Don't Look Back

This is a picture of me and my friend Amber. . . I love her dearly . . . We have known each other for the past 3 years . . . She has been one of the few people who has supported everything I have done. We are both brutally honest people . . . and you would think it would break a friendship . . . if anything it shows us that we can really count on each other. :) My latest thing is trying to lose weight. . . I want to be healthy again . . . my goal right now . . is to just get under 200 . . . I don't want to crash diet . . . I want to lose the weight and have it stay gone . . . that would be amazing. . . and with such a supportive friend I know that it will be possible.

So Amber . . . thanks for being a friend to me . . . when it seemed like no one else understood. For making time to listen to me complain and for always having the right words to say.

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Penny For Your Thoughts

Over the past couple weeks my Husband and I noticed our fun loving hyper-active cat acting funny . . . getting sick a lot . . . walking two feet and laying down. We eliminated all of the problems we thought it could have been. . .the new food . . . old drippy faucet . . . Christmas tree . . .etc . . Jason and I had company over and everyone was saying Riley looked sad . . . and was acting weird . . then I knew it wasn't just me being over protective . . something was wrong . . so I took Riley to the vet . . Thank God my sister came with me. We found out that my darling kitty thought that eating a penny would be good for him . . . . little did he know the copper was slowly starting to kill him . . . and that he would have to get sent to the Vet. Hospital to have an emergency surgery done to remove the not so yummy snack my baby ate. . . who knew a penny would cost 1,200. Please be praying that when he comes home he does not rip out the stitches . . . and that everything stays in place so he doesn't have to go back into surgery. . . . and that he will not eat any more pennies!!

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Family And The Holidays

Spending time with the family is much a big part of the Holiday season . . . going over to peoples houses . . . friends coming over to your house . . . it's all about sharing these memorable moments with the people you love. Yet we also know the holidays for the drama it brings . . . grumpy shoppers . . . fruit cakes . . . . family you don't want to see . . . over spending . . etc.

It's interesting being in the middle . . where you are super excited yet you want it all to go away so life can return to normal. Thanksgiving this year was one for the books . . my husband and I just bought our first house . . and invited both sides of the family over to share in the amazing blessing God has given us this year . . which we are so thankful for. . . . well only my family came to our amazing two turkey dinner with stuffing-gravy-and-all-the-fixins . . . After dinner we visited the other side of the family and came home upset and sad. It wouldn't be a true blue holiday without drama would it? Nothing says "we are happy to have you here" like a rude in your face talking to about blowing off the family for another Holiday when you are standing in their kitchen . . . on said blown off holiday. I am praying Christmas will be different. . . . my heart is heavy . . . . I love both sides of my family . . . but how do you show love to a side that hurts you because it seems they didn't get their way?

Christmas is 5 days away . . . I can't wait to see my husbands face when he opens his gifts. . . . What makes me most excited is when we have kids . . how they will react to Christmas . . . and the Holiday season. I hope I am able to instill in my kids the true meaning of Christmas . . . to give from the heart and not out of obligation . . . and how to enjoy every moment even if you are not happy.

I pray that every one's Holiday will be filled with joy and laughter . . . and there will be no heavy hearts . . . no sadness . . . and no drama.

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Wandering Mind

I hate the days you can't think straight. Your mind has 4 million check lists . . 2 million to do lists . . and a pile of things that have to be done. Yet you sit there on overload before you even started doing anything. That has how my brain feels lately . . . completely swamped with everything . . . I need time to clear my head before Christmas comes . . . There have been many events that have happened . . good, bad, and ugly. . . . from family drama to buying a house . . . it's been an emotional roller coaster . . one I have been on too many times before. I am taking my friends to the airport today . . then meeting a friend for a late lunch . . . . and coming home wrapping presents . . . and then nothing . . sweet sweet nothing.

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Christmas Is In The Air

For me Christmas is one of the most exciting times of the year . . . I get to go out and shop . . and give people gifts that I know they will love. Christmas is about the birth of our loving Savior and about having an open and loving heart. To me what makes the perfect Christmas is fresh snow crunching under my feet . . . seeing the look on my families faces when they open their gifts . . . singing down the 12 days of Christmas . . . and drinking hot chocolate while carols are playing. Something magical happens around this time of year . . I wish everyone would be this happy and giving all year round. It's something to strive for . . .

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