Honey Chain

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

hope you’re having an excellent time.

this week i am grateful for the stunning display the yucca put on this year…my visit to the friendship gardens, which totally rocked…sometimes, when things are going poorly for me, i remind myself that “everything is as it should be in this moment”. i generally do not believe this but i say it anyway. the other day i said it and i knew it was true. i am grateful for that…a couple moments later, i came to the realization that just because “everything is as it should be” doesn’t mean i have to be content with it. i am grateful for that too…and last but not least, i am grateful for burdock.

mel has tagged me, so here goes

instructions: remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so:

1. I Was Born2Cree8

2. Skittles

3. Last Minute Lyn

4. Melsdream

5. Honey Chain

next select five people to tag: you, you, you, you and…umm…let me see…..oh yeah, you

now answer the following questions:

what were you doing 10 years ago?

1997 - i was starting a business making herbal tinctures, getting my certificate in herbal therapy, i bid on my first house, had the wool pulled away from my eyes regarding a family member, it was a very grown up year for me.

what were you doing 1 year ago?

i was struggling, struggling with this and struggling with that. i’m not sure i’m done learning the lessons from last year. i did learn the more you struggle the faster you sink.

five snacks you enjoy:

popcorn…cashews…apples with peanut butter…grapes…cheese and crackers

five songs to which you know all the lyrics:

feeling good - nina simone, anything off the kick inside - kate bush, troy - sinead o’connor, you can call me al - paul simon, pissing in a river - patti smith group, i could go on and on

five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

donate…travel…get a fridge and a stove…give lots of gifts…travel

five bad habits:

taking in strays, letting the dishes pile up, drinking mass quantities of coffee, not putting away the laundry, talking to myself

five things you like doing:

reading, listening to music, dancing with the dogs, taking pictures, bloggin’

five things you would never wear again:

diapers and hoochie wear. although, i’ve been pretty experimental in my fashion choices over the years, i haven’t really worn much i would never ever wear again.

five favorite toys:

the laser thing i use to play with the cats, misty, my pop up books, a squirt gun, cat lady action figure

4 years ago, when m first moved to northwest indiana, we decided we needed to visit the international friendship gardens right away. we got right on that and visited them yesterday. we are “take action” people.

the gardens are taken care of by volunteer only. i don’t think they get enough people so some spots are looking a little shabby, but i don’t care. i think it’s absolutely awesome.

unfortunately, my camera ran out of batteries before we got to the international gardens. they are small, but lovely.

the best part of the gardens, for me, are the giant burdock everywhere. i would marry giant burdock if wouldn’t leave burrs all over my dogs.

i’m a sucker for a big leafy weed.