a mom's breaking heart

i just heard on the news that another teenager was killed in a car accident this week...this marks the 7th teenager killed in car crashes within a month around the metro area where we live...i hurt for those parents who are burying their children....i hurt for their siblings, aunts, uncles, friends, teachers...such a very sad situation...

it scares me having my son driving...i pray for his safety every time he leaves home...none of us are guaranteed another minute...treasure your time each day...tell those you love how much you love them, hug them, don't let anything go unsaid...

please pray for the families of those 7 teenagers as they cope with this loss...

blessings,

the forgetful meme

Welcome to The Queen's Meme

Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious.

#64 is aptly called The Forgetful Meme

I would try to describe the premise in my usual royal manner but I've forgotten how.

1. What is the last thing you forgot to do? i forgot...seriously, i don't know!

2. What is the one thing you are always afraid you will forget to do? lock the doors...my husband says i am ocd about checking the doors to make sure they are locked.  this goes for house doors and car doors...drives him crazy!

3. Can you remember when you were 3 years old? If so, tell us a cute story. If not, make one up. i do remember being 3...i was at my granny and paw paw's house...i snuck into their bathroom and played in my granny's makeup...painted my face up so pretty...granny found me and i didn't get into any trouble...she just laughed and took my picture....i think my mom has that picture, i need to get it and scan it, i was so cute!

4. Fill in the blank. I would like to forget the time my husband tried to close his xterra back hatch on my head on purpose accident but I will always remember it when i am within in 2 feet of the back of his car.  it wasn't on purpose, he was just not paying attention and then boom the corner of the hatch hit my head with the force of him trying to slam it shut...i saw stars and cried and cried!

5. Fill in the blank. I will never forget the first time I saw my husband.  i was 15 and i was at a beauty pageant at our high school..he was sitting in a window on the edge of the auditorium...the most handsome guy i had ever laid my eyes upon...i still get butterflies when i think about seeing him that first time! swoon!

6. Who, in your opinion, is the world's forgotten hero? teachers!  teachers are with children teaching them, encouraging them, supporting them...and all to often the teacher gets blamed for countless things...these people give of their time, their hearts, their all and most times are not even appreciated.  

7. Find a word that rhymes with forget and use it to write a funny sentence.  i was playing my clarinet when i met a funny pet with a wet tourniquet who was in much debt, but i forget where where we met...

there you have my answers...now you answer them and link up...happy tuesday,

 

meet me on monday!

i am participating in the meet me on monday over at never growing old...head on over and take a look and then if you want to answer these questions and link up too!


questions: 

1.  how do you order your steak? well done...no pink at all for me!

2.  are you superstitious about anything? yes, everything!  throw in a little ocd and that is me...i spill salt, so i have to throw it over my shoulder, but i never remember which one, so i have to throw it over both.  knocking on wood, you name the superstition and i probably practice it. however, 13 is my lucky number!

3.  who is your best friend (not including your spouse)? that is a hard question...but i think my best friend would be my sister...she is the one person who i can confide in 100% about anything and not feel judged...we did not get along when we were growing up but she is the best and i treasure her!

4.  when is the last time your wore a dress? to my 20 year class reunion...i like wearing dresses, but pants seem to be so much more comfortable!

5.  do you have any trips scheduled? no :-( now i need to get busy planning a trip to the beach for this summer, ahhh to be laying on the beach sipping an adult beverage, listening to the waves...

happy monday...this marks the last work week of 2010 for me.  i am hoping for a quiet catch up week with lots of treats and little work!  hope you all have a fabulous week too!

wednesday hodgepodge

happy wednesday!  guess what that means, it is wednesday hodgepodge over at from this side of the pond.   ok here are my answers to this weeks questions!

1. have you ever been on a real sleigh ride? how about the warm weather version - a carriage ride? i am an alabama girl, so no to the sleigh ride...but have been on a carriage ride.

2. what's your policy on 'chain mail'...you know, the emails you receive that are often some sort of poem/blessing/good wish that ask you to send it on to 10 or 12 friends? do you delete without opening, read and trash, read and trash and then worry you won't be blessed/lucky/protected? do you delete the sender from your contacts or just go ahead and send the love onward? being as busy as i am now, half the time i don't even read them.  i just delete them...so far i haven't fallen victim to the mishaps that i have been warned against.


