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Who's excited for American Idol this Tuesday!!!?!?

I will ALWAYS love you.

I remember quite vividly a long time ago when I was like...8 or 9 a specific instance after my sister and I were fighting. I was sent to my room and was laying on my bed and Mom was standing in the doorway when I said, "I wish I didn't have a sister!". For which Mom responded...."Some day you'll learn to appreciate her." and I, being all mad and upset said "No I won't". Mom just looked at me and said, "Some day you'll regret saying that." Even though I already did....as soon as the words had come out of my mouth.

Today I found myself for the first time in the opposite role, though it wasn't exactly a brother thing. I thought I handled the "you're not my best friend" thing from Seth pretty well, but today he pulled out the "I don't like you!" and "You're not my Mommy!" retorts because he was mad he had to take a bath instead of watching tv. All I could think about to respond was, "Seth, I will ALWAYS be your Mommy and you don't have to like me, but you do need to know that I will ALWAYS LOVE you no matter what. But that won't change the fact that you are dirty and need a bath!" And again later, while putting him to bed, he pulled out the "I don't like you" and "I don't love you". I really didn't know how to react at that point. It was really hurtful, and getting to me. I didn't know whether to be mad at him for being disrespectul, or express to him that his words can hurt, or just ignore him and put him to bed anyways. What to do?

Anyhow, once they were finally asleep I made a getaway to the grocery store (don't worry Dave was home) and had some time to think about it. It made me really understand how God must feel when we get angry with him, or turn against him, or try to disobey him. He loves us even more then even I love my children....which, frankly, seems almost impossible, but true. Our words and actions have absolutely no bearing on the amount of love he has for us, even if we tell him we don't want him. BUT, God does have rules and requires us to obey them, and they are for our own good! Sometimes we just have to get in the tub and get clean.

A Nice Surprise

Yesterday out of the blue some flowers arrived for me at work. I couldn't imagine who would be sending them. Turns out a customer I helped fix a SIM card problem on Monday was so appreciative that he sent me flowers! How often does that happen? It sure made my day! And makes me feel a lot better about my boring job. Turns out the guy had traveled to London over the weekend and his phone stopped working. His wife had just had a premature baby and having his cell phone working was extremely important. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary for them, but it's nice to know that I've really helped someone out in a bind.

Oh Yeah, I still got it!

So, today on my lunch break I decided to go to the gym and work out. I REALLY enjoyed the holidays. My scale not so much. So I finally dragged my butt to it's latest attempt at a reduction. Fortunately, the building I work in has a small gym, so I can go during my lunch. Surprisingly, after a year of no exercise because of my neck problems, followed by a year of a pregnancy, followed by a year of post-baby-got-out-of-the-army-and-don't-have-to-do-pt-anymore year, I still managed to run a mile and a half without stopping. And I feel great! Wow! I still got it !(sort of). Though, having a lot more junk in my trunk makes running a lot more difficult. I felt like I needed a butt bra to prevent it from jiggling (and kinda hurting too). I guess that's why someone invented spandex a long time ago. Too bad only people who DON't need it can wear it in public without scaring everyone away.

Is it quiet in here?

I had been trying to keep John away from the markers . He dove for the green one about 10 times when I finally thought he gave up and went and found something else to do. Little did I know.....he was just being sneaky.

M-O-T-H spells Seth

Seth loves to be the little jokester. He got tired of me asking him how to spell his name so he made up a different spelling to make me laugh. Now he says it EVERY time.

New Years

We had a great New Years Eve weekend with friends Nick and Ashley and their kids Hayden, just turned 4 and Brenya, almost 2. It was great to have them all here to celebrate with us. They drove back to Tennessee yesterday, and we will miss them!