Originally Posted May 27, 2007
Last Sunday I picked JD up from his dad's church and was talking to some people that I used to know when JD decided to start walking across a busy parking lot by himself. I immediately spoke up and said "Son, just because I am talking to someone else does not mean that I am not paying attention!!!". At that point I stepped back into a hole and fell.......man, you gotta LOVE that. To which JD replies...."Are you sure?". You have to admit...that's funny. Sometimes as a parent you have a way of just eating your words. It's a darn good thing that I've got a great sense of humor!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Wave Hi As You Pass By Me...
Originally posted May 1, 2007
I posted this earlier in a bulletin, but it makes me smile, so I'm going to put it here and come back one day when I need a laugh....
The only reason I'm sharing this story is because I know I can at least laugh at myself........
Today at lunch, I decided to run to Baptist Hospital and see some of my friends. Everything went great and then I headed back to the office......let me insert here that I need GPS sometimes and downtown can really get me......well, I went down Gregory St, made a right onto Palafox and then got into the left hand turn lane to turn onto Chase street....I was behind this red car and we were waiting for the turn lane. I sat there for about 5 minutes, when I suddenly realize.........(here's where I feel not so smart)......
I HAD PULLED OVER INTO A FREAKIN PARALLEL PARKING SPOT AND HAD BEEN SITTING BEHIND A PARKED CAR THINKING I WAS IN THE TURN LANE!!!!!!! Holy smokes....I felt so smart. It's scary to think that there are other drivers just like me out there. =)
So, if you ever pass a navy blue Hyundai sitting downtown in parking spot, with their left hand turn signal on......look twice....it may be someone you know......LIKE ME!!!!
I posted this earlier in a bulletin, but it makes me smile, so I'm going to put it here and come back one day when I need a laugh....
The only reason I'm sharing this story is because I know I can at least laugh at myself........
Today at lunch, I decided to run to Baptist Hospital and see some of my friends. Everything went great and then I headed back to the office......let me insert here that I need GPS sometimes and downtown can really get me......well, I went down Gregory St, made a right onto Palafox and then got into the left hand turn lane to turn onto Chase street....I was behind this red car and we were waiting for the turn lane. I sat there for about 5 minutes, when I suddenly realize.........(here's where I feel not so smart)......
I HAD PULLED OVER INTO A FREAKIN PARALLEL PARKING SPOT AND HAD BEEN SITTING BEHIND A PARKED CAR THINKING I WAS IN THE TURN LANE!!!!!!! Holy smokes....I felt so smart. It's scary to think that there are other drivers just like me out there. =)
So, if you ever pass a navy blue Hyundai sitting downtown in parking spot, with their left hand turn signal on......look twice....it may be someone you know......LIKE ME!!!!
You went WHERE???
Originally posted February 6, 2007
The following is an actual conversation that took place between myself and my 8 year old son, JD......
To set the scene - It was last Friday, February 2nd and I had just picked him up from his dad's work. Sometimes, his granny takes him down there to wait for me to get off work. Anyways, I digress.......
JD - "Mom, I got a cool new video game today!!! I've been playing it all afternoon!! It's awesome!!! We need to play it.
Me (rather distracted by the traffic) - "Really? That's cool! I'm sure it's fun!"
JD - "Yeah and you'll never guess where I got to go on the game?"
Me (really not prepared for the answer) - "Where?"
JD - " The whore house."
Me (suddenly a WHOLE LOT more involved in this conversation) - "Come again?"
JD - "The whore house."
Me(about to wreck the car) - "Son, talk a little slower and repeat yourself one more time, because I'm sure I didn't understand you!"
JD - "The whore house. You know....The House of Horrors, it's kind of like a haunted house."
Me (feeling a lot less like I'm about to have heart failure at 27) - "Oh, ok, I understand now. I bet that was fun."
Needless to say........it's all how you say it sometimes!!!!
The following is an actual conversation that took place between myself and my 8 year old son, JD......
To set the scene - It was last Friday, February 2nd and I had just picked him up from his dad's work. Sometimes, his granny takes him down there to wait for me to get off work. Anyways, I digress.......
JD - "Mom, I got a cool new video game today!!! I've been playing it all afternoon!! It's awesome!!! We need to play it.
Me (rather distracted by the traffic) - "Really? That's cool! I'm sure it's fun!"
JD - "Yeah and you'll never guess where I got to go on the game?"
Me (really not prepared for the answer) - "Where?"
JD - " The whore house."
Me (suddenly a WHOLE LOT more involved in this conversation) - "Come again?"
