Has passed. I turned 32 today, and tho I was hoping to let this birthday slip by without any attention my friends and family have made sure to remind me of it...time and time and time again :)
I am thankful for them all tho. It is nice to know that I have so many people in my life that remember, and care enough to tell me Happy Birthday if even thru a text or comment, especially since I myself and HORRIBLE at remembering birthdates. I normally can guess the week of a birthday, but hardly ever remember the actual day of the event.
So, I am 32 years old. I am still married to the same guy i married in 1994 when I got out of high school, and tho he drives me crazy sometimes i still love him deeply and madly. I have 3 amazing children whom i live for, literally. My life centers around them and their needs and wants, but I wouldnt have it any other way at this point in life.
I have so many great friends, I am truly blessed. I have friends from so many different times and part of my life....they remind me of what I have been thru to get to where I am now, and the person that I want to be. They are there to remind me of the good and bad times in life, and how much it helped to have them by me to get thru them.
My extended family is in a bit of a rut now...but I'm trying very hard to not let it get to me. I instead try to focus on the greatness that I have with our little clan, me, my husband and our kids, and the ones that are in our lives on a regular basis and how thankful I am to them. Its as much my fault as theirs that we have lost touch in most cases....I need to get better about that.
So, another year has passed...and what I am now is smarter, wiser, more patient, more loving, heavier (well maybe not heavier than when i turned 31, but heavier than i want to be), tanner (lol) and most importantly happier. I have new goals that I want to achieve in the next year that I am working towards. Until then, I will continue to try to be the best person that I can be, each and every day.
~M
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
I'm not good at biting my tongue
but i am really really trying hard to do so. my goal is to live a more stress free life, to not let things get to me, to be able to let petty things go....but man is it hard.
for instance: the schools here have a uniform dress code, (which i fought against, but to no avail). the kids are only allowed to wear solid polo shirts and dress pants or khakis (and only certain colors, no cargo pants), shirts tucked in for 5th grade and above and belts.
HOWEVER if you are an athlete, or more so on the football team or cheerleading squad, you are not required to follow the same rules as everybody else. These students are allowed to wear their jersey tops, and or cheer jump suits, on home game days, where as everybody else still has to wear their polo tops and dress pants on home game days.
Now, one of the main arguments from the school board for implementing this dress code was because they wanted to stop "cliques" by trying to limit how much the children pair off into groups bases on sports, social status (their families), activities, etc. So tell me this, how is allowing a particular set of children, the athletes, to dress differently achieving this? Basically the school is telling this group of students that they are special, they the same rules do not apply to them as they do to everybody else, and its just not fair. Not all kids can make the football team or the cheer squad....how is this fair to the ones that try out and dont make it, let alone the rest of the student body.
This is simply about sticking by their policies, these dress code policies that they put into place, that they are now not adhering to. Its just not right to give certain children special privledges and not others.
So, now here I am, very bothered by this, but really really trying to not just throw a big "fit". I did email the principal, very nicely, and asked her if they could start allowing the other students to wear school tee shirts on these days so that they are all getting the chance to show their school spririt and not just the athletes,...and I emailed the school board and the superintendent the same request. All I have received is a simple "we'll consider it", but nothing more. I am really trying to let this go, to realize that I cant change everything, no matter how unfair it is....but man oh man has it been hard.
well, at least i vented it a bit...i cant vent it on my myspace because i have teachers as friends and i dont want to upset anyone....but its just not right.
~M
for instance: the schools here have a uniform dress code, (which i fought against, but to no avail). the kids are only allowed to wear solid polo shirts and dress pants or khakis (and only certain colors, no cargo pants), shirts tucked in for 5th grade and above and belts.
HOWEVER if you are an athlete, or more so on the football team or cheerleading squad, you are not required to follow the same rules as everybody else. These students are allowed to wear their jersey tops, and or cheer jump suits, on home game days, where as everybody else still has to wear their polo tops and dress pants on home game days.
Now, one of the main arguments from the school board for implementing this dress code was because they wanted to stop "cliques" by trying to limit how much the children pair off into groups bases on sports, social status (their families), activities, etc. So tell me this, how is allowing a particular set of children, the athletes, to dress differently achieving this? Basically the school is telling this group of students that they are special, they the same rules do not apply to them as they do to everybody else, and its just not fair. Not all kids can make the football team or the cheer squad....how is this fair to the ones that try out and dont make it, let alone the rest of the student body.
This is simply about sticking by their policies, these dress code policies that they put into place, that they are now not adhering to. Its just not right to give certain children special privledges and not others.
