YARD SALE # 2

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Tomorrow's Yard Sale is going to outfit 3 families,  me, then next door and then the next door after that !!

 

 

 

 

by: Kat ( Mary ) Carlson  _  author/publisher



We are ALL gearing up for a rip roaring three family yard sale.  The weather man has been kind in that the predicted temperature will only be 90 degrees F.   Oh,  lucky,  lucky us.  Because you see,  already this week we've had 100 - 104 degree weather.  My thoughtful next door neighbor loaned me his very large patio umbrella.  I just finished rounding up a nice stand for it.  That's a 
gift,  I didn't expect,  ............. thank you, Chuck!


So,  in less than 20 hours,  folks will be pulling up next to our drive-ways,  and "looking for "treasures",  as they say,  they can't live without.  Lots of people,  remark,  I don't  see anything I can't live without!  Ojai is a really wonderful, Garage Sale, Yard Sale paradise.  We are a simple folk,  yep, that we are.  These kinds of activities also bring us together on weekends,  affording us the chance to say "hey"...................:)


You know,  country living is the real deal!   We call a spade a spade !   So,  when you "click" with
your neighbors,  that's something special !!   The size of a town calls for genuine representation of one's self.   RIGHT ? 


Which brings me to a anecdote,  an relative remarked to me,  after I reported to him that my Sale is tomorrow,  well,  Mary,  I'll "pray" that it is successful.  That kind of remark,  made me very upset,  and now,  after putting it aside for a day,  ( I practice waiting on clarity when I get upset like that ) so a few moments ago,  I got a glimpse of this "happy" concept ,  truth will out,  I do live for each moment of each and everyday.   That is key  for me to have a strong value system.  First things first.   Enjoy the moment !   So,  when I arrange this type of deal,  the fun is in preparing,   signs,   setting up,  meeting & greeting.    It's a wonderful experience.    I haven't actually given much thought to how much I'll derive monetarily.  I've prepared,   so,  I know,  it will be adequate, or more.   So-be-it !    I exchanged a life of anxiety ( oh yes,  I was EXTREMELY anxious for most of my life),  but not anymore.  ( Sigh)  Now,  it's full of richness and wealth of a different kind. 


I know I am going to enjoy tomorrow !!  Because I enjoy "TODAY",  so,  it's in-the-bag!  That is not-to-say,  "Life is Predictable",  uh uh,  not so much ! 


I plan on taking pictures of the festivities.  Now,  ..... the weatherman could be nice and surprise us with "cooler" weather,  huh?  ...  The three families involved are getting this together for the very first time.  Y-a-a-a-a-y !!  Picture time on my blog/post coming up soon.  Stop by and visit !!!!  I'll take your picture ....................:)

Happy Trails

 

 (_ A Wink & a Smile_) ......................................................................:)


 

GOBBLELY Goop

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It's the jolly trolley again

 

by: Kat (Mary) Carlson  _ author/publisher


On frequent occasions like this,  today,  September 8,  2015,  _ I succumb to what I call "gobblely
goop".   Oh my,  it does come in handy at very frustrating times.  _It goes like this ....


Handel's Messiah,   Braxton Hicks,  June Gloom,  Girl Talk,  Paper Moon,  Gravel Girdy,  Jolly Roger,   Old Black Joe,  There's Trouble In River City,  Rocket Man,   Do You Know the Way to San Jose,   I Honestly Love You,  Outrageous Fortune,   Trouble I Paradise,  Holy Moley, Tank Top,  Crime Team,  Truth or Dare,  Dirty Rotten Rat,  Orange plume,  Psychedelic Lights,  Freedom Train,  Kukla Fran and Ollie,  Mr. Greenjeans, Mickey Mouse Club,  Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frequent Flyers,  Happy Days,  Pluto,   Mars,  Twirly Gig,   Xylophone,  Memorabilia,  Aggravation It's a Jolly Holiday With Mary,   Who -the - heck- Knows,   The Munsters,  River Kwai,   Allegheny Moon,  Holy Rollers,  Double Trouble,  Six Million Dollar Man,  Grease Lightning ,   Little Shop of Horrors,   Laluce Latrek,   Home on the Range,  Happy Birthday Baby,  By The Light of the Silvery Moon,   Righteous Brothers,   Ranger Danger,  Afternoon Delight,   Round Robin,  Beyond the Blue Horizon,   Animal  House,  Andy Rooney,  Fun-in-the-Sun,   Sexy Mama,    ABCDEFG_HIJKLMNOP_QRSTUV_WXYZ,   Now I Know My ABC's,  Tell Me What You Think of Me,  Maybe Baby I Got You,   Do You Know the Way to San Jose
A Blast from the Past,  Mule Train,  Philip Morris ........................ & on & on.  These phrases just 
are pulled right out of the air.  FUN !!!


