Where's the EASY Button?

Well, no scrappy post for me to share this week. I did make a card yesterday but didn't take a picture yet so I'll share that next week along with whatever else I manage to create. I haven't posted much outside of scrap & some pictures. There's been plenty going on but I haven't had the time or desired to make the time to post about it, and some of it really isn't all that interesting. I live in the mid south so I could whine talk about how the heat & humidity have trapped me indoors with the blessing that is air conditioning. Or I could talk about the sudden rain that comes & goes without leaving trace. A little more exiting would be the night we thought a tornado was coming & took cover in the laundry room - after Shawn & I admired the cloud rotations. Then there was another night with a severe thunderstorm that put on the most awesome lightening I've ever seen. A HUGE bolt of lightening hit ground about 100 yards behind our house (luckily it's an empty field), sadly a house on post was struck & caught fire but no one was hurt as far as I know. We were in awe & jumped at the sight of it, I would have loved to have caught that on camera.

Other things on my mind have been the turmoil that a certain well known couple is going though. I don't want to talk about it but my heart broke for J&K, even more for the 8. I read this post that is related to the story real life woes and I think he had the best there is to say about the whole situation. I highly recommend you click on the link and read it for yourself as well. I played Michael Jackson music much of the day Friday, mostly because I thought that is what my mom would have done if she was still here to hear the news. Man In The Mirror was her favorite song of his. He was a talented man who definitely left his mark & influence in the musical world. As for all of the other stuff surrounding him, only he & God know. I hope he has found peace.

Today I am still recovering from a hard choice I had to make yesterday. I was discouraged, disappointed and just down. It was a rough day. You know that feeling when you really want something? I mean really want it, and you think it's going to happen, you think it so much that you pretty much know it will happen? And then. It doesn't. Someone or something pretty much says "nope" and the rug is pulled out from under you and you fall hard on your rear bruising your tail bone and bumping your head all while a knot forms in your stomach. That's the disappointment I had yesterday. It doesn't really matter what the disappointment was but more of how I will choose to handle that disappointment. I could become bitter. I could get discouraged and give up all together. Or. I could pull the bootstraps back up, go on & start over. I could trust that making that hard choice was the right choice and that it's all part of the bigger picture and one day in the future I'll look back and say "I'm glad" for that hard decision. I will say that the hard choice had to do with submission (ouch!) and making a sacrifice (saltinthewound).

I have been writing and rewriting and saving a post about my mom as well. There was finally a trial and a verdict was reached and life goes on. I will be sharing soon, just need some more write & rewrite time.

I hope you are enjoying your weekend and summer! I've got housework before taking the kids to the pool today - assuming the weather cooperates, around here you never know. Oh & if you want to reminisce with some Michael Jackson I have quite a few songs in my play list. I will be updating that soon too, there are several songs that I love to dance to in my car while driving around town - doesn't everyone do that? And I think they would be fun to dance to while cleaning house too.