My Darling Candy Girl & Gypsy,
I have laughed so hard at you Candy Girl... And my mental pictures are conjuring up the most amazing images! You've given me the laugh I needed today. I'm trying so very hard to stay positive, but honestly my fears are many. Today was the last day on our lease and still no news on our application for a new rental, but I know that Jehovah has never left us in want and things will work out for the best. It's simply my human shortcomings that are lending to my fears. But, the minute I logged onto our beautiful blog, all my worries disappeared. I needed that laugh, Candy Girl, and the sweet comfort that you bring, My Gypsy Girl! What would I do without my two very best friends??!! How thankful I am to have you both! Wish my sweet stylist was there, she'd be happy to fix you up CG. She's given me the cutest 1920's cut, I'm so loving it, she truly is gifted, I feel so proud of her!
I'm so tired and need a good sleep before tomorrow, but I just needed to tell my Girls how very much I love you both and how much I miss you! Promise I'll write more this weekend. Keep you chin up Gyps, Guido is on his way down to deal with the bamboo people! And Candy... You'll get the most amazing doo out the whole "Meg Ryan" thing... She'll be wanting to know your secrets! Keep me posted on all the happenings.
Love you Both!
The One Followed Love
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Happy Wednesday!!!
Good morning, girlies!
Hope this finds you both having slept well and looking forward to a new day.
I am working on the old cup of coffee and thinking about the day and how many things that need to be done this week. Wow! A busy one! I wish I were an octopus! A little, no alot overwhelmed! Ugh! The field trips were great yesterday, but I am still trying to get the sprinkles out of the carpet.
Blondie, I wanted to let you know that you inspired me to get a new do! And the funny thing is that I was so aggravated with my hair that I put it in a ponytail, ran out to the backyard where Dana was working on his flowers, turned around and said,
"Cut above the rubberband." He look at me in horror and said,"Are you sure! What if I mess you up?" I said, " It will be fine. Beth told me all about how to do this...You can't mess it up." Welllll......LOL
Funny thing is, Beth was talking about Meg Ryan doing this in a movie and how after you do it, when it falls, it will be straight and in layers. But, Beth forgot to tell me that you put the ponytail like a spout on top of your head, not down your back. Needless to say, an appointment with Rebecca or Tina is gonna have to happen at some time this week to straighten this out..And clippies are wonderful to hide things.....LOL...Damn that Meg Ryan! She probably had a stunt double and Jose Eber actually did the cutting...LOL....Poor Dana was horrified at the poor lifeless ponytail that fell to the ground. I don't think he will ever do that again no matter how much I beg....LOL
Thought this would give you both a chuckle just picturing the whole scenario.
Good thing is...Hair does grow back...LOL
Gypsy, be careful today in this weather...I think it is going to be pretty bad where you are. And know that you are in my thoughts and prayers and I am always here if you need to talk. I am so sorry for what the Bamboo people did to you. But you know, Karma is lovely! They'll get theirs....Maybe in the form of a huge pack of escaped Pandas from the New Orleans Zoo. ( I know this is not even a remote probability, but isn't it fun to just picture it? LOL )
Blondie, I hope your move is progressing well and the critters are tamed.
You can always put crisco around the top rim of a full sink of water with cheese floating on a little styrofoam boat in the middle and attempt to drown them....yes, I tried this many moons ago while in the trailer on Mosley Road...LOL..I thought Aubrey would never stop laughing at me that I thought this would actually work. I thought it was brilliant at the time...they would dive in for the cheese and when trying to get back out, the crisco would keep them slipping back into the water...oh my gosh, this sounds so stupid even as I type this...I am laughing so hard at the memory of it! You talk about mice issues! Every Spring when Freddie disked up the fields, they ran straight for that old trailer and tormented me! I will never forget the sight of a HUGE field rat standing upright in my pantry taking down a bag of chocolate chips with it's jaws stuffed like a chipmunk! I screamed like a Banshee and of course sleeping beauty never woke up. It just ambled out of the pantry, mouth full of chocolate chips, looking at me like I was crazy! And I can remember sitting up in bed in the middle of the night every time I would hear a trap go off and yelling, " Yes!!!!"