JD - "The whore house."
Me(about to wreck the car) - "Son, talk a little slower and repeat yourself one more time, because I'm sure I didn't understand you!"
JD - "The whore house. You know....The House of Horrors, it's kind of like a haunted house."
Me (feeling a lot less like I'm about to have heart failure at 27) - "Oh, ok, I understand now. I bet that was fun."
Needless to say........it's all how you say it sometimes!!!!
Junk In The Trunk...
Originally posted September 6, 2006
You should never leave your house looking like a skank queen.
So, Saturday morning I couldn't sleep and decided to get up and go clean out my car. Let's face it, when you are embarrassed for your son to ride in it, it needs to be cleaned out. Anyways, I digress...I got up at 6:45 Saturday morning and had a bright idea to just go clean out the car. Well, I figured that most "normal" people aren't at the car wash by 7a.m., so what can it hurt if I just throw on some clothes and run out the door. Let me give you a picture:
Black Yoga pants from Old Navy (with no pockets, which would come into play later)
Bright Blue slip on Keds flip flops (very cute, but not with Yoga pants)
Baby Blue work out tank top (yes, I broke my "no tank top in public, except on the 4th of July" rule) Grant it , I work out in that tank top, but if you are laughing at me running at 5:30 in the morning, you need some special help.....I just don't wear tank tops to like WalMart or church or the mall.....
Hair, sloppily pulled back in a pony tail and absolutely NO make up, except for what I wore the night before. Disgusting, I know. Please don't tell me about washing my face, I already know I need to do that before bed.
Well, my plan was working out great!!! I cleaned out the front of the car and moved to the trunk. Now, I cleaned out all the trash in the trunk and decided to put all the stuff that needed to be "saved" back in there. I have 2 camping chairs back there, you never know when you might spontaneously need a camping chair.=) So, y'all are getting the point....I have a bunch of junk in my trunk. No excessive laughing at that last part, please. It's not that funny. Well, I was just about to vacuum, when much to my surprise, I couldn't find my cell phone. I NEVER misplace my cell phone. It is almost permantly attached to my hand, so how could I misplace it? I am also, by nature, fairly cheap. I am not going to purchase a new cell phone because I accidently threw the old one in the trash. So, like any well born lady would do, I started to dig through the trash.
I should stop here and say that by this time a rather nice looking, young guy had pulled up next to me and was cleaning out his truck.
Needless to say, I could not find my cell phone in the trash. After about 15 minutes of frantic searching I just broke down and did it. That's right....I walked right up to the poor, unsuspecting, man next to me and asked if he could call my cell phone so I could see if I threw it away. After he gave me a look like I had just escaped from our local mental facility, he ever so nicely, agreed. Much to my surprise, I had not thrown it in the trash, but I may as well have...It was lost in the trunk!!! After 4 times of calling my phone, finally I found it - under a 2x4 (hey, if you have a flat tire, you need something to block the back tires)!!! I just laughed and mentioned that I may need to clean out my trunk. Not surprisingly, he agreed.
So, the moral of this story is....don't leave the house looking like a skank queen. Atleast, if you do, wear pants that have pockets so you can hold on to your cell phone. =)
And for all of you about to comment me and tell me I am a dork. Don't worry, I am completely comfortable with that. You are too, you just haven't realized it yet!!! =) Atleast I'm honest with myself!! ;)
You should never leave your house looking like a skank queen.
So, Saturday morning I couldn't sleep and decided to get up and go clean out my car. Let's face it, when you are embarrassed for your son to ride in it, it needs to be cleaned out. Anyways, I digress...I got up at 6:45 Saturday morning and had a bright idea to just go clean out the car. Well, I figured that most "normal" people aren't at the car wash by 7a.m., so what can it hurt if I just throw on some clothes and run out the door. Let me give you a picture:
Black Yoga pants from Old Navy (with no pockets, which would come into play later)
Bright Blue slip on Keds flip flops (very cute, but not with Yoga pants)
Baby Blue work out tank top (yes, I broke my "no tank top in public, except on the 4th of July" rule) Grant it , I work out in that tank top, but if you are laughing at me running at 5:30 in the morning, you need some special help.....I just don't wear tank tops to like WalMart or church or the mall.....
Hair, sloppily pulled back in a pony tail and absolutely NO make up, except for what I wore the night before. Disgusting, I know. Please don't tell me about washing my face, I already know I need to do that before bed.
