NO, I DON'T MIND....REALLY!!

Rule number one in the visiting nurse's handbook:
      
        "One must always treat the client's home with the utmost respect and accommodation.  Remember,  we are a guest in their abode and at all times should strive to tolerate any minor inconveniences with a professional attitude and calm demeanor..."


So I don't mind really...

        when your cat pounces on my back from behind and scares the living daylights out of me then starts pawing at my hair as she "just gets to know me"...

no, I don't mind really!

         or... when you leave me standing out in the rain for ten minutes so you can watch the end of Jeopardy to see who the "grand champion" is this week...

I don't mind really

        or... when your 46 year old son who lives in the basement and resembles an ax murderer I saw on TV one time stands too close to the knives in the kitchen and stares at me as I gather the last 20 years of your medical history...

nah, I don't mind really

        or... when you leave a lit cigarette burning about two feet from my nose and it feels like my sinuses are about to explode.. because you are "trying to quit"...

I really don't mind

        or... when your two little yappy dogs are playing tug-of-war with my shoe strings under the table and their little teeth feel like knives stabbing at my ankles.. cause they are "just so playful"...

oh no, I don't mind,  really

        But seriously,

                I love my job. Look forward to getting up every morning to go to work.  Meet some of the nicest people.

        But sometimes....

REALLY???

                

*photo courtesy of google images ;)

                                     

MORE HAPPY TAILS

Hey,  just for the heck of it

     here are some more friends from the daily route...;)

            Bertha


    drama queen with a
    great sense of humor

                   Macyver (Mac)
                    (no kidding)

           
                     chief of security 
                            at the 
                senior citizen home
                 

            Barbie


        has the gift of gab
        

                   Chloe

      thinks her fur don't stink
          

                 
                
                 Toby


     a lamb in a horse's body

      Hazel and Floyd


   Toby's nosy neighbors





    
   

hope you have some fun today whatever you are doing!! :)   

ABBA (DADDY)

"Pick me up Daddy"

 about 4 years old...

   I felt so high above the ground

        he was a big bear of a man with

strong arms to 

protect

lift

provide

Taught me to 

tie my shoes

work hard

have a generous heart

always fight for the underdog

Now, years later, no longer that small child

    but still I say...

           "Pick me up Abba"

uphold me with your grace

lift me out of deep waters

teach me to work in your ways

give me strength to carry the downtrodden

form my heart to serve people in your name

Still the same

        forever different

I am

  

  

Abba's Little Girl 

                                               (CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW)

                                                             OCEANS HILLSONG UNITED

*photo courtesy of google images

WAVES OF HAPPY

They come bursting through the door in a 

      tidal wave of excitement...


         we're here!!!

                          

 I am submerged

 in the rush of 

energy

life

giggles

shrieks of joy

      Little Bear

aka

Jack

the Whiz Kid

aka

Finn

Smurfette

aka

Miss Evie

Mr. Personality

aka

Andrew

spinning

floating

drifting 

I am swept away...

together 


we frolic


 and dive 

into

oceans of happy ;)

POISON SCHMIVY

I had been pondering it for months....probably since last year...

     not sure how to approach it---
         

               the poison ivy taking over my flower bed

especially since we (the poison ivy and I)  had an ugly encounter last summer--yeah and I had a bright red insanely itchy rash all up my right arm for a few months to prove it.


How do you get rid of something so threatening??  

I asked around but nobody was much help...

...."my cousin got it and she had red blotches all over her face"

...."I once had it as a kid--it was so itchy and burned like crazy--now I'm allergic to plants"

...."hard to get rid of, that's all I know"

...."once you get it, the next time it's even worse"


I was dreading it.

Every day I would walk past my beautiful roses and there it was--

the three leaved monster--

mocking me...

taunting me...

we were in a standoff... 

and so far the poison ivy was winning

There had to be a way....but

   I couldn't touch it

   I couldn't spray it--did that last year and the whole rose bush died                

   I couldn't trim it--it would just come back even stronger like a 

            horrible infection 

Months went by...

Finally I had enough---it was now or never

I put on some industrial strength gloves I bought at the hardware store and went out to face the culprit.

I began pulling slowly at first..

       hmm, 

             strange how easily it succumbed, how thin and weak the branches were that held those foreboding leaves--

             ha! there was not so much after all, behind that fierce image

I pulled faster and harder getting some strange pleasure and satisfaction  

I was doing it!! 

Now there was no stopping me!!

After several hours and two large garbage bags later, I looked around triumphant....

 the magnificent pale pink blossoms on my rose bush were clearly visible.  Now I could actually see the whole bush

Yeah

poison ivy/poison schmivy

Note to self:

    Most things we         

fear

dread

avoid

stew over

turn out to be nothing more than

spindly branched

overblown

cowardly

wimpy

Poison Schmivy

                       

THE WARRIOR PRINCESS

She always reminded me of a princess...

         a Warrior Princess

                                                                                                                                  

long shiny blackish hair

smooth brown skin

chiseled cheekbones

eyes like deep pools of midnight

even her name was exotic

I watched her from afar....

          

          learned her strategies

courage

resilience

purpose and drive

generosity and kindness

But no one knew the hidden battle she endured....

          until much later

                    

                    how the enemy

manipulated her trust 

held her captive

overpowered her

pierced her soul with arrows of shame

Yes, for a while.... my 

          Warrior Princess was

     wounded 

broken

fractured into tiny pieces of her former self

    

But now, once again, stronger than ever....

she rises 

like

 a

Phoenix

treasured

delivered

she has overcome...

persevered

discovered her true worth

 claimed her rightful place in the line of nobility...

anew and restored

now, my

victorious

Warrior

Princess

for L and everyone who has overcome great challenges in life (which is probably all of us)

*photo courtesy of google images

STRAWBERRY MOON

They call it the 

Strawberry Moon

the first full moon of 

June

a glowing ball of color

Summer's sign of life and harvest

floating softly and gently above us

casting a rosy shade of hope

over the whole world

May all your nights be filled with 

the peace and beauty 

of  a

Strawberry Moon 

*all photos courtesy of Google Images

HAPPY TAILS

On a lighter note....

  would like you to meet a few friends on my daily route...

Chrissy 

and 

Molly

     sweet sisters with a bad case of 

      sibling rivalry

Millie

spoiled but kind hearted

Charlie

your all around great guy

and my own little Ruby

Just as sweet as she looks :)

Hope you have a furry little companion to bring you lots of love and joy