Saturday's Best...

 Well… it has already been one of those mornings around here. 😊

The new flower bed around the pool is finally coming together, and our yard guy has been out there early finishing everything up. Dirt, flowers, hoses, tools… the whole yard looks like it has been busy making itself pretty.

We spend a lot of time in the back yard during the Spring and Summer months and I want it to look my own resort.  

Then SIL came over and has been working in Sam’s greenhouse repotting his lemon, lime, and grapefruit trees. Those little trees are truly Sam’s babies. Bless his heart, he barely has the strength to water them much these days, so we just step in and do it together as a family. Honestly, that is what families are for. Love shows up with potting soil on its hands and dirt under its fingernails.

And as I mentioned over on my sidebar in the Sam update, we will be heading to Dallas tomorrow. Sam has another appointment with the eye specialist, and then Thursday morning I will be at the hospital for a heart Cath. After all of that, we decided we are taking a couple of extra days just to breathe a little. No rushing. No schedules. Maybe just sitting by the hotel pool and soaking up a little peace. I think we both need that more than we realize.

Meanwhile… I am packing. Or at least pretending to pack. I have officially accepted the fact that I was not created to travel light. I pack like I may end up stranded for three months with three outfit changes a day. Will I ever learn? Doubtful. 😂

The kids will be coming over to swim while we are gone, and thankfully they will also keep an eye on my plants. Priorities, y’all. The flowers must survive.

Anyway, that is the latest from this busy little corner of life. I hope your weekend holds a few good surprises, a little laughter, and maybe a moment or two that reminds you life is still full of sweetness… even in the middle of the busy days.

Because honestly, we never really know what a day is going to bring, do we?

Shug....💛

Lasso The Moon...

 Happy Friday Y'all....It's a good day to have a really good day!!

Devotional thought for today.

There's a phrase that has always stirred something deep in me.....

"Lasso the moon."

It sounds a little wild, doesn't it?  A little impossible.  Like something only dreamers would dare to say out loud. 

But maybe that's exactly the point. 

Somewhere along the way, many of us quietly stop reaching.  We trade wide-eyed wonder for safe choices.  We tuck our dreams neatly into the corners of our hearts and tell ourselves, "That's just not for me."

But what if it is?

What if that dream, that nudge, that whisper in your spirit....was placed there on purpose?

Lassoing the moon isn't really about capturing something unreachable.  It's about the courage to try. It's about lifting your eyes, stretching your faith, and daring to believe that God can meet you in the middle of your reaching.

Sometimes, the miracle isn't in catching the moon....

It's in becoming someone who still reaches for it. 

And maybe...God is smiling at the effort, the gentle guiding of the rope, reminding us that nothing placed in His hands is ever wasted. 

Today, or whenever your heart feels that quiet pull again.  Go ahead and throw the rope.  

"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see...." Hebrews 11:1

Shug.....

* How many times do we hold back from something because it feels to big or too late? 

Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday.....

Today I’m thankful for the people who can laugh at themselves.

The ones who burn the toast, forget why they walked into the room, wave at strangers thinking they know them, and still manage to make life feel lighter.

I’m thankful for conversations that make absolutely no sense to outsiders.

For refrigerators covered in magnets, receipts, and chaos.

For pajamas worn entirely too early in the evening.

For ice cream eaten straight from the carton while standing at the kitchen counter.

And honestly?

I’m thankful I’ve reached the age where I no longer feel the need to pretend I have everything figured out.

Some days are productive.

Some days are simply survival with lipstick and coffee.

Both count.

Here’s to real life… the messy, funny, beautifully imperfect version of it. 🧡

Shug....

Joining Michelle 

@ It's a Small Town Life

HERE

May Be a Hodgepodge

Looks like I "MAY" have made it just in time to join the Hodgepodge!!

How many of these things on my May bucket list did I get done?  SIX... including ice cream, planting, photos, surprising someone, swinging, making Lemonade.

Join Joyce at the hodgepodge

HERE

1. Do you like your name? Are you named after someone (grandparent, etc)? If you have children how did you choose their names? 

I have always liked my name.     I am SHUG....many people do not even know that I have a given name.  My parents gave me the name .... Anita Lynn, but I have not been called Anita in 30 years.  My grandkids began calling me "Sugar" and this soon turned into Shug....sometimes Sugar Booger.  When I was the Librarian at our local school...All of the kids called me Shug the same as my grandkids.  Even the Principle and the teachers called me Shug.  

Our entire community knows me as Shug.  I'm even known by Shug at my doctor's office!!

🌺 My mother actually chose our daughters names...

Trista and Shanda. 🩷🩷

2.  A piece of red velvet cake, a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a slice of blueberry pie? You can only have one...which will you choose? If you could pick any red, white, or blue dessert other than those listed here, what would you choose? 

Blueberry pie for sure....    

I would choose strawberry Pretzel salad with a few blueberries.  🫐

3.  What's a job you'd like to try for just one day?

Well....if I'm going to choose a job for one day, I might as well dream big.  I would like to try my hand at being a food journalist.  Fly to Italy...try all kinds of foods and write about them.   🍜🥗

4. Any patriotic decor in your home currently or coming up this summer? 

I have even surprised myself this year... NO, red, white and Blue decorations in our home this year.  I'm content with how things look in our home and for this reason PLUS the busyness of my life right now helped me make the decision to sit this one out.   🇺🇸

5. It's the end of May, so let's exercise our brains. Sum up your month with an acrostic using the word MAY. We can do it!!  

Music playing through open windows... 🎼🎤

A little more laughter than worry.... 🤣😂

Yes to simple joys and peaceful hearts... 💛🌸💛

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Isn't it funny how certain smells or songs can take you back to a moment in life...much faster than a photograph ever could?  

One old song on the radio can suddenly bring back people, places and good ol' memories that you haven't thought about in years.  

And I love how the smell of fresh cut grass always takes me back to childhood evenings when my dad was cutting the grass..

Hearing an old worship song can bring back memories of seasons in my life when my faith carried me through the hard days.  

Rain on a hot pavement is a smell that makes me think of my trips to "Six Flags over TEXAS."

The scent of homemade biscuits takes me right back to my mom's kitchen...The best biscuits ever made...

May you have sunshine and Good vibes all day long..

Shug...