Oh To Be Young Again....

Oh to be young again.... not a care in the world and ignorant to
the world's ignorance! You ever catch yourself having nothing
good to say about life?? I know it's crazy, but that's the
way I've been feeling today.

I love my job! But sometimes I catch myself being influenced
by co-worker's negative attitudes. I try to be happy and
upbeat, but it's hard when you're surrounded by unhappiness.
Hardly ever a kind word about the world or the people in it,
always negative vibes being released by them. And.... low
and behold I catch myself falling into their way of thinking.
Eeewwww!!! I do not want to be like that!!!

Hubby met me after work at the local restaurant, we weren't
really hungry so for supper he ended up eating chocolate ice
cream swimming in this vat of chocolate syrup and I drank a
huge cup of cappuccino. Such a nutritious dinner! :) Now with
that cappuccino in my system I'll probably be awake half the
night. But I just couldn't resist, the weather has cooled off,
it's raining outside and the fog is horrendous! So far though,
the nasty storms predicted for our area have missed us. And
it's supposed to be nice again by the weekend.

Another segment in the preschool saga... the teacher came to
visit with daughter and grandmonster today. They won't
allow the grandmonster to start kindergarten at 4 years old,
so she would be spending two years in preschool. Now we're
back to square one... does she go or doesn't she go??? That's
the million dollar question for us this week.

I've had my parents on my mind for about a week now,
missing them... wishing to hear their voices.... wishing to
feel their touch once more. I think it's the time of year that
does it to me, I always miss them in the springtime. I can
close my eyes and see my Momma planting her flowers or
smell her kitchen as she cooks dinner for her family. And
when I think of my Daddy I can see him sitting atop his
blue tractor out in the field or walking through the barn lot
with a bucket of feed for the cows. And to this very day,
I never smell freshly mowed hay that I don't think of Daddy.
It's strange the things that stand out most in our minds
from childhood, isn't it? I've often wondered what things
my daughter will remember about Hubby and I when
we're gone from this earth. I hope she remembers the
good things and not the rough spots in our lives.

I'm so thankful that God gave me the parents that I had.
It's a shame that not all children have the childhood that
I did. Kids today are so different than we were though.
In my day it was riding bikes, playing outside from
morning till night, and being well behaved or you'd get
a spanking. Nowdays it's all about the television, the
video games, and being basically disrespectful to other
people. And I can't help but wonder what in the world
is going on in those little minds. I just read a news
article about a third grade class that was plotting to
kill their teacher. Third grade! That's just scary!!

Ok... enuff of that! Let me see... what am I thankful
for today?? My family... I even think most of us
are pretty sane! :) But then again, my motto is that
you have to be somewhat insane to stay sane in
today's world! :)

Oh, I almost forgot! I sent my favorite Aunts an
email last night letting them know that I'd started
my own blog. So Aunt Ronda and Aunt Dee-Dee,
if you're reading this... Hello and Welcome to
my blog! Love youns! (Yes Aunt Dee-Dee, I know
that isn't proper grammar!). :)