tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50901660308328379292024-03-14T02:43:39.860-07:00sTay sTandingStayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-69456817354867395042011-04-17T11:15:00.000-07:002011-04-17T11:15:00.514-07:00New ChapterI've been running for so long. Running for survival. There wasn't a moment to stop and think. Only time to run. Now I'm where I want to be, yet my legs are use to running. I've got to slow down and enjoy the moments. There is time to think now. It's safe to make memories. It's safe to be here. I ran to the store to get shoes for my wedding day. I ran through the morning, fixing my hair and running kids here and there. We jumped in the car and hurried to the courthouse. Ceremony, pictures, dinner, home, moving, work, fix the cars, fix the house, keep unpacking.... Life won't slow down, but I want to capture these moments and make them a part of me. I don't need to run any longer. I am here. And it's so nice to be home.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-58802602925362972262011-04-15T11:23:00.000-07:002011-04-15T11:25:24.682-07:00Is this real?As I stand in my kitchen putting my dishes away... The kids running in and out of the house... A good friend here to help out... My husband will be home in a few hours... Is this real? Somebody pinch me!StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-64157762614308449422011-03-27T15:02:00.000-07:002011-03-27T15:18:08.551-07:00Reality of DivorceLife is so good, so much happiness fills our days. But, there are still sad moments... One night Lulu was missing her Dad: "I miss my Dad and all my friends". Me: Honey, I moved a lot when I was a kid. I had to leave my friends and I missed them, but my life was still happy. Lulu: "Did your Dad live with you"? Me: Yes. Lulu: "Then you don't know. Your Dad always lived with you, mine doesn't"! Me: Speechless...just held her while she cried herself to sleep. As much pain as we all went through to end a life we knew, it's hard to realize that this little girl has to deal with that same pain as well. How do such big emotions and feelings fit into such a little girl? The fact is...they don't, and it's heart wrenching to see it spill out. -------------------- Bobo (while driving in the car): "I want to tell you about my Dad. He likes to sing, he is tall, he tells funny stories about monsters. You know my Dad"? Kids are truly amazing, and such a strength to others. I'm learning so much from them.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-47136910987005696222011-03-21T20:32:00.000-07:002011-03-21T20:56:20.072-07:00Insecurity Damage ControlThis is a second part to being in charge of your own happiness...<br /><br />You're mad because you ate a piece of cake,<br />you then express that to your loved one,<br />the next day you go to buy some candy,<br />and your loved one says "I thought you didn't want to eat that way",<br />You think....Ah you think I'm fat!, Don't try to control me! etc., etc.,<br /><br />REALITY:<br /><em>You expressed a goal or concern that you know is making you less than you could be.</em><br /><em>Your loved one wants you to be happy, so they try to encourage and remind you of what you expressed to be important to you. </em><br /><br />Suck it up and don't get mad at your loved one, because you can't follow through on what makes you happy. They don't really care WHAT makes you happy, just as long as you do what makes you happy.<br /><br />Take responsibility for own happiness.<br />Own it, it's your life!<br /><br />P.S. Sometimes words of encouragment could be expressed in a better way. Just simply tell your loved one what is encouraging to you and what isn't. They want it to sound encouraging, help them out.<br /><br />Example:<br />Hey Babe, I know you love me and are trying to be encouraging, but when you say........, sometimes it can sound like.........It would really help if you could just say............<br /><br />I want to be encouraging to you. What helps you that I do, and what isn't helpful?StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-38609799303709588272011-03-20T19:40:00.000-07:002011-03-20T19:40:00.073-07:00Responsible for Your Own HappinessWhen I was alone no one told me...<br /><br />You're so pretty.<br />I think you are so great.<br />I love that dinner you made.<br />You're so good with the kids.<br />Hon, you must be tired, let me help.<br />I like your hair that way.<br /><br />And guess what!? I was still happy, and felt pretty, and confident.<br />(Don't get me wrong, it was still lonely)<br /><br />So....Why when we are in a relationship do we expect the other person to create our happiness?<br /><br />Why do we feel less than perfect when the compliments aren't the right way or not often enough?<br /><br />It's not their job. If we know who we are and love who we are, then when someone acknowledges that, it would be so nice, but not a necessity to our personal happiness and wholeness.<br /><br />Remember that you are still you and they are still them. And you both simply want to be loved, even through dumb decisions, even when we are wrong. We want someone to share our life with, enjoy the journey together.