As Mondays go this on has been pretty good, so good in fact that for the first 6-8 hours I thought it was TUESDAY. nothing very extraordinary happened today, but a few small things went well and smoothly enough to lull me into a sense of un-Monday calmness. Lost items were found, chores were done, conversations happened and "God appointments" kept in a timely fashion.
One lovely thing about not being allowed to work is that you get to throw away your day planner. Now God sets my appointments and I just follow along. Two of these happened at Tanglewood mall this evening and since I don't have to be up and out early it didn't matter that I stayed and chatted. Encouraging one another is such a blessing!
All in all the only down side of this Monday has been missing my girls so much. Everyone is rushing about in a flurry of back to school activity and I am left with an empty nest. In the back of my mind a song has been quietly resurfacing from many many years ago. I couldn't remember who sang it or the title but the tune was there and a sense of longing for the lyrics and the voice.
Low and behold when I turned on Pandora just a bit ago that song was the first one to play. It is called "If I Could See the World (Through the Eyes of a Child)" and I've copied the lyrics to share with you tonight:
Written by Sammy Masters, Richard Pope and Tex Satterwhite
(As released by Patsy Cline 9/9/58)
If I could see the world
Thru the eyes of a child
What a wonderful world this would be
There'd be no trouble and no strife
Just a big happy life
With a bluebird in every tree
(Chorus)
I could see right, no wrong
I could see good, no bad
I could see all the good things
In life I've never had
If I could see the world
Thru the eyes of a child
What a wonderful world this would be
If I could see the world
Thru the eyes of a child
Smiling faces would greet me all the while
Like a lovely work of art
It would warm my weary heart
Just to see thru the eyes of a child
(Repeat chorus)
© Universal Songs of Polygram (BMI)
Monday, August 9, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Summer Sundays
Soft sunrises
Bells ringing us to Worship
Walking after supper
Afternoons spent with friends and family
Relaxing evenings reading
Soulful sunsets
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Bells ringing us to Worship
Walking after supper
Afternoons spent with friends and family
Relaxing evenings reading
Soulful sunsets
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
A Day at the Farmers' Market
Welcome to the Rocky Mount Farmers' Market. This is where I spend my Saturdays peddling my wares (jewelry & photography).
The day actually starts Friday night with packing up any new creations and putting drinks and yogurt in the freezer. At 7am the alarm rings... And again at 7:30 in case I ignore the first one. Time to get up, pull back my hair and walk the dog. While he eats I pack my lunch and load the car. If all goes well we are out the door by 7:45.
The goal is to have the table set up by 8am and if we are lucky to snag an extra table for the framed photo collages. Sorting out the earrings is always an adventure - somehow when no one is watching mates tend to get lost from each other and occasionally one disappears all together. It's rather like washing sox! Very weird.
Once the jewelry is sorted and laid out it's time to put out the notecards and framed pictures. Not as nerve wracking as the earrings to be sure! Just a matter of finding a pleasing arraignment and trying to fit everything on one table. Then comes the waiting...
The great thing about the market has got to be the friends you make. Tucker makes many many friends among the children who come and I've made friends among the vendors. About 10am the foot traffic picks up, some of the older ladies stop by to chat and check on us.
Visiting is a grand way to spend a day. We enjoy a nice breeze most every weekend and the market is in a covered area downtown.
It's a lovely small town we live in and I couldn't be happier.
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The day actually starts Friday night with packing up any new creations and putting drinks and yogurt in the freezer. At 7am the alarm rings... And again at 7:30 in case I ignore the first one. Time to get up, pull back my hair and walk the dog. While he eats I pack my lunch and load the car. If all goes well we are out the door by 7:45.
The goal is to have the table set up by 8am and if we are lucky to snag an extra table for the framed photo collages. Sorting out the earrings is always an adventure - somehow when no one is watching mates tend to get lost from each other and occasionally one disappears all together. It's rather like washing sox! Very weird.
