Unconditionally

I just want to say that I love my kids. Truly, deeply, unconditionally. I've had a particularly bad day today, and it helps to know that my kids care about me.

why say that when you can this

It has been well established on the blog that I like to read, that I like certain quotes that speak to me and that I like words. I am alone for a couple of days while the boys are on a church trip, and guess what I chosen to do? Clean my house? NOOoooo. READ. Guiltless, don't have to be anywhere, can stay at home in my pj's if I darn well want to, and read.

In reading, I've decided to make a list of the words I come across that I just like. Maybe to the readers here they won't be as satisfying because they are just words taken completely out of context, but nonetheless, here they are:

engulfed- why use overwhelm when you can use engulfed?
linger- why use stay when you can use linger?
elusive- why use slippery when you can use elusive?
smoldering- why say sexy eyes when you can say smoldering eyes? **
drift- instead of falling away
incite- instead of provoke
ambivalence- instead of doesn't care
entrenched- instead of ingrained
fluctuating- instead of wavering
endeavor- instead of want
disuade- change

Okay, I admit it. I'm reading Shakespeare and then some other non-fiction books. And I'll stop now, because if I read as much as I'm wanting to for the next 48 hours, this list will be way to long to keep any of my readers attention. Well, maybe not Kristen's. ;-)

Just Checking

It's June, right? June 4th? Not too far into the month, and even though it's hot (95 the expected high today) it's still officially Spring. Right? Well, yesterday I stopped dead in my tracks and had to mentally check the date, because right there in the Hobby Lobby I was browsing (yes, browsing, something I'm allowed to do without children or grandchildren or son-in-laws in tow) they had CHRISTMAS Decorations up. What's up with that? It's JUNE for goodness sake. We haven't even hit Christmas in July. Sheesh.