Today's Quote
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.
-Aiden Nowlan
Friday, July 29, 2005
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Understanding
Adopted Child
Once there were two women who never knew each other..
One you do not remember, the other you call mother.
Two different lives, shaped to make Your one...
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first gave you life and the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love, and the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name.
One gave you a seed of talent, the other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried your tears.
One gave you up ... that's all she could do.
The other prayed for a child and God led her straight to you.
And now you ask me, through your fears,
the age old question unanswered throughout the years...
Heredity or environment .. Which are you the product of?
Neither, my darling .. neither..
just two different kinds of love.
Once there were two women who never knew each other..
One you do not remember, the other you call mother.
Two different lives, shaped to make Your one...
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first gave you life and the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love, and the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name.
One gave you a seed of talent, the other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried your tears.
One gave you up ... that's all she could do.
The other prayed for a child and God led her straight to you.
And now you ask me, through your fears,
the age old question unanswered throughout the years...
Heredity or environment .. Which are you the product of?
Neither, my darling .. neither..
just two different kinds of love.
Monday, July 25, 2005
A Wonderful Weekend
K calls me on late Friday afternoon- hey guess what she says, we are coming to Maine to see you and your family!!!! Ahhh no way, I seriously thought she was joking. But no, J booked a room atsamoset resort
"The Samoset Resort" and yes they were leaving later that day- Wow after 4.5 years I was really going to see my best friend in the entire world ever. Saturday morning about 9:30 A.M. there they were at my front door., her whole family- What an exciting amazing euphoric feeling to see her and her family at our home. Her children are just too cute a bit shy at first but that's expected because they don't who the heck I am or who my husband and children are. We had a great time at the resort pool., and then Saturday night dinner was a blast. It was a really good time to spend time with her and her family. It was a very utmost high light of my summer so far. Friendship is such a valued treasure and I am a very lucky woman to still be sharing that with her after ten years. I am forever grateful to J for making this long tedious trip up here so we could see one another.
"The Samoset Resort" and yes they were leaving later that day- Wow after 4.5 years I was really going to see my best friend in the entire world ever. Saturday morning about 9:30 A.M. there they were at my front door., her whole family- What an exciting amazing euphoric feeling to see her and her family at our home. Her children are just too cute a bit shy at first but that's expected because they don't who the heck I am or who my husband and children are. We had a great time at the resort pool., and then Saturday night dinner was a blast. It was a really good time to spend time with her and her family. It was a very utmost high light of my summer so far. Friendship is such a valued treasure and I am a very lucky woman to still be sharing that with her after ten years. I am forever grateful to J for making this long tedious trip up here so we could see one another.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Farmer's Market Children's Day
Here they look so eager and innocent, Ha if that was only the way they behaved all the time Life would be so easy. They really had a great time watching the puppet show, doing the clown toss, and the bubbles.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Nine Layers
LAYER ONE:
-- Name: Kathy.
-- Birth date: July 3.
-- Birthplace: MA.
-- Current Location: ME.
-- Eye Color: Brown.
-- Hair Color: Dark blonde.
-- Height: 5'5"
-- right or Lefty: Righty.
-- Zodiac Sign: Cancer.
LAYER TWO:
-- Your heritage: Irish, Italian, Portuguese.
-- The shoes you wore today: Black thick flip-flops.
-- Your weakness: Twizzllers.
-- Your fears: something happening to my children.
-- Your perfect pizza: Garlic, mushroom & black olive. Upscale version: garlic,basil & asiago.
-- Goal you'd like to achieve: A happy childhood and superior education for my children, love and passion for me.
LAYER THREE:
-- Your most overused phrase on IM: "yes"
-- Your first waking thoughts: "did you make coffee?"
-- Your best physical feature: My eyes
-- Your most missed memory: Dancing at Mercury Bar in Boston with my Kerri.
LAYER FOUR:
-- Pepsi or Coke: Diet Coke.
-- McDonald's or Burger King: McDonald's.
-- Single or group dates: Single.
-- Adidas or Nike: Neither—I usually chuncky shoes.
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea.
-- Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate.
-- Cappuccino or coffee: Cappuccino.
LAYER FIVE:
-- Smoke: Yes (I know).
-- Cuss: Hell Yea.
-- Sing: Yes, but not well.
-- Take a shower everyday: That's funny.
-- Do you think you've been in love: Yes. But I never 100% of what it really should be.
-- Want to go to college: Not since I got my degree!
-- Liked high school: Liked the challenge, disliked the cheerleaders and the cliques.
-- Want to get married: Already am.
-- Believe in yourself: All the way and then some.
