- I love to shop.

Happy Sunday!
-Jen

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers

The breaking waves dash'd high
On a stern and rock-bound coast,
And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches toss'd;

And the heavy night hung dark,
The hills and waters o'er,
When a band of exiles moor'd their bark
On the wild New England shore.

Not as the conqueror comes,
They, the true-hearted, came;
Not with the roll of the stirring drums,
And the trumpet that sings of fame;

Not as the flying come,
In silence and in fear;-
They shook the depths of the desert gloom
With their hymns of lofty cheer.

Amidst the storm they sang,
And the stars heard and the sea:
And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang
To the anthem of the free!

The ocean eagle soar'd
From his nest by the white wave's foam
And the rocking pines of the forest roar'd-
This was their welcome home!

There were men with hoary hair
Amidst that pilgrim band:-
Why had they come to wither there,
Away from their childhood's land?

There was woman's fearless eye,
Lit by her deep love's truth;
There was manhood's brow serenely high,
And the fiery heart of youth.

What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?
They sought a faith's pure shrine!

Ay, call it holy ground,
The soil where first they trode.
They have left unstained, what there they found
Freedom to worship God.

~Felicia Dorothea Hemans
1826

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! =)

Semi Wordless Wednesday!

Every year, I have quite a few Christmas picture rejects. You know, those 50 pictures you took before you got the perfect shot.

Let me share a few with you a few of mine from Christmas' past:

2006



2007




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Happy WW!

This work-thingy

... is really kicking my boot-tay! Seriously, I have to ask myself, 'woman, where's your stamina?!'

Last night I got home around 8ish, finally ate some dinner and put little one to bed, and guess what I did? Zzzzzz... I klonked out. At least after today, I have the rest of the week off- woo-hoo!

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Ever get a song in your head, and you wonder how that happened because you don't remember actually hearing the song in a long while?

That happened to me the other day.

I'm doing my thing around the house and boom- this song is in my head, and I'm singing away. Yeah, la-lala-la, used to love this song. Anyone remember these lyrics...

I see your true colors shining through,
I see your true colors, and that's why I love you.
So don't be afraid, to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful
like a rainbow...

If you guessed the amazingly awesome Miss Cyndi Lauper's, 'True Colors' you are so right on. =)

Being a mom of a teen girl, I try to really let her know how much I love her and respect her individuality. {This can be a hard thing to do when she's walking around like she owns everything and thinks she's 30 instead of 13}

I just think it's really important for me to this. So, I write a lot of little notes/cards here and there. On her big dry-erase board in her room, I wrote the same lyrics that I just wrote above. Here's what happened later that evening:

{Haley comes into my room}

Haley: Oh my God, Mom. {Wet eyes?} Did you write that?
Me: Write what? {remembers} Oh yeah, did you like it?
Haley: It's soooooo good. Did you write that, Mom?
Me: {Oh, she means did those words come from my noggin'} No, Cyndi Lauper did. It's a song.
Haley: Oh. Cool. {she's smiling walking back into her room}
Me: love you. {thinking} Yep, she liked that I wrote that on her board. =)


“Happiness is self-contentedness.” - Aristotle

My Celebrity look-alikes

This threw me for a loop- Marcia Cross 90%?!

What do you think?

Do I really look like her?

http://www.myheritage.com/collage

Aloha Friday! Hosting?

It's Aloha Friday!


My Aloha Friday question is:




Are you hosting Thanksgiving this year?

I'm not hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year. We are going over to my Mom's house and I'm bringing a few side dishes plus dessert. How's that for easy? =)

Head on over to An Island Life for more Aloha Friday questions and to play.


-Jen

Natural Wonders

Natural Wonders

A babbling brook turned to a raging river
by the flooding of spring.
The roar of an ocean surf
beating against the sand.
These are the changes a passionate
embrace can bring,
comparable to the feelings I get
from the gentle brush of the hand.
As if a volcano emptying it's fiery spray,
body and soul are fulfilled this way.

Against this passion it's a hopeless fight.
As if trying to keep a bird from flight.

I need a river rushing into my sea,
an outlet to set my desires free.


Written by my beautiful Aunt who left this earth much too soon.