All alone, the kid is in the bed. The hubby is reading, and I am just sitting and trying to relax after today..it was a whipping. And it is only going to get worse. I am trying to keep my chin up...but some time the chin is heavier than it looks. But as with everything there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
My light is going to 7 years old in 5 days. I can not believe that it has been 7 years, he is such a blessing. Sometimes I wonder if I am dong right by him. But of course, as with any gift from God, when you feel beat down the worse, that is when he shows you that is all going to be okay.
Today Logan tried out for the talent show, before I even had him with me, a few of the moms asked what he was going to be doing this year. He will be singing another song....with out music this time. I am so happy that he is doing this. He likes being in the spot light. I will be posting a video after the Talent Show in Feb. My little Cowboys is going to make me so proud!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Wine & Roses
These are 2 items completely over bought, misused, & wasted on this upcoming "Hallmark Holiday".
I am one of those people who totally loathes this dang day. Really?? All this 'Love' bought for one day, what about the other 364 days of the year? I have never been fan of this day, don't think I was done wrong, or had a bad experience, that is not it at all. To be honest for those who don't know, my birthday is the day before, so it is always special.
But what I don't 'get' is the Wine & Roses, how many of you ladies have received a bottle of wine and a dozen roses on this day? Everyone has been in one of these situations - The ladies who don't like being alone on V-Day, or the guy who is glad he is not in a relationship so he does not have to feed the hype, or the group of girls who have a male bashing dinner then drown there sadness over some kind of girlie drink.
Wine & Roses, can play some pretty good roles in any relationship. He shows up with wine & roses, you get drunk....and well you know...you say you will respect her in the morning, but that is what what wanted at the time. Send her roses to work, make the co-workers jealous and then you know you have done it right. The perfect bottle is suppose to be expensive in price and exquisitive in taste.
As much as we all like these items, they can be used to define a relationship. Which of these describes your relationships with your friends or lovers....past, present or future.
Roses are so beautiful, full of fragrance, and life just sitting there for you to enjoy, opening & blooming a little more each day as the sunlight spills on them so they can rise up a little more. They are so pretty, everyone comments on them, they make you smile....but then it happens. One day it all falls apart, the scent goes away, the leaves fall, no one comments about how beautiful they are, the appeal that made you feel so good is suddenly gone.....What do you do??? The bigger, the better, the prettier, the more you want them. The more others envy what you have makes you smile that smile. Just like a relationship - It starts our new, fresh, fun and wonderful, then time wears on. It is not fun anymore, the wonder slowly fades away. What do you do? Go get different flowers, you need something new and exciting that is out of your norm, or do you stick with those roses, the same roses since you know how great they are. Just get new ones freshen them up, and make everyone envy them again.
How about the wine? What do you really know about it? How many can you name, know where they are from, or know there history. If you choose a cheap bad one, then that is it, the taste left in your mouth can not ever be taken back. If you get the more expensive kind will it be right? Will the flavors hit your palet in the right way? Will it go down smooth? Will you want more with every sip? Wines like roses can be just like a relationship, all different flavors & varieties, or personalities & looks. Some look the same but act much different, then there are the ones that have stood the test of time & never changed. But they can all make you feel extremely good when they are right in front of you then once it is gone for the night or forever it is very sad. So what do you do? Go buy more of the same kind since it sure is good, or sample some others...my suggestion sample what you can, they are all good in one way or another.
So as you enter into this Valentine's Day, think about this - Is my relationship a Wine that can be replenished & refreshed by any other kind as long as it makes you feel good. Or is my relationship a big huge rose bouquet - one that needs to be refreshed to maintain the beauty that you have loved.
For me...I am more of a Whiskey / Star Gazer Lily knda girl...if your wondering where I stand in all of this!
I am one of those people who totally loathes this dang day. Really?? All this 'Love' bought for one day, what about the other 364 days of the year? I have never been fan of this day, don't think I was done wrong, or had a bad experience, that is not it at all. To be honest for those who don't know, my birthday is the day before, so it is always special.
But what I don't 'get' is the Wine & Roses, how many of you ladies have received a bottle of wine and a dozen roses on this day? Everyone has been in one of these situations - The ladies who don't like being alone on V-Day, or the guy who is glad he is not in a relationship so he does not have to feed the hype, or the group of girls who have a male bashing dinner then drown there sadness over some kind of girlie drink.