<br /><br />If you lean too much, you could fall down. If you pull too much, they could fall down. But, if you are both standing strong, you can stay standing and hold each other through the tough stuff.<br /><br />That sounds way better than falling down.<br /><br />mwah! I love ya, hon!StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-75309116096477915602011-03-18T19:32:00.000-07:002011-03-18T19:40:31.952-07:00What a Difference 1 Year MakesOne year ago I was...<br /><br />a stay at home mom.<br />going to play groups.<br />couponing.<br />making dinner.<br />spending hours on the phone.<br />crying myself to sleep.<br />hopeless.<br />devastated.<br />ending a life as had know it for 10 years.<br /><br />One year later...<br /><br />I have raised a smart little kindergartner.<br />I have found new love.<br />I have become a full-time corporate manager.<br />I am getting married.<br />I am moving to a new home.<br />I am excited about my future.<br />I feel confident of who I am.<br />I know what I am capable of.<br />I am incharge of my own happiness.<br />Life is better than I ever knew it could be!<br /><br />Life isn't easy by any means, but who's is?!<br />Every type of life comes with it's own tough stuff, I know what my tough stuff is for now, and am overly joyed that I have an incredible man to share my life with.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-307632264487929962010-11-06T13:25:00.000-07:002010-11-06T13:37:09.322-07:00Own itEverything from the bad to the good...OWN IT! <div><br /></div><div>It's what makes up your life. It's what created who you are.</div><div><br /></div><div>Even the stupid, maybe even wrong decisions...if you learned from them, OWN THEM!</div><div>Throw the stuff out the window that could forever bring you guilt and keep the valued lessons that you learned.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is YOUR life. YOU are incharge of your happiness. It's not your Mom's job, it's not your Husband's job, or your Boyfriend's job (in my case), to make you happy! They have their own happiness to worry about. Do what you expect of yourself. When it's a bad day, do what you need to do to make it better, don't rely on flowers or kind deeds from others. You are your own guarantee. </div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow everything could go away and what will you be left with?...YOU. You are not a product of others choices or your environment. You are a product of what you decide you are. Own what you do, own what you say, own what you create, own what you love and dislike, change the things you don't approve of in yourself, add the things you expect of yourself. </div><div><br /></div><div>OWN YOU!</div><div><br /></div><div>YOU ARE GREAT! YOU ARE AMAZING! YOU MAKE ME WANT TO STAND ON MY OWN....AND I LOVE IT.</div><div><br /></div><div>THANK YOU, YOU!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-79542297325858264562010-11-04T00:56:00.000-07:002010-11-04T01:08:44.531-07:00Be Where You AreNow that I feel I have weathered the storm and have "Stayed Standing" now I need to be grounded.<br /><br />I have lived in my head for a year. Now it's time to face my life, own my life, live my new life.<br />All the bad days, all the good days, all the tired, frustrating, happy, thrilling, moments, are now all MINE! <br /><br />I don't want to be the sad story anymore. My life will not be the result of someones wrong choices...my life will be the result of MY choices!<br /><br />When I'm with my kids, I want to be WITH MY KIDS.<br />When I'm at work, I want to be AT WORK.<br />When I'm at Church, I want to be AT CHURCH.<br />When I'm with my friends, I want to be WITH MY FRIENDS.<br /><br />I want to simply BE WHERE I AM.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-62845255789287865842010-10-31T07:05:00.001-07:002010-10-31T07:05:13.222-07:00StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-45670175967842019712010-10-31T06:53:00.001-07:002010-10-31T07:02:54.986-07:00Goodmorning SunshineIn my depth of despair..after being curled up in the corner feeling abandoned by the world. After hours of staring at my scriptures, not knowing what else to do with myself. A long drive home not knowing how I was going to continue my life once I arrived home. I sat in my car looking at the front door, tears streaming down my face...life seemed no where to be found.<br /><br />DING - a text message on my phone<br /><br />Open my phone....<br /><br />"Goodmorning Sunshine"<br /><br />Then a new sweet voice on the phone brought me new hope, and all the strength I needed to get out of the car and begin my life, once again.<br /><br />Thank goodness for Angels and unforseen answers to pleading prayers.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-22979599491642870962010-10-12T01:48:00.000-07:002010-10-12T02:02:16.373-07:00Now...everything is gone.What?! No!? Can't be?!<br /><br />You..you were my anchor.<br />You..you were my peace.<br />You..were my shoulder to cry on.<br />You ..caught my tears, you heard my screams, you listened, you understood.<br />You...the friend I was going to grow old with.<br />You...my beacon of hope.<br />You...my laughter in the middle of a storm.