Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Little Moments in a Life - 7

Morning coffee, Titus and sunshine

Enjoying Bella Grace magazine Issue 1

Didn’t feel good all day. Laid around most of the day.

Laying in bed at the end of the day and hear Titus dreaming and barking in his sleep. I wonder what he's dreaming about.

Monday, April 6, 2020

Little Moments in a Life - 6


Thankful for a job that I can work from home

Elijah joining me in the craft room to do school work while I work. This is corona life

Grocery store trip, they are limiting the amount of people in the stores. Signs on the floor for social distancing to stay 6 feet apart

Sitting on the porch with Fonzy and Titus while a spring rain rolls in

Late night FaceTime with Ezekiel and Sydney while Fonzy and I lay in bed.

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Little Moments in a Life - 5


80 degrees 

Cleaning flower beds of weeds. India Arie playing in my ear. Dancing and weed pulling

Finding 2 dead bumblebees, holding them in my hand and stroking their soft furry bodies

Earth worms wiggling back in the ground

Saturday, April 4, 2020

Little Moments in a Life - 4


Happy it's the weekend even though the days are running into each other. Sometimes it's hard to keep the days straight.

Watering the ferns and plants on the front porch in the quiet of the morning. Birds chirping happily 

Sunshine warming me

Roses are starting to bloom

Steaks and peaches on the grill

Friday, April 3, 2020

Little Moments in a Life - 3


Preparing the coffee to brew and hear the sound of a train horn from the tracks down the street. The sound brings me back to my childhood home that had tracks right across the street. I loved hearing the trains at night. The rhythmic sound of the wheels rolling on the tracks. Hearing trains always brings me back to my childhood home.

“Look Fonzy I sewed my first bodice!”
Fonzy: “What is that! We are in the apocalypse and you are sewing a Halloween dress!”

Thankful I have my own craft space to leave messy if need be.

Pizza and wine for dinner

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Little Moments in a Life - 2


Warm sunshine me as I water my plants. Noticing the new leaves on the trees in the backyard that seem to have sprouted overnight

Binging Ozark with Fonzy on the couch

Seeing a bright red cardinal in the backyard

Titus birthday today! He’s 7. My puppy love!

Life Today - Remember



Borrowed this post from a friend’s timeline.

Just so I NEVER forget.....
April 2,2020

*LasVegas (all casinos)is Still closed
* Gas price a mile from home was $1.48+/-
* School cancelled, with the unknown of returning to finish this school year(no graduation, no prom, no senior skip day)
* Many parents are learning to juggle working from home with homeschooling
* Self-distancing measures on the rise
* Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6ft) from each other
* Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors
* Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed
* Parks, trails, entire cities locked up
* Entire sports seasons cancelled at various school and professional levels (NBA, UFC, NHRA, MLB, Hockey all of it)
* Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled
* Weddings, funerals family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled, postponed or limited to 10 people
*No masses, churches are closed, and preachers jailed for allowing large gatherings
* Shouldn't socialize with anyone outside of your home
* Children's outdoor play parks are closed
* We are to distance from each other
* Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers
* Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill
* No visitors allowed in hospitals or nursing homes to visit sick or dying loved ones
* Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towel no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer
*Shelves are bare, but getting better
* Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE
* Government closes the border to all non-essential travel
* Fines are established for breaking the rules
* Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients
* Press conferences daily from the President and governor. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths
* Government incentives to stay home
* Barely anyone on the roads
* People wearing masks and gloves outside
* Essential service workers are terrified to go to work, while medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.

This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11th, 2020.

Why, you ask, do I write this status?

One day it will show up in my memory feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted.

We have so much!
Be thankful. Be grateful.
Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone.

We are all one! ❤️

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Coronavirus - April 1



We are in the third week of work from home due to the Coronovirus and in just a matter of weeks the world is totally different from what we are use to. Most days I feel like we are OK. We are homebodies, so staying home isn't really that much different for us, but there are some days I watch too much news and my mind runs wild with all the possibilities of terrible things that could happen. It's scary sometimes. When I feel stressed I've been turning to one of my many hobbies, knitting, baking, sewing, letter writing. Anything to take my mind off the madness. I've also started writing notes in my phone of little moments in my day to day to remember this time. How our days are spent, my thoughts, anything I want to remember. I plan on sharing them here on the blog. Today is the first day of little moments in a life. 

**************************************************************

The first sip of my morning coffee as I putter across the creaky wood floor to the dining table and computer, my new “office” in these Coronavirus times.

Neighbor coming down the street chasing after her dog. As she gets closer she yells, “ I don’t have the virus” I feel like I’m in a movie

On the couch cuddled close with Fonzy. I’m under a blanket, he lays his head on my shoulder while scrolling through his phone and I’m finally warm after being cold all day

Electric blue nail polish 

Turning on the sewing machine after several long months and sewing my first bodice for a dress. I couldn’t stop smiling at my accomplishment. 

Monday, March 9, 2020

Spring Is In The Air!

Happy Monday peeps! Spring is in the air and I’m so excited for warmer weather and longer days! The earth is waking from its long winter slumber and I feel the same!

My knitting mojo is back and I even took on my first test knit! So excited! Leslie at A Friend to Knit With is one of my favorite bloggers (her knitting and weekly cookie baking for her kids got me back in the day) and Instagram friend designed a sweater aptly named One Lovely Sweater! I started it this past weekend and have enjoyed it so much. I feel I will whip right through it!

Here’s to new knits, blooming flowers, warmer days and renewed spirit!

Sunday, January 26, 2020

One Year Dye Free - Woohoo!




One year dye free!! What can I say about this journey. First off, it flew by! And I thought I would be so much further along! When I decided to stop dyeing my hair, I wasn't sure if I was going to stick with it. I just knew I was tired of dyeing my hair every two weeks. The first few months are the hardest. I'd get strange looks, people telling me I would look old, was letting myself go. So many negative comments and naysayers. There were times I'd think about hitting the dye bottle again, but I resisted and so glad I did!

I really feel this journey is so much more than hair. I think about my Mom, who died at the age of 31 from cancer, my son who died at 19. They weren't given the gift of long life. Long enough to see the sparkle of grey in their hair. I have been granted this time on earth and I'm no longer going to hide that I am getting older. Guess what? We are all getting older! Every single day! And it's beautiful and a gift many were not granted! This journey has been about accepting myself, just as I am, not conforming to what others or society deems as beautiful. I've noticed so many women embracing their grey. We are not letting ourselves go, we are beautiful, unique, strong and starting a revolution!

The pictures below are my journey so far. They are mostly in order, and I'm so glad I took pictures to document this year. What a year it's been! I feel magical with my white hair! I can't wait to see how it grows and transforms in this new year!