To Crunch or Pop?

BlogHer's NaBloPoMo October 2013 Challenge!

I was thrilled to come across the NaBloPoMo Blog Challenge!  Since I am new to the blogging world it hasn't become habit for me to post as often as I had planned to.  BlogHer has been a wealth of information for me and find this challenge at the end of September must have been destiny.  October is my favorite month of the year and always has been my time for new resolutions so here's to 31 days of posting with NaBloPoMo! 

http://www.blogher.com/blogher-topics/blogging-social-media/nablopomo

Hello all, I missed my posting yesterday so it will remain a mystery as to which kind of apple I am... Although, I am sure Red Delicious suits me quite well!

Anyway on to the question of the day.  Which do I prefer, the crunching of leaves underfoot or the popping of bubble wrap?  This question has taken me some thought and I've had to delve into the imaginative recesses of my thoughts to come up with my answer.  Why did I need my imagination for this? Well it comes down to being on the coast in Rockport, Texas.  We have trees, we have numerous Live Oak trees all over our property but these trees drop their leaves in the Spring and even at that time they just aren't the type of leaves that crunch underfoot.  When I walk across my yard and have crunching underfoot, it means my grass is dying and I need to water.  But in my imagination, I can picture all the beautiful red, gold and yellow leaves drifting slowly with the wind till they are in a beautiful glorious pile that not only crunches under your feet but that you can actually rake into a pile and fall into!  With this thought you can truly envision what Fall can be and one of these days, I will experience it to the fullest!

Until that time comes, I can always enjoy the action of popping bubble wrap but can't see myself enjoying the sound of the bubble wrap.  Definitely not like I can close my eyes and let my imagination hear those leaves!

Love and hugs!

~just simply liz~ 

Sunday Afternoon...

There's just something wonderfully relaxing about a Sunday afternoon in the Fall.  My favorite ones are the cool days with the breeze blowing through the open windows.  A pot of beans cooking on the stove with cornbread in the oven and homemade chow chow in the fridge.  

It's great to cuddle on the couch with the hubs and Princess Patches with a random football game on TV.  To dose off and on throughout the afternoon is my thought of pure bliss!

I hope everyone has enjoyed there Sunday afternoon...   Mine wasn't what I just described but it's in my mind to think about when I'm out here on shift work.

hugs and love. 

BlogHer's NaBloPoMo October 2013 Challenge!

I was thrilled to come across the NaBloPoMo Blog Challenge!  Since I am new to the blogging world it hasn't become habit for me to post as often as I had planned to.  BlogHer has been a wealth of information for me and find this challenge at the end of September must have been destiny.  October is my favorite month of the year and always has been my time for new resolutions so here's to 31 days of posting with NaBloPoMo! 

http://www.blogher.com/blogher-topics/blogging-social-media/nablopomo

My Love of Fall...

I have truly had a love for Autumn for as long as I can remember.  The feeling that many people get in the Spring has always happened for me in the Fall.  I anxiously await that first cool front that blows through.  I open all the windows and become invigorated listening to the rusting of the leaves mingled with the wind chimes on my porch.   I would have a spot of heave on earth  if the rustling leaves had the colors of Autumn but living in South Texas we have green, brown and gone.  I always try to look for the positive in life so we do have some nice shades of brown!  

For some reason my spirit just seems to be drained by September but the changing of the winds in October lift me up and I have renewed hope and a brighter outlook.  For many people the Fall and Winter months bring on a sense of gloom with the grey skies and rainy days.  I find those days to be my most productive and peaceful.

There is nothing better on a crisp fall morning than to start the day snuggled in my fluffy robe relaxing with a hot cup of cocoa, coffee or tea.  On those mornings I love to get lost in a book while rocking in porch chair.  My cat, Princess Patches enjoys the fall as well.  It brings me such joy to watch her jump and play like a kitten when she feels the chilly breeze. I guess she is like her moma and loves the fall too!

Love and hugs, 

~justsimplyliz~

     

The choice is yours!

After three weeks of being down with a flare from my lovely array of chronic illnesses I am now back to work and back to all the stress of the reality of life.  I'm really not sure I want to be a grown up. But I have an idea after seeing all my friend's children starting back to school it brought back memories of my first days of school.  The elementary years where it's all fun and exciting, that's how I want my life to be now!

Wouldn't that be great?

It would be, but life is life and as an adult I think that feeling is limited in our lives.  I know it is in mine, once I wake up my brain kicks in and sometimes my adult life leaves little to be excited over in starting the day. I can't change all the stress and struggles of life.  But I can challenge myself every day upon waking to put at the top of the to do lists that begins streaming in my head to be excited!  Why, because I am alive and that in itself is something to be truly excited over!

So, be alive my friends!  It really is a choice to be happy and to find happiness in even the smallest of things.

What choice will you make???

Love and hugs!
~just simply liz~