So, now here I am, very bothered by this, but really really trying to not just throw a big "fit". I did email the principal, very nicely, and asked her if they could start allowing the other students to wear school tee shirts on these days so that they are all getting the chance to show their school spririt and not just the athletes,...and I emailed the school board and the superintendent the same request. All I have received is a simple "we'll consider it", but nothing more. I am really trying to let this go, to realize that I cant change everything, no matter how unfair it is....but man oh man has it been hard.
well, at least i vented it a bit...i cant vent it on my myspace because i have teachers as friends and i dont want to upset anyone....but its just not right.
~M
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Random's about me...
1. i do not feel like i am almost 32, most days, i feel much younger
2. i met my husband at the subway restaurant in milan, tn
3. he stole my car...well, he stole my keys and took my car for a joyride
4. i proceeded to jump in his and try to follow, it was a stick shift, i had never driven a stick shift, his friend and my friend were with me, we were in fear for our lives but i wouldnt give up
5. my husband had the hots for my best friend before me and him started dating
6. his best man was my ex boyfriend :)
7. we are still both very good friends with that ex boyfriend/best man
8. i miss living in my subdivision in IL, not IL itself, just the subdivision we lived in
9. i constantly struggle with my weight and have been since i had my 2nd child
10. it takes me 2 months to lose any weight, but i can put it back on in less than 2 weeks if i break my eating and workout habits
11. except when my husband is on 2nd shift i eat a granola bar for both breakfast and lunch, then dinner with the family
12. when he is on 2nds we go out for lunch together every day and i gain weight
13. my favorite color is sage, or anything in that catagory, and my 2nd is tied between pink and brown, but not light pink, dark pink
14. my favorite animal to view is a horse, they are beautiful, but im pretty much a large dog person
15. mrs. kitty is only the 3rd cat i have ever liked in my life (my current cat)
16. we call her mrs. kitty because none of us could agree on a name, jay wanted to call her piece of crap but i said no
17. i knew my husband 3 months before he proposed, 6 months before we were married
18. we will be married 14 years next month, we were told we were rushing into it and that it wouldnt last
19. i actually miss my husband skateboarding, and i never thought that would be possible
20. i know that i want to save money, but i have a very hard time doing it
21. we do however budget all of our bills and they get paid first and on time each month, so i guess thats saying something
22. i recently re-landscaped my entire front yard, i spent about $300 so far
23. i love rolos and caramellos
24. i love mt dew
25. i love pizza
26. i have no favorite restaurant, it used to be olive garden but not so much anymore
27. i wish jackson had a chedders, i miss chedders
28. if my husband could be relocated to FL near my sister we would probably move there
29. i'm still friends with just about all of my best friends from high school, just one that i cant find
30. i still talk to co-workers from jobs i had years ago
31. we are in church limbo, we have become lazy, its not good, we are trying to get back on track
32. i am NOT a moring person
33. i love to sing karaoke, but do not have alot of faith in my singing voice
34. tho i can rock the song "does he love you" by reba and linda davis with my friend april
35. i have a hard time confronting a friend if i think that it may make them angry
36. because i value friendship more than even most of my family relationships
37. i have 2 sisters, i miss them dearly, they both live far away
38. i have 1 brother, he lives about an hr away but i hardly ever see him
39. i have annoying hair, its naturally thick and wavy and is very hard to control
40. i'm thinking of going copper this winter
41. my pants are tight, i have gained weight in this past two weeks again
42. i will not eat dinner tonight because i had lunch with jay, i will have a granola bar
43. i will never be as tall as i want, i am only 5'2ish
44. i can still spike a volleyball tho
45. i love diving when i play court volleyball, but i dont like it on the sand (wierd huh?)
