Prayers

He was an amazing friend and father. He has a precious little girl who was the center of his world. This summer he married a sweet girl who he has known for about 20 years. Yesterday, there was an accident. He was apparently thrown from the tractor and broke his neck.
It is so hard to lose a loved one. I think about his widow, who found him. I think about his little girl who will never have her daddy again. And for his parents who are going to have to bury their son.
For those of us who are still here, we know we will see him again! His faith was evident through his life. There was a time when he struggled, his little boy died when he was only 4 months old. Through that trial, he was able to be there for others who have lost their baby unexpectedly. He told me a few months ago how mad he was at God when his son died.
It is impossible to understand why this happened. There are so many mean people in this world. Why would God let something so tragic happen to such a kind man. It is difficult to accept, but we know where he is now. We know that we will see him again.
Please keep his family and friends in your prayers. No matter how strong our faith is, this is a very difficult time.

The New Guy :)

I met a really nice guy through my ex-boyfriend this summer. My ex and I tried to keep our relationship pure and therefore always welcomed company so that we would not be alone together. This friend was over most nights for a good part of our relationship. After my ex and I decided that we were not compatible and definitely did not want to spend our lives together, his friend and I maintained our friendship. Over the last few months we have spent a lot of time together. Offering support and advice and just being someone to talk to about everything from dating to yard work.

As you can guess, we have started dating. It was a big surprise to us that we were attracted to each other, but apparently obvious to everyone else including my ex-boyfriend who took it upon himself to let me and his friend know that we had his "blessing/approval" to date.

My new man is 20. He turned 20 one week before I turned 24. Robbing the cradle? A little bit. I have had one other younger boyfriend, it was in high school. I was a senior and he a freshman. Oh yeah we got laughed at big time. KB is great though, I don't care how old he is.

He saw my fibromyalgia flare up during my relationship with his friend. He helps me with house work, yard work, and my pets. His first priority is God, he volunteers in the community working with kids. He is a hard worker and a great listener. He seems to know everything that is important to me.

Let me recap this week just to show you how amazing he is. Saturday night we went to see The Bee Movie (wait for the DVD). After that, we went to the new Wal-Mart just to walk around. Then over to a friends apartment for a while. Nothing terribly special except he took me to an animated kid movie and walked up and down every aisle in the non food part of Wal-Mart.

Sunday was a really good example of his sweetness. He called me Sunday morning and discovered that I was sick as a dog. He finished up working and brought me Gatorade. He also texted my roommate all day checking on me and came over around 4:30 to check on me. He then gave me control of the remote because I was the sick one. Oh yeah and he brought over two tickets to ASF's showing of Peter Pan next month because I said a week ago that I wanted to make sure I saw it before the play ended.

Tuesday was another revealing day. I was home sick and had to go to the doctor and get a shot in my butt. He left work at lunch and came over to the house to be with me because he remembered from me being sick while dating my ex that I hate being alone when I am sick.

Around 1:00 I went outside to give the dogs some scraps. As soon as I walked outside I heard Peaches meowing in pain. I looked over and she was underneath the electric fence I screamed for KB to come out and unplugged the fence then ran inside to get my shoes. He grabbed my purse and drove us to the vet's office. I was fine until they put us in a room, I totally lost it then. He was right there telling me she was gonna be ok and not to worry. (she is fine and is home now) The rest of the day he comforted me and told me every thing was going to be fine.

It was later that afternoon that we took the big step... Changed our status on facebook and myspace to "in a relationship" Yep, its on the two online social sites and my blog it is official. I am robbing the cradle. My boyfriend is 20 and wonderful! Oh I am a happy girl!

Cold Season

This is the 3rd Thanksgiving in a row that I have been sick for! Now I have been thinking that this is my body's way of keeping me from overeating during the holidays. Seriously though... I would rather walk an extra mile or do some post holiday sit-ups just to enjoy the food this year.
Kyle was sick last week, or maybe it was two weeks ago. I have determined that I have exactly what he had. It has been the same problems each day. Going on that theory I should be healthy by turkey day!
Saturday = Scratchy throat, sneezing
Sunday = Someone please shoot me! Head congestion & low fever
Monday = Not quite sick enough to stay home. Still coughing and sneezing "bless you" from all over the building.
Tuesday = Coughing disgusting stuff up
Wednesday = Getting better
Thursday = Hello Turkey and Dressing!

Love Today

There is nothing like a day off work. Except a day off work with no commitments. It is 1:20 so far I have filed the stack of papers that has been plaguing my desk for months. Isn't that GREAT! People describe me as an organized person... for some reason. I think I am more OCD than organized though. I can never seem to get a grip on paperwork though. Today they are all filed though! I need to go buy some more hanging file folders for a few files, but other than that, the paper work is done! YIPPIE.
Other items on the agenda for today were:
1.Unload the dishwasher
2.Three loads of laundry
3.Type minutes from last neighborhood association meeting
4.Vacuum
5.Dust
6.Clean my bedroom

I am currently sitting on my couch enjoying my day off. Chores can wait...

I CAN'T WORK TODAY!!! I have so much to do and it is already 2:30. I am just staring at the computer... like I have nothing at all to do.

Too Cold!

When I arrived at the office this morning, it was 61 degrees in my office! Now I don't know about you, but 61 is a little bit chilly to work in. Luckly for me, I wore a thermal shirt underneath my shirt. My torso is at least a little bit warmer than the rest of my body. Like my fingers for instance. Do you know that it hurts to type when your fingers are cold? Well, I'm here to tell you it does!
The good news is, the heating repair came and "fixed" it ... again. They also said that they have nothing but problems out of this system. Call me crazy, but it seems like the time to tell us that was before we bought it! In my opinion, I think we need to call new repair people! If these jokers can't keep it running PLEASE let's find someone who can!
It is now 66! Yippee Skippy! If you're reading this, I hope you are warmer than I am!