~37~

Today is my 37th birthday. I had my entire day planned last year, based on the school calendar. My kids were going back to school on my birthday....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

And then someone changed the school calendar.

I have had all summer to come to terms with school starting a week later and not getting the only present I wanted. I nearly fainted when my neighbor told me that school was starting 5 minutes later this year and then, my head nearly exploded when she said that they were starting a week later. That was when I decided to create my own present~

I started thinking about school and life and love and family...and all I have learned in the 37 years I have been here:


Here's what I know so far....

1. Life is what you make of it.

2. I am a half-full glass kinda girl

3. Strong women are sexy and beautiful

4. Weak women don't know any better

5. God will only put on you, what you can handle

6. Sometimes that just sucks

7. Rolling down a grassy hill with your kids can make your whole week

8. Quit making excuses...You need to own it, good or bad

9. Scars are cool

10. Those who judge...well others know more about you than you think

11. Until my kids are grown, my house will never be spotless

12. The truth hurts sometimes, get over it!

13. Money does not buy happiness or time. Use it well or lose it!

14. Look past the flaws. We all have them

15. Everyone is attractive in different ways

16. The rain is sexy

17. Uniforms are sexy

18. I have awesome muscles in my arms, I work my butt off for them

19. My husband is awesome

20. Hard work is worthwhile

21. Soft kisses can fix a lot

22. Tight hugs can usually fix the rest

23. You can not change your parents minds, attitudes, or way of living and thinking so move on from whatever it is that bothers you about them

24. Time spent with your Dad counts, even when you grow up

25. Sometimes it just is not worth it to forgive again and again

26. "Me" time is important or I get mad at the world

27. I am a touchy feely kinda girl. I hug everyone (too much at times)

28. I would not be alive if there were not angels among us, a God above us, and family right next to me

29. I miss my career everyday, but I love my family a million times more

30. I believe in miracles

31. The word CAN'T does not belong in my vocabulary

32. Forgetting, after you forgive....takes a strong heart

33. There has never in my life been a goal I have set, that I did not accomplish

34. Some days I wish for another baby. The next day usually negates that wish

35. Lying to your kids comes back to bite you, twice as hard

36. I'm a gambler, in all aspects of the definition

37. I am me. I am not perfect, I am not the nicest person all the time, I am strong and can hold my own in a fight or professional conversation. I can rock babies to sleep with the best of them and knock out the worst of them. I lift weights to be able to walk and I love this life I live. I still have so much to learn. I have seen things that will haunt me the rest of my life and I have loved like there is no tomorrow. I married the one man that took my breath away and I have three amazing kids that took my sanity. They all support me, no matter what I am doing..... and that is the best present I could ever get! (ALONG WITH MY NEW FOOD SCALE!!)