Of course, sleeping beauty never woke up for that either! LOL And, spraying a whole can of plumbing foam around the pipe under the kitchen sink because I was convinced that's where they were coming in and not realizing that it would grow and it looked like Jaba The Hut under my kitchen sink. I just covered it up with some nice Green checked ( yes, I said checked Dana! ) shelf liner and hoped that Aubrey wouldn't notice the next time he had to fix the pipes...hearing him yell when he did was priceless!!!! :) Smiling here at the memory of it...:)
So, I know exactly what you are going through, Blondie...Maybe one day you will be able to chuckle at them memory of it all. Those things will truly test your sanity!
Love you both!
Have a great day!
Candygirl
Hope this finds you both having slept well and looking forward to a new day.
I am working on the old cup of coffee and thinking about the day and how many things that need to be done this week. Wow! A busy one! I wish I were an octopus! A little, no alot overwhelmed! Ugh! The field trips were great yesterday, but I am still trying to get the sprinkles out of the carpet.
Blondie, I wanted to let you know that you inspired me to get a new do! And the funny thing is that I was so aggravated with my hair that I put it in a ponytail, ran out to the backyard where Dana was working on his flowers, turned around and said,
"Cut above the rubberband." He look at me in horror and said,"Are you sure! What if I mess you up?" I said, " It will be fine. Beth told me all about how to do this...You can't mess it up." Welllll......LOL
Funny thing is, Beth was talking about Meg Ryan doing this in a movie and how after you do it, when it falls, it will be straight and in layers. But, Beth forgot to tell me that you put the ponytail like a spout on top of your head, not down your back. Needless to say, an appointment with Rebecca or Tina is gonna have to happen at some time this week to straighten this out..And clippies are wonderful to hide things.....LOL...Damn that Meg Ryan! She probably had a stunt double and Jose Eber actually did the cutting...LOL....Poor Dana was horrified at the poor lifeless ponytail that fell to the ground. I don't think he will ever do that again no matter how much I beg....LOL
Thought this would give you both a chuckle just picturing the whole scenario.
Good thing is...Hair does grow back...LOL
Gypsy, be careful today in this weather...I think it is going to be pretty bad where you are. And know that you are in my thoughts and prayers and I am always here if you need to talk. I am so sorry for what the Bamboo people did to you. But you know, Karma is lovely! They'll get theirs....Maybe in the form of a huge pack of escaped Pandas from the New Orleans Zoo. ( I know this is not even a remote probability, but isn't it fun to just picture it? LOL )
Blondie, I hope your move is progressing well and the critters are tamed.
You can always put crisco around the top rim of a full sink of water with cheese floating on a little styrofoam boat in the middle and attempt to drown them....yes, I tried this many moons ago while in the trailer on Mosley Road...LOL..I thought Aubrey would never stop laughing at me that I thought this would actually work. I thought it was brilliant at the time...they would dive in for the cheese and when trying to get back out, the crisco would keep them slipping back into the water...oh my gosh, this sounds so stupid even as I type this...I am laughing so hard at the memory of it! You talk about mice issues! Every Spring when Freddie disked up the fields, they ran straight for that old trailer and tormented me! I will never forget the sight of a HUGE field rat standing upright in my pantry taking down a bag of chocolate chips with it's jaws stuffed like a chipmunk! I screamed like a Banshee and of course sleeping beauty never woke up. It just ambled out of the pantry, mouth full of chocolate chips, looking at me like I was crazy! And I can remember sitting up in bed in the middle of the night every time I would hear a trap go off and yelling, " Yes!!!!"
Of course, sleeping beauty never woke up for that either! LOL And, spraying a whole can of plumbing foam around the pipe under the kitchen sink because I was convinced that's where they were coming in and not realizing that it would grow and it looked like Jaba The Hut under my kitchen sink. I just covered it up with some nice Green checked ( yes, I said checked Dana! ) shelf liner and hoped that Aubrey wouldn't notice the next time he had to fix the pipes...hearing him yell when he did was priceless!!!! :) Smiling here at the memory of it...:)
So, I know exactly what you are going through, Blondie...Maybe one day you will be able to chuckle at them memory of it all. Those things will truly test your sanity!
