randomness that makes me smile

today....i want to show you some things that i come upon...

that make me smile

or cry

or laugh

lets start with this picture.....

 i have never ever ever seen anything like this

ever...

it made Mike and I take pause 

and stare above 

and cry 

and then smile

 this is what boys do....

when they are supposed to be doing chores...

this made me smile

and laugh

and sigh with relief that my Aidan...

is still a boy

and all of the mess 

and heartache 

that he has had to endure...

did not steal all of his joy

and contentment

and he can still play dress up

the way boys play dress up

this is Shaya

Calli's kitty

she is a rescue

she hated me.

i mean absolutely ran the other way

or hid under something

whenever i would come even remotely close 

to the room she was in....

which was always Calli's room...

that made me cry

i hate rejection

  this is where she lives....

in Calli's room

she loves me now...

well..she likes me

she misses Calli too...

 she even purrs when i rub her chin

 she is weird

she likes to sniff and lick my finger

that makes me smile

 love

this is Calli's handwriting

i framed it

in a teeny tiny frame

it makes me smile

all of these pretty monarchs come to say hello to me...

this poor guy did while i was driving..

 this made me squeal with delight

i slowed down

but...um..well...

can you see his guts?

i did not mean it...

i made Aidan go get him off the road

and he was flapping his wings and dying

and i cried

and then i squished him...

and framed him with a poem that Calli wrote...

and then i smiled

 blue jay feathers
on Calli's grave...
thank you
it made me cry
and smile
that someone visits
and thinks of her
she loved birds

 plants in pretty pots

make me smile

but...i kill them

i forget to water them.

someday maybe my thumb will turn green

this is no joke...

we were having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad moment

(in a restaurant- no less)

when Aidan gasped with delight

and turned the situation bright

this is the water stain that Aidan's glass left

it made us all smile and laugh

and remember...

 that God uses little things like this...

to make us take a breath

 this is my very bad husband

just look at the anticipation in his face

can you see the saliva dripping in expectation

of the first yummety bite of 

RAW cookie dough on double stuffed oreos?

yummety is a word by the way

at least in my world it is :)

i do wonder what his cholesterol is

beings that he does not eat vegetables

no Mike...

 CORN chips do not count as a vegetable

...it did make me smile

 this is Roscoe

he is seven

and a rescue

he is my 

fluffer-nutter 

muffin top.

 he makes me smile

a lot

Roscoe hates kayaking

he usually hides in the bow

with his head hiding

but today he wanted to see the sun

 i love Roscoe 

very much

 except 

when he rubs in poop

  Jill said 

he was ugly.....

so i sent her 

this picture..

 and she admitted 

he was cute...

well....

actually, 

she said he had 

"a sweetness 

in his eyes."

 that is her way 

of saying he is cute

 well just his face

 he is a German shepherd 

and a corgi- 

oye

that makes me laugh out loud

and smile

 curly hair

my aunt's curly hair

it makes me sigh

and cry remembering my sweet Calli's golden locks

and it makes me smile

public service announcement:

ladies and gentlemen

if you and or your children have God-given curly hair...

please 

throw away your straighteners

don't use a blow dryer without a diffuser

stop using sulfates in your shampoos

and parabens and silicones in your conditioners.....

no more drying alcohol in your gels....

your hair needs moisture

your hair loves the rainy humid days

embrace your fly aways

let your tendrils accessorise and frame your face....

love your curls...

please...

because they make me smile.

Scotty makes me smile

and yell

that little whipper snapper....

he turned 11 on August 20

he likes his curly hair

except when it snows

he is the big boss around here

 this is Butchy

she is also 11

and a rescue

Calli was her human

If Calli was around, you would hear anything from

huneee

bobalooski 

butcheek

butsie

those were her sweet terms of endearment for her Butchy girl

 Butchy has been depressed ever since Calli wen to Heaven

every day she goes to the basement and lays in her crate...

Butchy... I feel the same way huneee

 each day after Calli died...

for almost a month....

she would just go into her room

and stare at her bed

 each time we come home..

after we all have come in...

she either runs to the car looking for her...

or she stays at the door waiting and waiting for Calli to come in...

that makes us all cry...

 Butchy has aged a lot since Calli died...

I love Butchy

she makes me smile

 what makes you smile?