Insensitive!

Saw this on Good Morning America this morning and it just infuriated me! How insensitive can someone be?! I just have no words for this story.

Doctor! Doctor! Give me the News....

Well, there's nothing like spending a fine Thursday afternoon in the ER. It wasn't too bad actually and the fastest time I've ever spent in the ER. I've been staying at my parents' house this week (dad is out of town) and when I came home from work on Wednesday I see my mom sitting in the recliner with her foot wrapped up in a wash cloth. Since this is not the normal scene when I walk through the door I immediately knew what had happened. It had been raining all day on Wednesday and around 3:30 or so she decided to go get the mail out of the mailbox. She was standing on the porch with her left foot near the edge and she was trying to open her umbrella when her foot somehow slipped off the porch and she fell on the sidewalk. I looked at her ankle and it was swollen a little but not a whole lot and she was able to walk on it with just a slight pain. We decided to just wrap it up and put ice on it. We figured it was just a sprang. The next morning it was swollen twice it's side but she could still walk on it pretty good and didn't have much pain and figure the swellness was just from her walking on it the day before. So I went on to work and decided to go home and check on her at lunch and when I did her ankle had swollen even more and was now bruising with a huge red mark across so I decided we needed to at least go get it checked out so to ease our minds that it wasn't broken.

I should make a side note here that two years ago my mom broke her right ankle by doing the same thing...stepping off the porch and somehow falling. It's a little comical when I think about it but I won't dare laugh in her presence. (By the way, the ankle she hurt this time was her left and not the one she hurt a couple of years ago.)

So we headed to the ER and they put us in the thing called FastTrack. I had never been a part of that in the ER and it was wonderful! First of all, if you have to go to the ER go in the afternoon, there is hardly anyone there. In fact, the longest time mom had to wait was for me to find a stinking parking place in that wretched place. We only sat in the waiting room for about 10-15 mins when we were called back. We were taken to this room with four beds (each with their own curtain for "privacy"). There we sat for probably 30 mins when they wheeled in this huge contraption of a machine and ordered me out into the hallway. Turns out this was the x-ray machine. How cool was that? Mom didn't have to be wheeled out to get it done. The tech said that since it was digitized that the doctor would get the results in just few minutes. So we waited about 30-45 mins more when the doctor came in. Now, if I could freeze a moment in time, this would be it...the moment the doctor walked into our curtain area. I had my own personal George Clooney moment. He was GORGEOUS! Dark hair, dark eyes, tanned skin, no ring...perfection! His name was Aaron and was the sweetest guy I had ever met and in the process learned that he played soccer. *sigh* He had a copy of mom's x-ray where we learned that she did in fact break her ankle but it wasn't a bad break. It's actually cracked where a tiny piece of bone chipped off when her ankle hit the brick. He told us that he's had this same injury happen to both of his ankles playing soccer and that it will heal fairly quickly if she keeps her weight off of it. He said that she didn't really need to follow up with an orthopedic doctor if she didn't want to (he never did) but I think she probably will just to make sure that it's healing properly. Soon after that, they discharged her and we were home by 3:30 (after a stop at Starbucks).

So if you are in the Nashville area and need to go to Baptist Hospital's ER make sure you ask for Dr. Aaron (don't know last name). I'm thinking of breaking my ankle just to see his gorgeous face again. Have a great weekend!

Tweetly dilly-ly...Tweet Tweet...Tweet Tweet

I know that's probably not how you spell it but I didn't know how to spell today's title but I think you get the gist of what I'm trying to say.

Have you really paid attention to all the outlets we have to keep in touch with each other? I know we have e-mail which is soooo outdated now and we have texting, Facebook, Myspace, etc. Now there's this thing that I just recently heard of called Twitter. Have you heard of this? I've heard of it for awhile but never knew what it was. One of our missionaries use it and when I asked him a couple of months ago what exactly it was, his answer was so confusing that I just gave up trying to understand what he was saying. I just started shaking my head saying, "Oh, okay. I see now." I didn't see. Then I noticed that everyone is using Twitter. When I get ready in the mornings I watch Good Morning America. I noticed on there last week that they kept saying, "Let us know what you think and tweet us on Twitter." You want me to do what on where? Then I was watching Ellen and she had Zach Braff from Scrubs on there as a guest. Now I know that Zach Braff is very tech savvy because (yes, I'll admit it) I'm a friend of his on Myspace. (For the record, I've never talked to him and I never go on myspace anymore...I'm strictly a Facebook girl.) But anyway, Ellen asked him if he twitters to which he replied no because he didn't think people need to know what he's doing every second of the day and he doesn't enjoy reading what everyone else is doing at every second of the day.

