I HATE TIME CHANGE!

I hate time changing. I feel fat. The sound of others annoys me. I am proud to say that I totally suck today. The devotional today was about prayer. Yea! Please day, suck some more.

"There will always be a small patch of sky above, and there will always be enough space to fold two hands in prayer".

Blah, Blah, Blah.....My bad attitude infects those a around me, but I am not ashamed.

Spring break brings joy in the form of no homework, no Wednesday night church, and no worrying about what my family looks like.

I, however, choose to BITCH instead of enjoy the first part of this week.

Maybe growth and peace will enter my life but right now I want, want, want....

more money

more sleep

more confidence

more personal satisfaction

more clothes

more

more

more

THESE PRETZELS ARE MAKING ME THIRSTY!!!!!

Sunday in Pictures!

Turnrow Bookstore was ablaze in music and beer (sold out right at the last song). Folks from Greenwood, Cleveland, and even Oxford. One Austrian visited which means the party is really hoppin. "How lovely to have something on a Sunday afternoon" and praise for Hank encompassed much of the banter. Praying for more shows and more family fun. Which prayer is needed. It did not read a devotional yesterday and did not make it to mass and showed up almost a hour late for work today. Way to meet high expectations chick! Well tomorrow is just around the bend!

My Hubby the Rock Star

Do you like cold beverages, family fun, and sweet tunes. I certainly do. I want to kick back with a few coke a colas ($1) or ice cold brew ($3) in one of my most favorite places, Turnrow Books and receive the musical stylings of bookstore veterans to include my hubbalicious Hank and drum master/ukulele specialist Ben Arnold joined by neighboring friend Will Griffith. All three musicians have varied skills and specialities but bond together with a combined passion for sound.

When?

Where?

The shaking starts about 3:00 on Sunday March 13

at Turnrow Books in Greenwood, MS

If you, unlike me are not Turnrow Junkie/possible stalker then you might not be familiar with the fabulous acoustics, the cozy setting, the family friendly environment, the comforting porch, the many tempting books, the now featured discounted items, and a great beer selection of only the best loved brewskies to wet your whistle.

DO I HAVE YOU YET???

No excuses! Load the family in the car and head on over to Turnrow Bookstore on Howard St. in Greenwood, MS on Sunday the 13 of March at 3:00 and lasting until.

Friends, customers, children of all ages, and excentrics of all types are invited to bring the party!

Check out Turnrows website and blog to learn more a see picture of this true Delta tresure!
http://turnrowbooks.com/php_version/photo_gallery.php

Daily meditation 3.11.10

Yesterdays meditation was a dud so I did not comment!!! Today the two I read were interesting to me. They both related to fasting for lent and really not eating meat on Fridays. P.S. I learned that the nasty fillet-of fish and indirectly the "give me some fillet-of-fish commercials" (which are infectious) have lent to blame. Thank you very much once again you Catholics!!! Anyway back to the inspiration part, right.
I learned first that not eating meat or eating it is my choice. I reminded that it is a symbol. It is a symbol that unites millions of people in one act on one day a week. Struggles and hardship bring moments of longing that hint at the pains of others and remind us of our blessings. Free will exists, and the choice is ours. Which one will I make, the right or the wrong one. God's want remain mysterious really, but I feel the unbearable pain of self defeat and disappointment when I devalue and distrust my morals. I decide how to live and if to take the time to care and help others daily or just SUCK. It is the small choices that make a man more that he big ones I fear and send so much time planning for.
I can act more kindly.
I will take more steps to notice my actions today.
I prayed with my children last night amongst the fight of who was going to play the DSi whatever other crap they could invent. I don't know that it helped them but it tells me of my children's' need for more time with the real, there me and not just the body.
I am going to ask my son for a hot spring break date next week to the movies and offer him the
opportunity to ask Lucy Goosie only if he wants to. I think he needs on 1:1 time, but I let his free will make the choice. That is if he accepts my invitation!

Check Out This Giveaway on My Friends Blogs!