<br />You...my getaway.<br />You...my morning, lunchtime, anytime phone calls.<br /><br />How?! Not this!? Not to me?! Not you! I need you!!!!!<br /><br />Then a phone call....<br /><br />Where is that voice? That calming, caring, loving, peaceful voice? The one that use to say, "Are you okay? Take a deep breath. Let's just think about this...I'm so sorry...everything's going to be okay." You, you are gone too!<br /><br />What is happening to everyone!? Where is everyone going!?<br /><br />It's a good thing I have myself put back together, or I would disappear!<br />But, I'll keep going and just tell myself.."I'm okay, everything's going to be okay."StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-72429928426426559692010-10-08T18:21:00.000-07:002010-10-08T18:33:55.637-07:00Who needs 'em?Church goin'<br />Dinner mak'n'<br />Health Conscious<br />Silly<br />Happy<br />Pretty<br />Hard Work'n'<br />Motherly<br />Service Oriented<br />Kind<br />...<br />BLAH BLAH BLAH...!!!<br /><br />Who needs all that in a girl when they have virtual perfection, a job that gives them gratification, desperate girls to flirt with, pretend worlds online to escape to...what does a plate of cookies and a pretty face count for anymore?<br /><br />Who Knows!? I think the idea of a 'MAN' has been made up.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-75788072412178698552010-10-06T23:40:00.000-07:002010-10-06T23:48:41.074-07:00My AngelI knew I had to move.<br /><br />So here I was, wondering why? What am I suppose to be doing here?<br /><br />Then she moved in and I instantly know what I'm doing here.<br /><br />She needs me just as much as I need her.<br /><br />I can just walk in at anytime. I can open her fridge, I can fix dinner, do house chores, and stay as long as I want. She doesn't have a husband that comes home either.<br /><br />She is what I had been praying for. I knew I needed a strong spiritual influence in my life. She has shown me what Faith is. I thought I had it before, but I don't think I have ever know how to actually use it.<br /><br />She makes me feel needed. I am useful and am making a difference in her life. And in return, she has changed me forever. My Faith has become unwavering. My Spirit is renewed. I have a clear understanding of who I am and where I am going. <br /><br />Even though there are still tough spots ahead and sad days, I do know that this life will be amazing for me and my kids. On the clear headed days where I am filled with the Spirit, it is overwhelming to have the knowledge of great blessings to come.<br /><br />Thank you ANGEL! There is a special place waiting for you in Heaven along side your sweatheart.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-78161002284161967402010-10-05T22:39:00.000-07:002010-10-05T22:48:54.959-07:00I Miss....I miss my friends.<br />I miss my church calling.<br />I miss coaching.<br />I miss my neighbor.<br />I miss my kids' friends.<br />I miss my family.<br />I miss my house.<br />I miss my big bed.<br />I miss my dog.<br />I miss my kitchen.<br />I miss doing preschool.<br />I miss getting up in the morning and going to bed at night.<br />I miss going to the gym.<br />I miss my dishes.<br />I miss making bread.<br />I miss my garden.<br />I miss my front porch.<br />I miss grocery shopping.<br />I miss coupons.<br />I miss my back yard.<br />I miss remodeling.<br />I miss my kitchen appliances.<br />I miss my kids' toys.<br />I miss my food storage.<br />I miss playgroup.<br />I miss the church building.<br />I miss baking treats for parties.<br /><br />It's just too much to miss, it just hurts today.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-659987200695308302010-09-13T19:17:00.000-07:002010-09-13T19:31:33.227-07:00That GUT feelingSomethings just not right?----You ARE right.<br />Maybe I should do...----YES you should.<br /><br /><em>Recent GUT feeling</em>: About a week ago I had a thought to invite a neighbor over for dinner. It's all I could think about all day. Didn't really think about what we would have for dinner, or how we would get everyone around the table just really wanted to have her and her family over for dinner.<br /><br />Since then, we have come to the conclusion that we are each others angels. I am where I am because I needed her and she needed me. I'm so grateful for a Heavenly Father that knows better than me.<br /><br /><em>Gut feeling last year:</em> I rarely watch TV. I caught a glimpse of a Dateline special that would be airing the following Friday. I randomly set it to record. All week I found myself so anxious to watch it. I cut a visit with a friend short to go home and watch it. As I watched, it was interesting but then it hit...a simple sentence from a man that had endured the unimaginable in disappointment..."This is what I will do until I die, if that is what it takes, I will simply keep marching." I think of that quote everyday.<br /><br /><em>Someone elses Gut feeling:</em> I was in horrible despair and a friend knocked on my door. She had never casually dropped by. It was fairly late. And she just felt like she should. I needed her there that instant. So grateful for her listening to that feeling.