Working Mom's Tag

The rules are to answer the following questions in one word and then pass it on to seven others:

EDITORS NOTE: OOOP's...after I posted I read the Directions about ONE WORD answers...EEEK...oh well!!

Where is your cell phone? Usually Attached, now on bookend
Where is your significant other? Working

Your hair color? Brown, and dyed, $$

Your mother? Getting Frailer, forgetful,

Your father? Dead I assume

Your favorite thing? Laughing with my urchins

Your dream last night? ???

Your dream/goal? Financial Freedom

The room you’re in? Family Room, Computer room, Stereo..OK JUNQUE room.

Your hobby? Reading, investigating, I don't think I dedicate enough time to anything to rightly call it a hobby.

Your fear? My kids future. I tend to be a "Face the Fear and Do it anyways" sort of person for me. (http://www.20daypersuasion.com/face-your-fear-procrastination.htm)

Where do you want to be in 6 years? Same location, fixed up
Where were you last night? Watching the French Connection Movie

What you’re not? Timid

One of your wish-list items? Digital Cam and ability to ebay easier.
Where you grew up? Michigan

Last thing you did? Send young one off to Bowling...by herself and the Neighbor girl

What are you wearing? Jeans, Old Cashmere sweater under a tshirt !! (it's COLD!)

Your TV? Old

Your pet? 3 cats, 2 left over kittens NONE of them are 'mine'.

Your computer? Tired hp pavilion 7935

Your mood? UPBEAT
Missing someone? Robyn, My sister, My In Laws that are passed over, My dead friend "The Italian Joe Broccoli" Don't pronounce it like the vegetable--he said it was BROCK OOH Lee...HA!

Your car? Switch between a couple, older Volvo

Something you’re not wearing? an Attitude

Favorite store? Grocery

Your summer? Swimming, Sun, Sand

Love someone? Several someones.

Your favorite color? Wow. Haven't thought of this one in years.

When is the last time you laughed? This morning plotting out a friend's husbands movements...with my friend...the hub thinks he is smarter than 2 women...NOT!!

Last time you cried? Weds- Taking dd to dance, and hub was playing some Emmy Lou Harris and for some reason it reminded me of my 2 miscarriages. ..Boo Hoo. Just sort of caught me off guard.

So, I will pass it on to:
I REALLY don't have 7. Play TAG with us tigers if you want
but...
Mini Me's room

My Favorite people..new category

This is My Friend Denise. She now lives in South Carolina...near Charleston in some jacked up town where she drives bus. (That's ME peeking behind her). This was 3 years ago...which I just found this photo because as BOSSY has us getting our Money in order, I'm trying to get my computer photos in order.
Denise...Drives bus. Other bus drivers have had guns on their bus, girls are giving BJ's for drugs on the bus...so that NOW any time the hint of light is not in the sky ALL bus light's are on. Fights, disturbances, swearing...all minor compared to the nastiness of attitudes.
Denise....Broken neck survivor and still walking, is precise, motivated, and LAUGHS out loud. She loves me...and it's hard not to love someone back that thinks YOU are the bomb!! She helps me accept myself, and is kind enough to kick my ass when I need it.

Face book

The "beauty" of facebook...having people you don't care if you were ever in contact again contacting you....Like...a college date. "OH...Look who you find on the internet" he said...well yah..You can find GODZILLA too if you look hard enough.



NOT that he was Godzilla...I'm just saying. I was fresh off a breakup and thrilled to be back in University..he felt like he was a bad boy dating someone a year and a 1/2 older than him. He was from the big city...I was a "townee". This was me during that time:
We did the big whoopla one New Year's Eve..it was very pleasant..and one of the very first times ever that My ex fundamental Baptist self drank alcohol. yeah. I remember the bed spinning and things erupting..not so Christian that.

So..Godzilla...er...Rick has a beautiful child, and has been put in the position of being God Child to a roommates daughter (roommate died). We have been discussing how sometimes when the Hand of God chooses you to do something..you aren't equipped or ready or even WANT to do it.
I just think of that verse, "Hold my right hand and I will say to you, Be Not Afraid".

Car Wreck Deuce

My Dear Friend Denise...has a broken neck. Yes its true. She has walked the earth for years with a broken neck . this came out in "group" a couple years ago. Not in the counseling type group..the "group" of people sorting out the God thing group. They think she did it sledding as a kid
She is one of my fascinating friends.
anyway...She loses out in Michigan due to the economy...moves to North Carolina...New car...Some lady SMASHES it today...with no where for her to go. SMASH. Her neck? she crawled out of the window, yet couldn't go to The ER because it was 149 72 to go to the Emergency room and you have to pay RIGHT THEN.
Oh mmyyyyy Goadddddd don't get me started!!!! She STILL has a broken neck..the car wreck did no further damage at this time.

