ABC's of ME

A - Age: 41
B - Bed size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: Unloading the dishwasher
D - Dog's name: ...none...
E - Essential start your day item: Alarm clock.
F - Favorite color: Pink or Red
G - Gold or Silver: either
H - Height: Short! 5'4"
I - Instrument you play: The radio
J - Job title: Mom/Member Services Coordinator (Loan Doc typer)
K - Kid(s): Tyler, Ryan and now Dalton, Trenton, and Duston
L - Living arrangements: in a house with my husband and boys...
M - Mom's name: Mary Lyn
N - Nicknames: Mom. Kel, Kelz.
O - Overnight hospital: Just when I had the boys. (knock on wood)
P - Pet peeve(s): People who butt into everyone elses business, people who are late to work, people who talk bad about other people...just to name a few.
Q - Quote from a movie: Unlike some people, I do not remember quotes from movies.
R- Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Brother - Jeff
T - Time you wake: Monday-Friday I am up at 6:20,  Saturday & Sunday it's depends on if we have someplace to be - but usually I'm up between 7 and 8.
U - Underwear: An essential part of my wardrobe!
V - Vegetable you dislike: radishes, brussel sprouts, canned corn
W - Workout style: Running my kids from one place to another.  :)
X-rays you've had: Teeth, Knee, MRI on knee, shoulder and achilles tendon.
Y - Yesterday's best moments: Watching Ryan play basketball! 
Z- Zoo favorite: Polar bears.

If I can't love you in real life - I'll love you in my dreams.

why?

Obviously I already have a great blog about my boys - but I felt that there was something deeper inside of me that I needed to express. This is where I will share my thoughts, my dreams, and everything that makes me, me. ...you don't have to read it if you don't want to...I won't be offended. I just needed a place...in this crazy, busy life...for me.

"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." Carl W. Buechner

"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." Christopher Robin to Pooh

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss

"If people are truly, madly, deeply in love with each other, they will find a way."

"I laugh, I love, I hope, I try, I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry. And I know you do the same things too. So we're really not that different, me and you." Colin Raye

"Love that we can not have is the one that lasts the longest, hurts the deepest and feels the strongest."

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity." W. Clement Stone

"When faced with a mountain, I will not quit. I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God's help."

"Excellence can be attained if you care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical, and expect more than others think is possible."

Both of these were taken from Tim Gribben's funeral program 7/31/09

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal."

I found this one when I googled what to write on a sympathy card. Sometimes finding the right words can be so hard.

Give those who find fault or who are confrontational a silent blessing and remove yourself from their energy as quickly as possible.

For my 40th birthday, my aunt gave me a perpetual flip calendar. Everyday has a "thought" about Inspiration by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. I'll admit that I don't read one everyday...but on July 9th, I read the one above and for some reason it really had an affect on me.
It seems that everyday there is someone in my life that is confrontational or finds fault in others and doesn't hesitate to point out those faults. Sometimes I find myself doing those same things. This little inspiration really made me think about how I don't want to be that kind of person. I want to look for the good in people. I don't want to spend time putting other people down - even the people that have a tendancy to bring me down. I am trying so hard to recognize people who are negative toward me or toward others and rather than letting them influnence how I feel about someone - I'm going to give them a silent blessing and not let what they are saying bring me down.