Showing posts with label Bambi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bambi. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Deer, Darling, Dreaming

 Hello, 
 
It's about 2:00. I got home from work a little while ago, fixed some yogurt, berries and granola for lunch and ate it in the backyard.
 
I'm in the process of creating a small sitting area in a corner of the backyard, nestled up against the house where none of our neighbors can see us. It's very secluded. And sitting out there today I was overwhelmed with the view. We look out onto a green belt, filled with so many different trees: we have Pine and Hemlock, Elm and Cedar. And the birds. Sometimes it's hard to hear all their calls, there's just so many. It's beautiful, and I can't believe I get to live here. I'm so blessed.
 

I worked 15 hours of overtime the last couple of weeks. We had two graduations back-to-back. Plus rehearsals, receptions. One was for our own preschool, and the other was for a local private high school. The seniors had to go down to the preschool area to the room where they would assemble before their event and they were so enamored with the preschoolers, and the preschoolers looked up at them so wide eyed. It was pretty cute. Can you tell which set up was for which class?
 

 
Chuck had a good Father's Day. We went out to eat at Moonshine BBQ, he loves that place. Many of us had pulled pork burgers and they were so good! Came back to the house for games and gifts. Chuck got a coffee pod holder, and tickets to see the Seattle Storm!
 
 
My birthday's on the 17th so we often celebrate them together. The girls got me some gift cards, and mouse ears! We're going to Disneyland in a few weeks and they've been talking about getting some for themselves on-line. I thought about getting some but didn't want to intrude on 'their' thing. But they got me a pair! And not just any ears. They're Bambi ears! Oh my gosh I love them! 
 

Summer's about here and we've got temps in the 70's this week. It's pretty close to perfect. Well, that's about all from here. I hope you have a great start to your summer!

Friday, March 11, 2011

You Will Dream New Dreams

Wednesday was a great day. I grabbed my fuzzy blanket, my chocolate bar, climbed up into the chair and watched.... okay, I'm not afraid to admit it.... Bambi. One of my all time favorite movies. I guess it's out of the vault and I see commercials for it so I've been wanting to watch it again. I cried when Bambi's mom got shot. Gets me every time. But I also laughed at Thumper. When Bambi calls the skunk Flower and Thumper is rolling on the ground he's laughing so hard. My favorite part! Makes me smile just thinking about it!

Have you read this book?


It's really good. It's a bunch of short stories (63) from parents of children with special needs. It was written 10 years ago so some of the language may not be current, but it's still good. Some of the titles:

How To Be My Daughters Friend
Beyond the Diagnosis
What To Say
Getting to Know My Son
A Change of Plans
Different Dreams
You Are Not Alone

I read this years ago and it encouraged me so much. Reading about what others were going through showed me I wasn't alone. Everything I was feeling, experiencing, learning was absolutely normal and I was going to be okay. Some days I can feel so isolated on this journey but this book opened my eyes to so many other parents, siblings and friends that are walking this same path. You Will Dream New Dreams. Not just a great book. It's a true statement. A promise.