Profound TRUTH!

I learned yesterday that........Prayer is not a part of your relationship with God.....It IS your relationship with God!

New Ipod stuff...

I worked out a long time today and the reason is MY IPOD! It's a magical thing! Recently added artists are:
The Band
The McCoys (Hang on Sloopy)
Rascal Flatts
Alan Jackson

Texas heat stroke!

I don't know why I continue to go out and try to play golf in dangerously high temperatures and high humidity. Yesterday we played 9 holes and ever since then I have been totally drained. Today was just a hang out at home in the recliner kind of day. I can't even blame my slothfulness on rain today because there was none. I see other people playing 18 holes with no problems. I want to do that as well, but it just isn't happening.

Friendship revisited...

Tonight was a night for re-connecting. My friend, Joy, called and asked me to come over for a gin and tonic. She said she could really make a good one. Her husband was off on some golfing outing with the men, so we sat for 3 hours and just talked and talked. It seems we just haven't taken the time to do that in recent years although we used to do it a lot. I must say that it was very enjoyable and the gin and tonic was GOOD! We never need to lose contact with our dear friends. They are a treasure!!

100 things about me..a work in progress!

I started this about 6 months ago after seeing lots of blogs that included this. It is hard to come up with 100 things and some of the original ones have changed!!

1. I am a Christian
2.I am a faithful friend
3.I have very few REAL friends and lots of acquaintances
4.Love bubble baths
5.Enraged by drivers who drive in the passing lane of the interstate!
6.Do not like to see people chew gum
7.Value my family greatly
8.Love chinquapins (a small chestnut type nut that grows in Louisiana)
9.Staunch Republican
10.Could never marry a smoker or a Democrat
11.Love anything SWEET!
12.Love to work in yard
13.Love to smell coffee
14.Love mountains
15.Enjoy playing golf (although not well!)
16.Favorite TV show of all times...Friends
17.Favorite CD is Michael Crawford sings Andrew Lloyd Webber
18.Favorite book is Gone With the Wind
19.Lost virginity at age 27
20.Have a Master's Degree in Education
21.Undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech (great time there)
22.Scared of snakes and lizards
23.Love rain
24.Hate hot weather ( so why am I still in Texas?)
25.Will drive to Houston (90 miles) just to go to Central Market, a grocery store!
26.Hobby is making scrapbooks
27.Have had 8 surgeries
28.Favorite movies are The Big Chill and Somewhere In Time
29.I am allergic to cats, but I really do like them!
30.I have no pets
31.Voted for Jimmy Carter...What was I thinking? He was the worst!!
32.Cannot stand to hear people popping gum; it is just plain rude!
33.Love to eat "bloomin' onions"
34.The only states I have not been in are Minnesota, Wisconsin, Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, Maine, Kentucky, W. Virginia, Michigan, Alaska
35.Favorite state is Colorado
36.Listen to Sean Hannity on the radio
37.Have one brother and no nieces or nephews! (To whom will I leave my millions?)
38.I am a diabetic
39.Basically shy
40.Very reserved--don't make friends easily
41.Very anal about my car--it must be clean inside and out!
42.Favorite food is my mom's! She's an awesome cook.
43.Love fresh garden tomatoes and tomato sandwiches in the summer
44.Dream home would be on a mountaintop in Colorado
45.Never been on a full-scale cruise-just a little one from Florida to Bahamas
46.Someday will go on an Alaskan cruise
47.Still friends with my high school best friend..class of 1960! That's a LONG time!
48.I started watching reality TV with Real World and Road Rules on MTV
49.I watch Survivor and Big Brother. No, I don't know why!
50.I like Kelly Ripa
51.I won $300 on a scratch off once! Why can't I win the lottery!!
52.The only charity that I give to consistently is St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
53.I believe in ghosts.
54.I like Reggae music
55.I love CATS, the musical. I have seen it 3 times, once on Broadway.
56.My favorite wine right now is white zinfandel - subject to change at any moment
57.Favorite color - purple
58.Greatest honor...feted by former students with a surprise retirement party!
59.I long to be more involved in religion
60.I want to know more about the Bible
61.Great appreciation for nature. God's canvas
62.Have zero musical ability
63.Actually a pretty fair artist
64.Have a creative streak
65.I have actually piloted a plane (for a very few minutes)
66.I once owned a motorcycle!
67.Enjoy helping people-altuistic
68.Do not like discord--Can't we all just get along?
69.Negative people are annoying!
70.Impulsive
71.Love to travel
72.Have no desire to go to Europe, especially France..Traitors!
73.Can stay for hours in Barnes and Noble
74.I miss Jake and Megan
75.I have not prepared for Long Term Care..it worries me now.
76.I look my age, but I don't feel it. 62
77.May 3rd, 2004--my worst day in recent years
78.My middle name is Llynita, a combination of Lloyd and Vernita, my parents.
79.I never watch scary movies or read scary books...no Stephen King for me!
80.My favorite song of all times is Mustang Sally
81.I never, ever wear sandals.
82.I never, ever wear anything sleeveless unless there is a jacket over it that NEVER comes off.
83.Have attended 37 weddings of former students
84.I have an ipod and I love it!
85.Number 75 is no longer true...I now have long-term care insurance
86. Yoga is awesome!
87.I love new socks
88. Very independent (to a fault)!
89. To be continued....
90. We are political opposites, but I really enjoy The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He makes me laugh out loud!!
91. I cry very easily. It's annoying!!
92. I record Regis and Kelly and All My Children everyday! Yes, I'm a dork!
93. I cannot sleep without being covered...even in the summer.
94. I would move to Austin in a heartbeat.
95. I watch the Travel Channel a lot.
96. #83 is now changed to 38 weddings
97. I believe O.J. is guilty!
98. I believe M.J. is guilty!
99. I cannot stand being late to anything! It's ridiculous!
100.I always sleep with a fan blowing directly on me.
Whew! I finished on August 15, 2005!

