Wednesday, February 18, 2009
I got bored.....
1. Real name → Cheryl
2. Nickname(s) → Cherie
3. Status → married
4. Sign → Auquarius
5. Male or female→ female
6. Elementary → Fairfield
7. Middle School → Ashley Junior High
8. High School → Dekalb High School
9. Colleges-- Wayne University of Cosmotology, Brigham Young University
10. Hair color → brown
11. Long or short → short
12. Loud or Quiet→ quiet or loud depending on the situation
13. Sweats or Jeans → jeans
14. Phone or Camera → phone
15. Health freak → no
16. Do you have a crush on someone? → yes
17. Eat or Drink → drink
18. Piercings → two holes each ear...one in each ear closed
19. Tattoos → No
20. Water or Fire → water
21. Love of your life or 4 Billion Dollars → alrady have love so I would like the 4 billion now...I would have to have both
FIRSTS:
22. First fear → mom leaving
23. First best friend(s) → cousins
24. First award → ???
25. First crush → I can't remember back that far...haha
26. First pet → Laddie
27. First big vacation → Missouri to the caves
28. First big birthday → #1
CURRENTLY:
Eating → nothing
Drinking → wnothing
I'm about to → The Wrath of Ezra
Listening to → Will and Grace
Plans for today→ rest
Waiting for → making the bed
Thinking of → Timi
Want to → see a movie with Jeffrey
YOUR FUTURE:
Want kids?→ yes
Want to get married? → am
What careers do you have in mind?→ therapist
College? → hopefully somewhere to get a masters
House? → nice cute one with lots of character
Car? → anything nice that runs well
World Traveling? → Europe to start
What do you think it'll be like? → GREAT!!!
WHICH IS BETTER WITH GIRL/BOY? (I chose boy)
Eye color → grayish green
Sporty/sidelines --> sidelines.
Lips or eyes → lips
Shorter or taller? → taller
Romantic or spontaneous → romantic
Nice stomach or nice arms → nice
Sensitive or loud → sensitive.
Trouble maker or hesitant → middle ground?
HAVE YOU EVER:
Lost glasses/contacts → yes
Ran away from home → yes, my older sister and I went down to the woods west of our house and ate the sandwiches we made and came back.
Hold a gun/knife for self defense → no
Killed somebody → no
Heartbroken → yes
Been arrested → no
Cried when someone died → sure all the time when someone dies
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
Yourself → most of the time
Miracles → yes
Love at first sight → yes
Heaven → yes
Santa Claus → yes
Sex on the first date → NO!
Kiss on the first date → uh...depends on how the kiss is...and how long you have known the person...
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
Is there one person you want to be with right now → yes
Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → no
Do you believe in God → yes
Are you glad it's the end? ah...I am ok with answering these.
Nine things about myself.
1. I love movies
2. I really like Coldplay
3. I love my kitties like kids
4. Jeff is my very best friend
5. I am so grateful for my family
6. I miss my dad and sister
7. I want to lose weight
8. My mom worries me
9. I love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
Eight ways to win my heart.
1. Take an interest
2. Be loyal
3. Have a good sense of humor
4. Be good to my family
5. Be honest
6. Show compassion
7. Be willing to compromise
8. Love me
Seven things that cross my mind a lot
1. How is Jeff?
2. Why isn't Timi talking to me?
3. What should I do about mom??
4. What can I make for lunch/dinner?
5. I need to clean this/laundry that/wash this/throw that
6. Prayers
7. I am telling you!!
Six things I do before I fall asleep.
1. Go potty
2. Kiss Jeff
3. set alarm
4. take medicine
5. shut off light
6. pray
Five people who mean a lot.
1. Jeff
2. Jesus
3. Family
4. Ancestors
5. Filoso's
Four things you're wearing right now.
1. unders
2. wedding ring
3. my glasses.
4. socks
Three songs that you listen to often.
1. Coldplay anything
2. Il Divo anything
3. Theme from Footloose...hahaha
Two things you want to do before you die.
1. Be healthier
2. Be a therapist
One confession.
1. I really really really love my husband!!!
Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real ... nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.
1. What is your name? Cherie
2. A four-letter word: cart
3. A boy's name: Chad
4. A girl's name: Carol
5. An occupation: car dealer
6. A color: chartreuce
7. Something you wear: cap
8. A food: celery
9. Something found in the bathroom: comb
10. A place: China
11. A reason for being late: car died
12. Something you shout: Come On!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
13. A movie title: Candyman
14. Something you drink: cranberry juice
15. A musical group: coldplay
16. An animal: jack crane
17. A street name: chicago
18. A type of car: century
19. A song title: Come on In
20. A verb: can
There ya go Timi...did you learn anything new about your Auntie???
Did anyone else learn anything new? This was hard to come up with answers on the spot...Please no one get offended if you think you should have been somewhere in this...you are all in my heart!!!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Happy, Happy Birthday!
Today is Cherie's birthday! It's her 50th (shhhhhhhhhhhhh) She's not really that happy about it, but I am happy that she's here in my life. She's the most wonderful thing in my life. I truly mean that, too. I know I could really go crazy with all the accolades to her, but I really do love her. She's my best friend. It is amazing to have someone who loves you unconditionally. She deserves the very best that life has to offer. We've had our share of ups and downs over the past several years, but we're still here. I'm so glad to have this day to celebrate her. If you get a chance, leave her a wonderful birthday wish. I love you my favorite. Moochies and loves. Me.
