Admiration (Women)

I've been thinking of late, so much about who I admire and who inspires me. 

My Mother ~ Janet:  Who doesn't dare admire their mother!  My mom moved  away from the very small town she grew up in (Fort Fairfield, Maine), with my dad (Howard) and my oldest brother (Dan), to come to Columbus, Ohio because is was said that jobs were good there.  She raised 4 children (and never took any crap either), mostly alone, with no car.   My father worked on the Railroad and was gone so much of the time.  She's a great lady, always giving of herself to others (quilts,  afghans, etc...), but most of all she's my best friend. 
*She inspires me to give more of myself to others.

My daughter ~ Jessica:  She has gone from the girl that hated kids and would never have any, to the best, most patient and loving mother of Bowyn I could ever have imagined.  I admire her for her athletic ability.  As slender as she is, she can knock the biggest guy around on his ass in one fell swoop, and leave him wondering just what hit me.
*She inspires me to be more out spoken and courageous.

My Friend ~ Gayle:  I met Gayle when we started working together in 1999.  She was always coming up with ideas to start a business (Doggie Day Care, Photography, etc...).  We would all just say "Yeah, that's a great idea", and that was it.  She finally took the leap and started her own business.  I admire her courage to take such a step.
*She inspires me to take more leaps out of my comfort zone.

Meet ~ Opal:  This is one of the residents where I work.  Can you guess how old she is???  She will be 101 in December.  She hardly looks 80 if you ask me.  When her grandson asked if she was afraid of dying she said "No, matter of fact, I think it will be a wonderful adventure."
*She inspires me to want to live a long life and be Happy with what I have.

Meet ~Virginia: That's a song you know, and she deserves it.  This lady is also a resident at work.  She just turned 102, last week.  She's small but feisty.  She uses a walker, but it's just to push her way through her everyday life as she certainly doesn't need it for walking.
*She inspires me to move past any and all unwanted obstacles to get what I want.


Others that inspire me: 
*My Aunt Gail, for the taking care of my Uncle who has cancer and arthritis.  Life can be hard but some endure because of love.
*My Nephew's wife Nina, for her writing skills and artistic talents.
*Lindsey Rynolds, for her true grit spirit.
*Katie Lehman, for the courage to go abroad and live alone in a foreign land.
*Lindsey Blades, for her spunk and living life on her own terms.

Change

As you can probably tell by now, I can get bored with things (Blog layout), so I like to change things around and try new things out.  It's like a Free mini vacation for me.  I do the same things around the house too.  Always moving things to different locations.  Although it can get confusing epically if you move the coffee pot, so I don't move that anymore.  A change is good for everyone, it makes things new and interesting for awhile at least.

Hope you like the change.

Uniforms

So the other day I get this call from my new job, telling me that they have decided that the receptionist will now be wearing uniforms.  Khaki pants, white blouse and blazer.  Hmmm, wish I would have known this sooner, since going out and buying new dress cloths and shoes to wear.  That's okay, whatever you know.  At least it won't take me forever to get ready now, as there won't be any choice's on what to wear except for shoes.  I am a little concerned about the blazer thing though, hope it's not red and with big shoulder pads.  Ewe, little head on a big body, not a good look for me and I don't want to scare the old folks to death.  Keep your fingers crossed it's Navy. 

PS) I'll get back with you...

A funny story

Laugh for the day.  We have lived here for 18 yrs. and have never had any problem with this until last night.   Here's the thing, we can park 2 cars in our drive way with no problem.  Except last night Ric had the tail of his car too close to the sidewalk, blocking it (not that we have a lot of heavy foot traffic) and guess what happened?  That's right, our ever faithful police men (bored I'm sure), gave him a warning ticket on his car (while in OUR driveway mind you).  What the #@$*!  I ask, are you kidding me.   Guess with the economy as bad as it is, they feel they need to make some extra cash to cover their expenses.  Thought you'd get a kick out of this story.  

Hmmm, Do you think I should send it back to them with the remark: "Slow work day" or "Are you serious" on it?

Invite to LivingSocial

Invite to LivingSocial

What's UP?

Brutus has been acting strange for a few days now, actually since Sunday.  We can't figure out why or what it is, but he doesn't want to go outside by himself, and when he's out there, he just keeps looking UP.   We have tried to figure out what on earth it could be:  Did something fall out of the tree and land on him?  Did someone throw something at him?  Maybe a Big Hawk flew down and tried to swoop him up, but realized he was way too chubby to get!  Whatever it was, he's scared.  Maybe he needs Dog Therapy.  Poor little guy.

The Winner Is - Preview

Here is the New Vera Bradley bag that I won yesterday from Hallmark.  What do you think?

Bowyn's Birthday

Since Bowyn just turned 3 on Friday, Jess had his awesome, fun party on Saturday.  Here are a few pictures to enjoy.
P.S.)  Thanks Uncle Nix for my new ride.  I love it...

Hidden talent

I have been down with a cold for a few days now, so it's cough, cough, sneeze and blow the nose.  Well I have found that I have a Hidden talent.  Strange thing to add in here I know, but it's true.  Drum roll please:  Whilst blowing my nose, air squirted out of the corner of my right eye, and sprayed on the inside of my glasses.  Now how weird is that!  Have you seen those programs on TV that have people doing strange things like drinking milk and squirting it out of the corners of their eyes? Ewe.  Who comes up with this stuff anyways?  Trust me I don't think I'll try the milk thing, YET!

The Winner Is?

When it comes to winning things, I've always felt I had the worst luck.  Seriously, when I get scratch off's or Lotto tickets for Ric, I say just put them in the bag, so as not to touch them.  It's that bad.  Well, today is different, I just got a call from one of my favorite stores "Paperphanlia"(Hallmark), and won a Vera Bradly bag in a drawing.  Ye haw, maybe my luck is changing.