When I said “I do” I meant Forever…
Posted on October 31, 2011Then…
As of yesterday I have been married to the same person for 18 years. By many standards that is a long time. Considering half the people that get married this day and age end up getting divorce, I would say that is a long time. Of course, I don’t know how long the average marriage lasts. Hang on I will look that up….
OK, according to Google, the average marriage in the United States lasts 8 years. So The hubs and I have “out wed” the average marriage by ten years. Not bad, not bad at all.
Marriage is hard people. It’s not all candy and roses all up in here every day (or pretty much any day for that matter). It’s ugly and hard. It takes a lot of “I’m sorrys” and “I’ll do better next times”. We have called names and yelled and I think even thrown things. I can’t be sure, but I think so. I mean, for goodness sake, you can’t live with someone almost 20 years and not chuck something at his head at least once, right? Right?!?!
Marriage is about committing to your life, body and soul to someone forever “til death do us part”. People forget that part when it gets hard. I have forgotten that part sometimes. I have wanted to throw in the towel when it has gotten hard and I’m sure my husband has. Lord knows I have given him plenty of reasons to! He has definitely had it harder than me in this marriage, I will tell you that!
I am not perfect and neither is he, but we are perfect for each other! God has made that clear to us. And even if we weren’t, we became perfect for each other when we made our vows and become man and wife before God and everyone at our wedding.
But I believe God made my husband for me and me for my husband. Buster is the most patient man I know. He is so patient with me with all I have been through in my life and with my Bipolar and Borderline Pers0nality Disorder and other challenges I have. He has been patient with me with the issues I have had with my adoptive parents. He has been the best father our kids could ever ask for! I love that about him.
Now…
Where has the time gone? Doesn’t seem possible that 18 years have come and gone…
So, if you have someone who knows all about your pain-in-the-butt-ed-ness and still wants to call you his, hang onto him. And if you’ve got someone who’s worth fighting for, hang onto ‘em and fight for ‘em! Cause these days, they are hard to come by, someone who will stand by you and stick with you through the hard times…
I found mine more than 20 years ago and somehow, by the grace of God, he’s still here…
Til next time friends,
Taking Care..
Posted on October 24, 2011Practicing what I preach is not once of my finer qualities, unfortunately. And I know it. And I think everyone who knows me know it, too. Yeah, it’s kind of one of those well known facts that is like the elephant in the room that doesn’t even need to be talked about.
I am always telling the hubs to be careful when working with this or that, ya know hounding him about material handling and whathaveyou. And then I go and clean the bathrooms up at camp at use all these caustic cleaners and such with no ventilation and I’m breathing it in and I’m coughing and spitting and sputtering.
So, yeah, I need to learn to turn the fans on and or wear a mask when I’m cleaning or something because I think I am/going to do serious harm to myself with these cleaning supplies I am using weekly when cleaning up at camp. I am already having some issues with my chest/lungs lately.
Take Care of yourselves friends and as always…
YeeHaw!!
Posted on October 21, 2011We live kinda out in the middle of no-where. Our road is one of the last to get plowed in he winter. It get’s pretty tricky trying to get in and out of camp in the dead of winter!
This is why the hubster takes the girl to school all winter long. He’s such a good hubby! This is one of the many reasons I love him so!
I’m still waiting for him to put some tire chains on the car and let me have at it!! 
Oh, the fun I could have! Of course, I’d probably spend more time in the ditch than on the road, but hey, I would have a lot of fun!!
Carry on, and remember,
BBBRRRR….
Posted on October 18, 2011So I heard that since we had such a nice summer, we are in for a really bad winter. Did anyone else hear this? I heard it is supposed to get really super cold and we are in for a lot of snow.
Of course, I heard that about last year, too and it wasn’t that bad. So, I guess we’ll see. I mean, we got snow, but I don’t remember it being all that terrible compared to years past.
I am going to be prepared though. I’m gonna go get me some of these really cool heated gloves I found online. Those will keep me warm all winter!! Gonna have to stock up on batteries, though…
Carry On
Skin Care…
Posted on October 12, 2011What’s the first thing people see when they look at you, usually? Your face, right? Well not always, I guess, but usually it is.
So naturally, you want to take really good care of it, right? I know I do. that’s why I take care of my face. I skimp on a lot of things. I buy the cheap shampoo. The cheap body wash. I even buy cheap deodorant. But I do not buy cheap facial skin care products.
That is one thing I am willing to spend a little more on. If you don’t take care of your face when you are younger, you will regret it when you are my age and older. In fact, I am wishing I had done a little more in my twenties. I am starting to look more and more my age and I’m not liking it! I used to have people tell me I looked 10 years younger than I was. Now people guess me closer and closer to my real age!
So all you young ladies out there, take care of your skin!! Use sun protection and MOISTURIZE!! You’re Welcome….
And As Always…
Weightloss Update
Posted on October 12, 2011Thought I would give y’all an update on my weight-loss. As of this morning, I am down 37 pounds. I have 36 more pounds to lose to meet my first goal. After that, Buster and I will decide whether or not I need to have surgery to have skin removed to lose the rest of my weight or whether I will be able to lose the rest on my own through toning trimming down. I may not be able to lose it on my own.
We won’t know until I lose more weight. Right now I still have too much fat and extra skin that I am still losing and that is still changing. I have been told by some that my skin might still be young enough and elastic enough to “shrink” back down where it should be, but I’m not sure it is, because it already is sagging quite a bit in areas, but it hasn’t been that long, yet, so I am going to give it some time and see what happens.
