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Sometimes, I Pretend

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Sometimes, when I don't want to load the dishwasher, I pretend I am a pioneer woman.  You mean, I don't have to wash each and every dish? By hand?!

Sometimes, when I grumble about how quickly the floor gets dirty, I pretend I am a pioneer woman. Wowee! A floor not made of dirt!

Sometimes, when my three kids are driving me bonkers, I pretend I am a pioneer woman. Three healthy, whole children. Blessings from heaven.

Sometimes, when I think I have nothing to eat, I pretend I am a pioneer woman. This pantry is overflowing! Whadillitbe kids?

Sometimes, when I think I live too far away from my family and friends, I pretend I am a pioneer woman. I will probably never see my loved ones again.

Sometimes, when I get scared about moving again, I pretend I am a pioneer woman. Westward Ho!

Sometimes, when I am having a hard time getting rid of stuff as I am de-junking my house in preparation for moving, I pretend I am a pioneer woman.  Looks like we'll have to leave the good china and the piano behind, but least we have the clothes on our back.

Sometimes, when I start to whine about having a cold, I pretend I am a pioneer woman. Not as bad as that time I almost died from malaria!

Sometimes, when I start dreading the time my husband is going to be gone with our one and only vehicle and I will be home alone for three weeks having to walk with three children under the age of five a total distance of four miles in the Southwest heat to get my son to preschool four days of the week...{deep breath}..., I pretend I am a pioneer woman.  Sounds like a typical day to me. I don't get what all the fuss and heavy breathing is about.

Sometimes, when I get wrapped up in pretending I am a pioneer woman...

I pretend I am me.

Just for fun.

Evelyn Perkins wants to be a pioneer woman when she grows up. Or at least have the heart of one. Read about her trek to full pioneer-woman-hood on her personal blog, The Perks of Life.

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New Year, New Hope

Words that come to mind when thinking of starting a new year are "rebirth," "refreshing," and "rejuvenating." Often we make new year's resolutions - new or renewed commitments to important goals. We find new energy, new excitement, and new hope for things to come. We hope 2011 is all you wish it to be!

Here are some great quotes to get you started:

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.
- G. K. Chesterton

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
- Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.
- Benjamin Franklin

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.
- Oprah Winfrey

For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
- T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"

Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man His Son hath given;
While angels sing with tender mirth,
A glad new year to all the earth.
- Martin Luther

A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
- Edgar Guest

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.
- John Burroughs

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
- Bill Vaughan

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.
- Brooks Atkinson

Happy New Year 2011!

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CUCUMBER-LEMONADE RECIPE

1 can frozen lemonade - follow directions to mix
Add 1 liter Ginger Ale
Add 1/2 cucumber - peeled & sliced

Yum-O!

Pick a New Years' Resolution!