<br /><br />Listen to your 'GUT' it's actually your spirit telling you where you should be and what you should be doing. I find it funny that we are so amazed when we find out we were right to follow it. I think when we get to Heaven and realize our infinite potential we will laugh at the things we had once been amazed by.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-89769899285776091062010-09-07T23:09:00.000-07:002010-09-07T23:24:52.920-07:00What a THRILL!Before I was married I remember...<br />Every song on the radio made you feel something.<br />Missing him so much it physically hurt.<br />Looking at his picture until I fell asleep.<br />Hearing his voice on the phone made my heart stop.<br />Waiting for his plane to arrive was unbearable.<br />All the thrill, all the heart racing, all the kisses, all the passion, all the long eye contact.<br />The dropping everything just to spend a few moments together.<br /><br />Where does all that go when you get married?<br /><br />I get to have all of that all over again. Can that kind of passion stick? Can you have that while married? If not, I think I'll stay with the heart racing, thrilling, unbearably amazing stuff.<br /><br />Maybe it would get exhausting and that's when people get married, just because they get tired of the thrill, and it would just be nice to simply come home to someone, rather than surreal weekends away.<br /><br />Hmmm. For now, I'll take the thrill. <br />After dull dull horrible, complete thrill is a breath of fresh air!StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-71716728809227022132010-09-02T02:32:00.000-07:002010-09-02T02:41:46.687-07:00MomentsFirst Day of School! My Lulu is finally everything she has been dreaming of. Since I can remember she has been a big girl. She has wanted to go to school, wearing a Hannah Montana backpack and cute hair. And there she went, skipping away, through the doors and gone.<br /><br />Life is moving fast now. There are no moments to stand still, only moments to sit and cuddle, but I feel in a rush to get everything out of the moments I have. I know that the life I have right now is just a first step in a whole new life. I will look back on the short time we lived in my cute basement and remember it being great. I don't want to have any regrets. I want to do everything I can with these moments in my life.<br /><br />I'm sure one day I will be waking up to a husband again, fixing breakfast, doing laundry, making dinner, cleaning, ironing his shirts, etc. For now, there are no fancy dinners to make, no shirts to iron, no need to shave my legs (but, I still do cause that would be gross), and I get to have the closet all to my self! I get to shop whenever I want to without okaying it with someone. It won't be like this forever, and there will be things that I will miss about this life when I'm married again.<br /><br />I will love these moments. I will love them all. They will be gone too soon. I love that I get to cherish my little kiddos extra. They are everything I have.<br /><br />(It's obviously, a good day)StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-74026531408256276032010-08-29T22:20:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:06:07.211-07:00Family VideosI was with my family today. I have an amazing family.<br /><br />Everything a family can be, they are.<br /><br />At first it feels so nice to be around all the love, all the wholeness of all the families.<br /><br />But, after a bit, after watching home movies, watching husbands sit by their wives, or give loving looks across a crowd of people, it starts all the questions of when will I have a whole family again? Having kids get to pick Mom or Dad's lap and then switch when they want. Watching a mom ask her husband to get their daughters shoes while she changes their sons diaper. Stupid things like that, make me miss my simple boring married life.<br /><br />What will my kids' home videos look like? When I put together a missionary farewill video for Doodah, what will flash across the screen? Somehow, what seems like seperate lives to me, will be his one life. He won't get a graduation picture with his Mom and Dad's arms around him. He won't get his wedding picture with his parents holding hands.<br /><br />How did this happen?! My life is now the way I want it, but it's not anything they deserve or will want. They deserve better.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-65741165386417523382010-08-28T18:41:00.000-07:002010-08-28T18:48:34.582-07:00Weird and RandomA few weeks ago I decided to get some nice expensive salon Shampoo.<br /><br />Then I got my hair cut.<br />Then I colored it.<br />I've been out in the sun alot.<br /><br />My hair started being really weird. Felt like it hadn't been washed for a few days.<br />I stripped it with Apple Cider Vinegar, a little better, but just not normal.<br /><br />So, then I did the math and realized that it had to be my 'awesome' new Shampoo.<br />Went to WalMart, got some good 'ol Pantene and Waallah, instantly back to silky smooth hair!<br /><br />What a relief, I thought my hair was ruined!<br /><br />P.S. nice to blog about something 'normal'.