2 Songs That Pull At My Heart

You're Gonna Miss This by Trace Adkins

She was staring out the window of their SUVComplaning,
saying "I can't wait to turn 18"
She said "I'll make my own money, and I'll make my own rules

"Mamma put the car in park out there in front of the school
Then she kissed her head and said
"I was just like you"

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In a one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her "It's a nice place
"She says "It'll do for now"
Starts talking about babies and buying a house
Daddy shakes his head and says
"Baby, just slow down

"Cause you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
And she keeps apologizin'
He says "They don't bother me.
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.Huh, it's hard to believe, but...

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it nowBut you're gonna miss this"


I Saw God Today by George Strait


Just walked down the street to the coffee shop
Had to take a break
I'd been by her side for 18 hours straight
Saw a flower growin' in the middle of the sidewalk
Pushin' up through the concrete
Like it was planted right there for me to see
The flashin' lights
The honkin' horns
All seemed to fade away
In the shadow of that hospital at 5:08
I saw God today

I've been to church
I've read the book
I know he's here
But I don't look
Near as often as I should
Yeah, I know I should
His fingerprints are everywhere
I just slowed down to stop and stare
Opened my eyes and man I swear
I saw God today

Saw a couple walkin' by they were holdin' hands
Man she had that glow
Yeah I couldn't help but notice she was startin' to show it
Stood there for a minute takin' the sky
Lost in that sunset
Splash of amber melted in the shades of red

I've been to church
I've read the book
I know he's here
But I don't look
Near as often as I should
Yeah, I know I should
His fingerprints are everywhere
I just slowed down to stop and stare
Opened my eyes and man I swear
I saw God today

Got my face pressed up against the nursery glass
She's sleepin' like a rock
My name on her wrist
Wearin' tiny pink socks
She's got my nose, she's got her mama's eyes
My brand new baby girl
She's a miracle
I saw God today

The Sock Experiment

Hello to all and Welcome to the results of my Sock Experiment! Ahhh...you didn't know that for the past week or so I have been conducting a very scientific Sock Experiment, did you? Well, let me give you a little overview of the experiment and how it all came about. One evening I was sitting on the couch folding laundry and putting it into the "appropiate" piles ie: mine, hubby's, oldest, and youngest and towels. So, after I was finished, and this was at least the 4th load, everyone took their piles upstairs and put their clothes away...at least I think they got put away, with my crew you never really know. Anyway....I came back downstairs and noticed a single white sock laying on the floor in front of our entertainment center. It was also about a foot from my husband's chair and to walk between the chair and the entertainment center you had to pass the sock, even step over it or on it or around it...any of those choices would work in actually avoiding the picking up of the lone sock. So that's when the idea for the experiment hit me! Instead of picking it up like I normally would do I decided to leave it there and see how long it would stay there before one of the 3 men in my house picked it up. So, I waited, and I waited and everyday I looked at the sock. I walked past it. I stared at it for long periods of time, willing myself not to go and pick it up. I stuck to my plan and well...today is Thursday and honestly I don't remember when exactly I started the Sock Experiment...but it's still there. Unbelievable? Not really. Annoying? TOTALLY!!!! So today is the day....I have my scientific findings and I will be picking up the lone sock as soon as I finish this post. In conclusion I am convinced that men are blind to things laying on the floor, not all men, just most men. This ailment is akin to the inability to see the clothes hamper and depositing their dirty laundry next to it on the floor.
The End