Wine & Roses, can play some pretty good roles in any relationship. He shows up with wine & roses, you get drunk....and well you know...you say you will respect her in the morning, but that is what what wanted at the time. Send her roses to work, make the co-workers jealous and then you know you have done it right. The perfect bottle is suppose to be expensive in price and exquisitive in taste.
As much as we all like these items, they can be used to define a relationship. Which of these describes your relationships with your friends or lovers....past, present or future.
Roses are so beautiful, full of fragrance, and life just sitting there for you to enjoy, opening & blooming a little more each day as the sunlight spills on them so they can rise up a little more. They are so pretty, everyone comments on them, they make you smile....but then it happens. One day it all falls apart, the scent goes away, the leaves fall, no one comments about how beautiful they are, the appeal that made you feel so good is suddenly gone.....What do you do??? The bigger, the better, the prettier, the more you want them. The more others envy what you have makes you smile that smile. Just like a relationship - It starts our new, fresh, fun and wonderful, then time wears on. It is not fun anymore, the wonder slowly fades away. What do you do? Go get different flowers, you need something new and exciting that is out of your norm, or do you stick with those roses, the same roses since you know how great they are. Just get new ones freshen them up, and make everyone envy them again.
How about the wine? What do you really know about it? How many can you name, know where they are from, or know there history. If you choose a cheap bad one, then that is it, the taste left in your mouth can not ever be taken back. If you get the more expensive kind will it be right? Will the flavors hit your palet in the right way? Will it go down smooth? Will you want more with every sip? Wines like roses can be just like a relationship, all different flavors & varieties, or personalities & looks. Some look the same but act much different, then there are the ones that have stood the test of time & never changed. But they can all make you feel extremely good when they are right in front of you then once it is gone for the night or forever it is very sad. So what do you do? Go buy more of the same kind since it sure is good, or sample some others...my suggestion sample what you can, they are all good in one way or another.
So as you enter into this Valentine's Day, think about this - Is my relationship a Wine that can be replenished & refreshed by any other kind as long as it makes you feel good. Or is my relationship a big huge rose bouquet - one that needs to be refreshed to maintain the beauty that you have loved.
For me...I am more of a Whiskey / Star Gazer Lily knda girl...if your wondering where I stand in all of this!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Day Off...
It was much needed. Logan had a dentist appointment at 7:30am, I do this on purpose so we don't have to wait so long. Then took him to daycare to go on the field trip, they were going to a place at the parks mall, it is a bunch of bounce houses inside.
Ray was working...so what was I to do????
What any mom/wife would do with the kid at daycare and the husband at work...I came home and cleaned. Scrubbed floors, walls, base boards, and door frames.
I feel so much better now!
Ray was working...so what was I to do????
What any mom/wife would do with the kid at daycare and the husband at work...I came home and cleaned. Scrubbed floors, walls, base boards, and door frames.
I feel so much better now!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The Road Not Traveled
Have you ever wondered? About the road not traveled? The door not opened, the store not shopped at, the stranger not helped, or the reasons for Good-Bye???
We all have wondered about this stuff at one time or another. Every choice we make builds us in to the person you see when you look in the mirror...do you like that person? Is that person happy? Is that person accomplished?
Let's go back 20 years ago...where were you? What were you doing? Did you tie up all the loose ends?? What would you do different? For so many of us we don't see how the things we did that long ago mold us as to what we become as we get older. And until that past comes full circle do we really thank God for unanswered prayers.
Are you thankful for what you have right now? Would you go back and change what you could? Or do you want it to be like the Hollywood movies and get a re-do. What would you re-do? Would you hold on to that one note? Would you make that last kiss last a little longer? Would you realize that friends are more important to have around you than anything? Would you skip getting in the car with the guy who was drinking?
I have embraced who I am and LOVE who I was. I have learned over the years how I touched the lives of people in my past, and the 'footprints' is left, good and/or bad...it is what happened. I am very lucky to still be in touch with some of my closest friends. If some of them could talk...we would all be in trouble, but that is the fun of friendship, you know who you cant trust your deepest and darkest with.