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-64387678949203916582010-08-28T09:35:00.000-07:002010-08-28T09:35:00.223-07:00Best for themI read a book about keeping kids out of the middle.<br /><br />It was interesting to learn that one of the most important things is to give the kids closure.<br />To not give then any sense of false hope.<br /><br />That means that having both parents sit down for dinner, or have both parents at the original 'home' would only be confusing and giving them a false sense of hope.<br /><br />What is most important is to give them confidence and security in the new seperate lives that each parent is building.<br /><br />So, don't fall into the trap of 'but it's for the kids' , 'we should do what's best for them'. What is best for them is to know that it's going to be okay having one kind of life with Mom and another kind of life with Dad. What they need is consistent confidence that this new Divorce life is going to be okay.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-9549033604553715202010-08-27T02:25:00.000-07:002010-08-27T02:25:00.528-07:00Wit u MomDoodah melts my heart every morning. <br /><br />I hear my door open, i roll over and we are face to face.<br /><br />"I sleep wit u, mom?"<br /><br />Ya. I pull him up. He puts his little hands on my face and insists on me holding his other hand.<br />He will get tired and wiggle away, but it doesn't take long before those tiny hands are looking for me again. He will play with my hair and tickle my arm.<br /><br />Sometimes it's so much that it brings tears to my eyes. How does this tiny little boy know that I desperately need to know I'm needed? And just a soft touch and sweet smile of love gives me everything I need to build a whole new life.<br /><br />I love you Doodah!StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-56481145165179967312010-08-26T02:18:00.000-07:002010-08-26T02:18:00.347-07:00Hug it OutMy Lulu and I have always had an 'intense' relationship. Since Day 1 she was a Daddy's girl and we instantly had too much in common, head strong and determined, and that has made for some frustrating days.<br /><br />But, recently, when the emotions get a little escalated, and frustration is setting in. I look at her with a smerk on my face and ask her if we're gonna need to 'hug it out'. She stays angry and stomps her feet and yells NO! I grab her and squeeze her tight. She fights it and I say, Oh I guess we're gonna have to hug it out longer than I thought. I don't let go until we're both laughing and she says 'I love you Mom'. <br /><br />So, not only have I illiminated frustrating situations, I get more hugs and more 'I love you's' from my cutest, most determined little girl. I love you Lulu!StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-17768086727110100592010-08-25T02:10:00.000-07:002010-08-25T02:17:53.668-07:00Just goodFor being forced to start my life completely over, I'd say I have a pretty great start.<br /><br />Thanks to all my family and friends, I'm back on my feet.<br /><br />My kids are happier than they've been in a long time. I'm a better mom than I've been in a long time. We all have so much to look forward to. Sports events, Dance classes, New School, new Friends, and coming soon, our new BATHROOM!!! (I'm mostly excited for that).<br /><br />My cute, new, little family, is Happy and Healthy. Can't ask for much more than that! Well, I could, but it's just not gonna happen right now. So, I'll be thrilled with Healthy and Happy.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-50311512316456861642010-08-20T08:23:00.000-07:002010-08-20T08:23:00.365-07:00NeedHave you ever needed something so bad that you physically tremble?<br /><br />I can't say I've ever been addicted to something, but now I understand the meaning of NEED.<br /><br />Once you've made something a part of what defines who you are, and then to shut it off and put it away until....?<br /><br />WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT!!!????<br /><br />I wish I knew, because sometimes it's more than I can take.<br /><br />And it's not FAIR!StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090166030832837929.post-2206692216116532512010-08-18T20:33:00.000-07:002010-08-18T21:47:43.269-07:00End of the Divorce DietI guess when you're not...<br />Stressed to the max everyday.<br />So depressed you want to die.<br />Fasting until you pass out (literally)<br />Working out, because you don't know what else to do.<br />Pass on cake because it will make you more depressed.<br /><br />And instead can overly enjoy spoonfuls of cookie dough that your mom makes.<br />Get 3 cakes for your birthday.<br />And think, I have no dates to go on, mine as well eat cake!<br /><br />Then, one would tend to gain some weight back, dang it!!!,<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I need some 'crazy' back in my life)</span><br /><br />Maybe running around with my kiddos will do the trick...here's to hoping! <span style="font-size:85%;">(or should I say 'hopping' that would burn more calories)</span><br /><br />Anyway, got to go do some jumping jacks or something, ugh.StayStandinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516753311430498074noreply@blogger.com0