Floral Flatulence

The sun is shining in Omaha today. A beautiful day is emerging. I went to Dallas last sat/ sunday for a design workshop. It was great and I learned a lot from the workshop. I flew in and out of Kansas City since I had a meeting there Monday afternoon. It was a short meeting for the unit region board. We are planning educational workshops for other florists. One of the ones I am in charge of will be held in June in a funeral home. My friend Kirk, who has the spinal chord cancer, is scheduled to be the presenter. He will again be having surgery post Easter. I ask for your prayers and positive energy for him. He is having a lot of pain and using a cane full time to assist in his walking. Stairs are a major ordeal and his feet frequently become numb. It is possible this surgery may put him in the wheelchair and that will happen someday. He has told his doctor the quality of his life is much more important than the quantity. He just isn't ready for that chair. With your support, I am confident he will pull through.

Work is slow in the flower shop and that is quite normal when spring begins here. Contemplating doing a garden show next weekend. Trying to tap into new markets and sell some product. After all there is always rent, and food to be paid.

Spring isn't springing up in Omaha today.

I had a party at home to celebrate that my Christmas Decorations were down. Yes, I know its late for most people. I had one tree up last year til early July. So I am way ahead of last year.

I awoke this morning and looked out the window to a blanket cover of new fallen snow. EEEEKKKKKKK. Four pm and its still snowing.

I'm heading to Dallas on Saturday. Maybe I should make it one way??

Honesty...

Such a simple word. Why is it that just one word can have so much influence on every aspect of being?

I have been astray from my blog for time. Is it because I am too busy? No! Is it that I have had nothing to write about? No! Has my pc completely crashed and lost all internet access? No!

Its because I have people in my life that aren't being honest with me. Maybe I am not willing to be fully honest with them. A man shows you places where he refers to the place as "us" living there. What am I supposed to think the future holds. He talks of moving to other cities and that he won't go there without me. There are countless other things that are being said in the last month. All are very dear thoughts. Then he tells you that someone has been calling him and he doesn't want to see them because he thinks the other wants more than a friend but goes over there and his suspicions come true.. Why???

I can't answer that question. Not now and maybe not ever. I'm not sure if being honest is worth risking a wounded heart. Maybe its best to not be honest and keep that guard up. I try to allow the walls to come down and allow someone to get close. Then it seems I loose trust and hope.

Well now you know why I haven't been keeping up on here. I challenge myself to look at it from a new perspective. I will be in touch.

Not much time for writing now. I will be traveling out of town to Minneapolis this weekend.

Just to let you know. When you have a gut feeling about someone. Go with it. I had heard from someone that they appeared in the paper. I couldnt access the article until i paid $2.95.

It will be the best @2.95 that I have ever spent.

That should keep you guessing.

Hello. First off, let me apologize for not entering. Life for this florist has been up and down personally for me. I really am not sure where it begins and at this point where it ends. I will sum it up in a few words.

Honesty, Integrity, Happiness, Laughter, Emotion, Kindness, Heartfelt, Conflict, Joy, Sorrow, and of course Love.

All of these are feelings that I have been experiencing and yes I neglected to mention fear. Afraid of making a choice, Afraid of making the wrong choice. Only time will tell if the choices I make will be the correct ones for me for now. Sure I will make mistakes. I am trying to hold on to my heart and letting a person earn it from me.

I am traveling to Minneapolis this weekend for gift market. Gift market is where a retail store goes to purchase items for wholesale. Its like a mall but sometime a lot of the companies have the same product for sale. As you know most of it is imported. Have to look at the items they have for sale, price, minimum quantity, availability, terms of payment while buying for each company.

Its fun of course but also a lot of work. If I see something I want for me personally well that's great but do I really like it enough to sell 11 or maybe 3 dozen more. Market is more mental work than physical.

Off to bed.