Katy Perry fantasizes about boxes of kittens too!!
Author: Nikki J.
Worried about my mom these days…. She sounds like she’s crashing. Her voice sounds small and lonely. She is out of money, in pain from untreated dental problems, and eating meals provided by local Catholic charities that serve the homeless – but feels so guilty about it that she’s volunteering and cleaning there (so typical of her!)
She tells me stories of the other homeless people she meets, and even manages to giggle and find humor in some of the situations. I miss her laughter. She even called me “sweetie” and asked about Chuck…
The delusions are still there – I have to remind myself of that – but it’s hard to hear her say “I so wish I had a friend.”
#Hopeless.
“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You’ll be dead soon enough!”
– Ernest Hemingway
Mini Cardboard Chuckles getting some #blonde action in the #photobooth… He’s so faded he looks like a ghost apparition!
Currently reading:
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. I expected a tough read, but it’s actually not that bad, with the exception of the long names that I can’t pronounce. Luckily, Tolstoy repeats the full names with almost every reference, so that helps me keep the characters straight.
Chuck and I are reading it together, so we can discuss it together (and watch the movie when he gets home!) Supposedly it’s touted by some as one of the best novels of all time. We’ll have to see about that!
Ladies’ shot from the wedding in Charlottesville this weekend. We look like we should be at Foxfields or Gold Cup or something!
Watched “The Land Before Time” last night…
… and I must say, that movie is kinda deep!! Of course, I was also crying like a baby throughout. The same way I do when I watch any movie from my childhood these days. How are they children’s movies in the first place?! There is some serious material in them! They’re not all fluff and innocence.
I guess it just went over my head back then, and I focused on the cute animals and the happy endings and the fun music.
Seriously though. Dumbo. Cool Runnings. Anne of Green Gables. Bambi. They’re all so much more powerful now! Everyone go watch!
Surprise! My #handsome #Marine showed up afterall! #wedding #usmc #deployment #cardboardchuckles
Internet providers, cable companies, and the Post Office all agree… I’m rural! #citygirlgonecountry #okigetthepicture (at Village Of Stump Sound)
Save your way to $1 million
Just 10 years of aggressive saving can help you sock away enough money for a comfortable retirement.
As painful as it can be sometimes, I’m a big fan of the aggressive savings approach, especially while we are DINKs (Dual Income No Kids.) Maybe that makes me a Scrooge, but to do the things I want in life, money kind of helps. Plus, I am all too familiar with those unexpected hurdles that pop out of nowhere. And when the time for getting kids through college comes – all I can say is Lord have mercy!
Wildflowers & Whimsy 