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Lately I have been feeling like
Practical Magic meets Enchanted April

 I wish I were Stockard Channing at times
kick ass, bad mouthed, brass balled

 

but alas
I'm not...
very often
But I am happy to report that there is a new man
in my life
Jose..
....now don't get all freaked out
He's my new personal trainer
and he is kick ass....
my ass
But in a good way.....
I keep telling him to go easy on me
...I'm old
He rejects that
and raises the weight

Good golly
It feels so good to be back with a trainer
to be back at the gym
...ah such perfume to my nasal passages
and when I leave....I'm high on worked muscles
....such a high
to feel in touch with your body
in touch with muscles that I forgot I had
...oh those little muscles that you find
....Working on my own was not enough
I needed to feel the way I used to feel after a good workout

I tried locating my old crazy trainer
but so awful......I discovered that he died
in a car accident .....

So when I am struggling on my third rep
I think of him.....remembering him
always saying...when I moaned....that
This is no tea party!
The man was brutal
and I loved every minute of it.... him helping me discover my strength
and courage
to hang in there
Now that was and is Practical Magic

 

 

 

These photos are from Spay Illinois
They gave me a good laugh...
....hope they brighten your day too

 

 

 

 If you have ever read my other blog..my garden blog
you might just know that I have been feeding a feral cat for years and years
we have a staring relationship
He stares through the glass until I get him warm chicken
But since it has been so cold I have put out some dry food for him
and yesterday
if you read my post..you know that I went to a lovely affair with my Prince
.....just as we were about to leave, he looked out the door
and gasped..
Really, he said...I think your mink has arrived
What are you talking about? i asked as I went to the door
And mother may I.....there eating Handsome's food was a mink
....we don't have mink here
We thought it to be a weasel...but no, it was a mink
with an injury to its fur around its neck
Good golly
We watched it struggle to eat the dry found
and then it hopped away in a funny front leg than back leg prance
....I really need to turn off the WELCOME light

What a way to begin our evening
really

 

 

I actually have to get dressed up tonight
...how hard being 62 is
takes a whole lot more of makeup & jewelry
I'm still adjusting to my new haircut
I now go to Douglass...a self proclaimed dancing queen
I think we are a match
He drives the same kind of car that I do....
oh honey...we are going to get along...he said
when he saw my car...and my leopard car mats
Yeah, I still have a tince of rebel in me
But back to tonight....
It's not a fancy fancy gathering....but fancy enough
.....shucks...I haven't worn my heels in a long time
......that is truly a disgrace and a breaking of my personal rules

Oh how have I strayed so far from what I love to be?

I went to the walking track this morning.....been doing it daily...yeah!
..But it's harder to go an hour
my feet hurt, my shins bellyache
and honestly..it sucks
walking with flaxen-haired little winged Mercuries
flashing by me with those cute shorts...
that I used to wear....oh woe
I am happy to get into my yoga pants
...squeeze...is a better word

So tonight may actually be a good thing.
Though I won't be the babe I once was...in my mind anyway
I still was able to get my feet into those heels
...black ones with sparkles
and it felt good....
.I should do this more often.....

I know my Prince would agree.
 

 

 

watch out Laguna Beach
two new purple belts
are on the loose

 

 

Oh....
to have attitude

 

They knew.
They always know...
when you're exhausted
...mentally
 ...physically
...emotionally.

This year they caught me wallowing in
...what used to be
...what I rather see
...what wasn't.

Then you catch them peeking
into your darkest corners of
...grief
...regret
...sadness
...loneliness
...and doubt.

That's when they attack
...when you're down
...when you're weakened
when you have resigned.

That's when the local viruses
and bacteria get you,
Invade your vulnerable body...
and your down for the count.

I guess this is the only way I would have stopped
and slowed down
and taken care of myself...
I was forced to.

