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My little Haley and my Mom, "Gigi", make me some cupcakes. They came out soooooo good. So cute. They were delicious too!

I'm officially 27. Good news is I don't feel any older...ha ha ha. Great stuff this weekend. My hubby is taking me accessory shopping against his better judgement, but that's what you get when you can't figure out what to get me. I mean really, it's not that hard. LOL. Oh well, a nice afternoon of shopping never made me unhappy. Then off to the Redneck Party at Lisa & Helder's house. That always produces great photos! Have a happy, fun, and very safe long holiday weekend everyone!!!!!!!!!

And Thank you to everyone for my Birthday wishes!!!!! I appreciate it more than you could know.........

"Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age.Sometimes age just shows up all by itself."

Tom Wilson

Fly by Night

Picture this...my backyard this afternoon. Me, Andrew, and Ashley out in the backyard. Here comes Santana (a kitty that lives in our basement...explain later) with a bird in his mouth. So there goes Andy chasing Santana in to the back yard....he comes in...I go chasing...the dogs go chasing....Santana stops and huddles over his little prize. I get just close enough and off he goes over the fence....with the bird. So Andy sneaks up and catches him off guard by throwing a rock....he runs to the bird (I run into the house to get gloves!!). The bird flies up into the tree...safe at last.

Nope, the dumb ass flew back down to the ground and got snatched back up about 20 seconds later by quite the little hunter kitty (Santana) and then off to the other side of the street he went. About 20 minutes later back he comes bird still in mouth minus a few feathers. Andrew corners him and he drops the poor lil thing. Santana takes off. We finally have the bird....but where did he go?

We found the hiding space a few minutes later and the little birdie is taking refuge in the shed. That was our excitement from the night and it had a happy ending.....

One Full Plate

That is what I have ahead of me. Four courses filled with reading and writing and a little more writing. I may be headed to the nearest bridge before we know it, but at least I will be more educated when I get there....ha ha ha. Wow, how long things seem when you look at them from the beginning. You know that road trip that you thought was going to be so great, but then half way to your destination you wish you were high in the sky eating mega salty peanuts and freezing from your neighbors AC vent. Well here starts my cross country road trip and my plane left 9 years ago. I'm excited though. For the first time I actually want to learn. Now there is a concept. Wanting to learn. I wish there was a way to explain to kids how much easier it would be to do the right thing the first time around. Unfortunately, they don't get it (some do and those people are already making the big bucks), but I suppose it's more valuable as a hard lesson and maybe my girls will watch how hard it is and do it right the first time. Here's hoping, but come next Wednesday I think my only hope will be making it through first semester and what my grades look like......

“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”
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Don Williams Jr.

No Calculator for Me

Just a piece of paper and a pencil that was half sharp. The instructor was nice enough to be a half hour late, but I did manage to get somewhat through and certainly landed in a place I can handle. Glad to know I haven't lost brain function. Then the Financial Aid people were pleasant and just looked at me with blank stares through all of my questions. Still much paperwork and figuring out to do, but I think tomorrow a few things will come together. Registration, insurance, my head...maybe....etc. I am crossing tons of things off my infamous To Do list, but then I add like 50 more. So goes life and staying with Buddha..."Such is the way things are." And such is the way I have made them for myself.

So how's that go...."Today is the first day of the rest of your life." Well here goes.......

Today's Life Lesson.....

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
Buddha

Could there possibly be any more paperwork?

And could I have possibly waited till any later to upheave the whole thing and start over? Oh my. So I have to take a Math test in the morning. I could kick myself square in the ass for at least not having completed Freshman Math. So I deserve this. I thought maybe all those times we thought teachers were lying to us telling us that we really will use this stuff in real life, that maybe it was possible we were all wrong and it would have come in handy in some random way. I will say that working in sales and many hours shopping help with the decimal point and percentage stuff. I am pretty capable of handling the adding and subtracting portion too, however, then there came the fractions. What the hell are they? I will tell you. They were put in this world just to confuse me. I mean really, I like to think that I am a halfway intelligent person. I just don't get it. Then again, I don't understand any of the Matrix movies either, so maybe we shouldn't go on my assumptions. I have officially stuffed my brain with as much info as possible the night before the test. I haven't worked out in a couple days and I think I may need to have a good one before heading off tomorrow. I think I am just so afraid they are going to retract it all and send me down the chute and back to 3rd grade. Please say I can use my calculator!!!!!!!

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