It's Sunday evening...I do dream frequently of a relaxing weekend at the beach sipping on a pina colada and not having a care in the world...then a stench reaches my nose and brings me back to reality. I have a diaper to change, a husband to love, homework to do, never-ending dishes in the sink, and a load of laundry that is piled higher than Mount Everest. It's the way I enjoy my weekends, not to say that I don't cherish every minute of it, because I do. It's the time I get to laugh with Maddox & Randy and take walks outside, just enjoy being with each other. I wouldn't trade it for anything...well..if you catch me at the right time I may tell you something different.
Thanksgiving is coming up soon. We stuff ourselves full of a big turkey and enjoy time with the family. Love the idea of that, it's the only time of the year I can get away with my emotional eating binges. This year will be one to write about because we are driving up to Long Island, NY. It's the road trips you read about in your family book, the one where everyone ran in to a mishap and something unbelievable happened. Yet I am scared to say the story will be written about us three...and who knows what adventures lay ahead. If I had only given in to Randy and bought those expensive airplane tickets...we might have skipped out on all the fun. Who wants to rehash old arguments anyways, we are driving to NY, car seat and all.
The best thing about this is that everyone is going to be there...Mom, Wes, Brian, Grandma, Aunt Naomi, Uncle David, Sasha, and the talented and wonderful Lily. The anticipation of seeing my family is just making me full of excited energy...I have forgone my family for so long and now that I am grown with a family of my own never more have I realized the importance of family. Uncle Josh is not with us this year and the whole trip from the minute we leave until the minute we get back he will be on my mind. We need to make this a great Thanksgiving for him...especially make good food. He would love that...
I have a few more points to discuss on my article review on "Frequency Characteristics of American Sign Language". Most of you who are reading this might think nothing of this but to me I feel like I have unlocked the key to my language that I have spoken for years but now understand more of it than I have ever known.(Cheesy I know) Although these research articles are so condensed full of verbiage that just trying to wade through the thick bog of words makes you lost at times. It's hard work but anything worth anything in this world is hard work. We just got to fight through it...so instead of me PROCRASTINATING on my blog (which I am doing no matter how I can justify it) I will get back to my paper.
PEACE~LOVE~HAPPINESS
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
Leaving to the beach....
We are leaving to the beach today...ahhh yes! Sand, Surf, and family. Don't you love a good vacation?? Will post more when we all get there.
Warmly
-sw
Warmly
-sw
Monday, September 29, 2008
The POLITICS is taking over my Blog..AHHHHH!!! RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN (I won't suggest driving because there might not be any gas left)!
I am in the middle of surfing the internet about politics and doing my posts for my masters program and felt like I had to give an update on my blog. I would say I am either multi-tasking or procrastinating. I would most likely assume the latter. :) That's all right, it's a Monday and I have all week to get my work done so that is my not so great excuse. It's the only day I can use it. LOL. I have been posting some very seeming "left-wing" posts lately but they have aligned with the strong way I feel. So you are going to have to put up with these until the election when Obama takes the office. If for some strange case McFart takes office we have been debating fleeing the country...maybe to North Korea or Russia...oh I don't know I heard they love Americans there.
This weekend we are heading down to the beach..(sigh) what a nice break to look forward to! I'll be posting some family pictures on the blog on Friday because we really have been doing some fun things around here. Not just talking politics around the house...I promise!
BTW....MOM IS GETTING MARRIED TO FANTASTIC WES THIS WEEKEND!!! CONGRATULATIONS!
This weekend we are heading down to the beach..(sigh) what a nice break to look forward to! I'll be posting some family pictures on the blog on Friday because we really have been doing some fun things around here. Not just talking politics around the house...I promise!
BTW....MOM IS GETTING MARRIED TO FANTASTIC WES THIS WEEKEND!!! CONGRATULATIONS!
Message about the Wall Street Buy Out from Michael Moore
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=235
Thursday, September 25, 2008
A Very Important Message From…. Sarah Silverman
I had to put this up...my family is Jewish!! :) Sorry for the profanity.
See more Sarah Silverman videos at Funny or Die
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
9-16-08 Press Conference. BARACK OBAMA
There is NO doubt that Barack Obama should be our next president. We need a change from the Bush regime, we need a change. Our economy is in dire need of a person that understands that in the position of president you have to DO SOMETHING to make a change for ALL the people..not only for the rich and powerful. YES WE CAN!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Subject: Opinion from Gloria Steinem on Palin
Subject: Opinion from Gloria Steinem on Palin
> By Gloria Steinem
> September 4, 2008
> Here's the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party -- are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women -- and to many men too -- who have picketed, gone on hunger strikes or confronted violence at the polls so women can vote. We owe it to Shirley Chisholm, who first took the "white-male-only" sign off the White House, and to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who hung in there through ridicule and misogyny to win 18 million votes.
>
> But here is even better news: It won't work. This isn't the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything most other women want and need. Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.
>
> Selecting Sarah Palin, who was touted all summer by Rush Limbaugh, is no way to attract most women, including die-hard Clinton supporters. Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton. Her down-home, divisive and deceptive speech did nothing to cosmeticize a Republican convention that has more than twice as many male delegates as female, a presidential candidate who is owned and operated by the right wing and a platform that opposes pretty much everything Clinton's candidacy stood for -- and that Barack Obama's still does. To vote in protest for McCain/Palin would be like saying, "Somebody stole my shoes, so I'll amputate my legs."
>
> This is not to beat up on Palin. I defend her right to be wrong, even on issues that matter most to me. I regret that people say she can't do the job because she has children in need of care, especially if they wouldn't say the same about a father. I get no pleasure from imagining her in the spotlight on national and foreign policy issues about which she has zero background, with one month to learn to compete with Sen. Joe Biden's 37 years' experience.
>
> Palin has been honest about what she doesn't know. When asked last month about the vice presidency, she said, "I still can't answer that question until someone answers for me: What is it exactly that the VP does every day?" When asked about Iraq, she said, "I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq."
