Lovin' Every Minute Of It!

I've had a great week so far! Given the luxury of working mostly from home, I've been able to get the website work done, files updated, spreadsheets and formulas finished, and of course, spend time on the online forums!
It surely helps to have key people in key positions. I can work on the paper end of the business while they take care of the hands on portion of the business.
That's about to change though :) Tomorrow is my last scheduled 'administrative day' for a while. We've acquired more corporate clients, added some staff and I need to be out and about from job site to job site, meeting with clients and taking care of the advertising meetings, etc.
So I'll enjoy tomorrow while it lasts LOL
Memorial Day Weekend is like the starter's pistol at the track! It'll be that way till after Labor Day :)
I have a vision of me....after tomorrow.....

Ready, set.....Wait! I can still have my coffee and a nice, relaxing start to the day tomorrow! :)

One Of Our Favorite Fresh Water Fishing Holes

Wonderful Quotes and Thoughts

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it
--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) 


But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
(Matthew 5:44,45)


 
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.
--Joan Didion quotes (American Journalist and Novelist, b.1934)

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy

These Are My Mantras

Get thee behind me, Satan.

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

I am a child of The Most High God. You do know WHO you're dealing with, right? :)

Quiet Time....

Being able to work from home is a blessing and a curse. I can take as many breaks as I feel I want to, and it gives me a chance to work uninterrupted on paperwork and website changes.
On the other side of that coin is the time and space to let my mind wander to things unrelated to work.
I got word today that a friend received some questionable news in results from a chest xray. There's a 'spot' on the lower right lobe of her lung. Such a small word, spot. And such far-reaching ramifications it can and might have.
Let's pray that it's a touch of pneumonia. Or a blip on the screen.
The other possibilities just aren't good. And they aren't happy. And she deserves so much better and more than that.
Health issues here in my circle have arrived in a cluster. They usually do. But we can only take it as it comes.
One of the hardest parts is being smacked in the head with the fact that we are powerless and have no control when you think about it. Our bodies do what they will in this respect.
We can follow advice. We can take the meds and do the treatments. But our bodies will do as they will.
Focusing on the good and the positive and keeping an open hotline to the Powers That Be is really all we can do :)

Favorite Things!

Some of my favorite things are...wisteria...and honeysuckle....

My wisteria has gone crazy! If allowed, it will cover the summer kitchen and the back portion of the house in no time! It has bloomed from the first season after we planted it, without fail, every year. I've trimmed it a few times but I hate to mess with success.

I have such wonderful memories of the honeysuckle that grew wild near my Nanny's house in the southern end of Lancaster County. Being a kid, I never even thought to wonder if any of it was toxic or could make me sick. I never hesitated to taste it :) And the smell of wild honeysuckle takes me back to those days in a heartbeat!

An Absolutely Beautiful Morning!

The sun is up, it's a bit cool and there's just the slightest hint of a breeze....It's absolutely gorgeous!

Waking up to this is NOT a problem! :)