reality

this week I've been very afraid at times

and really discovered the meaning of my inspiration words for 2011

words I literally just wrote about

"love and embrace"

image found here

it's been a long week

a week of uncertainties with health issues

and a week of seeing the heart and soul of our family in the hospital

Grandpa "M"

in all honesty it has just been plain hard

it's been a week of giving and needing

 great big "it's okay" kind of hugs

 Grandpa is doing better and better each day
{in different ways now}

and that's a relief

but in all honesty I'm a bit behind

on things...
and for one I probably won't backtrack with reading blogs

but I honestly couldn't be more grateful for the flexibility I have

with my life so I could be there so much
that part has been really great

this week I've felt...

a great big community with all our family coming together

as well as all my besties checking in with me throughout the week

and that is a tremendous amount of love I'm very, very thankful for

at the moment I'm sitting with another bestie

a glass of "Velvet Moon"

{we were just introduced this evening at Trader Joe's}

along with another fav

 no-brainer trash tele shows

that I plan on watching while I catch up on a few things tonight

what is not on the list

is telling anyone in my household

that I may have flushed a kinda-small toy down the potty

instead of taking the time to fish it out

the girls must have dropped it in there playing

since the bathroom always seems to be a communal area in our home

meaning "no privacy" while in the shower, getting ready, or anything

so I will admit I stood there and comtemplated that decision

for all of three seconds

and the final second
 I thought

"I'll give it a whirl, and I think it'll make it"

down the pipes and out to the wasteland

without causing a call to the plumber

*hopefully*

*hopefully*

yes...

this is all because I was too tired to figure out how to fish the darn plastic rock out

lets hope that was the right decision

because a call to the hubs that a plumber was called this week

may get me into some trouble

that I don't need or want right now

{chuckle}

 just making it clear

that the small grey plastic rock

was not the toy I flushed

I *promise* promise*

that one gets blamed on "ribbit"

and that's all I'm sayin' about that

oh I'm in trouble:)
that was a really really really poor decision
I'm afraid

well...now I'm ready for a refreshed week ahead

xo

btw...the flowers in the picture are yarn flowers

and I love that idea

they are just the "happy" and inspiration I need for the week