Top Ten Moments of my Life (so far)

in no particular order....

#10 Top Moments in my Life

May 17, 1967....“It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin’ on the porch with my family, singin’ and dancin’ down in New Bern, North Carolina".

Well... maybe not... might have heard someone else say that a while back... but I guess that date is fairly important in my life. I was born while my father was stationed there in the Marines and off in Vietnam. I have no memory of it and have never been to Cherry Point AFB or Havelock County. My twin brother Jeremy was born 4 minutes before me.

So... It all doesnt come into play unless I am born... has to rank fairly high on the list, if not highest, dont you think?

Jessica plays the radio in the shower every morning, and this morning as I was struggling to get up, i heard these lyrics wafting out of the bath... and I have been singing them in my head all morning since then....

Remember when I was young and so were you
and time stood still and love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
We made love and then you cried
Remember when

Remember when we vowed the vows
and walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard
We lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when

Remember when old ones died and new were born
And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
And broke each other's hearts
Remember when

Remember when the sound of little feet
was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we'd never give it up
Remember when

Remember when thirty seemed so old
Now lookn' back it's just a steppin' stone
To where we are,
Where we've been
Said we'd do it all again

Remember when
Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when
-Alan Jackson

I think the part that struck me was when he sang
"Remember when thirty seemed so old"

here's what i think... that so called woman who killed her two sons and then placed them in a car and rolled it into a lake/river should get the EXACT same treatment. She should be placed in that SAME car, be strapped in and have it rolled into that same EXACT place and die. plain and simple.... i dont care how difficult it was for her or how much her mother was on her case... no excuse for it. NONE.

And i have heard calls for the death penalty.

But....

Susan Smith did the same thing (basically) and she has spent her days in jail having sex with corrections officers, 3 meals a day, chillin' on my tax dollars and will be up for parole in about 10 years or so. I will be curious to see if this woman gets the same type of penaly as Susan Smith did... or if she receives a higher level of justice.

And... WE'RE OFF!!!!!

First day off school today... 3rd Grade!!!... man o man, is time flying by.... This Fall seems to be setting up rather nicely... the only downside so far is that we have had to NOT do dance/tap/gymnastics this year because schedule conflicts cant allow us to get to Clemson this year in the afternoons in time. But we hope to resume next year... but in the meanwhile, Soccer returns, and we will add private lessons for some sorta instruments for the kids... they say clarinet and saxophone... not so sure I want them to go that route but if thats what they want, then so be it.. they seem to be extremely fickle about it. i really think they have no clue.... I-Man starts the year off in some Gifted and Talented classes. We shall see if he likes them or wants to be back in the "normal" classes... Ryles starts the year off with a chip on her shoulder... they are NOT in the same class this year and I hope this allows I-Man some freedom to branch off in regards to making friends and not have the constant specter of Ryles interfering...

OK.. so i said before i had some sorta back issue... FINALLY seems to be just about over... now I can get about my normal daily life, i guess... at any rate, the CITY showed up this morning and went into the little pumphouse/well/den of horrosa thingy that resides at the side of our house and seemed to address what I had told them several times over the past month about our toilets/etc. not seeming to flush the way they had in the past. It seems they dont really like addressing this issue for some reason, but they have too cause .. well.. its THEIR device on our property. It is some sorta pump/sewage thingy that i assume pumps stuff UPHILL to the main line running under the street. And it seems like three houses are affected by it... All I know is that occasionally (especially after big rain events) an alarm will go off, and I have to call them. And they reluctantly show up and look all pissed off that they have to go down into this box in the ground on the side of our house... i didnt put it there. it was there when we got the house. Our house was built in the 60's ( in case you have never seen it) and there are several quirky things about it, this being one of them...

Is there ANYTHING worse than having some sorta back strain/pain/soreness/whatever? well... death ranks up there, but not sure if it is worse. I have had some sorta back issue for approaching a week now. Its finally getting better, but .... you cant walk, you cant sit, you cant lie down... nothing works to make you comfortable. And then you HAVE to go to work... i have barely touched my PC during this time... still working on my Top Ten....

for the guys who have been to a "gentlemens" establishment a time or two, THIS will REALLY make you laugh....

Top 10 project...

I am going to post this project which will consist of the top ten events in my lifetime (so far).. obviously, i could say that being born is the obvious number 1 as no other events are possoble, without it... so I will start there soon and that will be my number ten. After that, i will chronicle the next nine, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER...

go figure

i used to NEVER watch anything Jonas Brothers... NEVER!!!!... but why am i suddenly watching it now... Inthralled, captivated.... as well as iCarly and Phineas and Ferb?

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

weird... over the weekend, i had talked to Wes about having weird dreams whenever you are not feeling well... last night, I wasnt feeling good. seemed to have a slight fever and went to bed early. proceeded to have dreams about having dreams when not feeling well...

Are "Daisy Duke" shorts coming back into style?.... saw a lot of those in Greenville on Main Street the other day... not sure I like that trend... honest.