>
> She was elected governor largely because the incumbent was unpopular, and she's won over Alaskans mostly by using unprecedented oil wealth to give a $1,200 rebate to every resident. Now she is being praised by McCain's campaign as a tax cutter, despite the fact that Alaska has no state income or sales tax. Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn't know it's about inviting more people to meet standards, not lowering them. Or perhaps McCain is following the Bush administration habit, as in the Justice Department, of putting a job candidate's views on "God, guns and gays" ahead of competence. The difference is that McCain is filling a job one 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency.
>
> So let's be clear: The culprit is John McCain. He may have chosen Palin out of change-envy, or a belief that women can't tell the difference between form and content, but the main motive was to please right-wing ideologues; the same ones who nixed anyone who is now or ever has been a supporter of reproductive freedom. If that were not the case, McCain could have chosen a woman who knows what a vice president does and who has thought about Iraq; someone like Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison or Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine. McCain could have taken a baby step away from right-wing patriarchs who determine his actions, right down to opposing the Violence Against Women Act.
>
> Palin's value to those patriarchs is clear: She opposes just about every issue that women support by a majority or plurality. She believes that creationism should be taught in public schools but disbelieves global warming; she opposes gun control but supports government control of women's wombs; she opposes stem cell research but approves "abstinence-only" programs, which increase unwanted births, sexually transmitted diseases and abortions; she tried to use taxpayers' millions for a state program to shoot wolves from the air but didn't spend enough money to fix a state school system with the lowest high-school graduation rate in the nation; she runs with a candidate who opposes the Fair Pay Act but supports $500 million in subsidies for a natural gas pipeline across Alaska; she supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, though even McCain has opted for the lesser evil of offshore drilling. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger.
>
> I don't doubt her sincerity. As a lifetime member of the National Rifle Assn., she doesn't just support killing animals from helicopters, she does it herself. She doesn't just talk about increasing the use of fossil fuels but puts a coal-burning power plant in her own small town. She doesn't just echo McCain's pledge to criminalize abortion by overturning Roe vs. Wade, she says that if one of her daughters were impregnated by rape or incest, she should bear the child. She not only opposes reproductive freedom as a human right but implies that it dictates abortion, without saying that it also protects the right to have a child.
>
> So far, the major new McCain supporter that Palin has attracted is James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Of course, for Dobson, "women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership," so he may be voting for Palin's husband.
>
> Being a hope-a-holic, however, I can see two long-term bipartisan gains from this contest.
>
> Republicans may learn they can't appeal to right-wing patriarchs and most women at the same time. A loss in November could cause the centrist majority of Republicans to take back their party, which was the first to support the Equal Rights Amendment and should be the last to want to invite government into the wombs of women.
>
> And American women, who suffer more because of having two full-time jobs than from any other single injustice, finally have support on a national stage from male leaders who know that women can't be equal outside the home until men are equal in it. Barack Obama and Joe Biden are campaigning on their belief that men should be, can be and want to be at home for their children.
>
> This could be huge.
>
> Gloria Steinem is an author, feminist organizer and co-founder of the Women's Media Center. She supported Hillary Clinton and is now supporting Barack Obama.
> By Gloria Steinem
> September 4, 2008
> Here's the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party -- are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women -- and to many men too -- who have picketed, gone on hunger strikes or confronted violence at the polls so women can vote. We owe it to Shirley Chisholm, who first took the "white-male-only" sign off the White House, and to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who hung in there through ridicule and misogyny to win 18 million votes.
>
> But here is even better news: It won't work. This isn't the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything most other women want and need. Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.
>
> Selecting Sarah Palin, who was touted all summer by Rush Limbaugh, is no way to attract most women, including die-hard Clinton supporters. Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton. Her down-home, divisive and deceptive speech did nothing to cosmeticize a Republican convention that has more than twice as many male delegates as female, a presidential candidate who is owned and operated by the right wing and a platform that opposes pretty much everything Clinton's candidacy stood for -- and that Barack Obama's still does. To vote in protest for McCain/Palin would be like saying, "Somebody stole my shoes, so I'll amputate my legs."
>
> This is not to beat up on Palin. I defend her right to be wrong, even on issues that matter most to me. I regret that people say she can't do the job because she has children in need of care, especially if they wouldn't say the same about a father. I get no pleasure from imagining her in the spotlight on national and foreign policy issues about which she has zero background, with one month to learn to compete with Sen. Joe Biden's 37 years' experience.
>
> Palin has been honest about what she doesn't know. When asked last month about the vice presidency, she said, "I still can't answer that question until someone answers for me: What is it exactly that the VP does every day?" When asked about Iraq, she said, "I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq."
>
> She was elected governor largely because the incumbent was unpopular, and she's won over Alaskans mostly by using unprecedented oil wealth to give a $1,200 rebate to every resident. Now she is being praised by McCain's campaign as a tax cutter, despite the fact that Alaska has no state income or sales tax. Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn't know it's about inviting more people to meet standards, not lowering them. Or perhaps McCain is following the Bush administration habit, as in the Justice Department, of putting a job candidate's views on "God, guns and gays" ahead of competence. The difference is that McCain is filling a job one 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency.
>
> So let's be clear: The culprit is John McCain. He may have chosen Palin out of change-envy, or a belief that women can't tell the difference between form and content, but the main motive was to please right-wing ideologues; the same ones who nixed anyone who is now or ever has been a supporter of reproductive freedom. If that were not the case, McCain could have chosen a woman who knows what a vice president does and who has thought about Iraq; someone like Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison or Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine. McCain could have taken a baby step away from right-wing patriarchs who determine his actions, right down to opposing the Violence Against Women Act.
>
> Palin's value to those patriarchs is clear: She opposes just about every issue that women support by a majority or plurality. She believes that creationism should be taught in public schools but disbelieves global warming; she opposes gun control but supports government control of women's wombs; she opposes stem cell research but approves "abstinence-only" programs, which increase unwanted births, sexually transmitted diseases and abortions; she tried to use taxpayers' millions for a state program to shoot wolves from the air but didn't spend enough money to fix a state school system with the lowest high-school graduation rate in the nation; she runs with a candidate who opposes the Fair Pay Act but supports $500 million in subsidies for a natural gas pipeline across Alaska; she supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, though even McCain has opted for the lesser evil of offshore drilling. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger.