So I finally decided to find out what all this twittering was all about. If you have a Facebook or Myspace account there is a place where you can update your status which is just a couple of sentences to let people know what you are doing at that moment. Now I have and do occasionally update my status on Facebook but I've pretty much stopped that. But evidently that is exactly what Twitter is all about. Just letting people know what you are doing at that moment. Just a few sentences. So here's my deal with the whole thing. Why do we even have this? I know we live in a digital age where that's how we keep in contact with friends and family but do we really need to let everyone know every second of our lives? I know that I blog and it seems as if everybody blogs now. I read so many blogs where people just open every aspect of their lives on there and leave nothing for their own private thoughts. I don't do that. You all only really know about 10% of what really goes on my life...well maybe 40%...it could actually be 70%. Not sure about that now that I think about it. (Tammy, you know everything about me, what's the percentage there?) LOL! But anyway, I see so many people who just spill everything on their blog for the entire world to read. I can't do that. We need to leave some things private. There are just things about ourselves that we need to keep to just ourselves. No use showing all the crazy all the time. Know what I mean?

But back to Twitter. Is it really necessary to tell everyone when you walk your dog, get a cup of coffee, buy a lamp, or gave your grandmother a sponge bath? I don't need to know these facts about people. If it's a prayer request or praise item or some great big huge news I can understand that but other than that, I don't see the need of "twittering". It's pointless to me. You may disagree with me but all I know is that I will never tweet to anyone on Twitter...of course I said I would never blog either. ;-)

Oh, What a Night!

So about my titles. I never title my blogs until after I've written them because I don't know if you've noticed but I try to use all song titles or a phrase in a song for my blog titles. I don't know why I started doing that but I think it's cute and unique. It also takes a little imagination. Although everything reminds me of some type of song. I was talking with someone the other day and they were talking about stinky animals and I started singing Smelly Cat. That song was a song that Phoebe from FRIENDS use to sing. She only sang "jingle" type songs but nonetheless I still catch myself singing them every now and then. Hilarious.

I know I've been absent from the blog again. This is becoming the norm. I don't know why I don't blog like I used to you. Sometimes, I'm just not in the mood to type and other times I'm just really busy at work and can't get to it. But at any rate, I will try once again to blog. It's hard for me to blog sometimes. I just don't have much going on in my life worth telling really and I do want to keep some type of privacy about myself but I still enjoy the thoughts of blogging. So I will just start being creative so look out for tomorrow's blog. It's a stinger!

I realized that I never told you about my New Kids on the Block night. I can't believe I never ended up blogging about that because that was one of the most incredible nights I've had. No I didn't get to meet them but it was still an incredible night. They sang all their hits and then they did all their new songs as well. It was nonstop dancing for two hours. The stamina that those guys had was incredible. Those guys really can sing. I think their singing is better now and their dancing seems to be better as well. Joey McIntyre, of course, is and has always been my favorite and he did not disappoint. He was incredible. I noticed that night just how great a singer he really is. He did a medley of songs by himself of old Frank Sinatra type songs and he just blew me away. It was nonstop entertainment. We had great seats. We sat in a suite that put us pretty close to the stage to where we could see their faces pretty well. We also took our binoculars so we were able to really see them up close. At one point in the show they went to the "B" stage out in the middle of the audience which put them right in front of us. It was awesome. Of course, I was reverted back to my middle school days when they were really popular. I kept saying that my inner 12 year old kept coming out. But you know as much as I loved them back in the day I think I have a greater appreciation for them now as an adult. I can't place my finger on why but when I think of NKOTB I go back to the time when they were popular and I remember just how good life was back then. How carefree I was...no bills to pay, no job to go to, no worries about if I'm going to spend the rest of my life alone. It was just a fun and sweet time in my life and for a minute that night I had forgotten that I had bills to pay and a job that I had to go to the next morning and that I was still searching for Mr. Right. It was just an unbelievable night and really a dream as a 12 year old came true. I got to see New Kids on the Block in concert...in person. Oh, what a night it was!

