My Hands

"Look at your hands. Why are you grateful for them?"

Because:

I can hold my Nephew's hand
Pet my dog Bella
Feed myself
Dress myself
Write
Draw
Paint
Type
Drive
Catch Fireflies
Point
Shove my finger down my throat
Open a coke bottle
Pick Daisies
Hold a book
Text
Brush my teeth
Flip someone off
Hi Five
Catch the rain in my palm
Hold a cup of coffee
Punch you in the arm
Run my fingers through a cats fur
Color
Light a candle
Hold my Husband's hand
Hold my head in my hands and cry
Talk with my hands
Open Doors
Open Windows
Click a Mouse
Wrap Gifts
Squeeze my Mother's hand
Tie my Shoes
Push my Glasses Up
Change channels on the remote
Close the Door
Wave Goodbye

Magic Hour

"My favorite time of the day..."


....is Magic Hour. That magical time of day after the sun sets, before the sky has gotten dark. When the sky is purple, orange, and red.
And its in that moment you look to the sky, and the vision takes your breath away.

Update

Its been awhile since I've been on here. Here is what I've done.

Friday 4/24: Went looking for the cemetery to put flowers on Great Grandmothers grave. Got the directions from google maps and set off. I hadn't been there since the funeral and that was 3 years ago. I don't even member how I got there that day. Everything is a blur. Anyways, I found a cemetery...but wrong one. Cause I could not find her grave. Believe me, I looked and looked.
I then went and had supper with Papa, Lisa, Brother, and Stinker-Bug.

Saturday 4/25: Had lunch with Brother, Mama and Stinker-Bug. Then later that night I went to Dinner with Jess, Dess and some more folks. Then we went to see the Elephant Man at the Wildwood Rep. Had a great time. The play was great. Can't wait to see another one.

Sunday 4/26: Did not do a dang thing.

Yesterday 4/27: Went to work.

Today: Pretty good day. That I had the new flu that's going around. I cant read symptoms of anything, cause if I do, I automatically think I have whatever it is I'm reading. Another crazy thing that I do.
My cold is finally easing up. No more runny nose, but I still have a sore throat and a cough every once in a while.
I know for a fact that my new dosage of meds have kicked in. Call me Salad Shooter. (Inside joke)

What I like about Myself

"List 10 things I really like about myself and why"

This is gonna be difficult. I can list tons of things I don't like about myself. Here goes:

1. Great Sister....I put my brothers and sister before me at all times. They need a ride, I'm there. They need money, here you go. Need someone to talk to, I'm listening. Need a babysitter, when and what time. Need a place to stay, I'm help move your things.

2. Good Friend...Need to vent, go ahead. Need a shoulder to cry on, here you go. Need flower for no reason at all, there on there way. Need a bed to sleep in, I'll scoot over. Need a huge, my arms are always open.

3. Very Opinionated...I'll tell you what I think no matter what. I have my own beliefs and don't change them for anyone.

4. I'm Myself...Don't like who I am, so what.

5. Standing Up...I'll stand up for family and friends in a heartbeat. I'll stand up for myself also. I don't back down.

6. My Eyes...I think I have great eyes.

7. Wearing my Emotions on my Sleeve...I've come to realize that this is something I should be proud of and not try hide my feelings and emotions. Its great to cry.

8. Sense of Humor...One of the best things about me. I love to make others laugh. I can laugh at myself.

9. Fast Learner...A great thing. I've had many jobs and having this ability has help o so much.

10. Striving to Live without Regrets...I do this daily. This is so very important to me. I don't want to look back and regrets anything I've done.

Letter to Me

"You are ten years in the future. Write a letter to your today self."

Dear Me,

Enjoy the age that you are and instead of crying on your birthdays, celebrate them. Your young still. Stop living like your an old woman and live life. Because when you become my age, which is very close to forty, you will want to go back and be twenty-seven again.
Don't take time with family and friends for granted.Cherish every moment you have with them, because some of them will no longer be with you at this time in your life. Make time to be with them. Do not say any longer that you don't have time. Because you do. Stop spending your Saturdays laying on the couch. Go be with your loved ones. Your gonna want that time again when you look back.
Go to counseling with your husband. Stop putting it off. Your marriage is important. If you don't you might just end up all alone at age forty-seven. Pick your battles wisely.
I know you love to read, but sometimes take your nose out of that book and live life.
Stop pushing people away now. Because if you don't, there will not be anybody around when you need them.
Achieve your goals.
Don't worry about money so much. Everything will work out just fine.
Listen to your Doctor. He knows whats best. If you don't, you might not make it to my age. Take care of yourself better. This is every important.
Be grateful for your eyesight now, because now its getting harder to see.
Forgive more. If you don't, this will hurt you. Believe me.
Take time and enjoy all the little things. And everyday do one thing that makes you happy. Love more and hate less. Be nice to yourself, love who you are.
When you become my age your gonna want to look back and smile. You will want to have lived your young life to the fullest, don't take anything for granted and have absolutely have no regrets.

