I don't know about you, it seems I have lived my life by "when I get…when I go…when I have…or when I do"….or even past tense
"when I was…or when I went…" you get the picture, right?
As I look at the present, in a little over a week I will be 52, yikes! I realize it's pretty great being in the here and now! I mean…I'm healthy for the most part (old age creeping in), I have the most amazing 23 month old grandson ever, I have 3 beautiful children (grown) a husband who tolerates and loves me anyway, a wonderful family, wonderful church family, great job and co-workers that love me (except for Koty, LOL) nice, warm home, I just completed my first novel (a lifelong dream come true) and more blessings than I could ever count.
So why do I continually look beyond the present and stretch for something that may never be? I hope to spend the fifty-second year of my life just enjoying where I am. I mean, that's where I am, right?
I am there? Are you there yet?
Monday, January 26, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
Elvis,Powersurges and Basketball...
What a month! As you should know on January 8th we celebrated Elvis' birthday! Can you believe he would have been 80 if he had lived? I actually had reservations to attend his birthday celebration at Graceland this year and canceled at the last minute because I had a gut feeling that I should stay home. As I watched the cutting of the birthday cake live on the internet, not only was Priscella there, but so was Lisa Marie and all four of Elvis' grandchildren…and I missed it!
I really have no regrets considering the bitter cold weather that hit that week. Maybe I can make it next year. I hope to go to visit Graceland in the spring this year. Memphis is one of my favorite spots, so much to see and do and all things ELVIS!
We had a very exciting week at school. I thought I was losing my mind when my computer kept saying it had lost connection. I jiggled and pulled every wire in my classroom. One minute it was working fine and the next it would shut down. After lunch there was an announcement that we were having power surges in the building and everyone was asked to head to the gym. What fun with 200 middle school students and teachers in a gym with no electricity. After we were all in the gym they turned all the power off to the building for safety. My nerves were really shot! And let's not forget the three middle school basketball games we had this week. Guess who works the concession stand for the games? Yep, what a week. You've heard the saying too blessed to be stressed…I guess that's me.
Very Blessed,
Latresa :)
I really have no regrets considering the bitter cold weather that hit that week. Maybe I can make it next year. I hope to go to visit Graceland in the spring this year. Memphis is one of my favorite spots, so much to see and do and all things ELVIS!
We had a very exciting week at school. I thought I was losing my mind when my computer kept saying it had lost connection. I jiggled and pulled every wire in my classroom. One minute it was working fine and the next it would shut down. After lunch there was an announcement that we were having power surges in the building and everyone was asked to head to the gym. What fun with 200 middle school students and teachers in a gym with no electricity. After we were all in the gym they turned all the power off to the building for safety. My nerves were really shot! And let's not forget the three middle school basketball games we had this week. Guess who works the concession stand for the games? Yep, what a week. You've heard the saying too blessed to be stressed…I guess that's me.
Very Blessed,
Latresa :)
Friday, January 9, 2015
Welcome 2015
This is my first post of the New Year! Time seems to fly by so quickly. Just look at my grandson, Cam. He will be 2 years old in March. That just doesn't seem possible.
Our Christmas was challenging this year. It was the first year that my precious sister-in-law Karen celebrated Christ's birthday with Him! What a joyful Christmas to celebrate with our Lord and Savior, however, it left a big hole in our Christmas celebrations. Karen was always a planner and kept us all straight on where we needed to be and what we needed to bring. You never really realize all the "firsts" you must encounter when you lose someone you love and someone who is such a part of your life until they are gone.
Our family received the gift that kept on giving this year for Christmas-the stomach bug! It started with Cam on Christmas Eve and he "shared" with a total of 13 others in the family throughout the week of Christmas!
Hopefully as temperatures plummet this week, the germs will die out and kill these viruses and flus that are plaguing us across the country.
I spent the biggest part of my Christmas Break trying to organize my kitchen with the aid of pinterest. What did we do before pinterest? I ended up with five large garbage bags of unnecessary things or outdated food items. It shamed me that I had been so wasteful with the canned goods that could have fed families in our community, but because of my lack of organization skills and thoughtlessness, the food was ruined and no one benefited.
The financial waste was also shameful. I'm not much for New Year's Resolutions, but I do hope to make better use of my time by trying to stay organized and being more money conscious in the coming year.
I pray that I can learn to be a better friend and be more dependable to those who are in my life! Life is just too short on this side!
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