HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Happy Father's Day to all of the good dad's out there!

Weekend Update

Coy and I both had colds this weekend. I hate being sick, but even more having to care for someone else that is sick while I am sick. Coy is crawling everywhere now and he is pulling up on things, so it won't be long before we have to put everything out of his reach.

I'm just counting down the days til vacation!

Fun and Not So Fun Facts For Today

*Coy is nine months old today. I can't believe it has already been nine months. It went by so quickly. Being pregnant for nine months....not so quickly.

*We discovered that we have termites. The pest control people are at my house today eliminating them, so that I will not feel like I live at Joe's Place. Thankfully, they were isolated to one area and we caught them before they did thousands of dollars in damage.

*I had a facial last night at the spa. It was amazing. However, after she examined my skin, she suggested a treatment called the four layer face lift. I initially requested the organic facial, so I am not sure how to feel about her suggestion. I think I am getting old and I think that it must show.

Happy Saturday

Yard Project

Today JR and I started our yard project. In the middle of digging up grass in preparation for a flower bed, it started raining really hard. We had to stop working and now we just have a dirt garden. Unfortunately, our dogs don't understand that walking on the brick path makes for less of a mess.

Coy played in his swimming pool while we were digging up the grass. It's the second time he has played in his pool and he enjoyed it even more this time around.

Tomorrow I have to start the work week again. I also have to go to the middle school to present awards to three children who earned the most points for reading the most books in their school. Even though I hate being in front of a crowd, I guess I am sort of excited to give awards for achievements in reading.

To Have a Servant Heart

For some reason, WalMart has a way of bringing out the worst in me. If I need to get a good idea of what part of my character that I need to work on to become a better person, I just make a trip to WalMart. It always reveals the evil that lies within. Usually, it is my lack of patience that really shines through, but today I discovered something else.

As I was leaving the store with my shopping cart, I could see my car in plain view. I could also see that someone had left their shopping cart behind my car. Apparently, they were parked beside me and after loading their stuff into their trunk, they just pushed their cart two feet away and left it behind mine. Thanks Mr. Helper! Over the next 2-3 minutes, so many evil thoughts of how much that I hated that person crossed my mind. It is truly too ugly to put into this blog exactly what I thought and felt for that individual.

So, after my conscience got the best of me, I decided that I needed to see it as an opportunity. It was an opportunity to learn to have more of a servant heart and a chance to try to love my neighbor. I really am trying. So, as I returned two carts to the respective spot, I tried to do it as though I was doing an act of service or an act of kindness towards the person who was unable to muster up the energy to walk an extra thirty feet.

On another note, I did crossfit for the first time Tuesday. I really like it and hopefully will try it again this weekend. I would have done it today, but my body is too sore from Tuesday, so I opted for a regular trip to the gym, which is much less intense. I have been working out regularly for the past two weeks and I am hoping that my aggression towards people will become less over time.

Another Great Weekend

This weekend has been great so far. I am already looking forward to next weekend which includes Monday. I love three day weekends.

My life has been pretty uneventful lately. I am going to have to start doing some random things and hope that something news worthy comes out of it. Right now, life is pretty routine and consists of me having many freak out episodes at work while I deal with imbeciles all day everyday. I have got to get away(I think there's a song with those lyrics).

JR is in some tactical combat shooting class today. I don't know if that is really what it is, but it has something to do with shooting his hand gun. He claims that he would rather be home with us, but I'm not sure, since he loves shooting his
1911. I get to hear about that gun all of the time and how it is the greatest piece of machinery in the world. He does say that about every gun that he owns, though.

Speaking of guns. I had a conversation earlier this week with one of the bleeding hearts that obviously get their news from some MSNBC type source. She said to me that she believed in the right to own guns, but the type of gun that people can own should be regulated. Oh boy, I started to breathe hard, because I know that she is a follower of Obama. I said, well it's great that you believe it is a right, since your president believes it is a privilege. She seemed to not believe me on that, but proceeded to tell me that people should not be allowed to own an AK 47. I told her that it was a rifle and that contrary to what she believed, it was not automatic...that it really is illegal to own an automatic.

Even if I didn't know that the liberal media uses AK 47 to try to dominate the weak people's minds, since it sounds scary, I would still know that most people wouldn't carry around an AK 47 anyway. They are heavy and if you were going to go commit a crime, it probably wouldn't be with a big, heavy rifle. I am still unsure of this person's thought process. But I do know that she is one of the many that desire to be told what to do in life. What to eat, what to wear, where to go to the doctor.....

Anyway, I need to go to Disney World or something, because I am really starting to abandon the Love Thy Neighbor thing.

I am adding pictures to lighten the mood :)