“All of us, single or married, are eternally part of some family—someway, somewhere, somehow—and much of our joy in life comes as we correctly recognize and properly develop those family relationships. We come to this earth charged with a mission: to learn to love and serve one another. To best help us accomplish this, God has placed us in families, for he knows that is where we can best learn to overcome selfishness and pride and to sacrifice for others and to make happiness and helpfulness and humility and love the very essence of our character.”
A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from our lives. A simple, special, memorable moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and keep close to my heart.
If I had a way, or was just a little more tech savvy, I would show this entire post as a “flip book” so that you could get the real picture. Even then it would probably go too slow.
I’m not kidding.
Now, you all know I’ve had a million kittens over the past few years and posted merrily about them all. Soft, sweet, cuddily, adorable–and they are all of that.
But…there is just something…different about this bunch. They’re kinda nuts.
I mean, the running, the jumping, the tumbling, the nipping, the climbing, the chewing, the going over, the going under, the going around, the going through, the bouncing off of everything,
Kinda like a feline version of Super Smash Bros…
on crack.
And I’ll have you know that all this is–for the most part–going on…
at my feet!
So, what’s the big deal, you say?…Just go in another room, you say.
Well, sure, I could do that. But this is my office and this is where my desk is and where my computer is and where my crocheting stuff is and my sewing machine is. I TEACH MY ZOOM CLASSES IN HERE!!!
You’ve gotta picture that.
To say that they’ve taken over the joint would be a huge understatement. This room is usually quite tidy and I know exactly where everything is–but now, the only goal has been to keep things out of their reach…which is no small feat. These guys have Maine Coon blood in them and they jump like jack rabbits.
Oh, yeah, sure. Please take note of where MOM is during all this craziness.
Hi- I’m Launi. I’m a mom of 5–three lovely girls and two handsome fellows. I also have three wonderful son-in-laws, two incredible daughter-in-laws and thirteen practically perfect grandkids. All these awesome folks have families of their own and yet still, we find being together through much of what we do these days…just suites us.
And for me being surrounded by the things I love most– is Heaven in every way.
Cheetoes, purple, new fabric, fairies, laughing till my face hurts, stone fences, Scottish accents, cats, homemade slippers, porches, Hello Kitty, periwinkle, soft, squishy yarn…
and ok…I’ll admit it—
Thor.
I’m in love with him.
On the other hand…here are a few things I can absolutely live without~
Thorny weeds, sharks, coconut, spiders, alligators, eggplant, stingrays, aliens, snakes, pessimism, mean people, and anything in the larva phase.
That’s pretty much it….the rest of you…
can stay.
Welcome- welcome. I do hope you’ll join me~ I love having you here!
Today was a local election day in Utah. I like to do these things right, so I studied the candidates and chose the ones that want to do what I want them to do. That’s how it works in my brain.
Then I started reading the “fine print” so to speak. It wasn’t really fine print but honestly it was a bunch of stuff I admit, I’ve never paid much attention to.
First, it said my signature was required. I’m good with that. I have the same signature that I’ve had since high school, so there. It wanted other sundry stuff–last four numbers of my SS# and email and phone. No big deal.
There is a ton of funny business going on in the world these days with reguards to who can and who cannot vote and about being able to mail in your ballot…that sort of thing. For some odd reason there seems to be a lot of controversy about it all.
If you just read the document, it says straight up–be who you say you are. Don’t vote if you have no business voting. To do otherwise is a FELONY.
They use the word FELONY a LOT.
Seems pretty clear to me.
Behave yourself and do it the right way. If you don’t you really can’t whine if you get in trouble for it.
