SUNDAY; New Beginnings

Well it is finally Sunday the beginning of a new week! after allowing myself to be fully engulfed in the world of the 24 hour news media, I've decided to come up for air! I know it will take more than a few deep breaths to cleanse my brain and my soul.

As do most of us, I try to keep up with what is going on in the world, but after this past week I somehow feel that there is no reason to want to know. Caylee Anthony, John Edwards, Russia invading Georgia, murder in Beijing, Obama, McCain, oil prices dropping (why are we still paying $4.19 a gallon), unemployment is rising, more airline 'extra charges', and all the things I either didn't hear about or can't remember. Depressing? Yes!!!!

So, for the next week I will only browse the headlines. I will try to find something meaningful to do. I will work in my garden, bake a pie, and some scones, visit my grandchildren, take my dogs for a long over due walk. I will try to be an inspiration to someone.

This week I will try to revive my passion for helping others. I will try to get back to work. Hopefully, as ambitious as my goals seem, these will lift me up and cleanse my soul of all the sadness, pain, anger, and negativity that fill our lives daily. "NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS".

Thanks for listening, and if anyone out there feels the same or needs a boost let me know I'll be glad to listen and encourage. Life is to short to take things too seriously, especially those things we have little or no control over.

And yes, I still feel small when I stand beside the ocean.

Caylee Anthony

It has been a week since I last posted. I can not however stay silent any longer!
How long must we endure the lies, the outbursts, the never ending web of deceit surrounding the disappearance of Caylee Anthony? For weeks we have been led down a path of the most bizarre behavior imaginable by the people who claim to love this precious baby.
I applaud the Orange county sheriffs department for their exemplary conduct in what must be on of the most frustrating cases in history. Their patience with this family is amazing. I guess that's' why they get paid the big bucks.
While I understand Cindy and George wanting to keep their faces in the media but they should really have a spokesperson to help them manage the feeding frenzy. You have done your job the whole country is aware and no one who has been following the story will stop looking, hoping and praying for Caylee's return.
There is so much speculation about what has happened to this child and the only person who can tell us what has really happened is Casey, the woman that gave birth to this precious little girl. How can she not put this to rest?
Today Caylee is three , Happy Birthday little one. I hope you find your way home soon.
Casey I will pray for you, I hope that your heart soon softens and you put an end to this nonsense.

Are you serious?

When I decided to start blogging I thought I could share my lofty ideals, pass on wisdom cleverly disguised as common sense, perhaps vent about pet peeves. It has taken me several days to post anything. Well I was looking in the mirror the other night ready to begin my daily ritual of plucking my face and I realized that I take things to seriously these days. There I was hoping that there is some method developed to permanently remove facial hair before I end up in a long term care facility and have some cute nursing assistant(who will never deal with excess facial) hair start shaving me.
I looked at my eye brows and realized that because my vision is not as good as it once was I have almost plucked them clean. So busy were we raising our kids and helping others raise theirs that we did not plan well for our retirement, so no I can't get professional assistance for this problem. While I worry about higher gas prices, higher food prices, property & school taxes that are outrageously high, and whether medicare is going to cost us more than our current health care, I've decided that there are things that are beyond our control and worrying won't change them. The government for the most part has its own agenda which really has little to do with what the people need or want, the media believes their duty is to divulge every secret they can scrape up and to explain to us what we are hearing and seeing because apparently we are unable to decipher or discern the b.s that is being bestowed upon us.
So for today I'll not take myself or my circumstance so seriously that I fail to enjoy the little things that really make up life. Minutes with my kids, the joy of being a grandma, weeds in my garden, my willful dogs, my eccentric husband, not smoking, and facial hair. Welcome to my blog hope we can have some fun and some interesting but not too lofty discussion. Go enjoy your day!