Tomorrow

Last weekend I took my daughter, Kayla, to go see ANNIE. As soon as we sat down the Overture started and I just got chills down my spine. ANNIE was the first show I ever saw at the theatre and I’ve been dying to take Kayla but she’s always been too young. We’ve watched the movie together but there’s nothing like seeing a live show. It was so hard for me not to sing out loud on every single song. Its truly my favorite musical of all time with A Chorus Line running a very close second. The little girl who played Annie has her own website… www.marissa-odonnell.com. She did a wonderful job!! If the show comes your way, its worth your time.

So when you’re stuck with a day, that’s gray, and lonely, just stick up your chin and grin and say ohhhhhhh

TOMORROW TOMORROW, I love ya, TOMORROW, you’re always a day away!

Give Thanks

Today I am thankful for the little things as well as the not so little things...

First and foremost of course, for Don, Kayla, & Gracie

For my two beautiful daughters sharing a chair and apple slices on Thanksgiving morning

That I can co-exist with my ex husband for Thanksgiving dinner. 

That said Thanksgiving dinner will include toasted ravioli and pasta!

That Macy's decided to fly the balloons after all

For Broccoli Cheese Casserole

For my dear husband's willingness to run to the grocery store for Brown N Serve rolls and a newspaper with all the Black Friday ads in it.

For cinnamon rolls which will be baking soon

For the Shopping List feature on Kohl's.com

For all of my students and for a job that gives me a purpose and daily satisfaction
For a beautiful sunshiny day

For health

For family and friend that I hold close to my heart

Count your blessings not just today but everyday!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

ETA ... for Gracie bringing me her drawings and saying "Look Mommy,  I did it!"   The full sentence!!  I'm just amazed by her language lately!

Where have I been?

I know I know… I’m asking myself the same thing! How did Thankgiving get here already?? Does that really mean its a month until Christmas? And then it will be 2007???? Say it isn’t so! Do you remember New Year’s Eve 1999? Do you remember the big panic over what might happen when the clock strikes midnight? Of course I can’t even remember what the name of the hubbub was right now. What I remember is how the world changed so drastically just the next year. I’m in a bit of a funk today I think. I have a friend in town for the funeral of his brother in law who passed away after a very valiant battle with cancer. The same friend was just here two months ago for the funeral of his brother who died of a sudden heart attack.

Life is fleeting. Don’t let it pass you by. Say the I Love You’s. Every day. Hug a lot. Laugh a lot. Make that phone call today to catch up with an old friend. Mend fences. As the Sesame Street song says, “Sing out loud, sing out strong”! They say “life is short” and the older I get (I’m all of 35 and a half), the more I realize how much truth that saying holds.

I’m going to try and get back to blogging on a more regular basis starting with the lyrics of some of my favorite songs. Today this one comes to mind. Its the song I want my daughters to hold close to their hearts their whole life long. Dance my friends, dance!

I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you’ll give fate the fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances but they’re worth taking
Lovin’ might be a mistake but it’s worth making
Don’t let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small when you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you’ll give faith the fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

Dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)

Frosty

Gracie is obsessed with the lighted snowman on display at Target.  Obsessed!  We go to the food aisles and she starts crying for him... snooowman.... snoooooowwwwwman!!!    So, we go and stand in front of him and she smiles and giggles and waves and blows kisses.  Her attention starts to drift to something else so I start to move the shopping cart and she falls apart... snooowwwwman!  SNOWMAN!!!!!  All the way through the rest of the store.  This has been a routine since before Halloween.  Its heartbreaking.  I shudder to think what trips to Target will be like when Snowman disappears after Christmas.