Urban Plants and a Caterpillar

While in the Arena District for Women of Faith, I took a few photos of plants. Only a few. But I thought I'd share.

He fell into my laundry basket. I thought he'd be more at home on a tree.

Custom Imperial

I live in a brick ranch built in 1968. Since the day that casa Wallace was born, nothing has been changed in it. Sure, it's gotten some paint and repairs, but the kitchen, bathrooms, built-ins, everything is pure 1968. I know from HGTV that my first act upon moving into the house should have been gutting and remodeling the house - but I bought it because of the time capsule charm. I love my yellow tub.

I've written about my super cool kitchen before. Now that I have a photography class under my belt, I thought I'd share some better pictures of my fab cooking space.

Fun Mother Daughter Day

So Kendall and I started out for a fun mother daughter day. Here's how it worked out.

Skating practice, then to the North Market for dinner (it's one of my favorite places in Columbus). It was closed. So on to the OSU campus for subs.

Kendall wanted to go to Urban Outfitters. Found a spot without a "You'll Be Towed" sign. Off to shopping. Then Starbucks. Gone 45 minutes at the most.

Done shopping. Back to the car. But wait - there is no car! It is gone! At this point, I am frozen and need to call my husband to tell me what to do. We are 20 miles from home. Call my mom and dad to rescue us.

Get home, call the Columbus Police Department. "We are very sorry, ma'am, but it appears that your car has not been reported as impounded. When can we meet you to obtain a stolen car report?" (on my 2000 Toyota Corolla - who steals a 2000 Toyota Corolla?).

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Daughter is devastated. VERY expensive custom ice skates are in the backseat. Her world is at an end. I call my mom, sobbing. She assures me that it was not, in fact, my fault that Kendall's skates are gone, that I am a victim of a crime. She tells me to cry it out and she'll call later.

20 minutes later, call from mom. "It's been towed. They didn't report it when they should have. Here's the info . . ."


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Skates recovered, car isn't stolen. All is right with the world (until tomorrow, that is).


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All unattributed photos from We Heart It

PS22 Chorus

Have you heard of them? Katie Armour featured them today. Go there - listen to them. Then resist the urge to go to youtube and listen to more.

Contemplation and Cleaning

Okay - First of all, THANK YOU for all the well wishes - so many of them! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Yes, that's what this week was supposed to be about - Contemplation and Cleaning. Supposed to be. Let me sum it up for you.

* I referred to my husband having a severe knee issue. Well, Monday at his orthopedics appointment we found out that it's much more severe than either of us realized. He has a bone cyst and severe arthritis in his knee. The knee of the same leg that 2 years earlier was shattered when he was hit on a moped by a huge truck that failed to yield to my husband at a green light. The long and short of it is that he needs a knee replacement. And it's not an easy, everyday knee replacement. So that's where that is.

Yes, it's an arm. But it's the best bone cyst x-ray I could find.

Tim is in tremendous pain. He has been in bed for weeks. His quality of life sucks. No one wants to see someone that they love like this. And I have kind of been a single parent for a while. I don't know how it's done. Much props to single parents.

* I have 3 clotheslines now. Not because I had this great "Save the environment" moment, but because our dryer died. It rained most of the week, so no veg garden now. I did tidy up a lot, but not a lot of cleaning.

Midweek, there was one word for how i was feeling: Overwhelmed.

THANK GOD for Women of Faith. I truly needed this conference. There's something special about women talking about women stuff. About hearing that you have a God that loves you. About worshiping with Steven Curtis Chapman, Mandisa, and Sandy Patty.

Who would have thought that I had so much on common with Lisa Welchel. I'll talk about this more in another post. I'm still processing it and praying about it and trying to figure out what it all means. But her testimony spoke to me. Right to me!

So, I've found a bit of peace. I've got a lot to think about that could help to spark my faith. And I have a clothesline. Make that three.

For a while, I may not be able to do daily posts. We have doctors appointments upon doctors appointments. But I have so much to talk about! I missed my creative outlet and all of my bloggy friends and am happy to be posting again!

Photos from Beauty in Everything and We Heart It