>
> I don't doubt her sincerity. As a lifetime member of the National Rifle Assn., she doesn't just support killing animals from helicopters, she does it herself. She doesn't just talk about increasing the use of fossil fuels but puts a coal-burning power plant in her own small town. She doesn't just echo McCain's pledge to criminalize abortion by overturning Roe vs. Wade, she says that if one of her daughters were impregnated by rape or incest, she should bear the child. She not only opposes reproductive freedom as a human right but implies that it dictates abortion, without saying that it also protects the right to have a child.
>
> So far, the major new McCain supporter that Palin has attracted is James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Of course, for Dobson, "women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership," so he may be voting for Palin's husband.
>
> Being a hope-a-holic, however, I can see two long-term bipartisan gains from this contest.
>
> Republicans may learn they can't appeal to right-wing patriarchs and most women at the same time. A loss in November could cause the centrist majority of Republicans to take back their party, which was the first to support the Equal Rights Amendment and should be the last to want to invite government into the wombs of women.
>
> And American women, who suffer more because of having two full-time jobs than from any other single injustice, finally have support on a national stage from male leaders who know that women can't be equal outside the home until men are equal in it. Barack Obama and Joe Biden are campaigning on their belief that men should be, can be and want to be at home for their children.
>
> This could be huge.
>
> Gloria Steinem is an author, feminist organizer and co-founder of the Women's Media Center. She supported Hillary Clinton and is now supporting Barack Obama.
Friday Morning...
Friday mornings seem to be the best mornings ever. This morning I had some time in the morning before work started so Maddox and I woke up early and just spent some time together. It's the kind of morning today when you look outside it is all hazy and overcast but it feels like you are living in the clouds. Everything just seems so peaceful and calm...and we were feeling that way too. We went to the library and the park and laughed all morning until it was time for him to go to daycare. Today is one of those days I always want to remember..
Tonight is date night for Randy and I. We are so lucky to have family here who love to watch Maddox so we have the opportunity to focus on growing our relationship. We haven't decided where we are going tonight...maybe out to have a few drinks in Downtown Greensboro. It's nice to be an adult every now and then.
Our mailbox project last weekend
We decided over the summer that we can complete at least one simple project around the house on the weekends where we have a little bit of extra time. So this past weekend we painted our mailbox and put some beautiful mum's around it. Maddox was a great helper with our weekend endevor. Over the next few weeks we will be updating some of the light fixtures around the house...just one thing at a time but slowly we are watching our house become our home.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
How to live your life
Beautiful Life
From: thiru.kalpa, 8 months ago
Life is Beautiful - A musical slideshow
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
BOUNCE U with Mom, Wes, & Maddox
Never once have we set foot in bounce u...actually we still haven't but Mom, Wes, and Maddox have. That gives us a new inspiration to go soon...they had such a fun time as you can clearly see on the VLOG's below.... we might go this Thursday.
Cornfield Maize with Mom & Wes
We had an amazing time at the Cornfield Maize. This place is only open weekends and in September and October but we had such a FUN time! Figuring out how to get through the maize was challenging but we finally got through it....and we felt like we were flying!! We'll have to go back sometime soon.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Monday....UUGH!!
Monday...back to work I go....it's weird because it seems that I actually am one of those people who love their work...I really do....but with my mom and Wes in town all I want to do is spend time with them. They are only here for one more week and sometimes I just want to stay in my mom's arms all day and turn in to a baby again. What a weird feeling huh? I'm 27 years old and a mom and a wife but sometimes I feel like I miss the good old days...don't we all....
While we are on the topic of being a kid...my beautiful son Maddox and I had a really special bonding moment last night. I feel like we really connected and understood each other... I love my son more than anything in the world of course... but last night he really felt like he was meant to be in my life and I really was meant to be in his. It's hard to explain but it was just a really special moment with him...I'm sure there will be many more to come. I guess that is what a relationship is all about...building one special moment together to the next until your special moments all blend in together and you just love someone so much that you bubble over with mushy love goop. (Wow...that might just be a good enough quote for a Hallmark Card)
I got to get to bed...it's midnight and my eyes are getting heavy with sleep....catch up soon.
While we are on the topic of being a kid...my beautiful son Maddox and I had a really special bonding moment last night. I feel like we really connected and understood each other... I love my son more than anything in the world of course... but last night he really felt like he was meant to be in my life and I really was meant to be in his. It's hard to explain but it was just a really special moment with him...I'm sure there will be many more to come. I guess that is what a relationship is all about...building one special moment together to the next until your special moments all blend in together and you just love someone so much that you bubble over with mushy love goop. (Wow...that might just be a good enough quote for a Hallmark Card)
I got to get to bed...it's midnight and my eyes are getting heavy with sleep....catch up soon.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
I feel so good I finally ran today!!
It was a little under 2 miles but at least it was a run...I need to find some people out in Greensboro,NC who like to run too. :) I'll be back on the running path tomorrow morning...
Back from the beach with the Teeples
Carolina Beach is one of the most relaxing places to go...with the sand, surf, and family there it really was the most relaxing week we have all had in a long time. We actually are planning another trip to the beach hopefully the beginning of October. So now that we are back we get to start fresh...not only have we begun to have a new idea of how to approach our daily lives, a mantra that is repeated at the beach "NO WORRIES" but now we can start living our lives in the best way possible. There is no mountain too high or no valley to low...we just have to do it and enjoy the road we are on....life is just too short and there is so much I want to do and see. The Teeple family is just so much fun, the energy is contagious and everyone had so much love to go around. You can tell they all really care so deeply about each other. It was a privilege to be a part of the vacation and be around such great people.
Maddox is still at the beach with the Grandparents and will be back tomorrow afternoon...Randy has left to his Fantasy Football draft with one of his good friends from Florida...and Mom and Wes don't get back until tomorrow. So today is one of those days I can spend cleaning (not only the house) but my paperwork, my diet, and get started back on my running. A day just to refresh everything....of course I miss everyone....but I only have to wait one more day.
