triple3ntx's blog: "the in and outs of my mind"

A woman was leaving a convenience store with her morning coffee when she noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery. A long black hearse was followed by a second long black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one. Behind the second hearse was a solitary woman walking a pit bull on a leash. Behind her, a short distance back, were about 200 women walking single file. The woman was so curious that she respectfully approached the woman walking the dog and said, "I am so sorry for your loss, and I know now is a bad time to disturb you, but I have never seen a funeral like this. Whose funeral is it?" "My husband's." "What happened to him?" The woman replied, "My dog attacked and killed him." She inquired further, "Well, who is in the second hearse?" The woman answered, "My mother-in-law. She was trying to help my husband when the dog turned on her." A poignant and thoughtful moment of silence passed between the two women. "Can I borrow the dog?" "Get in line." A Woman's Prayer: Dear Lord, I pray for: Wisdom, To understand a man. Love, To forgive him and; Patience, For his moods. Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength I'll just beat him to death.

A Woman was out golfing one day when she hit the ball into the woods. She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap. The frog said to her, "If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes." The woman freed the frog, and the frog said, "Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes. Whatever you wish for, your husband will get times ten!" The woman said, "That's okay." For her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world. The frog warned her, "You do realize that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis whom women will flock to". The woman replied, "That's okay, because I will be the most beautiful Woman and he will have eyes only for me." So, KAZAM-she's the most beautiful Woman in the world! For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world. The frog said, "That will make your husband the richest man in the world. And he will be ten times richer than you." The woman said, "That's okay, because what's mine is his and what's his is mine." So, KAZAM-she's the richest woman in the world! The frog then inquired about her third wish, and she answered, "I'd like a mild heart attack." Moral of the story: Women are clever. Don't mess with them. Attention female readers: This is the end of the joke for you. Stop here and continue feeling good.

In a brief conversation, a man asked a woman he was pursuing the question "What kind of man are you looking for?" She sat quietly for a moment before looking him in the eye and asking, "Do you really want to know?" Reluctantly, he said, "Yes." She began to expound... "As a woman in this day and age, I am in a position to ask a man what he can do for me that I can't do for myself. I pay my own bills. I take care of my household without the help of any man...or woman for that matter. I am in the position to ask, "What can you bring to the table?" The man looked at her. Clearly he thought that she was referring to money. She quickly corrected his thought and stated, "I am not referring to money. "I need something more. I need a man who is striving for perfection in every aspect of life. " He sat back in his chair, folded his arms, and asked her to explain. She said, "I am looking for someone who is striving for perfection mentally because I need conversation and mental stimulation. I don't need a simple-minded man. I am looking for someone who is striving for perfection spiritually because I don't need to be unequally yoked...believers mixed with unbelievers is a recipe for disaster. I need a man who is striving for perfection financially because I don't need a financial burden. I am looking for someone who is sensitive enough to understand what I go through as a woman, but strong enough to keep me grounded. I am looking for someone who I can respect. In order to be submissive, I must respect him. I cannot be submissive to a man who isn't taking care of his business. I have no problem being submissive...he just has to be worthy. God made woman to be a helpmate for man. I can't help a man if he can't help himself. When she finished her spill, she looked at him. He sat there with a puzzled look on his face. He said, "You are asking a lot. She replied, "I'm worth a lot."

TEN FACTS 01. Hometown? i dont care to share that... but i am in the big state of texas :) 02. Natural hair color? golden blond 03. Initials? SJDO 04. Hair style? usually pulled back into a clip or just naturally tossled 5. eye color? blueish greenish hazel 06. Height: Five Nine and a half 07. pet: i don't have any pets, but my kids have 1 dog, 2 cats, 2 donkeys 08. Mood: at the moment... upset 09. Where would you rather be? i love where i live.. 10. Last thing you drank? water TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE: 01. Have you ever been in love? yup 02. Do you believe in love? yes i do 03. Why did your LAST relationship fail? hmmm.. i don't care to share that 04. Have you ever been heartbroken: Yes...so allowing my heart to feel again scares the hell out of me 05. Have you ever broken someone's heart: yes, and i regret that, he was a good man 06. Have you ever fallen for your best friend? nahhh.. 07. Have you ever loved someone but never told them? Yes... 08. Are you afraid of committment? not so much of committment but allowing myself to trust another person with my heart... 10. Have you had more than 5 different serious relationships in your life? no EMOTIONS 01. Are you missing someone right now? Yes 02. Are you happy? i am happy.. life is what you make it and not being happy is sad.. 04. Do you like someone right now? Yep, I would have to say that I do 05. How are you feeling right now? upset at a family member, but it will pass...

