Ramblings of Bored Housewife: Life......

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: Life......: What’s the point of life? Define a great life. This is the question of the challenge on Day 5. So what is the point of life?? Well, to liv...

Life......

What’s the point of life? Define a great life.


This is the question of the challenge on Day 5.


So what is the point of life?? Well, to live of course. To be, to exist, to enjoy, to laugh, to learn, to love, to see, to hear, to taste, to touch, to feel, to hurt, to cry, to anger; it is all part of life.


A great life: that's one that has been lived to the best of the person's ability. One where there has been great love, great sorrow, great disappointment, great laughter. One that has been lived with the purpose that God has give us.


I think that thus far, I have had a great life. I have found a great love. Together we have created life in our 4 children and they are living now in their journey towards a great life. I have had great sorrow, but have grown from that sorrow and continued on in the journey of life that we are all on.


Is your life a great life? If you cannot answer yes, maybe it is time for a change.  And I wish you luck with your journey.

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: Well, it IS almost February....

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: Well, it IS almost February....: ....and the question for day for is : What is true love? Try 'googling' the question and you'll find hundreds of different answers. No righ...

Well, it IS almost February....

....and the question for day for is : What is true love?




Try 'googling' the question and you'll find hundreds of different answers. No right, no wrong. Some say it is just a chemical reaction, some say it is emotional.



True Love - what say I?? Well, I say that True Love is real, but it is work. If you are lucky, it starts as a friendship. Something that grows and is worked until you realize that you are both vested fully in the relationship. That there is something in the relationship that you don't have with anyone else.




And now a few words from others on love:

 "Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it."  Benjamin Franklin

"We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end." Benjamin Disreali

"I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine."  Anon.

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." Plato

"All Love is sweet. Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar voice wearies not ever." Percy Bysshe Shelley

"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell." Joan Crawford

"The course of true love never did run smooth." William Shakespeare

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love." Sophocles

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love." Frank Sinatra

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: "Wishing and Hoping and Thinking and Praying..."

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: "Wishing and Hoping and Thinking and Praying...": So here it is Day 3 in this 30 day Blog Challenge - and the question is: If you could wish for anything that would come true, what would you...

"Wishing and Hoping and Thinking and Praying..."

So here it is Day 3 in this 30 day Blog Challenge - and the question is:

If you could wish for anything that would come true, what would you wish for?




This is such a loaded question - I mean, one could wish for a billion dollars and then live in financial peace the rest of their lives. One could wish for world peace and never have to worry about their children who chose to serve in the military. One could wish for all disease, starvation, and other global issues to be solved, but I think if you solve one issue that it doesn't solve the global issues because we are human after all and were given free will.




I don't need to wish for love, I found that when I met my husband almost 25 years ago. I don't need to wish for happiness, I have that. I could wish for my parents to have never entered that bank, but that change everything and who honestly knows if my life would be better for it or not.




So, what would you wish for: riches, happiness, or would you just visualize whorled peas?

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: Day 2 - Living Without

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: Day 2 - Living Without: So, today's blog question is: Who or What can't you live without?? Honest answer for this one - No one and Nothing. While I'd RATHER NOT ...

Day 2 - Living Without

So, today's blog question is: Who or What can't you live without??

Honest answer for this one - No one and Nothing.  While I'd RATHER NOT live without my husband in my life or certain luxuries that we have like water heaters - I know I would survive were something to happen and I had to live without.

But I know I would rather not live without my mind, my memories.  I do not want to be locked in myself, unable to communicate, unable to remember.  The thought of dementia or Alzheimers scares the crap out of me.  I hope that my body gives out far sooner than my mind.

So, if you think hard, what or who could you not live without??

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: Day 1

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: Day 1: So, I'm going to start a new blog challenge - another 30 days of questions to be answered. Today is day 1 and the question is a hard on...

Day 1

So, I'm going to start a new blog challenge - another 30 days of questions to be answered. Today is day 1 and the question is a hard one: "What do you regret the most?"

 So what DO I regret the most?? The answer that comes to me first, is nothing. While I do wish that I had spent more time with my parents, that I had spent a little more time on the floor with my children when they were younger, that I had more date nights with my husband, etc. I do not regret that I did not do any of that which I just listed. Not in the sense of the definition of Regret -(1) To feel sorry, disappointed, or distressed about(2)To remember with a feeling of loss or sorrow; mourn.

I do not look back and feel sorry or sorrow for not spending more time with my parents. I know that MORE isn't the key - the time I did spend with them was precious and the memories that I have from that time is more important. I spent a lot of time with my children and still do, but I have to remember that spending time for myself is just as important and I have 4 fine children so to regret moments for myself would be pointless. More date nights with my husband, well, we have been married almost 23 years now, our relationship is better and our friendship is stronger than ever. To look back and regret having spent time with our children while they were still young is absurd.

Instead of looking back and regretting, I choose to look forward. I give my regrets and confessions to God and refuse to condemn my past actions as continual condemnation is meaningless and gets in the way of my forward, day to day living.

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: Ooops, Time got away

Ramblings of Bored Housewife: Ooops, Time got away: Here it is, almost the end of Janaury, and I've not written on here since November. Not good. What have I been up to?? Well since I last ...

Ooops, Time got away

Here it is, almost the end of Janaury, and I've not written on here since November. Not good. What have I been up to?? Well since I last posted, Thanksgiving, Holiday Band concerts, Christmas holidays, Course Finals for my two high schoolers, and even finding a lost dog's owners. I've also continued my quest to find craft projects to keep myself busy.

This is my latest wine bottle creation. It is a 'hydroponic' planter. Mine has a few basil seeds in it. I'll post more photos when I have some sprouts. I've also found another 30 day blog challege.....so, starting tomorrow, I'll be answering another 30 questions. I'm still just a housewife looking for ways to keep my sanity in check as my house gets quieter and quieter.