Old

When I got up this morning I felt pretty good and then I got this in my email.

Holy Crap am I really that old???

Never Forget

Lights Out!!!!

So about it’s about 9 pm and I was all snuggled in Sparky watching some TV and then it happened. All at once every light, Every TV...every appliance, video game, radio, microwave, clock, my oxygen concentrator, every single electrical anything went out in our whole town!!!! My cell cordless phone wouldn't even work That is such an eerie feeling having your whole town dark....no street lights, no store lights, just other peoples headlights in a town full of darkness. It’s always crazy how when things like this happen you can never find your flashlights...I had one that could be found so I used it to hunt down some candles and give me some sort of light. Still don’t know what happened. but did hear the electricity kick on about 11:30 and then go back off 2 minutes later. Then about 4:30 this morning it was back on again and so far it’s stayed on. What was weird was to sit and think about how much we depend on electricity in our life. How we feel lost if we can’t turn on the TV, or warm something in the microwave. How strange it is to try to go to the bathroom and get ready for bed with only candle light. And yet our ancestors did it that way every day and night. It was strange how suddenly being in the dark made you feel a little scared, because you didn’t know what was happening because in this day and age you cant help but to ask yourself. Have we been attacked by terrorists???? Are we being invaded???? Has someone come and taken all our power away??? Is some one going to come jumping out of the dark???? But I’m glad to say I made it thru....and today is just another day...I was able to turn on the TV this morning, make some toast, and start my laundry. No one was attacking us, and no one came and took all our electricity away. It was just one of those crazy things that happened and thru it all you couldn’t help but to think back to how life use to be and also have those little thoughts run thru your head asking yourself....WHAT IF?????

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1. Will I ever feel my hipbones again?

2. Why is it that I wouldn't want to be any other age?

3. Where did my metabolism go?

4. When did wine become an instant sedative?

5. How could I drive all the way home with my reading glasses on?

6. How high do reading glasses go?

7. When did my belly fat get its own pulse?

8. When did buying a new bra get so exciting?

9. When did I amass this collection of ointments?

How many kids are too many?

How many kids are too many and do we have the right to tell someone they have too many kids?

I am a big fan of the Duggars. They live in Arkansas and have 18 children, and are expecting their 19th later this year. They will also become first time grandparents next month when oldest son Josh and his wife Anna have their first child a baby girl. They seem like a very happy family. From what I have seen they all seem to be very happy children who love their parents and their siblings very much. None of them seem resentful towards their parents for the choices they have made. Yes the older children look after the younger one, and yes they have chores, and yes they are all home schooled, and yes they all know the meaning of responsibility. Now granted TV sometimes only shows the happy side of life. I still feel like they are a very happy family. Also, the adult Duggar’s take very good care of their family monetarily and are living debt free. (They own several commercial rental properties) I feel like as long as everyone is taken care of, they are not digging a hole of debt into the ground, and they aren't living off of the government then there is really no problem with it. I personally would not want to have 19 children but it is a free country. Watching their show 19 kids and counting is inspirational. I do not know how Michelle manages it all.

Since you know how I feel about the Duggar’s I am sure you can guess what I think about the Octomom. Octomom was photographed getting her nails done shortly after giving birth to her octuplets. She seems completely “me me me” But the Duggar’s are all about family in their house is more like “we we we” She has 14 kids she can’t pay for. Outrageous! How could a woman on welfare be so irresponsible? She obviously does not have the means to take care of all of those children and she knowingly and willingly chose to have them. She even had in vitro. I watched the Octomom documentary and it was like watching a train wreck. She has no idea what she is doing and the kids are the ones who will suffer. So do I feel like one can have too many children? Yes. Do I think the Duggar’s have too many children? No.

Monday List

1. This question always runs through my head and I'd love to ask this to someone who knows, "What does "dead" feel like? Does it hurt? Do you feel a sense of relief or utter fear of what comes next? Is it like being on a roller coaster and you’re going up a steep slope and not knowing when you'll be rushing down again?

2. I am never bored. I think bored people are boring.

3. I was a good girl when I was growing up. I never broke rules or curfews. I feared the wrath of mom.

4. Sometimes when I'm in a stressful situation, like a funeral, I get the giggles over something funny that crosses my mind.

5. I've been mispronouncing the word "salmonella" all these years. (It isn't samo but salmo).

6. The grass isn't always greener on the other side. Living in the moment creates more of a sense of contentment than looking far ahead.

7. Aging isn’t scary to me. But growing old is.

8. I don't recycle the few bottles and cans I manage to bring in to my house. In a word-----disposable diapers.

9. I don’t think I am an easy person to live with.

10. The world is full of people who live their whole lives and not actually live one day. I don’t want to be one of them.