SIMPLE WHITE ENVELOPE It's just a small white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so. It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas -- oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it -- the overspending, the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma -- the gifts given in desperation because you couldn't think of anything else. Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties, and so forth. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way. Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended. Shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner-city church. These youngsters, dressed in sneakers so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes. As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler's ears. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford. Well, we ended up walloping them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat, he swaggered around in his tatters with false bravado, a kind of street pride that couldn't acknowledge defeat. Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, "I wish just one of them could have won," he said. "They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them." Mike loved kids -- all kids -- and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball, at LaCrosse. That's when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church. On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding years. For each Christmas, I followed the tradition -- one year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and on and on. The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning, and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents. As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its allure. The story doesn't end there. You see, we lost Mike last year due to cancer. When Christmas rolled around, I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning it was joined by three more. Each of our children, unbeknownst to the others, had placed an envelope on the tree for their dad. The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing around the tree with wide-eyed anticipation watching as their fathers take down the envelope. Mike's spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us. May we all remember Christ, who is the reason for the season, and the true Christmas spirit this year and always. God Bless! -- pass this along to those friends and loved ones who you know are the givers who understand the true meaning of Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Lyrics to Regina Spektor On The Radio This is how it works It feels a little worse Than when we drove our hearse Right through that screaming crowd While laughing up a storm Until we were just bone Until it got so warm That none of us could sleep And all the styrofoam Began to melt away We tried to find some words To aid in the decay But none of them were home Inside their catacomb A million ancient bees Began to sting our knees While we were on our knees Praying that disease Would leave the ones we love And never come again On the radio We heard November Rain That solo's really long But it's a pretty song We listened to it twice 'Cause the DJ was asleep This is how it works You're young until you're not You love until you don't [ these lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ] You try until you can't You laugh until you cry You cry until you laugh And everyone must breathe Until their dying breath No, this is how it works You peer inside yourself You take the things you like And try to love the things you took And then you take that love you made And stick it into some Someone else's heart Pumping someone else's blood And walking arm in arm You hope it don't get harmed But even if it does You'll just do it all again And on the radio You hear November Rain That solo's awful long But it's a good refrain You listen to it twice 'Cause the DJ is asleep On the radio (oh oh oh) On the radio On the radio - uh oh On the radio - uh oh On the radio - uh oh On the radio

Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Choose your words, for they become actions. Understand your actions, for they become habits. Study your habits, for they will become your character. Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny." --Anonymous

never promised you a ray of light I never promised there’d be sunshine every day I gave you everything I have The good, the bad Why do you put me on a pedestal? I’m so up high that I can’t see the ground below So help me down you’ve got it wrong I don’t belong there Chorus: One thing is clear I wear a halo I wear a halo when you look at me But standing from here You wouldn’t say so You wouldn’t say so if you were me And I, I just wanna love you Oh, oh I, I just wanna love you I always said that I would make mistakes I’m only human and that’s my saving grace I’ll fall as hard as I try So don’t be blinded See me as I really am I have flaws and sometimes I even sin So pull me from that pedestal I don’t belong there [Chorus] One thing is clear I wear a halo I wear a halo when you look at me But standing from here You wouldn’t say so You wouldn’t say so if you were me And I, I just wanna love you Oh, oh I, I just wanna love you Like to think that you know me But in your eyes I am something above me << you That's only in your mind Only in your mind I wear a, I wear, I wear a halo [Chorus] One thing is clear I wear a halo I wear a halo when you look at me But standing from here You wouldn’t say so You wouldn’t say so if you were me And I, I just wanna love you Ohhh I, I just wanna love you (I just wanna love you) Heya Hey…Hey Hey Halo Heya Hey…Hey Hey Halo Heya Hey…Hey Hey Halo Heya Hey…Hey Hey Halo Heya Hey…Hey Hey Halo Heya Hey…Hey Hey Halo Heya Hey…Hey Hey Halo (Halo) Heya Hey…Hey Hey Halo (Hey) Heya Hey…Hey Hey Halo (Halo, hey) Heya Hey…Hey Hey Halo (Halo)

it just doesn't matter......

