life safari 10-22-08

Well, I am setting out to go vote early after my shower.

Something made me decide that this election has someone that I can vote in favor for - a change from before.

It's an absolutely beautiful Fall day here and more cooler weather is predicted - a bit of rain too.

M/S meeting went on until after 9:00 pm last night. It was supposed to end at 8:00 pm.

I handled the above situation better than I have in the past, which is a good thing if one wants to stay employed.

I am learning to take life easier. When I get all bent out of shape, it seems to only hurt me - no one else gives a hoot. Most people are out in the ozone, thinking about numero uno which, of course, so am I. So, I'm no different than every one else and, therefor, I should not be so hard on every one else. We really ARE in this together...

I am Grateful and Thankful for/that...
finally feel like voting for a "cause"
to be alive and well
to live in a country where I don't risk being killed for my Christian beliefs
that Precious is a part of my life
I have a beautiful double yellow hybiscus bloom on a plant that has not produced in over a year
for this great Houston weather
to be back on a shift where I have my mornings free
I enjoy reading my friend's Blogs
God's Grace
thank YOU

life safari 10-21-08

Happy Tuesday morning. It is another beautiful day in H-Town.
I got paid yesterday, the last of all those crazy long hours I worked for a few weeks. Glad I'm back to my old shift hours again.
Sunday, I was invited and attended the Houston Grand Opera. Saw two one-act operas and enjoyed them both. The second opera I like better but only because it was set in the 1940's.

Also, this Friday I am leaving work early to attend a Taize prayer service at the Villa de Matel Chapel. I really look forward to this. Frank tells me that the chapel is beautiful. I have seen the grounds of the Villa. I know it is very peaceful and pretty.
The Villa de Matel is the Sisters of Charity of the incarnate Word retirement home. It has a Grotto on the premises that I long to go sit in one of these days. Perhaps on another outing at the grounds.

Today, I am Grateful and Thankful...

for this Precious gift pictured above that brings me joy and happiness
that the weather is so special right now
to have a job that lets me be sort of "out in the gorgeous day"
for God's Grace
Thank YOU

life safari 10-20-08

What a beautiful Monday. And, it's payday for me.

I had a nice, restful weekend. Accompanied Frank to 2 short (1 act each) operas yesterday. I enjoyed both but especially the second.

Attended the beautiful Memorial for Melody also. What a beautiful person she is and her effect on other's was unmistakable.

This lovely Fall weather and temperature soothes me and brings out the better of my Nature.

I am Grateful for/that...

my health
my life as I know it today. I have had a much different life in the past. One of travel, horses and that whole life-style. Too much activity crammed into one 24 hour period in the past. Yes, I miss a great deal of that past today but, some of the things that surrounded and permeated in that life were hard lessons for me. Lessons that, fortunately, in time have lost their sting.
Precious and her little, loving, Being
God's Grace and Salvation
Thank YOU