Petunias

Let's start by my saying this, I love flowers!
I love flower beds, flower gardens, etc.
But, I HATE petunias.


Every year my Mom or someone else always says, "Why don't you get some petunias?"
Every year it makes me mad, lol.
I mean why not put out petunias? They are easy maintenance, they handle all kinds of weather well,they are a pretty flower and cheap.
So this year I wanted something to cascade from my new porch, so I bought some wave petunias. Last night DH and I were finishing up some of my flowers, and as we were putting the petunias together I realized why I hate them so.

Until I was 10, my Mom was a single Mom, supporting my brother and I.
Every year for Mother's Day at school, the local greenhouse would come in a truck and bring flowers for the kids to buy for their Moms.
My Mom did a GREAT job raising us and providing us with everything we needed, but I could never afford to get my Momma anything more than a, you guessed it, a petunia.
I would watch all the kids from "snob knob" (a well to-do neighborhood of course) buy their Moms the prettier flowers, and rose bushes. It wasn't the point that they had more money, it was that I thought MY MOMMA deserved BETTER!!
So last night as I was putting the last basket together, I had an epiphany of why I hate petunias.

Funny that now I Mother's Day I never buy my Momma flowers. Sometimes from a florist, but never something she can put out. I try to find something she can keep, besides a plate with my finger print or an astray. I still find her looking at those ugly things from time to time. So I guess it's true, Momma's do like those. Maybe next year I can make her a mug with my hand print to match the plate. : )

What have been some of your quirky childhood memories?

Tuesday's Random Rambling

1. demanding - life

2. impressive - it takes a lot

3. proof - insurance & registration

4. eventually - i will have my dream

5. high - above the clouds

6. late - what DH & I always seem to be

7. longer - what I wish weekends were

8. whistle - while you work, snow white

9. smooth - as a baby's butt, btw, who came up with that saying??

10. resist - temptation

Men in Convertable Miatas

What is your thought on middle aged men who drive convertible miatas with row bars?

(btw, I couldn't find one picture of a miata with a man in it)

***story is to come later****

The Song Remembers When

This my last Friday off.
I was taking complete advantage of it by finishing a book, then catching up with the blogs I follow. I had some music playing in the background. I love music. All kinds.

Anyways, as I am reading I hear this Kenny Chesney song, "You Win, I Win, We Lose".
I thought back to almost 11 years ago to a guy I use to see, his name was Mike. Unfortunately because of the situation that song reminded me of him then. Now when I hear it, I still think of him.

Funny how music can do that for you. You can hear a song and it takes you back to another place, another person, and another time that is so dim in your mind you think you have forgotten it, then you hear a song, and "the song remembers when".

So today, on my last Friday off, I have decided to take a trip down "memory lane" with some people and "adjust" my music to suit. It ranges from family to friends, to old beaux.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Wordless Wednesday

Oooooooohhhhhh La Laaaaaa

Tuesday's Random Ramblings

1. Book - I wish I had more time to read them
2. Marriage - very few people think it's a sacred commiment anymore
3. Sugar - can't get enough of it
4. Beauty - queen of only 18
5. vanishing - act
6. multiple - births
7. catch - and release
8. convention - shriners
9. jolly - green giant
10. famine - Africa
11. accident - train wreck
12. characteristics - everyone has them