Here are some pictures of our trip!!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Our family trip bowling
We decided that a little friendly competition would be fun between all of us one night...and we all thought that we would play for bragging rights and a crazy looking donkey doll. Randy and Mom were leading all of us through each of the 3 rounds that we played. Guess who pulled it out and won...of course it was Randy! We'll get the donkey back Randy...next time....oh yes.....next time. HAHA!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Reflections...
I'm sitting here at 11:30pm on my computer...I've got most of the lights on because I'm scared of the dark and scared of being alone. I've got Alicia Keys on the radio which always makes me feel a little better...but just a little bit. Mom and Wes left to go up to NY today to visit Grandma and Randy left with his friends to play some poker. Maddox is gone with his Grandma Tee and Papa tonight before getting ready to head out to the beach tomorrow and Randy and I are going to head to Charlotte to celebrate Mark's birthday before heading down to the beach. Needless to say we have had a busy few weeks...still haven't completely updated all the pictures from Mom, Wes, and Brian's visit yet but I'll get it done this week...I promise. It feels like I just went from 100 to 0 in a few hours but I am not sure if I quite like the feeling...it's almost an empty feeling but at the same time a good time to collect myself and reflect. A cup of green tea and a good book might just do the trick to help me just unwind. It's strange....when there is nothing to do I feel like I HAVE to do something. There is just too much in life that I don't want to miss. Strange...but sometimes when you are too busy with "stuff" you tend to miss more. Things work out so well, it's almost like we have this cosmic pull that makes things fall in to place the way they should be. It feels that way now...for some reason this all feels right. Someone once told me if things are really hard and you have to push things a lot to get it to work and fit for you then it wasn't supposed to happen, but if it just feels natural, comes naturally then it is the way that things are supposed to go. Things just feel right....and that is how things are right now. Sometimes I get scared that things are just too good...my life was never supposed to be this way.....that I don't deserve to be this happy. I just know that everyday I value every single person in our lives and everything that we are able to do. Our family came a long way to get to this point....and the only place left to go is up. Seeing mom this happy really gives me a feeling of peace. It's the first time in a long time that mom really has allowed her beauty to show from the inside out. Wes has been a invigorating force in her life, and I feel the relationship works very well in return. He is a wonderful man with a vigor for life, and mom is too. I guess that is where I get it from...never growing up did I appreciate the people around me for the things that they all taught me. It was hard to realize at the time that the things they were showing me and modeling for me would impact my thoughts and actions for the rest of my life...can't thank them enough. I guess now that through my rambling on I am able to semi decipher that I am mostly feeling very thankful right now. There is never enough time in a day, money in the world, or good politicians out there...but one thing I can count on is that there is always enough love to go around.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Brian is leaving tomorrow at 6am back to Sunny California
We have to return Brian back to California...we have borrowed him long enough. SMILE Really it is never long enough. Brian is the light of all of our lives....we really enjoyed having him here.
The familly's visit...
You may have been looking at the blog for updates...we have been having a BLAST here at the Wheeler house. I tell you...there is just so many things to experience in life! We have a ton of video's and pictures to post on the blog...just not enough time to do it so hopefully soemtime this week we will be able to get it done. As you can see Brian came down for mom's 50th birthday and we all went skydiving. Randy and Maddox were there too all morning with us 100% of the way to support us. There is absolutely no way I could have done it without them there...and it was nice for everyone else to have their support too! We have been golfing, to the park, watching movies together, bowling, and just enjoying every minute we can together. It has really felt like a family. It has energized all of us to just get this month to BE together and spend time together. We all have gone on these wonderful paths and still have a long way to go. We don't know where we will end up but it is wonderful that we all take the time out of our busy lives to re-connect with each other and just to enjoy these times together. Life is too short to let it fly by without spending time with the people you love the most.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Our big baby....
Randy was cuddling with Maddox's stuffed animal "Monkey" the other day....awwwwwwww too cute!!
Randy is in NY for a business trip....We r going to miss you!!
Randy is gone on a company trip to THE BIG APPLE! He is right in the heart of Manhattan and we all miss him. He is having fun and just saw "The Dark Knight" and is planning to see a Yankees game in their stadium before it shuts down today. Of course the main reason he is there is to take a class and he is really learning a lot from it.
Mom and Wes are flying in today and we are all so excited to see them!! Will post more about their visit. Mom is celebrating her 50th birthday with us and we have some surprises lined up for her...shhhhhh!
Friday, July 25, 2008
A very busy week...
For all you people who keep up with our blog this week has been an extremely busy one. I am currently in training for my new part time job (it is so much fun) and Randy is gearing up to go to NY this Sunday. Guess what that lucky guy just got...the newest and greatest I-Phone. It is really the coolest phone we have ever seen...it is just like his 1st Christmas all over again. Maddox is unbelievable with the things he is now doing. He is starting to use the potty more frequently and is grasping more difficult concepts like letters in words and the sun going down the moon goes up. We talk about these things around the house but sometimes he just seems to pull a concept out of no where....like it just suddenly clicks. Amazing how the mind works... He is becoming more lovey every day and just says the sweetest things to his mommy and daddy. We couldn't of asked for a better son...he is perfect. There will be updates this weekend but since I will be nose deep in my study materials for my NIC test (a HUGE national test for interpreters) next week it may not be too exciting... but that's our life...
Monday, July 21, 2008
Music in the Park- Summer Concert Series
Greensboro has almost all the things we were looking for in a place to settle down...a great cultural feel to it, people who are very involved with community, a strong focus on the arts, and a strong sense of giving back. On NPR there was a whole discussion about when you move to find a place not only that will be a good work environment, but a good place for a family life, single life, or what ever goals you have. For example, I like running and it would have made sense to look in the community that I was moving to before to see if there was an active running community. Web sites like this one and http://www.bestplaces.net/ or http://top100.relocate-america.com/ really can help you research a place and see if it is a good place to settle down for you and your family. Fortunately Greensboro, NC seems to have everything we need right now...as a new family with new careers it has a great job market for our professions. Plus it has tons of fun museums, water parks, and zoo's for Maddox's age group. Music in the park is just one fun example of the richness of Greensboro, NC. We were lucky that we had family in High Point that led us here. Randy is learning just as much about the things to do here as I am. A place is a lot different when you are growing up to when you are an adult. I think it has to do with your priorities and the things you enjoy. We had no idea that there was so much to do here...and so many cool people.
