Archive for August, 2008

39 and HOLDING!!!

This year is the year that both Barry and I turn 39.  His birthday was yesterday and mine is in November.  All of a sudden it has really hit me why people say “29 and holding” or “39 and holding”, etc.  Hitting numbers like 40, 50, 60, etc. are huge milestones.  When I was a kid, I would’ve thought that anything over 30 was “old”.  Now that my 40s are staring at me, 50s and 60s seem REALLY young.  So far, aging hasn’t really bothered me.  I jokingly say that I’m getting better with age (like a fine wine, maybe!?).  I know that I’m definitely getting wiser.  ;)

Has any certain birthday been great/terrible for you?!

Laughter

This morning I received a great email from a new friend, Deb. She said that I always make her laugh. The funny part is that SHE ALWAYS MAKES ME LAUGH, TOO! It made me think about the fact that we don’t always take time to see the humor in life. Sometimes humor can keep you going when times are tough AND it’s better to laugh than to cry. (Crying can make your mascara run) HA!

WHO or WHAT can you always count on to make you laugh?

Take time to laugh today!!

A Few Random Friday Thoughts/Updates

Today’s post is all over the board but had lots of updates and thoughts to share……….

I want to update everyone on my family friend, Teresa, who is still at Vanderbilt.  I think this is something like day 39 of her stay there.  She is still improving, slowly but surely.  She still has to have a breathing tube due to the damage to her lungs.  She is desperately trying to talk and communicate but the tube is definitely hindering it.  She still has to have her colon “washed out” from all of the toxins in her system.  Overall, things are going MUCH better in her recovery.  Just this week, she mouthed that she wants to go home and also smiled at several friends who came to visit from home.  Her oldest son became engaged and she mouthed “wonderful”.  Thanks again for the many thoughts and prayers.  The whole family has felt them.

So, school started today for Bailey.  She is now going to Nashville Christian and is super excited about it.  Her grade (5th), only has a total of 40 students.  With such a small class, she is sure to get a lot of individual attention and instruction which is wonderful.  On the other hand, I think of the size of the classes that I had in school.  They were much larger and I had a very diverse group of friends as a result.

Sam starts school on Monday and is also pretty excited about his second year at Meigs Magnet Middle.  He’s still not finished with his summer project which has to be turned in next Friday.  The assignment required him to read 3 books and then create a newspaper from characters, events, etc in the books.  He had to write an editorial, a cartoon, a review, 3 ads and a character sketch.  Talk about a lot of work for a summer project in 6th grade!

We have had a great week at the MediSpa – maybe one of our busiest ever.  We are in Clipper Magazine and are about to be in CouponMint.  It sure was hard to part with the $$ that it costs to advertise in these, but we have already broken even and we still have people calling to book consults and appointments.  Thank you, Lord!!

Last, but certainly not least, HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my best cuz, Whitney.  Her birthday is actually Sunday but I believe she’s been celebrating “Birthday Week” which is something we strongly believe in!!  We will celebrate with her on Sunday with a special birthday lunch after church.  Have a great one, Whit….love you bunches!!

What does your weekend look like?  Doing anything special?  Do tell!

FUN WEEK

Sam and I just returned (last evening) from our mom/son trip to ATL.  We had a really good time, despite the heat and rain!  We saw two Braves games (they lost both), went to World of Coke, Georgia Aquarium and the Atlanta Zoo.  We had never been to World of Coke or GA Aquarium and let me just say that BOTH were really great.  I took some great pics and will try to post them soon.  There are so many other attractions in ATL, it is definitely a great place to spend a few days having fun.

I’m off to Center Hill Lake this afternoon with around 10-15 sorority sisters (ADPis from our days at MTSU).  We will relax, eat, sleep, boat, swim and maybe do some water sports.  Mostly we’ll just enjoy hanging out together without any real responsibilities for 48 hours.

Hope everyone will try to have a little bit of FUN this weekend!!