Friends In Need

Okay...first of all, on of my very best friends, Sherry, has had Lupus for many years now. She is 38 and a single mom of a 16yr old who lives with his paternal Grandparents and a 6yr old, also a boy. She has been living again with her parents due to her health and is getting ready to move out this weekend to return to her old job in a different town. She is very happy to be out of her parent's house (they have never been good parents) and that's really the only reason why she is going back to work. She is not healthy enough to work fulltime but she has no choice....her state disability has been denied twice already but she is still fighting for it. The newest health concern is a scary one, especially for me since I have been working in the medical field all of my adult life. She has just been diagnosed with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, commonly called Non-Alcoholic Cirrohsis of the Liver. This is what they diagnose people with who are not alcoholics but still end up with liver disease. This disease in the long run is fatal or requires a transplant which she is not a candidate for due to her Lupus. I will know more once she sees the Liver Specialist but this time around I am really, really worried for her. Please pass this Blog around to as many people as you can and have them pray for Sherry in La Quinta, Calif. Thank you all so much....I will blog when I know more.
Now on to my second friend, Angela. We met while we were living in Okinawa, Japan and have been very close friends ever since....going on 7yrs now. We have only seen each other once since 2002 but talk and email every single day! I adore her and she has the biggest heart and the most trusting soul....and once again she has been broken by a man. Even I didn't see this one coming and I have always predicted the outcome of her relationships....she picks men who she subconciously knows will not stay with her long term, that they will end up leaving her...and they do. With this latest one I thought there was a good chance that she had finally found a "good" one. They had been on-line friends for over 6months before they ever talked on the phone. He was in a relationship and she has sworn off dating for well over a year. When his relationship went south they decided to meet in person to just hang out and talk and see what happens. Well, they hit it off pretty good and started dating. Not even two weeks later, on Valentine's Day, he tells her that his Ex came to him and told him that she was pregnant. He told her that he didn't know what to do, that he was starting to care for her but he felt obligated to try and make things work with his Ex because of the baby. Well, to make a very long story short they continued to date while he supposedly tried to make up his mind on what to do. Well this week the Wolf lost his sheep's clothing and was exposed for the Devil that he is. This 35yr old man has been seeing both women the entire time. He was intimate with both women, telling his Ex that he and Angela had had 2 dates and that was it and that he hadn't seen her since February....all lies. The other woman involved found out about my friend this week and first confronted him (he lied his butt off) and then Angela...they talked for almost 2hrs comparing dates and notes and uncovered all of his lies. He kept telling his "girlfriend" that Angela was crazy and a liar and making everything up....well she didn't believe him at all and now he is scrambling to get her to forgive him. Angela actually spent last week nursing him from the Flu...took him to the Doctor twice...was at his house feeding him and wiping his feverish forhead....all of the time with him knowing that he was living a lie. Angela of course is crushed but after she found out that he had lied to her the entire time and that his girlfriend knew all about her...she is doing a little better but she has a rough road of healing ahead of her. I just don't understand men who do things like this! I knew that he was up to something this past week but I had no idea that his entire relationship with Angela was a total lie.....what a scumbag! I am asking that you all pray for her too. I don't want her to lose faith in men or love...I know that there is a special man out there for her and that someday she will have the family life that she so desperately wants. You all may think that I am weird for sharing all of this on a blog but this is the first time I have actually encountered a man that actually lived a double life...for real...and it just bothers my soul to no end. Writing things out is very healing for me....so here it all is... =)
Thanks for the venue to vent.....

Thursday's & Thankfulness

Hmmmmm.....today my brain is tested...and tired...but it's Thursday and I KNOW that I have a TON of things to be thankful for! My health is good, I am FINALLY going to get my mouth taken care of, my family is wonderful, my friends are wonderful (though very few), and let's see...the weather has been beautiful and I wish that I had a car so I could go down to the beach alone during the day and enjoy the ocean...I'm definately thankful for the continued motivation that I wake up with everyday to exercise and embrace a healthier lifestyle. Okay...some pretty boring stuff today but like I said, my brain is tired...and it's EARLY in the morning...lol....hope all of you have a GREAT Thursday...I really wish that MORE people would read my blog.....ho-hum......

If Only I Had Known Then.....

Remember how excited we got when we discovered that one of our teeth was loose? Woo hoo...that meant that any day, any time that pearly little white would pop out and under our pillow it would go! Well, in my case we put the newly lost tooth in a small glass of water on the kitchen window sill above the sink and in the morning the Tooth Fairy would have left her riches at the bottom of the glass. However you handled the Tooth Fairy in your home is not the point of this blog. My point is this: I think that the Tooth Fairy should have left instructions that we should SAVE every penny that we got for every tooth! Put it in a high interest account and re-invest the earned interest. Why you ask? Well if you have ever had dental work done as an adult then you already know the answer. The Dental Industry is almost as money-hungry as the Oil Industry. The out of pocket cost for dental work from a simple filling to major stuff is ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS!!!! It's no wonder I have suffered for so long with the mouth that I have....it's because I KNEW that I would NEVER be able to pay for the work that I needed done. Now, I have no choice....living with hardly no teeth in your mouth is truly not living at all. Talk about no self esteem...so I took the "plunge" today and went to Western Dental because they are the only people around that will make a payment plan for you...but it still doesn't smell like roses....they slapped me with an outrageous down payment that I have no clue how I'm going to come up with but the monthly payment is managable. So listen up bloggers....sit your little ones down and explain the cold, hard truth about the future of their teeth. Even if they have great teeth it's still gonna cost them at some point in their lives as they get older so.....save, save, save....or pay, pay, pay!!!! Thanks for the venting....

Thursday=Thankfullness

This is an easy and simple one for me today...I am so thankful for my Husband! He surprised me with a delivery of a miniture pink rose bush from FTD. He said that he had been thinking of me and wanted to send me flowers but then thought that flowers just end up dying and he wanted to send something that was more permanant. Ahhhhh.....now let's just hope that when I re-plant this pretty little bush into an outdoor planter that my green thumb (if i have one) will shine! =)
I love you sweetie!!!!!

Shout Out to our Troops!!!!

On this day, the 5th Anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, I would like to take a moment to say "Thank You" to all of the troops in all of the services...those that are serving stateside and those who are keeping us safe by serving overseas. Today will be a day of organized protests against the war in Iraq...my only wish is that we see as many Americans rallying to support the men and women who choose to serve and keep their fellow Americans safe everyday! My husband is one of those keeping us safe and I am filled with a pride that is indescribable. God Bless you all....stay as safe as you can...keep your head down...and know that there are people in America who think of you each and every day and pray for your safe return. Thanks again for a job well done!!!!!
Semper Fi!!!!