Thought for The Day - July 15, 2008

Enjoy the trip called the journey of life…..the destination is final.

Tomorrow my youngest son will be 31 years old.  I was wondering today where it had all gone.  My life is like most, with its ups and downs.  There are some things that, if I could, I would have done differently.  If I had I then I would not be the person I have become today.  I’m not unhappy how my life turned out.  My only real regrets are those things that have harmed others, specifically my family.

Mom

I went to Lubbock this weekend to visit my Mom.  It was, as usual, incredibly depressing.  She has reached the stage in her dementia where she doesn’t remember to swallow food.  Everything must be in puree form and followed by something to drink.  Liquids she swallows.  She has lost more weight this month.  Her nurses aid says she has deteriorated a lot this past month.  It is hard for me to accept that she has no idea who I am.  I combed her hair, gave her a manicure and put lotion on her dried up skin.  I fed her dinner on Sunday night and slurpee on Monday.  I made her an appointment for a hair cut and perm for today.  She does not seem at all unhappy.  I guess that is the most I can hope for, that somewhere in her mind, she is in a happy place.

This roof is probably in Kasas (or more springtime in Texas)

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/600403.html

For the last 3 weeks in a row we’ve had nasty weather, last night was no exception. It was raining so hard last night I couldn’t leave at my normal time (10PM). I was down in my office when the fire alarm went off, no one in the house knew how to turn the damn thing off except me. I sent staff in search of the fire. There wasn’t a fire, but there was a leak in the roof upstairs and the water was pouring out of a light fixture - now THAT is scary. An hour later I was home, safe and sound…..until next week.

More spring time in Texas

At 3:30 am Thursday I was awakened by my son. He told me I needed to move away from the sliding glass door in my room. The wind was screaming and tornado sirens barely audible in the night. We moved into the hallway, that being the safest place in the apartment. Fifteen minutes later the storm was over. In its wake uprooted trees, homes without roofs, sign posts laying in parking lots and total loss of power for over 115,000 people.

I opened up the sliding glass door and closed the screen. It made for wonderful sleeping. The next morning the predominate sounds were sirens and chainsaws. Adam and I rode around looking at the damage in route to find my first cup of coffee. We were very lucky that home and vehicles had no damage. Many in our area were not so lucky. Especially people who now had trees for their new hood ornaments for their cars and skylights in roofs were from roof being located in the back yard.

We got our electricity back last night, cable/internet/television/telephone this afternoon.

Gotta love Texas

Religious truths

During these serious times, people of all faiths should remember these religious truths:

1. Muslims do not recognize Jews as God’s chosen people.
2. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
3. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian World.
4. Baptists do not recognize each other at Hooters.

Thought for the day - Saturday

“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”

Shamelessly stolen from the Bastard - my eldest.

Thoughts on aging

• You talk about “good grass” and you’re referring to someone’s lawn.
• Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.
• Your back goes out more than you do.

Dammit my back has so many cramps in the muscles, it resembles a weight lifters.

I’m gonna go get my hair done.  At least I’m not one of those little blue hair ladies with no lips!

A Bad Day at Hallmark

I must admit, you brought Religion into my life.

I never believed in Hell until I met you. 

Some good things about getting older Mar. 29th

• In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
• It’s harder and harder for sexual harassment charges to stick.
• Kidnappers are not very interested in you.

Happy Second Birthday to my Blog

It’s been two years and four days since I started this blog.  The fact is, I’ve gotten lazy.  Only the last week I’ve written every day, before that it was months at a time that I wouldn’t even check the page.  Thanks to those of you who have hung in there with me.