Monday Funday!

Jon and I usually have Mondays off so we pack them full of fun. Today we are broke and have no car, but still wanted today to be a Funday!  While Beverly napped Benjamin and I planted forget-me-nots and Benjamin and Jon put a "grow your own pet" egg in a bowl of water. We were feeling pretty scientific today. For our big adventure we walked to the nearest pet supply store and bought a fish!! We bought a baby beta for $2. It will be fun to watch it grow. We don't know what kind it is nor do we know the sex, but Benjamin now knows how to say Fish! Now as the day is winding down, and we still have no car, we will go down to the pool for a soak and maybe fry up some burgers and eat on our balcony! Monday Fundays are the best.

Meet Shark Bait!!!  

I shot a Mockingbird
  Watched it hit the ground
I killed a Mockingbird
   Its body I found

Carried a Mockingbird
   Weightless it did feel
Cried for that Mockingbird
   Its lungs not of steel

Buried a Mockingbird
   Laying it to rest
Prayed for that Mockingbird
   Who sang from its nest




I will admit I have a problem with hurting the ones who love me most. My parents, my husband, my kids. They all love me so much, and yet I get the most angry at them. After it is all said and done I immediately regret it, but I know one of these days it will be too late. I have got to find a way to change that about myself, or soon I will have no Mockingbirds left in my life.

Even the Most Elaborate Song Begins With a Single Note

Before I became a mom, my days were filled with thoughts. Thoughts of poems to write and images to paint or draw. My mind was so abstract there was never a dull moment! Now that I am a mother of two things have changed. My thoughts now drift to meals I need to make or nap schedules I need to keep. This blog will hopefully bring back some of my fantastical and peaceful thoughts I had before. I am hoping this revives a part of me that I feel has been dead for the past year and a half. So here is my single note. May it lead to a ballad so grand that it can never be lost again.