Five Days

FIVE DAYS LEFT!!!

I bet you are going to get tired of this count down, but it makes me smile every morning, which is sometimes hard to do.

Arrangements are being made for Kelly to "house sit" while we are gone. All she really needs to do is get our mail, but this way she can have a place to herself for a while.

We will take a disturbing number of pictures, so be prepared.

Creepy...

I have these ads on my blog (and if you click on them, I get money!...so...you know...click them please). They form connections to something they find in my blog entries. I recently wrote about my experience with puppets at work, so I have seen several puppet related links. This morning, the link at the bottom of the page (when I checked) just said MARIONETTES.

Not acceptable.

I can handle puppets, generally, but marionettes freak me the fruit OUT! They are unnatural and created by Satan and his evil gypsy women. Have you ever seen "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"; it was on Nickalodeon (sp?) when I was a kid. There was a cree-ee-eepy episode where this evil gypsy woman would con kids into her evil gypsy cart and turn them into tiny, wooden puppets, whose faces were stuck in a perpetual scream of horror.

Again, not acceptable.

(Shiver)

That Sound

Did you hear that sound? That great, loud, cracking sound?

That was my heart.

In light of the Hurricane watch over the Texas coast I decided to double check the 6-10 day forecast for Orlando, which just two days ago was bright and sunny. Now look at it.
http://www.weather.com/weather/extended/USFL0372?par=yahoo&site=www.yahoo.com&promo=extendedforecast&cm_ven=Yahoo&cm_cat=www.yahoo.com&cm_pla=forecastpage&cm_ite=CityPage

If it is rainy and stormy the whole time I will... over react in a very dramatic way. Honestly, it will be ugly.

Six Days

SIX DAYS!!
LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT!!

In one weeks time Brad and I will be on a bus to the Animal Kingdom; that's right, at 8 in the freakin' morning! Even if I wanted to sleep late, it's Disney World - who can sleep?

Wish me luck thinking about ANYTHING else this week (like my job)...

Seven Days

SEVEN DAYS!!!
ONE WEEK!!!

I am so excited; I am already packing some things. I can't wait to show Bradley the magic of WDW.

WOOHOO!!

Reckless Honesty

I found an article that spells out my feelings on what I call 'unnecessary honesty'. PLEASE do not misunderstand me. Obviously honesty is important and necessary (and the best policy), but there is a line between things that should and should not be said, especially in relationships. The article described the most common mistakes in dating and marriage; as number 5, he listed "reckless honesty".

"Honesty's a great thing in general, but it's really overrated at certain times. Cases in point: You don't actually want to hear that your dress makes you look heavy, and he could live without knowing that your number of ex-lovers is in the double digits. "Couples make the mistake of thinking that they have to learn everything about each other and share all their thoughts and have no secrets, but that's simply not true,"says Stephens. "I call it reckless honesty when you're revealing stuff that doesn't have a constructive purpose and will do more harm than good." And believe it or not, that includes your frustrations with each other. "Not all annoyances need to be addressed and dissected," says Goldsmith. "Sometimes, bringing up a small temporary pet peeve will only serve to insult and offend your partner; it's often best to try to deal." So you hate his new sweater - whatever. He'll get sick of it eventually. Really, just think about the greater good: a happy union where you get each other but not every teeny thing about each other."

I have never been able to explain it very eloquently, but I feel the same way. I'm not saying that you should keep secrets from those you love, I'm just suggesting that not every fact is worth mentioning and that some are insignificant enough to leave out.

Can't we all think of a time that someone told us something and we thought, "Really? Did you need to say that to me?!"

Good Day so far

We have been very stressed over money lately, and today we put a small one in the win column. At least for a while we can breath a little easier. Thank you, God.