We met up with Dawnenne and Carter and their son Parker there. It was a fun day...a nice way to spend Sunday.
It's my first week at Sorenson for training so I am actually working a full week in the summer. Wow!!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Sunday Morning at the Farmers Market
We bought some really yummy things at the farmers market....and it's wonderful exposure to all the different foods for Maddox. Plus we are supporting the Local Economy! It is just a win-win for everyone.
(Sarah) Where are we at right now?
(Maddox) Farmers Market
(Sarah) Farmers Market Yeahhh
(Sarah) Tell everyone Hi
(Maddox) Hi
(Sarah) Are we going to buy some…What are we going to buy? Are we going to buy some eggs?
(Maddox) Eggs…
(Sarah) And Bananas?
(Maddox) Bananas…
(Sarah) And fruits and vegetables.
(Sarah) We are at the Farmers Market…Check it out!
(Randy is on the phone in the background)
Who knew trains could be so fun!!
What a perfect day to go see the trains...Tyler and Maddox absolutely loved it, and so did all the adults. It is great to see the kids have so much fun and really the whole park is never too crowded, expensive, or too much to handle. It is just right for the younger kids. The train of course is the main attraction which circles around the park and has a bit of action with the cowboys and Indians. Although I enjoyed it there were kids crying on the train because the fighting was too much for them...lucky we raise our kids around violence on TV so they are used to it and aren't too shocked. LOL. Just kidding...that is my only complaint about Tweetsie Park WAS the violence in the shows that they put on during the train ride.They could make it a little more friendly and maybe focused on trade or something between the Cowboys and Indians. I am sure they did not fight ALL the time!! Also I was wondering about the Co2 that that Coal Train was letting out. Completely not environmentally friendly...but some of the charm of the park is the fact that it is a "real" coal train.
It is a beautiful park located at Blowing Rock, NC. Such a beautiful part of North Carolina. It just feels like you have run away to a part of nature and are so far away from your regular life. Both Maddox and Tyler were able to go on most of the rides at the park and the wait time for the lines were at the most 10 minutes but most of the time we just waited one ride before we got on. It's nice to be able to spend time with the family, it really makes Randy and I appreciate the wonderful family that we have. Tweetsie is on the list of things to do next summer for sure!
Friday, July 18, 2008
You are never to old or young to Dance
What a blast it was last night... We all enjoyed some really sensational music from Warren Bodle & Allen http://www.warrenbodleallen.com/home.html at "Music in the Courtyard" in Winston-Salem. There are music concerts during the summer all over the Triad but have never been to the one in Winston-Salem. It felt like a much more grown up vibe and it was a lovely place to relax and eat dinner with friends. It is added to our list as future "date night" place for Randy and I. (wink) It was really nice to see everyone that I knew from work relaxed and enjoying themselves with their families. We have got to get together and do that more often... Maddox did really well and I think wore himself out from all the dancing and running around he did! :)
Thursday, July 17, 2008
My running inspirations....
Everyday there is a choice to be made...to run or not to run. That is always the big question...for the past 5 years now I have had a goal to run a marathon. Lucky for me I have set goal date of sometime in my life which gives me a lot of flexibility and dare I say procrastination time. Of course as women we know that it is our needs that comes last before the child, husband, chores, the list goes on and on and on. But...this can't be my excuse. There are many people out there who MAKE the time to reach their goals...not to say that I am a slacker. No, I think a better term would be a flexible goal setter. I like that much better :) Anyhow Randy lately has been encouraging me daily to get my runs in, buying me really cool running toys to keep track of my pace, my time,keep my knee from hurting, things to link up to nike.com, etc. He really has been a great support and a wonderful motivator. Almost like Bobby Knight but not quite...lol...okay maybe more like Lane Kiffin.
This nike.com web site has this avatar called runningoddes http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/?l=runners,avatar_viewer,81860578 and Becky can check this at her leisure...and before today I was topping 10 days with absolutely no run. It was almost time for me to attend a Running Anonymous meeting when my avitar started to play paddle ball on me and tell me that she was bored....(she is on my screensaver) It was about the same time that I started to get these e-mails from Becky telling me that she was going to send flowers to my avatar's funeral and that my avatar was looking like she just down in the dumps. Becky's e-mails are hilarious and really got the point across. Between Becky, Randy, and my avatar runninggoddes keeping me honest with myself...I think I might make my goal this year. I just wanted to say THANKS GUYS!!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tweetsie
Here is our most recent trip to "Tweetsie" which is an amusement park in the mountains near Boone, NC. It was just Maddox and I and the most enjoyable day I have had in a while. He was so excited about seeing Deigo and Dora and the trains that there was no time for whining or anything. All we did was enjoy ourselves and eat ice cream and pizza for lunch! YUM! Having kids really does keep you young!! We are going back to "Tweetsie" this weekend with Tee & Papa (Randy's mom and step-dad) and Tyler our nephew. FUN FUN!
I am sure many of you have noticed the long stretches between postings on this blog....all I can say to that is that I have been enjoying my summer way too much! SMILE.
xoxo
Monday, May 19, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Sunday - Brian & Amber are here in North Carolina...
It's so nice to have Amber and Brian over at the house....we have been relaxing, cooking, going out to eat, and most importantly spending time together.
We went out to the "Idiot Box" a comedy improve place and a local brewery "Natty Greene's" on Friday. The next day we just relaxed around the house, made vegetable kabobs, watched Tyler, and enjoyed the weather and the rabbits and birds in our back yard. Sunday we went out to a really fancy restaurant "Green Valley Grill Restaurant" for our one splurge and went on a walk through the Bog Gardens. It was a nice time, Maddox was really enjoying the whole day a LOT!
