Hot Fudge Sunday

Posted on February 23, 2015 by barbhinds

Greetings from the Panhandle,

Waking up to a cold morning and a beautiful snow.  I was looking for my glasses and Jim, my husband, said ‘they are all over the house’.  They are but I found a pair on my head.  😳

We are always looking for something better.  While we are looking for something better, life is passing us by.  I have said that so many times and wonder where my life has gone.  I am in my sixties and what have I done?  I am going to give myself credit; raised two children, kept a decent home, worked outside the home, and at one time had a pretty yard.  Ok, the bragging is over and I have 4o years or so left.  I hope this statement doesn’t make my kids say, ‘your kidding’!  I’m not.😜

Life does seem short but that could be, because we don’t appreciate every single moment.  I am so guilty of letting a day go by without really seeing the beauty of it.  Life needs to be treated like a big hot fudge sundae, take it slow and savor every single bite.  I just had to get that in because I have been craving a sundae for a week.  My weakness is just eating it so fast I forget how it really tasted.  Same with life, so busy getting on with it I forgot what it tasted like.

The week is ahead of you. Treat this week like a hot fudge sundae.  Enjoy, laugh, love, and most of all live your life.  Remember, you are the only one that can live your life.  Live it the way you have always dreamed.

Make the choice to really taste life to change, and the chance of a great life will be yours.

Your sister friend

BarbWired

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Party Time

Posted on February 18, 2015 by barbhinds

Greetings from the Pandhandle,

Cold start to the morning but promising to be a beautiful day.

I know most of you have heard the song ‘It’s my party’, by Leslie Gore. We lost this talented singer-writer yesterday, a big loss for everyone who liked her music.  This song was in my time and I guess that dates me.  Thinking about those words make me wonder why we forget it’s our party or our life.

I remember my sixteenth birthday party.  It was a surprise party so I didn’t plan any of it. I am sure my friends thought it was the greatest party ever.  I was a rather quiet girl and did not like all that attention and laughter or maybe it was the sign around my neck that said ‘never been kissed’.  Not my best party, but it was the talk of the town.  That town consisted of about 400, including dogs and cats, huge place.  I am sure no one was talking about my party but I was self conscious for weeks.

Our life is our party and we all choose to enjoy and have fun or let someone ruin it.  Don’t let your life become a surprise party.  When it’s your party you can choose the eats, decorations, and who you invite. You have the control to have the best party ever, but you must take charge and decide the outcome.

It’s not too late late to change anything in your party (life).  Never be afraid of change of any kind; decorations, guest list, food, or where this  party takes place.  Change is good and when we start these small changes we begin to grow into the person we want to be.

The song goes on to say, ‘ I can cry if I want to’.  We don’t have to cry at our party if we are willing to change.

Choose to change and take the chance of the best party ever.

Your sister friend,

BarbWired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Start Swimming

Posted on February 17, 2015 by barbhinds

Beautiful snow in this flat land and you can see it for miles. No wind, just cold and beautiful.

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Don’t you just love those chairs?

I am now starting to train for a triathlon and the only thing that has me a little worried is the swimming. Jumping into a lake is different than a swimming pool. The pool has an edge you can see and in a lake you may have to squint to see the shore, and will be a lot colder. It won’t take much longer to swim the 1/4 of a mile in the lake, than it does in the pool, but mentally it seems harder. I start the training in the pool and build my swimming skills, then I am going to take the plunge and swim to shore.

Research, training, and desire make things possible. We have all been training, researching, and have the desire. Now imagine, you can see the shore and start swimming toward that dream.

Knowing all things are possible, choose to jump in make the choice to change and go for your dreams.

Your sister friend,
BarbWire

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Doubt

Posted on February 3, 2015 by barbhinds

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Greetings from the Panhandle,

I am wondering, is it possible to have another great day?  Sure we can have lots of great days, don’t doubt it.

I am amazed at how we think things are possible and other things are impossible.  Doubt sometimes makes us rethink our possibilities.  We are either; too young, too old, too fat, too skinny, too dumb, or just too smart to make a change. A lot of these excuses keep us stuck in our lives, or at least struggling with the possibility of doing great and doing what we dream.

I have shared the story of talking with my dad about his dream to put rock on the outside of his home, but this is how things become possible.  He decided to rock this fairly large home at 75 years of age and ask me what I thought.  First, my dad was not a brick layer by trade or had he ever laid rock and he wanted to tackle a house for his first project.  Why not a planter first? My first thought you are too old and you don’t know how.  Now I tried to be very tactful and say, ‘that would take a long time’.  His response was, ‘I have all the time in the world and if I do 6 or 8 rocks a day it won’t be very hard’.  Really, 6 or 8 rocks a day!  How many thousands of rocks, and how many days does it take to rock a home for a 75 year old man?

He saw the house already rocked and I saw a yard filled with piles of rock that I would be trying to weed around. This would take years in my mind and it was already completed in his mind.

He did rock that home and made a rock wall around the front.  The only mystery in this rocking process was the silverware went missing.  The mystery was solved as we toured the rock house.  Forks, spoons, and knives were found stuck in the rock wall to support the rocks while the cement dried. He never removed them so now they are a part of the home.  We have stopped blaming the butler for the loss of our Silver.

What I am trying to say today is, what would have happened if he could have sense my doubt and said, ‘she’s right I’m too old and it would take too long.  Just my actions or words could have prevented my dad from fulfilling his dream.  

My dad Is 91 years old and will turn 92 in March, and I ask him how he did it.  He said, ‘it was nothing, just a few rocks a day.

Choose to encourage everyone in their dreams and just by chance you too can change a life.

Your sister friend,
BarbWire

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