• I’ve been doing
SO well lately. I guess it’s been about a week and 1/2 now. It’s like I’m so happy and nothing can bring me down…not that I’d want it to. I just feel so emotionally free to be me and feel less bogged down with a ton of emotionally draining stuff I had gotten used to dealing with. Now that I’ve no longer got that issue in my life, I feel like I could conquer the world!
• My coffee today is SO good. This time I am drinking Bella-Vista Blend by Starbucks. I know it’s Starbucks, and Starbucks tends to taste a bit burned, but I’ve noticed that this higher quality stuff they’ve been putting out lately is truly delicious. I also strayed from my usual Hazelnut Coffee Mate Creamer and am now trying Vanilla Nut. It’s so tasty and a wonderful trade-off from Hazelnut.
• My landlord came over the other day and plotted out a big area where he is going to rototill a spot for us to plant a big garden. I seriously just cannot wait! It’s been so long since I’ve grown veggies. I will be spending so much time outside…which I normally do in the summer, anyway. We plan to grow carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, and a bunch of other tasty stuff. It’ll be so awesome. My Mom is really good with canning, too, so she can bottle a bunch of it up so it’ll last us a really long time. We’ll grow lots of cucumbers as well so that she can make pickles. Mmm…homemade pickles are the best!
• Lonnie’s 32nd birthday was on the third of March. He said it was one, if not THE best birthdays ever! He not only got a lot of gifts, but I baked him the cake he really wanted and we all spent a lot of time together as a family. For dinner, my Mom bought a couple Dominoes pizzas, so that was a treat, too. We very rarely eat out at all. It’s just too expensive. I will be blogging lots of pictures that I took on his birthday. One of the gifts he got….the one from my Mom…made his whole year! I can’t wait to post the pictures of him opening it. I’m not going to say what it is. I don’t want to ruin it. Hehe
• I am on Facebook again. I know I swore that I’d never go back there, but oh well. One of my best friends, Jenn, kinda talked me into it. Well, not really talked me into it…but just hearing about how much fun she was having over there made me want to give it another shot. I’m so glad I did, too!!! I not only hooked up with my brother, John, there…but I am talking with my best friend from High School, Tera, again!!! It’s so awesome to be talking with her! I’m going to be going back to Billings, MT next summer, so I will get to see her again, too. Not only that, but I’ll get to see Casey, too!!!! I’m SO excited!!!! So much to look forward to!
• The person I had posted about before - ‘Kristy’ - she left a message in my shoutbox on My.Opera today. I was a bit…uh…stunned, to say the least. I’m not going to respond. As I’ve already stated, she’s dead to me. It was a nice message and I suppose I appreciate her attempt, but I just wish she’d move on for once and for all. I never even talk about her anymore…rarely think about her. I wish she’d just do the same for me. I feel so much more mature and emotionally stable now than I did when I was friends with her…I have zero reasons to rekindle anything with her. I feel like responding to her message would be the start of words being spoken back & forth and that’s simply not something I want…ever again. I was wronged and that’s the end of it.
• Speaking of the rest of the story…The great Paul Harvey died on March 7, 2009. He was 90 years old, so I’m happy that he lived a long and full life. He touched so many people’s lives, too. I remember watching his crotchety little speeches at the end of 60 Minutes when my parents were watching it when I was a kid. He always caught my attention. He will be missed by many, no doubt.
• Why does my daughter talk SO loudly when she’s on the phone with her friend? 
Doesn’t she realize that the phone amplifies her voice and she doesn’t need to do that?! GOSH! How irritating. I’ll have to go ask her AGAIN to tone it down a bit.
• Lonnie is going to be heading to the grocery store in a little while. Better him than me. I absolutely detest grocery shopping. He’s nice enough to go do it for me most of the time. He also says that he’s more productive when I’m not with him, anyway. I tend to get him side-tracked. I also take pictures of everything, so that probably annoys the heck out of him. 
• I’ve made a few more really good online friends recently. I feel so blessed to be in contact with so many truly good people. I can’t tell you how many people wrote to me to ask me how I was doing after the “break-up” of my ex-friend and I. People I never even used to talk to. Apparently she’s done this to quite a few other people that I was unaware of, so now it’s almost like we’re forming an “Ex-Wives Club”….