Love you both!
Have a great day!
Candygirl
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Introspection
Good Morning My loves,
Or should I say good afternoon. My days and nights are turned around. Gotta fix that. I love early mornings.
Wish I could have a big old cuppa with the 2 of you. And we could drink Merlot and help Blondie pack, and hear about the field trip... and I could bemoan my Gypsy status. It's a stormy day here, and since the BAMBOO ()&*)( decided not to pay me for the weeks and weeks of work I did for them, kind of a scramble. Just means more freelancing.
Usually life is an adventure... you never know what or who is around the corner... but some days you just WISH you had a cozy fire and your two best girls. Don't have a lot of time. Just wanted you to know I was thinkin' bout ya.
gYpSy
Or should I say good afternoon. My days and nights are turned around. Gotta fix that. I love early mornings.
Wish I could have a big old cuppa with the 2 of you. And we could drink Merlot and help Blondie pack, and hear about the field trip... and I could bemoan my Gypsy status. It's a stormy day here, and since the BAMBOO ()&*)( decided not to pay me for the weeks and weeks of work I did for them, kind of a scramble. Just means more freelancing.
Usually life is an adventure... you never know what or who is around the corner... but some days you just WISH you had a cozy fire and your two best girls. Don't have a lot of time. Just wanted you to know I was thinkin' bout ya.
gYpSy
Tuesday Ramblings....
Happy Tuesday!
Today, I have a huge group of 3rd graders coming to the shop to tour, make little cupcakes and buy treats. So much fun! Love these field trips. :)
Well, my girl left last night. Does it ever get any easier to let them go? The only thing that kept me from crying was to know that she will be back in a couple of weeks for 6 days! Yay! And the little time that we had to "visit" was so precious. It is beginning to remind me so much of when I "visit" Mama and how she in turn "visited" Grandma Byrd. Amazing how your talk changes to flowers, cooking and cleaning products and the inevitable - Is he treating you right? Is he helping around the house? Are you sure?
MB will be leaving me Wednesday to go to Texas with the band. She will be doing a whirlwind tour of San Antonio and playing at the Alamo. How cool is that? She is busy packing and getting ready for all of the fun. Over dinner last night, this brought up the time that Jess went to Washington with Chorus for the inaugural ( is that even spelled right LOL ) parade and wound up in the middle of a riot complete with tear gas and swat team. She was mortified at the protestors and came back with lots of stories to tell. I sincerely hope that this school trip is a good one for Mary Beth. All I know is that in listening to them, I don't think I would even want to be in high school again.
Gypsy, don't ever lose your love of front porch sitting. That has been my favorite past time this weekend. Watching the lightning bugs and simple talk...just smelling the jasmine. Why have people let this southern past time go?
You are very blessed to live where you are living. I am so envious! May you have many more nights of merlot and oreos with friends...Hopefully one day soon I can come sit on that porch and enjoy the night with you.
Blondie...I so feel your pain with moving. I swore I would never do it again. It is sooo hard. And here we are talking about doing it again when MB gets out of school. And you do wonder where on earth all of this stuff came from. Wouldn't it be great if you could just leave it all there and start over fresh? I so wish I could be there to help you. It is overwhelming to say the least.
Hope you girlies have a wonderful day and are at this moment enjoying your second cup of coffee.
Love you both!
Candygirl
Today, I have a huge group of 3rd graders coming to the shop to tour, make little cupcakes and buy treats. So much fun! Love these field trips. :)
Well, my girl left last night. Does it ever get any easier to let them go? The only thing that kept me from crying was to know that she will be back in a couple of weeks for 6 days! Yay! And the little time that we had to "visit" was so precious. It is beginning to remind me so much of when I "visit" Mama and how she in turn "visited" Grandma Byrd. Amazing how your talk changes to flowers, cooking and cleaning products and the inevitable - Is he treating you right? Is he helping around the house? Are you sure?
