Long Time No See

Wow..it's been ages since I've written here. My life is filled with work and Parker's activities and what little time I have for myself is consumed with chores and house maintenance stuff. I like the busyness  though, but I miss the down time that I desperately need. Luckily with teaching I get a couple of months off in the summer and can return to a calmer state of mind!  In the meantime I'm counting off the days until school is out!! 23 an counting! 

Wanting Color

Lately I've been craving color.

 I want a colorful bed. 

I want color on my counters. 

I want color in my bathroom. 

I want color on my walls. 

I love that color comes with spring. 

I am even wearing clothes with color.

I think I'm ready for a change. 

 I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for. 

Georgia O'Keeffe 

Squirrel Haiku

You cute pirate squirrel

Stealing bounty from the birds

A charming rodent. 

Dear Parker,

Sweet child of mine. 

Ok...I know I see you every day, but I thought a letter might be more appropriate since you are so busy over spring break doing really important things like playing video games and basketball. So if you have a minute I have a few questions for you. 

First of all, did you know you have a designated place for your socks to go when you are finished wearing them? And the hall or the family room isn't one of them? 

And did you know that your four pairs of shoes scattered through various parts of the house isn't really attractive and you do have not one, but two closets in your room they could go in? 

Oh and did you know that your Ipod and phone are yours and not to be confused with food? I wonder because you always leave them on the table. 

Did you know I pulled out 6...yes 6 ...1/2 full bottles of Gatoraide from the fridge yesterday? Thank you for kindly finishing them off before opening a new one. 

And finally how do you manage to take care of these things when you are in school, doing homework and going to practice everyday with practically no free time and on spring break when you have NOTHING you have to do you can't remember to put this stuff up????? 

Just Wondering.

Love,

Mom

Spring BRAKE......STOP and Take a Break!!

Oh Thank Goodness It's Finally Here. 

It's that wonderful time in March where we teachers get a break from the young dears. 

And I love it. 

This is what I'll be doing: 

I'll be looking at these outside my kitchen window

and watching these: 

I'll be watching these bloom and flourish: 

After that I will most likely cuddle with her: 

I hope to spend time with these: 

I hope to catch up on reading these: 

But not these: 

Oh sure, I'll have to do this: 

But I plan on spending a whole lot of time just looking at this: 

So I brake for spring break and recharge, renew and unwind!!!! 

From Where I Sit

 From where I sit I see a lot of teenagers. I'm around teenagers all day. Even at home!

I really like being with teenagers but sometimes....I don't. They talk a lot. Have you noticed?

Like when I'm talking and of course it's really important and they want to talk to each other about non-important stuff like what they did last night and who said what to whom and who won the game and why she is crying and that he is hot and how cute your handwriting is  and oh I like your purse  and dude can I have some paper and my mom took my phone away and now I'm grounded and no I didn't do the homework did  you? And well you get the idea. 

Hmmmm. Ok, so maybe that stuff is a wee bit important. Probably a hundred times really more important than knowing who Pip is  or who Jay Gatsby is or any of the other interesting characters we read about, but well, I feel compelled to share these characters with them. 

So I am patient. 

I let them get their yaya's out and then I try to lure them into my world...if only for a while until the bell rings and they start up again....where do you go next and what are you doing this weekend and isn't he so funny and yes I had fun in here did you? 

I AM

I am possessed. I will stare at you with my green eyes until you give me something that is really not intended for me. I know Parker got something and I want a piece of it. . .

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Seriously I'm not leaving.

I have the Patience of a cat. 

The Stare of Medusa. 

The Will of Odysseus. 

Take  your time....I see you are avoiding eye contact with me. That's ok. You'll cave. You always do, which is why I know if I sit here long enough you'll get up and go to the kitchen. 

FebruBLAHry

This month is my least favorite.  

It tends to drag on with blah weather. 

Not hot and not cold. 

Even though it's a drag, sometimes there are unexpected surprises. 

Thank goodness. 

After All He's Only 14

He's at the age where we can't tell him anything! 

He knows it all. 

He won't listen to us. 

He won't talk to us. 

He is confident he knows what he wants. 

But he still expects me to tuck him in at night and hug and kiss him.  

 And I wouldn't change a thing!!

Sometimes...

Sometimes don't you just wish you could stay in bed all day? 

Sometimes don't you just wish you could be your dog all day? 

Today was one of those days. A good day to stay in bed.