While our family always finds an excuse to have guacamole or make a margarita or have chips and salsa, Cinco de Mayo is probably one of my favorite "holidays"! I was all energized and ready to go for our Wednesday at home. Yes, everyone was supposed to be home for the first time in weeks. *3 cheers for family time* Well, something told me it wasn't going to go as planned when my dad called that morning to ask me to pick up Margaret from work on my way home. "Sure, no problem", I said. Get home....my dad is tutoring, which is always does on Wednesday evenings until about 7, my mom is gone to see the doctor Margaret works for to get something for her cold, Stewart is loafing around somewhere and Margaret had agreed to babysit at 6.
So, as soon as I changed my clothes I crack open some Jose and mixed my adult beverage to enjoy while I prepared the taco salad items! Cheese: check. Lettuce: check. Chips: check. Meat: check. Refried beans: check. Salsa: one teaspoon left. Sour cream: in the form of green onion dip....it will have to do. Black olives: nowhere to be found, ugh! Margarita: priceless!!!!
Stewart suggested that I find a funny, clean movie to watch...."okay, I can do that", I said! A few minutes on Netflix and we decided to reminise on An American Tail. Oh how I love Fifel! (Don't judge....it was my favorite childhood movie...next to Sleeping Beauty, of course.) However, I refused to watch it until I caught up on Tuesday's episode of LOST....which I sat in suspense and tears with my taco salad and margarita in hand!
So, when it came time to watch Fifel....no one wanted to watch it with me. All of a sudden the plan changed to playing cards.....how did that happen? Needless to say, I was not happen and watched the movie anyway. Maybe Cinco de Mayo isn't such a fun holiday after all!
BTW - For all of you guys out there: I was sitting at Barnes and Noble today for lunch when two guys came in to pick out a Mother's Day gift off a rack next to the Starbucks area. It was funny but extremely sad at the same time. I am not a huge fan of worldly holidays anyway but if you are going to observe them remember two things: original and/or avoid the holiday display. The holiday display was created as for people who don't want to take time to be original and designed to feed the company money in a split second. If I ever get a present from said display, I will know that the person doesn't know how to take the time to think about an original idea, take the time to put together their own gift or doesn't really care that much about the holiday. Don't get me wrong...I love a box of chocolate but I would much rather receive on a day "just because you care" rather than a day when the world says you should.
Enough soapbox for one day....back to the work on my desk...then off the a 2-year-old's fiesta and many a thing this weekend!!!! God bless and be safe!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
It has finally happened....
....the boss has blocked certain social networking sites from our computers. NOOOO!!!! *snicker* Not that I wasn't getting any work done but perhaps I was too distracted from time to time. :-/ I guess that means my office will look like a changed room by the end of this week since I won't be spending any time on Facebook. LOL
Now this does raise the question again about getting a new phone, which I do need badly, but do I need one with all the bells and whistles?? I am already paying for ulimated texting so for another $10 I could have email and internet on my phone. Good idea, bad idea, not all it's cracked up to be?? Come people, I need help on this. You can't let me make this decision alone.
In other news, my little sister (well, she's not little another more) is taking her learner's test as I type this so be praying for her. This is her second shot and she so desperately wants to pass!!!!!
Well...back to work....have a wonderful day. I'm going to try to depsite my no Facebook/no Ingram/no LOST Tuesday!! (Wow, that sounds depressing!)
Now this does raise the question again about getting a new phone, which I do need badly, but do I need one with all the bells and whistles?? I am already paying for ulimated texting so for another $10 I could have email and internet on my phone. Good idea, bad idea, not all it's cracked up to be?? Come people, I need help on this. You can't let me make this decision alone.
In other news, my little sister (well, she's not little another more) is taking her learner's test as I type this so be praying for her. This is her second shot and she so desperately wants to pass!!!!!
Well...back to work....have a wonderful day. I'm going to try to depsite my no Facebook/no Ingram/no LOST Tuesday!! (Wow, that sounds depressing!)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Never let him steal your joy
The time has come for me to finally put some pressing thoughts "on paper" about the events of the last week. My mind is still somewhat in a state of jello-ness and my thoughts are still not as clear as I would like for them to be but I have to express some things that I have been thinking over the last few days so that I can finally put this all behind me.
I have been going over and over in my mind every single detail of Wednesday morning (post-seizure) as best I can remember trying hard to recall just how a sweet little 3 year old may have ingested seizure medication that may have seemed like candy. I have tried to recall the steps I took to swap one whole pill for one half a pill and the possibility of dropping one of the floor in the process. I have even thought that when my dear friend, who gracious took care of me in my time of need, took two pills from that bottle that one could have escaped her hand and slipped onto the floor. I have considered both of these things to the point of disturbing my mind with grief, guilt and sorrow and I refuse to let Satan entice me with such any further.