Slothdom...is that a word?

My 3 day descent into slothdom ended today. I guess I can remove the "lazy" icon from my blog today. Maybe it was due to the rainy weather, but I have done nothing but sit in my recliner and sleep for 3 days. I hate feeling that way. It just makes me want to do even less the longer it goes on. I think it officially ended last night after I went to my Yoga class, which always makes me feel great.

Today I had a good workout while listening to my Ipod, then went to a movie. Saw Wedding Crashers and had some good laughs. It wasn't very realistic, but it was entertaining for a couple of hours. I like Owen Wilson. He's a Texas boy who attended UT.

Ipod update......

Did I mention that I LOVE my IPOD! Recently added artists are:

Bob Marley
Pink Floyd
The Righteous Brothers
Dr. Hook
Vanessa Williams
Junior Walker
Commodores
Wilson Pickett
Wild Cherry (Play That Funky Music, White Boy)
Brewer (One Toke Over the Line).. a one hit wonder!
UB40
Outkast

Pleased as punch!

As a former school teacher, it swells my heart to see former students and their families being so successful. Last night I had the privilege of attending a party held in honor of one of those families. About 70 people showed up just to say "hello" to Denise, who was visiting Texas after a long absence. It was wonderful to see the children of all these students and to see what wonderful parents they are.
Tonight I had the honor of attending a wedding of yet another of those students. I have attended 37 weddings of former students and am always pleased and honored to be included in such joyful occasions. In some of these weddings, both the bride and the groom were former students. In 2 weeks, I'll be going to Austin for yet another of these wonderful events. I very much look forward to it. Yes, I am just the social butterfly!!!!!:) I'm not really, but it seems that way this
month!!!

Duh!

I can't figure out how to get this in the links template, but this is a really fascinating blog. It is only updated on Sunday.
http://www.postsecret.blogspot.com/

Music

I am always curious about what all those people at the health and wellness center with the earphones in their ears are listening to. It is my belief that one can really tell a lot about another person by the music they listen to. That being said, there are now 46 songs on my Ipod and these are the artists:

Aretha Franklin
The Beatles
Bee Gees
Bette Middler
Elvis Presley
The Four Tops
Garth Brooks
The Impressions
The Isley Brothers
Janis Joplin
Jimmy Buffett
Josh Groban
The Judds
LeeAnn Rimes
Liza Minnelli
The Lovin' Spoonful
Mark Chesnutt
Martha Reeves
Marvin Gaye
Michael Crawford
Michael Jackson
Michael W. Smith
Smokey Robinson
Three Dog Night
Vanilla Ice
Now, judging from this list, I am not at all sure I would be able to tell anything about me if I didn't KNOW ME!

Things that make you go, "Huuummmm"!!!!

