Wednesday Link Love

Been a while since we’ve had a laugh over at Cake Wrecks.

This is a great idea.  If you are lucky enough to have kids at home, you will not be sorry you did this.  If your kids, as mine, are gone……you may get lucky enough get one at Christmas.  I don’t think we’ve all been together since then and I’m not seeing it happening again in the near future.

There are so many fun ideas here.  I want to be at that party!

Oh my I love these!!!  I will be looking for great bottles and jars!!!

There used to be a man in the Germantown area of Louisville who had a scaled down version of this paradise.  I think his neighbors were less than entertained by it all, and by the throng of adoring fans who lurked in their alley all of the time.  Then one day it was all just gone.  I would seriously go right down to Texas to see this place.

I love Robins, so of course these made me happy.

Sadly, I’ve now reached the age where I actually think that these are very practical rather than that they are just a joke….

Why so serious when you could be having this much fun?

Check out all of this sweetness.  Keep scrolling- lots of gorgeous entries.

Don’t these make a fun Mother’s Day idea?

For Today

Outside my window…..  I hear the thumping of the bass in a car waiting at the light.

I am  thinking...about my youngest and a very important job interview she has tomorrow.

I am thankful for...this day.  I was originally scheduled to have surgery today, and put it off in order to better recover from being sick a couple of weeks ago, and it felt very right to do that. 

From the kitchen...I smell arugula picked from the garden tonight.  Made a little pesto with it and it stirred up a good smell!

I am wearing...sweat pants and a t-shirt that I wore to the garden tonight.

I am creating...ideas for a work project.  May not seem like creating, but for me, to re-work something is to create and infuse it with new energy, so I think it counts.

I am going...to bed soon with the hopes of sleeping well.  That has been somewhat of an issue of late.  Not so much getting to sleep, but staying asleep for the night.

I am reading...The Girls from Ames and enjoying it.

I am hoping...to one day get to see my son!  I’ve been disappointed the last couple of times I thought I was going to get to see him, and I am almost afraid to hope any more about it!

I am hearing...the air conditioning…..which I truly did not want to be running in April (or especially in March!) but with my allergies it seems to be a necessity this week.  Just can’t sleep with the windows open.

Around the house...I’m just loving my new floors so much and so happy to have my oven fixed.  I feel like I have some heightened sense of gratitude these days, just so so glad to have and be in my home.

One of my favorite things...is having people over and cooking for them.  I really enjoyed having a big group in Sunday night for dinner.  I was keenly aware of how much help my daughter is to me when I am cooking for a crowd and wonder how I will ever do it all  without her.  Maybe have smaller dinner parties?!

A few plans for the rest of the week……..this weekend is Thunder Over Louisville, a huge fireworks show that kicks off Kentucky Derby festival time.  I’m very excited to have my family coming down to hang out and watch the fireworks.  I could just sit on my porch alllllll day long on Thunder day and watch people and talk to strangers.

Here is picture for thought I am sharing…..

Potatoes newly planted and peeking above ground in the community  garden tonight.

Today I have joined with other women who are choosing to linger on the simple things on Tuesdays through The Simple Woman’s Daybook.

Good-bye Dixie

I’ve spent more time than I’d like to admit today watching Designing Women clips.  What a great show-

There are some scenes I still think about, like this one-

And though the quality is very poor on this one, I still think about this entire episode-

One last clip.  Great memories!

Dixie was always so lovely to her fans when she came each year to attend the Kentucky Derby.  What a great lady!

I just wanna make enough to buy this town

I’ve probably heard my friend Paul sing this song a dozen or more times, but tonight at Goatwalker when he sang it I almost felt like I might cry.  From where I sat I could see out the window.  Where the view for years was that of a bustling row of apartments in the Clarksdale Housing Project there is a gaping hole waiting to be filled with 6 story luxury townhomes.      I just wanna make enough to buy this town and keep it rough.