It's Monday morning and I'm making coffee, Randy is already off to work. Maddox is watching Nemo and eating some raisins with yogurt. I am going to attempt to wake up Brian and Amber up.... will post more later....
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Connecting with the ones you love.
No one talks about how marriage is and the result from this is that people get divorced all the time. The lessons of a good marriage need to be learned by all generations. Learning to love and how to be loved is one of the hardest things to understand. There is no manual, usually we are all on auto pilot from what we have learned from our past experiences.
From our personal experience when we had a child, went through a move, job changes, and hours that didn't match up we started to grow apart. Every day it seemed we wanted to spend time in different rooms, doing different hobbies, and eventually it lead to us speaking less and less to one another in a day. We both loved each other but something was missing.....
It wasn't until we got in to some REALLY big fights over REALLY small things that we started to realize that there had to be something we could change to make us connect again. We loved being together and loved each other but we had no idea what was happening.
We decided to start putting each other first. Easy to say but not easy to do because most of us don't live for the moment. We are always worried when we are going to pay our next bill, what we are going to do tonight, worried about how our kids are doing but are completely oblivious to the very thing that we are doing right at this moment. We forget that living and loving the people who are close to you ARE the most important things.
So we planned some things to do together. The Herb Garden which was Randy's wonderful idea. He said if we plant the herbs and take care of them and love them and watch them grow...and we are successful that would be like our love growing through our hard work and dedication. We have a camping trip planned Memorial Day weekend. These things that we will do together will help us all gain new experiences together. With no TV, no distractions, just US together. Enjoying the moment.We now are taking the time to tell each other I love you, we laugh together, we do special things together, and take the time to enjoy the moments together.
No one ever tells you how to be successful in a marriage. It is a learning experience everyday with the people who are around you. You learn what works, what they like, what they need from the relationship with you. You try to give 100% and hope they are equally committed to making the relationship work. I usually don't like to share my personal issues and in particular blog about them but this topic seems to be one that we all need to talk about and share ideas together. We can teach people how to connect with the ones you love.
You just got to be so thankful everyday to wake up next to such special people like Randy and Maddox. Everyday is a day to cherish with them...they are my heart.
From our personal experience when we had a child, went through a move, job changes, and hours that didn't match up we started to grow apart. Every day it seemed we wanted to spend time in different rooms, doing different hobbies, and eventually it lead to us speaking less and less to one another in a day. We both loved each other but something was missing.....
It wasn't until we got in to some REALLY big fights over REALLY small things that we started to realize that there had to be something we could change to make us connect again. We loved being together and loved each other but we had no idea what was happening.
We decided to start putting each other first. Easy to say but not easy to do because most of us don't live for the moment. We are always worried when we are going to pay our next bill, what we are going to do tonight, worried about how our kids are doing but are completely oblivious to the very thing that we are doing right at this moment. We forget that living and loving the people who are close to you ARE the most important things.
So we planned some things to do together. The Herb Garden which was Randy's wonderful idea. He said if we plant the herbs and take care of them and love them and watch them grow...and we are successful that would be like our love growing through our hard work and dedication. We have a camping trip planned Memorial Day weekend. These things that we will do together will help us all gain new experiences together. With no TV, no distractions, just US together. Enjoying the moment.We now are taking the time to tell each other I love you, we laugh together, we do special things together, and take the time to enjoy the moments together.
No one ever tells you how to be successful in a marriage. It is a learning experience everyday with the people who are around you. You learn what works, what they like, what they need from the relationship with you. You try to give 100% and hope they are equally committed to making the relationship work. I usually don't like to share my personal issues and in particular blog about them but this topic seems to be one that we all need to talk about and share ideas together. We can teach people how to connect with the ones you love.
You just got to be so thankful everyday to wake up next to such special people like Randy and Maddox. Everyday is a day to cherish with them...they are my heart.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Get out and VOTE!!
Tomorrow is voting day...now it seems like everything is undecided. It's Barack...then Hillary....then Barack....then Hillary. The Democrats need to make up our mind and just stick with someone so we can get on with the elections. Since I drive so much I am up to my neck with CNN and NPR....that is all I listen to on the radio. It sounds so much like a married couple arguing over such little things. We need to get back to the issues and not focus on a tax break on gas for the summer that will not do much for the individual family but will lose so much for the highway and road funding. It's crazy...it's all about the votes and politicians will say anything, change to be who the latest polls say is best to get them elected. This is turning out to be another political battle that is becoming too political. I just want the facts and then I can decide. It is turning in to a game....how can we sway the American public to vote for us. The problem with that is while they are trying to sway us and many of American people believe their many persona changes, it feels to me like we are losing the focus on who the candidate truly is and what they stand for. Well it is getting close to the end. You bet I am voting tomorrow and I am on edge to see the results of North Carolina and Indiana. It's a close one.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
From Charlotte....
I am writing from Mark & Christy's house here in Charlotte. Maddox is in the room next to me watching "Lazy Town"...one of his favorite shows.....Randy along with everyone here are all sleeping. It was a good time last night. Sometimes when things are going so fast and you are doing so much you sometimes just get caught up in the "doing". We took this weekend to just get away and celebrate Todd's Birthday and spend time with family. We are really enjoying ourselves here...it's not only that we are here but we are really connecting and getting to know everyone and really REALLY like them. You know how family is...or people in general are now days. It's all on the surface but we don't really try to get to know another person because it just takes too much time or it's too personal. With all of them here it just feels like we have known them forever and have grown up together.
Today we will be leaving back to Greensboro....and getting some relaxation for the rest of the day. I will keep the blog updated with any new things.
Plus the elections here in NC is right around the corner!! GO BARACK!! I just hope that the people can see him for who he is and not what the media is making him appear to be.
Today we will be leaving back to Greensboro....and getting some relaxation for the rest of the day. I will keep the blog updated with any new things.
