Moving On

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” 

 Robert Frost.  

It has come to my attention that my life needs more of my own attention!!  

I'm at a point in my life when I can let go of who I used to be and search for who I can become.  My sons are not children anymore.  They are moving on and so shall I!!

I am going to be moving from my home here in Austin, Texas.  I need to be closer to my aging Father.  And Joe needs to be closer to his Mother.  He is in Kentucky and she is in Alabama, so we are looking for somewhere in between, that being Tennessee.  Leaving Texas will be difficult.  I have lived here since the late 80's.  The boys were born in Galveston.  My career path began here.  So much has happened here.  

Yet, I am looking forward to a new path, excited really!  I've been researching the areas and it looks so beautiful.  I can't wait!!  

But it will be so hard to say good bye to all the good friends that I consider family.  And even harder to say goodbye to an era.  

But I'll be waving and laughing at the same time!!  

May your week be as fruitful as I will try to make mine!

L

Changes

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

A lot has happened since I've last written a blog.  Over a year has passed and I feel like I am still in the same place and yet there are some wonderful changes happening.
Even though I wasn't looking and I didn't think I was ready to have a significant 'other' in my life, I found one!!  Yes, I've met a wonderful man that has taken my heart!  He is...well....he's everything I have been silently praying for in a partner.  My mind, heart and soul are so happy!  At times I am left with no words to explain how I feel and how he has touched me.  It sounds sappy but feels incredible!
Joyous is a good word to describe how I feel.  He makes me smile even when he doesn't try.  He lets me cry when I need to.  He watches me as I sleep and it comforts me.  Apparently I have invaded his dreams...he is quite taken with me as well.
We are both at an age where we know what we want and how to ask for it.  We can compromise but don't have to.  We can talk or not talk.  We just really like each other.  Is this a dream?  I keep pinching myself and leaving bruises.  I guess it isn't a dream, I hope it isn't.  I didn't see how really lonely I was until I met him.
I will write more about him but for now, I think I've sugar coated everyone enough.

May your week be as fruitful as I will try to make mine!

L

Men, can't live with them, can't kill them!!!

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men."

— Joseph Conrad

I am the only female in my household, period. Not even any of my pets are female. I am surrounded by maleness. Boys, dogs, cats, crickey!! And I guess as the carrier of fallopian tubes and estrogen, I must know where everything is?
I hear this every day "Mom, where is my hat?', "Mom, where is my hackey sack?', 'Ninja Mom, have you seen my shoes?', "Where's my ipod?'.....good grief, it's not like we live in a palatial mansion. I mean, really, look around, with your eyes OPEN!!
I do not hide things. (Well, not everything!)! I put things in places that are logical. Was just interrupted from writing by my younger son looking for a battery!
If you ask me they are all a bunch of whiners.....the dog whines....the cat cries to be let out....the boys want to eat...ALL THE TIME!!
To pay attention to every day life is a minimal effort to ask of those that live with me.
I'm thinking I need one of those dry erase boards and have everyone check in and out.  Although I know I will have to keep tabs on the dog and cat.  But I'm thinking they can be trained to do such a tiny thing.  So why can't the boys be trained.  Oh yeah, it's because they are teenagers and they know absolutely everything.....except where they left their shoes.
I feel like I'm going in circles here.....somebody help me out, please??