Musings on Life and Other Stuff

I was looking at my mom's blog and thinking it has been a very long time since she posted a blog, then I realized, it's been just as long since I have posted.

What a strange month May has been. A death in the family we NEVER expected. I was so sad Samuel passed away, I could barely sleep the night of his funeral. I can only imagine what Christopher and Christy are going through. Our prayers are with them.

It seems that the only thing you can really count on in life is that you never know what's gonna happen. I think that if we did know what was gonna happen, sometimes we would be too scared to go forward with life. Not that all of life is scary or sad, but some of it certainly is. The best thing, though, is to know that everything is in God's hands and it's all gonna turn out ok, even if we can't see right now how that could possibly be.

I have a favorite poem, don't know the author:

And God Said No

I asked God to take away my pride,
And God said, "No."
He said it was not for him to take away,
But for me to give up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,
And God said, "No."
He said, "Her spirit is whole,
Her body is only temporary."
I asked God to grant me patience,
And God said, "No."
He said that patience is a by-product of tribulation,
It isn't granted, it's earned.
I asked God to give me happiness,
And God said, "No."
He said He gives me blessings,
Happiness is up to me.
I asked God to spare me pain,
And God said, "No."
He said suffereing draws you apart from worldly cares
And brings you closer to Me.
I asked God to make my spirit grow,
And God said, "No."
He said I must grow on my own,
But he will prune me to make me fruitful.
I asked God if He loved me,
And God said, "Yes."
He gave me His only Son, who died for me,
And I will be in heaven someday, because I believe.
I asked God to help me love others,
As much as He loves me.
And God said,
"Ah, finally you have the idea."

On a happier note, I got a mirror for our Crown Victoria at the Pick-N-Pull half price sale. It matches my car perfectly. The Pick-N-Pull guy was shocked that we found the right color. "That never happens," he said. I swear it was the only Crown Victoria in the whole lot that wasn't 1980's or older. There sure were a lot of Tauruses, though. Thanks to David, now our car has a lovely side view mirror and no dangly bare wires!

Also, Cameron had a very fun 15th Birthday Party on Saturday. Four of his friends came over Saturday afternoon and went to the fitness center with us. They played racquetball, fooseball, climbed the rock wall and swam. Afterwards, we came back home and ate pizza, cake and ice cream. I figured 1/2 pizza per person - I mean these are 15-year-old boys. Two of them were so full, they couldn't eat any cake or ice cream. Go figure.

Cameron has some funny friends. They had us laughing so hard, our faces hurt. I was glad when they went downstairs for awhile and gave us a rest. It was like having a comedy club in our kitchen.

Can It Be?

Yes, it can be. I am blogging! Every time I blog it's an event, isn't it? It has been almost a month and I am finally posting. I should be asleep 'cuz I am very tired, but hey, I haven't gotten my internet quota for the week in and the week's almost over. What did we ever do before the internet?

Work has finally slowed down, thank goodness. Perhaps a bit too much, but I'll take the break. I don't think it will last long.

David has been having fun tearing apart the old trailer in our driveway. It was falling apart and his sister Kailien gave us a better one, so it's all good.

David and I have been cleaning up the house. Spring cleaning. I will be glad when it's done - but then, it's never REALLY done, is it? Maybe under control is a better way to put it.

Cameron and Jarom have been working on state reports for Quest. Cameron is doing Tennessee and Jarom is doing Texas. They didn't get to choose which states, they were assigned. Amber quizzed me all morning about state flowers, birds and trees. She thought it was funny that Delaware's state tree is the American Holly. Probably because she has an aunt named Holly. I couldn't figure out any other reason. Cameron found out that Tennessee's state flower is the iris. He was excited about that because it's his grandma's name.

We went to Heart of Hunter since my last post. I blogged it wrong - it was really in April, not May - oops! Only half as many people showed up as last year, but it was just as noisy. Sadly, the people did not quiet down for the performances. The kids were so cute and sang their hearts out. No smoke alarms this year. The Jazz Band was last on the program and 75% of the crowd had left by then. I guess everyone left as soon as their child performed. They should have had the Jazz Band play first - they were loud enough to drown out all the crowd noise.

Amber's Abravenel Hall Concert happened last Tuesday. The kids were cute, but it was a rather long show. Fourteen schools performed, 2 songs each. Probably 300 elementary school kids from Beaver performed. I can't believe they travelled that far to sing 2 songs! Amber's group sang "It's Ruff Being a Dog" and "Love in Any Language." I won't say more than that, because I don't want to give away what they did - just in case any of you want to attend Amber's May 28 concert. Yes, there REALLY is a concert on May 28 at 6:30 pm at the elementary school.

Meagan has been sewing up a storm lately. She sewed herself a totebag and then made one for me. She's also sewed a quillow. She's quite the seamstress! Everything she makes turns out really well.

I gotta say, I went to mom and dad's today and had some very good food. Sheri made a yummy vegetarian meatloaf and Becky made an awesome pie. I'll have to get the recipes for them both. It was also fun to see everyone.

Well, guess that's about it. Gotta go read scriptures and climb into bed.
Goodnight y'all!

BTW - did you see the comment on my last post? Nice comment, but I don't get it. Somebody in Brazil who sells notebook computers reads my blog? It's a small world after all?