Saturday, May 30, 2009

One year and counting

On June 9th I will have been at Dimensions for one year. I can't believe it has been one year already!!!! I don't regret leaving J.C. Penney's. My life if much better for it. I LURVE all my girls I work with. I couldn't ask for a better group of girls. They put up with all of my annoying little quirks (of which I have many) and still yell a "bye I love you" at me as I walk out the door. I am blessed to be able to work with good people and do what I love. Garry has been so supportive and really helped convince me that it would be ok to step out of my comfort zone and embrace my new life as a self employed person. I won't lie, it is scary sometimes and somewhat stressful. The freedom I have now over my own scheduling is way worth it.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

When Cats Have Wings


I read an article today that was all about a 1 year old cat that sprouted wings. It was a normal little kitten until it hit it's 1 year old birthday and then POOF it started to grow little wing like appendages. All of the scientists have suggestions as to how the winged cat occured but alas they have no concrete evidence as to how or why it really happended. I think I know why the cat grew the tiny wings, (besides being adorable with wings) God wanted that cat to have wings. Enough said. Why do they have to know WHY all the time. Maybe somebody somewhere thought to themselves, "If only God could give cats wings, then I would really know He was there and could believe". Trust me, I have been that bratty kid that needs to be "shown" and I am sure stranger things have been asked of Him. The owners say the cat is happy and healthy and in no pain. Nothing bad has come from the cat getting the wings. So I say that if God thinks it's cool to have winged cats then it's cool with me too.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Random Chatty News

I haven't blogged in a while. It isn't because there isn't much going on in my life. There is always SOMETHING. I am just not very good at the written word. Here are a few things that are going on right now....

All of the fish died in the fish tank or as Becky put it, the pond turned over. Garry cleaned it all out and now we have new ones. Yay Garry!

A stray-ish cat adopted us. I suspect that it belongs to someone nearby but he likes us better. Grace named him Ken. His name was Princess first until we discovered she was a he.

I'm signed up to go on The Walk in the fall. Garry might go too and if he gets to go in the fall he gets to go before me. *Insert pouty face here* LOL

I'm reading a book that has zero value except for entertainment. It's called Many Bloody Returns. It is several short stories by lots of different people. I got it because I like Charline Harris (The Sookie Stackhouse Novels) and she is one of the writers. It is ok. Most of the other writers I found boring. But, I started it so I will finish it. That is how I roll.

I have been super busy at work. That is a good thing because I have to pay that guy named Bill. He takes all my money.

Garry took Spring Break off with Grace. They had a lot of fun together. We ended up going to the Indy Zoo and the Indiana State Museum on that Monday. Grace had a blast. It must have been the perfect weather because most of the animals were up and moving around. Especially the monkeys. They got a little X rated so we didn't hang out too long with them! After our long day we ate at the Golden Corral and I got food poisoning...good times.

Becky helped me out with Warriorette try-outs and I now have 14 girls on the team. We will see how many stick with it until the end of the year. Really I would have been thrilled with like 6 girls. I have my work cut out for me for sure.

Grace is going to dance again at Jean Marie's. I thought she would never want to do any kind of dance ANYWHERE after what happened at her last dance school. She is having a good time. She says it is a little too easy. I told her to just do her very best and make those easy moves as graceful as she can. She loves the tumbling class too.

The talent show that I organize at Grace's school is coming up. Grace wants to do a hip hop dance with her friends. She wants ME to teach them one. I know! Me!? Well, I will do my best and there is always youtube to help us out. The kids really have a good time and for some of them it is a really big deal, for some of the parents too. Some get a little "Stage Mom" on me. But, I don't do it for them I do it for the kids and they can get over it :)

Grace has a birthday coming up. She will be 9. That just blows my mind. I took her and some friends to the beauty college to get their nails done and their hair curled. Then I took them to J.C. Penney's and bought them all a matching shirt to wear to school. They had a good time. On her actual birthday we will take her out to eat somewhere that will sing to her and then go bowling. On the Sunday after her birthday we will have her skating party. If you count the treat bags at her school with everything else the child has 4 birthday parties. I know, it's all my doing. I take all the responsibilty for the spoiling!

