Trials

So I started getting a really bad headache around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. By the time I got home from work, it was a full-fledged migraine. I was supposed to help DH in remodeling our bedroom, then go to a church meeting, but I did neither. I didn’t even scrapbook—that's when you know it’s bad for me!

Most of the time, I am just used to, and can live with, the pain and headaches that go along with my back and neck injuries; but sometimes, I get so sick of it, frustrated, angry, and depressed. Yesterday was one of those days. Today was a brighter day, as, even though I woke up with a headache, I decided not to let it get me down and keep me from doing things I want and need to do—and I still love life! It doesn’t hurt that I went home and took a nap for my lunch break!

I guess what I’m trying to say is that, even though things might seem miserable at times, and we all have different trials, there are always people to love and love you back, and many things to live for. I thank my Heavenly Father for the trials because they make me appreciate the good times more.

Monday blues

Not a lover of Monday's! I never like recovering from the weekends. This past weekend consisted of:
· Friday: Eagle Scout Court of Honor (at which I played piano), hanging out with sister and friend, and scrapbooking
· Sat.: Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, scrapbooking, watching football
· Sun.: Church, nap (had migraine), movie (“The Hollow”—HORIBBLE movie!), scrapbooking.

I am using a sick day today, which makes a Monday at least a little better. I hope to get a few LOs done and catch up on my Tivo before DH starts deleting all my Oprah’s!! I hope everyone has a great Monday!!!

Rob Thomas concert pictures!

Be still my heart! I haven't done anything with these pics, besides run them through Neat Image to clean them up a bit (since they were taken with a film camera in a dark arena loaded with fog):

Bunco

Bunco was last night.  It is always fun to get together with 11 other ladies (especially since one of them is my sister) and just play, act silly, giggle, and gossip, of course!   (  I really like that we have such a variety of age in our group—from 18 to 50+!  It’s so nice to feel the sisterhood and get so many perspectives of things, and talk about so many different subjects.  

With some of the younger girls, the subject is hot guys (like Rob Thomas ) and with the older ladies, the subject turns to mammograms and how they smoosh as much of your boob as they can into the machine.  I like being somewhat in the middle of the age spectrum (I am 32), as I can at least partly relate to any the subjects that may come up, even though I haven’t had a mammogram yet—and they made it sound even less appealing than I already thought it was!

I’m thankful to be a woman and have these special bonds.

ROB THOMAS!

OK, I’m giving this blog thing a try; maybe it will help my journaling skills. Here goes:

Last night, Nikki (my youngest sis) and I went to the RobThomas concert. OMGosh, was he ever hot! Not only physically, but I am so attracted to pure talent. He is an amazing song-writer and performer. I totally dig how much he gets into his music. He performed for two hours! He sang most of the songs from his solo album, some Matchbox Twenty songs, the song he recorded with Santana (“Smooth”), and some covers. The band was awesome; he played guitar w/ them on some songs, and played the piano on others. He even did a few songs where it was just him and his guitar—so sexy!

Digital cameras weren’t allowed in the concert, so my film camera had to do. I took ~30 pictures. I took the rolls to get developed via 1-hour at lunch today and will pick them up on the way home from work (where I am now). I can’t wait to see if I got some good shots—will post some of the good ones later.

We had binoculars and were totally checking him out the whole time. We were singing and dancing and had such a great time. The opening band, Antigone Rising, was very impressive, too. Those chicks rock!!

I had been to three Matchbox Twenty concerts, so I knew this one would be good but it even exceeded my expectations. I am an even bigger Rob Thomas fan now than I was before! I LOVE ROB!!!