This morning, I was meditating on Psalm 91 and remembering that Christ is our refuge especially at our darkest hour and that it is only through Him that we find forgiveness, comfort, and mercy....and the strength to move on. Last night, I had a little chat with myself and decided that I wasn't going to let this situation get the best of me any longer and that I wouldn't let Satan have his way. Why should I allow him to steal my joy when Christ is my joy??
Our sweet little Simon is safe, healthy and happy in the arms of his family and friends again and that is only through the perfect provision of our mighty King. Only through Christ can we realize that these situations remind us how fleeting life is and how precious loved ones are. We need to cherish EVERY SINGLE moment we have with our family and friends because they can be taken in a second.
This situation reminds me that God protects fools and little children too....but He also provides for us even before we ask Him to and helps us to see that He is still in control no matter how often Satan tries to attack our spiritual center.
May God help me to dig deep in His word, study His word, and love His word so that next time Satan comes knocking....I can stand ready to fight, more equipped than ever before!
I have been going over and over in my mind every single detail of Wednesday morning (post-seizure) as best I can remember trying hard to recall just how a sweet little 3 year old may have ingested seizure medication that may have seemed like candy. I have tried to recall the steps I took to swap one whole pill for one half a pill and the possibility of dropping one of the floor in the process. I have even thought that when my dear friend, who gracious took care of me in my time of need, took two pills from that bottle that one could have escaped her hand and slipped onto the floor. I have considered both of these things to the point of disturbing my mind with grief, guilt and sorrow and I refuse to let Satan entice me with such any further.
This morning, I was meditating on Psalm 91 and remembering that Christ is our refuge especially at our darkest hour and that it is only through Him that we find forgiveness, comfort, and mercy....and the strength to move on. Last night, I had a little chat with myself and decided that I wasn't going to let this situation get the best of me any longer and that I wouldn't let Satan have his way. Why should I allow him to steal my joy when Christ is my joy??
Our sweet little Simon is safe, healthy and happy in the arms of his family and friends again and that is only through the perfect provision of our mighty King. Only through Christ can we realize that these situations remind us how fleeting life is and how precious loved ones are. We need to cherish EVERY SINGLE moment we have with our family and friends because they can be taken in a second.
This situation reminds me that God protects fools and little children too....but He also provides for us even before we ask Him to and helps us to see that He is still in control no matter how often Satan tries to attack our spiritual center.
May God help me to dig deep in His word, study His word, and love His word so that next time Satan comes knocking....I can stand ready to fight, more equipped than ever before!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thoughts of Wednesday
My thoughts from Wednesday morning are still a blur because it was on that day that things took place in my life and in the life of some very dear friends.
On Tuesday evenings, as many of you know, I always bunk in with my friends the Ingrams for LOST night. It comes with many a memory, many a laugh, and quite often a bottle of wine. So, we went to bed following yet another typical Tuesday night and I set my alarm for work the next morning....however, I failed to get up on time. So, I bolted out of bed and ran to the bathroom to start getting ready. (I'll spare you the details of such.) The last thing I remember was standing at the sink after having plugged the straightener in and laying the towel on the counter....the next thing I know I'm laying in the bed with April standing beside me trying to give me my seizure medicine. Oops...I've done it again. I had a seizure....as a result of what I thought was not taking my medicine the night before. Dummy!
So, here I am trying to come back to life and muttering words amid my chopped up tongue (which I might add as I write this is now black and blue in some places). However, I must admit that my thoughts are not on myself (which should be obvious by being at work the last two days) but my thoughts have been distracted...thinking on a sweet little 3-year-old named Simon who somehow ingested one of my seizure pills on Wednesday morning causing him to go into a weird fit that sent him to the hospital for the last two and a half days!!!!
While I am glad that it's just the reaction from such a medication, I still have mixed emotions about the whole thing. Needless to say, I will be extra careful with my meds around children from now on. Hopefully I can go see him tomorrow. If you want more details about how everything transpired....look up my friend April at the little house on the left blog! (I can't get the blog link to work right now. ;-( )
On Tuesday evenings, as many of you know, I always bunk in with my friends the Ingrams for LOST night. It comes with many a memory, many a laugh, and quite often a bottle of wine. So, we went to bed following yet another typical Tuesday night and I set my alarm for work the next morning....however, I failed to get up on time. So, I bolted out of bed and ran to the bathroom to start getting ready. (I'll spare you the details of such.) The last thing I remember was standing at the sink after having plugged the straightener in and laying the towel on the counter....the next thing I know I'm laying in the bed with April standing beside me trying to give me my seizure medicine. Oops...I've done it again. I had a seizure....as a result of what I thought was not taking my medicine the night before. Dummy!
