Remembering the Radio

One of my very first memories that is clear and stays with me is my first radio. It was red and white and the FM stations sounded great. I was probably 8 or 9 when I got it. It was a huge deal for me because I loved music and wanted to listen at night in my room. One day my dad took me down to Radio Shack (this was before Walmart, folks!) and let me pick it out. I was so excited! That small radio went everywhere with me. I clearly remember sitting on the front porch of my grandparents house listening to country music with my cousin. I thought it was the best thing ever! For some reason it was the first thing that I really thought of as mine. My daughter will never have the joy of that front porch where we played all day and listened to music. But I hope that even with all of the tech gadgets we have now that someday she will enjoy the simplicity that once was my red and white radio.

Grumpy Day

Sometimes I just want to be grumpy!
Why exactly is that not possible?
Why do I have to always be up?
Admittedly my family would probably say that I am grumpy all the time!
Read the blog - DUH!
However, today for some reason I really just wanted to be grumpy and go off by myself but work, sweet little girls and other things just would not let me!
Sometimes I think I must be a bad wife, mother, sister, friend, boss, coworker, etc for just thinking this but there are just days when I would like to spend the whole day not speaking....
not answering questions...
not solving a problem...
not worrying about what I had to get done next...
not having pain...
just being.................................................

Organics Are In

When you are dealing with the many fun conditions I seem to have you start looking for reasons like amazing amounts of sulfates and preservatives. Especially with my face breaking out like a teenager's and my hair being like peanut brittle, I have become a fan of Whole Foods and all of the lovely organic items that they have. Fresh fruits and vegetables, interesting seafood and wonderful salads. However, the best of the best is the organic health and beauty section. Now I am not saying that it is an inexpensive section to shop in but they have many different choices sometimes too many. Also, if you are buying Lancome, Sephora, or any of those other lovely items you have to get at a specialty store then Whole Foods prices will not faze you.

I recently discovered my all time favorite thing and I am recommending it to all my friends - Burt's Bees Lemon Poppy Seed Facial Cleanser. It exfoliates and moisturizes and you can use it in the morning and again at night because yes it is ORGANIC! No preservatives in it at all. If you like the smell of lemons then you need to run out and get this! Within a couple of days my face is already smoother and my pores are smaller! So as I find more super wonderful things to help with all of my woes then I will share with you.

Travel Woes

Yesterday started off fairly well. I felt much better than the day before which was horrible! I got loads of work done in the 5 hours I was at the office and then Scott, Erynn, Jen and I headed out toward Kentucky for our weekend trip. I think we might have had a small curse or jinx on us. It began with me driving the Alabama stretch as that is my favorite part. All of the sudden there was wood in the road in front of me that I had to roll over because there were no other options. It appeared that a truck ahead of us was carrying some things and was using wooden pallets to keep the tarp down well it was windy enough one of the pallets blew out and a couple of cars in front of us got the brunt of that event. They had to pull over but we turned out to be fine (so far). Later Scott was driving when he noticed that a car was veering toward the median on the other side of the road. He made a noise that had us all looking and as we looked back the car flipped in the median and did finally end up on its bottom. We saw that others on that side stopped to help but it was quite stressful to watch. Finally, we are near the Kentucky line when a uhaul style truck in front of us that was pulling a boat shredded a tire on the boat trailer. We had tire fly up on us and we had to get the driver to roll down his window so we could tell him that he had lost his tire. This all happened in a 5 hour drive. What a wild ride. We had a wonderful dinner in KY at Patti's and nothing else happened during the evening so hopefully the curse is over! You might want to avoid us on the interstate!