Unreal...

Just like most of you all,

I read the blogs every day. I click on other people's blog roll to see what other people

are reading and find new things. I often happen upon a group of friends or people who

have become friends through blogging.

A few months ago, I started reading a blog called "Bumpkin on a Swing." It was a funny

blog that had a serious side...bumpkin's husband is a boat captain in coastal Louisiana.

There was a guest post on her blog this morning from her friend Trish...bumpkin has

passed away from ovarian cancer...she was 40 years old.

I did not know her in person, but felt I knew her through her blog. I am so sad and I

can't believe this happened so suddenly. My deepest sympathy to Capt. John and to

all of bumpkin's friends and family who loved her so much.

YAY!!!!

Make a wish...

I wished that we could get an offer on our house.

So we buried a statue of St. Joseph in our yard

last Wednesday. On Wednesday night we got

an appointment to show our house on Thursday.

The lady came for the showing and then wanted

to see it again on Monday. Yesterday she made

an offer...not a great offer, but an offer.

We are in the middle of some red-hot negotiations

that are making me sweat buckets and have my

stomach in a thousand knots.

Be careful what you wish for, you just might get

it :o)

(photo by deannedaffy via flickr)

acts of desperation...

Yes my friends, it has come to this.

I bought a tiny statue of St. Joseph to bury in my yard!

St. Joseph is the patron saint of real estate, and the story goes that if you

bury him near your "for sale" sign, head down, facing your house, that

you will soon sell your house! I also put a prayer card under my front door

mat and recited the Novena to St. Joseph while my husband was conducting

the burial. I wish I had taken a picture! If this works my husband has vowed

to recite the Novena and let me record it!

I hope this works, or my next step is VOODOO!!!

An open letter...

Dear economic recession,

I have tried to ignore you for a long time and go about my business...if you don't bother me, then I won't bother you. But now I have to address you face to face.

I need to sell my house and you are stopping me. I have taken a lot of leaps of faith that are all going to turn out great if you will just relent and let me sell my house. Come on now, give a girl a break.

Thanks for listening,

LBM

For the birds...

One of the big jobs at my Mother's

house is feeding the birds. When my Dad was

alive, he was basically a hummingbird whisperer.

He had about a dozen feeders with about 50 birds

a day. They were so used to him they would land

on the brim of his hat and on his shoulders when

he was filling the feeders. It was like a weird mix

of Snow White and Huckleberry Finn.

Anyway, after he died, my Mother was not interested

in spending her days filling feeders, but she could

not let go of Daddy's birds, so she only has about

6 feeders.

However, this did not seem to decrease the number

of birds. I filled the feeders everyday with over a

gallon of hummingbird food! That was of course,

after I made it :O)

Daddy's hummingbird food recipe:

4 cups of sugar

1 gallon of warm water

Stir until all of the sugar is incorporated and then

cool. Keep in the fridge...they like it cold :O)

On the last day I was filling the feeders, two birds

came and sat on my shoulder while I filled the

feeder. Love you, miss you Daddy.

All done :O)

Hey everybody! I am so happy

to be home!

I am thrilled to report that my Mom's knee surgery

went even better than I could have hoped for.

She was only in the hospital for 2 days and

could walk without support the very next day.

My Mom still lives on the farm and she

does not have internet and my cell does not

get a signal! I had to go to Piggly Wiggly in

order to use my phone and get on Facebook!

Needless to say I found a reason to go every day.

I also had some animal encounters and

exciting adventures but I will post about those

later...I have 1000+ items in my reader and I

am going to read every.single.one! I can't

wait to catch up with everybody...missed you!