So, here I am trying to come back to life and muttering words amid my chopped up tongue (which I might add as I write this is now black and blue in some places). However, I must admit that my thoughts are not on myself (which should be obvious by being at work the last two days) but my thoughts have been distracted...thinking on a sweet little 3-year-old named Simon who somehow ingested one of my seizure pills on Wednesday morning causing him to go into a weird fit that sent him to the hospital for the last two and a half days!!!!
While I am glad that it's just the reaction from such a medication, I still have mixed emotions about the whole thing. Needless to say, I will be extra careful with my meds around children from now on. Hopefully I can go see him tomorrow. If you want more details about how everything transpired....look up my friend April at the little house on the left blog! (I can't get the blog link to work right now. ;-( )
Saturday, April 17, 2010
In all things acknowledge Him....
....and He shall direct your path!
It's me again....you know that person that has been severely lacking lately when it comes to blogging. My apologies who wait with baited breath upon my next post...I'm back so rest easy! LOL
Over the last couple of weeks I have endured blood, sweat, and tears to get some MAJOR work done at my office. I'm about 2/3 of the way done. Then last week, the attorney I work with gave me a few more projects that are due on the 23rd....so today I spent most of the day reading medical records (not on company time, might I add).
I have also been indirectly touched by the death of several friends' loved ones: a girl from a family we have known for several years committed suicide, the founder of the legendary Spivey Hall Children's Choir died, and a dear friend lost her mother. It is sad when these things happen but God always gives us the grace to get through it!
Then today I have been thinking about the fact that my brother is turning 21 tomorrow....the last of us kids is turning 21 and it's weird! I still come home at times and wish I saw that cute little curly headed kid that he was at age 2. He is not really into alcohol which I suppose is a blessing but rather all he wanted for his birthday was a carrying license for his gun! So...that's what I gave him money for! He's awesome and he's the only brother I have so I cherish the moments we have together even if I don't spend as much time with him as I would like. But he has turned into a wonderful, respectful young man and I can't wait until he starts a family one day. It's going to be a beautiful thing!
I have much more I could vent/write about here but I am tired and hopefully this post will get me back into the regular blogging cycle!
Have a blessed Sunday everyone!
It's me again....you know that person that has been severely lacking lately when it comes to blogging. My apologies who wait with baited breath upon my next post...I'm back so rest easy! LOL
Over the last couple of weeks I have endured blood, sweat, and tears to get some MAJOR work done at my office. I'm about 2/3 of the way done. Then last week, the attorney I work with gave me a few more projects that are due on the 23rd....so today I spent most of the day reading medical records (not on company time, might I add).
I have also been indirectly touched by the death of several friends' loved ones: a girl from a family we have known for several years committed suicide, the founder of the legendary Spivey Hall Children's Choir died, and a dear friend lost her mother. It is sad when these things happen but God always gives us the grace to get through it!
Then today I have been thinking about the fact that my brother is turning 21 tomorrow....the last of us kids is turning 21 and it's weird! I still come home at times and wish I saw that cute little curly headed kid that he was at age 2. He is not really into alcohol which I suppose is a blessing but rather all he wanted for his birthday was a carrying license for his gun! So...that's what I gave him money for! He's awesome and he's the only brother I have so I cherish the moments we have together even if I don't spend as much time with him as I would like. But he has turned into a wonderful, respectful young man and I can't wait until he starts a family one day. It's going to be a beautiful thing!
I have much more I could vent/write about here but I am tired and hopefully this post will get me back into the regular blogging cycle!
Have a blessed Sunday everyone!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Memorization is the name of the game
** EDIT ** I had stated in the 4th paragraph that I had reached the end of Lent....not sure why my brain thought that because I know that it goes to Easter Sunday! Thanks April for correcting me even though I'm completely embarassed!
The weekend was such a jammed packed time right on the heels of my grouchy mood on Friday....that I was ready to sleep the day away today. Or at least I assume that is what I was dreaming about when I woke up about an hour late this morning. I made it work with 6 minutes to spar (surprise) after taking 30 minutes to shower, dry my hair, and get my lunch (and my coffee) before running out the door!!! Needless to say my day/week hasn't started off so well.