46. one of my favorite ballads ever is inspiration by chicago (its on right now actually)
47. i still like bon jovi
48. i still like nkotb
49. i didnt thin or shape my eye brows until i was about 28 years old, not i have to have them shaped all the time
50. i have a bad habit of not fixing my toe polish when it gets messed up
51. i do not shave every day, or ever other day, because i have blonde hair so it doesnt show up anyway
52. i'm annoyed at work right now, but i wont say why
53. i want to try flying, but i'm terrified of getting on a plane
54. the last time i went to the dentist for a check up i got so scared i walked out while i was waiting for him to come into the room
55. i have been told, more than once, that i'm intimadating to others, male and female
56. i find humor in that, i'm just outspoken is all, and direct
57. i'm honest, i dont lie, but i do try to be gentle if i have to say something not so nice to those i care about
58. i will always own up to my mistakes
59. i was raised by my grandparents on my moms side
60. i have a road rage problem, it has gotten better, but its still there, i yell at people alot in the car
61. i HATE driving under the speed limit
62. i HATE when people do not use their turn signals
63. i HATE when people purposely ignore traffic laws, run stop signs, go down one way streets, etc
64. i really dislike drama, but i seem to be a magnet for it
65. i do myspace karaoke
66. i have had the same yahoo launch music account since 2001
67. i do pay 3.00/month to have no commericals and unlimited skipping
68. i am very anal about having balance, whether is my landscaping, furniture, wall decor - i need it to have some kind of balance and organization
69. i HAVE to have my pictures centered either over something on the wall....its an obsession
70. i am one of the only women i know that is not taking some kind of mood controlling drug
71. i really due have a stress free life, any stress i have i bring upon myself
72. my husband loves me with all he is, more today than 14 years ago
73. so far 2 of my 3 children have tested above a 135 on their IQ test, they are smarter than me
74. the 3rd is getting tested this year
75. the school and i are all waiting to see where she scores to see if they all three are above that mark, apparently if so thats a really rare thing
76. my dad still has long hair
77. i have a round apple face and i hateit
78. i have big hips
79. i'm the only one out of my and my 2 sisters with these problems, and they cant seem to understand that weight loss just doesnt come as easily to me as it does to them
80. i dont want to take diet pills, but sometimes i feel its my only option and i consider it
81. i'm considering it right now
82. i'm at 135, i want to be at 120 min......i have not been able to get under 130 in the past 9 years
83. i want a sports car, but need a full sized suv or mini van cause of my three kid and all their sports equipment
84. my lease is up on my envoy in 6 months, my mileage is out in about 200 miles, i wont make it
85. that sux cause i also have some old late fees on the account to pay off!
86. i have completely changed the way that this job is done since taking over this position 2.5 years ago
87. i wish i had time to be more invovled at my kids schools, but working full time limits me too much
88. alot of people think that we live a boring life, but they have no idea how fulfilling our family really is
89. i love that my son is old enough to baby sit now
90. i miss having cousins around for my kids, and their aunts, in IL, FL and TX
91. my children only have 2 grandparent left within a 2 hr drive...jay and my moms, and one is considering moving 5 hrs away, leaving them with just one - this saddens me alot
92. my grammom is amazing, but she lives 6.5 hrs away so we dont see her much
93. we may start driving down there at least twice a year to spend time with her
94. i have lost 3 close family members to cancer, 4 friends under the age of 35, 2 of them being under the age of 20, all since 1993.
95. i have totalled 1 car, wrecked 6 out of 7, and been in 2 serious accidents - shouldnt have walked away from either one
96. i think skateboarding should be legal on city streets, just like riding a bicycle
97. i want to replant the tulips in my yard but am afraid they will die if i move them
98. i go to the tanning bed but am still whiter than my daughter
99. i have always had good teeth, which is good since i'm terrified of the dentist!
100. i have not eaten at mcdonalds since we moved here in 2003 except one time from the drive thru.
2. i met my husband at the subway restaurant in milan, tn
3. he stole my car...well, he stole my keys and took my car for a joyride
4. i proceeded to jump in his and try to follow, it was a stick shift, i had never driven a stick shift, his friend and my friend were with me, we were in fear for our lives but i wouldnt give up
5. my husband had the hots for my best friend before me and him started dating
6. his best man was my ex boyfriend :)
7. we are still both very good friends with that ex boyfriend/best man
8. i miss living in my subdivision in IL, not IL itself, just the subdivision we lived in
9. i constantly struggle with my weight and have been since i had my 2nd child
10. it takes me 2 months to lose any weight, but i can put it back on in less than 2 weeks if i break my eating and workout habits
11. except when my husband is on 2nd shift i eat a granola bar for both breakfast and lunch, then dinner with the family
12. when he is on 2nds we go out for lunch together every day and i gain weight
13. my favorite color is sage, or anything in that catagory, and my 2nd is tied between pink and brown, but not light pink, dark pink
14. my favorite animal to view is a horse, they are beautiful, but im pretty much a large dog person
15. mrs. kitty is only the 3rd cat i have ever liked in my life (my current cat)
16. we call her mrs. kitty because none of us could agree on a name, jay wanted to call her piece of crap but i said no
17. i knew my husband 3 months before he proposed, 6 months before we were married
18. we will be married 14 years next month, we were told we were rushing into it and that it wouldnt last
19. i actually miss my husband skateboarding, and i never thought that would be possible
20. i know that i want to save money, but i have a very hard time doing it
21. we do however budget all of our bills and they get paid first and on time each month, so i guess thats saying something
22. i recently re-landscaped my entire front yard, i spent about $300 so far
23. i love rolos and caramellos
24. i love mt dew
25. i love pizza
26. i have no favorite restaurant, it used to be olive garden but not so much anymore
27. i wish jackson had a chedders, i miss chedders
28. if my husband could be relocated to FL near my sister we would probably move there
29. i'm still friends with just about all of my best friends from high school, just one that i cant find
30. i still talk to co-workers from jobs i had years ago
31. we are in church limbo, we have become lazy, its not good, we are trying to get back on track
32. i am NOT a moring person
33. i love to sing karaoke, but do not have alot of faith in my singing voice
34. tho i can rock the song "does he love you" by reba and linda davis with my friend april
35. i have a hard time confronting a friend if i think that it may make them angry
36. because i value friendship more than even most of my family relationships
37. i have 2 sisters, i miss them dearly, they both live far away
38. i have 1 brother, he lives about an hr away but i hardly ever see him
39. i have annoying hair, its naturally thick and wavy and is very hard to control
40. i'm thinking of going copper this winter
41. my pants are tight, i have gained weight in this past two weeks again
42. i will not eat dinner tonight because i had lunch with jay, i will have a granola bar
43. i will never be as tall as i want, i am only 5'2ish
44. i can still spike a volleyball tho
45. i love diving when i play court volleyball, but i dont like it on the sand (wierd huh?)
