This Is Dedicated To The One I Love...

After all this time together,
Looking back on all the years,
Through good times
And stormy weather
We're still here

Years ago I gave my heart
And I promise I still do
And after all this time
I still believe in me and you.



Happy Birthday Honey!

High School Musical 3

Okay, Liz had the day off school,so we went to see High School Musical 3. I know I'm old, but I loved it! It even brought a tear to my eye. Kudos to Kenny Ortega for making a clean, fun, dance movie. I felt like I was at an awesome theater production. I found myself wanting to clap after every song! The opening high school basketball game scene took me straight back to the 1980 state bound Willard Flashes! Woohoo! Okay, you can all officially laugh at me now, but I know Rick and Ash will be singing HSM 3 for years to come! LOL

Okay, really quickly...

I have to go to work, but really quickly...there are a couple of things that really bug me.

1. I have Italian skin, (green-yellow undertones), and my husband put flourescent bulbs in our bathroom. When I look in the mirror I'm yellow-green. I hate when that happens.

2. WHY is it that I always sneeze immediately after applying mascara and wind up looking like Tammy Faye Baker (may she rest in peace)?

Ok, off to work!

P.S. High School Musical 3 is out today, therefore making this the best day of Liz's life!

Okay Erin, Check This Out...

You know how they say God speaks in a still small voice? Well...lately I have been hit over the head with it! I came home recently angry about something that I felt was an injustice. My devotion waiting for me was entitled: Let the Lord Be Your Defense (and it even went into the SPAM folder, when they have never gone there before!) It has happened so many times recently I can't even count them. God gives me exactly what I need to hear. Today I read your blog Erin, about Phillipians and learning to be content. It was very good. Something we all need to be reminded of. What I find interesting is that after that I decided to read my devotion, and it is entitled: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled. Here is a portion, "So, when fearful, anxious thoughts come, remind yourself of Jesus' words: "Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid." Even when things appear to get worse, say, "Lord, I refuse to worry about this. In the midst of all this, I see the finished work of Christ. He said, "It is finished!" So my child's healing is accomplished. My marriage is blessed. My debts are cleared. I will not let my heart be troubled by these things. Beloved, I cannot "let not" for you. Your family and friends cannot "let not" for you. Only you can "let not your heart be troubled". So guard your heart from being troubled. You don't have to guard your career, reputation, children or even health. When you guard your heart, God will guard everything else for you!"

Once again, it's about a daily choice. Choosing to have faith, even when you don't see possibilities of things being fixed, or healed, or mended. So easy to talk the talk!

Luckkkkyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

In the words of Napoleon Dynamite "luckkkyyyyyy!" That's how I feel when I stand on my deck that overlooks the field next to my house. I hope no one ever does anything with it but grown corn and soybeans on it. I have a beautiful view of the sky, with no trees blocking anything. This picture was taken on my cell phone, so it's not very good. You will have to take my word for it, that it was one of the most beautiful sunrises. The colors were bright orange and pink. So pretty that when I pulled in the driveway after taking Liz to school, I had to go outside and just look at it for awhile.

The only thing that could have made it better, is someone to look at it with. Farmer, where are you? :-)

P.S. I don't really believe in luck. I know it's really a blessing! I just like how Napoleon says it!

Crash and Burn

So...I'm the type of person that goes and goes and goes and goes and goes and goes...then, all of a sudden, BAM! I crash and burn. I can't function even if I want to. I don't care what's going on around me. I'm spent, done, finito. I slept my entire Sunday away. I slept that entire night, getting up in the morning only because I had to. I got home today from my Uncle's funeral, picked Liz up from school and fell asleep. This is a cycle I go through. My body just decides, okay, enough is enough. Now it's 1 a.m. and I'm talking with Em in Australia, so when morning shows up, I'm gonna be really tired again.

The Real Me...

Don't worry, I'll call a counselor... LOL

I AM … overweight and mentally challenged (those are nice words for fat and stupid) - that's the negative self talk I always use! I have been trying to replace that with valuable and made in the image of God. We wouldn't call "made in the image of God" stupid, now would we?
I WANT… to love and be loved
I HAVE … an awesome family - I really do like alot!
I KEEP … way too much stuff!
I WISH I COULD … take away all the hurtful things
I HATE … INJUSTICE!
I HEAR ... the bathroom fan and television
I DON’T THINK … I'll ever feel carefree
I REGRET … oh my word...we don't have enough space to even get started (another major problem I need to fix)
I LOVE … SINGING, SINGING, AND MORE SINGING!
I AM NOT … the person on the outside that I am on the inside
I DANCE … whenever I hear fun music...if I'm not somewhere I can physically do it, I'm dancing on the inside!
I SING … A LOT LOT LOT
I NEVER … want people to suffer, even if I don't like them!
I RARELY … have the time to be alone and even more rarely have time alone with the man I'm married to.
I CRY WHEN I WATCH … Bridges of Madison County (every single stinkin' time)
I AM NOT ALWAYS … patient
I HATE THAT … people have to suffer...really I do, have I mentioned that already? Remind me to tell you sometime about the fight I had with Ken over the death of a frog...I hate anything to suffer...bird, ant, spider ( I rescued a cricket from a spider's grasp, just in the nick of time..only now probably the spider is suffering because it's hungry)
I’M CONFUSED ABOUT … some of the things I believe or don't believe (I'm working on that)
I NEED … to find a way to help my children out of school loan debt...
I AM ... pretty serious, after reading over my answers and in need of some SERIOUS FUN!

I love this picture...

I love this picture...if Em had been in it, it would have been perfect!