Comfort Zone

I am a pretty safe person.  I am the type that pretty much eats the same thing every time I go to a restaurant. For example, one of my favorite restaurants is Carino's!!  I almost ALWAYS get the Bowtie Festival!  It is super yummy!  When I go to Chick Fil A, I almost always get either a deluxe or spicy deluxe sandwich...LOVE them!  I am the type of person, who if I find a shirt I like, I will buy the same shirt in 3 different colors.  It just works for me.

Lately, I have been stepping out of my comfort zone....living on the edge.  Okay, maybe not living on the edge, but definitely trying some new things.  Some of them I've really enjoyed....others have been, well, PAINFUL to say the least.  :)  Nonetheless, I have had fun trying new things.  Now, I do know that one of the reasons I have enjoyed some new things is because I have had friends/family with me as I have been trying them, and that always makes things better.  

I LOVE Spring and Summer....and am so excited the weather has been so nice lately.  I am excited about all the fun things that come along with warm weather; soccer, grilling out, shopping, lake time, vacation time, pedicures, all these and so much more!

I hope you had a GREAT weekend and have an AWESOME week!  If you feel inspired to try something new...take a friend along, it always makes it better!  :)

High School....

Who were you in high school?

Me....well, I was the good girl.  Seriously.  I didn't do much, if ANYTHING wrong.  I got good grades, played basketball, ran track, volunteered with clubs, and worked.  I was friends with as many people as I could possibly be.  I wasn't the most popular girl, by any stretch.  If anything, I was the goofy girl, who was nice to everyone.  I brought stickers and handed them out on holidays, I was the one who ALWAYS had gum to distribute, I was the one who brought her spaghetti in her thermos for lunch. I carried the massive Valentines' card around all day that wouldn't fit into my locker, so I wouldn't hurt a guys feelings.   I was very naive. I really had no idea that "bad" things went on at my high school.  In fact, at our 10 year reunion someone said they didn't want me to know the "bad" things that went on....they liked that I was clueless.  :)

Who am I now?  Well, pretty much the same person...I would like to think.  However, TEACHING high school has changed me.  I am nice...the majority of the time, but can't stand it when someone talks back to me.  I have found I am not quite the pushover I once was.  I can't just let things go....like I think I used to do.  I am very aware that "bad" things go on and do my best to "bust them."  I find myself encouraging people to talk to the ones who don't have lots of friends, or making sure I talk to them.  I have also realized that some of the people I am teaching will change.  Some will leave high school and become BETTER people, some will continue to be FANTASTIC, and some will probably struggle.

This weekend my brother got married...there are TONS of pics on my FB page...probably too many, but it was an AWESOME time.  One of the things that was surreal to me was seeing my brother's high school friends.  He had quite a few at the wedding and they have grown up to be some GREAT guys!  It is so weird, seeing people from high school and how they have changed.  I mean, these guys danced with my daughters out on the dance floor.  It was just fun to see and made me wonder how others have changed.  You see, in high school we all wanted to be certain people, and I find it fascinating to see the people we have become.  I still have some great friends from high school.  Some that I thought I would be close to, I'm not and some I keep up with more than I ever thought I would.  I loved high school, not saying I would want to go back....but I enjoyed my years of being naive and passing out stickers.  However, I am so impressed by how we turned out as adults.

My brother and my girls.  I am so proud of the guy he is today!  :)
(Cheesy of me, I know!)  :)

Have a GREAT night!

How do YOU handle it???

It seems, lately, that I have several friends who are hurting.  They have been hurt by people close to them.  It is hard to see people hurt, especially when there is nothing you can do to help them.  (Especially when it is having life changing effects.)

It has gotten me thinking about disappointment.  I think that is one of the hardest things for me.  I know how I would handle a situation and I get frustrated when others don't handle it the same way.  Now, that is not how it should be.  I should not expect others to do things the same as me because, well, they aren't me.

But, let's be honest.  People do disappoint us. Sometimes it is people close to us, other times it is people we don't know.  To me, it is tougher to deal with the disappointment of those closest to us.  So, how do YOU handle those that disappoint you?  I seem to want to let them know, but sometimes, they disagree or don't care, or don't want to try and fix it.  I know this is the point where I am supposed to hand it over to God, pray about it, listen to him....but to be real honest, I am not always good at that, especially if it is the same person over and over.  I think I USED to be the type of person who could let things go....but the older I've gotten the harder that is for me to do. (Isn't it supposed to be the opposite???)  So, I will continue to pray about it.

But, seriously....how do YOU handle disappointment????

Have a great day....and though this may sound like a down post, I promise....I'm really not, just one of those things I have been wondering.....:)

Anticipation....snow????

I love the anticipation of FUN things.  Tomorrow there is a possibility of snow, sleet, and ice.  Now, as to whether or not we have a snow day I am actually indifferent.  There are pros and cons to both sides.  However,  I love the anticipation of it.  I have been stalking the weather.  It is just fun.  Now, there is really no point in me being quite as obsessive as I am, since nothing is supposed to happen until tomorrow, but it is still fun.  

I love having fun things to look forward to....it just makes the days, weeks, and months, that much more fun.  So, whether or not there is snow, or ice, or sleet.....it will just be fun to see what happens.  

Enjoy!!!