Today is a day I enjoy only because I'm silly. I don't know if it's because I like my birthday so much and that it is on a super cool day with the same number for the month and day, but I've for some reason always enjoyed my "half-a-birthday" too. That would be today!!!
From now on, another thing this will always be...is the "half-a-versary" for my best friend and her husband. Now this was originally the anniversary of their first date, so these dates hold a lot of important meanings for different people.
Yay for sillyness and half-a-birthday's.
Love ya!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Tis the Season
This morning I played bells at church, and got to take part in one of my all-time favorite things to do at Christmas time...and that is singing Christmas Carols. This morning we got to sing Joy to the World, Oh come all ye Faithful and Away in a Manger. Now the kicker for me is that I prefer all of these Christmas Carols at church singing to my little heart's content. Now one of the odd things, is that you will not see me playing Christmas music on the radio in the car or in my home. I much prefer singing it the way I'm use to with the piano or organ at church, and not the way some artist has decided to sing it. Which is their right, and that doesn't make it a bad song, they are great singers and songs. I just don't enjoy singing to them like I do at church. You might say...well let them sing it, you don't need to. But a flaw I have is that I sing with all songs I know, whether that is country, rap, pop, or church hymns. Thus singing along is the way I listen to music. Weirdo...yes, I accept, but I'm ok with that. I love singing.
This does, however, create a problem when the only places I can hear my songs are at Church and that is only once a week during the 4-5 weeks leading up to Christmas. Sad, so I make the best of it when I can! Yay Christmas!
I hope you enjoy your Christmas songs, wherever you may listen to them.
Much love!
This does, however, create a problem when the only places I can hear my songs are at Church and that is only once a week during the 4-5 weeks leading up to Christmas. Sad, so I make the best of it when I can! Yay Christmas!
I hope you enjoy your Christmas songs, wherever you may listen to them.
Much love!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
To Husker or not to Husker...is it even a question?
Tonight is the Big 12 Championship, which pits my two allegiances against each other. My home team, the Huskers vs. the team from my Undergraduate Degree, the Sooners. People always ask me who I'll cheer for when these two teams are playing each other, and the question is not one I ever have to think about...I will always cheer for the Huskers!
I challenge someone who grows up being loyal to one team, to automatically change it up when you go to college at another school....it's not just that easy. Being a Husker fan is ingrained in you from the get-go and is the only team in the whole of Nebraska for any college/pro team. Thus a Husker fan I will always be. Don't get me wrong I LOVE my Alma Mater, I am so proud to be a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, but this has nothing to do with football, absolutely nothing.
Who will win out tonight? I don't know, they are both great teams! However, I know who I'll be cheering for!
Go Huskers!!!
Love!
I challenge someone who grows up being loyal to one team, to automatically change it up when you go to college at another school....it's not just that easy. Being a Husker fan is ingrained in you from the get-go and is the only team in the whole of Nebraska for any college/pro team. Thus a Husker fan I will always be. Don't get me wrong I LOVE my Alma Mater, I am so proud to be a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, but this has nothing to do with football, absolutely nothing.
Who will win out tonight? I don't know, they are both great teams! However, I know who I'll be cheering for!
Go Huskers!!!
Love!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Spring day in December...?
Today it got to 62 degrees in Wichita, which is only 5 degrees from the record high. Yay! I took this opportunity to do some outside work, well after I slept. I tried to mow up a good bit of the enormous amount of leaves covering my back yard, then I cleaned out the flower pots and moved them to below the deck for winter storage. All in about 1 hour and 15 minutes in a race to beat the sun going down. It was nice to get this work done before it gets cold tonight and stays cold! Yuck!
Christmas decorations will come out soon...but I would like to have a day off to complete these tasks.
Christmas decorations will come out soon...but I would like to have a day off to complete these tasks.
An ode to spring....
Love!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
My rant for the day.
Today I figured I'd go on my rant.
Yesterday Obama came out with a proposal to put a pay freeze on Federal Employees for the next 2 years. Now before you jump to assumptions, my rant is not that Obama has done this, or proposed it. Heck, not that I necessarily agree with it, but it is not surprising to me in the least. Especially in the situation with the "your awful"/ "Obama" is the new 4 letter word, world we unfortunately live in with the nasty comments from the public Republicans (those on tv/radio, not the everyday person) who spew lies constantly. Anywho, that's a rant for another time, this rant actually has only a little to do with that.
Point....As a Federal Employee, I don't really think we (all Federal Employees) have much of a leg to stand on when complaining about a pay freeze. My reasons:
1. I know that we are well taken care of in our jobs. The economy is not good, not that it isn't getting better, but it's still not good. We are not the first to have a pay freeze. We should Thank God and our country for our jobs, and that they are fairly secure. We have good benefits. We have all of this in a country where so many people are unemployed, have lost jobs, or have had pay freezes for the last 2-3 years. State employees have had pay freezes for the last 2 years in many states. Heck, Social Security hasn't had a cost of living increase this last year and won't for 2011 either. Again, we should be thankful we have a job and get paid. It is not a right to get a cost of living increase, it is a privilege. Yes, it is a necessity ultimately, but a freeze for a couple of years, will not break us.
