Since It May Snow This Weekend...

I guess it's time to get back to blogging! (You know, since my blog is STILL decorated all snowy and such?)

YAY!!! It's so good to be back! Hopefully lots of updates from throughout the year to come soon.

I miss blogging. I really, really, really do.

But it's all snowy here! How in the world can I blog in this? Sigh... I really don't feel like taking the time to change it. Maybe I'll just pretend it's not here until it really is winter?

My Favorite Place to Be

Outside in the sunshine on my swing is my favorite place to be. There I can't hear the phone ring, I can't see the mess inside the house that's screaming my name, it's easier not to think about bills, the kids are happy playing without mom, and I don't have to think about how long it's going to take me to change this long-abandoned blog from winter to spring. I just close my eyes, turn my face to the sun, and swing...

For Sale!

I have had these items sitting on a shelf to post on-line for a long time. It just seems I never have a free afternoon to sit and type up descriptions for all of it. I did finally take pictures, but then never had the chance to do anything more.

So, while I'm waiting to find that free time we all covet, I thought I'd go ahead and post at least the pictures of what I have available and then if anyone is interested in anything just email me or leave me a comment here and we'll work out the details.

Productive Day

(This picture is for my fellow FIAR gals.)

Look! See my microwave? And that crockpot... it has a nice yummy, juicy roast in it just waiting for my Sweetie Pie when he gets home from work, which I will happily and lovingly serve him as he unwinds from a long, hard day!

In Honor of the Super Bowl

In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4. Kurtis was almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the new check-out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26, and he was only 22) and he fell in love.

Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA. He walked out only to see her start walking up the road. Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket, and offered her a ride home. He looked harmless enough, and she accepted. When he dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again, outside of work. She simply said it wasn't possible.

He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn't afford a baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted his offer for a date for the following Saturday. That Saturday night he arrived at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him. The baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said, "Well, let's take the kids with us."

She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda, brought him inside to meet her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug, Kurtis thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a paraplegic with Down Syndrome.

Kurtis asked Brenda, "I still don't understand why the kids can't come with us?" Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a woman with two kids, especially if one had disabilities - just like her first husband and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary - - - he had a different mindset.

That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him and brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with.

A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children. Since then they have added two more kids.

So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl? Well, Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona, where he is currently employed as the quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals and has his Cardinals in the hunt for a possible appearance in the Super Bowl. Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person.

It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.

Daddy's Biggest Fans

Sweetie works for WazooSports, which is a very cool job (all sports, all the time... how much cooler can it get for a guy?) and this was from last night when we went to a big event they were putting on. I just love it and wanted to put it on here so daddy can see it and show it off!

Good-bye Mr. President

I know many may disagree with me, and I'll admit, maybe as President he didn't do everything the way I wish he would have, but I have to say, as a person I have always really liked George Bush. He just seems to be a down-home good ole' boy who enjoys hard work and would be so friendly and enjoyable to sit down and talk with, he and Mrs. Bush as well. Who wouldn't love to sit and talk with her?

I always hated when people would make fun of George Bush and those who would be ugly or disrespectful to him really irritated me. The love and honor he showed our troops, the high respect he had for the Oval Office, and sticking to his beliefs and what he felt was best no matter what opposition he received just made me like him all the more.

I'll tell you this, although we may not agree with what they do, none of us know what it's like to literally have the weight of the world on our shoulders so we should be much slower to speak and much quicker to pray for our Presidents,e. no matter WHO they are. So as a final good-bye to a man I'd love to meet but never be, here's a video that nearly brought tears to my eyes...