SPT ~ Olympic Style II

For the month of August Lelly has challenged us to ........
"for spt, i will challenge myself to uphold the ideals of the

Olympic motto:citius, altius, fortius[faster, higher, stronger]

These three words encourage the athlete to give his or her best during competition, and to view this effort as a victory in itself."

OK I'm neither Citius, Altuis or fortius since the Olympics have started!

I believe I'm quite the opposite, slower, lower, and weaker.

I'm an Olympic Couch Potato

My remote skills are getting better

along with my ......

DVR and interactive TV skills!

Sad but true!

To see how others are interpeting

citius, altius, fortius

go visit Lelly

SPT ~ Olympic style

For the month of August Lelly has challenged us to ........

"for spt, i will challenge myself to uphold the ideals of the Olympic motto:

citius, altius, fortius
[faster, higher, stronger]
These three words encourage the athlete to give his or her best during competition, and to view this effort as a victory in itself."

Well, I just wasn't going to participate because I was just too busy to think straight let alone be thinking of how I was faster, higher, stronger. Late last night it hit me ~

I'm extremely busy right now getting ready for a garage sale. I'm moving Faster, Higher, stronger de-cluttering!

Things are either Priced,

(Garage Sale is at a friend's house)

Trashed,

Or put to good use!

Getting rid of 'stuff' makes me feel Faster, Higher and Stronger!

to see how others are faster, higher, stronger

Check out Lelly

SPT ~ Ice cream

july 1 sun

july 8 water

july 15 shade

july 22 grass

july 29 ice cream

Awww, the hot summer day cooled off by ice cream, what a wonderful thought. When I think of my childhood cool vanilla ice cream melting down my arms only to drip off my elbow is a frequent memory. As I grew up I lost interest in ice cream. As I lost interest in ice cream it seems that everyone else found ice cream. Have you seen the ice cream freezer at the grocery store? It goes on and on, taking up an entire isle in the store. (I wanted to take my spt there but just couldn't get the nerve to do it.) There are hundreds of kinds, types, textures, colors, flavors........... What happened to my favorite vanilla ice cream? It became about 10 different kinds of vanilla!?! BUT then I found my new friends Ben and Jerry. Need I say more?

Cherry Garcia in a small (very small) container!

to see what others thought of Ice Cream

visit Lelly's blog

SPT ~ Grass

july 1 sun
july 8 water
july 15 shade
july 22 grass
july 29 ice cream

My original thought was going to be about how wonderful it feels to wiggle your toes in the grass and how one time I'd had my youngest son's doctor tell him to always wear shoes outside in the summer time. I called him on that and told him part of summer was going bare footed in the summer time. Feeling the grass in between your toes.

But then something has happened here this summer that has become more and more evident hitting it's peak this morning! My 17 year old son is a mower! He loves to mow the grass! I can't really get him to do anything else without a fight!

Earlier this summer our old mower died, we gave him the assignment of picking out a new mower THAT is what set him off. He sometimes mows the grass 2 times a week now, whether it needs it or not.

Yesterday he spent his day creating his own soccer field mowing the hay field. The rest of the yard didn't need to be mowed so he stopped with the hay field. **He even got the mower dusty so he washed it** that just cracked me up! I tried for a picture of that but he caught me before I could snap it. This morning when I got back home there he was out on the mower, mowing the rest of the grass.
Then he's planting grass to make the "soccer field" perfect!

To see what others thought of Grass

to check out Lelly's blog

SPT ~ Shade

july 1 sun

july 8 water

july 15 shade

july 22 grass

july 29 ice cream

Shade is a rare and precious thing here on the prairie. At my house there is very little shade that doesn't come from the house it shelf. I live in a beautiful but wide open space.

I thought about following the dog around to see where he finds shade but then thought of how I didn't really want to go the places he goes for shade. I finally decided to go with the shade the house produces in early evening. My back deck. I have a couple of super comfy chairs there and then add my favorite read of the moment and That's the shade (THE ONLY shade) I enjoy at home.

To see what others thought of Shade go see Lelly

SPT ~ Water

july 1 sun
july 8 water
july 15 shade
july 22 grass
july 29 ice cream

As I thought about WATER I instantly thought of the sweat on my brow. Sweat from the humid air around me! It's not as romantic as a beautiful body of Crystal Blue Water but living on the prairie it's more of a reality. As I exercised last night I thought about how much I like that kind of sweat, sweat that I've worked for and not sweat that just happens because of the humid air!

Here is my watery (much more pleasant than calling it sweat) forehead.

(do you think you're getting a better picture considering I had just finished exercising??)

The water that I enjoy so much during exercising.
and then the water that is the luxury when I'm all done!

(oh, I wish my pedicure appointment was last week!)

To see what others thought of WATER go see Lelly

SPT ~ Sun

This is a fun program that I've watched for several months (since before I was blogging) and have really enjoyed seeing other's talent and creativity. I don't pretend to be the same category as any of them but I wanted to play along.

It will always be a challenge for me to do the "S"

in Self Portrait Tuesday (SPT) but I'll work on that.

july 1 sun
july 8 water
july 15 shade
july 22 grass

july 29 ice cream

Tonight's sunset

(Ah, the shadowy self, just the way I like it)

When I think of the Sun I think of the beautiful sunsets that happen right out of my kitchen window. I usually catch them as I'm fixing supper or cleaning up after supper.

I love living where I get to see the most beautiful sunsets. They mean a lot to me, being able to have just a quite moment of seeing nature at its best.

Last night's sunset