Getting ready for...

The beginning of a New Year!! I rarely make New Year's Resolutions....because I have found in the past that I usually don't keep them for very long! It has been said that it takes 21 days to form a new habit....Not sure if it holds true that it takes 21 days to break an old habit however!! LOL...
But I ran across some questions on a kids site that I go to that made me go HUMMMM...this is something positive....(because I have found that most resolutions have to do with some negative side of myself!) On the 1st of January I will make my list.....Here are the questions...

Question 1

What are some games or activities you like to do that you find challenging and fun? (Resilience)

Question 2

What are some games or activities you like to do that make you laugh? (Emotion Awareness)

Question 3

What are some new things you've been wanting to try? (Goal Setting)

Question 4

What are some things you can do that leverage your strengths and skills? (Empowerment)

Question 5

What are some things you can do that are fun and will make someone else happy? (Optimism)

Approval...

We got the VA approval for the CAT scan and it has been scheduled for January 7!! Now, although this seems to be several weeks off, Michael is happy because it gets him through the holidays without having to face anymore tests should something be found when it is done....Bringing us boldly into another year of survival....February we will be beginning year 3! It has been a long road so far....sometimes very bumpy...other times a few detours...some surprises along the way...
But for now....we count our blessings that we are still venturing down the road of LIFE!
Happy Holidays to all....
May your LIFE travels bring you that much closer to the realization of all your dreams.

Get together...

We want to our first Holiday get together last night....Arriving at our destination around 6:30...thinking that we would make our appearance and stay for a short while.....BELIEVE it or NOT we did not arrive home till after 12:30!!! Time just flew by...we enjoyed good food...good laughs...good company!! And it was amazing that Michael tolerated it so well considering he is usually sound asleep by 9:00 every night....I felt NORMAL....I felt FESTIVE...I was GRATEFUL for the time with friends....and the NORMAL of the night....We have more to go to and I am hoping that they all go this well....Last year we were in such a medical state that we could not go anywhere really....So this was amazing....HAPPY...HAPPY...HAPPY today...
A bit tired....but HAPPY!

this is a great story....

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a
pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. 'I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.' The old woman smiled, 'Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?' 'That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.' For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.' Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.

still a little fearful!

So we took the little love to see Santa....He was still a little fearful of him and would not sit on his lap....but at least we got him to walk up to him this year!! LOL He wants a Ford Pick up Truck...the motorized kind that you ride....Cost: $360.00!!! Think he just might be in for his first big disappointment! We keep telling him that Santa doesn't make that many....and he says that's OK because they have them at Wal Mart....So then we said that they cost a lot of money...and he says that's OK because I can give him money from my bank...and Mommy's bank...and Daddy's bank...any your bank Moma....and even Papa's bank!! SMART KID!

Update...

Happy Holidays....
A moment ago I realized that I have not given an update.....Must be all those lights flickering on and off! LOL..... We are still waiting for approval from the VA for the CAT scan....Michael's new teeth are being made and he will have a fitting for them on Wednesday!! (yeah!!)
Michael is hoping that the CAT scan is not scheduled till after Christmas (not my wish!) I can understand that he does not want any news to disrupt his holiday....So I will make NO effort now to get this process going faster than it will under normal red tape!
The holidays are approaching rapidly....I am making a list...checking it twice!! Deciding to take on all the invitations that come our way this year if only for a very short visit....It is hard to do this, but I am UP to it!! So festivities are being planned....the calendar is getting filled with parties and socializing....and the twinkle is in my heart and eyes!!
May it also be in yours!!

Do you?

Believe in signs?...Things that come your way to give you a message? That if you are aware of them they will show you things that perhaps you overlook...
I know people who think that things are just a coincidence...that nothing is connected to anything else...that things just unfold...or you make things happen....
I do not follow that theory....I believe in signs....I watch and listen...some signs smack me right upside the head...others have to come a series of times before I actually see them...actually hear the message....
And this has been the case this past weekend.....Signs ....Telling me to reach out....telling me to seek out something that I lost....showing me that perhaps now is the time to do that....Signs....I'm not sure why...but these signs have shown up in the past couple of years a little more....but the one that came across my life on Friday...was loud and clear....reaching my heart....and this is the coming year that I will do something about it....
Do you believe in signs???