What A Weekend

What a weekend it has been and in this weekend I'm including today. This weekend I will have attended 2 concerts a wedding and a funeral. I've been busy. Saturday I had a wedding to attend which was beautiful. It actually lasted longer than fifteen minutes which has seem to be the norm for the past couple of wedding I've been to. Her colors were purple (well aubergine) and white and it was just a beautiful wedding. (A little side note: every time I've typed wedding I've been typing weeding. These cursed double letters!) But it was a nice wedding and I didn't feel sorry for myself one time. :) After the wedding I decided to treat myself to Target shopping (this might have been why I didn't feel sorry for myself) I was able to find two serving bowls both on sale for $4 a piece. Woo Hoo! Then I ran into two church members (at different times) while there so I spent a good amount of time in Target. I then had to go home to get ready for the Brad Paisley/Dierks Bentley concert that night.

Let me tell you that this concert was about one of the best concerts I have ever been to. It was so awesome. I love Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley and this was the first time that I have seen either one of them in a full concert and it was awesome! Well worth the money. I have never heard anyone play the guitar like Brad Paisley. He is the most talented person I have ever seen. He just tore it up the entire night. We had great seats as well. I was able to get some good pictures when I would zoom in on my camera. I have them up on Facebook page if you are interested in seeing them. If you ever get a chance to see Brad Paisley or Dierks Bentley in concert, I highly recommend that you go. You will enjoy it thoroughly. Darius Rucker (Hootie from Hootie and the Blowfish) was the opening act and I was pleasantly surprised. I was not a big fan of Hootie and the Blowfish so I wasn't really looking forward to hearing him but he did a great job so much so that I will probably download a few of his songs on my iPod.

Today I had a funeral to attend. A lady who has worked in the Home Missions office for over 20 years passed away last week. She actually retired several years ago and was still volunteering her time a few days a month in our office until she got very ill with heart failure. She had been bound to her bed for over a year at the time of her death. She was the sweetest person I know but she was so ready to go see her Savior. She was tired of being ill and I couldn't be happier for her but boy are we going to miss her here.

Tonight is another milestone and future awesome experience for me. I'm going to see New Kids on the Block tonight. I friend of mine got two free tickets and I'm so stoked!! I've wanted to see them in concert since I was 12 and now I get the chance. I can't wait to report back to you how it was. I just want to here Joey McIntyre sing "Please Don't Go Girl"! Oh, those blue eyes. I can not wait!! Double Woo-Hoo!!

So I need to tell you about this book I'm reading. I shouldn't even embarrass myself by telling you this but I was at LifeWay the other day picking up a copy of her newest release and I started browsing the Women's section. I was looking for a good devotional book to read and I came across a book by Jackie Kendall. I don't know if you've heard of her but she wrote the book Lady in Waiting. I read that book in college but honestly don't remember much of it. I do remember the guys in college would complain about that book because all the girls were reading it and breaking up with their boyfriends. It was funny. No girl would go out with any guy during a two month span. The guys would say, "That stupid book has ruined our lives. We need to burn them." Very comical now that I look back on it. But anyway, she's written a sequel, I guess you can say, called A Man Worth Waiting For: How to Avoid a Bozo. She is basically writing about how you can find your Boaz and not a Bozo like Amnon. It's very enlightening and I realized (even though I think I already knew this) that I've been choosing to date guys who posses Bozo-like qualities. She tells the story of Ruth and Boaz in a way that I never had read or heard it and then compares Amnon to Bozo which is hilarious to me because Amnon was a Bozo or a worse name if you dare call him anything. If you are single or know someone who is single and looking, I do recommend this book to read. It's actually a very good book for high school or college girls to read. I've always said and I still stand by this that I would rather stay single for the rest of my life than settle for someone and be miserable for the rest of my life. I don't want to get married just for the sake of getting married and so I would rather be single then be with the one that wasn't right for me. Even though it hurts when things don't work out and it gets sad and lonely when there isn't a prospect in sight I would gladly let Jesus be all I need than settle for a Bozo.