Simple Greeting

I just received a text message from someone. She wished me a good day and to see if I doing OK. I really appreciated that. This is someone who I treated bad at one time, but she has forgiven me.
But what I'm most upset about is how a Best Friend of mine used to do that and now doesn't. This person used to make time for me. Rather it was a quick phone call, text or lunch. It seems that I'm not important to this person like I thought I was. It hurts. We have been through so many things together. I know that it goes both ways, that I can make a call, but I got tired of being the one that always called and sometime my call went to voice mail.
So, Thank You very much Someone. I was really needing that.

Insanity in Workplace

How to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity in the Workplace


1) Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.

2) Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Wear them one day after you boss does. This is especially effective if your boss is a different gender.

3) Make up nicknames for all your coworkers and refer to them only by these names. "That's a good point, Sparky." "No, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to disagree with you there, Cha-cha."

4) Send e-mail to the rest of the company telling them exactly what you're doing. For example: "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom."

5) Hi-Lite your shoes. Tell people you haven't lost them as much since you did this.

6) While sitting at your desk, soak your fingers in Palmolive liquid. Call everyone Madge.

7) Hang mosquito netting around your cubicle. When you emerge to get coffee or a printout or whatever, slap yourself randomly the whole way.

8) Put a chair facing a printer. Sit there all day and tell people you're waiting for your document.

9) Every time someone asks you to do something, anything, ask them if they want fries with that.

10) Send e-mail back and forth to yourself engaging yourself in an intellectual debate. Forward the mail to a co-worker and ask her to settle the disagreement.

11) Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized chair-dancing.

12) Put your trash can on your desk. Label it "IN."

13) Feign an unnatural and hysterical fear of staplers.

14) Send e-mail messages saying there's free pizza or donuts or cake in the lunch room. When people drift back to work complaining that they found none, lean back, pat your stomach and say, "Oh you've got to be faster than that."

15) Put decaf in the coffee maker for three weeks. Once everyone has withdrawn from caffeine addiction, switch to espresso.

Swallowed gum

I just swallowed my gum.

I most always swallow it. I have no idea why.

I'll get me a piece, pop it in and chew, chew and chew some more. Then all of a sudden I will swallow it. The strange thing is, is that I'm always shocked that I did it and will automatically say out loud, "I just swallowed my gum"

Close friends of mine will remember times that I do this. I'm a strange person.
And what made me blog about it is I just done it again and thought, huh I'll think I'll tell the word about my odd behavior.

I then decided that I would google and see if its really true...takes seven years to digest. This is what I found: http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/chewgum.asp


(The current pack that I have)

Heartburn

I have heartburn. I have no idea why. I rarely ever get it. So here I am sitting here at my desk with no Tums. Dang it!

I haven't had anything that would have caused it.

Coffee...the same I drink every morning

Water...wouldn't cause it

Cheese Sticks....from Sonic, but they've never caused heartburn before

Starburst.....I eat them all the time, so nope not them

Coke....Never. I love coke.

Who knows. Another one of my body mysteries.

Rambling Away

Come on Rain! I'm head is freaking killing me. Lots of pressure but when the rain comes down...relief. Kinda weird huh?

As of yesterday, I'm now totally moved from the front desk to a....ummm office..LOL yeah Right. I wonder if I'm still considered "Front Desk?"

Past ready it to be 5 o'clock already. Cant wait for Saturday and Sunday, for then I have nothing and I mean nothing to do except lay on the couch and watch TV until my brain becomes nothing but mush. O the joy of TV.

I might get off the couch for a little bit. Make my Brother come with me and go to Olive Garden. I want just there salad. That's all I go there to eat. O and drink a vanilla cream soda that they serve.

Did I mention that my HEAD HURTS! I want to slam my head against my desk. Prolly would freak people out if I did that. They walk by and and here I am slamming my head down on my desk over and over. Naw better not.

