Safer Space

I have had toxic people in my life.

They loved me. I loved them.

But they hurt too much.

Separating myself from them was hard

but I have grown stronger because I did.

Healing. Growing. Praying. Listening.

May the Fourth be with you

Happy 4th of May!

I opened a new Etsy shop today

It is called FriggleFraggleFinds (I couldn't get FriggleFraggle)

Still playing with the design and logo

Need to add bio and shop info

but here it is 

Featured are the Star Wars themed items

Star Wars Light Saber Magic Wand

There are lots of other items and I will be listing more as I go

Wish me Luck! <3

and May the Forth be with you!

I Don't want to be Married just to be...

Marriage is 

Love 

Respect 

Honesty 

Affection

Marriage is hard work and both people have to be willing to work on it or it doesn't exist.

Don't hurt the one you love because you don't know what to do.

Get advice.

Read a book. Pray. Go to a counselor. Talk to each other!

Here is a great book for everyone - single, happily married, or having troubles

His Needs, Her Needs

by Willard F. Harley, Jr.

Read it, Do it.

What was once lost...

We all lose things. Sometimes we find them.

Sometimes we don't.

Sometimes what we find is too late.

Things that were once useful to someone are now useless to anyone.

Someone lost them, nature found them.

Why are things so important to people?

Do they make us feel Happy?

Important?

Special?

When we die, we don't take things with us.

What we do take with us is Love

Understanding

Peace

So, forget about things!

Instead focus on your Family

Find yourself

Faithfulness

Spirituality

There you will find Happiness,

Peace

Love

5K!

One of my new years resolutions or goals for the year was to do a 5K race on my birthday. I have been working on it and I finally did my first 5K today since I was a teen! (Don't get me wrong, working on the farm and having kids, I walked way more than that everyday but just to do one on it's own, in my free time) AND I realized that today is exactly one month until my birthday! This was not a race, I am just training in my driveway. (see earlier post here - yes, I know I need to update it :P)

Now that I know I can do it time to find one and sign up :D

Ants in Macro

A few days ago I walked past a big mass of ants that seemed to have been disturbed by something.

It was odd to see because they were in the gravel so I wouldn't have noticed them if they weren't all out at once.

It thought this would be a great time to get the macro lens out and see the little creatures being so active together outside of their secret underground world.

 It was hard not to notice this many ants

 So I took a closer look

They seemed to know what they were doing, where they were going..

They all had a purpose

They were working together to save their community

Ants are amazing little creatures

What is your purpose?

Are you going where you are supposed to be going?

Stop. Pray. Meditate. Listen. 

Do. Be.

Blueberry Farm

Yesterday I went to the farm to see what the state of the blueberries were after the frosty nights we have had.  The bushes are loaded with blossoms but many have been kissed by the frost and won't turn into delicious blueberries :( 

All the little pink blossoms would have been blueberries

These bushes are about 25+ years old 

They stand over 6' tall and about the same wide

This variety is a southern Rabbit Eye

The berries are large and sweet

The poor little brown flowers are the ones that were frosted

These seem to be untouched :)

 These are a variety that are more tolerant of the cold weather

They are called Northern High Bush

These are my favorite kind

They have a strong tart blueberry flavor

We make many smoothies and freeze as many of these as we can

The bushes are much smaller and don't produce as much

as the southern Rabbit eyes

They are only about 5' tall and about 2-3' wide

They are the about the same age as the others

While the Borer bee is very annoying around the house and barn 

They are vital to the blueberries

They help open the blossoms so the honey bees can get to them

and are one of the first pollinators seen at the farm

If you haven't picked blueberries at a farm you should try it at least once

to see how they grow and have a real, fresh blueberry

be warned though:

 you might not be able to eat the store blueberries again ;)

Today's Song

Song of the day

Simple Man

Lynard Skynyrd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMmTkKz60W8

Mama told me when I was young

"Come sit beside me, my only son

And listen closely to what I say

And if you do this it'll help you some sunny day"

"Oh, take your time, don't live too fast

Troubles will come and they will pass

You'll find a woman and you'll find love

And don't forget, son, there is someone up above"

