Friday Fill-Ins #135

1. It's time for people to wise up!

2. Reality; it's not a bad place for gaining perspective.

3. I must be getting older because I actually knew who some of the "famous" people were who died this week!

4. The love of God is the best thing I have ever known.

5. My husband is simply AMAZING.

6. The last time I laughed really loudly was when my daughter outsmarted her Daddy and he never saw it coming.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to NOT having to go to physical therapy, tomorrow my plans include coming up with 100 reasons why I should cancel physical therapy for next week (but will never use) and Sunday, I want to hear some good news!

10 Favorite Sounds

1. My daughter's laughter...
2. The sound of ocean waves...
3. The quiet sounds my daughter makes when she is sleeping...
4. Jim Brickman's piano music...
5. The sound of my mother-in-law leaving our house and heading back to hers!!!!
6. The quirky laughter of my husband when he is laughing at his own joke... which wasn't the least bit funny!
7. The sound of my daughter's "a-ha" moments...
8. How about the sound I will make when we are completely debt-free? Does that count?
9. The lullaby sound of steady rain showers...
10. That voice I hear in my dreams announcing to me that I have just won $10 million! Ahhh... that's a really good dream!

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Friday Fill-Ins #134

1. Having little money is not the end of the world.

2. Sitting here, listening to the sound of rain falling, I feel the urge to both nap and go to the bathroom.

3. Raspberry-Peach Tea tastes so good!

4. Sometimes, putting others first is very enjoyable... like when you're about to go over a waterfall in a canoe! (Just kidding!)

5. The love of God is breathtaking, really.

6. Well, maybe there is a method to my madness.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of my newborn great-nephew Connor (born at 8 AM today), tomorrow my plans include finalizing my homeschooling plans for this school year and Sunday, I want to worship my Creator, order my groceries online, then taking a nap!

Too Funny!!!

A friend of mine e-mailed this to me. It is just so funny! You have to watch it when you have time!

Dead Cows

Do you ever watch Wheel of Fortune? I occasionally watch it. It makes me feel really good when I solve the puzzle quickly. I'd love to get a chance to be on that show! Of course, I'd stink when I got there... but I can dream. LOL.

So I'm watching it one night last week, and Pat Sajak and Vanna White are talking about road games they played as children. Gidget and I were laughing at the one Vanna played with her brother. They would count cows on their separate sides of the car and if there was a cemetery on their side of the road, it would "kill the cows" and they would have to start all over again. Whoever had the most cows at the end of their trip would be the winner.

I didn't give it much thought after that. Several days went by and my husband was driving me to physical therapy. Gidget was in the backseat. All of a sudden out of nowhere you hear a loud, "Oh great! Thanks a lot, Daddy! You just killed all my cows!"

Of course, my poor husband had no idea what he had done wrong. You should have seen his face! Gidget explained to him that he had driven by a cemetery on her side of the car and killed all her cows. She was quite upset about it to say the least... And who could blame her -- she'd been counting for almost 45 minutes and was up to 419 cows!

It was just really funny. You probably had to be there to really capture the humor in this, but I wanted to get it written up in my blog so years from now I can look back and remember how funny it was!

And trust me... when you're on your way to another grueling physical therapy session you need a good laugh!

Meet My New Camera

Okay, so I haven't officially received it yet... but I was given a picture of it on my birthday. Yes, my husband's quirky humor strikes again. He finds it ever so humorous to give me a picture of a camera for my birthday. But, I love him anyway. LOL!

It's an Olympus SP-565 UZ. It has 10.0 MP and 20x optical zoom. I'm sure it's going to come with a huge instruction book... at least I HOPE it does! This was one I had on my top five list of cameras. I didn't know how much money he wanted to spend when he told me to pick out one, so I just made a list of cameras that I researched and felt I would like and let him choose.

