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When I was younger, it use to make me sick *gag* when my mother would fawn all over the spring flowers.  Now look at me, I'm doing the same thing and now my kids are rolling their eyes at me. 

You get to a more comfortable spot in life where you can really slow down and enjoy the beauty of them before they disappear into the hot summer.  The world seemed to be spinning faster when I was in my 20's and 30's.  You didn't have time to slow down, there was always something more pressing.

My mother is British, and I remember her singing "Raindrops on Roses" ala Julie Andrews, when I was a tot.  And now she's getting older and finding it more hard to plant the extravagant gardens she once did. (She lives in TX, so I can't help her there, nor would I, but I digress... )

So now I go around the neighborhood and just enjoy other peoples gardens. Being a stay at home mom doesn't afford me the pleasure of buying my own.  And that's OK, because,  I'm witnessing two girls bloom into something more beautiful than any flower.

It's all about priorities and choices.

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I've been taking a lot of pics lately, and had to pop a couple of pics of the big fluffy clouds....

So, what do you see?

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Long story short, I don't get along with my birth mother.  My father gained custody of me when I was 8 after the divorce  Plus I've only seen her a few times since.  It usually ends with making my phone number unlisted so she can't find me.  She's pure Narcissism .

We were emailing each other, and that seemed to work fine.  I was comfortable with it.  Then her husband had medical issues and she asked if she could have my number in case she needed to call me in an emergency.  I gave her my cell number.  Big mistake.  She's just as histrionic as I remember.  I thought she'd mellow with age, but no. 

So, I changed the ring tone on my cell phone to sound like a cuckoo clock, when she calls.  Because, I think she's a little cuckoo.

So, I'm curious, have you set-up certain ringtones to alarm you when a certain person is calling you?

AND, I'm a big fan of the art project called PostSecret, so I made a postcard about the ringtone change, and it was added to the website this week. 

It figures they'd pick this one, I sent in four others I thought were more artistic.   Dig the comment someone left regarding the Imperial March ringtone, on the website. 

Seeing this story in Californian brings me many questions.  Some, I see have been updated.  Like, where's the boy Travis?  Well thank you for answering that one.  But it doesn't give me comfort that he's in foster care.  This story is really, all about him.  He is the one who is suffering.

This kid was abducted when he was 11, I think, by his grandfather and I love this one, his step grandmother.  We have to add the "evil step" in there.  And they took him to Arizona, because they thought for sure, Travis' mother was gonna take him to Mexico and kill em. 

That's what we get for an explanation???? 

And what about Judge Richard Oberholzer said about a statement the couple wrote contesting the plea deal which suppossedly included incriminating statements? 

The judge said the pair didn't appear to be "sophisticated" in their education, adding they could face a more severe punishment with a trial.

So "sophisticated education"...is that beyond 8th grade?

So here Travis sits in foster care, a changed young man.  I only hope he can go on with a postive life.

Has anyone else been thinking about this poor kid?