MB will be leaving me Wednesday to go to Texas with the band. She will be doing a whirlwind tour of San Antonio and playing at the Alamo. How cool is that? She is busy packing and getting ready for all of the fun. Over dinner last night, this brought up the time that Jess went to Washington with Chorus for the inaugural ( is that even spelled right LOL ) parade and wound up in the middle of a riot complete with tear gas and swat team. She was mortified at the protestors and came back with lots of stories to tell. I sincerely hope that this school trip is a good one for Mary Beth. All I know is that in listening to them, I don't think I would even want to be in high school again.
Gypsy, don't ever lose your love of front porch sitting. That has been my favorite past time this weekend. Watching the lightning bugs and simple talk...just smelling the jasmine. Why have people let this southern past time go?
You are very blessed to live where you are living. I am so envious! May you have many more nights of merlot and oreos with friends...Hopefully one day soon I can come sit on that porch and enjoy the night with you.
Blondie...I so feel your pain with moving. I swore I would never do it again. It is sooo hard. And here we are talking about doing it again when MB gets out of school. And you do wonder where on earth all of this stuff came from. Wouldn't it be great if you could just leave it all there and start over fresh? I so wish I could be there to help you. It is overwhelming to say the least.
Hope you girlies have a wonderful day and are at this moment enjoying your second cup of coffee.
Love you both!
Candygirl
Monday, April 25, 2011
We are all such Kindred Spirits! I'm sitting here, blogging, with my cup of coffee in hand! Just got up, pulled myself into the kitchen and ground those delicious Colombian beans... No Folgers, we're not civilized here, but the Colombian is definitely the next best thing. Got my first cup, in my favorite Alabama mug, and came to catch up with my Girls. What should I find, but the confessions of my two other coffeeholics! I love it!
Well, things are crazy busy here, in our little mouse house. Packing, cleaning, scrubbing, disinfecting... I need more coffee, or maybe some bourbon! It's a crying shame I can't turn those mice into little worker fairy's who can do all of this for me. Then I might not feel the need to assassinate them. :-)
Hopefully, after another cup of coffee and my enthusiasm will pick up... Hmmm, I'm thinking not. I have to say, moving is not one of my favorite pass times. Candy Girl... My whole house is like a never ending pantry. Why in the world do feel the need to save old bars of soap??? I mean really, if you didn't use the thing completely the first time, what makes you think you'll use now??? And shopping bags??? Don't even get me started! Every time I say, let's clear out all of the things we don't use and just get rid of them, but somehow they end up packed away until the next time we move. I blame mice.
Gypsy Stella... I'm shaking my head and the only thing I can think about is, "he's practically the same age as my son!" :-/ Just remember, they're like little puppies who follow you home, all cute and sweet, and their little puppy breath is so adorable... But, then when it's time to get rid of them, it's virtually impossible!
I hope you both have a good week! I'll keep you posted on house hunting progress, otherwise my next blog may from the inside of a cardboard box under the freeway overpass!
Love you both muchly!
The One Who Followed Love
My Gypsy Ways
Can you believe it 2 p.m. Monday and I am JUST NOW making coffee?! and yes... it's Folgers. Sometimes that BIG RED CAN... acts like a beacon... calling me home :)
But yes 2 pm... first cuppa. Didnt go to bed to almost 5 a.m though. Ah such is the life of a vagabond writer with a 27 year old "boyfriend" (CLUTCH THE PEARLS)
I wish I felt even the slightest hint of remorse... but it AIN'T there, despite my bible belt up bringing. And so, I am trying to wrap my mind around a school board article and poetry, with just the slightest hint of,How Stella Got Her Groove back, playing in my head.... well HUNNY BUNNIES.... I KNOWZ how she got it :)
LOL... it's so funny when ya think about it. Red, Blondie, and the Dark one...
Dual Continents, Business Owner, Author... and ALABAMA GURLS!!
WELL... the gurgling of my black and decker has stopped
and the pungent aroma of life fills my nostrils... LOVE TO MY GIRLIES... 5 times even
Hey Candy Girl... wish I had a coconut bon bon, and Blondie... Keep it Classy down under <3 HHHUUUUUUUUUGGGS!