Plus the elections here in NC is right around the corner!! GO BARACK!! I just hope that the people can see him for who he is and not what the media is making him appear to be.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Easter 5K - Easter Egg Hunt
I just ran the Easter 5K this morning and it felt so wonderful to get out there in the fresh air and actually work my body out. After this long bout of being sick and Randy and Maddox being sick too it was much needed. Not to mention that I won in my age division and so did Becky!! It was really unbelievable but wow what a motivator. So now I am going to sign up for some more 5K's later on this month and tomorrow I am going on a 6 mile group run with some fellow Greensboro runners from "Off N Running". It's going to be good to have other people challenge my distances so one day hopefully I can reach my goal of a half-marathon and then finally a marathon! One day...
Randy and Maddox went to Tee's house to celebrate Easter. They went to City Lake Park and did an Easter egg hunt, rode rides, and just got a ton of candy. Then I met them back at the house and we ate lunch and hid eggs. Both Tyler and Maddox were both so tired but I think they had a good time. We are back at the house and Randy and Maddox are STILL sleeping at 4 in the afternoon. WOW! They are pooped...so I am busy catching up on my blogging, laundry, dishes, and anything else that is sitting around the house needing to be done. When the house is quiet it is the best time for me to get all of this done.
Tomorrow I am going to finish my application for NorthEastern University's MIP program and will get it submitted on Monday. I have my fingers crossed that I can get in to that program. I'll keep you updated on that.
Randy and Maddox went to Tee's house to celebrate Easter. They went to City Lake Park and did an Easter egg hunt, rode rides, and just got a ton of candy. Then I met them back at the house and we ate lunch and hid eggs. Both Tyler and Maddox were both so tired but I think they had a good time. We are back at the house and Randy and Maddox are STILL sleeping at 4 in the afternoon. WOW! They are pooped...so I am busy catching up on my blogging, laundry, dishes, and anything else that is sitting around the house needing to be done. When the house is quiet it is the best time for me to get all of this done.
Tomorrow I am going to finish my application for NorthEastern University's MIP program and will get it submitted on Monday. I have my fingers crossed that I can get in to that program. I'll keep you updated on that.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Running
My running schedule has been not so good. What is going on?? I guess that is going to be a part of just going with the flow. I guess in the whole process I have to realize that it isn't always going to be easy to get my run in but I have to make time. So I ran Monday & Tuesday...but today I didn't have time to go. I am hoping I can find some time tomorrow. I need to go with a running group. I know some days "Off & Running" has training groups. I'll look in to them for this week. I can just imagine it now...all these super fit people and me lagging way behind them clutching on to my every breath. LOL. I need to get up to 4 miles by the end of this week, I'll check back in to make sure I reach that goal. :)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Another crazy week with Maddox being sick!!
Most of this week has been dedicated to Maddox feeling better. Days off work, trips to the hospital, just a crazy busy week. He is actually doing much better now but I don't think that Randy & I got to spend any time this week together. It was just in and out, making sure Maddox got to all of his appointments and got his medicine on time. I am drained but still moving forward. As long as Maddox is improving...and he is....then we are doing the right thing. Randy had a sick episode this morning and I am just hoping that it was just something that will pass.
While we are on the subject of being sick...why is it that we have insurance but we are still paying on doctors bills?? It's absolutely crazy! That is the whole reason we have insurance to begin with! The antibiotic that we had to just recently buy was $80.00, plus each doctor's visit is $20...it all adds so quickly. I couldn't even imagine being older and having more health problems. I really think I'll be a citizen of Canada by then for the free health care. smile! GO WES AND MOM!!!
While we are on the subject of being sick...why is it that we have insurance but we are still paying on doctors bills?? It's absolutely crazy! That is the whole reason we have insurance to begin with! The antibiotic that we had to just recently buy was $80.00, plus each doctor's visit is $20...it all adds so quickly. I couldn't even imagine being older and having more health problems. I really think I'll be a citizen of Canada by then for the free health care. smile! GO WES AND MOM!!!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
BARACK THE VOTE!!
I am so glad that you guys seem to be supporting Obama...he is the "new kid" on the block and had a lot of cynicism to face from the American public. Especially with the machine on the right wing trying to busily put the "RIGHT" candidate on the republican side. This year has been quite the year for a change (a word rightfully stolen from the Obama campaign and used by everyone) From the start Randy & I really thought his message was great. He can hold this nation together, I can see myself in Obama. He has the same spirit that I have, the same home for our nation. He will be able to bring people together, not polarize them. I thought it might be the generation I am in is sick and tired of not being able to do anything while the rich white men in control took over. I see now from the voting that in fact it is all people that are sick and tired of a small group of religious right people trying to push their agenda. Since when did religion become such a big part of politics? Since when are we stripped of our freedoms. I thought we were in America, land of the free, but I felt my voice slowly slipping away from me during the 8 years the Bush administration destroyed our pride in America, Economy, freedoms thanks to the Patriot act, and has imposed specific religion on the world. Not to mention starting a war that never needed to take place at all causing the whole world to look at Americans even worse off than they had before....as if we are trying to impose our beliefs and our thoughts on the rest of the world. So many people have died and reputations have been destroyed, lies have been told and people have gotten rich. All for a small cost of the AMERICAN PEOPLE. If had anyone to represent my voice right now in all of this mess that we are in I would want Barack more than anyone to lead the United States of America.
As much experience as Hillary has, and she has TONS, I just don't see her representing my thoughts and feelings. She is too political for me, plays the game too well....although Barack must be able to keep up with the best of them regarding politics I don't leave after watching him speak thinking that I just saw a show. Like the tear that Hillary produced before New Hampshire. I didn't feel it was genuine. It may have been...but I didn't feel it. I am proud that a woman is running for president and there are a lot of women that I respect and have a lot of admiration for. I don't feel the honesty and compassion from Hillary. These typically female traits that I look for are apparent in Obama which is a odd twist with the democratic candidates. I leave feeling like he is honest and being true to himself. I like that...other people like that...and I really have let out a sigh of relief that he just might win. That people are changing their minds...that gives me hope. Your e-mails have given me hope for this nation...and the hope that Maddox will live in a better America. If we can only start to try to dig ourselves out of this hole....
I want a leader that inspires me to contribute and gives me hope that we can change. We'll see as times goes on with this election. I am really excited about this process this year...and following all of it on the news. We have got to take a stand and make a difference this year.
