No news is good news

I want to bury my head in the sand;
I want to disown this land.
Turn off the news please,
Cancel the paper, save the trees.

It's never been this bad
And my reaction is to get mad.
Which quickly turns to sad.
I refuse, I choose to be glad.



When the sorrows and worries
loom large in the news stories
I turn my back and look
to escape in a good book.

I have to believe that doom and gloom
will not prevail; flowers will bloom
families will gather in love and care Friends support each other and share.

So I am taking a vow to turn off the news
It will carry on without my views.
Mindfulness practice, my new defense
Living my life with less stress.

I urge you to join me in quiet repose
Pray if it helps you to be composed.
Look at the joys in your own life
and do your best to ignore the world's strife.

Irresponsible, you say?
but I've had my day.
So I'll do my best
to enjoy the rest.

The hell with Lou Dobbs, ok?

Slackers

There is a general trend going here wherein members of my clan have been especially unproductive in the blogging department. I too am guilty.

Do you ignore your computers in the summer?

Are your lives too busy for this chattering with friends and family?

Or are your lives so routine that you have no news to share?

Have all your creative juices dried up under the sun?

Do you wish to be alone?

Do you check other sites to see if anyone you know is blogging?

Just wondering.

Only Begun

Searching, no, rummaging in the storage closet

Looking for pictures that might work f or a project,

I get sidetracked in the past, proof before my eyes

In living color. I used to be thinner, brighter, younger.

And I suddenly hunger for that energy

That purpose that pursued power.

And then to be confronted with the proof of another trait

As I walk through the house. There is evidence everywhere.

I start so many things that I don’t finish.

Proof one is this poem that I dropped my project for

Then there’s the basket by the rocker that had three afghans started

Books stacked with little post- its, part of a gift idea;

Files to be cleaned out half done

How many good intentions have I only begun?

Medical report #327

Oh, joy, oh joy; I do NOT have Diabetes. About 3 weeks ago I had a blood sugar test that was higher than normal and the doctor said stay away from sugar and sweets until you see me in three weeks. Did that. Not as hard as I thought it would be 'cause I was reaaally motivated. When I saw him this week I had lost 9 lbs., my blood pressure was down, the swelling I've been having in my ankles was down and I was able to report that I was exercising more and feeling much better. His good news was that the second test that I took, something more than blood sugar, indicated I was not diabetic....YET.

Bottom line: I have gotten past the craving stage, am really motivated by the weight loss and feel like I've been liberated. Enough medical talk.

I am already preparing for Florida; can't help myself. The plan is to leave about Nov. 5 from here and Rich will fly back on 14th ; will be on my own until they return in January. Some time or other my kids will come down and that's when we'll have our holidays whenever that is.

I'm already working on Christmas presents ( I am making something this year) and trying to figure out a way to avoid trucking those down there. If you're on my list you just may get a Christmas gift in early November.

HELP !

The house is surrounded by mosquitoes and chiggers! the minute I step out the door I am under attack. That means in about 4 weeks we will run out of food! (we did major shopping this past weekend). What if I run out of clear nail polish? (free tip; it's the best at killing the chiggers who burrow under your skin and stay as long as they want).

I bet that's what has been bothering Keto's right paw..he won't let anybody take a look..if you try he starts to snap at you (even me).

I'm serious about this: I don't even want to go out there and water the flowers or get the mail.
What to do?

Business as unusual

It is 5:30 am and I have just exchanged lengthy emails with my attorney who didn't return my phone call yesterday. Is this technology great or what?

Now if only I could get my doctors email addresses.