Busy, busy, dreadfully busy...

My first born graduates this weekend.

I had full intention of putting out a heartfelt,

well thought out post about this mountain of a milestone.

As would be expected, I'm too busy to blog about it!

Instead, I will post a picture of the pretty beanbags I made for the beanbag toss.

So quick and easy and it turns out the family loves them! 

They've been practicing juggling, playing catch,

and making up various games aside from the originally intended beanbag toss.

It doesn't take much time to make them.

If you have some scrap fabric laying around, I highly recommend you make some!

Fun for the whole family!

p.s. I cheated. They're really filled with rice.

Author Unknown

I found the following story on the internet this morning but was unable to find the author. To the person who wrote this, thank you.

“Why are you crying?”, a young boy asked his Mom.

“Because I’m a woman,” she told him. “I don’t understand,” he said.

His Mom just hugged him and said, “And you never will, but that’s O.K.”… Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does Mom seem to cry for no reason?”. “All women cry for no reason,” was all his Dad could say… The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God and when God got back to him, he asked “God, why do women cry so easily?”

GOD answered…

When I made woman, I decided she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet, made her arms gentle enough to give comfort…I gave her the inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times will come even from her own children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going and take care of her family and friends, even when everyone else gives up, through sickness and fatigue without complaining…I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances. Even when her child has hurt her badly…

She has the very special power to make a child’s boo-boo feel better and to quell a teenager’s anxieties and fears…I gave her strength to care for her husband, despite faults and I fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart…I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

For all of this hard work, I also gave her a tear to shed. It is hers to use whenever needed and it is her only weakness.

When you see her cry, tell her how much you love her, and all she does for everyone, and even though she may still cry, you will have made her 

heart feel good.

© Lynn Retzlaff

Makeshift Studio

It's been a busy couple of weeks with more busy to come.

End of school field trips/events/wrap-up multiplied by four (kids).

My oldest graduates High School which means P*A*R*T*Y!!!

Which means house maintenance, planning, mailing, cleaning, prepping, cooking, shopping....

What's a girl to do when she desperately needs, but cannot find time to relax and/or create?

Why, set up a makeshift studio/respite spot

out in the yard, of course!

A nice little spot for the family to hop in and take a quick nap,

paint a little picture, eat a snack, or do a little daydreaming!

Normally this is a play tent. Lately it's been "Recharge Central".

What are some creative ways you take breaks from the grind?

Recharge Central