Be Smart

Wisdom is becoming skillful in honoring our parents and raising our children, handling our money and conducting our sexual lives, going to work and exercising leadership, using words well and treating friends kindly, eating and drinking healthily, cultivating emotions within ourselves and attitudes toward others that make for peace. Threaded through all these itmes is the insistence that the way we think of and respond to God is the most practical thing we do. In matters of everyday practicality, nothing, absolutely nothing, takes precedence over God.

Dear Restaurants,

Macaroni & Cheese isn't an entree. While delicious as it is, it's still just a side dish. Kids do love this combination, but they don't need it to be the majority of their dinner.
Thanks,
Brooke

If I (ever) did it, here's how (it would go down)

I've got the blues-- and that's a good thing!

So I live 2,000 miles from home.
I get homesick.
Especially when I think about my Grandparents, living and deceased.
And right now my relationship with my Dad is rocky, so I find myself feeling lonely sometimes and thinking about days past.
I found this station (978) on my Dish Network called "Lucille". It's nothing but blues music. It makes me happy.
My Mammaw and Papaw used to listen to blues in the kitchen when Mammaw was cooking or we were eating. At Christmas when all the family would come up, there would be a dance after all the presents were opened. Blues was the music of choice then. Still is.
My Mom was a DJ at a radio station and hosted a show called "The Blues Vein". I used to go to work with her sometimes and hearing some of that music now takes me back to that On-Air Room. It reminds me of home. Since I discovered that channel, I put it on when I'm just hanging out or playing with Aubree as background noise.
I love it. It almost instantly puts me in a good mood. Especially when Aubree starts dancing to it.
Being so out of touch with everybody and getting ready to be even further away, I feel like I have a piece of home with me here.

Boo on you Dawn

I saw this...



So I bought this:





















(because I wanted to give a buck to help animals)


And...

I didn't know you had to go here
---> www.dawnsaveswildlife.com <------ to do it!
I think buying it should be enough. No internet required. Some people don't own computers, you know.

Friday = Funday

A little about my day:

Aubree brought me a hand full of dog puke this morning.
:O
Thank God she hadn't put any in her mouth!
I washed her hands and then saw 4, yes 4, piles of dog puke that Dixon was re-ingesting. Yum. So, I had a lengthy carpet shampooing party this morning.

Then, I was chillaxing on the couch and saw a tiny red ant. I looked down and they were everywhere!
:O
I got out the vacuum cleaner and vacuumed the carpet where they were, found the trail leading against the wall and have continued sucking them up all day.
The exterminators were supposed to come Sat and they didn't, so I called again today and put in another work order.
Fun.

I'm very curious as to how the rest of my day will pan out.

On a completely different note: WE'RE MOVING TO CALIFORNIA!
Derek got this job he had applied for and he starts in November. There's a little debate as to how long the job's for. Either 2 or 3 years. Anyway, we're both excited. I can't wait to live 45 minutes from the beach. I'll miss Las Vegas, but I'm ready for a change.

Here's a random picture from today:

From the 4th

It's a little blurry, but I think it describes Aubree's reaction to fireworks! HA!

F is for Failure

I wanted to give an update on my vegetarianism.

Well... Let's recap:

Day 1(July 1st)- I had been up since 5:30am cleaning and at 11:30 realized I was really hungry. I went downstairs to find my husband fixing himself a philly cheesesteak sandwich. It looked good. I got him to fix me one too.
I ate it.
And just like that it was over.

I decided I would then offically start on the 2nd since I had already messed up the 1st.

Well, today is the 10th and I've yet to start.... *sigh*.

It's hard to remember to not eat meat when your not grossed out or offended by it!
I've decided the next time I try this (which will be soon), my first goal is going to be a week.

On another note, I will post some new pictures tomorrow. Right now I'm going to watch a movie I rented 4 days ago :)

Today is the Day

... that I become a (temporary) Vegetarian! I think the hard part is going to be remembering that I'm not eating meat. We'll see. I'll keep you posted!