Snapshots from a full & mid life perspective. With all the wondering, wandering, what ifs, whys and why nots.Tumblr (3.0; @midlifemusings)http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpxto2bk081qzfxyoo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Walking in the rain...<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpxto2bk081qzfxyoo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Shoreline swimming in the rain!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpxto2bk081qzfxyoo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Plumber?<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpxto2bk081qzfxyoo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Bye Bye ocean!<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpxto2bk081qzfxyoo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Baby phat feet - scrumptious!<br/><br/> <p>Grandchildren are a great reason to behave like a kid again!</p>http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/187349093http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/187349093Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:33:38 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpxsqqLgeL1qzfxyoo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Birthday for REAL! Carrot cup cake.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpxsqqLgeL1qzfxyoo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Yummy with the hubby.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpxsqqLgeL1qzfxyoo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Snapshot of life at 34!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpxsqqLgeL1qzfxyoo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Birthday love at the Office!<br/><br/> <p>Today Amber turned 34. I still recall the sport model at the end of the diving board holding court until all eyes were on her. Cute as a button grew up to be a natural beauty and now, mother of a Lily bug. Who is asleep in the next room. After playing in the rain and at the shore line tonight. Babajoon and I are appreciating the very good life tonight.</p>http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/187333835http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/187333835Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400“Though, it doesn’t feel right to call them “step.” As long as I can remember, they have been...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/186195108http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/186195108Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:30:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpj4996zVk1qzfxyoo6_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> Toes in the sand, mind in the clouds.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpj4996zVk1qzfxyoo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Kicking up some fun!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpj4996zVk1qzfxyoo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Relax, it's a dolphin!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpj4996zVk1qzfxyoo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Life is always interesting from a kayak.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpj4996zVk1qzfxyoo9_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> I am SO loved.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpj4996zVk1qzfxyoo10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Bathing beauty like no other!<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpj4996zVk1qzfxyoo11_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Don't make me LEAVE this place!<br/><br/> <p>I miss my girls this Labor Day weekend. They all love the beach and when any of them are here…I feel complete. I have been very homesick for all of my kids lately.</p> <p>We raised them to go do their own thing & I am proud that they are. But some days, for some reason, I just want them all here. Doing nothing special but being around. Maybe playing Scrabble. Or maybe not!!</p> <p>Still I try to get family in however I can. Lily and Amber hung out with us and my niece and her husband came by with my grand nephew and that was a good time. We are lucky to have all these little ones around now…somehow they make life new again.</p>http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/180838197http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/180838197Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:58:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kph9gtMGKr1qzfxyoo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Utter joy.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kph9gtMGKr1qzfxyoo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Simple pleasure.<br/><br/> <p>The best reason to get up on Tuesday’s and soon on Friday’s.</p>http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/180084818http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/180084818Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:55:41 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp9yr66YTy1qzfxyoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>He looks miserable but he secretly loved it. Lots of human entertainment, trust me!</p>http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/176838446http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/176838446Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:21:05 -0400Saw Jamie Foxx tonight. He is so talented but matches that in equal parts of vulgarity. A little is...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/176829322http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/176829322Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:09:00 -0400Amber is a mom now so there is always something big happening in her world by proxy&#8230;aka...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/175517640http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/175517640Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:59:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kouwj76L1T1qzfxyoo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Girls will be GIRLS!<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kouwj76L1T1qzfxyoo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Cheeky ones too!<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kouwj76L1T1qzfxyoo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Sugar and spice...<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kouwj76L1T1qzfxyoo4_500.jpg"/><br/> But is FQ being nice?<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kouwj76L1T1qzfxyoo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Persian Brits w/part Jewish too!<br/><br/> <p>HAIL BRITANNIA! Worth every bit of energy it took to get to the beach to see them after a long weekend where I practiced my moving-Chey-in-the-rain skills!</p>http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/170048763http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/170048763Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:09:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kohzxhRR8b1qzfxyoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Found lurking in our back garden. Web is over two feet across. Black and yellow argiope characterized by the Z-like formation in web and spider spinning head down. Almost as large as my entire hand. Scary since I HATE spiders. But I would never disturb this amazing process. And I hope I don’t dream about it either!</p>http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/164520910http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/164520910Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:53:41 -0400“I am becoming okay with the idea that sometimes things end and sometimes they are supposed...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/163632960http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/163632960Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:12:00 -0400“Why are you swimming in your work clothes Aunt Lisa?” - My 5yo niece who didn’t...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/163218964http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/163218964Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:23:00 -0400&#8230;it works both ways. Meaning sometimes - it is more than fair. As we mature we learn to better...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/162450054http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/162450054Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:29:06 -0400An old friend - 30 years worth - made an absolute pass at me today. Very strange. A) we are both...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/160283744http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/160283744Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:32:30 -0400Feeling intense emotion as youngest just left for her senior year at FSU. With each of the five...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/159319242http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/159319242Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:49:00 -0400Today one of my dearest friends said her final good-bye to her parents. Once married and long...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/158803300http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/158803300Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:41:00 -0400My MIL admonished my 21 year old tonight to show me more respect. My daughter, an independent...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/156975393http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/156975393Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:10:34 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/xzvN0Sz0xqsm2a7iXLfq2VSlo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Happy, Happy...<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/xzvN0Sz0xqsm2a7iXLfq2VSlo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Joy, Joy!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/xzvN0Sz0xqsm2a7iXLfq2VSlo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Peace.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/xzvN0Sz0xqsm2a7iXLfq2VSlo4_500.jpg"/><br/> And Calm.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/xzvN0Sz0xqsm2a7iXLfq2VSlo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>It’s a great day when we can be outside and together too!</p>http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/156962141http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/156962141Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:47:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/xzvN0Sz0xqr79h23tpTktg1Vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Feels like freedom. So much fun to share it with family.</p>http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/156201258http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/156201258Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:05:26 -0400I simply cannot understand how anyone can say that drinking and becoming drunk is &#8216;fun.&#8217;...http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/156199712http://midlifemusings.tumblr.com/post/156199712Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:02:52 -0400