-- Get motion sickness: No!
-- Think you're attractive: Objectively, yes.
-- Think you're a health freak: No, have way too many guilty pleasures.
-- Get along with your parent(s): Yes.
-- Like thunderstorms: LOVE them!
-- Play an instrument: No.
LAYER SIX: In the past month...
-- Drank alcohol: Oh, yes.
-- Smoked: Yes.
-- Done a drug: No.
-- Made Out: No.
-- Gone on a date: No.
-- Gone to the mall?: No.
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: No.
-- Eaten sushi: No.
-- Been on stage: No.
-- Been dumped: No.
-- Gone skating: No.
-- Made homemade cookies: No, and thats a crying shame.
-- Dyed your hair: No.But really need to.
-- Stolen Anything: No. Not my thing.
LAYER SEVEN: Ever...
-- Played a game that required removal of clothing: Heh. Yes.
-- If so, was it mixed company: Yes.
-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Mais oui.
-- Been caught "doing something": Yes!
-- Been called a tease: Never. If I mean it, I deliver.
-- Gotten beaten up: Several times, but you seen my hammer.
-- Shoplifted: No.
-- Changed who you were to fit in: Never.
LAYER EIGHT:
-- Age you hope to be married: Am already
-- Numbers and Names of Children: K&S.
-- Describe your Dream Wedding: Already happened.
-- How do you want to die: Suddenly and peacefully. Not screaming, and not wondering where my children are.
-- Where you want to go to college: Went, a great private one.
-- What do you want to be when you grow up: I am grown up! And I am comfortable in my own skin, which is rare and precious.
-- What country would you most like to visit: Italy.
LAYER NINE:
-- Number of drugs taken illegally: 5.
-- Number of people I could trust with my life: Honestly? Perhaps 4.
-- Number of CDs that I own: 100-150, give or take.
-- Number of piercings: one each.
-- Number of tattoos: None yet.
-- Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: 4 or 5.
-- Number of scars on my body: I was a tomboy.
-- Number of things in my past that I regret: Several, but I would not change a thing.It makes me who I am today. I would not risk losing any of my blessings in my life.
-- Name: Kathy.
-- Birth date: July 3.
-- Birthplace: MA.
-- Current Location: ME.
-- Eye Color: Brown.
-- Hair Color: Dark blonde.
-- Height: 5'5"
-- right or Lefty: Righty.
-- Zodiac Sign: Cancer.
LAYER TWO:
-- Your heritage: Irish, Italian, Portuguese.
-- The shoes you wore today: Black thick flip-flops.
-- Your weakness: Twizzllers.
-- Your fears: something happening to my children.
-- Your perfect pizza: Garlic, mushroom & black olive. Upscale version: garlic,basil & asiago.
-- Goal you'd like to achieve: A happy childhood and superior education for my children, love and passion for me.
LAYER THREE:
-- Your most overused phrase on IM: "yes"
-- Your first waking thoughts: "did you make coffee?"
-- Your best physical feature: My eyes
-- Your most missed memory: Dancing at Mercury Bar in Boston with my Kerri.
LAYER FOUR:
-- Pepsi or Coke: Diet Coke.
-- McDonald's or Burger King: McDonald's.
-- Single or group dates: Single.
-- Adidas or Nike: Neither—I usually chuncky shoes.
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea.
-- Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate.
-- Cappuccino or coffee: Cappuccino.
LAYER FIVE:
-- Smoke: Yes (I know).
-- Cuss: Hell Yea.
-- Sing: Yes, but not well.
-- Take a shower everyday: That's funny.
-- Do you think you've been in love: Yes. But I never 100% of what it really should be.
-- Want to go to college: Not since I got my degree!
-- Liked high school: Liked the challenge, disliked the cheerleaders and the cliques.
-- Want to get married: Already am.
-- Believe in yourself: All the way and then some.
-- Get motion sickness: No!
-- Think you're attractive: Objectively, yes.
-- Think you're a health freak: No, have way too many guilty pleasures.
-- Get along with your parent(s): Yes.
-- Like thunderstorms: LOVE them!
-- Play an instrument: No.
LAYER SIX: In the past month...
-- Drank alcohol: Oh, yes.
-- Smoked: Yes.
-- Done a drug: No.
-- Made Out: No.
-- Gone on a date: No.
-- Gone to the mall?: No.
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: No.
-- Eaten sushi: No.
-- Been on stage: No.
-- Been dumped: No.
-- Gone skating: No.
-- Made homemade cookies: No, and thats a crying shame.
-- Dyed your hair: No.But really need to.
