Commitment

at 03/04/10 10:19PM
Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions.
And the actions which speak louder than the words.
It is making the time when there is none.
Coming through time after time after time, year after year after year.
Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things.
It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.

--Abraham Lincoln
  • girl_husted
    Yes, the one in Nashville on April 24th. You?
    by girl_husted at 03/07/10 9:04PM
  • girl_husted
    Yay!!
    by girl_husted at 03/10/10 9:37PM

lock down

at 01/26/10 10:05PM
I locked myself out of the house tonight. For the first time. EVER.

There was that moment before leaving where I think "I'm forgetting something..." and brushed it off b/c my water bottle was already in the car.

Then, there was that moment when you pull the door shut behind you and go "MY KEYS!!!!"

And in locking myself out of the house, I was locked out of my car too.

Thankfully, I had a very nice Momma who was only a few minutes away, and she turned around from going to basketball and let me back in.

Not my shining moment in history.
  • dixiechick
    It's all good. There's a first time for everything:) I need to call you.
    by dixiechick at 01/27/10 10:23AM
  • rosesandtherain
    I've done that several times. and usually end up breaking into my house afterwards.
    by rosesandtherain at 01/27/10 2:18PM
  • rosemary
    it happens; that's why you hide a key in an unlikely location :)
    by rosemary at 02/19/10 8:37AM

We all have our flaws...

at 12/17/09 7:53PM
I saw this floating around on a blog earlier today and liked it...

"A perfect wife is one who doesn't expect a perfect husband. " -- Author Unknown

Have a merry Christmas!
  • frogkisser
    I got the package! It was wonderful! Thanks.
    You're the bestest!
    by frogkisser at 12/17/09 8:31PM
  • s_laughter
    Thanks for the wonderful card! Yours is in the mail. Merry Christmas and Happy HOlidays!
    by s_laughter at 12/26/09 8:43PM
  • frogkisser
    I would have loved to swing down to see you, but we were just so hurried. I ran down to BG for a few hours to hang out with Michal, but that was as far as my travelin' went. Hope to see you soon. SOmetime. :)
    by frogkisser at 01/06/10 9:35AM

Pick-me-up

at 11/21/09 12:26PM *
This was passed to me earlier this week and it's been a good passage for me to mull over. See what you think...

From "A Return to Love" by Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you NOT to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.


It's raining cats and dogs (and trees)

at 10/11/09 9:00PM
We've been absolutely saturated with rain in the last few weeks. I'm not complaining, we had two realllly dry years.

Another line of storms came through Friday around 4:00, just before we left work. So we're sitting there, eating birthday cake (happy birthday Kitty!) and hear a huge clap of thunder. But it wasn't thunder.

Half a tree fell on our office, right on top of Kitty's workspace. Then the power went out. It stayed out.

So far, we don't think it did major damage, but we'll see when we get in tomorrow.

Besides that, life's great! Enjoy the taste of autumn!
  • frogkisser
    It's super cold here. For now. A day or two from now it'll probably be warm. Eh.
    by frogkisser at 10/11/09 9:49PM
  • dixiechick
    Oh my word! I'm glad no one was hurt. Nice present for Kitty.
    We're supposed to have rain through at least Wednesday.
    by dixiechick at 10/12/09 7:58AM
  • troutlikethefish
    I think she's half Southern, half Valley Girl. So you need only be half offended :). Besides, the dumb I hear in that is from the Valley side.
    by troutlikethefish at 10/12/09 8:03PM
  • frogkisser
    So...I saw you called this morning. I was working, boo.
    by frogkisser at 10/13/09 4:53PM
  • rosemary
    sorry bout the tree! yeah, an insane amount of friends gettin married this year; i think this year take first place for the most i've attended and been in, in one year! so crazy
    by rosemary at 10/19/09 8:12AM