However, details from the weekend are as follows:
Saturday - get up, get ready, and meet a friend to get our nails done (she ended up canceling on me, BOO!) then it was work from 10-2 as a counselor at the pregnancy center, then to the grocery store....then to Cedartown for our monthly dinner/bridge night with our dear friends the Polley's. (We were celebrating 3 of their kids, who aren't kids anymore, birthdays....so there was quite a lot of food!) Didn't get home until 11ish.
Sunday - Day 40 finally arrived and we worshiped with our dear church family then went to a family's house for lunch....left there about 4:45pm, dropped Margaret off at my grandmother's, then arrived home about 7:15pm!! I might also mention that amid this schedule I didn't get my Sunday afternoon nap....double BOO!!! Went to bed around 10:30.
So, I've reached the end of my 40 days of purpose and am still learning much about this season....as well as much about my own personal walk with the Lord and how it shouldn't be neglected! Yes, we should seek to do for others...as we would have them do for us....but at this point in my life I realized that I need to focus on my Christian walk so that my daily walk with Him will be a light to others. This is not easy to do...there seems to always be some reason or something going on that keeps me from having my daily time with the Lord...especially if I'm too lazy to get out of bed.
From this point, I purpose to live a life that centers on Christ and His word and purpose to memorize more Scripture so that I can pull out those weapons when I endure a trial or have someone who needs those words. This is not an easy task but I'm going to try.....I want to start with Psalm 91 and Romans 8....we'll see how far I get over the next few weeks. Please pray for me as I strive to do this and pray that God will give each of you a heart to memorize His word more regularly.
Hope the Lenten season is as much a blessing in your life as it was in mine!
The weekend was such a jammed packed time right on the heels of my grouchy mood on Friday....that I was ready to sleep the day away today. Or at least I assume that is what I was dreaming about when I woke up about an hour late this morning. I made it work with 6 minutes to spar (surprise) after taking 30 minutes to shower, dry my hair, and get my lunch (and my coffee) before running out the door!!! Needless to say my day/week hasn't started off so well.
However, details from the weekend are as follows:
Saturday - get up, get ready, and meet a friend to get our nails done (she ended up canceling on me, BOO!) then it was work from 10-2 as a counselor at the pregnancy center, then to the grocery store....then to Cedartown for our monthly dinner/bridge night with our dear friends the Polley's. (We were celebrating 3 of their kids, who aren't kids anymore, birthdays....so there was quite a lot of food!) Didn't get home until 11ish.
Sunday - Day 40 finally arrived and we worshiped with our dear church family then went to a family's house for lunch....left there about 4:45pm, dropped Margaret off at my grandmother's, then arrived home about 7:15pm!! I might also mention that amid this schedule I didn't get my Sunday afternoon nap....double BOO!!! Went to bed around 10:30.
So, I've reached the end of my 40 days of purpose and am still learning much about this season....as well as much about my own personal walk with the Lord and how it shouldn't be neglected! Yes, we should seek to do for others...as we would have them do for us....but at this point in my life I realized that I need to focus on my Christian walk so that my daily walk with Him will be a light to others. This is not easy to do...there seems to always be some reason or something going on that keeps me from having my daily time with the Lord...especially if I'm too lazy to get out of bed.
From this point, I purpose to live a life that centers on Christ and His word and purpose to memorize more Scripture so that I can pull out those weapons when I endure a trial or have someone who needs those words. This is not an easy task but I'm going to try.....I want to start with Psalm 91 and Romans 8....we'll see how far I get over the next few weeks. Please pray for me as I strive to do this and pray that God will give each of you a heart to memorize His word more regularly.
Hope the Lenten season is as much a blessing in your life as it was in mine!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
37 and 38 leds to one big attitude problem
So...I don't know which to blame my attitude on yesterday, my allergies or my job but boy was a grouch yesterday! It seemed like everything I did yesterday was never good enough and on top of that the Social Security Administration was having issues with their electronic fax machine! I was ill as a hornet by the time I got off work and knew I needed to go and let off some steam...somewhere other than my house. So..I decided to go visits some dear friends who I had neglected since their new baby (and the mama) arrived home from the hospital. This baby totals 7 kids for them and I just love those kids and their whole family. So, thanks Gorg for that adult beverage and Mindy for a wonderful supper.....I needed that company last night. Thanks again for letting me invite myself. Maybe Friday night can become a trend.
Today....has a lot in store....maybe I can blog about that later this evening...we'll see about that. But now I'm volunteering at the pregnancy center so I must get back to it. Have a blessed one.....
Today....has a lot in store....maybe I can blog about that later this evening...we'll see about that. But now I'm volunteering at the pregnancy center so I must get back to it. Have a blessed one.....
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