2. I haven't heard it yet, but I tell you if I do...I will not be a happy person. I do hear grumblings about this pay increase, but if I hear them from those who have touted that the Government needs to cut spending then I will blow a gasket. WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT, you cannot have your cake and eat it too. If you want the government to cut spending, because of the flawed logic that that is the "only" fix (I personally believe it needs to be a mix of cutting spending and increasing income, like any other budget balancing), then you need to realize that one of the ways to cut spending is to cut personal and salaries...one of the biggest expenses of any business. You cannot be upset....I don't want to listen to it. Again I haven't heard this specifically, but I'm just saying, I don't want to.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love a pay raise/cost of living increase, and if I don't get one for 4-5 years, then there will be a problem, because inflation will just surpass us, but I don't feel I can complain when there are people without homes/food etc. I am fortunate and so thankful for my life and really want others who are not in a financial mess to stop and take a min to step back and look at things from outside their life and realize how good their life is and be Thankful.
Do I actually think this will help the federal budget?
Maybe that will be a topic for another day. Please be Thankful!
Love all!
Yesterday Obama came out with a proposal to put a pay freeze on Federal Employees for the next 2 years. Now before you jump to assumptions, my rant is not that Obama has done this, or proposed it. Heck, not that I necessarily agree with it, but it is not surprising to me in the least. Especially in the situation with the "your awful"/ "Obama" is the new 4 letter word, world we unfortunately live in with the nasty comments from the public Republicans (those on tv/radio, not the everyday person) who spew lies constantly. Anywho, that's a rant for another time, this rant actually has only a little to do with that.
Point....As a Federal Employee, I don't really think we (all Federal Employees) have much of a leg to stand on when complaining about a pay freeze. My reasons:
1. I know that we are well taken care of in our jobs. The economy is not good, not that it isn't getting better, but it's still not good. We are not the first to have a pay freeze. We should Thank God and our country for our jobs, and that they are fairly secure. We have good benefits. We have all of this in a country where so many people are unemployed, have lost jobs, or have had pay freezes for the last 2-3 years. State employees have had pay freezes for the last 2 years in many states. Heck, Social Security hasn't had a cost of living increase this last year and won't for 2011 either. Again, we should be thankful we have a job and get paid. It is not a right to get a cost of living increase, it is a privilege. Yes, it is a necessity ultimately, but a freeze for a couple of years, will not break us.
2. I haven't heard it yet, but I tell you if I do...I will not be a happy person. I do hear grumblings about this pay increase, but if I hear them from those who have touted that the Government needs to cut spending then I will blow a gasket. WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT, you cannot have your cake and eat it too. If you want the government to cut spending, because of the flawed logic that that is the "only" fix (I personally believe it needs to be a mix of cutting spending and increasing income, like any other budget balancing), then you need to realize that one of the ways to cut spending is to cut personal and salaries...one of the biggest expenses of any business. You cannot be upset....I don't want to listen to it. Again I haven't heard this specifically, but I'm just saying, I don't want to.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love a pay raise/cost of living increase, and if I don't get one for 4-5 years, then there will be a problem, because inflation will just surpass us, but I don't feel I can complain when there are people without homes/food etc. I am fortunate and so thankful for my life and really want others who are not in a financial mess to stop and take a min to step back and look at things from outside their life and realize how good their life is and be Thankful.
Do I actually think this will help the federal budget?
Maybe that will be a topic for another day. Please be Thankful!
Love all!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Thanksgiving and the weekend
I trust everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My Thanksgiving day started at 9pm Wednesday night, thank you midnight shifts. It was all good, I at least I got to be home for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful, and I looked forward to it for so long!!!! I got to have homemade dinner rolls, Turkey, Pineapple casserole, fruit salad...etc. It was all so wonderful!!
After a long day, I passed out around 10pm and slept for 12 hours. Friday my mom and I did a little black Friday shopping, but we aren't hardcore, we started at 11:30am. We got some Christmas gifts and were on our way. We also got the Christmas Tree up Friday night and started sewing on my new Christmas tree skirt. Good times.
It was a very productive weekend, but tiring. I need some time to relax, and I won't really get that until the end of the week. Super tired.
Much love...December will be here soon.
Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful, and I looked forward to it for so long!!!! I got to have homemade dinner rolls, Turkey, Pineapple casserole, fruit salad...etc. It was all so wonderful!!
After a long day, I passed out around 10pm and slept for 12 hours. Friday my mom and I did a little black Friday shopping, but we aren't hardcore, we started at 11:30am. We got some Christmas gifts and were on our way. We also got the Christmas Tree up Friday night and started sewing on my new Christmas tree skirt. Good times.
It was a very productive weekend, but tiring. I need some time to relax, and I won't really get that until the end of the week. Super tired.
Much love...December will be here soon.