I don’t say negative things about her, really. I simply speak my side of the story. There’s nothing good to come from defaming her. I just find it so interesting that this is a cycle which has apparently repeated itself quite a few times. If anything, I feel sorry for her. It’s obvious that she’s quite unhappy with herself. I hope that she will one day learn to stop pretending to be happy and learn to truly be happy. I, myself, feel truly happy at this point in my life, and lemme tell ya’…it’s a magnificent feeling! I’m sure that if she were truly happy with herself, none of this stuff would ever happen again. So, my wish for her is true happiness.
• Sorry I keep going back to talking about that situation. It’s weird how it keeps popping into my head as I type this. Perhaps I subconsciously wonder if she’ll read it or something, and maybe it’ll help. Not a clue, but I wish it’d stop. Like I said - I really AM over it. There were a few days where I was sad and felt like I missed her, but those days have long passed. Now I’m enjoying my life to its fullest. 
• Okay - ENOUGH about that crap. I promise.
• I’ve been taking lots and lots of pictures, but haven’t had the time and/or gumption to get them resized and posted. Some of them are pretty awesome, too. As usually, there’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that…just whatever. I’ve snapped a few of random people as well, so I will be getting back to my Random Person of The Day© posts. I always did enjoy those.
• How can my feet possibly be this cold? I not only have socks on, but I also have my tootsies in my foot warmer/massager thingy. They’re still freezing. I must have the worst circulation of anyone I know.
• It’s odd that my circulation is so bad. I’ve been working out lately! Lonnie used his Christmas money from his grandparents to buy the family a membership to the local Rec. Center. They have a full gym with all the machines a person could ever want or need, a big pool with a slide and everything, hot tub, indoor track, basketball courts, rock climbing wall, FREE classes - such as Yoga, spinning, aerobics…etc. They have a bit of everything. It’s amazing. The cost is only $30/mo. for the family…but since he paid for a year in advance, he got a better deal. So anyway, I’ve been using it. I’m getting this old, flabby body into shape! I want to be able to post a picture of me in my bikini this summer and not feel totally self conscious about it. I normally pack on weight in the winter….always have. That’s a given for me. So now, I’m in the process of removing it. I love working out, too. The more energy you put out, the more you get back…and that feels great!
• I’m still having back/neck pain issues. Pretty bad ones, too. It’s preventing me from doing some exercises that I would really love to do, but that’s okay. I will slowly work up to them. My doctor referred me to a pain management clinic, so I should be getting in there any day now. I’m just waiting for a phone call from them. I’m very excited. If I can get this pain under control, I will feel so amazing!
• We’re still going to church every Sunday. I actually enjoy it quite a bit. Our pastor is a really personable and funny guy. He’s always telling stories that get the whole congregation laughing our keisters off. He makes learning about the Bible fun…and that’s a rare thing. I’ve only been to 3 or 4 churches prior to this one, and they were all so boring and bland. No life in there, really. This one is full of life and the people are so friendly. They’re not freaky, either. I don’t like the ones where people go nuts raising their hands, crying…all that. It makes me SO uncomfortable to be around this. The people at this church are just regular people like you and me…and are there to get a good message.
• It still feels weird for me to say that I’m going to church. I NEVER would have thought that I’d be saying that. I’m glad I am…it just takes me back a bit, though.
• Lonnie is looking at a Jack Russell Terrier online right now. These people are moving and can’t take their dog with ‘em. He’s 5 years old and is free. I don’t want a Jack Russell, though. I like them - very smart dogs. I want a Toy or Tea Cup Chihuahua and that’s final! I won’t be happy ’til I get one! We can’t have a dog in this house, anyway, so the point is moot.
• I suppose I will wrap it up for this edition of Random Randomness©. It’s been SO long since I’ve posted one…feels weird to do it again. I’ll try to get better about posting over here on my site, but no promises. Take care, everyone…thanks for dropping by!
I hate that. Oh well…once it’s been hoed up, I can plant the seeds and starter plants, water it, pull weeds, and all that sort of thing. I just have to take it easy with my shoulder.
Lonnie and I went to church this morning…as we do every Sunday morning unless something prevents us from being able to attend. Both of us were SO tired when we got there. Speaking for myself, I’d not slept very well at all and got up really early because I couldn’t get back to sleep - no matter how hard I tried.
Neither of us could keep our eyes open very easily. I grabbed a Post-It pad and a pen from my purse and started to take some notes. I figured writing would be a good way to keep myself awake.
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