O something strange I saw yesterday morning. A tire was rolling down the road. Yes, one tire and it was rolling down the road. I passed it. I even glanced for it when I went to lunch, but it was nowhere to be seen. Very strange.

Who is this?

"Describe someone you work with, but do not mention their name or if they are male or female."


This Someone comes to work with their shoes untied. Someone drives a white truck and brings me an Avon book everyonce in a while. Someone is a little on the short side, but makes up for it their personallity. Someone can always be found eating sunflower seeds. Someone has dark hair and doesnt wear glasses. Someone is a really funny person, but can sometimes be annoying. But hey cant we all be. Someone has an office with windows, must be nice. Someone is always taking business trips. Someone is a really great person to know.

Stumbleupon

It's really neat. My Mom sent me an email about it. And like the photo below, that's exactly how I felt last night.


Hey! Check out this website: http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Superpower

"What superpower would you choose to have?"


I would choose to be a Witch. I mean COME ON! I'd be able to use all the properties of magic. I would cast spells, concoct potions in my black cauldron.
I'd have my spell book and I would fly around on my broomstick.And of course I'd have my wand, which choose me of course. The core of my wand would be phoenix feather, dragon heartstring, vella hair, and unicorn tail.
I'd turn the people who get on my nerves into toads.
I'd have my trusty sidekick....A black kitty cat.
I'd also be the librarian at Hogwarts.

HOW TO TICK PEOPLE OFF

1. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.
2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."
3. Specify that your drive-through order is "TO-GO."
4. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
5. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
6. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
7. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what you think."
8. Practice making fax and modem noises.
9. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc" them to your boss.
10. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
11. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."
12. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears and grimacing.
13. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
14. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
15. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
16. Staple pages in the middle of the page.
17. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a croaking noise.
18. Honk and wave to strangers.
19. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints at the cash register.
20. TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
21. type only in lowercase.
22. dont use any punctuation either
23. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
24. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times.
"DO YOU HEAR THAT?"
"What?"
"Never mind, it's gone now."
25. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
26. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "No, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
27. Ask people what gender they are.
28. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
29. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
30. Sing along at the opera.
31. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
32. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."

Control

This is a photo of what my toilet looks like. Its important that note is there.

Its that Time Again

Don't get up! 10 minutes. Type Type Type

I messed up Sunday and Monday...but tonight I'm gonna keep it down. Breath.

My stomach feels so full. I NEED to.

1 minute down. This is gonna kill me...wait no it wont...the monster will!

Deep breath...in and out in and out in and out

2 minutes

Change of subject. DO NOT THINK ABOUT IT! Stop IT!

3 minutes.

Ummm, weather was nice today. rather it had rained. Heck I always want the rain.

4 minutes

An old friend from school found me on FB. That was cool.

I'm freaking burning up!! Do not get up!
I cant believe I have to do this.

5 minutes

I wonder if Doc knows how hard this is?! I'm gonna be sick. My belly hurts, I'm burning up and shaking.

6 minutes....come on come on . in and out in and out type type type type type type type type type

7 minutes....almost there breath

when I have to do this...this is when I realize that I really do have a problem

8 minutes

I don't ever think about it until...well right before I eat sometimes but always after I'm done eating.

9 minutes

Sometimes before I eat I think how hard is it gonna be to get this up?

Done. Digested. Damn it.

Needs and Wants

"List ten things you need. And ten things you want."


NEED:

1. Rain

2. Internet

3. Food & Water

4. Family & Friends

5. Eyeglasses

6. Books

7. Zoloft

8. Jeans

9. Cell Phone

10. Money


WANT:

1. Bug..but has to be purple

2. Kitty Cat

3. House

4. Enchanting yard

5. Sims 3

6. Matthew McConaughey

7. Purple Laptop

8. This Exact Ice Cream


9. Porch w/Sing

10. This for a Tattoo

Birthday/Easter

Had a great weekend!

Saturday I went down to Mamaw and Papaws house for my Nephews Birthday/Easter. He had a blast. He played and played all day long. We got there at 1:30 and didnt leave unitl 9:00. He didnt stop moving the whole time.
There was hot dogs, hamburges off the grill. There was chips and dip and tons of sweets. And good o'sweet tea.
My Nephew received some great gifts. He got a tee ball set, tons of balls. LOL He LOVES balls. He got a couple of Easter Baskets. And I got him a bubble blower.

Sunday I didnt do a thing. I got up and ran to the gas staion and got a coffee and the Sunday paper. I then crawled back in bed and stayed there the whole day. It rained all day, which didnt bother me none. I wish I can go back home right now and lay in bed. But no, I have to come here and "work". Dang it!