Well, my plan was working out great!!! I cleaned out the front of the car and moved to the trunk. Now, I cleaned out all the trash in the trunk and decided to put all the stuff that needed to be "saved" back in there. I have 2 camping chairs back there, you never know when you might spontaneously need a camping chair.=) So, y'all are getting the point....I have a bunch of junk in my trunk. No excessive laughing at that last part, please. It's not that funny. Well, I was just about to vacuum, when much to my surprise, I couldn't find my cell phone. I NEVER misplace my cell phone. It is almost permantly attached to my hand, so how could I misplace it? I am also, by nature, fairly cheap. I am not going to purchase a new cell phone because I accidently threw the old one in the trash. So, like any well born lady would do, I started to dig through the trash.
I should stop here and say that by this time a rather nice looking, young guy had pulled up next to me and was cleaning out his truck.
Needless to say, I could not find my cell phone in the trash. After about 15 minutes of frantic searching I just broke down and did it. That's right....I walked right up to the poor, unsuspecting, man next to me and asked if he could call my cell phone so I could see if I threw it away. After he gave me a look like I had just escaped from our local mental facility, he ever so nicely, agreed. Much to my surprise, I had not thrown it in the trash, but I may as well have...It was lost in the trunk!!! After 4 times of calling my phone, finally I found it - under a 2x4 (hey, if you have a flat tire, you need something to block the back tires)!!! I just laughed and mentioned that I may need to clean out my trunk. Not surprisingly, he agreed.
So, the moral of this story is....don't leave the house looking like a skank queen. Atleast, if you do, wear pants that have pockets so you can hold on to your cell phone. =)
And for all of you about to comment me and tell me I am a dork. Don't worry, I am completely comfortable with that. You are too, you just haven't realized it yet!!! =) Atleast I'm honest with myself!! ;)
A Priceless Gift
Reposted from July 17, 2006
Life is good. I am currently lying on my bed with J.D. and Lily watching The Greatest Game Ever Played. Actually, J.D. and I are watching the movie, Lily is hoping J.D. will drop one of his bar b q chips so she can snag it up. =) I can not think of any place else I would rather be right now. I have truly been blessed in my life. I have recently been reflecting on some of the times in my life and I can say that God has truly kept me. As human beings we often take life for granted; harboring resentments and regrets from our past or living for tomorrow and not really taking the time to savor the present. Each day that we are here we have been blessed with a priceless treasure, one that can not be bought or sold and once it is gone can not be brought back, no matter how much we may wish it sometimes. It has become my goal in life to try and make sure I am fully aware of just how awesome this gift of life is. I know that I look at my son and I can see how times just flies by. Before I am hardly able to look up he will be an adult. This may seem like a long way off, but to those of you who have been blessed with children you will understand. One day you are worrying about him falling asleep on his stomach and the next you are attending PTA meetings and brawling with the other parents at the soccer field. Not that I've ever done that, of course. =)
I am in no means saying that I am perfect and don't take these things for granted, everyone has. All I am saying is that we should all be a little more careful to appreciate those around us. We recently had a message at church and Pastor Josh made the comment that everyone who is in your life now has not been placed there by accident. Now, that is a profound statement, if you really think about it. I think we generally only think of our loved ones this way, but what about those that seem to know just the button to push or the words to say to make our day go downhill? What if we, myself included, truly looked at those people as being in our lives for a reason. Would we treat them differently, knowing that by our actions we show them God's love in us? I know that I would. I will be honest, lately I have been a little more than burned out on my job. We seemed to be overwhelmed with work and attitudes have been a bit on the sour side. Now, in the past couple of weeks, I've considered a lot of things, including getting new job totally outside of the current company that I work for. I am still not saying that I won't do that if a better opportunity came open, but this morning I woke up with a scripture on my heart,that I believe changed my outlook for the day on my job.
Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
I remembered this morning just how I had been blessed with my job and until something better comes along, I should be thankful to be where I am. I know that when I really started to count my blessings, my attitude changed. Guess what, today wasn't nearly as bad as the last few work days have been. I do know that I don't want to spend the precious moments in my life meditating on the negative, when there really are so many great and wondrous things all around me. So to all of those around me, thank you for sharing in my journey - whether I can obviously see how God is enriching my life by your presence, or whether I have to pray that God would somehow see fit to "bless" someone else with your presence. =) I hope that I can be a blessing to all of you, as well.