We'll see how good he did... ;)

10 Favorite Places to Eat

10 Favorite Places to Eat

(in no particular order)

1. The Plaza Restaurant (in the Magic Kingdom, Disney World)
2. The Olive Garden
3. LongHorn Steakhouse
4. Rainforest Café
5. Cracker Barrel
6. Cinderella’s Royal Table (in the Magic Kingdom, Disney World)
7. The Garden Grill (located in Epcot...it’s a rotating restaurant allowing you to see picturesque scenes below)
8. Friendly’s
9. My Grandmother’s house
10. And last but not least, my Mom’s – she’s the best cook anywhere!

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Friday Fill-Ins #133

1. Telephone and take-out menu make a quick and easy dinner.

2. The Magic Tree House #4 is the book I'm reading right now. (Gidget and I are reading the series together.)

3. July brings back memories of Independence Day picnics from my childhood. Lots of friends, food, fun... catching lightening bugs... watching fireworks...

4. The fact that I was exhausted today during physical therapy was obvious.

5. They say if you tell your dreams to enough people, someone is bound to help you achieve at least one of them. If this is true and you're reading this, my dream is to be given my own personal $200,000,000,000 bailout!

6. I'm constantly telling my mother that she NEEDS to think it over.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to SLEEP, tomorrow my plans include continuing my online search for the best camera at the lowest price and Sunday, I want to do as little as possible and get away with it!

Camera Help!

So, my birthday is coming up and guess what I want??? Yes, I want... no, make that NEED... a new camera. My wonderful husband has told me that that is what he wants to get me, only he wants me to pick it out. Here's the problem: I'M CLUELESS!!!

If any of you have a really great camera, PLEASE tell me what kind it is! I'm desperate here! I was given a Nikon CoolPix S9 (used) a year or so ago. It was very nice of them to give it to me (I think they felt sorry for me after they saw how old my camera was). LOL. The problem I have with it is that:

(1) it's so small that my fingers have trouble maneuvering it without dropping it and
(2) it doesn't take very good pictures... or it least I can't get it to work right

The camera I use is in Olympus Camedia C-4000. I really love it, but I need something with more zoom.

I'm anxious to see if anyone has a good suggestion for me.

HELP ME...

PLEASE! PRETTY PLEASE!

Friday Fill-Ins #132

1. The last thing I ate was toast and flax seeds.

2. A pair of New Balance sneakers is something I recently bought.

3. When it rains, it makes me want to take a nap!

4. God was the first person I talked to today. (Needed help getting out of bed!)

5. Hugs are most enjoyable when they come spontaneously from my Gidget.

6. I'm all for extra comfort.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to spending time with my family, tomorrow my plans include playing with my daughter and Sunday, I want to attend a special Hallmark Ornament Premiere event after church! (I'm a huge Christmas ornament nut!)

A Beautiful, Must-See Reminder

I always enjoy reading my blog friends' entries. There was one that I read today that really touched my heart. PLEASE visit Debra's blog and read it for yourself! It will only take you a minute to read, but you won't soon forget it!

10 Things That Turn You Off About People

10 Things That Turn You Off About People

1. Impatience

2. Rudeness

3. Lying

4. Showing others disrespect

5. "Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me" people... wallowing in misery and enjoying it

6. Negative... chronic pessimists

7. Spoiled

8. Having the attitude that they are owed everything

9. Prideful

10. Prejudiced... no matter what color they are or what financial bracket they are in!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!

May you enjoy professional fireworks and not have to endure not-so-professional (a.k.a. redneck) fireworks... like I do... all night long the night before, the night of, and the next 10 nights following!

But, alas, we do live in America where people have the right to be idiots. LOL!

Friday Fill-Ins #131

1. When I heard "You have MS" I didn't let it sink in for quite a while.

2. Other than laughter, I'm always allergic to the best medicine.

3. It's late, but it's the only time my husband and I can have a private conversation!

4. My husband makes me smile - always.

5. My eyes have seen way too many bad things happened to good people.

6. If you're going to believe in something, believe in it strongly.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to my sweetie coming home, tomorrow my plans include enjoying my husband being home on a Saturday (which almost never happens) and Sunday, I want to see my nephew whom I haven't seen since Christmas!