Media and Me

I saw the Dr's show and they were talking about how people can permanently change their eye colors, have their hands lifted, faces injected, etc. I found it all really disturbing. I guess because it's like trying to keep up with the Jones of beauty and I'm made more aware of my own physical short comings. It starts to beat down my self-esteem. What happened to people naturally aging? I guess I don't want to age either but how far will we go? I want to move to some mountain where no one judges or cares about that stuff (not really). I wish people could forget trying to make Hollywood reality, because it's stressing me out. I'm not perfect and that's what makes me- ME! But then I see this media stuff and I think hey I might be "happier" if I had a pair of "those" on my chest or maybe I need a laser skin treatment. That's when I have to look inward and ask myself what's really the problem- because a band-aid only sticks so long.

Stuffed peppers

Well today I spent most of my time picking green beans and other veggies from our garden. I then made stuffed peppers for dinner. They came out pretty good. I half followed a receipt from Better Homes and Garden but made most of it up as I went. I was trying to use up older veggies before they expired. I took a picture of the peppers because they were so colorful!

Oh and our AC is fixed! Lucky for us it wasn't too expensive to repair. It's cool again!

Still hot and scared!

Well, it looks like tomorrow we will find out about the AC and Saturday we get our new hot water tank- yeah! Super exciting- anyway.

This evening we took little Marcus to this garden shop to pick up a plant and they had their Halloween stuff up. I picked little Marcus up so he could look in this coffin with Dracula and he jumped. Then big Marcus showed him the other figures and he didn't care for them much. This was a first for him and us, because he's never showed any fear before. We weren't sure how he even knew these images were scary but he sure clung to us and would get in a real panic if he thought we were going back over to it. I find that interesting. Was he afraid because they're ugly or can he sense something evil? I guess I'll never know.

We went to fountain again today too and little Marcus had fun! I'll post an older pic since I didn't have my camera and I like posting pictures :)

I'm feeling hot hot hot

Yesterday we came home from work to find that our AC broke and that our hot water tank was leaking. It's been a hot week, but the basement has been okay at least.

Etsy

Today was much like yesterday and just as hot. Mostly worked on updating jewelry pieces for etsy and I looked at a couple of really cute wallets from one artist. Christmas shopping is going to be so much fun this year- I love Etsy.com!

Just a nice day

Today was just a nice day of doing ordinary things. I worked out. Took little Marcus to the kids water fountain (pop jets) but he wasn't into it, he just wanted to sit on my lap, which was nice. Then we went to the farmers market and picked up all sorts of goodies. I got some fantastic corn on the cob. We had it for dinner and Marcus was so cute trying to eat it. I even got a nap today! Then this evening, actually pretty late Big Marcus and I sat outside and listened to the music of the night. Life is pretty good! :)

How Blessed I am

A patient at the dental office told me a very short but touching story that made me well up inside. It was of mother who found out that her daughter of six years of age had cancer. She died within ten days of knowing. But during treatment she died 3 times fighting to stay alive. Then as the girl was passing she asked her mother to hold her like she use to when she was a baby. The thought of that still makes me want to cry for the mother. Children are so precious and touch us so sweetly that we often don't realize their impact till something so sad like that happens. I makes me feel so grateful for what I have right now and in this moment, and fearful of what I could lose. So my prayers go out to that mom and every soul that has had to face the unthinkable, and to God's little angels.

I have a poem that I write for my mom but I think it fits well here too.

If I was able to put into words
How much love there really is in this world
I'd surely be a poet beyond my years
But alas I can not say how beautiful life is
Only that it's perfect and preciously short
Let's remember to be thankful for all that we have
And to take the time for those that we love
To give of ourselves a little more
Lend a hand and open a door
Hug those who need hugging when words are not enough
And to be grateful of each other and not our stuff.