I can do random. Random works for me. Works very well.
Friday night I had a hot date with Bar Keeper’s Friend and our stove top. By the way, Bar Keeper’s friend is my favorite cleaning supply. Last night I had a hot date with laundry. Jealous? You should be. So now I’m going random.
Sesame Street is on right now. How does Maria look the same as she did 25 years ago?
I love how these flowers sprout up between the steel at work.
I might be addicted to pineapple. I want to keep one in my kitchen to look at and one to eat.
I was thinking last night about my behavior (gee, that sounds weird) and it just came to me that it’s all about doing. Thinking, but doing more. I know I’ve thought that before but last night it clicked. And at some point I’ve got to stop comparing. This may only make sense to me and that’s fine.
What sets your spirit on fire? Do you know yet?
My mom and grandma are coming to visit in a month and a half. Yes, it’s a ways away, but I’m excited.
I got these tulips for Mother’s Day. It was funny because I was going to tell Shane that morning when he was going to the store to buy a bunch for no reason, but I let it slip my mind. But he got the message. I’ve never had tulips in the house but I love them. I want to buy some every week for my K pitcher. They make a perfect pair.We periodically get mail for the people who lived here before us. Not bills or junk mail, but personal letters and cards. It has been 18 months since they lived here. We just got an invitation postcard for their family reunion in PA this summer. You would think that someone would tell the little old lady with her beautiful handwriting that they no longer live here. I wonder where all those “no longer at this address” cards I send back end up. It’s sad in a way I think.
I’m a firm believer in not borrowing trouble or worries. But sometimes it’s hard to swallow my own medicine.
It’s so hot here. So hot. I still don’t understand why anyone thought Phoenix was a great place to settle. Are people really supposed to live in the desert? Are we supposed to have a zillion green golf courses here? No.My friend Teri is in Paris right now. She is so lucky.
We all need dates with ourselves. At least I do.
My nephew graduates high school in less than 2 weeks. I feel old.
With that I’m off to do some doing.
Holli says
Random works for me too. It's low stress ya know?
You have to tell me about Bar Keeper's Friend. Where do you get that? And what does it clean? I'm very intrigued. I'd buy it for the name alone.
Pics are beautiful as always. Is that green wallpaper in your kitchen? Oh no wait.. my bad… I have that SAME TARGET BAG TOO!! lol I love that thing. I wish they would give me a free one every time I go in there.
I also like looking at pineapples. I don't like them but I love them as decoration.
Sometimes that thought clicks for me too. Stop talking about it and DO IT. Then procrastination kicks in and overrides it. As usual. Damn procrastination.
I think I've forgotten what sets my spirit on fire. It used to be school.
I'm happy your family is coming!!!
The tulips are gorgeous and relatively cheap at the stores normally which I love. Your pitcher is awesome for them!
I get mail like that too in this house and I've been here 8 months now. Do people seriously not ever notify family of what they've done?
B says
Maybe you should just show up at the reunion and see if anyone really notices you're not a member of the family 🙂 Love the randomness!
Brenda says
Where in PA, Lizzie?
Go to the reunion and come and visit me!
Love the tulips.
Lora says
Yes! Come see Brenda and me!
And I spent time with the Barkeeper's Friend and my sink yesterday. BF is the only non-edible cleaning product in my home. It's fabulous.
And stopping comparing is good. I need to do more of it. I stopped comparing myself to others, but I need to stop comparing the real me to the image I had for myself at this age.
sammy says
i would marry randomness if it were an actual person.
i swear everyone on sesame street looks the same to me.
pineapple and cottage cheese is the only way i can 'handle' cottage cheese.
i hate when i get mail for the previous owners. i never know what to do with it. i'd hate to technically be responsible for them not making a payment or missing jury duty.
alot of things set my spirit on fire. which is starkly different from how i used to be when everything bored me.
great post!
Lori says
Ah! I'm so jealous of your ability to do random! I always feel that it looks like a forced effort when I try to do random. (I think the word "try" in that last sentence says it all)
I think my mom uses Bar Keeper's Friend.
Maria must be a witch! She looks the same. I don't know how she does it but she should totally sell her secret.
I try to remember that kindergarten lesson of "Lori needs to worry about Lori and Lizzi needs to worry about Lizzi." It's been working pretty well lately.
And, no. People are not supposed to live in the desert.
Have a gloriously random evening!
Rainy Daisy says
Agreed all around. But especially with the pineapple (dried = phenomenal), and doing vs. thinking, and not feeding off other people's worries, and dates with ourselves. We can't love anyone else properly until we love ourselves, right? And Paris. I love Paris.
You might be interested in a book I picked up at the thrift store the other day. It's called "This Book Will Change Your Life." All you have to do is flip through. As I recall, going on a date with yourself is one of the 365 ways to help yourself grow.
Cheers!
Daisy
Lisa says
Ha! Out of the entire post, the thing I'm most excited about is to find someone else who loves Barkeeper's Friend as much as I do!
Thauna says
I know you already know this, but I SO LOVE your tulips!!