This video is so-o-o-o-o funny. A good friend at school, Heather, gave me a copy of this CD and I think I listened to it continuously for about a week. What a boost I got each time I listened to it. I found this on You Tube and thought I'd share it with y'all. It's a way to listen to some good clean laughter and I absolutely love Chonda's sense of humor. Hope you Enjoy!
I've been sitting here this morning thinking about my children. Aren't we lucky to have them? I am so thankful for mine. My son, Darrell, is the best son any mom could have. I must admit, though, there were a couple of years when I really didn't like him a whole lot. 13 - 14 were tough years for us. I guess he was busy trying to figure out how he wanted to act and he wasn't real successful at times. But, once he got things figured out, he became a really caring person. He's tough, (I guess that's what a soldier has to be, right) but he has a heart of gold. God truly blessed me when he sent me Darrell. My daughter, Marti, is a jewel. I laugh when I think about her growing up. I used to say that if I just got her dressed and put her on the bus, she would bring home an A. Marti has always been a hard worker and I always knew she'd be a wonderful woman. Marti's an Occupational Therapist and has such a good heart and really cares about her patients. Gina, my youngest, has always been my social butterfly. Give her an opportunity to have fun and she will go at it 100%. She has really surprised me, though, in the past 10 years. Although she still loves to have a blast, she has turned into such a responsible person. She is truly admired at her job at our local college and is always willing to go that extra mile to help someone. I am truly blessed that God gave me these three souls to be my children. Thank you for being there for me, kids. I truly love you.
Today is a special day in the lives of those of us who have freedom. In honor of our military, I salute all of our Veterans. A friend, Lorie, had this touching YouTube Video on her site, Live-Love-Laugh-Create, and I wanted to share it with all of you, also. Thanks, Lorie.
May God Continue to Bless all our soldiers and their families.
MANCHU March --
I wanted to share with y'all some pictures I just received from Darrell from a 25-mile road march that he participated in in Korea. Beautiful beginning -- lousy ending. If you have a queasy stomach, you might not want to look at the ending pictures. Bless his heart. Hope Denise and the boys are taking care of him. (Not sure what a MANCHU is, I'll have to ask him.)
Seems like I've been up forever and it's only 10:30. Had a busy day. Gina's significant's other, Chris, just became a granddaddy on Friday and they spent the day at the hospital with the new baby, Mary Elizabeth. So, Ashley spent the day with me. Late this afternoon, she came into the craft room holding Bella, my Chihuahua. Guess what Bella had on her head -- Duct tape. What in the world was Ashley thinking? She had put a piece of 3-inch duct tape across the top of Bella's scalp. I almost had a heart attack. I tried my best to get it off without yanking it, to no avail. Finally had to just yank it off. Well, of course, most of Bella's hair came off with it. So now she looks like a bald Chihuahua. After I got through scolding -- not really, I think I was screaming at her -- in walked Lex. And he had duct tape all the way across his nose. I almost went ballistic. What was that child thinking? I'm still mad that she did that. Dang, Lex almost ate me alive when I pulled it off of him. Thank Goodness she had not taped it all the way around his mouth. I think I need sedation next time she comes for the day!
When Gina got in tonight to pick her up, I told her what had transpired and the idiot just laughed. No wonder Ashley thought it was OK to duct tape a dog!
Hope everyone had a great day. Next time you need some excitement, give your 10-year old granddaughter a roll of duct tape and a couple of dogs and see what happens.
Will someone please make a trip to Georgia with their magic wand? I've had my cast off for two weeks now and I've screwed up my foot AGAIN. Not sure what's happened, but it sure does feel like it's broken again. Going to try to get in to my doctor's office tomorrow and see what I've done. I am so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o sick of my darn foot! I'm trying so hard to put off the actual surgery that must be done until at least Thanksgiving or Christmas or it would be wonderful to be able to wait till summer so I won't have to use so much sick time from work. But, if it's got to go in another cast, I might as well go on and have the surgery now. UGH! I can't stand the thought!
Last Saturday I got a package from Korea. D, D, and the boyz sent me some Korean crafts for my birthday. Pretty cool. I have a place in my hall with momentos from places they have lived -- Korea, Georgia, Kentucky, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Kansas, and Korea again. Pretty cool. After all, in military lingo -- Home Is Where the Army Sends You. In addition to the fun Korean stuff, they included two squeeze toys for the dogs. Denise said that they had been playing with the toys and sleeping with them and just plain rubbing on them to get their scents on them before sending them. Well, it worked. The dogs have definitely not forgotten their mommy, daddy, and brothers. Lex carried his fluffy bone around for a solid 24 hours and slept with it between his legs. Ranger guarded his stuffed hot dog from Bella and was ready to fight for the death if Bella got too close to it. Quite a site!
Gonna head off for the tub to soak for a while just in case I end up in another cast tomorrow. Wish me luck!
