Just Hit "STOP"

It's so funny how I never know what I'm going to share with you until I actually sit down here in my little writer's corner of the living room. Run on sentence, oh my goodness....I gotta watch my dangling participles, slang, and use of "etc.." too, but for now, I will just break all da rules.I is who I is after all.

It's true that I've been struggling a bit this winter with the condition of my thinking. Sometimes I fall victim to the negative thoughts in my head! I actually begin to believe what they say, and let me tell you, they are not nice things at all! Sometimes I can even find evidence that makes them seem somewhat true! I convict myself of those things, feel guilty or bad about them all over again, then I'm back at square one. Well, isn't that a bummer?

Okay, so stinkin' thinkin' has never worked for me before, and it won't be working now either. No matter what the recording in my head begins to say, I will press "STOP" instead of hitting "REWIND"- "STOP"- "PLAY". For you young'ns, those are terms that refer to a dinosauresque creature called a "Cassette player". They were big in the 80's as well as the hair bands. Not the ones you put your hair up with, mind you. Hair bands...you know, grown men with women's hairstyles?? Well, anyway... sometimes I miss seeing the remnants of an old cassette tape strewn across the highway. You just can't do anything crazy with digital stuff, know what I mean?

Okay, so on to more important news:

1. Serena is better! That little trooper can't be kept down for very long. SHe's back at school and she looked so cute today! It's nice to see that bright blue spark back in her eyes!

2. American Idol is bringing our family back to the couch! My girls and I settle in on the couch to watch with a bowl of popcorn and a blanket. We did this all the time when they were 'little', and I love the chance to do it again! And yes, I like the judges in case you were wondering.

3. My back was killing me yesterday for some unknown reason, and I had to do a walk around the outside of the house to check our exhaust vents. I stepped off the cleared trail and sank knee deep in snow. I just laughed out loud, there by myself, as I carried the broom to steady myself. By the time I got back in the house, my back pain was gone! Considering the exertion I put out just to blaze my own trail, I was quite impressed by that. I stopped to write some messages to my family in the snow with the end of the broom handle. I can't wait until they find them!

4. Speaking of snow, yes, we have a lot, so who cares, but I've been telling my girls about the fine art of doing "donuts" or "brodies" in the parking lots. Since my grocery getter is a big ninny, I am forced to just drive erratically down the long driveway, busting through small piles of snow. The fun part was cranking up the crazy rock music while I did it. I learned this from my mother, who would purposely drive over big piles of snow on every corner. With a station wagon, no less!! Rock on, snow killin' mommies!! My kids love every minute of it, by the way.

5. My official blog followers could be in the millions (tee hee), but the count on my page hit double digits!! I'm so excited! I always get so disappointed when someone stops following or follows anonymously so I don't get to see their cute little picture! Anyway, yee haw...I got ten!!

6. It's pizza night, and diet or no diet, I eat pizza!

Some things in life warrant a "STOP"- "REWIND"- "PLAY", like fun times with my family, American Idol, and pizza night. I hope you will remember to hit the right buttons and once in awhile, just take a pencil, rip out that ancient cassette tape, and let 'er fly out the window...while doing "brodies", of course!