Grandma Jody visits the gypsy hilton

mary jo

wow we deserted the hilton for a few days and went on a dancing trip to portland...way fun! this morning im inspired to write about my grandma Jody..she is my oldest bestest friend. she dosent stop by the hilton very often but when she does its always a treat. she loves us unconditionally i mean really and sometimes one would say to a biased fault. she has always been a strong stable force in my life. talked me through many sleepless nights,laughed with me, bossed me around,smoked a few ciggarets with me,drank coffee, hit a few yard sales... you feeling me she is good people! i love to be wild and crazy around her she acts like she hates it but she loves it..all it takes is a snap shot with the fleetwood mac pillow, a pair of high heels, and some good ol jitterbug music and she is off! i enjoy my grandmas visits out to the hilton, she cares about nothing except what the kids have to show her, she sits and talks to them real close,hugs them,always compliments me about how cozy my hilton is. just good old fashion visiting....something all of us should do more of. front porch sitting, sunday drives, and drop in visits just because we love people in our lives... what a special feeling to lhave someone to visit and know they will welcome you with open arms.everytime. thats the oldest and bestest gift my grandma has given me. her TIME. (and a piece of her mind) if you asked her! so go on fellow gypsys make it a goal sit on your front porch,stop in and visit a friend,remember the simple things and if you need to spice it up go to a yard sale in your high heels and jammies! its fun..trust me..shoot trust grandma jody!

CREATE THE MOMENT

today i feel like there is a grey cloud over my gypsy hilton. good is happining all around us, sometimes we are resistant to seeing and accepting the good. it has been raining here for a few days so maybe the pressure or the wetness is seeping into my bones and creating feelings of gloom. yeah thats it... ! or it could be the project on delaware,the best assembly later today, the laundry,the lack of sleep,the outburst from lige, the tears bella shed this morning,its only 7:27 and im ready to go back to where i came from. ..my BED. i poured bella a cup of hot chocolate and on the package it reads CREATE THE MOMENT,i thought how sweet a moment between us before the boys are up and the day begins. it ended in tears and a stomp off..well that went just dandy i thought. i tried to relate to her and say i understood how she felt. how she feels about being the oldest, not looking forward to growing up,and living with divorced parents. isaac the kids dad and i are going on our 4th year of being divorced. the kids were little, but to bella i cant relate because im not a kid. you see my parents just got divorced after 36 years of marriage. talk about put a new perspective on how my children feel. wow its EPIC as my little friend cassidy would say. divorce bites the big one a delux with cheese and onions.bottom line its not the design but often times it is the result. so what are you going to make of it, peace or a lifetime of excuses? i choose peace. not everyone can or does, some do and it is just in a different time frame from others. we all need to be allowed time to grieve and patience. the process is just that a process.i have his everlasting loving arms wrapped around my heart and soul. one day bella will choose her path, i trust that the same everlasting arms are around her and hopefully by my example she is able to make that choice easily. creating the moment or allowing the moment..of joy and or pain (as much as we all run from it)when we sit there with all our stuff..something beautiful can happen,we allow ourselves to experience healing and love in our lives. so create the moments even if they go haywire your not in control any way the everlasting father the one "man" who never changes...he's got your back. the prince of peace. you were created in the image of love(god is love).. so go ahead love who you are.....

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gypsy hilton security

so as i have said before i run this show alone to a certain extent. security is always an issue, Lige is always checking if i have locked the door if i have a gun... basic little man protection questions. questions children often ask parents so they can feel safe at night or just safe at home. i assure them i have it covered..,.a gun hidden under my bed, a bat at the front door...call me crazy i may never use the tools but i have them to "protect" my family. its a little gypsy fandango to assure my children they are in fact "safe" and i can handle the booggy man... i call it the gypsy hilton security system.
this morning i heard a terrible clatter,bang,crash on my porch..all the kids were still sleeping. it strait up freaked me out. okay... i think, get ready to whip it up on someone or something.. i opened the front door with my bat in hand..ready..and in runs my cat, baby jaguar.ohhh pheew.! so i tell lige and bella the story this morning when they woke up..so they can feel confident i will whip up on intruders..and lige of course asks me what would i do if... i had two burglers come in both doors.. i said this is what i would do..and i gave him a full fledged ripiing view of his moms ability to protect him, his sis, and bro..as well as the gypsy hilton(our home). so sit back watch and fear the gypsy hilton security tactics.(see video) bam bam hahha!!

Love whoo you are...

its 5oclock in the morning it is sunday and im awake and cant sleep.i should be sleeping i keep telling myself, rest is key for my sanity.but instead i decide to start a blog.random...you may say but if you ask my best friend ani reits she will tell you that 'nothing i do or attempt to do surprises her". in my attempt to stay true to form i inrtoduce to you my new adventure...from my front porch to yours, ramblins from my gypsy hilton.
where do i start,humph lets see how about yesterday? sleeping in yeah my 4 year old Lucky made it thru the night in his own bed! victory yes! but wait, my 7 year old lige was next me instead.. thank goodness he is a good sleeper always has been a snuggler and a thumbsucker. bella my 10 year old was snug under her tourquoise zebra comforter in her own room,she has slep in a big girl bed since she was 3...i keep asking myself, what did i do right with her? and why are these little boys still sneekin into my bed? really thats the least of my worries, so i will answer the question LIfe, it happened and i let it, and i felt like my sleep was key to my sanity...and so there you go. plus a little secret just between us i kinda like there lil warm bodies and squishy faces sleeping next to me,time goes way to fast and sooner than later they will be sleeping ahhhh nevermind that thought...well you get me, time goes fast! cherish the sweet moments.
title love whoo you are, my new tatoo... really i did it i put it right on my forarm, just a little reminder to love who you are, that has been the theme around the hilton these past few weeks. because think about this when we are loving who we are,and knowing that we are created in the image of LoVE we allow ourselves the oppurtunity to embrace freedom. freedom to Live our best lives. no matter what we have believed all our lives about the outside world our inside world is what really motivates many of our decisions. so my attempt to raise 3 chidren and teach them to love who they are, is beginning with their mom learning to love who she is. we all learn from example..right?.so in short love who you are. you are enough.