The one thing I imagined I'd look forward to with an empty nest is that our house would always be clean and tidy. There wouldn't be shoes and clothes strewn about. There wouldn't be messes on the floors, and stuff left behind the doors. There wouldn't be piles of papers on the counters. There wouldn't be… Continue reading Where cats, ants, and sex cross paths
Tag: Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge
The world famous food exchange
Husbands and wives, males and females, humans and birds...doppelgängers alike prepare and exchange meals throughout the world. In our little section of the world, it is the males that take lead in locating and preparing the food for the females. As it should be right? I know that I'm not complaining. No way, no how.… Continue reading The world famous food exchange
This chick’s getting into empty nesting
Sunday marked the official empty nest's one-week-down mark since our youngest moved away. It was a beautiful spring day. So many possibilities...what's an empty nest mom to do? Reflect, of course. (My gray hair sure has grown in a year...!) As I look back, I'm thinking, "This empty nest thing might be my kind of thing?"… Continue reading This chick’s getting into empty nesting
A gardening revival
Today, I woke refreshed but achy. It's a beautiful morning. The sun is shining and the neighbor is already working. I'll blur that thought out of my mind. Instead, it's better to enjoy the fact I can capture tiny dew drops on the grass. Oh, my, I've missed seeing them over the winter months. Welcome… Continue reading A gardening revival
Building spring relationships
I knew it was going to happen as soon as the ground thawed. I've been prepared for it, even if I don't like it. They delivered the building supplies this week. And yesterday, out came their mallets and up went the start of the walls. The building that will block my sunrise view has claimed… Continue reading Building spring relationships
Time to break out the running shoes
Today was the day I no longer let this relentless winter weather thwart me from getting outside to enjoy some fresh air. I needed a view of a different type of scenery involving nature outside of our house. Even if the view everywhere I look is still white with dead trees waiting to bud, there's got… Continue reading Time to break out the running shoes