"And be a simple kind of man

Oh, be something you love and understand

Baby be a simple kind of man

Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can"

"Forget your lust for the rich man's gold

All that you need is in your soul

And you can do this, oh baby, if you try

All that I want for you, my son, is to be satisfied"

"And be a simple kind of man

Oh, be something you love and understand

Baby be a simple kind of man

Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can"

Oh yes, I will

"Boy, don't you worry, you'll find yourself

Follow your heart and nothing else

And you can do this, oh baby, if you try

All that I want for you, my son, is to be satisfied"

"And be a simple kind of man

Oh, be something you love and understand

Baby be a simple kind of man

Oh, won't you do this for me, son, if you can"

Baby, be a simple, really simple man

Oh, be something you love and understand

Life is a journey

Life is a journey, not a destination.

You won't reach your destination until you die.

So choose your path wisely and change it when you need to.

Love, forgive and live with passion.

Pray with an open heart and listen.

Learn as you go and enjoy the ride.

The time is now

Are you doing things to get you where you want to be?

Will you look back in a month, a year and be any closer?

Today is the day to start.

"The time is now."
-I have seen this message quite a few times in the last week or so.
Time to listen.

~FriggleFraggle~

April Fool's Day :P

April Fool's Day is not a day I celebrate. I have never really liked it.

Being named April made it worse growing up.

Kids can be mean and this day was an excuse to get away without getting into trouble.

I avoided the day when possible. Happy that it landed on a weekend sometimes. Other years I felt "sick" and couldn't go to school, but I had to anyway because my mom knew I was fine.

So I just kept my head low and pretended it was any other day. Sometimes that worked, sometimes it didn't.

I don't like tricks or pranks to be played on me and so I don't do them to others.

(Do unto others as you would have them do unto you)

One year I was staying at grandmas when a young cousin decided to play some tricks.

I was up first that morning and went to make coffee.

I turned on the water and got soaked by the sprayer.

Still very sleepy, I wasn't sure why the water was coming at me instead of going in the coffee pot.

She had put a rubber band on the spray nozzle so when the water was turned on it would spray the victim right away. I was the victim of that prank and a bit cautious for the rest of the day because I wasn't sure what else she did.

I know that is no big deal, I got a little wet right before my shower and it helped wake me up.

But I told that story to my son...

Now it is relived every year.

But, I usually catch it - if I remember what day it is before coffee.

Here is a link that I found that explains a little about the popular day and possibly how it all got started.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-fools-tradition-popularized

On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each other.

Although the day, also called All Fools’ Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.

Historians have also linked April Fools’ Day to ancient festivals such as Hilaria, which was celebrated in Rome at the end of March and involved people dressing up in disguises. There’s also speculation that April Fools’ Day was tied to the vernal equinox, or first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, when Mother Nature fooled people with changing, unpredictable weather.

April Fools’ Day spread throughout Britain during the 18th century. In Scotland, the tradition became a two-day event, starting with “hunting the gowk,” in which people were sent on phony errands (gowk is a word for cuckoo bird, a symbol for fool) and followed by Tailie Day, which involved pranks played on people’s derrieres, such as pinning fake tails or “kick me” signs on them.

In modern times, people have gone to great lengths to create elaborate April Fools’ Day hoaxes. Newspapers, radio and TV stations and Web sites have participated in the April 1 tradition of reporting outrageous fictional claims that have fooled their audiences. In 1957, the BBC reported that Swiss farmers were experiencing a record spaghetti crop and showed footage of people harvesting noodles from trees; numerous viewers were fooled. In 1985, Sports Illustratedtricked many of its readers when it ran a made-up article about a rookie pitcher named Sidd Finch who could throw a fastball over 168 miles per hour. In 1996, Taco Bell, the fast-food restaurant chain, duped people when it announced it had agreed to purchase Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and intended to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell. In 1998, after Burger King advertised a “Left-Handed Whopper,” scores of clueless customers requested the fake sandwich.

Some People really like this day and enjoy out-doing the pranks they did the year before. Good for them. I am happy it makes them happy!

Just don't involve me :P

~FriggleFraggle~