Year-End Review question/answers.. you can either do it or not.... 1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? hmmm, i went on a cruise, and i have already booked another one, i loved it... 2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? nahh i don't make them...!! 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? yes, my cousin had a boy and a few friends had babies too.. thank GOD it wasn't me LOL. 4. Did anyone close to you die? Yes, :( that is part of life though 5. What countries did you visit? mexico 6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? hmmmm, i am not sure, i seem to have everything i "need", i am blessed 7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? there is not just "one day"... seems 2006 was just an average year 8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? wow, i sound boring but when i taught myself to knit. 9. What was your biggest failure? hmmm, i don't think i personally failed at anything this year 10. Did you suffer illness or injury? nahh, colds and i did have walking pne. but didn't know it.. i was to busy to pay attention.. 11. What was the best thing you bought? paid off my house/land , WOOOHOOO 12. Whose behavior merited celebration? my kids. they are growing into some awesome teenagers. :) 13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? my kids grandmother (on their dad's side). omg she is just plain mental and sad. . 14. Where did most of your money go? paying off my house/land and the girls braces, but once they are done with their treatment, they will have the prettest straight teeth :) its so worth it 15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? paying off my house/land, i actually jumped for joy 16. What song will always remind you of 2006? smack that by akon LOL, don't ask 17. Compared to this time last year, are you thinner or fatter? Thinner, which is good 18. What do you wish you'd done more of? worked less and played more 19. What do you wish you'd done less of? spending time with ****, he was so not worth it, a waste of my time, but it taught me a lesson 20. How did you spend Christmas? last year, i spent it with family and friends, just like i do each year :) all good memories 21. Did you fall in love in 2006? nahhh i thought i did but it was just lust 22. How many one-night stands? never had one, and i don't plan to ever have one . i am not that type of person. 23. What was your favorite TV program? Gilmore Girls, Everwood, Real world 24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Nahhh, hate is a wasted emotion, same goes for jealousy 25. What was the best book you read? 5 people you meet in heaven by mitch albom, if you haven't read it, do so, its worth it and its a short book, so its a weekend read 26. What was your greatest musical discovery? i was introduced to ian moore, i enjoy his mellow music 27. What did you want and get? well the only thing in life i want is for my kids to be happy , and i got that, so thank You God for blessing me with 3 happy kids 28. What did you want and not get? a jeep wrangler, but i will Soon :) 29. Compared to this time last year, are you richer or poorer? always richer , as my kids grow older they understand how love can make you rich.. so i am richer :) 30. What was your favorite film of this year? wow, hmmm i really don't watch many movies, but i'd have to say "the notebook", i really enjoyed it 31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? well, my 34th b/day was spent with my kids, my dad, step mom, we went out to eat and enjoyed a great dinner. my dad bought me the mp3 player i wanted and the kids all treated me to brekkie in bed :), it was a nice day/night 32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? My children and my family/friends 33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006? oh, i'd say Comfy/ and mommmishy lol 34. What kept you sane? my children and knowing that they love me 35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? mmmmmmmmmmm dave matthews... mmmmmm 36. What political issue stirred you the most? The war, :( 37. Who did you miss? my momma 38. Who was the best new person you met? sadly i haven't met anyone new this year , i guess that is the downfall of a small town, our population is 2770 lol 39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006: never let a day go by without telling the ppl you love that you love them, there is no promise of tomorrow 40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: Oh, when it comes down in your loving Oh, well then baby its right You say you think you are nothing No one else will do it for you Reach up and grab hold of the sunlight When you are waiting for whats right Youre holding on your heaven Wont leave you, yeah, yeah...