Once the jewelry is sorted and laid out it's time to put out the notecards and framed pictures. Not as nerve wracking as the earrings to be sure! Just a matter of finding a pleasing arraignment and trying to fit everything on one table. Then comes the waiting...
The great thing about the market has got to be the friends you make. Tucker makes many many friends among the children who come and I've made friends among the vendors. About 10am the foot traffic picks up, some of the older ladies stop by to chat and check on us.
Visiting is a grand way to spend a day. We enjoy a nice breeze most every weekend and the market is in a covered area downtown.
It's a lovely small town we live in and I couldn't be happier.
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Good News x 3
Just a short note tonight...
1.) The Christian Edge at Tanglewood Mall has taken some 25 sets of my jewelry on commission and wants more. They also want me to write a bio/testimony to go on my display. That bit I'm ok with kinda, putting up a picture of me not so much! We'll have to see what I come up with.
2.) In a tie for first place actually comes the news that my dear friend Terri is moving to the Roanoke area. She will be working in the "city" (those of y'all we grew up with will totally understand the quotes) and living down here in Rocky Mount hopefully. Watch out G-F people, I have found the perfect place to live and am bent on sharing it with as many of y'all as possible!
3.) I found a guitar teacher to give me lessons - bartering help with social media and Microsoft Windows. I love bartering!
Still waiting to hear about disability and workers' comp so
I can get the much needed PT on my knee but hey - life is pretty good in southwest VA!
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1.) The Christian Edge at Tanglewood Mall has taken some 25 sets of my jewelry on commission and wants more. They also want me to write a bio/testimony to go on my display. That bit I'm ok with kinda, putting up a picture of me not so much! We'll have to see what I come up with.
2.) In a tie for first place actually comes the news that my dear friend Terri is moving to the Roanoke area. She will be working in the "city" (those of y'all we grew up with will totally understand the quotes) and living down here in Rocky Mount hopefully. Watch out G-F people, I have found the perfect place to live and am bent on sharing it with as many of y'all as possible!
3.) I found a guitar teacher to give me lessons - bartering help with social media and Microsoft Windows. I love bartering!
Still waiting to hear about disability and workers' comp so
I can get the much needed PT on my knee but hey - life is pretty good in southwest VA!
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Monday, July 26, 2010
It's A Sad Day in Franklin County
I'm taking a break tonight from my regular random rantings to bring you this heartfelt message:
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-story-fire-truck-wreck-072610,0,3552821.story
http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/254917
http://roanoke.com/photography/slideshows/galleries/072610_firecrash/gallery.html
May the Lord Our God
Who supplies all our needs
Who holds us up when we can no longer stand
Who comforts us where no earthly comfort can reach us
be with the families, co-workers and loved ones of these two brave men.
Rest in Peace
Posey Dillon, Rocky Mount Fire Chief, Vice Mayor and Council Member
http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/roanoke/guestbook.aspx?n=posey-dillon&pid=144323471&cid=full
Rest in Peace
William "Danny" Altice, Rocky Mount Fire Fighter
http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/roanoke/guestbook.aspx?n=william-altice&pid=144323481&cid=full
IF YOU SEE OR HEAR AN EMERGANCY VEHICLE GET THE BLOODY HELL OUT OF THE WAY!Yes I am yelling. Yes I used foul language. NO I won't apologize!! If you want to know why then read these. If you still have questions I'll let you know when the funerals are and we can go together. You can explain to the widows and fatherless children why YOU could be the next person to cause a tragedy like this.
also THERE ARE SEAT BELTS IN YOUR VEHICLE FOR A REASON. USE THEM!
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-story-fire-truck-wreck-072610,0,3552821.story
http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/254917
http://roanoke.com/photography/slideshows/galleries/072610_firecrash/gallery.html
May the Lord Our God
Who supplies all our needs
Who holds us up when we can no longer stand
Who comforts us where no earthly comfort can reach us
be with the families, co-workers and loved ones of these two brave men.