We had to replace just about every stitch of spring and summer clothing Grace had. I got out her clothes from storage and NOTHING fit her from last year. Boo at that for sure! We went on a little shopping spree and got her all new clothes and shoes. Come to find out her shoes she has been wearing are a full size to small! She didn't say a word about it. Silly child. I don't feel so bad about it because she could have told me they were too small. I only felt bad when she was little and couldn't tell me I was cramming her foot into a too small shoe (yes I did that...Mother of the Year here). All is taken care of now and we should be good to go for both spring and summer.

A new store moved in next door to the salon. Nice right? No. Not really. You must be 18 to enter if that gives you any clue as to what they might be selling there. We all run to the window to see who is coming in and out. People sprint from their cars to the door of that store and from the store they clutch the tell all brown paper sacks to their chests and run equally fast back to their vehicles. If you have to feel quilty about going in and buying something from a store....maybe you shouldn't. Just saying.

Well that is all I have time for right now. I hope you have enjoyed my random thoughts.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Love the not so lovable

I have a little old lady that drive me batty. She wants me to curl her hair using no product, no teasing it and NO HAIRSPRAY. Then you know what she does the next week she comes in? DO YOU KNOW? She yells at me for her hair not staying. She tells me she hates my hair no matter how I wear it. She comes 15 minutes early and sits and stares at me and huffs like a bull the whole time she is waiting. She threatens me that she is going to go to J.C. Penney's to get her hair done because I just don't give her the time she wants (she was in the nursing home for a month and a half and I didn't keep her standing open, so when she came back it took a few weeks to get the EXACT time she wanted....it was only one hour later one time.) She tells me I am way to heavy for my height and that I scrub her head to hard. Then she tells me I didn't get in good enough behind her ears and neckline when I shampoo her hair. She smells like B.O. and pee. She has a mullet. Yes. The elusive female mullet. Did I mention that I love that little old lady? Everytime she leaves I tell her how good it was to see her this week and I look forward to seeing her next week. Most of the time I even mean it. :) She only gets out once a week and it is to come see me. The rest of the time she is stuck in the house. I get a feeling she is treating me like she would her family. Kind of backward way of showing someone you like them by telling them how bad they suck and that you hate their hair do, but it is her way. She has taught me patience. I thank God for putting her in my life.

She tells me at least once a month she wants me to do her hair for her funeral. I will do it and I won't use any hairspray.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Grace My Guest Blogger!!!!!

Grace dug on Andrew's 25 things and wanted to do her own. So here she is as my guest blogger.

1. I like to play my DS.
2. I like to watch cartoons.
3. I like to joke around with Dad.
4. I like when my friends come to my house and play littlest pet shop with me.
5. I like to blow bubbles.
6. I like to design clothes and color them.
7. I like to go to school and see my teacher Mrs. Sheren.
8. I like to play with my dogs.
9. I don't like to get out of bed in the morning.
10. I like to go to the zoo and see the lions and monkies.
11. I love to get letters in the mail.
12. Mario Cart is my favorite game to play on the Wii.
13. I watch Judge Judy with my Dad.
14. I play with my Webkinz on the computer.
15. I make sculptors out of clay and I like to draw.
16. Church camp is my favorite place to be.
17. My favorite places to eat are La Fiesta and Chuckie Cheese.
18. My favorite colors are pink and purple.
19. I like to listen to my IPOD.
20. My favorite songs are "So What", "The Hampster Dance", "The Fruit of the Spirit", and "Spider Webs".
21. I like to get my picture taken.
22. I like to go to the mall with my Mommy and get clothes.
23. I don't like Dad's spider.
24. I like to watch Animal Planet and Cartoon Network.
25. I like to dance and go to Warriorette practice with Mom.

Thank you Grace for your blog!!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Shhhhh

Be still. Be silent and listen to Him. He is always speaking to you. You just have to sit still long enough to hear. Shhhhh. Listen. Be patient. He is with you.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Sunday events.

