lizardblog ( the blog of liz creech

May 30, 2007
R*E*S*P*E*C*T......

This is something that, sadly, not many people have for each other, or themselves. Things like this pop in my head when I see blatant disregard for others and hear people talking badly about themselves. Part of me wants to go on a rant here, but mostly I am just sad at the situation. Alan is continually reminding me that everyone has a right to be here and that it isn't all about me - this mostly pertaining to driving - HA!! You never know what is going on with the other person. Sure they could just be a jerk but there could be an emergency they are heading to, or they are thinking about a sick child or wondering how they are going to pay for gas to get back and forth to work. Trying to think about the other person is something we choose regularly not to do. It IS all about us isn't it?

REALLY, SERIOUSLY!!

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May 27, 2007
Letting things go

Alan and I started putting the garage in a little bit of order and cleaning and getting things together for a yard sale. I came across some old things from high school, yes I have been dragging them around for 21 years!!! Some trophies and memoribillia and such. I teared up at some and the good memories and then I shook my head at some things too. It is interesting when you don't remember stuff and here you have things you have been keeping around for so long. I recently came back in touch with some old friends that I hadn't spoken to for most of the 21 years since high school, and I was amazed that even after a specific picture they didn't remember an incident that has stuck with me all this time. It is just interesting how peoples minds work.

There was a box of trophies that I just tossed today, yes, ALL of them. It was a bit freeing. And then there were some buttons, like campaign buttons. I threw away all but a few. The one that said "I love (old boy friends name)", a "Vote Roth for Pres.", and then one for that old boy friend that had the slogan "A one in a Million Man" or some thing to that affect. It is easier and easier to do away with that kind of thing. I prefer the space and if I need some thing to make me remember, I don't reckon it is much of a memory.

Monday Alan and I will celebrate 19 years of marriage. I am looking forward to 19 more. I am tired and need to go to bed, one more day and then I am off for 2 - Whewww!! Good night.

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May 25, 2007
Look what I have!!

I am assuming that this is how the picture is supposed to look, I got it
online. But the fact remains that I "have" one of these now. It took me a bit to figure it out. It is a very pretty bird in person. I have all sorts of birds that show up and the feeder, house finches, purple finches, yellow finches, house sparrows, song sparrows,doves, hummers, starlings, common grackle (most people call these "black birds"), and cardinals. Those are just the ones that I have seen at the feeder. Of course I have seen others that don't visit the feeder too, but the list is too long.

I have enjoyed birds for awhile now. As a kid I always wanted to catch them, but I didn't enjoy them like I do now. I hope to get a picture of my own White Breasted Nuthatch, but we will see. I will share this funny little tid bit. I just saw a house finch on the feeder and I thought I would try to get a picture of it. My camera doesn't zoom in from where I am sitting, so I was sneaking up to get a picture and a cardinal flew up. So, here I stand behind my front door taking pictures through the crack between the door and door frame. Here is what I got:

The first is the finch and then the male cardinal. Ha!! I just laugh at myself.

School is winding down and summer is coming. For me that means rest. The thought that winter is coming, (I know, I know not yet), depresses me. I love the snow but days upon days of dreary weather does me in. I need the sun!!! And dirt - HA!! There are some things I need to get done that school time prevents me from doing. I would be continually doing stuff in the house if I didn't do school with the kids, but... there you go. I need to finish painting the front foyer, it has been only done half way up for quite awhile, and my bathroom needs to be finished painting and some tile put around the bathtub. A garage cleaning and huge yard sale are on the docket soon. Clutter wears me out and we have too much at the moment.

posted by Liz at 9:23 AM - permalink - -

May 17, 2007
Stuff for real!!

I am trying a new plant. That spikey thing you see between the two blue flowers is a Cala Lily. This one is yellow. See, the "bad" thing about them is the bulbs have to be dug up in the fall and then replanted in the spring. Same with dahlias, and some other bulbs. I am the type of person that really doesn't care for the extra work. Anyway, I will put more of that up on Garden Escapades, I just wanted to mention it.

Ok, so my refrigerator decided to stop cooling things. It is sitting at 72 or so degrees at the moment. Yeah, the repair guy has been called but they can't come until Friday. Coolers and a lot of ice are being used at the moment. Some things have been lost, but that is where a warranty and food loss coverage comes in. The fridge is less than 2 years old, what about that? It is interesting, the same thing happened to our new fridge at the last house and we ended up getting a whole new refrigerator. I guess we will see tomorrow what happens there. Luckily the freezer part is still working and we have a chest freezer that we could move that stuff if we needed it.

Seems like there was something else I wanted to talk about, but I can't remember at the moment. When it pops back in my head I will bring it up then.

Peace!!

posted by Liz at 9:00 AM - permalink - -

May 13, 2007
Beautiful girls

Here are the girls heading off to Prom!! They are soooo pretty!! They came to Macroni Grill and I waited on them and their friends. I made sure they got a discount and they were told they couldn't tip me. They are such great kids and beautiful too!! I was excited to have them come in so I could show them off. All the boys at work were warned to keep their thoughts to themselves otherwise the wrath of the momma bear would rain down on their heads. They went to a friends house after for movies all night. They still aren't home at 10:40 a.m. as is to be expected. I sure hope they had a good time. I called them around 12 last night to make sure everything was ok. They didn't answer but called back to let us know they were on the way to the friends house and that their feet hurt!! Imagine that, never wearing heals and then dancing in them for 4 hours - huh!!

That is all for this morning, I just wanted to show off my beautiful girls!!

posted by Liz at 10:28 AM - permalink - -

May 11, 2007
What is UUUUUP!!!???

Ok, so both Katey and Meaghan are going to the prom tomorrow. I am about tired of dresses, shoes, slips and makeup. Too much drama. I sure don't remember it being like this when I was in high school, but they say you forget more and more as you get older.

Speaking of older, I turned 39 this past Sunday. I got a gardening hat, gloves, and a hammock stand. Alan got me the hammock 2 years ago and we used it on our deck at the old house, since we have moved here I haven't had a place to put it. I do now. I actually got to lay in it for about 10 minutes the other day - then duty called. Alan got some friends together Saturday night and I got some awesome bottles of wine!! It was really nice to have friends come and hang and celebrate with me.

AND...we are still waiting on the Trooper to get fixed. Apparently the tie rod for this thing is VERY hard to get. So the mechanic said hopefully by next week, I have just given up personally, it will be good to get it back and get back to normal though. It hasn't been that bad. Alan's mom was very kind and loaned us her car until we got the other car back.

That is all for todays update!!

posted by Liz at 2:24 PM - permalink - -

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books i like

Here are some books I suggests if you are looking to homeschool or just for information. I gleaned a lot from them. Our church gets credit if you buy through these links.

In their Own Way
by Thomas Armstrong

Seven Times Smarter
by Laurel Schmidt

How to Talk So Kids Can Learn
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Teen Proofing
by John Rosemond