darleneknows

Autumn!

2009-09-22T18:10:00.000-07:00

I don't understand how time passes so quickly. Make it stop. Make it stop.

I'd like to go back six months. I would have done it differently. I'm afraid it is too late now.

September

2009-09-08T20:38:00.000-07:00

Marcella starts school in the morning--a junior. Wow! Jessica is home deciding what to do next. I know the feeling.

I continue to clean out the house. This time the garage attic. Everything came out. I vacuumed every inch of it. Now I'm going through every box that came out and trashing, donating or repacking for storage.

I'm getting the girls to help. I keep saying that when I'm dead and they have to go through it they'll be glad i did such a good job of not keeping a bunch of random crap.

I thought I'd get a handle on my growing wardrobe. I asked myself how many black sweaters, skirts, jackets, shoes (you get the picture) I might need. A lot of it is pretty much identical. So my answer was enough. Now I'm back to buying navy and white. I also have a lot of tans. Love my grays too.

Maybe tomorrow I'll post about my exbf moving out. A long story with a not so happy ending.

Love much always, Darlene

August Already 2009

2009-08-10T08:43:00.000-07:00

Jessica is back home and making decisions about what next. Marcella has this week of summer school and is already getting ready for junior year. I'm at Mill Creek and busier than ever.

This year I was able to get some big projects off my list of things to do--roof, dormer and now exterior paint. I'm also cleaning house. I'm getting rid of stuff as fast as I can.

The only thing that seems to be growing is my wardrobe including shoes. We all have our vices. That happens to be mine along with gardening and espresso.

My best always,
Darlene

mapping youtube--that's just crazy

2008-07-31T20:02:00.000-07:00

a friend of mine showed me how i can search google maps with the search term "youtube" and a zip code. you get "user-created content". this shows you youtube clips from folks in that zip code. it is simply amazing how fast information is collected and shared.

or is it being shared? anybody?

Monopoly Card Generator

2008-05-28T11:25:00.000-07:00

How cool is that?

I made one for Mark's 40th birthday.

face to face

2008-05-06T13:27:00.000-07:00

hmm...okay, I created an account but cannot get to gmail to complete the registration process. so i be bloggin and loggin about that. any way, i keep getting an error that says that internet explorer cannot display gmail. oh, dud. fine then.

i hear folks lovin facebook. my teens love myspace. so i promise, cross my heart and poke a needle in my eye that i'll get back to it.

I try to be lovely. It ain't always easy.

2008-04-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

This is a verse that helps remind me.

I did not sign up for Flikr. I don't have a great interest in accessing images.

I don't think this image was a good choice. I suppose there is some way to make it larger. I might go back and see if there are images of trendy exterior house colors. That is what I'm doing in my life right now---that and gardening.

i have opened pandora's box

2008-04-11T17:50:00.000-07:00

and i love it. i was amazed how well pandora was able to match the music i like when all i supplied was an artist's name.

i am going to use it at work and at home. that's okay, right?

Snow? How can I garden?

2008-03-28T14:30:00.000-07:00

ugh. it is my day off and i cannot garden because it is snowing! go figure. I wanted to trim back my strawberries and fertilize them. but no.

alas, i'm stuck indoors.

PWK

2008-03-21T13:27:00.000-07:00

Parents without Kids.

The first time I heard that term was visiting NASA last November. The tour guide referred to the staff members with expensive sport cars parked in the lot as "PWKs". He indicated as a PWK you have more time, energy and money.

I recall that with great fondness today. Why? Thanks for asking.

Last night, about 11pm, I got up to see how Jessica was doing on her final essay for Washington State History. It was due last Monday. Marcella heard me come down the stairs, hid in a dark place, and jumped out scaring the wajeebeez (spelling?) out of me.

I got up this morning and informed my two cherubs that I had a difficult time getting back to sleep and felt exhausted. They felt bad and wanting to make ammends decided to help me jump start my day. In my world, that means a capaccino.

In their world? It means a pitcher of ice water while I'm taking a shower.

I'm thinking short sheeting and some raisin bran might be in their future!