As much experience as Hillary has, and she has TONS, I just don't see her representing my thoughts and feelings. She is too political for me, plays the game too well....although Barack must be able to keep up with the best of them regarding politics I don't leave after watching him speak thinking that I just saw a show. Like the tear that Hillary produced before New Hampshire. I didn't feel it was genuine. It may have been...but I didn't feel it. I am proud that a woman is running for president and there are a lot of women that I respect and have a lot of admiration for. I don't feel the honesty and compassion from Hillary. These typically female traits that I look for are apparent in Obama which is a odd twist with the democratic candidates. I leave feeling like he is honest and being true to himself. I like that...other people like that...and I really have let out a sigh of relief that he just might win. That people are changing their minds...that gives me hope. Your e-mails have given me hope for this nation...and the hope that Maddox will live in a better America. If we can only start to try to dig ourselves out of this hole....
I want a leader that inspires me to contribute and gives me hope that we can change. We'll see as times goes on with this election. I am really excited about this process this year...and following all of it on the news. We have got to take a stand and make a difference this year.
Monday, January 21, 2008
MLK DAY / What are you reading??
I am settling in front of the computer after a fun filled morning with Maddox. His daycare is closed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. We took our time getting ready this morning. I sat around playing ball with Maddox in our PJ's and indulged in a shower at about 9am. I say indulged because shower time in the mornings are just so hard to get these days. We went a few places to pick up some things for the house and then decided to go to Pier 1. I got a gift certificate and figured since Maddox was just doing so good we would go in there to see if I could find something to add to our home. HA! Maddox was all over that store, it was like someone flicked a switch on him and I think I had gotten a dirty stare from every single person in that store. I quickly realized that I was the highlight of everyone's shopping experience and quickly picked up my kicking and laughing son in my arms and as quietly and calmly as I could, left the store. He did great at home and we enjoyed our lunch with Randy. Not too bad for a morning out, it could have been worse. :) The joys of parenthood...
Maddox is sleeping now and there is laundry to do and hopefully I will be able to start on my new book. It is called "Three Cups of Tea. One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time". If anyone has read this book before let me know what you thought of it..or just let me know the books you are reading now. I haven't had much time to read but 2008 is my year to do the things I haven't had time to do before.
This afternoon the Children's Museum locally will be having an event for MLK day and I look forward to just exposing Maddox to the basics of this powerful and inspiring man. His words really touch my heart as I know they do millions of us around the world. Sasha's blog really had some wonderful web sites and a great post about Martin Luther King. http://headinghomeagain.blogspot.com/
The other day I was working in a hospital in Winston-Salem and as I passed their chapel I heard this music just flowing out of the room. I looked over long enough to see someone motioning to me to come in. I took a seat and realized that in this room, at this point of time...30 people of all races were together to listen to beautiful music and the words of Martin Luther King Jr. His words do live on... Towards the end they started to sing "We Shall Overcome.." Not knowing a single person there we all took each others hand and lifted them up to the ceiling. There were people crying, the song and words were so powerful. After it was done I looked around at the people around me..people of all different backgrounds all together in the same place. I wondered, is this the dream that Martin Luther King Jr. wanted for us? How much more do we have to go to realize the full extent of his dream and what kind of leader do we need to get us to that point? I left filled with hope and took a piece of Martin Luther King Jr. home with me that day. He had a dream, and with that dream he changed all of us.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
Maddox is sleeping now and there is laundry to do and hopefully I will be able to start on my new book. It is called "Three Cups of Tea. One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time". If anyone has read this book before let me know what you thought of it..or just let me know the books you are reading now. I haven't had much time to read but 2008 is my year to do the things I haven't had time to do before.
This afternoon the Children's Museum locally will be having an event for MLK day and I look forward to just exposing Maddox to the basics of this powerful and inspiring man. His words really touch my heart as I know they do millions of us around the world. Sasha's blog really had some wonderful web sites and a great post about Martin Luther King. http://headinghomeagain.blogspot.com/
The other day I was working in a hospital in Winston-Salem and as I passed their chapel I heard this music just flowing out of the room. I looked over long enough to see someone motioning to me to come in. I took a seat and realized that in this room, at this point of time...30 people of all races were together to listen to beautiful music and the words of Martin Luther King Jr. His words do live on... Towards the end they started to sing "We Shall Overcome.." Not knowing a single person there we all took each others hand and lifted them up to the ceiling. There were people crying, the song and words were so powerful. After it was done I looked around at the people around me..people of all different backgrounds all together in the same place. I wondered, is this the dream that Martin Luther King Jr. wanted for us? How much more do we have to go to realize the full extent of his dream and what kind of leader do we need to get us to that point? I left filled with hope and took a piece of Martin Luther King Jr. home with me that day. He had a dream, and with that dream he changed all of us.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
Saturday, January 12, 2008
The Lost Art of Blogging
How rusty my blogging skills have become over the past few months...what has been going on? I guess a lot of life.... with 2007 being full of moving to a new house, new jobs for both of us, a new car, and a very sick Maddox we had our hands full just by ourselves. It seems that now we are actually settled in I find I have the time to stay on top of laundry, dishes, and things that would seem like such a normalcy in everyday life became a BIG task in the face of doctors appointments, organizing the house, working, etc. How things can be placed in perspective now looking back. There are things that I enjoyed such as blogging about our daily lives, a way for me to vent my joys and frustrations. The ironic thing is that during our hectic time I might have benefited from blogging...if only I had the time.
Now my 27th birthday is around the corner...what a life that we are living, and what a world we are living in. Both Randy & Maddox are sleeping now. As the world lay still for a moment around me I relish in the peace that I have with me, my cup of hot peppermint tea, and the computers soft glow bouncing around the room. I might have lost the art of blogging for a few months, but I'm back.
Now my 27th birthday is around the corner...what a life that we are living, and what a world we are living in. Both Randy & Maddox are sleeping now. As the world lay still for a moment around me I relish in the peace that I have with me, my cup of hot peppermint tea, and the computers soft glow bouncing around the room. I might have lost the art of blogging for a few months, but I'm back.
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