Nough Said

Urban Dictionary

Karen 1803 up, 644 down

Karen is the perfect woman. She has no flaw. She's funny, sweet, smart as hell, and above all, she is extremely gorgeous. She doesn't let anyone push her around and she has a great personality. She has some awesome goals set and always wins my heart. Has great taste in guys. Don't listen to what the other jack-off put. Everybody loves Karen.

If you were to look up the word "amazing" in the dictionary, there would be a picture of Karen.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

10 Minutes

I can do this. I will sit here and type and type and type. I have to. Don't think about it. My freakin hands are shaking. Who is in control Karen? Who? Breath.

Change subject. I'm so ready for the weekend to be here. I love Saturdays. This Saturday I'm going down to my Mama's for my nephews birthday. He is turning 2. Man, he is growing up so fast.

Type. Do not get up. Don't! Who is in control Karen? Breath.

Type type type type type type type type

3 more minutes. type type type

Breath.

I should not have ate all that lunch. My stomach hurts. One more minute and then it will be late to throw it up. Type type deep breath. type

Times up! I made it.

I'm guessin my Doc was right.

Annoyed

"List 20 things that annoy you. Then write, in detail, why it annoys you. Describe!"


1. Those people who stop before they turn.....The road that you turn on to get to my house there is a turning lane, no stop sign or yield sign is there...but every once in a while I'll be behind someone who thinks they have to stop dead for a minute. GO! GET OUT OF MY WAY!

2. Hangers sticking up in the closet.....My Husband does this. He pulls an article of clothing off the hanger and then the hanger shoots up and is sticking up and out. So by the end of the week all those hanger are sticking up all over the closet. I HATE IT. Don't hank the clothes off, take the hanger off the rack, take clothes off, and the put the empty hanger on the side where I keep all the other empty hangers. How hard is that!

3. When I'm told what to do even though I already know what to do......Here at work people put things at the corner of my desk for FedEx to pick up. When there are things there I KNOW that I'm supposed to call FedEx, don't come by every time and say "Will you call FedEx" I ALREADY PLANNED TO!

4. Notes on my front door....Where I live, the Land-Lady is always posting notes on people's door. A note for when we need to mow the grass, that we need to move a car, that we need to plant flowers, so on and so on. I HATE it! Leave all of us alone. We all know when its time to mow. That car is fine where its at. If you want me to plant flowers then you better buy the seeds.

5. Tomatoes.......When I say NO Tomatoes I don't in any way mean Extra Tomatoes. This happens almost every time I go out to eat.

6. Screaming at Children.....Don't scream at your children in public. You look like a fool and its not really helping the situation now is it?

7. Tapping on my Desk......STOP ALREADY! I cant stand it when everyone who works here thinks that they have to tap or slap or bang on my desk as they walk by. Keep your hands to yourself! Especially when I have a migraine!

8. My Hands......I cant STAND it if my hands are sticky, dirty or dry. It make me want to scream.

9. Nosey Neighbors.....Why do they always have to stare every single time I step outside. I could be going to my car, or throwing trash out, it don't matter cause everything I do I have eyes watching me from across the street. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS! I don't watch you people, cause I don't care what your doing.

10. Sitting close to the bathroom.......Where I sit I can hear the going ons in the bathroom! EWWWWW! I so don't want to know your bathroom problems.

11. Check out Lanes.....Just because I'm buying dog food doesn't mean I want to know about your dog eats. I don't care.

12. People who say, "You never call me".....Ummm maybe cause I don't want to talk to you, have you ever thought of that. Of course not.

13. People who think they know all about me.......Wrong. You don't.

14. Being tossed aside.....Every time you get a girlfriend doesn't mean you have the right to toss me out of your over and over. One day I might actually get tired of the way you treat me. I'm supposed to be your BF. Well start acting like you care and that you want me around.

15. Blocking FB.....That doesn't just annoy me, it pisses me off. Either give me work to do or unblock FB.

16. Obama....Just the name annoys me...

17. "Can I help you find anything".....I hate hearing that. They don't have to say it, I never did. When I need help, I'll be sure to let you know.

18. Greeting people....In church when its that time to stand up and shake people hands. I hate that part.

19. Loud Music.....I must be getting old. I cant stand it when there is that stupid loud bumping music being played as loud as it can be played. I don't care to know what your listening to either if your in the car next to me or in the neighborhood. If it happens in the neighborhood, well I'm that person who is always calling the police or the Land Lady.

