Airports

I have not been my regular blogging self lately. Blogging is my lazy scrap book and the thing that is MY time in the evenings so I have been missing it but things have been so so busy this week. Because of some restructuring at work I have been traveling a lot this week (this won't be normal) but I had to cover for some others this time. I have been in 5 different airports, in 5 different cities, in 5 different states within the last week. Crazy Life, however, I have found airports and airplanes very intriguing.

Airport / Airplane Observations:

• If you thought that any style was "out" go to an airport and people watch. You will see all the styles of dress that you thought no one did any more. I was a little embarrassed for a couple of people.
• I look at people's shoes. AND I saw every color shoe you could think of.
• You walk barefoot on the same part of a floor that, literally, thousands of others have walked before.
• Every emotion that you could think of, you could find in an airport.
• Airports, despite what has happened in the past, are probably one of the safest places to be with all the security now.
• Every class of people and every type of culture can be found under one roof.
• You overhear and engage in more conversations with strangers than ever.
• You sit closer to a stranger on a plane than you would ever choose to anywhere else.
• Because of the close quarters and the smell of alcoholic beverages, I think alcoholic beverages should not be served on the plane. It is gross.
• People walking around the airport casually drinking a beer makes me feel weird.
• Love Field Airport in Dallas needs to invest in some signage.
• For some reason, with all the people in one place, I feel like I should always see someone I know, but I never do.
  

Thankful Thursday

#1
I am thankful for good communication. Every time I have to travel or Chris has to be out, the fact that we have cell phones that can call each other anytime no matter what and we can talk as long as we want without it costing an arm makes me so happy.

#2
I am thankful for my conscience. Thinking thru things and trying to see all sides of something before I do it it a blessing to be able to do.

#3
I am thankful for my career. The company I work for is great. The job that I do I really like and am thankful for the opportunity to do it.

Proverbs

Tonight I was looking thru a little travel NT, Psalm, Proverbs Bible I have, and went to Proverbs. I opened it up to a passage of scriptures that is titled "Thirty Wise Sayings". It made me think that if we all lived by the wise sayings of Proverbs, what would the world be like? I know 30 is a lot and I won't tell you everything that each of them say but sometime, read Proverbs 22:17 - 24:22. I read the Easy-To-Read Version. Here they are.

1. It is easy to steal from the poor but don't do it. And don't take advantage of them in court.
2. Don't be friends with people who become angry easily. Don't stay around short-tempered people.
3. Don't promise to pay someone else's debt.
4. Never move an old property line that was marked long ago by your ancestors.
5. Skilled workers will always serve kings.
6. When you sit and eat with an important person, remember who you are with. Never eat too much, even if you are hungry.
7. Don't ruin your health by trying to get rich. If you are smart, you will give it up.
8. Don't eat with selfish people. Control any desire you have for their finest foods.
9. Don't try to teach fools. They will make fun of your wise words.
10. Never move an old property line and don't take land that belongs to orphans. The Lord will be against you. He is powerful and protects orphans.
11. Listen to your teacher and learn all you can.
12. Always correct children when they need it. If you spank them, it will not kill them. In fact, you might save their lives.
13. It makes me happy when you make a wise decision. It makes be feel good inside when you say the right things.
14. Never envy evil people but always respect the Lord.
15. Don't make friends with people who drink too much wine and eat too much food.
16. Listen to your father. Without him you would never have been born. Respect your mother even when she is old.
17. Prostitutes and bad women are a trap. A bad woman waits for you like a thief, and she causes many men to be unfaithful to their wives.
18. Who gives into fights and arguments? Who gets hurt for no reason and has red, bloodshot eyes? People who stay out too late drinking wine, staring into their strong drinks.
19. Don't be jealous of evil people. Have no desire to be around them.
20. Good homes are built on wisdom and understand.
21. Wisdom makes a man more powerful. Knowledge gives a man strength.
22. Fools cannot understand wisdom. They have nothing to say when people are discussing important things.
23. If you start planning ways to do wrong, people will learn that you are a troublemaker.
24. If you are weak in times of trouble, that is real weakness.
25. If you see someone on their way to death or in danger of being killed, you must do something to save them.
26. Eat honey. It is good. Honey straight from the honeycomb in the sweetest.
27. Good people might fall again and again, but they always get up. It is the wicked who are defeated by their troubles.
28. Don't be happy when your enemy has troubles.
29. Don't let those who are evil upset you, and don't be jealous of them. They have no hope.
30. Respect the Lord and the king and don't join with those who are against them, because people like that can quickly be destroyed.

