Family

Most who read this know that I come from a small family with just my parents and my brother.All my life the friends that I had all came from larger families most with 4 or more kids. I always wanted more sisters to play with and as I look back now I realize that the Lord has really blessed me with alot of sisters who aren't blood but I feel like they are my family. My teenage years I practically lived with Randi and Rachelle and I think back to those being the best times of my life. I, still, to this day feel like they are what I had always wanted in my life. They still share so much with me. I know sometimes I take it for granted and sometimes I am jealous but I know that they will always be there for me. Then as I got older God brought Alison into my life. I always tell her she is my parents favorite daughter, and I am not jealous over that. I am just so grateful for the wonderful friends I have who love me (I think) unconditionally. SO despite the fact my parents stopped after me, which I guess I don't blame them, I still have the best family because I know it was given to me by God. And someday if God ever sees fit for me to get married I will have my big family there and I know they will as happy for me as if I were truly their sister. I thank God for this blessing. I guess as you get older you realize how much having just those few people in your life makes such a difference.I don't mean to be all sentimental I am sure it has to do with the pain in my head from this cold but I also think that Alison coming home for a visit has just made me realize so much. I love my friends and I don't let them know it enough. It feels so right when we are all together and I know that is GOd's handiwork. Be grateful for your friends and family.

Cold in July.

So here it is the middle of July and I have been struck down with a severe cold. I have had a fever for 2 days so much so that when I would move I prayed my head would fall off because it would feel better. I can't believe it. I have prided myself on not have a single cold this winter and here I am laying on the couch bundled up wanting nothing but chicken noodle soup.
As anyone knows the bad part about being home sick is that you have nothing to do but sit at home and watch a Rosanne marathon or think. I did both. I think I saw almost every episode of Rosanne ever made. Some of them were really funny and some well you know. It could have just me being delerious from the fever. So when I wasn't watching Rosanne I was thinking. There is so much to think about when your feverish and nothing to do like how come some people have great hair? Who decided to try snails? and I wonder if this is how Stephen King gets all of his weird ideas because there are some weird things that come through your head when you are sick. I also wondered how come men are so hard to figure out. I have always heard that men can't figure women out, whereas I think we are easy to understand. We are clear about how we feel and nothing is ever that confusing because we put it right out there. Men however use codes and mixed signals and I just don't get it. I am a 38 year old single woman and I keep thinking things will get easier. Oh well if anyone has any ideas PLEASE let me know. I hope summer gets better with no more colds.

Getting on the bandwagon.

So my friend Randi emailed me that she was getting all hip and starting a new blog for her family and stuff so I didn't want Randi to be too ahead of me so I thought I would try it out. I am not one to keep up with things like this but it might be fun. I am not one to read others blogs but now I might try. So if you might be reading this and thinking of starting to blog too I think you should. We have all a horrible time writing letters and emails so this may be the newest latest way to keep up with each other. I look forward to seeing which of my friends end up doing this and I can't wait to learn what others have to say. I might not just post what is going on with my family and church but I may even get political or emotional on you so stay tuned.