Okay, I've written enough and probably too much but I had alot on my mind today. Happy Monday and please pray for the sun to come out here in Nashville. It's been so dreary with no sun for over a week. I can't remember what it looks like anymore. :-)

I'm So Excited!

**Disclaimer: I can never remember if I've used a title before so if I have please forgive me.

It's official that Nashville has the craziest weather known to man! The first two days of the week were so nice. Monday it was in the 70's and Tuesday it got up to 80. It was so wonderful but now it's 34 degrees and sleeting! Oh, Mother Nature, how you like to tease us with the good weather. It just makes me yearn for spring that much more. I can not wait until springtime. I'm ready for warmer weather. Of course, Monday I couldn't enjoy the weather because Sunday afternoon I decided to get the flu and was bound to my bed all of Sunday night and Monday. It was awful. I'm telling you that I am so over being sick. I've been sick for an entire month and finally am starting to feel back to normal. I ended up yesterday buying some vitamin C to see if that will help me stay healthy.

There really isn't much to write about. My life, I'm noticing, is a very small simple life. I don't really do much that leads me to write some long fabulous story to keep people entertained. I basically work, go home, eat supper, watch TV, read, go to bed. Throw in a little church time and a night or two over at my parents house for dinner and you pretty much have my life. Boring, huh?! When you have no husband or kids to fill up that extra time you tend to have too much time on your hands with nothing to do and too much time on my hands is not really a very smart thing. Take for instance tonight. I have no where to go and no one to talk to so I'll be home probably doing laundry and I should really clean my apartment but I'm just that lazy that I can probably forget about that. At least it's Thursday which is a good TV night. It's even rumored that George Clooney will be on ER tonight. I haven't watched ER in years but if George Clooney will be on there, I'll watch it.

I do have a fun filled weekend planned, I hope. I have a wedding and two concerts to go to. There is a couple in my church who is getting married Saturday and I couldn't be happier for them. They have an amazing story. They both were addicted to drugs and alcohol for years. The bride's family has been coming to our church for years and then a few years ago she went to the Hope Center for Women and got her life right and was saved. She's been coming to our church ever since and is such a warrior for the Lord. The groom started coming to our church after meeting his fiance. He went to the Rescue Mission to get cleaned up and now both of them have been clean and sober for a few years now. He works for the Rescue Mission helping other men get clean and she works for the Hope Center for Women. They are the sweetest couple and I can't wait for their wedding on Saturday. It's so amazing to see the miracles being made in people's lives. God is so amazing!

Then after the wedding I'm meeting a friend and we are going to the Brad Paisley/Dierks Bentley concert!! THEN on Monday night, this same friend and I are going to the New Kids on the Block concert! I'm so stinking excited about this. Actually, I'm so excited, I just can't hide it. I'm about to lose control and I think I like it! Yeah, I just broke out into song. :-)

The Right Stuff

Oh my goodness!! I am such a happy person right now! I just got the best news in the entire world that I can hardly contain myself and my inner 12 year old is coming out in me. My friend, Tammy, just called me to say that she just got two tickets to the New Kids On The Block concert coming up in a couple of weeks! I am stoked! I was so excited that I actually screamed and everyone in the office came running to see what was wrong. I then got very embarrassed but oh well...it's NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!!! When I heard that NKOTB were reuniting I was really excited but bummed when they decided not to come to Nashville for their tour. Then they decided to extend their tour and added Nashville to their dates. I am super excited. I loved them the first time around and now I just can't wait. My favorite has always been Joey but I have a soft spot for all of them. I've tried to keep up with them all throughout the years. I think I've watched most of Donnie's movies. He's an unbelievable actor. The whole reason I started watching Dancing with the Stars was that the first season Joey was a contestant. Unfortunately he didn't win but it was still fun to watch him. Then a few years later the Dancing with the Stars tour came to Nashville and he was apart of that. It was awesome. It was fun to watch him dance his routines again but what was cool was he was able to sing as well. It was kind of surreal because as a preteen you see them and wonder what it would be like to see them in person and then 20 years later I'm actually watching Joey McIntyre preform live. It was moment that was pretty awesome and I'll always remember that. So to see these five guys in person is going to be pretty exciting to say the least! What's even more awesome is two days before that concert I'll be going to a Brad Paisley/Dierks Bentley concert. What a wonderful world.