Hope you enjoyed the Thirty Wise Sayings I found. Do you have a favorite? I think #26 through me for a loop.

Vacation - Just a Couple More

Vacation - Fun Stuff

I just cracked up at this smile Hannah was giving me behind her Daddy's back!



Nana and Hannah painted their toenails. Painted toenails look so funny on toes that little.



Hannah's first "real" ponytail.



I think she kept wondering when we would be done shopping. Those questioning eyes kept looking up at me.



Of course, even on vacation we have to have our Sunday picture. Papa Joe was lucky enough to be in this one. What do you think of our balcony view... Isn't it beautiful?



To me, her hair looks so grown up here.



Have I told you lately that Hannah still likes Macaroni and Cheese?



We got worried about Hannah's scalp getting burned and I didn't want to put suntan lotion in her hair so we got her this hat. It took her a little bit but she got use to it.



She thought she was SO big "holding on" in the elevator all by herself!

Vacation - The Beach & Pool

Here it is... The start of all the vacation pictures. You will have to bare with me because between us and my parents we had over 700 pictures from this week. It is hard to pick and choose..

The Choice

I have finished it!!! Have you?? Let me tell you, it is a great book. Of course, I knew it would be, considering the author is Nicholas Sparks. I definitely recommend it.

Thanks to Mom and my step sister, Marsha, I now have my first Nicholas Sparks autographed book.

Thanks so much!!

Fun In The Sun!

Marco Island is the BEST!!

Softball

Hannah has been going to softball games pretty regularly since April or May to watch her Daddy play ball. (Definitely weekly for the last month or so.) And finally, tonight, I remember my camera and I remembered to take pictures! She really likes being outside so I think she loves it.


She is showing me the rocks!!



Hannah giving Daddy a Good Luck Kiss before he goes to bat.



She is telling the batters which bat they should pick as they are going out to bat. She is very into the game.



Hannah and Chloe playing.



I think this is the look that I get when she is ready for me to stop asking her to smile or "show me her teeth." She wasn't in the mood, apparently, tonight.

Don't Blink

Today I got the rare chance to drive to work alone. I don't really like to do that often but Chris is trying to get in a few extra hours. The thing about driving to work is that I usually get to really hear some songs that I don't always get to really hear. Today I heard a song going to work and coming home from work and it touched me so I thought I would share.

Don't Blink
by Kenny Chesney

I turned on the evenin' news
Saw an old man being interviewed
Turnin' a hundred and two today
They asked him what's the secret to life
He looked up from his ol' pipe
Laughed and said, 'All I can say is'

Don't blink
Just like that
You're six years old and you take a nap
And you wake up and you're twenty-five
And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growin' like mine did
Turnin' into moms and dads
Next thing you know
Your better half of fifty years is there in bed
And you're prayin'
God takes you instead
Trust me friend
A hundred years goes faster than you think
(So) (But) don't blink

I was glued to my TV
When it looked like he looked at me
And said, 'Let's start puttin' first things first'
'Cause when your hourglass runs outta sand
You can't flip it over, start again
Took every breath
God gives you, for what it's worth

So I been tryin' to slow it down
I been tryin' to take it in
In this here today, gone tomorrow world we're livin' in

Naw, don't blink
Don't blink
Life goes faster than you think
Don't blink
Life goes faster than you think
Don't blink
Don't blink
Life goes faster than you think