The Gypsy
But yes 2 pm... first cuppa. Didnt go to bed to almost 5 a.m though. Ah such is the life of a vagabond writer with a 27 year old "boyfriend" (CLUTCH THE PEARLS)
I wish I felt even the slightest hint of remorse... but it AIN'T there, despite my bible belt up bringing. And so, I am trying to wrap my mind around a school board article and poetry, with just the slightest hint of,How Stella Got Her Groove back, playing in my head.... well HUNNY BUNNIES.... I KNOWZ how she got it :)
LOL... it's so funny when ya think about it. Red, Blondie, and the Dark one...
Dual Continents, Business Owner, Author... and ALABAMA GURLS!!
WELL... the gurgling of my black and decker has stopped
and the pungent aroma of life fills my nostrils... LOVE TO MY GIRLIES... 5 times even
Hey Candy Girl... wish I had a coconut bon bon, and Blondie... Keep it Classy down under <3 HHHUUUUUUUUUGGGS!
The Gypsy
Ahhhhhh....COFFEE!!!!
Why is it that when your feet first touch the floor in the morning ( slooowwwwly touch the floor ) that the first thing you do, even before you visit the little girls room is make that first pot of coffee? Folgers, might I add. It's like a drug that you must have and Heaven help anyone who stands in your way or happens by you just in case you find that you are out of coffee and have to make do with whatever piece of a bag of old "flavored" coffee you may find hidden behind the things in the pantry that no one eats. You know those things? Off brand Little Debbies that are hard as a rock and contain raisins. Raisins. Little Boxes of raisins that you keep buying for children's lunches and snacks that are petrified and have been in there since 2000... Many bags of dried beans that you swear you are going to cook and never do. The ingredients for home made yeast bread that you also swear you are going to find time for and never do. Ten cans of beanie weenies left from a Hurricane stash along with several cans of spaghetti O's and ravioli that you keep buying even though your kids have long left or outgrown them and moved on to much more mature things to eat like Taco Bell. Boxes of Lucky Charms and Captain Crunch that are stale because no one rolled down the little plastic bag, but you just keep accumulating new unopened boxes of cereal and just leave those there thinking that sure someone will finish a box before opening another one. ( The articles in a pantry are enough for another blog all it's own. It's like the articles in a woman's purse...really tells alot about who you are and what your life is about. ) There are many things on the grocery list when going to Walmart that you have to remember to buy - but the things that truly CANNOT be forgotten are in this order 1. Folgers Coffee. 2. Toilet paper. 3. Little Debbies. 4. Sleepy Time Tea. 5. Detergent. 6. Cat Food. And everything else is maybe I'll remember it, maybe not.
And so, I begin this Monday morning with my cup of coffee and my Advil ( to get the little ass aches taken care of quickly ) and I will soon go to the bathroom and begin my ritual of makeup application to hide the lack of sleep and try to figure out what I am going to do with this wild mane of hair I seem to have accumulated in the past year and am seriously considering donating to locks of love, and drink my second cup and get myself mentally prepared for another week of cake baking and candy making and dealing with brides and wedding cake and catering demands that make me cringe....you know? I think I will just sit down and have a third cup and go in late. It's Monday. And I'm supposed to be closed.
Happy Monday, Girls! Raise your coffee cup and offer a toast to the week that this one will be better than last. :)
Candy Girl :)
And so, I begin this Monday morning with my cup of coffee and my Advil ( to get the little ass aches taken care of quickly ) and I will soon go to the bathroom and begin my ritual of makeup application to hide the lack of sleep and try to figure out what I am going to do with this wild mane of hair I seem to have accumulated in the past year and am seriously considering donating to locks of love, and drink my second cup and get myself mentally prepared for another week of cake baking and candy making and dealing with brides and wedding cake and catering demands that make me cringe....you know? I think I will just sit down and have a third cup and go in late. It's Monday. And I'm supposed to be closed.