20. Guitar Playing.......I absolutely hate it when my husband plays his guitar. I hate it. It makes me want to scream...wait I do usually scream.

Need A Nap

This what I want to be doing.




I'll pick one of these to say, If I get caught.

1. "They told me at the blood bank this might happen."
2. "This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about in that time-management course you sent me to."
3. "Whew! Guess I left the top off the White-Out. You probably got here just in time!"
4. "I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm."
5. "I was testing my keyboard for drool resistance."
6. "I was doing a highly specific yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress. Are you discriminatory toward people who practice yoga?"
7. "Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem."
8. "The coffee machine is broken ..."
9. "Someone must've put decaf in the wrong pot ..."
10. Raise your head from the desk and say " ... in Jesus' name. Amen."

Real Age

“What age are you if you weren’t told what age you really are?”


You Act Like You Are 20 Years Old

You are a twenty-something at heart. You feel like an adult, and you're optimistic about life.
You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

You're still figuring out your place in the world and how you want your life to shape up.
The world is full of possibilities, and you can't wait to explore many of them.

http://blogthings.com/whatagequiz/results/?result=20


Calendar Age
27.4 Difference
+3.7 RealAge
31.1

http://www.realage.com/ralong/entry4.aspx?cbr=GGLE806&gclid=CNX0yOiV35kCFQEhDQodRnkdVg

Mod Pogue

Well, needless to say, I didn't do so good last night after supper. I'll try again tonight.

I did not want to leave my warm bed this morning! I love my bed.

I wish I could stay home and Mod Pogue all day.

Starburst

1 o'clock. Come on 5 o'clock.

I went home for lunch and I must say I didnt want to leave. I wanted to stay there and take a nap on the couch.

I had a suprise when I went inside. The puppy pad was torn to shreds and all over the livingroom. I wonder what I did that made Bella mad at me. It seems she only tears up the puppy pad when I dont come home on time. O well, I just sweeped it up. I love her too much to be mad.

Right now I'm having some Starburst and a coke. I freakin love Starburst!

Gotta go. BF gave me some work to do.

Brown Bear Brown Bear

"What was your favorite childhood book?"




I remember this book being read to me. I was in Kindergarden. After it was read to us, each day we had a color sheet of one of the animals. When we had all of the pages colored we had our own Brown Bear Brown Bear book.
I can't believe that I remember that. Funny what a topic makes you think of and remember.
That book is still my favorite childrens book.

Keep Typing

So, I'm supposed to journal after I get through eating. I have decide to blog.
You see, if I blog for ten minutes after I eat, then there is no point in going to throw up. (Lets see how long this works)
Its killing me to sit here and not get up and rush to the bathroom.
Keep typing, keep typing, keep typing!
Its only been two minutes!
Am I insane? I mean COME ON! I feel like I HAVE to go throw up and its hard to just sit here.
O goody! BF just called. I'm talking to her right now.
Six minutes down. Breath! Keep talking and typing.
Seven minutes!
Eight minutes!
Nine minutes!
Omg! I CAN do this.
Keep typing, keep typing, keep typing, keep typing, keep typing, keep typing.
10 minutes! Thank goddess. My food is digested.
I did it.

Childhood Day

"You can go back to your childhood for one day. What day and age will you choose?"

