home...home on the range....

Ah yes...the home looks to have a contract on it. Friday is the option period ending. Hopefully all goes well and the home will become a place for others to love and experience.

Home...home on the range.
I don't want to own a house for a while again.

Marty, Tracy, and I went looking for a place on Saturday. I think we found one and hopefully it will work out for us to be there.
The house is actually in Farmers Branch. Not too far from where Marty used to live with Antje, et al. It has an awesome stove!

I really like it and it feels peaceful and loving.
That is really important to me. The walls are a soft green. The bedrooms all have Hardwoods and then there is carpet elswhere. A nice sized yard with a tall fence. It even has peekaboo holes so that Tracy's little pug can see out into the alleyway.

Keeping my fingers crossed.
(I think it is where we will be)

I will be out of town this weekend. To watch the family go through the processes of grief. My Uncle Searcy was a very giving man. He didn't always used to be...but he grew into a very solid faith based individual. It wasn't always him believing the way everyone else did. He used to say that one of the things he did best was to garden. He felt good raising food and sharing it with those who were on hard times. He took care of my grandmother her last 2 years of life. He raised (as it was because he always wanted to be with them) my Daddy. I always spent time at Uncle Searcy and Aunt Neat's home. My sisters would go to Grandmother Mary's or Aunt Maude's.

I am looking forward to seeing my cousins. There are not many left now out of a huge family.
Uncle Searcy was special... as we all are.


That's Uncle Searcy with my brother-in-law Gene.
He worked the VFW hall and was a veteran. He served on the USS Suwannee. He served in battle and in heart. I learned alot about skim-pissin (which is a type of shoveling technique in a garden) as well as learning how to garden and to look at things in nature.

home...home on the range.
Kinda depends on where you travel to in thought



... and in heart.

onward and upward

My namesake moved onto a different level Friday.
I love you, Uncle Searcy. All those times of listening to you and learning from your advice has given me a differnet view than I had of my world.
The times in the garden and learning to pay attention to the earth were some of the best patience lessons I ever had.

I will miss the physical hugs and the tickling that made you laugh, my JellyBelly.

Always
The original Little Circe.

" you ordered TRIPE???"

Ah...the delicious feeling of being wise enough to KNOW what you are ordering or the wisdom to ASK what it is you want to order!

I took my son to his new neurologist today. Very nice to be wanted on a medical trip. Jason is almost 23 and this is a big deal to hear he wanted me along for the comfort factor.

That

and I think maybe they kids do this cause they remember the lunch or dinner AFTER the visit!
I have always enjoyed the tradition my mom used to do with my sisters and I. When you have an appointment that causes you concern on your health, we would go and get a lunch or dinner together.
As Teens we always got to choose the place. Me?
Lobster...almost every time :)
My Daddy says I am expensive.
I just knew what tasted good!

However, because of MY tastes...and both my children are like me.....I choose the place today.

:)
See I am wise!

I took Jason to a friends restaurant called Jeng Chi . Chico and his family own it. Chico also made Amanda and Jordan's fantastic custom ordered wedding cakes.

I love this place.
The best dumplings I have EVER had!

So I tell Jason order "what you want" (see Daddy? I was smart this time! I know that Jeng Chi is excellent pricing!)
Don't get me wrong...but Jason and I can eat our weight in Sushi...and my pockets can't escape with that type of bill.
SO...I stopped listen to Jason because I was having my own dilemma of which delightfully imagined dish I was going to choose.

The waitress is asking in her nicest and most unexpected amazement voice " Yu shule yu wan tat? "
Jason (I'm listening now) says sure...he'll try it and then he smiles his most quizzically worried look I have seen in a while.

I just decided to wait on what was to come.
Next thing I know is a clear little salad box with Tripe in it...Yes I said TRIPE..SPICY BEEF TRIPE AT THAT...is placed carefully on the blue and white oilcloth.
All I could do was look at Jason and ask
" You ordered TRIPE? "

Now Jason really looks confused.
He also looks....


worried


....and now you can see my fun begin. :)

"I am not telling you. You have to try it because you ordered it."
Jason is getting agitated. I'm smiling.

"Look Jason, I'll eat it with you."
key word is WITH

HA!
I eat a piece to show him. Thank goodness I like the stuff. Tried it with Antje a few years ago while eating Dim Sum.
I also like BBQ Chicken's feet :)

but not often.

ANYWAY back to the story...

Jason watches and looks very intently into my eyes to see the reaction.
again...thank goodness I like the stuff.
ROTFLOL

Jason then gingerly places a piece in his mouth...not too big but not small either...and he has been wiggling it with his chop sticks. (not a good idea for temptations of the stomach)

He does finally pop it ...okay GINGERLY places the piece into his mouth after I finally tell him what it is.

"Stomach linings of the animal"

OOOOooo I thought I was gonna lose it when he bit down on it twice.

Jason is looking around ...
without actually moving...
for a napkin and these pleading big brown eyes are looking into laughter filled green eyes.

"go ahead and spit it out" is stated quietly so no embarrassment is announced.

But By gosh...he did try it.

See?
All those starving children stories (remember those Daddy)
still did not make an impression on a mom when her Baby Boy is doing the 'try and decide' method of cuisine experimentation.

Gosh I just adore these kinda dinners...

Time is of Importance

I was cleaning up my mail.
Found this and thought I would share it. Seems fitting a the moment.

Hope you enjoy!

Circe
@}----


Time is of Importance
A glance
A smile
A look
Once the time is spent together
The time is written in my book
My Memories are my own
Each touch
Each laugh
Each hug
My friends I will carry you with me
Each page in my memory book

The way of life is expansive
Making the binder grow
My book has now expanded
To 43 chapters full

My children have grown
My life has changed so much
Each page that I have placed in there
has a different look

Time is of importance
A glance
A smile
A look
Once the time is spent together
The time is written in my book

To many times I have been lost
Wondering where I went
Then I find I can remember
When I look at my book

Some just keep a picture
But I keep a descriptive book
It paints my memories with laughter and song
Hugs and feelings I took

Some day I will pass on this book
My children I hope will be pleased
To see my views of the life I had
To touch the friends I chose

Time is of importance
A glance
A smile
A look
Once the time is spent together
The time is written in my book


Circe Rexene
11/30/02

hello again!

ah...Computer is back on line!
New MB and PROCESSOR that I got from my bestest friend Marty (Yeah! Christmas gift)has solved the issue of continual failures on my PC. Also have linux as a secondary OS. Very cool to lear on.

My new job is fun. I like learning.
Asthma has really been and issue this season. Went to the doctor for breathing tests and medication changes.
Yuk.

New meds (without insurance at the moment) are expensive. I will survive it though!
I have friends and loved ones that really care about how I am doing. Listening and visiting me are some of the greatest gifts of late.

Other perspectives:
I am selling the condo and looking forward to a new location. The home I own now is so distant from EVERYTHING I do..and gas is getting expensive.

I am looking to live nearer my daughter. My son lives in a different city and it is FARTHER than my job is....so I need to not use the toll roads so much also.

I like the opportunity to change. I like the motions of change and the processes.
Soon all of the asthma stuff will be settled.

Have another roommate that is moving in. Tracy is a friends with my daughter and me. There are many people that love her and she will be a welcomed addition to my home. She has a fun energy and intelligence.
I have gotten to visit with ALL my kiddos of late (natural and adopted friends).


Life has some changes that will occur without my knowing and some wonderful gifts to arrive in perfect timing.

that's all for now folks..
love ya
Circe