Tuesday, February 16, 2010

What Love Means...


What Love means to a 4-8 year old.

Touching words from the mouth of babes. A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does love mean?' The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.

See what you think:



'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'

Rebecca- age 8



'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'

Billy - age 4



'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'

Karl - age 5



'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'

Chrissy - age 6



'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'

Terri - age 4



'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'

Danny - age 7



'Love is when you kiss all the time.. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that.
They look gross when they kiss'

Emily - age 8



'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents
and listen.'

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)



'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'

Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)



'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'

Noelle - age 7



'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'

Tommy - age 6



'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling..

He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'

Cindy - age 8



'My mommy loves me more than anybody
You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'

Clare - age 6



'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'

Elaine-age 5



'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'

Chris - age 7



'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'

Mary Ann - age 4



'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'

Lauren - age 4



'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)

Karen - age 7



'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'

Mark - age 6



'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'

Jessica - age 8



And the final one

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

Friday, February 12, 2010

The beginning of my new life...


Well, I officially feel like the beginning of my new life starts today.

As a preface, I will let you know that Jason has been in Asia for almost 3 weeks now and I am missing him like crazy! He finally comes home tomorrow and I have never been so excited! He truly is my prince charming. He is so sweet and sent me gorgeous red roses to work yesterday for Valentine's Day. What a doll!

I don't think I have made this public on here yet, but Jason and I will be moving to Singapore for 7 months and then to Austria for 2 years. I know this is big news and we are sooo excited!

Anyway, yesterday he went around Singapore with a real estate agent and found our new home. His company will hopefully put an offer down on it next week sometime. Jason took many pictures and walked me right through it with his camera phone. It looks truly amazing and it is finally starting to feel real. I mean come on, pictures don't lie. ;)

Plans have somewhat changed and we are now going to Singapore for about a month in April/May. We will be returning for about two weeks for Luke and Kaitlyn's graduations. We will then head out for good around June 1. Time is already flying by and I know that it is going to be here before I know it, which is both scary and exciting at the same time.

Today, I pulled my supervisor aside and gave her my notice. I explained that my last day of work will be on March 11. How crazy is that?! I am so glad that I will have the opportunity to spend time with my family and friends before I leave. It is so crazy to think that I will never work again (unless I want to of course). I still can't wrap my head around that one.

It is truly amazing how life can change so quickly. I am not sure I have ever been this happy... and I wouldn't change a thing! So here's to new beginnings!

"Step out with me into the great unknown
The world's at our feet, let's make it our home
I'm looking at you with the stars up above
It must be true; we're falling in love."
~Alice Peacock

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Foul Balls


I love softball. I started playing t-ball when I was 5 years old and I have played ever since. I played on the school team in middle school. I'm not sure why I never played on the team when I was in high school, but I have always played on rec leagues. I also played on my sorority intramural team in college. The past two years I have played at North Park in Alpharetta. At one point I played on a Wednesday and Thursday night league. That's how much I love it. The last team I played on was the Foul Balls (classy name, I know!). They took me in when certain circumstances made me leave the team I previously played on. A couple of weeks ago the spring signup began and I was extremely excited to play my last season before I retired. You see, I am moving to Singapore in June and am going for a month in April/May and wanted to get one last season in before I left. To my disappointment, not everyone from last season signed up and we didn't have enough people to play which meant that my game was cut short. I really am going to miss playing and maybe somewhere in Singapore there is an adult league. Just thinking of all the friends made and all the memories. I hate when another chapter in my life closes. But... I am very excited about the new one ahead! I guess I just have to come to grips that I am getting older and I am not a kid anymore. Maybe that's why they call them growing pains.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Blah

Blah is the title to this post because that is precisely how I feel today. It is cold, rainy and overall nasty outside today. I woke up and noticed that Bella both peed and pooed the bed last night. I was 30 minutes late to work this morning because people in Atlanta do not know how to drive in any kind of incliment weather and there was a wreck on 400. What else is new? Happy Friday! Ughh. Last night was not any better. It is so hard for me to see the ones I love go through a rough time when there is nothing I can do to help them. It does not help that I get guilty easily, which only makes things worse. My neck was hurting terribly last night too, as it has been for the last two weeks. Thank God I have another Chiropractor appointment after work today and then it will be the weekend. I have a couple of fun things to look forward to: going to bed early tonight, lunch with Carly tomorrow, going out with Alex downtown tomorrow night, spending time with Nathan, and of course the Superbowl. Although, next weekend is what I am REALLY looking forward to. Jason has been out of town for 10 days now and he gets back next Sunday, just in time for Valentine's Day. His trip is 19 days long but seems to last FOREVER. I can't wait for him to get home because he seems to make everything all better. Missing him like crazy...

Somedays you're the bug, some days you are the windshield...

Update: Since originally posting this blog, I dropped my lunch in the lunchroom and lunch for tomorrow was cancelled. Blah!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

What Is Wrong With People?


Ok, for those of you that don't know, I am a claims examiner for The Home Depot. I handle bodily injury claims pertaining to customers. We gets some crazy claims. One of my co-workers got this one yesterday. The sad thing is, we get weird ones like this all the time and we actually have to call the customer! Just thought I'd share...

Incident description:
Customer came into the store and went into the men's bathroom. He took off all his clothes and laid on the bathroom floor naked. Other customers went into the bathroom and saw the customer naked and complained to manager and filed claim.

Ewwww! Thanks to stupid people like this, I have a job! :)