Family and Stuff: May 2012

Inspirational Thoughts

Strength is nothing more than how we hide the pain

Every one wants happiness no one wants pain, but in order to see the rainbow, you must go through the rain

Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.

Keep Moving Forward!!!! Walt Disney

And in the end, it is not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln

Learn from Yesterday, Live for today, Hope for Tomorrow

It is not the length of life, but the depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes the best memories are those you have yet to create

Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the life long attempt to acquire it

Fear is the dark room where negatives are developed

You can't do hurdles, if you REFUSE to JUMP!

Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, YOU WILL LAND AMONG THE STARS!!!

THE ONLY THING IN LIFE ACHIEVED WITHOUT EFFORT IS FAILURE!!!

Don't let the negative people have the most IMPACT in your life!

NEVER give up on anyone...Miracles happen EVERYDAY!!!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Friday, May 11, 2012

WHAT IFs???

April was sure a month filled with life changing choices and events and not just for me, but for many of my family and friends. With all these changes, it seems to propose questions and the main one being “What if?” Out of all the questions to ask it would seem the “what ifs” of our past and future tend to haunt us the most. I believe it is due to the unknown. The unknown of what the future holds and how the past actions of our lives encumber the future which leaves the questions of “What if” in our minds.

The Past:

WHAT IF I didn’t get married? WHAT IF I didn’t have children? WHAT IF I never met that person? WHAT IF I would have taken better care of myself? Questions such as these are questions that are filled with regret, misery and are haunting, which one should not regret their past as the past has made them who they are today. I remember the quote from The Prince and Me when King Haraald is addressing Eddie and quotes, “It is at the end of a man’s life when he realizes how important his decisions were at the beginning.” You might not see it at this exact moment, but you truly are where you are designed to be. Leave the past where it is, so it doesn’t damage your present.

The Future:

WHAT IF I get married? WHAT IF I change careers? WHAT IF I buy this house? WHAT IF I am destined to do more than what I am presently doing? Now questions such as these are futuristic and can rob us of our present. These questions can only be answered with a superb amount of research, a carefully thought out agenda and an enormous leap of faith. Hmmmmmm, FAITH!!! Wow, did I just say that? Faith believing in something for which there is no proof, so logic would only concur that to burden yourself with WHAT IFs for the future will also ruin your present as well; why anyone would want to ruin a gift like that just baffles me.

With the infinite number of WHAT IFs, wouldn’t it be easier to ask questions of WHY NOT? or WHAT’S THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN? Since nothing in life is guaranteed WHY NOT Carpe Diem. WHAT’S THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN when you live life to the fullest, take chances, risk a little without regret and have FAITH?

Lessons Learned!

This section will consist of lessons that I have learned throughout the week, that might be trivial to y'all, but are really important for me to keep in mind when doing my mindless activities.
1. When you use your dishwasher as a drying rack, and its time to run it through to get rid of the standing water, DO NOT, and I REPEAT DO NOT use Pinesol as a cleanser for this project.
2. If you are wanting to change your routine, and try to arrange your schedule to wake up earlier, do not try to do this two days before Daylight Savings...SMH, not even worth it.
3. Our family was invited to a get-together for sushi, in which I made a strawberry cheesecake to take. Well, I thought I was being smart and put the strawberry topping on the cheesecake before leaving the house, just so I wouldn’t have to tote two items to this party. So moral is tote that second bowl filled with the topping so you will not have strawberry juices leak all over the floor, car, shoes, shirt, hands, etc.
4. Throwing away toys, when a child can remember that he gave it to you specifically to “fix”, can be damaging to the wallet. Throw away toys when they know nothing about it, at least that way you have the element of deniability on your side.
5. When making coleslaw...always and I mean always measure the salt input...cabbage and salt, not a very tasty, satisfying combination. Add extra salt to fries, pretzels, or even some sort of meat, just not cabbage. SALT, always measure it!!!!!
6. I usually mow the lawn for the family, since its a small yard and doesn't take long to do, but I have put weed eater fluid in the lawn mower and tore up the engine to one mower, this is the second time i have ran over the extension cord while trying to mow, it is so obvious that I am not meant to mow. So I have gone to Lowe's and bought two more extension cords, but for some odd reason my husband will not let me mow the lawn anymore....so i guess my lesson learned this week, is I have learned to get out of work, cost my husband money, and therefore his only option, mow the lawn himself.

Inspirational Thoughts

Sunday, May 27, 2012

My ALL-TIME Favorite Quote

Friday, May 11, 2012

WHAT IFs???