These are a few of my favorite things

my family
Aldi's
chocolate
lasagna
cats
how cute our dog is (but he is SO annoying)
The Ghost in the Darkness
Facing the Giants
Last of the Dogmen
Hardee's choclate malts
laughing so hard I cry

Like I said, these are a FEW of my favorite things....I would never subject you to the whole list. ;)
So, what are some of yours?

Ummm....Hello there, remember me?

Wow, should I be embarrassed or what? 7 months of silence? What happened you ask? I had to get a job. :( I know, work spoils all the fun! As parents, teens keep us busy AND broke, don't they? I am working usually 4 days a week, at a fast food establishment. Yeah, that means I eat there A LOT more than I used to. Way too convenient. I am gonna have to find a way to get healthy snacks ready in the mornings to take with me, that's for sure.

Well, blog world, until the next time...may your nose not run too far for you to catch it! ;) (mine is)

Finally! A profile picture!

I finally took the time, (and it wasn't long at all!) to get a picture up. That would be my daughter, in the fall of 2009. She is on the high school girls softball team, and now in track, and the summer traveling softball team, as well. Yeah, I'm busy. =)

"The sun is warm, the grass is green."

I don't recall why Mr. Miyagi tells Julie this in "The Next Karate Kid," but hey, it can help visualize a sense of calmness, or serenity. You try it. It is raining and overcast here today, but if I close my eyes and repeat that, it makes me happier, and not as sleepy feeling as days like this are prone to do. I have found myself repeating that, when put "in a mood" by my teenager. I was shopping for groceries the other day, and I was tired, and ready to come home. My teen calls with a request for two of her friends, that she had been with ALL afternoon, to spend the night. I. Do. Not. Like. Last. Minute. Requests. At all. Plus, our house was FILTHY! I said no. Long story short, she wore me down. I gave in. So I finished my shopping with alternating feelings of seething rage, at her for acting five instead of fifteen,(she begged, "please, please, pleeeaaase) and at myself for caving, and feelings of not wanting to be grumpy, especially when I got home. So I shopped, while in my head, I was saying, "The sun is warm, the grass is green." It helped. I have a feeling I am going to be saying that a lot this week. I have to go to the next town over, 3 times this week, not to mention go to another town an hour away. Running, running, running, ALL the time, it seems these days. It gets on my nerves. It uses a lot of gas, and it robs me of time spent at home, where there is a desperate need for decluttering and cleaning! I have been feeling depressed, I guess, and been pretty grumpy, too. I don't get enough sleep, for various reasons, and then have no energy for exercise. However, I am trying to get my sleep and my moods straightened out, so that maybe the rest of my life will run smoother. I started taking melatonin at bedtime to help me sleep. I think it is helping. Tonight will be night number three, so we shall see. I also started taking SAM-e, which is supposed to help your mood, and symptoms of pms. I'll have to get back to you on that one.....