3. who is your favorite character in any of the christmas movies and why? this question is hard for me to decide...i have 2 favorite christmas movie characters:

• buddy the elf  -- the innocence of being child like
• clark griswald -- all he wants is to have a perfect christmas

4. share a favorite quote. another hard one, but i will limit it to 2 for christmas...

• elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup. --buddy the elf
• can i refill your eggnog for you? get you something to eat? drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead? -- clark griswald, christmas vacation to cousin eddie

5. what's your favorite holiday scent? i love the smell of christmas, cinnamon, sugar cookies, pine...the whole bunch of it!

6. does the christmas season stress you out? in what way? yes it stresses me out!  decorating, shopping, elf shenanigans, party planning, party going...what it boils down to is being too busy.  this year, my house has not been decorated yet, and i am slowly shopping, but my main goal is to make this as stress free as possible.  i'll have to wait until it is all over to let you know if it worked or not..so far i am still stressed!

7. what's the best thing about your life right now? my family...i am just trying to enjoy every minute with my children.  bluedotprincess is still so excited with christmas and i want to relish it, because i know it won't be long until she doesn't believe...and bluedotteen is a junior in hs and i know that things will change once he graduates and goes to college...so right now i am all about enjoying the moment!

8. insert your own random thought here. i'll give you some random facts about christmas:

• in 1836, alabama became the 1st state in the usa to declare christmas a legal holiday
• holly berries are poisionous
• every person will get elbowed or pushed 3 times while christmas shopping
• christmas trees remove dust and pollen from the air
• the tradition of tracking santa with norad happened by accident
• rudolph was actually created by montgomery ward in the late 1930's for a holiday promotion
• clearing up a common misconception, in greek, x means christ. that is where the word "x-mas" comes from. not because someone took the "christ" out of christmas.

thanks to joyce over at from this side of the pond for the questions...now why don't you answer these questions and link up too!

spilt coffee & tears

last friday a volunteer mom in our office brought me a latte...it was heavenly!  i wasn't able to finish it before i got cool, because we were short staffed and it was a very busy day!  that afternoon when bluedotprincess came into my office she was so excited to see i had some coffee left over...no dna test needed to prove she is bluedotdad's child, she has his coffee addiction! 

so she sat down with the remaining latte and some paper and pencil.  she worked and worked and worked.  she made a beautiful christmas, hanukkah,  and kwanza book.  she had drawn pictures and written in it...she was so proud of her masterpiece.  she decided it needed just a little bit more work to be perfect, when her sleeve touched the latte and it dumped over and spilt on her work.  the tears started flowing and she was so upset.  no amount of hugs or suggestions could make it better.  she wanted it perfect and it was ruined in her eyes.

as i sat comforting her, i started thinking about how i do the same thing in my life.  i let a little 'spilt coffee' ruin things.  in life i want things perfect too, and in this most imperfect world, that is a ridiculous wish...we have trials and tribulations and God loves us unconditionally, coffee stained and all.  i kept her book to remind me in those moments when i want things perfect that God loves me even with spilt coffee.

breakfast with santa

oh to be 7 again...

bah humbug!

what is wrong with me...i usually have my house decorated inside the day after thanksgiving and by the following weekend we have the outside of our house decorated as well...not this year.  no decorations have made it out of the attic!  i am just dreading the decorating and even more the putting it all back up after christmas!  yesterday i was even guilted into playing christmas music in my office by a teacher...

don't even get me started on shopping...i have 1 or 2 things purchased but that is it.  i am trying to buy most things online, because the thought of being amongst the crazy christmas shoppers is just more than i can bare!

i think part of the problem is that we are just so busy.  we are over scheduled and have no time to decorate. it is a daunting task now...as our schedule appears now, it really looks like it might be the 17th before any christmas decorations are out...on top of all of this my poor little bluedotprincess is so excited about christmas and is continually asking me when we are going to decorate.  bad mommy guilt is torturing me!

am i all alone blogworld...are we the only people in the world to not have decorated yet?