Quote of the Day

"Even when love isn't enough...somehow it is."
-- Stephen King

Quote of the Day

"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life, to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain..."
-- George Eliot

Unseasonable Weather

I am torn....do i enjoy this particular beautiful day even though it is so unseasonably warm, or, do I NOT enjoy it because it means that global warming is ruining the winter?

I LOVE warm weather, but not when it's mid-January and it's not SUPPOSED to be that way...

Quote of the Day

"Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
What you've been out there searching for forever,
Is in your hands
When you figure out love is all that matters, after all
It sure makes everything else
Seem so small"

- Carrie Underwood song

Quote of the day

"It is not our exalted feelings; it is our sentiments that build the necessary home"
- Elizabeth Bowen, writer

Playing Time

So this morning before practice, one of the parents of a kid on the freshman team, sent her son into the gym to get his coach to go speak to her.

First mistake....don't get your child involved.

I happened to walk by as she was saying that every child should get a fair advantage to particpate on the team. I often feel torn on this issue, but I also feel that there are times in life when children can not expect to get everything they want. First of all, the team is not very good to begin with, so it can't say much for this kid's talent. They try to be fair and keep a decent amount of kids on the team, but then that means that not all of them get to play all the time.

My issue with parents getting involved is that I feel that kids have lost that "work hard" mentality to earn a spot on a team. They run home, tell their parents they are not playing, and the parents tell the kids that they don't understand. Our football team is a perfect example of this. The reason why they lose every game is all the coaches fault. It has nothing to do with the fact that their kids find excuses not to practice, that they don't always work hard, or even more so, that they just aren't as good as they think they are.

I just feel that so much has changed in the mentality of athletics. Instead of always complaining to the coach, why not teach your child that if you are not getting what you want, then work harder. Show the coaches that you deserve to be playing over someone else. Everyone is so quick to make a phone call to fire a coach, or reprimand them, or complain that their child deserves to be the starter, but shouldn't they instead be teaching their child perserverance, toughness, and a good work ethic?

2007 Question Thingy

Thanks Smelmooo!

1) Where did you begin 2007? At our neighbor/friend's house

2) What was your status by Valentine's Day? I was engaged last Valentine's Day but it has come to mean nada to me because my husband never believed in it...so I got used to it also

3) Were you in school? (anytime this year) I work in a high school but was not taking any classes myself

4) How did you earn your money? By being an Athletic Trainer at a high school, covering different events at different venues, working the big screen at BlueClaw games, and by getting married

5) Did you have to go court? Nope

6) Did you have any encounters with the police? On a daily basis I do at my school, but no personal encounters because I did something wrong (knock on wood)

7) Where did you go on holidays? Went to my brother in laws house (Smelmooo and Tangentwoman), went to church later that night (Christmas Eve), woke up in our own house on Christmas morning, then spent the next day and a half with my family

8) What did you purchase that was over $1,000? Well, we finished paying off bedroom furniture that was over $1000 in 2007 as well as our honeymoon

9) Did you know anybody who got married? First of all, I got married in 2007...yay! but I also attended about 5 friend weddings in 2007

10) Did you know anybody who went famous? Well, kind of...

11) Did you like someone? Well, I really really really to infinity like my husband and then much more, but I also like a lot of people in a different way

l12) Did you move anywhere? No, but maybe in 2008 :)

14) What concerts/shows did you go to? Bruce Sprinsteen, Grease, Mary Poppins.

15) Are you registered to vote? Yes, but still waiting for it to change to the town I currently live in

16) Who did you want to win Big Brother? No clue because I don't even know what show that is

17) Where do you live now? At the shore :)

18) Describe your birthday? I turned 26 and honestly can't even remember what I did this year

19) What's one thing you thought you'd never do but did in 2007? Hmm, well, I had never planned on going on a cruise for my honeymoon, until we rationalized it to do it, but other than that, nothing crazy

20) What has been your favorite moment? Starting the rest of my life with my husband and having all of my friends and family there to be a part of it (and wearing the big white dress)

21) Where did you go on vacation? On a cruise to the Bahamas, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cozumel and Ft. Lauderdale

22) Any new additions to your family? Not yet, we only just made a family

23.) What is your favorite month? July

24) How much have you partied? A decent amoutn, the best one being our reception!

26) Made new friends? Sure

27) What did you do for 4th of July? I think we worked at the BlueClaws that day

28) Favorite Night out? I'd have to say again my reception

.29) Name the instance in which you had most to drink. last night of our honeymoon :)

Quote of the day

"Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill."
-- Maya Angelou

Quote of the Day

"Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done."
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!

I have never been one for New Years resolutions because I don't feel that I stick to them if I specifically pick one out, but I always think of things I would like to improve on....

1. Have more patience
2. Stick with being healthy in my eating habits and keep up my running (even if that means getting up early) as well as set some goals in running by doing a few 5Ks
3. Remember to live each day the best I can
4.Get our wedding album ordered
5. Continue to save to work towards buying a new house

Those are the top 5 that come to my mind first, so I am going to try hard to maintain these the best that I can....

Hope your 2008 is a wonderful year!