I know this has been super long - thanks for bearing with me... I do need to go now, Lily is starting to get the shakes from lack of junk food, maybe I can convince her to eat her dog food. Yeah, right!! Plus the movie is about to end, and for all of those who got a kick out of the fact that I cried during Superman Returns, you can just imagine me now. It's a good thing most of my make up has already worn off from work. =) I hope that all of y'all have a wonderful night and enjoy those around you that God has blessed you with. Remember, life really is too short to waste on regrets and bitterness. I hope that one day J.D. will look back and say that his mom loved God, loved him, and lived a life of thankfulness and grace. That while far from perfect, I tried to remember to count my blessings and enrich others with words of life, and not discouraging and careless words. That would be a wonderful legacy to pass on to him.
Update - as I read this tonight, almost 4 years later, I was reminded that it wasn't but a couple of weeks later that I was blessed with a new job...although I only worked for that company 7 months, it helped open the door to the job that I've been in for over three years now. It's funny how some things change...and exciting, too. =)
Life is good. I am currently lying on my bed with J.D. and Lily watching The Greatest Game Ever Played. Actually, J.D. and I are watching the movie, Lily is hoping J.D. will drop one of his bar b q chips so she can snag it up. =) I can not think of any place else I would rather be right now. I have truly been blessed in my life. I have recently been reflecting on some of the times in my life and I can say that God has truly kept me. As human beings we often take life for granted; harboring resentments and regrets from our past or living for tomorrow and not really taking the time to savor the present. Each day that we are here we have been blessed with a priceless treasure, one that can not be bought or sold and once it is gone can not be brought back, no matter how much we may wish it sometimes. It has become my goal in life to try and make sure I am fully aware of just how awesome this gift of life is. I know that I look at my son and I can see how times just flies by. Before I am hardly able to look up he will be an adult. This may seem like a long way off, but to those of you who have been blessed with children you will understand. One day you are worrying about him falling asleep on his stomach and the next you are attending PTA meetings and brawling with the other parents at the soccer field. Not that I've ever done that, of course. =)
I am in no means saying that I am perfect and don't take these things for granted, everyone has. All I am saying is that we should all be a little more careful to appreciate those around us. We recently had a message at church and Pastor Josh made the comment that everyone who is in your life now has not been placed there by accident. Now, that is a profound statement, if you really think about it. I think we generally only think of our loved ones this way, but what about those that seem to know just the button to push or the words to say to make our day go downhill? What if we, myself included, truly looked at those people as being in our lives for a reason. Would we treat them differently, knowing that by our actions we show them God's love in us? I know that I would. I will be honest, lately I have been a little more than burned out on my job. We seemed to be overwhelmed with work and attitudes have been a bit on the sour side. Now, in the past couple of weeks, I've considered a lot of things, including getting new job totally outside of the current company that I work for. I am still not saying that I won't do that if a better opportunity came open, but this morning I woke up with a scripture on my heart,that I believe changed my outlook for the day on my job.
Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
I remembered this morning just how I had been blessed with my job and until something better comes along, I should be thankful to be where I am. I know that when I really started to count my blessings, my attitude changed. Guess what, today wasn't nearly as bad as the last few work days have been. I do know that I don't want to spend the precious moments in my life meditating on the negative, when there really are so many great and wondrous things all around me. So to all of those around me, thank you for sharing in my journey - whether I can obviously see how God is enriching my life by your presence, or whether I have to pray that God would somehow see fit to "bless" someone else with your presence. =) I hope that I can be a blessing to all of you, as well.
I know this has been super long - thanks for bearing with me... I do need to go now, Lily is starting to get the shakes from lack of junk food, maybe I can convince her to eat her dog food. Yeah, right!! Plus the movie is about to end, and for all of those who got a kick out of the fact that I cried during Superman Returns, you can just imagine me now. It's a good thing most of my make up has already worn off from work. =) I hope that all of y'all have a wonderful night and enjoy those around you that God has blessed you with. Remember, life really is too short to waste on regrets and bitterness. I hope that one day J.D. will look back and say that his mom loved God, loved him, and lived a life of thankfulness and grace. That while far from perfect, I tried to remember to count my blessings and enrich others with words of life, and not discouraging and careless words. That would be a wonderful legacy to pass on to him.
Update - as I read this tonight, almost 4 years later, I was reminded that it wasn't but a couple of weeks later that I was blessed with a new job...although I only worked for that company 7 months, it helped open the door to the job that I've been in for over three years now. It's funny how some things change...and exciting, too. =)
Transferring Blogs...
Today, I finally did it...I broke down and bought myself a new laptop! Can you believe it? I certainly can't. That being said - I've decided to start moving my old blogs from MySpace. I really don't visit that site anymore and I would like to get my blogs all in one place. As I move them, I will make certain to repost the original date.
