Highway Hero

When most of us are driving along busy interstate highways we rarely think about what could happen.  When some of us cruse along and see a patrolman we tend to only think of them as the interstate sitters.  However! When we are faced with an accident or a crisis on the road I am so grateful they are there. 

I am so thankful that when my husband and I were involved in our own "crisis" that we were so blessed to have the help of one of the highway heroes.  He ran into action to save my husband and to give me peace of mind.  I can't thank him enough!

THANK YOU!!!!

ACCIDENT

A couple weeks ago I went thru the most traumatic event I have thus had the pleasure to experience.  It was more than unpleasant.  I was involved in a horrific accident.  I have since had the opportunity to re-evaluate all that encompasses my existence. 


I am reminded of the scene from "fight club" where Brad Pitt has a gun to a store clerks head and he asks what the man wanted out of life.  The man wanted something completely different from where he was in his life at that exact moment.  And during that moment of insanity and near death experience he had clarity.  He realized that he wasn't where he truly wanted to be. 


I have been thinking so much the past couple of weeks.  I am facing that same question.  I came so close to death but I didn't die.  So many things could have gone completely wrong.  I could have been painted into a corner that I did not design for myself knowingly.  I could have had my freedom and life taken away. 

We all truly live in the moments.  Just a moment.  It could have all been smeared away in just a moment. 

Why me?  Why did this happen?  Why did I have to go thru this?  Was I given a gift?  Am I suppose to be thinking these thoughts as they come into my skull?  Is this my chance to jump out of this existence that I call my life?  (the priceless question of...)  Why??????......


I sometimes feel like I am over analyzing these things.  Am I?  Anyone who has ever been in this circumstance knows this feeling but never truly knows the answer.


I feel ALIVE!! I feel REGUVINATED!  I AM! 


I am.. 


What a statement.  The statement.  I am battling my own now.  I am trying to figure out my future and my present with a blank map.  I feel like I have to start over.   I am at the base of a beautiful mountain that has no pathway cut.  I am going to have to take that step into the unknown only to realize I was thrust into the middle of the void. 


I do have to say... This experience has brought out the best and the worst in my life.  I have come to realize that I am truly surrounded by loved ones.  I have had such support and caring come my way.  I have grasped and held onto the love and support.  I have created long lasting forever bonds.  NO one can take that away from me.  I am so blessed!  I am so humbled by the compassion and understanding that has come to me.  I don't want to let go.  I can't imagine my life without you now.


I said before and I mean now more than ever!  I know where I am.  At this moment.  I am in the moment.  I am living in the moment now.  I don't know how I will get there but I know where I want to be.

Let all your moments be wonderful!

Summer?! Where did it go?!

The summer seemed to pass quickly this year.

I am in need of a move and a change of pace.

I am pretty sure I know where I will be going, AND I want to get there soon!

~Been TOO Long~

GIVE THIS BLOG A FIGHTING CHANCE!

No blog since April!! oh boy...

Frightened Husband!

While taking a shower yesterday I knew my husband Jay would come in as I was finishing up. 

I had a great idea to freak him out!

When he opened the shower curtain what did he see?

I was wide eyed and stunned!

I had 'Shaving Cream' on my face with one swipe down my cheek-like a man shaving a beard!

HE WAS SHOCKED!  

He didn't know what to say or do!  

I quickly washed the shaving cream off my face like I never meant for him to see-

Then I started laughing out of control.

He only then realized that it was a big joke!

Mushroom Men Christmas

Thank goodness 2009 is gone!  The end of the year and holiday season was riddled with pain....

Christmas night thru the New Year I had such a debilitating ear ache.  I was in so much pain and it lasted almost four days.  I am so grateful that is over!  I have not been feeling like myself lately.  Just blah... 

After I got over my ear pain, my son Marshall and I hit the town!  We went to the city library and found a few books on ants. 

For Christmas he received a Nintendo ds Lite and a game called "Mushroom Men, Return of the Fungi".   The game is about a comet that comes into the earths atmosphere and brings to life all of these mushroom men.  They create colonies, fight insects and fight each other.  He was so excited to get the game. 

He is now thinking on how he can create his own live mushroom men.  He has come to the conclusion that if it can't be done he would like to create an ant colony this summer in a long pipe tube.  He wants to have a colony of one type of ants on one side, and then introduce a new type of ant on the other.  Will they fight? Will they learn to get along?  Maybe this summer we will find out! 

Antarctic Frozen Face

For some reason the cold temps don't seem so bad anymore....

New Blog! New Year! New Decade!

With the New Year of 2010 knocking on our doorstep, what a better way to ease into the New Year than blogging! So many people are doing it these days. It got me thinking,"Why don't I just join in?!"


So here I am blogging world! You can follow my life experiences, thoughts and hopes as I explore this new era ahead. With any luck you will enjoy reading about my past, present and future experiences as I present them.


So many times we are presented with life changes. We grow.....experience....change.... Oftentimes as I look back on my life, it never occurred to me why some things turn out the way they do. As time passes the pieces start to fall in place. It makes sense.


I've been listening lately to people talk about the "end of the decade!"
What was really good? What was bad? It got me thinking about how I feel about all the changes that have happened in my life the last 10 years.


Everything that has happened in my life the last ten years; THERE IS NO GOOD OR BAD. THERE JUST IS!

The End of a Decade for me:


(For the next 10 years.....) In 1999 I would NOT have known.......

• I would move 10 times in the next 10 years.
• I would NOT have a short hairstyle again for the next 10 years!
• I would bring a precious baby boy into this world who would end up being the most wonderful, loving, caring and silliest person you have ever met!
• I would have 7 different vehicles.
• I would find the true meaningful difference between my family and relatives.
• I would be divorced and re-married.
• I would travel to 34 different states.
• I would learn 2 important lessons in business.
• I would find my best friend and puzzle piece and it would happen in a bar!
• I would become a mother of 4 and a mother-in-law.
• I would have 1 nephew, 3 nieces and 1 on the way!
• I would become a treasure hunter!
• I would be telling my kids "When I was your age" stories and enjoying it.
• I would realize I don't have it all figured out, but that I will always be figuring it out.

There are so many changes that have happened to me and everyone! I feel that I am always evolving and changing. I try to pay attention to what is working and what isn't.

In the future of this blog you will hear stories of the past and the present. Current experiences and future plans. You will see a glimpse into my life.

"No one knows how other people truly see you. It only matters how you see yourself."

I wouldn't have changed anything in the last 10 years. It would have changed who I am today and who I will be tomorrow. I am an ever changing life in progress, as is everyone else! I am grateful for all the wonderful years and events I have experienced.

HURRAY FOR MANY MORE TO COME!!!