TAXES!!!..and other things.

Today is April 15th which means Taxes are do! Yeah!...NOT! This is my first year in paying taxes and let me tell you it is a little nerve recking! Now I understand why my dad gets excited when he finishes them. Please pray that all goes well with me and my taxes.

The other things... I am still trying to find a job and have had no success so please keep me in your prayers. Also I am going to be traveling soon (for those who know me, you know where and when) so please keep me in your prayers for that also.

That is 2 in a row!...

In honor of the Astros winning 2 in a row I have decided to quote 1 of my all time favorite movies Major League II...

Lou Brown (the Indians manager has entered the Clubhouse)
"Alright guys lets listen up! You Guy won one yesterday! You win one today that is 2 in a row! You win one tomorrow that is called a winning streak it has happened before! So I want to see some hustle! I got a feeling things are going to turn around for us..."

That is all! Go Astros!!! Also Go Red Sox!!!

Stephanie Dan In Real Life...and other things...

Today my younger sister and I were in between a fight and she yelled "Alright Stephanie Dan!" she was trying to pronounce my middle name which happens to be Deann, my mom then said referring to the movie Dan in real life "It's Stephanie Dan in real life!"

I am going crazy!...Well sot of. I am just still really upset about baseball season! Ugh! That is all!

3 and 6...An Astros post...I am going to vent...

3 and 6, what a wonderful record...If the Astros were the RAYS! I know it is ONLY the 2nd week of baseball but I mean come on 3and 6? The worst part is this is the team that Uncle Drayton and Uncle Ed wanted!

3 and 6 What a joke! I mean I know that this team has a better record so far than that of the 2007 Astros who went 1 and 6 in their first 2 weeks. But I still am not so thrilled about this team and really do not like the Astros right now.

Do you want to know why? (Guess what you get to read it anyway!) Because this is the same thing Uncle Drayton did in the past. He goes from one extreme to the next when the Astros do not get to the playoffs and win the World Series.

If because I am fed up and hurt because so many of the players I loved were traded from so many years gone by along with last year makes me a fair weathered fan than so be it. That is what I am.

But to those of you who read this and say "Yes you are a fair weathered fan!" Just remember I have friends who are Astros and they understand why I am upset and do not want to support Uncle Drayton and Uncle Ed.

There I am done. I will get off my soap box now!

Baseball season...

In honor of it being the official day of baseball I am posting one of my favorite commercial lines of the Red Sox..."I pledge allegiance, to the fans, of the entire Red Sox nation. And to the Fenway Faithful, in all the stands, one team, under Terry, with Offense and Pitching PLAY BALL!!!!!!!"

A great story...

I read this story in an email and thought I would share it...

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged

us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look

around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a

wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her

entire being.

She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose.

I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?'

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she

gave me a giant squeeze.

'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked.

She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and

have a couple of kids...'

'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be

taking on this challenge at her age.

'I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting

one!'

she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and shared a

chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would

leave class together and talk nonstop I was always mesmerized listening

to this 'time machine' as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily

made friends wherever she went.

She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her

from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football

banquet.

I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up

to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped

her three by five cards on the floor.

Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and

simply said, 'I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this

whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me

just tell you what I know.'

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, 'We do not stop playing

because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.

There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving

success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have

a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know

it!

There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't

do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am

eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do any thing

I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The

idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no

regrets.

The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for

things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those

with regrets.'

She concluded her speech by courageously singing 'The Rose.'

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our

daily

lives.

At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all

those

years ago.

One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to

the

wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all

you

can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice

to

your friends and family, they'll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give.

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. If God brings you to

it, He

will bring you through it.

Pass this message to 7 people except you and me . You will receive a

miracle

tomorrow .

If you choose not, then you refuse to bless someone else.

'Good friends are like stars.........You don't always see them, but you

know

they are always there.'

Nothing new...

Since there is nothing new to post about I decided to post some of my favorite video clips and things in hopes of making someone smile...(please remember to turn my playlist off before you play them. Also please excuse some of the language)...