Much has happened since my last post...

So, there I was minding my own business driving to work. I had just dropped off my youngest son at school and it was seemingly a normal day. I stopped at a red light and glanced in my rearview mirror out of habit. Apparently, the car behind me decided that he didn't want to stop. BAM! He hit me going about 35-40 mph which threw me into the car in front of me, etc. It ended up a 5-car accident. My car is totaled. The car in front of me is totaled. Guess what I found out about the guy that hit me?!?!? His insurance is expired. Yep - so now I have a totaled car of which I still owed money on (It was almost paid off) and am getting low-balled on the value of my car. After all is said and done, here is the scenario:

After the payout on the now-totaled suburban, we will have about $5k. Obviously, that is NOT enough to purchase another vehicle (we require a large car!).

1. I have insurance - he did not. All he got was a citation. I got the bill for paying for my car.


2. I also get the bill for all my medical claims. I have learned that I am NOT "superwoman" and that sustaining an impact of this size DOES cause health issues.


3. I had to miss four days at work - I get to use my limited sick days. He doesn't work, so he gets to go home to Mommy's and put his feet up on the couch and eat cheetos.


4. His Mommy will pay to get her bumper fixed -- but it's not necessary due to the fact that he also has a large car so the only damage to his vehicle was his front bumper.


5. Oh, yeah--I just remembered...we have a $500 deductible. Great -- now I get to pay that, too.


6. I have therapy on my back 3 times a week, which means I will miss more work.


7. I had begun my running regiment again -- but that's on hold now, too. So now I get to maintain my BMI, which I was trying to reduce to get to a healthy weight in order to add to the family.

Can you sense some hostility????

So-- my current project is MYSELF. I am praying for God's peace to cover me. I pray that I will seek His face and be reminded that my life belongs to Him anyway. The car--not mine; my job --a gift from Him; my health --lies in The Healer's Hands; and, fortunately, my children were not in the car.

Remaining faithful in my walk with Christ is what matters. Understanding life is not.

Matthew 6:34 (The Message) "Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes."

Book Three!

Well...I am on book three of the Twilight series--about halfway through. It's very good! I'm sure my husband wishes I would finish the series so he could have his wife back! LOL
Actually, it's a funny role reversal. My husband loves to read and reads almost every night. Just a few weeks ago, his head was constantly in a book and I made a comment, "you spend more time with that book than me..." OOPS... He remembered that statement and used it with me the other day.

gotta run--
fondly,
fit

Consider me sucked in...[pun intended]

Thanks to my friend, Lori, I am now sucked into the Twilight series. If you know me, you understand the irony in that sentence. Historically, I am not your average "girl"--I'd say I'm more of a tomboy, but one that wears make-up and cares about what she looks like. Other than that qualification, I am usually the exception. I don't care for fru-fru stuff, I can't stand to shop (only when necessary), I love athletics more than watching t.v., and I would pick a good basketball game over pretty much anything.

Anyway, my friend started talking about the Twilight series about a year ago. I didn't think anything of it. Then, the movie was announced. She immediately started getting a group of girls together to go to the midnight showing on the first day it was released. I seriously laughed and thought she was crazy. Afterwards, I heard about how WONDERFUL the movie was multiple times, but was quickly told is paled in comparison to the book. Again, I didn't think anything about it--not for me.

My daughter had a birthday a couple weeks ago and was given the movie as a gift. She begged me for several days to watch it with her--but I declined. Finally, she and I were the only ones home one afternoon and I agreed to watch it with her. She promptly fell asleep (slumber party the night before!), but I continued to watch. Really--it WAS a good movie. A little on the eerie/outlandish side, but nonetheless good.

The next day I decided to take a break from my normal routine (craziness) and sit and read a good book. She brought me the Twilight book and told me I should read it. This challenged me to see if the book actually was better than the movie. Suffice it to say, I read the book in about two days. [I love to read, just don't normally have the time...] And it was better... Sunday we went to Lori's house and she gave me the next book in the series, New Moon. I started reading it Monday and will finish it up tonight. It's good, too....and, I'll probably be part of the next "group of girls" that drags their butts to the movie theatre at midnight-----
fondly,
fit

Hijacked Blackberry!

A few days ago, I was going through my phone, deleting old messages, etc. It was then that I came across several unusual pictures. Apparently, my youngest decided he wanted to play photographer with my phone. There were many more, but I thought I would spare you the pain of looking at random cars and red lights.

Also, yesterday was hubby's first baseball scrimmage with his new team, the Chicago White Sox. He played very well--especially considering the wind was gusting up to 40 mph and it was freezing! Although a couple of the other wives were there, they were sitting in their cars. I, on the other hand, braved the elements and sat in my lounge chair looking like an eskimo with only my eyes and nose showing. Regardless, it was fun seeing him play---he hasn't played in amost eight years. He's had numerous shoulder surgeries that have prevented him playing, but the last surgeon fixed it all (so it seems) and released him to play. Being an athlete myself, it makes me VERY proud to see him play (and kinda excites me, too....TMI!).

Here's a picture of my favorite White Sox on the way to the game. Yummy!

So, now were are involved in THREE sports...baseball, basketball and volleyball. Go, White Sox, Jaguars and Serve-ivors!

fondly,

fit

Fru-Fru-ness

I am the mother of an Official Lone Star Princess. What is that? Well....let me tell you!

On Tuesday, I received a call from my dad. He said he had a friend that wanted to talk to me. Jim proceeded to explain to me that his daughter, Tiffany, was crowned Miss Denison/Sherman. She wanted to know if my daughter would be interested in being her "Loan Star Princess" for the Miss Texas pageant. Beginning June 26th and continuing until July 4th, my daughter will be rehearsing for the pageant program! She will escort her "Miss" in the pageant and will wear a white gown and an official tiara.

I'm sure she will outshine everyone....LOL. Since she's a Princess, doesn't that make me a Queen??

fondly,

fit