A moment to pause and think

My heart is so full of gratitude to our soldiers today. With it being Memorial Day, I always take a moment and pause and think of the soldiers that have fought for my freedom. There's a song that I love to listen to by Billy Ray Cyrus from long ago called "Some Gave All." I don't know if you have ever heard it but it's something that will make you stop and think about all the loved ones that have been lost in conflicts. There are so many songs out there that are dedicated to our soldiers and our country. But "Some Gave All" is the one that always stands out to me. Here's the lyrics to this song that just says exactly how I feel today:

I knew a man called him Sandy Kane
Few folks even knew his name
But a hero was he
Left a boy, came back a man
Still many just don't understand
About the reasons we are free

I can't forget the look in his eyes
Or the tears he cries
As he said these words to me

All gave some and some gave all
And some stood through for the red, white and blue
And some had to fall
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all

Now Sandy Kane is no longer here
But his words are oh so clear
As they echo through out our land
For all his friends who gave us all
Who stood the ground and took the fall
To help their fellow man

Love your country and live with pride
And don't forget those who died
America can't you see

All gave some and some gave all
And some stood through for the red, white and blue
And some had to fall
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all

And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall, yes recall
Some gave all

Some gave all

I am absolutly honored to be married to someone who has served our country and has faced things that I will never even imagine. Some say that those who serve never quit serving. I agree. Not only because my loving husband suffers from Bipolar Disorder because of what he saw while in Desert Storm, but because he has to live with the memories of what he saw. I am really grateful for all that the soldiers have done for my freedom and their help to maintain it.

I follow this blog of a lady whom I consider a friend. I have never met her nor actually spoken to her but she seems to be this amazing person who has such an amazing family. Her husband is in the military and is coming home from his sixth deployment in a couple of weeks. Today she posted a beautiful blog post that I would love to share. The pics are just beautiful and the sentiment is just fantastic. So I will end with a link to send you to her blog. Check it out...it really will make you grateful for the soldiers...and it brought a tear to my eye! All you have to do is click here!

Hope you all had a great Memorial Day! I did!

It's been a while!

Wow!!! I can't believe it's been almost an entire month since I last blogged...Life has just been totally chaotic! And I'm loving every minute of it! We finally moved to our own place. We are in heaven...now if only we can just get everything organized and unpacked...we would be in a fabulous spot! We love our apartment. It's so fabulous and just perfect for us. The girls can be out more and the cats have more room to play...especially when the dogs are in their kennel for the night! We have our own kitchen!!! We don't have to eat out as much...that's soo nice! It's just a cute little place on the Hill in St. Louis! It's so nice and peaceful...you wouldn't even know we were in the City. That's how fabulous it is! So close to awesome restaurants and neat stores. We went to Vivano's today to get some spices that we didn't have anymore. It's such a neat lil Italian market. We picked up some noodles and our spices and went on home! We stopped at Volpi too to pick up some Salsiccia links to have for memorial day. It was so funny today. We were parking the car to go to Volpi and there was these random things attached to someone's fence...I said to tony "is this a shop or a garage sale?" It was a garage sale!!! It was so funny!! I wish i thought to take a picture! Totally awesome!! Oh, that reminds me...when we were going through some boxes we moved from OK we found the camera. I'm almost sure if it had been packed in our stuff that was at our friend's apartment, it would have been gone. Such a shame...to think we trusted him...but I digress! So excited to finally have a camera..now if only we can find the memory cards, we will be in great shape!

What else is going on?? Oh yeah...I have been able to get in on some overtime this month...thank goodness, we really need it!!! It's going to be interesting to see if we can really survive out here on our own. We have been sheltered so much living with our parents that it's kinda scary to be on our own. We need so many things to make this place livable and we need to fix some of the things that are in the place...our ceiling fan went out today...that doesn't make me happy!

It's nice being able to reconnect with Tony as a couple on our own...not as a couple in our parents basement! We can make our own decisions and suffer the consequences ourselves without having anyone say "See...i told you so!" We get to say that to ourselves...LOL!

So I am reading this new book series and I actually kind of like them. I have a hard time finding books that interest me that I haven't already read. But these are pretty good. I still think I like the Twilight series better, but what can you say...it seems like once your read one vampire series, you've read them all! But this one is interesting..It's called Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead! It's a series of 5 different books. I'm on book number 3 at the moment and just started them on Monday! They are actually not to bad. I recommend them for some light reading if you can't find anything else to read!

The first book is called "Vampire Academy":

The second book is called "Frostbite":

The third one is called "Shadow Kissed":

When I get to the other books, I'll post their pics! These aren't bad...you should give them a shot if you like vampire books. Again, I really am a Twilight fan and like those better but these are not to shabby!!

I guess that's all for now...not much else going on. More to come i'm sure! Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

What a dramatic week!

Sometimes it seems like life is just so darn hard and difficult. It can get crazy and chaotic and sometimes just seems like too much. This was one of those weeks. Everything that could go wrong did and everything that needed to go right didn't. Ugh...but next week is a new week and hopefully things will be better. They almost have to get better because I don't think that it can get much worse!

So what's been going on?? Let's see...my checking account got screwed up again...not my fault! We are working with the loan company that we have our car note through...they took out the automatic payment when we told them not to...uumm...what else has happened...oh, remember in my last post HR called me to fill out an application. Well I did that and never heard back until the other day when I checked my e-mail and got my rejection letter...You know, I wouldn't have even filled out the application unless they told me to. So frustrating because I really want a change in job positions. I almost lost my wedding ring...it's loose and it fell off my finger. I was heartbroken and devastated but I did finally find it and it's back on my finger where it belongs. I'm trying to remember all that happened this week but it's not coming back to me.

I did have an opportunity for some overtime at work this week. That makes me happy. I really needed the money so I was glad to pick up some OT....but working 7 nights straight is not easy at all! I am so freakin tired! But I will make it through! I'm sure of it! I'm on night 6 tonight...one more day and I get a day off!!! I can't wait! Anyway, we shall see what the next week brings...yikes!

Another blog entry

So I don't usually get to blog two days in a row...especially when I have to work but my parents have saved the day! They have the internet now!!! That could be either bad or good...we shall see!

So today has been a pretty awesome day. My husband and I went to breakfast this morning at Uncle Bill's pancake house and was treated like crap...but whatever. Our waitress was horrible....she was hardly ever there. I didn't get a refill and i asked for the non-smoking section and got stuck right next to the smokers...made no sense to me either! We decided after that that we won't be going back there on the weekends anymore. Fabulous during the week but horrible! on the weekend.

We had a great rest of the morning...checking out some things at Slackers CDs and Games. We then came home and Tony has crashed!! He's so tired...not that I blame him...I am too! But I am off tonight and plan on sleeping all night long and not waking up until I have to! I do think that we are going to go to church this week. I found a skillet at walmart for $6!!! Love it! And my life is pretty boring today. No fabulous drama or anything of entertainment values...but hey, what can I say. It's nice to have a break!

Hope you are having a great day too!