46. one of my favorite ballads ever is inspiration by chicago (its on right now actually)
47. i still like bon jovi
48. i still like nkotb
49. i didnt thin or shape my eye brows until i was about 28 years old, not i have to have them shaped all the time
50. i have a bad habit of not fixing my toe polish when it gets messed up
51. i do not shave every day, or ever other day, because i have blonde hair so it doesnt show up anyway
52. i'm annoyed at work right now, but i wont say why
53. i want to try flying, but i'm terrified of getting on a plane
54. the last time i went to the dentist for a check up i got so scared i walked out while i was waiting for him to come into the room
55. i have been told, more than once, that i'm intimadating to others, male and female
56. i find humor in that, i'm just outspoken is all, and direct
57. i'm honest, i dont lie, but i do try to be gentle if i have to say something not so nice to those i care about
58. i will always own up to my mistakes
59. i was raised by my grandparents on my moms side
60. i have a road rage problem, it has gotten better, but its still there, i yell at people alot in the car
61. i HATE driving under the speed limit
62. i HATE when people do not use their turn signals
63. i HATE when people purposely ignore traffic laws, run stop signs, go down one way streets, etc
64. i really dislike drama, but i seem to be a magnet for it
65. i do myspace karaoke
66. i have had the same yahoo launch music account since 2001
67. i do pay 3.00/month to have no commericals and unlimited skipping
68. i am very anal about having balance, whether is my landscaping, furniture, wall decor - i need it to have some kind of balance and organization
69. i HAVE to have my pictures centered either over something on the wall....its an obsession
70. i am one of the only women i know that is not taking some kind of mood controlling drug
71. i really due have a stress free life, any stress i have i bring upon myself
72. my husband loves me with all he is, more today than 14 years ago
73. so far 2 of my 3 children have tested above a 135 on their IQ test, they are smarter than me
74. the 3rd is getting tested this year
75. the school and i are all waiting to see where she scores to see if they all three are above that mark, apparently if so thats a really rare thing
76. my dad still has long hair
77. i have a round apple face and i hateit
78. i have big hips
79. i'm the only one out of my and my 2 sisters with these problems, and they cant seem to understand that weight loss just doesnt come as easily to me as it does to them
80. i dont want to take diet pills, but sometimes i feel its my only option and i consider it
81. i'm considering it right now
82. i'm at 135, i want to be at 120 min......i have not been able to get under 130 in the past 9 years
83. i want a sports car, but need a full sized suv or mini van cause of my three kid and all their sports equipment
84. my lease is up on my envoy in 6 months, my mileage is out in about 200 miles, i wont make it
85. that sux cause i also have some old late fees on the account to pay off!
86. i have completely changed the way that this job is done since taking over this position 2.5 years ago
87. i wish i had time to be more invovled at my kids schools, but working full time limits me too much
88. alot of people think that we live a boring life, but they have no idea how fulfilling our family really is
89. i love that my son is old enough to baby sit now
90. i miss having cousins around for my kids, and their aunts, in IL, FL and TX
91. my children only have 2 grandparent left within a 2 hr drive...jay and my moms, and one is considering moving 5 hrs away, leaving them with just one - this saddens me alot
92. my grammom is amazing, but she lives 6.5 hrs away so we dont see her much
93. we may start driving down there at least twice a year to spend time with her
94. i have lost 3 close family members to cancer, 4 friends under the age of 35, 2 of them being under the age of 20, all since 1993.
95. i have totalled 1 car, wrecked 6 out of 7, and been in 2 serious accidents - shouldnt have walked away from either one
96. i think skateboarding should be legal on city streets, just like riding a bicycle
97. i want to replant the tulips in my yard but am afraid they will die if i move them
98. i go to the tanning bed but am still whiter than my daughter
99. i have always had good teeth, which is good since i'm terrified of the dentist!
100. i have not eaten at mcdonalds since we moved here in 2003 except one time from the drive thru.
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