Fun Monday

Tiggerlane, the Neophyte Blogger: Fun Monday February 4th Assignment - STICKY POST TiggerLane gave us a very interesting assignment for this Fun Monday.

Have you heard of The Bucket List? Well, that's what I want from you! Make a list of things you want to do before you die. It must be at least five items - and you can make it as long as you desire. Photos are optional. And let's hear about some of the wackiest, most bizarre to-do's on your Bucket List! Wow, what a deep assignment. I'm not capable of being deep this early in the morning, but I'll try.

*Go to the beach again. Sounds simple, I know, but we just never get around to planning it. :/

*Write heartfelt letters to everyone in my immediate family that they will be able to look back on after I'm gone.

*Love my body. Every ounce of cellulite, every stretch mark, every pound over what I used to be. I want to love the skin I'm in!

*I want to learn to sew. I've always wanted to make a memory quilt for each of my kids using their baby clothes.

*I want to leave the country on a vacation. I'm not picky. Take me anywhere.

*I would like to have a successful teaching career and make a difference in MANY childrens' lives!

*I want a chance to meet and hold my grandbabies.

*I want to be unafraid of death. I'm a Christian, but I'm still very fearful of the unknown. I want to be one of those people who is completely at ease with dying because they know with 100% certainty where they are going and how wonderful it will be there.

Thankful Thursday

I'm late. My apologies. Just got back into town.

Today (and every day!) I am thankful for my friends. Wow, I have some great friends. This has been a particularly trying week for me and of course my girlfriends have all been there to pull me through. A little phone call here, chicken poop there....all of them cheered me up, some without even realizing it. Old friends, new friends, I just love them all.

Fun Monday---Nightstands

The Lurchers is in charge of this week's fun Monday and has left the following instructions:

For today's Fun Monday, continuing in the spirit of "being interested in people", I would like to know, or see, what's on, in or under your bedside table! So open those draws and bare your soul to us! Is there anything special there that has a story or a memory that you can tell us about? Books that you keep there to delve into from time to time? Trinkets that you don't know where else to put? Let's see!

It's really rather simple, I suppose. My computer desk is my catch-all. My nightstand has a lamp, a picture of dh and I, my alarm clock, and my Bible. That's it, folks!

Six Unimportant Things

Rules: (1) Link to the person that tagged you. (2) Post the rules on your blog. (3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. (4) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs. (5) Let each random person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their site.

Kim at http://momunscripted.wordpress.com/ tagged me. :)

1) I take a bubble bath EVERY single night, followed by a shower to shampoo my hair and wash my body. That bath ALWAYS involves reading.

2) I can't watch any of my shows at night without the ironing board in front of me. That means that sometimes, even old tshirts get ironed. :/

3) I have a certain dollar amount in my checking account that I will NOT allow my balance to fall under. No, it's not zero. LOL It's a nice round amount, and I refuse (and I mean REFUSE) to go below that amount. I have before and it sends me into a frenzy, so I just avoid that at all costs now.

4) I have to sleep with my hand or hands between my legs. Get yer heads outta the gutter. Not like that. I just need it there like some people need their arm under their pillow. Gosh, I'm getting more strange by the minute.

5) The clothes hangers in my closet must color coordinate with the articles of clothing that are hanging on them. Black shirts don't need black hangers or anything, but they certainly won't be found hanging on a navy hanger. *cringe*

6) I'm SO stingy with my paper towels. I mean, seriously. Who else tears a paper towel in half when a child needs to blow their nose except for me? :( No need in wasting a whole paper towel for such a little bitty nose, in my opinion. :D

I'll tag:
Sweet little Sandy over at Myanderings
Her nice husband Shorty at I Couldn't Help Myself
The daughter (might as well keep it in the fam!) at http://oohashinypen.blogspot.com/
My good friend Katie at http://ktluvs.blogspot.com/
My new helpful friend http://rainydaydiamonds.blogspot.com/
and one of my favorite commenters http://rdhmom.blogspot.com/

Have fun, y'all!

Ah, the New Me.

So, what do you think? Does the rose color suit me? Someone mentioned that my page was a bit hard to read, and I hadn't considered that, but with having only a few faithful readers I certainly don't need to be running any off. So voila. The new me.

Still alive and kickin'

Wow, it's been awhile. See why I amended my New Year's resolutions?

It has been a hectic week. My daughter has decided to try out for her school's speech meet which meant memorizing a very long poem, in addition to all of her other homework. She's definitely overworked this year, and the homework she is given on a daily basis is certainly a sore spot with me. As an educator, I know this is an absurd amount of work for a 9 year old after having been in class all day, but what can ya do? So we march on..

My precious Grandpa celebrated his 80th birthday party this past weekend, so we were with him for those festivities. He's in hospice care, so we made sure to make this birthday a HUGE party! I have pictures to post of him, bless his sweet heart, but I'm working today and the pics are at home.

What else...I promise I could come up with at least a dozen excuses as to why I've been MIA for 8 days. Um....

Well, anyway, I'll try to be more creative and think of more things to blog about. I typically do okay as long as I have a picture to jumpstart myself..so be prepared for more pics to give you a glimpse into my personal life. In the meantime, if you have any advice on the insane amounts of homework please don't hesitate to speak up.

So Thankful.

Julie at Another Chance Ranch is starting something new which I think would benefit us all. Please join me in Another Chance Ranch: The Beginning of Thankful Thursday.

I'm so blessed. I am looking forward to sharing all of my blessings with you all but I will start with that which is most important to me. My faith. I'm SO blessed that I get to serve such an amazing God! I'm thankful for the right to worship, and for the WONDERFUL church family that I have. I'm thankful that my children are being raised in a Christian home and that my nine year old is able to attend a private Christian school at our church. No, we're not perfect, but I'm thankful that Jesus loves us anyway.