@2011panc,
Sometimes I get my post's mixed but I thought you were the one writing about trying to dig your way out of the water barrel with a plastic shovel. Hard thing to do. Anyway I understand the idea and how dark some days are. I was just luring you into posting to me again.
I need all the attention. LOL

@lisalucier ,
That's why they say "Don't drink and fly!" Poor birds never hurt anyone. Sure was fun watching them though. I get Robins around her in the Foothills but nothing like we'd get in Burlingame.

.Great creative imagery and positive words for us all. thank you

@Lisa Lucier yes, I have and have written a fairly extensive post on some of the things that I have done. I know that everyone’s interests and needs are different, but ideas from others can perhaps someone get started. Of the things that I have done, Journaling has helped the most.Have a great day!

@muppey I get it now, you little attention hog! lol Do you see yourself as the naughty toddler that gets into trouble just for momma's attention? People always ask me what I did when my children did that and I have to honestly say that they did not do that. My children were just busy playing and exploring, they only came for attention when they needed something, which was rare because I anticipated almost everything they needed.

One of my favorite memories is making dinner when a neighbor was visiting. She was older than my mother, so rather a grandmotherly type, but not as comfortable parenting as my mother and grandmother were. She decided to feed the baby while I worked on the food. The oldest was hungry NOW, as small children often are, and i cut a piece of cheese for him. Well, he finished that and was still hungry but the food was not ready. I went to cut him another piece of cheese and the neighbor objected because she thought the cheese would plug him up (bowels). Since that was never a problem before I gave him the cheese anyway. I had told her to stop feeding the youngest when the bottle was half empty, but she thought she knew better and gave him the entire bottle. Then she put him over her shoulder to burp him and he sent all of the bottle down her back! I have to laugh because she was so sure that because she was older she was right. I think it was the first time I realized that age does not always equal wisdom! I am chuckling now as I think of it.

Concentrating on what is important and remembering good times have helped me move on, which is something I know you are concerned with now. So many of my memories center around my children. I remember being part of a new government program (at the time) that checked on mothers and children under three. They provided certain essential foods to assure the best health for the children. The program may still be going, but I don't know. It was very helpful for me since I lived away from family support and it provided good knowledge regarding nutrition for children. One of the questions they always asked was if I enjoyed meals with my children. I thought it was an odd question, but now I realize the importance of having the answers to that question. When I look at young families now I am distressed at how few children have the opportunity for family meals, not only for nutrition, but also for practice of manners, communication and focus. That is why I often ask my nieces and nephews, children, and everyone to leave their phones in their pockets or purses. How odd it is to see couples out for a meal or on a date sitting on opposite sides of the table with their faces in their phones.

And there you see how my thought morph from one thing to another. I often tell people not to try to get into my head. It's a scary place, you probably will get lost and may not be able to find your way out! lol

I finally figured out how to post some photos of our yard. Found a couple of daffodils. Surprise! Blessings

Hi @muppey -- what type of phone do you have? Is it a smartphone - Android or iPhone? I have an iPhone and have an email account on the phone. When I take a photo with the phone I generally just attach the photo to an email and send it to my email address. Then I go to the computer and download or save the photo from the email I sent myself. Depending on the type of phone, you can also buy a small USB flash drive with the specific type of connector your phone has and then plug it into your phone and save the photo to the USB drive. Once on the USB drive you can plug it into your computer and copy the photo from the USB drive to the computer.

Hope this helps...

Oops! Meant this for you @2011panc and I see you broke the code and figured it out. I'm glad you did - nice photos!

John

"you little attention hog!" You're a funny lady. Right now any attention I receive I vacuum up. The bags still empty.

Have you ever raised you little darling in the air after she's been feed and you're smiling and giggling and she barfs in your laughing open face? It happens! Yuke!...but bearable 'cause they're so cute.

Thanks for the pics!
I'm still going to fix my computer so it will do what I tell it to. The disc drive stopped working for some reason. I suspect it's because of my dusty little home. Country place so I track wood, bugs, dirt, sometimes lizards and other things like creosote into the house. The creosote was my fault. Embarrassing but it was still dark at around 4:30 in the morning when I had to climb the roof to clean the stack so I wouldn't suffocate from the smoke. Stack was packed with creosote. That happens when I burn a lot of pine through the winter. I usually put a plastic bag on the downside of the stack before I brush it but it was to hot so I figured I'd just let the creosote land on the stone hearth. I forgot to turn off the swamp cooler blower which is right behind the stove. Bummers dude! White floor turned black. Oh no!

You should have heard Mary scream this one beautiful, sunny day when she was awakening from a nap. She felt something on her head and flicked this poor little Blue Belly Lizard off of herself. I ran in there and this poor little lizard was just sitting there saying, "What'd I do? It was nice, warm and sunny resting in your pretty hair and you just flick me away like that???" It was funny! To me anyway. I put the lizard outside in my rock pile, lot's of bugs there.

Take care!
Mark

@johnbishop,
My type of phone is no phone at all, but I do keep a land line phone in the house. If people need to contact me they'll get here. So far no one needs to contact me...except, "We are from the collect any spare money you may have in your bank account." Needless to say I seldom answer the phone directly. I check the ID first and let it ring out if I don't recognized it.

Good idea though.
It's still weird for me to be talking to sentient beings and they have their nose glued to their iPhone and seem really put out that they have to look up. Sometimes I give up.

Mark

@2011panc

Great memories and great photos! So nice to see visible signs of spring.

I appreciate your sharing your thoughts with Connect.

Teresa