Surprises

Yesterday was a wonderful day! I started the day with some sweet compliments from a stranger. As I was getting ready for my last graduate class of the summer my husband called. He wanted to go on a date with me. That's always special, so I agreed to meet him in Little Rock after class. I got to Little Rock with no problems. My sweet husband surprised me with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert tickets. It was great. We also went out to eat at Damgoode Pies. I love this place. It has Chicago style pizza. Yum! We then went to the concert. The concert was really good. I was surprised at how Faith Hill responded to the audience. She took letters and read a sign that asked her to sing "I Surrender All" to their Granny who was on the phone. Believe it or not, she sang it. It was beautiful. I gained a lot of respect for her because of that. She then sang "How Great Thou Art." That was planned in her concert. I was so very impressed and decided that I like her that much more. Tim McGraw is just a good performer.

p.s. I don't know how Tim got his jeans on.

Sunshine

This morning I woke up to a pleasant surprise. I was checking blogs, and I saw a letter to me. This letter was written because I had blogged about her. Stacy, that made me feel so special. I have been having some gray days lately, and this cleared some of the clouds. I long for a continued sunshiny day, but they are so few and far between that I've almost forgotten what they feel like. Maybe today I will see the sunshine all day.

What do I read?

Copying Lindsey from several months ago I thought I'd do a blog review. I'll write about Lindsey's first. She cracks me up. There is never any clue about what she'll write about next. Reading her blog makes me miss her and college life.

Stacy : I don't even know this woman in real life. I came across her blog randomly and now I check it everyday. She usually writes about her family, but I find myself strangely connected to her and her emotions. I can identify with her, and I have a weird sense of understanding even though I have no kids. She is creative, talented, and funny. Her humor and openness leaves me longing for updates.

Baby Ira : This site is written by Ira's dad, Joe. Ira was born with a birth defect, and this blog is about his struggles as a father with a child with disabilities. It occasionally has other points of interest like church planting and baseball. It is very moving to see how a family copes with this stress in their daily lives.

Kristen Chapman : This girl was in my club at Harding. I always thought she was funny at school especially when I got a concussion playing "D" team football freshman year. She's just a fun loving girl.

There are several websites I visit daily, but I never comment (hint Stacy and Ira). I had a conversation with Sam about being a secret blog checker. We decided everyone does it, and they are afraid to comment on people they don't know that well. However, because of blogs we feel like we've known them forever.

I would cry if anything happened to my anonymous blogging friends.

wrong place at wrong time video

Mario Brothers

I love Mario Brothers. When the first Nintendo came out, I had enough money saved to purchase one. I played that game all the time. Recently, I've seen Nintendo DDS (?) ads for the new Super Mario Brothers. I want to play so badly, but the screen is like one square inch. Not worth the money to satisfy my longing for the long lost came. Ty and I have an XBOX. I've been trying to find a game that is similar to Mario because Microsoft doesn't make a Mario game. I played PacMan World for awhile. It's okay, but it was extremely easy to beat. That is probably why they have an E for Everyone on the package. A three year old could play it. Yesterday, I rented Frogger Beyond. Let me tell you. It is hard. I feel like such an idiot playing this frog came. Ty makes fun of me, but I don't care. I think I may just have to buy this one to help give me a procrastination tool.

My other procrastination tool is making up dances. I've made one up, but I have no music for it. That's backwards I know.

What's up with that?

• I get nervous when there is a word verification letters signature. I don't have good eyes, and they always use some font that it is hard to read. I'm afraid I'll get it wrong.
• When I drive by corn or cotton fields, I want to pull over and steal some off of the plant. What a weird urge!
• Why is there braille on drive through ATMs?
• People in Clarksville, Tennessee don't know how to drive at Four-way stops.
• Why does my computer freeze up everytime I open a pdf file?
• I've haven't been able to get into my classroom since school got out.
• I'm still awake at 11:35 when I usually go to bed at about 10.

Pictures of the Chaos

Chaos

We just finished up fireworks. It was an experience in and of it self. If you want more details about that you can call or ask me in person. However, I will tell you the story that puts the icing on the cake for chaos. I need to give a little bit of background before I start the story. My dad has a very bad temper. Ty and I borrowed my parents minivan and camper to go to fireworks.

We are traveling home to Searcy from our fireworks tent in Clarksville. Ty and I were in the van following our friends who were pulling the camper with their truck. The camper started fishtailing a little so we pulled over at the next exit to check the tires, etc. We get back on the road and four miles later, the camper starts fishtailing. This time it is not just a little, it is 90 degrees to the truck. I am freaking out because I'm watching this all unfold. It was a silent freak out though. He finally gets pushed over to the median by the force of the camper. That's when it got really bad. The camper started to flip over. Since it was still attached to the truck, the truck started to flip. Just at the last moment, the safety latch on the trailer snapped, so the camper let go of the truck. This allowed the truck to slam back down on all four wheels. We knew everyone was okay, but the camper was definitely not. It was on its top in the median of I-40 in Tennesee. The camper was totalled. The windows were busted out and our belongings were scattered all over the highway. We spent the next hour sorting through the wreckage and getting our things in the truck and the van. This was a huge feat since they were already were packed. We finally made it back to Searcy, but it was absolute chaos in the camper and while the camper was crashing.