To all of my friends through my life who have made me who I am I want to say Thanks and Love You Guys!!!!
We all have wondered about this stuff at one time or another. Every choice we make builds us in to the person you see when you look in the mirror...do you like that person? Is that person happy? Is that person accomplished?
Let's go back 20 years ago...where were you? What were you doing? Did you tie up all the loose ends?? What would you do different? For so many of us we don't see how the things we did that long ago mold us as to what we become as we get older. And until that past comes full circle do we really thank God for unanswered prayers.
Are you thankful for what you have right now? Would you go back and change what you could? Or do you want it to be like the Hollywood movies and get a re-do. What would you re-do? Would you hold on to that one note? Would you make that last kiss last a little longer? Would you realize that friends are more important to have around you than anything? Would you skip getting in the car with the guy who was drinking?
I have embraced who I am and LOVE who I was. I have learned over the years how I touched the lives of people in my past, and the 'footprints' is left, good and/or bad...it is what happened. I am very lucky to still be in touch with some of my closest friends. If some of them could talk...we would all be in trouble, but that is the fun of friendship, you know who you cant trust your deepest and darkest with.
To all of my friends through my life who have made me who I am I want to say Thanks and Love You Guys!!!!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Blah Blah BLah
This New Year has been pretty good so far. Went back to work, and have been having a great time. I went to the doctor today, and really like her. I got some antibiotics so I should be better soon...I am so ready to get over this.
I have Logan's party planned, and the invitations are out. Just has to get how now! Hurry up Jan 31. Big Top Cupcake and The Perfect Brownie here we come!
I have Logan's party planned, and the invitations are out. Just has to get how now! Hurry up Jan 31. Big Top Cupcake and The Perfect Brownie here we come!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Welcome 2010
2010 - Things that will happen this year.... Logan will be 7, I will be 36, Ray the big 40, Shadoe will be 10, and Ray & I will celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary!! Logan will hopefully achieve his brown belt in TKD & go in to 2nd grade. We are going to have a great year!!!
Some little goals I have set, not really resolutions, but goals. I am going to try to be more honest, not ugly, but honest, if I don't like it, I am going to stand my ground. Some have said I do this all the time, but I have gotten soft and let people walk on me. My other goal is to get my motorcycle licenses. It is not a midlife crisis, but just something fun to do. I am not going to become some obsessed Biker Woman, but just to accomplish something that is out of the norm for me. Logan is big enough that he can ride with me, we can take short trips on nice days and maybe Ray can get his too. That would be the ultimate in a family road trip. I don't need a big bike, something will a small engine, and for the first bike, honestly some thing inexpensive, the reality of it is...what if i have to lay it down? I will be taking a safety course, and do lots of practice before I do take Logan on the road.
Logan is knocking on 7's door. We had been planning a swim party, but he had decided after a trip with his Westridge Daycare, that he wanted to have it a Forum Roller World...This is cool to me, since I loved that place when I was little. He has asked for Roller Blades for his birthday, and we have found the size and the ones he wants.
This year holds lots of options for all and we plan on making the most of it! Good Luck to all in this year ahead.
Some little goals I have set, not really resolutions, but goals. I am going to try to be more honest, not ugly, but honest, if I don't like it, I am going to stand my ground. Some have said I do this all the time, but I have gotten soft and let people walk on me. My other goal is to get my motorcycle licenses. It is not a midlife crisis, but just something fun to do. I am not going to become some obsessed Biker Woman, but just to accomplish something that is out of the norm for me. Logan is big enough that he can ride with me, we can take short trips on nice days and maybe Ray can get his too. That would be the ultimate in a family road trip. I don't need a big bike, something will a small engine, and for the first bike, honestly some thing inexpensive, the reality of it is...what if i have to lay it down? I will be taking a safety course, and do lots of practice before I do take Logan on the road.
Logan is knocking on 7's door. We had been planning a swim party, but he had decided after a trip with his Westridge Daycare, that he wanted to have it a Forum Roller World...This is cool to me, since I loved that place when I was little. He has asked for Roller Blades for his birthday, and we have found the size and the ones he wants.
This year holds lots of options for all and we plan on making the most of it! Good Luck to all in this year ahead.
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