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Wednesday, January 19

Back again!

Here I am back again twice in the same month. Watch out people this could be dangerous! I know you have all been eagerly checking in each day to see if I have come through with great words of wisdom, right? You are too great, for those that have been! HA HA If you can’t tell or don’t know me very well then you are truly missing out on great humor! I’ve been told many times that people never know what I will say next. This brings me to my topic of discussion for today… You get what you see, no hidden secrets!

Like me or not it, everybody will tell you that with me there is no secret alter ego hiding deep inside waiting to pounce on you at any given time, you see what you get from the very beginning. I know from experience that this behavior has not always turned out to be the best approach to all situations, but the majority of the time it prevails. Ask me a question and I will tell you the answer, the truth, my opinion, whatever you want to call it but you will get what you were looking for. If you don’t like it then you shouldn’t have asked me to begin with because you are going to get the truthful answer, like or not. The world has turned into so many people trying to please other people that get so far away from their own views in efforts to please someone else. How can you truly make yourself happy if you are always trying to please others? Truthfully, some would say that if you are pleasing others you yourself should be happy, however, that isn’t always easy to swallow, at least for me anyways. Much easier to swallow is the statement “if you want to be happy you have to make yourself happy, not depend on someone else,” however, that’s on the fence of sounding selfishness. If we all sing the truth more often then everyone would be much happier. I’m not telling you a lie people, coming from someone who knows the great feeling of well here it is, the honest truth.

Moral of the story: Be yourself, the real you. If you’re true to yourself and your opinions, people will appreciate the person you are because they will always know what to expect.


On a lighter note…. A sad day is approaching on Jan. 24th. A baby boy, born 10 weeks early (scaring us all half to death)… weighing only a small 3 lbs when he was born… has brought so much enjoyment to our family… TURNS 5 YEARS OLD!!!!! The past 5 years has flown by and it makes me so sad to know he is growing up so fast. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY (BIG) BOY, WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

Tuesday, January 11

WHOA! It's been quite awhile...

It’s been to long since I’ve been around these parts. I’m sorry to keep you all in suspense but I just can’t manage to devote time each day to blog like my fellow bloggers. It seems so easy, but believe me, it’s not!

Since we were last together, life has handed <3MY LOVE<3 and me some life changes to deal with. November started off slow bringing in the Holiday season. It’s not a time <3MY LOVE<3 likes to remember because he lost his Gran Nancy at the beginning of November just a year ago. He loved her dearly and she is truly missed. As we began to prepare for Thanksgiving and the Christmas season to roll in to town, he was struck again with bad news. His Nannie was diagnosed with pneumonia and was hospitalized for two weeks. On Sunday night before Thanksgiving, we received a phone call from <3MY LOVE<3’s father that they found his Papa had passed away. <3MY LOVE<3, well to be honest; will forever be saddened with the loss of his Papa. I have truly dreaded that day as long as we have been together. His Papa was a great man and has been his best friend and role model all of his life. 2010 Thanksgiving was a sad one to say the least with the loss of his Papa and his Nannie being in the hospital during such a time.

December had to bring more happiness than November and it ended up that it did. One week before Christmas, <3MY LOVE<3 tells me that his dad is getting a puppy, a miniature dachshund to be exact, just the exact same kind of dog that I have been wanting for quite some time lately. The story is rather comical now, but within 20-30 minutes of me finding out his dad was getting something near to my heart, <3MY LOVE<3 was making arrangements to pick up my Christmas present, the brother to their dog. I was happier than a kid in a candy story! It was on a Monday, and to say that the week crawled by is an understatement. On the Friday before Christmas, we left straight from work to pick up our Cooper! Our lives truly have not been the same since we picked him that afternoon. It’s amazing how much a puppy compares to a baby. We have yet to sleep a solid night since, we are constantly cleaning up accidents and you can hardly use the bathroom in peace! I have truly loved every minute of it although there are times that may seem “hard love.”

EAT YOUR HEART OUT, HE'S ALL MINE!!!

This past Christmas was definitely a memorable one for our family. We had to learn to deal with grief of a loved one, spending their Christmas watching over us instead of here with us. We learned to love of a puppy, so sweet, so innocent and thankfully so forgiving. We enjoyed a white Christmas to remind us that thankfully, we are not in charge after all.

I hope the New Year brings everyone lots of love, happiness and many, many blessings.

P.S. I’ll do my best to be more of a regular blogger!