We all love a giveaway right. Come on... I know you make comments on blogs in hopes of winning things you may not even want. Well this is an opportunity to get something great and for a good cause!

That sassy Blondie in that family photo above is Miki McCurdy. Her photography and design skills are sweeping the Delta. You might have seen her work advertising for the Sweet Pea or you might have grabbed one of her cards while in the Parlor and other local businesses. I bet you witnessed her talents in the pictures that you envy in your friends' homes and websites. Watching my friends Stephanie and Robert's kids grow through her lens and artistic vision has been a fun for me personally.

Now you can have her photograph you and your clan. In a great giveaway, encouraging the success of TEAM CHARLIE ROGAN you can win a 30 minute session with the Miki all for yourself...And it is easy to register...Why does this continue to get better and better!!!???

To register to win you have to go to www.marchofdimes.org/stephaniegillespie and make a donation. For every ten dollars you give you will receive an entry. DO YOU MEAN A $100 WILL GET ME 10 CHANCES!!! Yes I most certainly do! You have until March 18Th to get your pocket book out and shell out some dough. Don't forget to write on Stephanie's blog at
www.meetthegillespies@wordpress.com to inform her of your addition to the loot and insure that you get registered. Be sure to leave a method for her to contact you if you are the big winner like an email or phone number.

GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY DONATING!!!

An expression of the Gillespie family by Miki

(just some of the evidence of how bad you want this)

Meditation and Ash Wenesday

Yesterday, I woke up a four in the AM. Mostly because I partook in a few glasses of wine on Fat Tuesday and early rising is my punishment for tipsiness. With this time alone, I made the best of it by reading my meditation for the day.

Todays meditation focused on the attitude related to giving. It discusses the risks of committing yourself to faith and dangers of just being an observer. I was also encouraged to form a contract with myself regarding my plans to observe lent.

• I am to abstan from chips (of all types) for the next 40 days.
• I am to fast completely with no food and only beverages for ash wenesday.
• I plan to take my children despite the stress of Elliott to one mass per week until Easter.
• I will read my meditation daily and will start to process lessions taught.
• I will not be so forgetful and lazy about praying nightly with my children and will start to be as proactive as I was in the past.
• I will attempt to pray first and not yell first when I want to KILL my Kids.

So after I documented my plan I was off. The devotional encourages that one not be boastful about fast and not be miserable either. I took this as motivation to get dressed nicely to put on make-up and propel the day forward. I refused the offers for ranch dressing and crackers and bits of peoples this and that all day at work without telling a sole my plan. Very snicky I am.

All was well, then I realized that my patience level was down and my children's smacking at dinner was like a sick hypnotic seen in a bad after school special. I could hear a voice screaming "you can just have one bite". I fought the voice and remained strong. Visions of bisket in the morning swirled in my head.

Elliott was a friggin nightmare at mass. Yes, oh yes, that was my kid screaming like a banchie. I love her and strangle her at the same time. "JUST ACT RIGHT, THIS ONE TIME". No, that will never happen this child is her own being. She is OUT OF CONTROL. After mass I wanted to comfort my pain with a cheeseburger, but I remained firm. The yelling goal, however was not successful. I can say that the diet coke helped me from going nuts (thank you my man). Turns out I do get hungry. My stomach was loud and the hurt was not comfortable, but I was on a mission not to Nible!

SUCCESS!!!

I did it. About two o'clock in the morning I ate some cucumber dipped in ranch dressing and rewarded myself with a bacon bisket this morning (It was worth it, totally). I look forward to my journey and I am committed to completing this plan!

Yay for Me!

"Lord, the trumpet has sounded, and I want to respond. Help me to rend my heart this Lent, So that it can be filled anew with your love and your spirit"

Outfit on 030911

This outfit is a Lucy orginial. She has gone with a purple themed design to include a baby purple bow. If you check it out her shoes are like a size to small. She feels that fit her too a tee that that her toes "told me that it will be ok if they hurt". Crazy Much!