I'm only working a half day today. I'm leaving to go to Alabama to visit my brother and his family this weekend. I'm can't wait. It's been a month since I've seen them. I wish I had time to stop and see my friend in Birmingham but I don't think I'll have the time. One of these visits I'll make sure to make time to see her. Not much else is going on besides the fact that I'm loving this warmer weather. I was so tired of the cold. In Alabama its supposed to be near the 80's so I see going to the park with my niece in the plan for this weekend. I can't wait. Have a great weekend everyone!

When There's No Getting Over That Rainbow

Usually when I go to bed I read for about an hour or so but last night I just didn't feel like reading. I wasn't in the mood for TV either so I was laying there thinking this was going to be a long night. I glanced over to my jewelry stand when I saw my iPod sitting there. So I grabbed it and turned it on and started looking at all the songs I had on there when I came across Karen Carpenter. I absolutely LOVE Karen Carpenter. If you were to ask me who my favorite female singer past or present is, I would have to say her. I love her voice. She had a voice like no other and was very distinct. She had a really good range on her and her voice was just so smooth and velvety. The songs she sang can be so sad. I have the "Love Songs" compilation CD of The Carpenters and I love every bit of it but man, when you don't have a significant other it gets really sad and depressing. The songs are beautiful though. The song I'm playing today is one of my favorites. It seems like all her songs is a testament to my life sometimes. So last night in bed I'm jamming with Karen and crying my eyes out for what I don't have. It was very therapeutic. I woke up this morning feeling so much better about my single state. I guess I just needed to cry and mourn the relationship that I lost. I never said it on here but I was talking to someone for the past few months and just recently it pretty much ended. I'm very sad about it because well there are unanswered questions that will probably never be answered. Things were or were not done that I don't understand and that I will probably never understand which just broke my heart and I've been very sad for a little while. He is an amazing man who is ridiculously talented and had become a great friend to me as well and things just didn't work out. But after last night and talking with friends/family and talking to God I now have a peace on the situation.

You ever get in those moods where everyone around you is just about to drive you crazy and even if they look your direction you want to rip their arm off and beat them over the head with it? That's how I've been feeling for the past few days. I'm getting so annoyed easily with people. I'm sure what I've been going through the past month has a lot to do with it. What I've really been aggravated at is people who can't do something simple themselves like make one copy on the copier or who ask me ridiculous stupid questions where if they would just use their common sense they can figure it out themselves. I mean, how helpless can one person be? Whew. That felt good. ;-) I'm sure I'll get over this feeling soon, but right now I probably should call in sick or go on vacation. I feel like I need a vacation after the emotional roller coaster I've been on lately. I just have one thing to say....Men think its hard to understand women? Well, its very hard to understand men. That's all I'm saying.

Stand Still

I didn't sleep a wink last night so I'm dead tired today. I had alot on my mind and then at 12:30 last night I checked facebook and saw that my best friend from IL had written me a note so I knew she was up and I ended up calling her. We proceeded to talk until 2 am! I was so glad that she was up and willing to talk to me. I always love talking to her because she makes me laugh like no one else. We have been friends since the 4th grade probably. We grew up in the same state and became friends when we started attending church camp together. We have the type of relationship that we can go six months without talking and then when we do get together it's like no time has passed at all. I'm so thankful for her friendship and she was exactly what I needed last night. I've been going through a rough patch in my personal life for the past couple of weeks and honestly, it's about to do me in. I know that God is trying to teach me to trust Him and His will but I always get myself in the way. I always end up making things worse and complicate things and I know that if I just stand still and let Him move then I know I would have peace. But I always end up trying to fix things myself. I was reading my Bible last night and came across Jeremiah 29:11. I love the NIV version of this verse:

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord

"Plans to prosper you and not to harm you,

Plans to give you hope and future."