Rest in Peace
Posey Dillon, Rocky Mount Fire Chief, Vice Mayor and Council Member
http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/roanoke/guestbook.aspx?n=posey-dillon&pid=144323471&cid=full
Rest in Peace
William "Danny" Altice, Rocky Mount Fire Fighter
http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/roanoke/guestbook.aspx?n=william-altice&pid=144323481&cid=full
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Sheets, Sheep and Sleep
For the first time in resent memory I got eight hours of sleep last night. That's the good news, the bad news ~ no sleep happening here tonight. This is a condition that is all to familiar in my world. Most of the time when it is this bad I become so restless that the sheets are changed at least once. Any little wrinkle or crumb or stray hair drives me up the wall. While most people count sheep when they can't sleep reading seems to work best for me ~ usually Ecclesiastes or Numbers, something really boring. Unfortunately neither of these result in sleep most of the time.
So, what do you do with untold hours of free time, no cable and no one to talk to? Tonight I organized the apps on my iPhone after working on jewelry, matting & framing photos and making 30 new photo note cards. Oh, also redesigned my business cards and made posters to advertise Home Grown Jewelry at the Farmers' Market. But back to the app organization. The first two pages of apps are the ones I use most in category order based on use and how convenient the spot is to my thumbs...don't ask. Then we have a page of games that have been alphabetized ~ they used to just kinda lay there in order of purchase which made no sense what so ever except that the newer games I was learning to play were at the bottom while old favorites were at the top. After the games come the e-books, only two and a half pages thank you very much! (i have about 100 more in my itunes account on lappy but we won't go there ok?)
Organizing the books alphabetically took the most time and thought. Should you go by author? What about title? Do you count "the" as a word? After some mental discussion that degraded into debate it was decided between me, myself and I (a committee of one) that "the" is NOT a word as far as alphabetizing no matter what the newer thoughts on the matter are and that separating by author and then title was silly as some apps have complete works of more that one author. In the end it was rather easier than I had made it out to be, which is rather common in my world, but there are still bugs to be worked out. Some of the icons have book covers on them where as some only have the first initial of the author's last name which is disconcerting when you look at the apps and see a "D" floating around in the "T"s (Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities) where upon it must be mentioned that "A" is not a word in my alphabetical world either.
All of this completed it must be said again... I AM NOT OCD!!!
Right. so before the urge to change the sheets hits again or all my sheep go on strike it might be best to try and get some sleep... HA
Good night dear friends, sweet dreams and may the Lord our God bless you each!
So, what do you do with untold hours of free time, no cable and no one to talk to? Tonight I organized the apps on my iPhone after working on jewelry, matting & framing photos and making 30 new photo note cards. Oh, also redesigned my business cards and made posters to advertise Home Grown Jewelry at the Farmers' Market. But back to the app organization. The first two pages of apps are the ones I use most in category order based on use and how convenient the spot is to my thumbs...don't ask. Then we have a page of games that have been alphabetized ~ they used to just kinda lay there in order of purchase which made no sense what so ever except that the newer games I was learning to play were at the bottom while old favorites were at the top. After the games come the e-books, only two and a half pages thank you very much! (i have about 100 more in my itunes account on lappy but we won't go there ok?)
Organizing the books alphabetically took the most time and thought. Should you go by author? What about title? Do you count "the" as a word? After some mental discussion that degraded into debate it was decided between me, myself and I (a committee of one) that "the" is NOT a word as far as alphabetizing no matter what the newer thoughts on the matter are and that separating by author and then title was silly as some apps have complete works of more that one author. In the end it was rather easier than I had made it out to be, which is rather common in my world, but there are still bugs to be worked out. Some of the icons have book covers on them where as some only have the first initial of the author's last name which is disconcerting when you look at the apps and see a "D" floating around in the "T"s (Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities) where upon it must be mentioned that "A" is not a word in my alphabetical world either.
All of this completed it must be said again... I AM NOT OCD!!!
Right. so before the urge to change the sheets hits again or all my sheep go on strike it might be best to try and get some sleep... HA
Good night dear friends, sweet dreams and may the Lord our God bless you each!
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