we're going on an adventure!

we're off to disneyworld this weekend
for the whole week
airline tickets are ordered
the rental car is waiting
and i've got my handicapped sticker
and a wheelchair on reserve

at first,
i was dreading this trip
but the closer it gets
to becoming a reality
the more i am looking forward to it
this may be the last time
we are all together
in one place
living in the lap of luxury

rick and zoe will do rollercoasters
all day long
while zack and i will have a chance
to bond
altho he gives me grief
just about e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g,
i know there is a scared
little boy in there
that is looking forward
to driving me around
disappearing for a while
on our own little adventures

we are even going to have friends there
waiting for us
teenagers abound!
perhaps they could travel as a pack,
while leaving rick and me
to our own devices

{insert evil laugh here!}

just like cameron diaz

its cold and rainy
i have no desire to go anywhere
some days i feel great
there is bounce in my step
other days are not so good
my arse is dragging
napping is the most i can do
twice a day, in fact

hubby's big annual banquet
is saturday nite
i went shopping yesterday
with mother-in-law
i needed a dress
a wrap style in a yummy fabric
navy with polka dots
very sexy indeed
but the hat
what about the hat?

found a cute white knit one
with a brim, kinda slouchy
reminded me of cameron diaz
in a way.
it will have to do

eco-systems

outside my kitchen window
exists an entire eco-system full of life
sparrows, doves, finches
there is one with a pretty yellow head

the bushes provide their roost
for the families who reside there
a brilliant red cardinal snoops around
wifey must not be far away,
as cardinals mate-for-life
you know.

one bird feeder at each end
in the summertime we hang
the hummingbird feeder
big, bright and red
it hangs in the center
entertaining us
we all stop what we're doing
and watch
i love it when they
zzzip around

our table sits inside
right under the window
i have been spending
many hours there
sitting, watching

waiting

view from a monday

another plateau
this one may be
permanent

i fell in the woods on saturday
all alone
it was muddy, sloppy
i couldn't catch myself from falling
back, back, backwards
boom!

the good news?
i got up with relatively few issues
pretty quickly too

but i tire so easily
my intentions are honest
i start out good and strong
but end up wobbling home
bobbing and weaving
hoping no one sees me