HOWEVER...her MEDS!! WALMART kept DOUBLING and TRIPLING what the doctor ordered!! It was bad. The Doctor didn't understand why it wasn't having any effect. She got an attorney...IT could have caused a HEART ATTACK!!!!

My Friend Shelly

I rarely post photos of me, mostly because I'm the one taking the pictures. This one, I lifted from my friends blog.
She just got a new job she starts tomorrow, a GREAT job. I'm So happy for her...its been 2 years of trying to keep it together.

Camp

It's just amazing to me how much easier it is to oh...say cook for 20 or so..when you have the right kitchen.
I love the Camp kitchen (in the conference center)...huge ovens, great sheet pans that I use for EVERYTHING. Food..mass quantities!
I got up to camp yesterday...just assessing stuff VERY EARLY IN THE MORNIGN TO BE DRIVING......when I find out instead of a 10:30 breakfast..OH its NINE O'clock. Yikes...that was scary at first. Martha was there to save the day and walked me through everything. Really all they needed was a warm body to cook, so the crew could go do a presentation at a church. That's really cool...when you can do something..to free someone else up to do God stuff. Both are blessed.
This was for a family reunion...What a wonderful idea! The Matriarch had died last year, and this was the first visit home for the Patriarch since the death..and they didn't have room at any ONE person's house so they came to the retreat center! Great idea---food cooked for you, room to move around...they LOVED their visit.
Martha asked.."WHere are the kids"?????...as I had left them home to recuperate...from Sat's great adventure, "Well isn't WILLIAM coming to SR high camp this week???"...OOPS..I guess since my surgery I"ve been sort of OUT OF IT..so...had to call in Heavy Kevvy to save the day, go from his place in Midland, pick my kids up, tell Wiliam (with extensive help from Helena) what to pack, Then Kev brought kids up to camp. Thank God for loving friends who help out without asking or expecting anything. Kev says.."CALM DOWN"...lol because a little panic was seeping into my voice. ,...I simply can't believe I forgot about camp...even tho is was the 2nd week etc...
GO God

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Divorce sucks, or Sux in today's lingo.
I've got several friends in the midst of it, thinking about it, or trying to avoid it.

Scenario: Gees..this is going to be harder than I thought to keep it somewhat confidential...
Friend is miserable...partner an idiot. Oh--so not creative..that sums up 99% of how someone getting divorced feels. Friend feels partner is putting work in front of Sfamily. Partner has issues, somewhat depressed...workaholic tendency. Both of them are friends of mine. YAH. Sticky. Have tried to intervene...really don't know what my place is.
Can I be biblical and be supportive of change?
Can I be a True and Faithful friend while they seek greener pastures? (so to speak)..
Am I supposed to cut them off, or be a safe place for them to talk?
What would I WANT? What Would I NEED in this situation?

I've 'Been there and done that' as my profile states. Married Young to a Devote "fellow believer" dedicating ourselves and future to God's plan. Yah...that didn't work out well either time I married the same guy. Yes, for those of you seeing it here for the first time...I am one of those...who although I KNEW I was right the first time in getting divorced, let the guy snake back in his wormy way, married and divorced again within a year. Grateful for the learning curve being done quickly--and know I was right the first time. He went on to cheat on his new wifey in much the same way he left me for her.
I was Completely deserted from all my Christian friends. I swore I would never do that to a friend. The Church...the Pastor...the only time I heard from the pastor was months and months later when I started attending a different church and he was concerned about that. He NEVER once called me to see how I was doing--I had moved back in to my mom's after he assured me that God would STILL love me if I were divorced. Wow. What a wacked out way of thinking...
I have no regrets. Made it on my own..actually BETTER on my own.
I'm amazed at how that works.
Scenario: My friend in Midland, says...when his wife split, leaving him to raise his 3 sons, says.."her leaving left as much impact as pulling your finger out of a glass of water". Wow. That's really sad isn't it? For a mom to have such little influence in the running of the household, the boys didn't notice for a few weeks that she had LEFT!! He deserves a medal.
Scenario: My other friend...is is middle of process...wife has moved in and out so many times it isn't even news anymore. He's doing a great job providing stability for his teen daughter in the midst of it all. Works, parents-actively..and is just stuck.

Scenario: There always seems to be one more. I'm tired of it. I bounce ideas around in my head.
I think I am going to have to write about this some more.

I still have too many to write about.