We went hiking

Yep, that's what we did on our non-vacation! We went on a hike one day and went to the cleveland contemporary art museum the next, we had a good time. Definitely not the ocean but we didnt spend as much as we would have. I kept thinking about what we would have done if we were in OBX.

So now we are back to busy at work and I mean ive been doing 12 and 14 hr days! whew!Ive got two days off and Im enjoying them while I can. We were just told that in a few weeks we will all go back to 6 day work weeks. Not looking forward to that at all. All during the down season we were working 4 days one week and 6 the next, it made things and life outside of work a little more balanced. Well I have an agenda today,have to get some housework done and a little running around for errands.

I will post some pics from our hike....

Thanks for listening,

Dulce

Im Back...

Anyway, to continue my story....It couldnt have been but the very next day and I looked inside the pot and the nest had been put back completely! (fast little guys)And the eggs had been laid!Ok so I leave the nest in of course and I water around them!!! It didnt take long for the birds to hatch and then I had a cute little bird family. Aww. I looked in on them each day, I had to water around them (didnt want to loose my plant). Well soon enough they were standing and flapping their wings, Im sure, prepping for the big day of flight. One day my youngest and I happened to be standing in the living room and I noticed that the papa bird was on the edge of the planter, peep, peep, peeping. Then suddenly one of the babies jumped up onto the edge of the planter and within a few peeps and flaps they both flew away! This continued each half hour (there were five of them).Then came time for the last bird to be beckoned out by papa bird. Papa landed on the edge of the planter, peep, peep, flap, flap and the last of the babies jumped up on the edge of the planter. Papa bird peeped and flapped and the baby bird did the same. Papa bird jumped off the planter to fly away with the last of the babies and the last baby jumped back in the planter! Guess he/she wasnt ready. We had to do the chicken dance to get him to fly away once the father bird came back, we only hoped that it helped :)They both happily flew away and of course I lost my plant, couldnt get enough water around them. But I had a happy little bird family singing to me each day until they flew away.

Letting go is hard but its essential to the balance and adventure of life.

I love my girls with all my heart. I have two of my own and a new step daughter.

I hope each will listen to head and heart equally and find that balance in their life.

Never give up the adventure, the spirit that life brings. Embrace it.

Thanks for listening,

Dulce

No Vacation

im really bummed....no vacation this month or any other month in the near future for that matter! Its called bills & taxes. Im not happy, to say the least, but everything is for a reason I always say. I was really looking forward to seeing the ocean. It somehow makes everything alright again. It makes the next six months bareable. Its not that things are so bad here its just that I grew up in California and I really miss seeing the ocean!For me it has a grounding effect that makes everything ok again..Im so sad.

My husband says that we are going to Salt Fork...........yea, thats where I want to be. In the forest with Deer, cant wait. He says "you can take pictures of the deer" I will have to post them...whoo, hoo.

Im buying a large bottle of wine to take with me. Maybe if I shake it enough it will remind me of the waves? Not so much..hmm?

Maybe I will paint a bit more often. I dont know.

Im making bugers tonight for my youngest and her new boyfriend. I bought some steak burgers, some bleu cheese burgers and some gyro burgers! Ive tasted them before, they are great. Just going to put them on my grill and tada! I will have gourmet :) burgers. Maybe it will relieve my mind of the constant reminder that Im not going on vacation.

My youngest daughter has recently told me of her adoration for a young man that she wants to move to Arizona with. Her adoration is a year long, but, and Ive not met him yet because she has lived in Denver until a few weeks ago,but, what is she doing? You have to let them grow up dont you? You teach them to be independent, right? You hope they make the right decisions. I feel like a mother bird that just lets her babies fly away.

I watched the process of birds and their young once. I kept trying to keep the finches, in the area, from nesting in my hanging flower baskets. I kept taking the nests that they were making out (I know all you bird lovers are going to tie me to the stake)so that I wouldnt have to water around them. I have had this problem before. But the finches wouldnt hear of it. i will be back