"Jimmy Dreams" lyrics by Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy dreams he's a child till the end

What a joy when you are your best friend

The world's such a toy

If you just stay a boy

You can spin it again and again

/

Jimmy flies with no use for disguise

Just escapes using mirrors and capes

And the words do the trick

There is no bigger kick

Than just rhyming again and again

Sound of the low tide

The smell of the rain

Travellin' alone

On my boat and my plane

Take it all in it's as big as it seems

Count all your blessings

Remember your dreams

/

Jimmy stares towards the bright Pleiades

It's so strange

What his distant eye sees

Who knows why you start

Rediscovering your heart

But you do it again and again

/

Sound of the low tide

Smell of the rain

Travelling alone

On my boat and my plane

Take it all in it's as big as it seems

Count all your blessings

Remember your dreams

/

Jimmy stares towards the bright Pleiades

It's so strange

What his distant eye sees

Who knows why you start

Rediscovering your heart

You just do it again and again

The world's still a toy

If you'll just stay a boy

And that's why Jimmy dreams.

♥♥♥dedicated to by baby & my munchkin♥♥♥

What's Happening!

This weekend I get to attend my first trade show for our company. I have been working here for 11 months now & have one main company I am working for (which has about 3 "sub-companies" within it). I am the main person working for these 3 companies, but one is almost non-existent as far as business coming in, one is very slow, & the other 2 keep me busy most of the time (& they work hand in hand anyways).

The trade show is for the main company. It is a Health Foods Show. I get to go to Austin (TX) for the weekend. I have a feeling it is going to be very interesting getting to see what this is all about. I have slowly been learning that side of the business (it's not the main one I work with) & I think there are many interesting things still to learn. Plus - even though I am a Native Texan & still live in Texas, I have never been to Austin. I have heard it is a beautiful & fun place to see. Even my son has visited Austin a couple of times with his grandparents. (He has actually travelled to places I haven't yet been - but I would love to go to).

So that is really all that is happening here...

Hope to have some fun stuff to write about when the weekend is over!

My weekend

I don't know if I mentioned previously or not that we had yet another booth at yet another street fair. This one is the "Old Tyme Days"... It had more rides & a few more attractions than the one we went to last month. We had a cloudy start to Saturday morning. We were expecting rain on and off through the day - and according to the weather that my boss watched - it was supposed to clear out by 3:00pm. Well, this is pretty much how the whole day looked....

{notice the people in the left hand side of the picture running with their umbrellas....}

This was taken before the bottom dropped out! The little white 5 gallon bucket there in the center of the picture floated on down the street a short time later. Booths were closing left & right & some just never showed up at all. My boss, being the ever-optimistic person that she is, kept up with the hope that it would be clear by 3:00pm.

By 3:00pm - we were standing in 6 inches of water in our booth - which we had already moved to keep out of the water streaming down alongside the curb... Everything we had brought to show at the fair we had brought in cardboard boxes. Now I realize that cardboard boxes & 6 inches of water DO NOT MIX. We ended up getting one of the girls husband to run out & get us some plastic totes so we could load all of our inventory up. By the time we packed up to go - the street was flooded up over the curb and we were all soaked. At least the weather decided to stay somewhat warm... I can handle being soaking wet as long as it isn't cold.

My son came along with us because he loves these fairs. He didn't get to do too much as far as the rides or the fairway. Even though is was raining, he was a trooper! He enjoys getting wet in the rain. If there would have been any mud nearby - he would have loved it that much more!!!

We were supposed to have the booth set up on Sunday as well, but right about the time I was walking out of the house - my boss called & said that we weren't going to do it.

The weather on Sunday was a complete opposite to the day before.

The sun was out,

there was no wind,

the sky was a beautiful blue.

Wonderful weather!

Heard this song on the radio last night. It has been a while since I have heard it - but it always puts me in a laid-back, mellow mood... It's just something about the sound of her voice and the whole feel of the song.

just a couple images that bring me the same feeling as the song...

mist coming through the trees...

the blue in this image is just wonderful...

~*~*~I should have an update on Monday about how my weekend goes with the booth & the fair & the storms headed this way to put a damper on the activities.......

Easter

The evening before Easter was our usual ritual of coloring the Easter eggs. I am still sporting multi-colored fingers from the dyes and paints used to create our unique pieces of egg art. We had the usual colors and kits to make our designs with. We had the dye, the paint, and the "puff-paint" (which ended up a little un-puffy by the time the eggs were done). We usually don't color too many eggs because I am the only one who ends up eating them. After the first initial "meal" of colorful, hard-boiled eggs, they tend to sit around until I force myself to finish them. (well - not really forcing me) My son will eat a few - but I think that the novelty wears off for him after the first 2 or three eggs.

Here are pictures of some of our wonderful masterpieces!

I love the face one!

Easter morning wasn't quite the outside activity type of day that "should" be typical of the morning. I woke up and my son was already up (of course!). He stated the day before that he no longer believed in the Easter Bunny, but that didn't mean that he was no longer to get a basket FROM the Easter Bunny. Of course - he still got his basket from the "Easter Bunny".

He also still wants to participate in an egg hunt. This, unfortunately, had to be moved inside because of the weather.

It was dark outside at noon as it was at 7:00 that morning. We were under a tornado watch, with close to zero visibility due to the heavy rain, and reported hail (which we personally never saw). Fortunately though, it all cleared out of there a little after noon.

It turned out to be a beautiful day in the end.

Happy Easter!

I saw this and just loved it!!!

Vintage postcards for Easter...

I love all the colors in these! I wish I could get eggs to look like that!!

Just gorgeous details!

Your Easter candy staples!

But definitely can't forget these either!

Hope everyone has a HOPPY EASTER!!!

Golden Rule 2

The Golden Rule

A woman came by my store today to make a copy of a picture she had framed on her wall for many years. She insisted that I read it and keep a copy for myself. I am by no means very religious, but I was reading it and loved the way that all these different beliefs had one GOLDEN RULE in common.

This isn't the exact thing she has framed, but this gives you the general feel of it. I believe that if eveyone, no matter what their beliefs, lived by this one "rule" - there would be more tolerance of everyone's differences.