Monday, May 18, 2009

Race for the Cure

Well, Race for the Cure was not exactly the enjoyable family affair I was hoping for. Wyatt, Alexis and my dad all backed out for various lame reasons but at least we had our Cops for the Cure Team-not. Collin spent the night at my moms because I had to meet early to collect money from people for the team t-shirts. My mom and Collin rode with a friend. The team pictures were taken and it was time to head out and get in line-but wait-no mom and no Collin. I called my mom and she said they were just leaving the house. There were 46,000 people in downtown Columbus, the race was to start in 30 minutes, do you think they are going to make it??? Not a chance! I told the team to go on without us-Strike 1. I got there at 7:30 am to collect money and only collected $24-Strike 2. The phone rings, it's my mom,"we just got rear-ended"-Strike 3- I'm out!! Luckily, it was a very minor accident and everyone was fine but there was no way we were going to make the race. They finally got there in time to hit the Survivorpalooza and we decided to have our own race...to breakfast! Hey, we beat the crowd! I made them pose by the finish line so it would look like we actually crossed it!!






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Let the games begin!

Terrible Twos- it does exist! Yep-our little angel has officially crossed the line. Silly me, I was thinking it was just some sort of urban legend. I was wrong-savor those words they don't come out of this mouth very often. Within a matter of a week we have entered the land of screaming, whining, temper tantrums and did I mention screaming?!? Yes, he is now the kid you stare at in the store while I try to ignore and act like nothing is going on...everything is fine...nothing to see here people...just go on about your business. I'm contemplating a brilliant invention and I'm not sure if I should reveal it to the public because someone may steal it and make MY millions. Anyway, I would like to invent magic glasses that you can program certain items to be invisible. For example, if I had these glasses, Collin would not see suckers,chips, nuts, french fries, goldfish, Chik-fil-a (aka Moo-Chikin), playgrounds, rocks, dirt, his "puppy shoes" that I can smell from 5 feet away, mud, water, any animals tail and the list goes on. Any of these items can cause a melt down of catastrophic proportion. Now that I think of it, maybe I should just blindfold him. I can see Children's Services pulling up in the driveway now. These are the days that test our true patience!! Despite his new found temper, he is still very entertaining and for the most part a very good boy! I will say he has the "please" and "thank you " down very well. He must have thanked Wyatt 30 times tonight for the sucker he got at the tire shop to avoid a complete meltdown-hhmm? giving in to his demands...I know, I know...we are working on it.
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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009

My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy

I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.

When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.


I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.

Advent Conspiracy