Me and My Skippies

Let's see here. I just got the big idea to write on my blog about 2 seconds ago. Until then I was lounging in my bed (again) resting after realizing I had too much to do to even start. We are going on a trip next week to Branson,Missouri and then 1 day after our return I am going to Zion National Park in Utah to do a little bit of a camping excursion. My husband dug out his camping equipment last night and we went through every utensil in the middle of our living room even setting up the 3 man tent on our new beautiful rug from Crate and Barrel. It looks fun. Who knows what kind of camper/hiker I'll be? I mean what is a trowel anyways. In the mean time of trying to piece together both of these trips, I helped my neighbor yesterday with some details she is working on around her house. Her best friend, which happens to be a professional organizer, flew in from California for the week to help her get her house under control. It was a remarkable experience. I came right home and got all 45 bags of potato chips out of the cabinet where I store my crockpot. They don't belong together apparently. And now my wheels are turning as to how our house is set up. I'm learning that I don't have the gift of organization. My husband laughed at my "a-ha" moment on the couch when I put that all together yesterday. I want to learn though. I want to learn lots I'm learning. I love learning. I can't seem to take it all in. Sometimes I drive myself crazy.

We had nice weather over the weekend and I decided I was going to something productive. I went to Home Depot and waded through the mounds of people with their carts of 80lb bags of topsoil and picked out some delightful little guys to plant next to our house. I picked 4 gerbera daisy plants because I think they are just too cute and then picked a couple of other plants by their names...skippies and cosmos...then some petunias because they are like velvet. So, my husband crawled around the yard picking 2 bags of dandelions and I planted a lot of little lovelies. So, I'm learning about flowers. They seem do be doing well after 5 days. We'll see how it goes over the summer.

I'm learning lots about other things too. Cooking pork-kabobs. Loving my husband. Trusting God. Resting in my restlessness. For now though I just wanted to share about my skippies.