Happy Monday, Girls! Raise your coffee cup and offer a toast to the week that this one will be better than last. :)
Candy Girl :)
Sunday, April 24, 2011
HUMOR IN AVOIDANCE OF TEARS
I've truly been remiss in contributing to our lovely new blog... Thanks Gyps! As I sit and read your beautiful, and poignant, words I feel that undeniable ache that tells me how much I'm missing home and family. So, today, due my fragile psyche, I'm going to only talk about things to make you laugh... And my inevitable contribution to the ridiculous. As you know, since we've returned to the "Never Never" life has been a little on the hectic side. We returned to find unwanted guests, or as I like to fondly refer to them, the mice from HELL! When people say, "a plague has descended upon their house" now I truly know what that means. So, over the last 4 weeks I've spent more time trying to find ways to navigate through the house without my feet touching the floor, and I've become best friends with my bedroom, which now has a mouse proof sandbag... it looks like a large orange boa constrictor laying in front of my door. Speaking of snakes, I've honestly thought about investing in one... I'm thinking this would be a great book... "The Day My Boa Ate The Mice." I have a new profound respect for snakes. Having taken you through my mouse tirade, I can now inform you that while I feel my house is close to mouse free, it now smells to high heaven of decaying mouse carcase, which is a whole new HELL in itself. Yes, it's like the gift that just keeps on giving! Promise to write soon, with hopefully much more eloquent topic of conversation. Know that I miss you both and all our Dear Family. Until next time...
The One That Followed Love
Transitions
It's odd ain't it candy girl... all 3 of us are in transitions. Transiting to the second half. I guess that comes in your 40's ... ooohh I can't believe we are in our 40's and our kids are grown, and we still feel like girls in so many ways. I'm glad J came to "visit" - My Nic is coming to visit, and here I am in a new place, just learning who I am. I like this time with me though. I am living very simply in this place that's like a cross between Mayberry and Northern Exposure. And here I am, the Gypsy, not married, involved with more than one guy, writing... dancing under the moon, and remembering you and the blonde one :) I wonder how she is doing? so much going on since the Margarita Saturday, wonder when we be able to all be together again. Whatever happens this is what I know; Spring seeds will give away to Summer flowers, you still can't put chocolate in your storefront, Blondie is ALL THE WAY across the world, and lighten bugs are just weeks away.
ps... been waiting to bake a peach pie from scratch
Love to my girls
the Gypsy
ps... been waiting to bake a peach pie from scratch
Love to my girls
the Gypsy
The Room
She followed me wearily down the hallway after the 7 hour drive home to spend the weekend with us...I was so excited for her to see the haven I had created for her for when she returned...Turquoise walls, billowy curtains, seashells everywhere, paintings of mermaids and beach scenes.... Well, it actually is supposed to be my get-away room, but it has turned into the place that I go to sit and remember the child that suddenly grew up and left to begin her own adult life...the place that I go to reflect on her childhood and how much I miss those days ...I don't even know why I still call it "her room." In my mind, it's as if she is still away at college and will be home soon for another whirlwind weekend... she will always be back. I realized this week after one of my sessions in there that she has a home of her own now, and this room will be a place she stays when she visits.
Visits. That word is hard to swallow.
I opened the door and asked her, " Well, what do you think?"
She looked at me with tears in her eyes and said, " It's beautiful. I'm so glad to be home. I love it. "
I was so happy that she loved the room. So glad that it is no longer empty as it has been since January.
So glad to have her home. And so looking forward to our "visit." I guess I will have to get used to that word for now.
And Monday night, after she leaves, I am sure I will go in the room and cry and wonder where the time has gone, and miss her, and plan the next "visit."
Visits. That word is hard to swallow.
I opened the door and asked her, " Well, what do you think?"
She looked at me with tears in her eyes and said, " It's beautiful. I'm so glad to be home. I love it. "
I was so happy that she loved the room. So glad that it is no longer empty as it has been since January.
So glad to have her home. And so looking forward to our "visit." I guess I will have to get used to that word for now.
And Monday night, after she leaves, I am sure I will go in the room and cry and wonder where the time has gone, and miss her, and plan the next "visit."
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Three Girls Three Lives
This is the place for us to begin. Three girls, three very different lives, bound together by kinship and blood.
The Red- headed Business Owner, Candy girl, The Blonde one who followed love to Australia, The Brunette Gypsy Writer .... our lives, our journey, our paths...
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