5 reasons why today feels like a Monday

1.  I woke up at a quarter to seven (I'm supposed to be to work at seven), so I skipped breakfast

2.  Five minutes after I got on the freeway, I realized I'd forgotten my access badge and turned around.  Near home I realized I was going to need to stop at the gas station.  Stopped at gas station.

3.  Made it home, clipped my badge to my skirt pocket, took a quick drink of OJ...and spilled OJ all down my front.

4.  Changed clothes, threw my OJ clothes in the hamper (with my badge still neatly clipped to my skirt, of course).

5.  Got to work, realized my access badge was in the hamper, and resisted the urge to pound my head on the steering wheel

On a positive note, after all of that I was late enough that my co-workers were here and they let me in.  Welcome to Tuesday. 

the prophet said to plant a garden

so that's what we'll do

for god has given us rich brown soil

 the rain and sunshine too

 and if we plant the seeds just right

and tend them carefully

 before we know good things will grow

 to feed our family

Recruiting Week

 

It's nice to be on the other side of it

(even more so for Mr. Clean than for me, I imagine).

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.

Max L. Forman

Nature Preserve [MI trip 2010]

Our visit to a nature preserve a few miles from my Grandparents' house was full of

 sand

  stones

skipping

spiders

 and 'shrooms.

Spectacular!

My Grandma & Grandpa's Flower Garden [MI trip 2010]

I took these pictures in my Grandma and Grandpa's flower garden.

The flowers are just as bright and beautiful as I remember them being when I was a girl.