I bust though Mama Yarbourghs screen door and let it slam behind me. I then hear, "Don't let the door slam." I giggle, because I know that I will let it happen again...because I love the sound that it makes.
I run out into the yard. What a beautiful day. The sun is shining the flowers are blooming and all the family is here.
There is Papaw Yarbourgh, his mouth full of chewing tobaccky. There is cousin David chasing Christy with a snake. Papaw Griffin is sitting with the other men folk and they are just a talking. All my cousins are everywhere playing. Shawn, Josh and Jeremy are over on that tank...pretending its a train.
I run to the tree in the front yard with the thick vine that makes for a great swing. I climb on and swing. A cousin races by..."hey, I want to swing!" I jump off and go find cousin Jennifer. We decide we ARE going to eat those green apples off the the apple tree over yonder. "Don't eat those apples" warns Mama Griffin, "you will get a belly ache." We eat them anyways...but don't tell her that our belly's really do hurt.
"Time to eat" Papa Griffin says the prayer.
Food is piled up on every flat surface. Sweet Ice Tea and Root Beer to drink.
I get me a plate of Mama Yarbourghs chicken n' dumplins and one of Mama Griffins biscuits and put honey on it. I go and sit with the other cousins.
Eatin is done, time to go back and play. We decide to play baseball in Aunt Betty's field. "Batter up"
I need to pee. So Mama Griffin takes me to the back porch where the white bucket is. She has to hold on to me so my bottom doesn't fall through. "Mama, when is Papaw Yarbourgh gonna get the bathroom inside finished building?"
"Who wants ice cream?" "I do" well all yell. We all take turns to turn the ice cream bucket. Homemade, fresh vanilla goodness.
The women folk clean the kitchen and the men folk go for a walk in the fields and down by the pond. Us cousins play a game of tag.
Man its time to rest. We see those watermelons in the ice chest when we looked to see if there was anything to drink in them. Yummy! "I want watermelon" "Me too" "Hey Me too"
Mama Yarbourgh and Mama Griffin cut the watermelons...We sit under that big shade tree and eat our watermelon while the juice runs down our chin.
Its about dusk now...time to huge everyone goodbye. Well see them soon enough.
I huge my Mama and Papaw Yarbourgh. They are the best at giving hugs.
I get in the car with my Mama and brother. We all wave goodbye.

What a great day to go back to. It was nice seeing Mama and Papaw Yarbourgh and cousin David. I sure have missed them over the years.

Pigs

This is an email that I received. I see the truth in it.

A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.

The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back.
He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.. .

In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line.
The young man said this was no joke.

'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground.
The pigs find it and begin to come every day to eat the free corn.
When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.
When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence.
They get used to that and start to eat again.
You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity. The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America.
The government keeps pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc.. While we continually lose our freedoms -- just a little at a time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free lunch! Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.

Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to send this on to your friends.
If you think the free ride is essential to our way of life, then you will probably delete this email.
But may God help us when the gate slams shut!

Panic Attack

I've just had a panic attack. No fun. I also think I'm in the process of having another. So I deiced to blog and that way it will get my mind off of it.
I was starting to feel better and then I started working on an estimate sheet and boom, another one is coming on. Maybe I need to stay away from that estimate sheet for a little while.
Having a panic attack scars me SO BAD! The whole time I am thinking...I'm having a heart attack this is it. Heck if I think like that I could give my self a heart attack.
Let me tell you what usually happens during one of my panic attacks.
1. My chest starts to hurt
2. My arm starts to hurt...that's when I immediately think...Heart attack...I read to much about symptoms
3. I get really really hot
4. I cant swallow...makes me panic even more
5. I start to shake
6. My back starts to hurt....o no! Now I'm really having a heart attack
7. I find someone to talk to...this helps...I have a friend who usually talks about kitty cats when I call him
8. Deep breaths...in and out...in and out...in and out...in and out
9. I can swallow again
10. Arm, chest and back still hurts
11. Deep breath...in and out...in and out...in and out
12. Migraine starts to come on
13. I get really cold now...starting to shiver
14. Exhausted

So there you have it.

Ummm, maybe I'll start to feel better if I change the subject.

Weather. Its sunny out now, it was rainying...I'd rather have the rain.

Opps...I need to call my Mama back so she is not sitting there worring about me. Okay, just spoke to her and let her know what is going on.

I need a nap and some Advil.

Thursday not Friday

Thursday. Not Friday, but close enough.

I have a doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon. Not really looking forward to that. I want to lie to the Doc. but I know that once I get in there I'll spill the truth.
He's gonna ask me if I'm still seeing my counclor....yes....okay no. I don't like going because I have to pay $40 each time I go. I can think of other things I want to spend $40 on. But I know, I know, I need to go. I'll think about.
He will also ask how my "problem" is. (He wont use that word) And I'll want to tell him that I'm doing great, no problems, I've stopped completely. Wrong. I'll end up telling him the truth and then we will sit there discussing it. Great.
Also I have to get my B12 shot tomorrow. No biggie, shots don't bother me. I'm not sure if this is the appointment where I'll have my blood drawn...its coming up, I don't know which visit it will be.
I hate having my blood drawn, not because of pain or anything but because I cant stand the site of my blood coming out. Make me weak at the knees.

I just noticed something...the tool bar on here is different and the spell check is different also.

I'm still driving around on that donut. Dang Husband!
My poor car looks funny with that little tire on it.

I plan on going to see Fast and Furious this Saturday with my sibling's. Looking forward to that.

Well, I guess I've carried on enough. Better get back to work.