Inspiration | A Thankfully Imperfect Woman

May 31

Kudos to 20 Years of Teaching Math!

Have I told you how proud I am of my hubby yet?

He’d literally roll his eyes if he heard me say that.

You see, he’s really rather quiet and unassuming…and does NOT accept praise well at all! Which of course makes me want to give him his just rewards even more…

This man,

This sweet, gentle, quiet man…

This man that LOVES math like no one else I’ve ever seen…

Has just finished his 20th year of teaching! Read more

May 29

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My Late Mother’s Day Present & Vintage Finds

Miss Gabi finished my Mother’s Day present last weekend and I am now the proud recipient of a “Gabi Original” work of art!

How cute is this?

And I LOVE that she painted the “Always in My” on there too…

A sweet little message from my not so little girl.

She’s almost done with 6th grade and just received a “Presidential Excellence Award”.

{proud sigh}

7th grader.

My baby is going to be a 7th grader!

I guess it always catches us by surprise…this kid growing up thing.

You go along in your day to day living…waking them up for school (BRUSH YOUR TEETH!), sending them to bed (DID YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH?) and everything in between…

And WHAM.

They grow up when we aren’t looking.

{sigh}

Make some memories…

Cherish every moment…

Even the (BRUSH YOUR TEETH!) ones.

Now with those ultra wise words being said…

Take a look at the rest of the vignette I put her painting with:

A fun little mudroom vignette.

I just have to take a moment to show you a few of my favorite finds:

Fantastic vintage “Fresh 7Up” crate…Love the Campbell’s Soap container and yes…”If you write in the Dust, please don’t date it”

And this WONDERFUL little “lunch bucket(?)”:

Check it out! It even says “Fresh-O-Lator” on it!

I had to have it, I mean really!?! “Fresh-O-Lator”? Who can resist! Surely, not me!

However, my favorite piece of this vignette will be Gabi’s present:

Always in my Heart

I hope to go and do a little “junking” tomorrow…I’ll let you know what I find!

In the meantime…

Have a great day!

Patty O

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May 25

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You Were My Baby Boy…

Pet people will get it. Non-pet people may not.

Hershey came into our lives over 13 years ago. A sweet little chocolate lab puppy that was the runt of the litter.

At the time, our family consisted of two girls: Alex (10) and Sam (6), and one more baby on the way. Little did we know that our 2 legged baby would be another girl and that Hershey would be our baby boy.

And what a sweet baby boy he was – right from day one.

He was Tim’s best buddy (Tim’s only comrade in arms against all the female hormones of the house).

It Had Been A Day…and then Lori arrived…

OK, I don’t tend to complain much, but today has been a day…

It actually started yesterday – there are just some moments when your children know which buttons to push…and sometimes they don’t realize their doing it – but they sure push them and it’s a moment of anger that puts me through the roof.

I’m guessing that most of you can relate…

I’d go into the “Ommmm” pose and start chanting if I could…

Happy thoughts…Ommmmm…beautiful flowers…Ommmmm…laughing babies…Ommmmm…Happy little trees (oh wait, that’s Bob Ross – the painter on PBS).

None of it worked…

Until…

Lori came over.

Have I told you about my dear friend, soul sister, I swear…sister from another mother – best friend in the world?

I love her.

She’s the friend who calls me if I don’t call her for a few days…

She’s the “Lori – I NEED a Lori moment” type of friend who will come right over, because more than likely she needs a Patty moment too.

So we did.

A glass of wine and some Dark Chocolate Acai Blueberries on the deck and two hours later we both felt better.

Aaahhhhhhhhh.

It’s amazing what a little friend time can do.

Do I still want to have a few choice words with that daughter of mine? Yup.

But they’ll come out much better now thank you.

Lori, you are my person…

Just like Meredith is Christine’s person on Grey’s Anatomy.

Speaking of which…did you see last night’s Grey’s?

AAAAAAAACK!

Seriously?

I’m so glad that at least they made sure to show that Meredith and Baby Bailey are ok…but Richard?

Seriously?

Ugh.

Maybe my first mistake this morning was watching Grey’s (I had dvr’d it)…

Hmmm.

Note to self…stop watching season finale’s in the morning!

I hope you’ve had a great day…and if not…

I hope you have a person…like Lori…

Blessings!

Patty O

Thank you Pinterest Mobile for the photo.

May 14

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I have a Nosy Neighbor!

At least that’s what Patty M calls herself!

We chatted across the alley today as she raked leaves that kept blowing into my yard and I pulled the remnants of last years flowers.

She’s such a character…

We chatted about another neighbor who is more reserved and that’s when Patty said: “She’s not like me – I’m just plain nosy!”

Patty’s husband is quite a character too…

As we painted the house a few years ago, George would sit there in his chair and “supervise”.

I think I made him extremely nervous as I was perched up on our ladder to reach the eaves. Never so nervous that he couldn’t give me a hard time though!

This is what life’s all about…good neighbors, good friends, a little gentle razzing across the alley and more than a few laughs.

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.”

Have a blessed day!

Patty O