Wednesday, December 19, 2007

A great song!

I'm not a big Carrie Underwood fan, but the words to her latest song really hit home for me. I've been doing so much worrying lately and I've got to stop. It's not healthy, and I've learned that so many times, I've worried for nothing because it works out in the end, anyway. *sigh*

****** So Small ******

What you got if you aint got love?
The kind that you just wanna give away
It's okay to open up
Go ahead and let the light shine through
I know it's hard on a rainy day
You wanna shut the world out
And just be left alone
Don't run out on your faith
Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
What you've been out there searching for forever,
Is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters, after all
It sure makes everything else
Seem so small

It's so easy to get lost inside
A problem that seems so big, at the time
It's like a river that's so wide
It swallows you whole
While you're sittin round thinking about what you can't change
And worryin' about all the wrong things
Time's flying by, moving so fast
You better make it count, cause you can't get it back

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
What you've been out there searchin for forever
Is in your hands
Oh, When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
Seem so small

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
What you've been out there searchin for forever
Is in your hands
Oh, When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
Oh it sure makes everything else
Seem so small

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Visiting Santa

Corey (left) & Collin (right)

Every year, around this time, we go to Weissport to see Santa and to let him know just what we'd like to see under our tree on Christmas morning. This is such a bittersweet thing for me. It's amazing how fast life seems to be flying by. I think back to when each of my boys was terrified to sit on this strange man's lap. I got to go through this at three different times in my life, when each of them was small.
Today, Corey and Collin gave no fuss and had no problem telling Santa what they wanted him to bring to them. They still have a bit of shyness to them when they speak, but they didn't need any coaxing to get on his lap. It saddens me that I won't have this for too much longer. They will revert back to the day that they didn't want to get on his lap, just as their big brother Brad did this year, and big brother Trevor did years before. Once you hit "that age", it's not "cool" to sit on his lap. I must admit though, even at my age, I would've like to sit on his lap and tell him my Christmas wishes. lol






Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Music to our ears....

Corey, Collin, and I went to the Middle School to see the Christmas concert. Brad didn't join the band this year, but he did join the chorus. It was so nice and even nicer that Corey and Collin were very well behaved and enjoyed the concert.





Monday, December 10, 2007

I'm tired.....

Yes, it is almost midnight, and I should be in bed. I'm tired, but not "sleepy". I am just tired of whatever it is that's going on in my body. My right side has a weird pain. It's not the kind of pain that strikes when I move a certain way, it's just a dull pain that is always there. I've been taking Ibuprofen like mad and I've tried muscle relaxers, but nothing takes it away. Ugh.

I'm tired, too, of waiting for health insurance. I'm guessing that any day now, we should get the cards in the mail, or at least some sort of documentation so that I can start making my appointments. I was hoping to be "all fixed up" by the holidays, but now I'm beginning to wonder if that will happen? What a great gift that would be!

I don't like to be such a complainer all the time. Complaining doesn't make it go away. That will be at the top of my resolution list this year.....to be more positive and complain less. I'm sure Dennis (and everyone else that knows me) will appreciate that. *Sigh*

Sunday, December 09, 2007

Oh Christmas Tree

We went to pick out our Christmas tree this morning. We had to go early because we didn't know when the freezing rain was to arrive.

Normally, Mem, Jerry, and Toby would go along and get their tree too, but because of the weather it was just Dennis, Corey, Collin, and I that went. It just wasn't the same. Dennis is the most impatient person I've ever known. Always in a hurry. Luckily, it didn't take us too long to find our tree.

One thing that didn't change was that we set out to get a smaller tree this year. Every year we end up cutting most of the tree to get it to fit in the stand, and in the house too. This year, just like any other year, we ended up with a 7 1/2 footer. lol I have to say, though, that this tree does seem a bit thinner than last year's.

Dennis cut the tree down in no time at all. The trunk was rather small and we are thankful since he didn't complain or do any swearing. ;)