What a promise that verse holds for us. Sometimes I forget that the Lord sees the future and that He does love me and cares what happens to me. Sometimes I forget that I fit into the palm of his hand and that He has a plan for my life. Sometimes I just wish he would reveal that to me in blinking lights where I know for sure that is what He wants. But I do know that when He does reveal His plan for me I will say, "Ah! So that's what You were doing in that situation! I should have known!"

So like millions of other people last night I watched The Bachelor. And a disclaimer that if you haven't watched it yet, then you might want to stop reading this. Can I just say that this guy is an idiot and a jerk! That may be harsh and I'm not really one to call people names but what gives a man a right to play with a woman's emotions like that? What gives him the right to dump someone on national TV? Was it all planned and done for ratings? Probably but still! I felt so bad for Melissa because evidently she didn't see it coming. My question is in a few months will he change his mind again when the "spark" or whatever changes with him and Molly? I wasn't a fan of Molly to begin with because there was always something fake about her in my opinion but I was so disappointed after watching that last night. It will interesting to watch the final "After the Rose" episode tonight to see where they all are now. Such drama! At least it made for good TV. I'm all for being entertained but not at the expense of someone else's feelings. That should have been done in private and not on national TV. How humiliating and embarrassing for Melissa. I don't know about her but that would be a hard thing to get over.

There's No God Like Jehovah!

Well, I am back to the land of living! It has been awhile since I updated and with good reason! I have been so sick it wasn't funny. I developed a severe sinus infection that then settled in my right ear. That was the most excruciating pain I have ever encountered. It was horrible. I now know that a toothache and an earache are the two worst pains to ever be experienced. The sinus infection eventually cleared up for the most part. I still have a little bit of the ear infection but it's almost gone now. The only thing is my right ear is still clogged. I can't hardly hear out of it. I was describing it to a nurse who attends my church and she said it sounds like I might have ruptured my ear drum. Great! So it's been over a week that my ear has been clogged so now I'm thinking of calling the ear, nose, & throat specialist. I need something to heal it. I'm tired of not being able to hear and all I hear is a ringing in my ear. I still have some pain from the ear that shoots up the side of my head. I don't think that is good either. At least I was able to go back to work this week. I didn't go to work at all last week I was so miserably sick. It was awful! But I'm on the mend and I praise God for it.

Yesterday was the first day I was back at church in almost a month! It's hard to believe I missed three weeks at my church. The first week I went to Alabama for my niece's birthday then the second week I went out of town to visit a friend. The third week I was horribly sick that I couldn't get out of bed. So yesterday it felt good to be back at my home church. I was so excited too because of the music service we were having. Every week around Thursday or so our music director emails everyone in the praise band and praise team the songs for that Sunday so we can get familiar with the songs and start preparing them in our hearts. I was so excited to receive the list and see one of my favorite songs on there, Days of Elijah. I love this song. I love the tune, I love the words! I first heard the song at our National Convention several years ago and we've sung it every year since then. I just love it. It just lifts my heart and it was exactly what I needed after such a terrible month that I had. There truly is no God like Jehovah!

This week is going to be very slow for me which is what I need. February was such a blur that I'm so glad I will have a week to not do a blessed thing! I am going to Alabama this weekend though. I miss my brother and sister (in-law) and their kids so it will be so good to see them. Last weekend was my nephew's first birthday and we had to miss it. I was so sick that I couldn't have made the trip and my mom has been extremely ill as well. Please pray for her. We are not sure what's wrong with her and she is seeing a specialist this Thursday to have some tests run to see if they can figure out her problem. But because I missed his birthday last weekend (which I was so upset about because I never miss anything with those kids) I'm going down this weekend to celebrate his birthday. So I'm extremely excited about seeing them. Shoot, I'm just excited that I'm able to get out my bed! LOL! Happy Monday!