The month of January is way too long and the snow needs to seriously go someplace else. I am starting to see the store's putting out Valentine candy and cards for the children to hand out to their friends.
Remember Valentine day parties in elementary school? I looked forward to Valentines day. It was like a little break after Christmas and an afternoon without classwork was just what I needed. I think back to when I was in the fifth grade and I had a major crush on this boy named Butch. He was so cute and really didn't even notice me or any other girl much at that age. I did everything I could just to get his attention. Silly girl with a large imagination about romance. Sweet and Innocent, simple and pure that's was puppy love was for me.
The day before the party our teacher would pass out to each student a brown lunch bag and give us a few minutes to decorated the bag any way we wished. I would use my best hand writing to fancy my name and draw a big pretty heart in the middle. Then we would tape them along the coat closet in the back of the classroom. My mom would take me to the drug store to purchase a big box of valentines making sure I had enough for each student.
I couldn't wait to get home where I would spent the rest of the evening in my room picking out who I wanted to give each card to. I always would hunt for that perfect card to say I love you just for Butch. Once I hand pick his card. I would get my mother perfume and spray the card and careful write his name on the front and lick it closed.
The next day I would watch the clock all day long. Waiting for the door to open and mother's
caring in our Valentine treats. A cookies or maybe a cup cake, I didn't care it was all about those cards. Then the teacher would allow each row to fill up the paper bags hanging like little mail boxes. I couldn't wait to place Butch's card in his bag, knowing that he will get the message that I like him.
After school I would run home and pour all of my cards on my bed waiting to open my card from him. When I did I was so surprised it said " To my special Valentine." then he signed it on the back in pencil.
I will keep it forever and he did know that I cared for him. He knows and he like me too. I was his special Valentine. I bet no other girl got a card like I did from Butch.
The next day when we went to school I thanked him for the card and he didn't even react he just ran by me on the playground to be with the other boys. I realized I wasn't anything special to him. I was just a silly girl in his class who was in love really with Valentines Day.....
"Oh, if it be to choose
and call thee mine,
love,thou art every
day "My Valentine"
By Thomas Hood
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
The New year
Did you have fun last year or were you consumed with stress and worry? I bet most of you worried was about money. Hey it's just paper, really the more you have the bigger and more stuff you want. Then you create more bills and the less of your check is yours to keep. It now belongs to that credit company. Stop letting the credit company run your life.
I have spent all my life with stress and worry, really I have. Why because I felt like if I don't worry I wasn't being responsible. Think about that, being responsible for what you created. So I would worry if things didn't go my way. The way I had planned it. I spent all of this time and figured all of this out before I did this.
But things happen always to under mind what we planned. How to change is by a budget. Write down everything you spend money on for one week. I mean everything. So how did you do. Bad, most of us do. How can you change it. Remember to pay yourself first. Take just ten dollars a week and put it in a saving account. Then at the end of the month you have $40.00 that you didn't have 4 weeks ago. See what I mean and try to leave it along each month and let it build for you. That's how you pay yourself first. Tell the credit card company your need a hardship program. They all have such a program. The company will lower your payment and interest. It will stop the calls and won't hurt your credit. They will tell you that it will. But it won't. Look around at all the stuff you have purchased in the last year. Did you really need it?
Do you even use it? Weekly or daily? Use coupons like mad to save on groceries. I use coupon mom.com. It's free and print them right on your computer.
Stop worrying about everything you feel you should have it come with time and I think if you save and plan for the stuff you wish to buy. You'll love it more.
I have spent my whole life worrying about everything. I really have. I worried about my weight, my hair, the kids, my husband. This letter says final notice. Final notice or what they would come a hang me in the public square. Right.... Worry and stay up all night so I was a zombie the next day at work. Then go home and worry another night about what I did wrong at work. I worry about the weather. Is it going to snow and the roads will be bad. Oh they said a tornado was just spotted in the next county over. Were all going to die. Get in the basement.
The dog didn't eat his food today. So we was sick and needs to go to the vet and there is another big bill. ON and On and ON.
Why did I waste so much energy about what I had no control over. I didn't have a money tree to pick from. A vet as a neighbor or mother-nature's phone number. One I could call and find out what she was stress about. Most of the time if I could finally get asleep the next day there was no snow on the road and the dog dish was empty. I still weight the same and my hair still sucked but everyone was OK and the bill would get paid when I could pay it.
If you would have asked me on a Friday what I was worried about on a Monday. I couldn't tell you. Now I had a whole new set of things to stress over. I would beat myself up so bad about everything that I had no control over. REALLY take it from me please. Stop the stress it will all come out in the laundry. Do the best you can and let it go.
This new year let's try and take control of our money then your take control of your life.
Remember and think like you did as a child. Saturday morning cartoons and a big bowl of cereal. Then play outside. It was simple and stress free. Remember. Each Saturday of the new year do this make it a habit with the one you love. You'll both feel better for it .....
I have spent all my life with stress and worry, really I have. Why because I felt like if I don't worry I wasn't being responsible. Think about that, being responsible for what you created. So I would worry if things didn't go my way. The way I had planned it. I spent all of this time and figured all of this out before I did this.
But things happen always to under mind what we planned. How to change is by a budget. Write down everything you spend money on for one week. I mean everything. So how did you do. Bad, most of us do. How can you change it. Remember to pay yourself first. Take just ten dollars a week and put it in a saving account. Then at the end of the month you have $40.00 that you didn't have 4 weeks ago. See what I mean and try to leave it along each month and let it build for you. That's how you pay yourself first. Tell the credit card company your need a hardship program. They all have such a program. The company will lower your payment and interest. It will stop the calls and won't hurt your credit. They will tell you that it will. But it won't. Look around at all the stuff you have purchased in the last year. Did you really need it?
Do you even use it? Weekly or daily? Use coupons like mad to save on groceries. I use coupon mom.com. It's free and print them right on your computer.
Stop worrying about everything you feel you should have it come with time and I think if you save and plan for the stuff you wish to buy. You'll love it more.
I have spent my whole life worrying about everything. I really have. I worried about my weight, my hair, the kids, my husband. This letter says final notice. Final notice or what they would come a hang me in the public square. Right.... Worry and stay up all night so I was a zombie the next day at work. Then go home and worry another night about what I did wrong at work. I worry about the weather. Is it going to snow and the roads will be bad. Oh they said a tornado was just spotted in the next county over. Were all going to die. Get in the basement.
The dog didn't eat his food today. So we was sick and needs to go to the vet and there is another big bill. ON and On and ON.
Why did I waste so much energy about what I had no control over. I didn't have a money tree to pick from. A vet as a neighbor or mother-nature's phone number. One I could call and find out what she was stress about. Most of the time if I could finally get asleep the next day there was no snow on the road and the dog dish was empty. I still weight the same and my hair still sucked but everyone was OK and the bill would get paid when I could pay it.
If you would have asked me on a Friday what I was worried about on a Monday. I couldn't tell you. Now I had a whole new set of things to stress over. I would beat myself up so bad about everything that I had no control over. REALLY take it from me please. Stop the stress it will all come out in the laundry. Do the best you can and let it go.
This new year let's try and take control of our money then your take control of your life.
Remember and think like you did as a child. Saturday morning cartoons and a big bowl of cereal. Then play outside. It was simple and stress free. Remember. Each Saturday of the new year do this make it a habit with the one you love. You'll both feel better for it .....
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