Can atheists get insurance for acts of God?

If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why are there still monkeys and apes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for a lethal injection?

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it #2?

The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard!

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?

When it rains, why don't sheep shrink?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

WOOHOOOOO! I GOT IT!!!

A mini-ipod, that is!!!! I have wanted one of these gizmos for months now and I finally broke down and spent the $200 bucks. I have been playing with the thing for hours now and finally have some awesome music downloaded on it ready to go to the gym tomorrow. My tastes are so varied that I have music on it from Michael Jackson (I know, I know, but the guy can sing!!), LeAnn Rimes, Beatles, Elvis, Phantom of the Opera, Garth Brooks, Tracy Chapman, Bob Marley, Jimmy Buffet, Barbra Streisand (I hate her politics, but I like her voice....as long as it's singing and not pontificating on stuff she isn't qualified to pontificate on!) and Mark Chesnutt. Tomorrow I will add others from CD's that are in the car. I didn't want to go get them out tonight. I can tell already that I REALLY like this gadget. Hey, Queen Elizabeth has an Ipod, so why shouldn't I? I wonder what she listens to......Queen, perhaps, or maybe Prince!

HELLLLLOOOOO!

Imagine my surprise when I walked downstairs this morning about 9 and noticed the wall of the bathroom knocked completely in and crap all over the floor. Stuff was knocked off the walls and the heavy plug for the phone recharger was knocked completely out of the opposite wall. I started to walk outside and look at the outside, but the front door would not open. The entire wall had moved enough to jam the door. The big question is, "Why didn't I hear this?" I guess someone could come in and remove everything downstairs and I wouldn't hear it. The reason is that I have a ceiling fan and another fan going at all times. They work REALLY well at drowning out noises! I didn't know how well they did work until last night. Right now everything has been removed from the bathroom and we are waiting for the insurance adjuster to show up. Police have already been. Looks like someone who had obviously had a little too much to drink tried to back their truck into the parking area by my apartment. Apparently, there was a trailor hitch on the truck that did the most damage. What am I thinking!!! Of course, there was a trailor hitch....this is, after all, TEXAS!!! There could possibly be some good to come out of this. I may actually get a new floor, which I have asked for many times before. I should have gone in there with a sledge hammer and done some more damage before I informed management and they came to take pictures!!

Yoga

I just returned from my very first yoga session. I am absolutely relaxed and feel very flexible. I think this is going to be something that I really like. Four days a week I still go to the health and wellness center for cardio and resistance training, but this is something so totally different. The sessions are twice a week for one hour each, but I think I will be doing this some at home as well. My fitness center offers Gentle Yoga, but they offer it at 7:15 AM. I'm not sure how "gentle" anything is at that hour!! Maybe when I really get into it, I will get up and go to that class as well. This one goes through July. I have wanted to try yoga for a long time and just happened to learn that the local college was offering it at a reasonable time and fee. I'm very glad I found this class!! Fortunately, there are no young cheerleader types in there to show us all up and intimidate us with their flexibility!

The Honeymooners

LAME MOVIE!!!

Madagascar

Cute movie!

Kidnapped!

Sitting home eating a bowl of watermelon and minding my own business at 9:30 last night.......when bang,bang,bang on the door and people yelling, "Sandra, Sandra, come out and go with us!" I didn't recognize the voices, but they knew my name so I assumed it was alright to answer the door. Much to my surprise, there were 3 ladies in their pajamas....Robin, Amanda, and Michelle....all former co-workers (young co-workers) to get me to go back with them just down the street to a bachelorette party for Delisa.....another former co-worker. I went and had a great time. It's been a long time since I have done something like that......OK....not so long. Just a few weeks ago I hooked up with some other old friends and went out. Seems strange after all these years. I am ALWAYS the oldest one there. I guess all the others my age are home in bed! That's probably where I should be, but I totally enjoyed the evenings.

100% Chick Flick!

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants .....I just adored this movie!

Good Explanation!

A man went to a barbershop to have his haircut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things."

The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."

"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!" "No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside." "Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."

"Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

3 weeks post CK procedure...

If my vision doesn't improve soon, I'm afraid I can't recommend this procedure to others. I can close my right eye and see distance fine;likewise, I can close my left eye and read fine. The problem arises with both eyes trying to see. My brain just hasn't adapted to this one eye thingy! I'm not very optimistic right now!