-- Stolen Anything: No. Not my thing.
LAYER SEVEN: Ever...
-- Played a game that required removal of clothing: Heh. Yes.
-- If so, was it mixed company: Yes.
-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Mais oui.
-- Been caught "doing something": Yes!
-- Been called a tease: Never. If I mean it, I deliver.
-- Gotten beaten up: Several times, but you seen my hammer.
-- Shoplifted: No.
-- Changed who you were to fit in: Never.
LAYER EIGHT:
-- Age you hope to be married: Am already
-- Numbers and Names of Children: K&S.
-- Describe your Dream Wedding: Already happened.
-- How do you want to die: Suddenly and peacefully. Not screaming, and not wondering where my children are.
-- Where you want to go to college: Went, a great private one.
-- What do you want to be when you grow up: I am grown up! And I am comfortable in my own skin, which is rare and precious.
-- What country would you most like to visit: Italy.
LAYER NINE:
-- Number of drugs taken illegally: 5.
-- Number of people I could trust with my life: Honestly? Perhaps 4.
-- Number of CDs that I own: 100-150, give or take.
-- Number of piercings: one each.
-- Number of tattoos: None yet.
-- Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: 4 or 5.
-- Number of scars on my body: I was a tomboy.
-- Number of things in my past that I regret: Several, but I would not change a thing.It makes me who I am today. I would not risk losing any of my blessings in my life.
Monday, July 18, 2005
Deck
We have a bigger deck, we expanded by 12 feet, I really wanted to cover that old rigid concrete on the other side. It looks beautiful. My handsome sexy husband carpenter did this job in two weekends. I am forever grateful to have married a handy man then some. I am also so happy that in the process of wood, powertools, nails etc...That our children survived the on going project in one piece.
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Monday, July 11, 2005
Beach
well I felt the kids needed to go to the beach since its 92 here and there are no excuses because the beach is 3 miles up the road....
it's fun to watch them play in the sand and the water....but then you look around..and you see the perfect mom who doesnt even get sand on her entire body not even her feet!! and to top it off you hate her because she has the perfect arse...lol (rememeber your shape at 17) after 2 kids...mind you
And here I am in a tank and shorts the biggest size ever in life- cant even find a bathing suit unless it has the skirt on it the kind your mother wears....
but then I think to myself--- hey the kids look great in their swimsuits and they are having a blast building castles with shells and throwing sand on mommy--life is good....
I need to go on a starvation diet!!!!
it's fun to watch them play in the sand and the water....but then you look around..and you see the perfect mom who doesnt even get sand on her entire body not even her feet!! and to top it off you hate her because she has the perfect arse...lol (rememeber your shape at 17) after 2 kids...mind you
And here I am in a tank and shorts the biggest size ever in life- cant even find a bathing suit unless it has the skirt on it the kind your mother wears....
but then I think to myself--- hey the kids look great in their swimsuits and they are having a blast building castles with shells and throwing sand on mommy--life is good....
I need to go on a starvation diet!!!!
Friday, July 08, 2005
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Birthday's Parades & Lobstah
Lobster no one wants to eat on the given date...hold cold lostah sandwich who cares what date we eat lobsta!!!!>>>??? Good Kate's seafood....Parents are good mood bad mood....rain sunny days Happy Birthday S C!!!!!! Wow you are now officially 2 years old terrible 2 hit you six months ago though---- your still my sweet boy even in your ravenous moods please cont'd to steal my heart every single day- We love you. Happy Birthday to me--yep- I love my Bob the builder cake just as much as S was surprised to see our kitchen completely transformed in a bob the builder party!!!!! Wow a new playset, a t-ball set, a Clifford puzzle, and more clothes then a 2 yr old boy knows what to do with! I treated myself to new newbalance walking sneakers, a new skirt and two new tanktops...I hate the way my body fits into the fat girl clothes at the big girl fat store. My own damn fault for letting the dreadful Maine winter drag on with the comforts of food.
The 4th of July parade was great but an 1 hr and half is a bit much..., S enjoyed it very much but K wanted to go home after the first whitsle and horn banging from the first fire engine.., ha 12 more trucks to go. She did enjoy getting the candy they threw in the street. The firework display from our side yard was thrilling and dad and the kids loved it very much. Ah, July is in it's prime.
The 4th of July parade was great but an 1 hr and half is a bit much..., S enjoyed it very much but K wanted to go home after the first whitsle and horn banging from the first fire engine.., ha 12 more trucks to go. She did enjoy getting the candy they threw in the street. The firework display from our side yard was thrilling and dad and the kids loved it very much. Ah, July is in it's prime.
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