The Boyles family came over on Sunday to hang out and witness the shaving of Seth's head and give him moral support. He was a tad nervous I think. A drastic cut like that can take a bit of time to get used to. He survived it and it looks really nice on him. I don't know how thrilled he is about it yet, but I like it. That is what counts right? Just playin'. Thanks for letting me get my hair high from shaving your head Seth. It's not every day that I get to do that. It isn't as good as a God buzz (that is for you Becky and Lauren) but thanks just the same :)

It was getting kind of late in the day and of course the kids come out of Grace's room begging for food as usual. I said no at first but then I realized what time it was and told them to go ahead after a few choruses of PLEASE from Tali and Grace. They skipped into the kitchen and ran back into the room with their prized peel cheese. Just as they closed the door I heard one of them say "See whining works every time!" I thought it was Tali that said it so I teased Becky about it, saying she was just like her momma. I had to eat those words. We called the girls back in and asked who said it and YEP it was my little Princess that uttered the words. It is funny because nothing makes me refuse to do something like whining. NOTHING. I can't stand whining at all. I guess she felt like she had won a huge battle with her stellar whining skills so I let her have her moment. She almost never wins the whining wars because I usually just shut down and refuse no matter what. That doesn't stop her from whining obviously! I just hope I didn't open Pandora's box of whining wisdom. I refuse to speak whineese.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Ode' to my cell phone....

You tell me the time and even the date. You tell me my events and if I am late. You wake me up and keep me in touch. Without you I can't do much. You help with my business and my social life too! You play my music, take pics, is there nothing you can't do? Oh how I adore you cell phone, my eletronic leash. You mess with my cell phone and I cut you capiche?

Lauren's plight in her dead cell phone inspired me to write this. LOL! Poor Lauren. I thought about my cell dying and it actually scared me a bit. How sad for me that I am that addicted. I have actually turned around and went home if I have left my phone there. Granted I need it for making my appointments but it really shouldn't warrant that level of panick in me that it does. What sad little creatures of habit we have all become. What ever did we do before cell phones? Before texting? Society as a whole was a lot less annoying that is for sure! Still, I do really have a sick affection for my cell phone. "Hi. My name is Beverly and I can't go 10 minutes without my cell phone". Baby steps.

Friday, January 2, 2009

She is so sensitive

Grace wears her heart on her sleeve. Anyone who knows her knows this about her. She can not stand for someone to be upset with her or not like her. She will do whatever it takes to make it right. If she and Tali have a fight it usually ends with Grace feeling bad and crying and Tali crying because Grace is upset and crying. There are certain songs that she just can't stand to hear because she says they remind her of animals that have gone to be with Jesus. Last year we lost Fez our dog and Sauce our cat. It was so very hard for her. She can't stand for you to even mention their names. Grace did some scrapping with her Aunt Becky and Tali and T-Bird had a picture of Sauce when he was a kitten (we got Sauce from them). Grace just about started to cry. It has been since July that he has been gone and she still gets all weepy about him. I have to admit I don't really know what to do for her sometimes. My first reaction is to try to nip it in the bud and tell her to stop. I know that sounds harsh but once she gets going there is no stopping the fountain from flowing. She just cries and cries. It usually works if I can get her to control herself quickly, but if she gets that first tear out it is all over. Waterworks here we come.
She feels SO much for other people and animals. If she see's someone walking in the cold she will comment on how she wishes they didn't have to. She may see a stray cat and worry about it for the rest of the day, whether or not it has food or shelter. She really freaks if she see's an ambulance. She just about can't take not knowing if the person is ok. It makes me wonder if she will be a nurse or maybe a teacher, someone who helps other people. She really cares. It is an amazing gift and I hope she never looses the passion and compassion she feels for other people and animals. She is a prime example of child like faith and trust and I hope she never looses that either. Yes she is so sensitive but though it is hard at times I wouldn't change her for the world.

My life may seem a little messy looking from the outside in. Trust me, I know where everthing is at :)