Here we go....
Okay, so I posted this and then came back to edit it. I did transfer some of my blogs - not all of them - it was a bit time consuming. I realized that in some ways a lot has changed in the past 4 years and in some ways things are still the same. I also realized that I am a great big goober - and I'm okay with that. I make myself laugh. ha!
Here we go....
Okay, so I posted this and then came back to edit it. I did transfer some of my blogs - not all of them - it was a bit time consuming. I realized that in some ways a lot has changed in the past 4 years and in some ways things are still the same. I also realized that I am a great big goober - and I'm okay with that. I make myself laugh. ha!
Friday, May 14, 2010
It Started With The Oldest...
As I was typing my previous blog, I truly realized how much the Linder girls have always loved their military men. More specifically, I guess that would be Navy boys they love. =)
I guess it probably started with Sherrell - although, she met her husband knocking on doors for church. Yep, that's right. She knocked on Paul's door and invited him to church. We laugh now, because I'm pretty certain Paul didn't know the last time he had been to church, but he knew a good thing when he saw it. He started coming to church and it wasn't too long before he had a wife - and my first sister married into the Navy.
Not to be outdone, the next two married pilots. I'm know for a fact that Becky met Eric at Trader John's - which as every person in Pensacola knew - was where the Navy guys went on the weekend. I'm sure many girls shed serious tears when they closed their doors for good. I'm not certain where Marsha met Roger, but I am certain we pretty much loved him from the get go.
Now, you have to understand - this all happened before I was even out of high school. Sherrell is 12 years older than I am, Becky, 10, and Marsha 8. So, before I was even old enough to drive - three of my sister married into the Navy.
Then along came Richard....and I could see this one coming a mile away. Sure enough - the summer before my junior year in high school I was the maid of honor in Lindie's wedding. Richard is currently deployed overseas.
Now that I think about it - I'm fairly certain that Mae-Beth's Scott was in the Navy, too. He's out now, but I think I'll still count him. Plus, I'm already counting on him being my brother-in-law, so I guess that will make 5 sisters that married Navy.
Which makes one wonder how in the world I'm not married to someone in the Navy. That would probably be because I met my now ex-husband while I was still in high school. Although, I do remember the summer after my Senior year - Becky had it all set for me to spend the summer in California with her and Eric. I'm not certain why I didn't go now, but maybe it's because I knew deep down, a Linder girl obviously can't turn down a Navy boy - and it has become pretty apparent they can't turn down a Linder girl, either - and since I was with Johnny I should probably not chance it. =)
All in all - those men are responsible for giving me 4 nephews (we're already counting Scott's son), and 5 nieces. I'd say that is pretty impressive...
I guess it probably started with Sherrell - although, she met her husband knocking on doors for church. Yep, that's right. She knocked on Paul's door and invited him to church. We laugh now, because I'm pretty certain Paul didn't know the last time he had been to church, but he knew a good thing when he saw it. He started coming to church and it wasn't too long before he had a wife - and my first sister married into the Navy.
Not to be outdone, the next two married pilots. I'm know for a fact that Becky met Eric at Trader John's - which as every person in Pensacola knew - was where the Navy guys went on the weekend. I'm sure many girls shed serious tears when they closed their doors for good. I'm not certain where Marsha met Roger, but I am certain we pretty much loved him from the get go.
Now, you have to understand - this all happened before I was even out of high school. Sherrell is 12 years older than I am, Becky, 10, and Marsha 8. So, before I was even old enough to drive - three of my sister married into the Navy.
Then along came Richard....and I could see this one coming a mile away. Sure enough - the summer before my junior year in high school I was the maid of honor in Lindie's wedding. Richard is currently deployed overseas.
Now that I think about it - I'm fairly certain that Mae-Beth's Scott was in the Navy, too. He's out now, but I think I'll still count him. Plus, I'm already counting on him being my brother-in-law, so I guess that will make 5 sisters that married Navy.
Which makes one wonder how in the world I'm not married to someone in the Navy. That would probably be because I met my now ex-husband while I was still in high school. Although, I do remember the summer after my Senior year - Becky had it all set for me to spend the summer in California with her and Eric. I'm not certain why I didn't go now, but maybe it's because I knew deep down, a Linder girl obviously can't turn down a Navy boy - and it has become pretty apparent they can't turn down a Linder girl, either - and since I was with Johnny I should probably not chance it. =)
All in all - those men are responsible for giving me 4 nephews (we're already counting Scott's son), and 5 nieces. I'd say that is pretty impressive...
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