Pots of tea
and cough meds
Pain relievers
and buttered saltines
...like my Grandma used to make me.
A warm blanket on a comfy couch
...and last night
Project runway all stars

....and sleep came
and it was good
 

 

We're off to Galena!
They just had a blizzard!
whoopie!
Hills and valleys covered in snow
blue skies
ah...life is good
 

I went to a Christmas concert with my mom today
It was a gray sky day and a bit chilly
A few things weighed my spirit down &
I wasn't feeling the magic going in
 

 

We had a wonderful lunch of ham and scalloped potatoes
 And before the music began
I nestled my butt down in a back row chair
and held a printed sheet of song lyrics in my hand
They played and sang all the familiar Carols
and some fun holiday songs
I listened while staring around the room, the great hall
...staring at all the boughs of green
and the enormous Christmas tree covered in pressed
Queen Anne's Lace sprayed in glitter
Large red bows gracing the tips of the branches
...a Nativity set made out of yarn before me on the piano
....and still my sky was gray skied and chilly
What is wrong with me?
Little child within, lead me....
look, look for joy...as only you can
find
And then I heard the lady next to me sing
off key...way off key
but full of vigor
and she flipped her crossed legged foot to the beat
her foot carressed in the gaudiest christmas socks I had ever seen
She saw me looking at them and smiled
like a proud child
and then in front of her was a gray haired woman...
singing... tears running down her face
and a little patch of blue
appeared
 in my sky



 

 

Oh tidings of comfort and joy

 

 

12/12/12
Auspicious
day to turn 62

I honor this child within
she has led the way

I remember flying out to Laguna Beach
to see my son's new house
We met my daughtet-in-law's mom at the restaurant
we brought our housewarming gifts along
but halfway through lunch...our daughter-in-law
pulled out two wrapped boxes
one for each mom
For You...she said
What? We are supposed to give you the gifts..
open she said
We ( her mom and I) screamed out at the same time
got up from the table and danced in the restaurant
We had been handed sonagrams
of this above pictured girl
Today she is 6 years old
Happy Birthday
my little princess wonder

 

Boo went to the vet today
hmm
I just know if I had had a sister
she would be like Boo
perfect...
perfect weight
good fur
nice teeth
bright eyes
adorable

hmmph
I won't tell Miss Kitty
she's miserable
with her 2 ounces of chicken
and a bit of kitty kibble
I won't breath a word
 

 

Miss Kitty O'Shea went to the vet today
They made her get on to the scale
HISSSSSS!
I know Kitty
I too have suffered this indignity
at the hands of my own doctor
......and they said the same thing to me, girl
Lose a few......huh!
easy for a young rail thin doctor to say
.....wait till she's had a litter
...then we'll see...
yeah...then we'll see
and add a few years and life's struggles
onto that ....and then we'll really see

...yes...Miss Kitty O'Shea
that was 2ounces of chicken a day
I had the vet's assistant write it down
hissssss you say

 

 

In the midst of chaos I found
you, many of you jammed
 in a wire bin at Home Depot
I chose you....your stem seeking to obey
finding a crack in the box, a way
fulfilling destiny

On my kitchen counter I freed you from your bondage
sighed at your bent stem
your bare roots...sighed again.....I knew the miracle of you
the ordinary miracle of life
placed you in pot,
 a blanket of soil
placed a pillow of peat
 gave you
water and light
and every morning as I stumbled to make coffee
you greeted me with overnight growth
and I smiled
tried to share this miracle with visiting grandchildren
but they heard not a word
but went on to play their games
drink their strawberry milk
but you are still a miracle to me
this morning
sun shining through your petals
I think I hear the hallelujah choir

 

joy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor Handsome...
competition
for HIS food

The little ones are coming tonight from California
I wished that they had seen these critters
but the racoon and possum scattered
when I turned the light on
....Handsome got a fresh bowl of chicken
..don't worry
....I just got to get this kitty in!
 

 

coming soon to Illinois
!!!!

 

When everyone is in the cart

who will be left to pull it?

 

 

 



 

 

 

sacred relationship


photo by
Lisa Kristine

 

 

it takes a herd

 

you takin to me?