Where the Bottles Break- John Gorka

I walk where the bottles break
And the blacktop still comes back for more
I walk where the bottles break
And the blacktop still comes back
I live where the neighbors yell
And their music comes up through the floor
I live where the neighbors yell
And their music wakes me up
Life beyond the playground fence
Is serious as basketball
Life beyond the playground fence
Is serious
Four blocks from the steel mill blasts
I paint my claim up on the wall
Four blocks from the steel mill blasts
I paint my claim
From my end of the southside drag
It's a common thought to call the cops
Further west it's been gentrified
They turned biker bars into flower shops
I kind of miss those Harley guys
Who rarely did a body harm
They mostly liked to drink and shout
And flash the pictures on their arms
It happens when the money come
The wild and poor get pushed aside
It happens when the money come
The poor get pushed
The buyers come from somewhere else
And raise the rent so you can't hide
The buyers come from out of state
And they raise the rent
Buy low sell high
You get rich and you still die
Money talks and people jump
Ask how high low-life Donald what's-his-name
And who cares
I don't wanna know what his girlfriend doesn't wear
It's a shame that the people at work
Wanna hear about this kind of jerk
These people aren't saints
No people just are
They wanna feel like they count
They wanna ride in their own car
People aren't saints
No people just are
They wanna feel like they count
They wanna ride in their own car
I just wanna make enough
To buy this town and keep it rough
I just wanna make enough
To buy this town
Buy low sell high
You get rich and you still die
Money talks and people jump
Ask how high low-life Donald what's-his-name
I walk where the bottles break
And the blacktop still comes back for more
I walk where the bottles break
And the blacktop still comes back
I live where the neighbors yell
And their music comes up through the floor
I live where the neighbors yell
And their music wakes me up
Life beyond the playground fence
Is serious as basketball
Life beyond the playground fence
Is serious

It’s Official

 

Winter is past!  Welcome back Dairy Kastle- your chili dogs and Fat Elvis Shakes, long lines and Boston Shakes- Welcome back!

Thinking of Ryan and his legacy tonight….

Ryan White died 20 years ago today. 

I will make every day World Aids Day by making sure my children hear the facts about HIV/AIDS at home before they hear the myths on the street.

I will make every day World Aids Day by leading my faith community to bear witness to hope rather than perpetuate shame.

I will make every day World Aids Day by speaking truth to power, continuing to advocate for the allocations necessary to give access to care to all who need it.

I will make every day World Aids Day by making sure every teenager I know knows when to use a condom, how to use one, and all of the places where they can get them, including from me.

I will make every day World Aids Day by remembering that good sex is safe sex, and it’s okay to insist that my partner wear a condom.

I will make every day World Aids Day by making sure my sisters have not only the knowledge but the self confidence to protect themselves.

I will make every day World Aids Day by walking along side of my brothers and sisters already infected, encouraging them to live lives bigger than their disease.

Wednesday Link Love

I’m not sure how I have not stumbled upon Becky’s Blog before, but it is just a FEAST of color and beauty!  Oh, Becky!  I want to have every room in my house filled with your colors!

I’m sure you can detect themes in my links each week and can pretty much guess what I’ve been craving, and I’ve been craving beauty.  And I found it here and here and here and here.  Sigh.

And I must have a little foot thing going on too- loving these  and ooohhhhh how I would love to trace my horrible flat hurting foot and send it off to the Aurora folks so that I could have my own pair of these!  Be sure to watch the video.

Then there would be (as always) the food theme……like, how much would I love for Louisville to have this amazing line-up of food carts?!   And the next time I feel the need to comfort someone (or myself), this recipe is coming out.

So, I thought this was the coolest idea ever when I first read of it last year.  And when my birthday came around……I had forgotten it.  Will I remember this year?  I guess that’s the difference in her being 30 and me being…….not 30.  But isn’t it a great idea?

Thinking that this is pretty fun too…..

Hope you feel rich and happy!