But I don’t want to start having problems with infections and things of that nature caused from excess skin and all that. I don’t really want to go into details because I think it’s gross, and I think you know what I’m talking about anyway, so I will just leave it at that.
So anyway, I am just over halfway to my first goal!! YAY!!
Thanks for all the support and encouragement along the way!!
As always…
LURKERS!
Posted on October 07, 2011How in the world is it that I have over 10,000 page views every month but only a hand full of comments on this here blog??
HHhhmmm??
That tells me that I have a lot of people that come and look and read but they don’t tell me what they think!!
I wonder why that is? Is it because you don’t agree with what is being said here and don’t want to be confrontational? Are you afraid you’ll hurt my feelings? Don’t wanna ruffle my feathers?? 
Or are you just shy and don’t wanna say Hi??
It’s okay, you don’t have to be shy, I won’t bite!! I promise! You can say Hi!! You can share your opinion here! I like to “hear” other people’s opinions on things. It takes all kinds to make the world go ’round friends! If we were all exactly the same or all thought exactly the same how boring would that be!?!
So, please, if you stop by, don’t be shy, say Hello and leave me a comment…if you try one of the recipes, let me know how you like it…if you have a great recipe I might like, leave it for me to try!! I love gluten-free, sugar-free recipes!!
Come back soon, and as always…
Gifts…
Posted on October 05, 2011I love personalized gifts. Simply love them. Because they are personal.
They say, “I thought about YOU when I bought this gift.” It’s all fine and good to buy someone a random gift and I’m all for the gift card. There is a time and a place for every gift. but a personalized gift is just…..special.
I like to peruse this one site where you find different kinds of gifts. Everything from personal retirement gift ideas to baby gifts. They have shirts, mugs, golf balls, a little of this and a little of that, it’s great.
Hey! Maybe I’ll find something for the boy for his birthday there!!
Ideas…
Posted on October 04, 2011My hubby’s birthday is coming up and I have been racking my brain trying to come up with inexpensive, but nice birthday gifts for him. He’s kind of hard to buy for. Although, not really. I mean, you buy him something for hunting or fishing and he’s happy.
But, since I know pretty much nothing about either of those, I am like a fish out of water when it comes to finding the right thing for him. Get it, fish out of water, and I was talking about fishing…..okay, so it wasn’t that funny.
But for real peeps, anyone know what I should get the boy for his birthday? Come on, it’s only a few months away. I need some really good ideas!!
Carry on…
Thinking…
Posted on October 03, 2011Some times I think about what could have been if I had done things differently. Do you ever do that? It can be a bad thing. It can be good, too, I guess. If you aren’t careful, it can be very dangerous. We cannot change the past, friends. We can only move forward and not make the same mistakes we made in the past.
When my son was a still a baby, I decided to go to school to be a Medical Assistant. it was a 13 month program. I loved it. I graduated with honors! Turns out I was really good at it and actually knew what I was doing!
The only problem was that just before graduation, I found out I was pregnant with my daughter, which wouldn’t have been a problem, except when I had her, I got really sick and never got to go to work.
In fact, I was so sick, my husband had to take several weeks off of work to take care of my daughter and I. So, I never got to go to work in a Dr.’s office and I never got to shop for cute discount medical uniforms. It’s all very sad, I know. It makes me wonder what I could have done with my life had I made different choices. Had I decided to go on meds before I did, I may have been able to get a job AND raise my kids, maybe not…I guess we will never know.
I am all about not second guessing yourself. I AM all about giving thing to God allowing Him to carry your burdens and moving on with life, because He allows things to happen for a reason. I am also all about allowing yourself to breath and relax and enjoy life and not sweat the small stuff.
So, when you get to thinking about all the things you could or should have done, relax and breath, if it should have happened, it would have happened, God makes no mistakes!!
The Girls…
Posted on October 03, 2011Here at camp we have a “petting farm”. We have two miniature donkeys, two miniature horses, a couple of goats, some chickens, and two full size horses. The fulls size horses are June and Katie. We often just refer to them as “The Girls”. They are so pretty, but they are a lot of work.
As a kid I remember wanting horses. My parents were always telling me no. Giving me excuses about how expensive horse equipment is, blah blah blah…when in reality, I think they just didn’t want to deal with it. Not that it isn’t expensive, it can be. They just thought I was going to get the animal and then decide I didn’t want to take care of it a week later, which may or may not have happened. I guess we’ll never know, because it never happened.
And I’m still bitter about it, can you tell?
No, not really, I’m kinda glad I didn’t get everything I wanted as a kid, it make me thankful for the little things and grateful for what I did have.
Talk about Service!
Posted on September 30, 2011Wow, Now you can apply and be approved for loans from the privacy of your own home. And I thought I had heard of everything!
Read what this lady had to say about the title loans charlotte, NC area. “I didn’t even have to leave my home, and my loan was funded the next day.”
Now, that’s what I call service! I always thought you had to go in and sit in a stuffy office that was about 85° and 3 foot x 3 foot square. With some punk kid just outta college who has no clue what life is even about who’s got bad breath and zits, asking you questions about where you spend your money and why and whether you’d be willing to sell your children if it came down to it.
OK, obviously this is a sensitive subject for me….so, carry on….