Now,  you or I can do this as long as you want.   Sometimes it behooves me to continue and just play it by ear.   My brain, ( mind)   gets quiet at times like this and doesn't scream at me to fix this or fix that thing,  or rather not demanding when it gets frustrated.  this may not ever happen to you,  I can't say,  but once in a while,  it does happen to me.  That's when I utilize this exercise. 
However,  it pays to be creative and come up with something completely different to diffuse my brain/mind.   If you like, try doing this for fun.   It is surprising what comes out so spontaneously.
  

On occasion I laugh out loud .............

This will end my "gooblely goop" session ....

 

(_A Wink & a Smile_) ..........................................................................:)

HE IS A "MAN " _ # 2

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A "LUCKY "MOM

by: Kat ( Mary ) Carlson  _  author/publisher


I' so proud to write this blog/post this morning.  Maybe it is personal,  but the story is absolutely worth telling.  My oldest son,  is 52 years old.   From the beginning,  at 2 1/2 years old,  this
fabulous "creature" displayed courage.  Courage because he was not afraid of authority.   At this tender age,   I asked him for a favor,   seemingly small one to me and it definitely was a small one. I was changing his younger brother's diaper,  and didn't have a clean one to put on him,  so,  I said,  would you please go get me a clean diaper on the kitchen table.   He said  "NO".   Re soundly,  and absolutely "NO".    I lost it !    I went "bonkers !  ( Now, mind you I found that I had issues at that moment.)  This story is phenomenal,  because,  it has taken both of us,  50 years to find a wonderful  "Love"  for each other.


The timing could not be more "perfect".  We have both been lost ,  but "looking" at ourselves
for ourselves .  Of course we have charted our own course,  but have now,   found our own " individual strength".  


Once I kicked him out of the house,  he had nothing except the clothes on his back.  He had gone off to college out of high school,  a bright young man,  ( physics major).  Down in San Diego,
at school,  he got caught up in culinary ideas as to what "heals" us.   So,  he converted to vegetarianism.  That became his direction.   But school ( college) got totally lost as a " priority "    and actually,  it  ( vegetarianism) WAS a primary concern because " HE" really needed "healing" inside,  desperately.    Our confrontation when he flatly refused to help me at the age of 2 1/2 was "ugly".


My son spent " years" on the streets,  found ways to take care of himself,  and came back to me after  many,  many years to help take care of me.  Then I had "trials"  issues too.  I fell,  broke my hip and was off to stay and recover in a "Nursing home & later Assisted Living Facilities"   But LIFE was "still" very,  very "painful for "both" us.  We did have the good sense to realize that it was an individual walk,  this LIFE.
  

Long story short,  NOW,   HE  &  I,   are at  fabulous,  glorious  "PEACE"  with ourselves and naturally & thankfully  with each other.   Right before,  he left for college ,  this time ( at 52 yrs.),
we played "Scrabble"  every night for a week.   He came home for a very short visit,  two nights ago,  & yes, we did play  "Scrabble" once again.   Here's where I  "proclaim" that "HE" is a MAN.  Before he left the next morning,  he put his arms around me and loved me "gently "and "warmly".   His "heart" is so tender and sweet.   He "loves" all Life.   He brought me a cute little frog a few weeks ago,  barely an inch in diameter.   It was cupped in his sweet hands and he said,  _  " Mom where can I put him,  so he can be in moisture" ? _ ( The weather was monstrously hot).     How I "loved" being a part of that "BEAUTIFUL" moment  !!!!


 I'm so "happy" that we have come to terms with our own "selves",  and can be whole together and apart.  It's "never" too late !!!!


Interesting note here,  is the title " it's quite prevalent in this world  " for "man"( hu-mans) to "feel the need to DOMINATE" (control) !   Not a surprise,  I'm sure.   Too bad that many feel so threatened,  that that is their only recourse.  The relationship between man & woman ( & our own selves) will and can be "healed"  with  "loving Hearts".   A real sense of our own individual "identities " .  First separately,  and then  "Together".   It's the "only" way, "RESPECT" and  "UNCONDITIONAL LOVE" can come about.   

Some say LOVE,  it is a flower ........

Well,  it just  "IS",  ...... that's all !!   "IT'S  POWERFUL "


_( A Wink & a Smile_) .....................................................................................:)