Someone pass me a tissue.....

In the ever changing, never ending role as MOTHER, few moments are more defining than finding a photo like this one…..

…..on your #3 daughter’s camera card.

I felt like a sapling during a tsunami, as waves of different emotions surged over me.

While looking closely at the photo (so as to ascertain which of my children I might inflict my maternal praises on) a whole new tidal wave of pride loomed on the horizon.

Not only is one of my offspring amazingly proficient at hostage retention BUT they do so with unmistakable compassion, as evidenced by the padding on the section of the drawstring (from their Dad’s pajama bottoms) that encircles the sacrificial lamb/captive.

Someone please pass me another tissue……………….

Free on Friday:Bringing in the Harvest!!

Isn't this a beautiful thing??!! Organization and thriftiness AND FREE---I am seriously all-a-tingle!! Shelf Reliance has themselves a beautiful blog and they are starting a NEW feature called "Free on Fridays". They will be offering a NEW giveaway every other Friday. I have been drooling over their shelving systems and food storage line for awhile now and I can't tell you how excited I am for this new feature! They give you 5 different ways to enter so HURRY on over to there blog HERE and start entering!!!! Or not--just makes less competition for me--heh-heh...

Shelf Reliance has also given me the opportunity to evaluate one of their products and then they want to sponsor a giveaway on my blog.........BE STILL MY HEART.....

So stay tuned----it's coming!!!!!!!!!

Stayin' Alive

To get the FULL ENTERTAINMENT VALUE of the following piece--PLEASE push the play button on my sidebar.
(Well, actually, picturing me singing in a falsetto voice in white spandex might give you more bang for your blogging buck)

(Then there is the picture of me with my finger in a light socket singing falsetto--Ah, ha, ha, ha....)

(Or--there is the picture of me dancing disco, singing falsetto in a white spandex straight jacket...)

(--oh I just can't decide....)

Stayin Alive

Well, you can tell by the way I cross my eyes,

I've lost my mind: no time to talk.

The kids are loud and the freezer's warm, I've been kicked around

Since they were born.

And now it's alright. It's ok.

And you may look the other way.

We can try to understand

why it is I can no longer stand.

Whether your're a brother or whether you're a mother,

Your're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

Feel my mind breakin', and everybody shakin',

And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

AH, HA, HA, HA stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

AH, HA,HA,HA stayin' alive.

Well now, I get low and I get high,

All medication I will gladly try.

Got my Mother's voice in my head.

On my phone, just shoot me dead.

You know it's alright, it's ok.

She'll live to see another day.

We can try to understand

"frosted" flakes effect, oh man.

Whether your're a brother or whether you're a mother,

Your're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

Feel my mind breakin', and everybody shakin',

And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

AH, HA, HA, HA stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

AH, HA,HA,HA stayin' alive.

Life goin' everywhere. Somebody help me.

Somebody help me, yeah.

Life goin' everywhere. Somebody help me.

Somebody help me, yeah. Stayin' alive.

Well, second daughter gets mono and needs Mom,

Must retrieve her and bring her home.

Dad's still sick and hanging on,

School is out, I'm barely hangin' on.

And now it's alright. It's ok.

And you may look the other way.

While I try to understand

The reason I am mad.

Whether your're a brother or whether you're a mother.

Your're stayin' alive, staying' alive.

Feel the van is breakin' cuz it's a really shakin',

So far we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

AH, HA, HA, HA, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

AH, HA, HA, HA, stayin' alive.

Life goin' everywhere. Somebody help me.

Somebody help me, yeah.

Life goin' everywhere. Somebody help me, yeah.

I'm stayin' alive.

Hey everyone! Yes, my nose is still above water but the waves are high. (Cuz everyone loves a good nautical mixed metaphor- right?!) Anyways--more soon---hope all is well!!