Friday, January 23, 2009
What do you want to be when you grow up?
That question is and has been a hard one for me to answer. I think it's my one hang up in all my life. I have so many interests that it has been hard for me to ever precisely answer that question. This morning on the radio station that I listen to they were talking about how things have influenced your career choices in life. They were asking if we have had video games around long enough to really help children decide that they want to be something particular. The one dj mentioned that his son plays the wii guitar hero and now wants to take real guitar lessons. They were also talking about tv shows that might have had an influence. I remember watching the tv show "Quincy". For those of you not familiar with this show, think of a 70's version of "CSI" without the special affects. Quincy was a criminal pathologist. I remember loving that show and wanting to be able to figure out all of these crimes based on science. Quincy was a middle-aged man who had had various relationships in his life and lived on a boat in Los Angeles, California. He had good friends and hung out at one his friend's restaurant a lot. He was quirky and was a pioneer in his field. I was maybe 12 or 13 when this show was on television and I remember telling many people that is what I wanted to be.
Unfortunately, I remember a lot of people poo-poohing my idea. They reminded me that it was television and not real life. They reminded me that it would take a lot of schooling and money to do something like that. I remember feeling really dashed that no one really thought I could do it. As I look back on my life, I see that there really wasn't a lot of support for me in any career choice. My dad wanted me to join the military to get my education. I, however, felt that I had already been in the military just by growing up with him! ha. The military was not for me. I was not of that mind-set. I didn't even enjoy Boy Scouts for heaven's sake! What I really loved was music and marching band and drama and all the entertaining you could provide. I was even discouraged from those, however, because I was told I would never make any money.
So, here I am, sadly, many years later and I'm not making much money and doing something any joe-blow on the street could do. OK, I'm not "blaming" any of those in my past for my choices, they were mine, but I also know that what adults think when you are a young person really does matter. You can either make or break someone. Unfortunately, I was broken and I listened. What frustrates me the most about it all is that I am usually the one who does not listen to those voices, yet in this case I did. I enjoyed college and loved being exposed to all the many things that it offered. I never could settle for one course. I was like a kid in a candy store at college. There were all of these interesting things to learn and I wanted to know it all. Finally I had to graduate and move on with my life, so I settled for a degree in Communications. A very generic degree, yes.
So, what's my point? My point is, that every time I have an opportunity to talk to a young person about what they want to do when they grow up, I suggest they do what they have a passion for doing. Forget the notion that you won't make enough money. My belief is that you will be happy and that constitutes success. So, you may not be a millionaire, but you'll be happy and will more than likely be able to provide nicely for yourself and your family. I remember running into a friend of ours who had teenagers at the time. Her son came over as we were chatting. In the course of our conversation he mentioned that he loved art and wanted to be an artist. His mother immediately jumped on him and said he would never make money at that. My instincts rose up in me and I told him to do what made him happy. There was more to being an artist than living in poverty in a rundown apartment in Paris. There were many ways to be an artist. So, what is this young man doing now? Well, he never went to college or any sort of school after high school and he has jumped from one low paying job to another - none of which have had anything to do with art. He has worked at Wal-mart and various factories. So, whether or not his mother's discouragement really aided in his choices, it certainly didn't help. Too many people have the idea that they want their children to be "better" than they are or were and in some ways that is a nice idea, however, give them a chance to grow into what they want to be. Expose them to all sorts of things in their young lives. Give them choices and they will eventually find their niche. I have a neice who is very artistic and she loves to draw and color. She's not very old, but those talents can become anything as she grows. Sometimes we just need someone to believe in us and offer encouragement.
So, what did I become when I grew up? I'll get back to you on that one - when I grow up!
Unfortunately, I remember a lot of people poo-poohing my idea. They reminded me that it was television and not real life. They reminded me that it would take a lot of schooling and money to do something like that. I remember feeling really dashed that no one really thought I could do it. As I look back on my life, I see that there really wasn't a lot of support for me in any career choice. My dad wanted me to join the military to get my education. I, however, felt that I had already been in the military just by growing up with him! ha. The military was not for me. I was not of that mind-set. I didn't even enjoy Boy Scouts for heaven's sake! What I really loved was music and marching band and drama and all the entertaining you could provide. I was even discouraged from those, however, because I was told I would never make any money.
So, here I am, sadly, many years later and I'm not making much money and doing something any joe-blow on the street could do. OK, I'm not "blaming" any of those in my past for my choices, they were mine, but I also know that what adults think when you are a young person really does matter. You can either make or break someone. Unfortunately, I was broken and I listened. What frustrates me the most about it all is that I am usually the one who does not listen to those voices, yet in this case I did. I enjoyed college and loved being exposed to all the many things that it offered. I never could settle for one course. I was like a kid in a candy store at college. There were all of these interesting things to learn and I wanted to know it all. Finally I had to graduate and move on with my life, so I settled for a degree in Communications. A very generic degree, yes.
So, what's my point? My point is, that every time I have an opportunity to talk to a young person about what they want to do when they grow up, I suggest they do what they have a passion for doing. Forget the notion that you won't make enough money. My belief is that you will be happy and that constitutes success. So, you may not be a millionaire, but you'll be happy and will more than likely be able to provide nicely for yourself and your family. I remember running into a friend of ours who had teenagers at the time. Her son came over as we were chatting. In the course of our conversation he mentioned that he loved art and wanted to be an artist. His mother immediately jumped on him and said he would never make money at that. My instincts rose up in me and I told him to do what made him happy. There was more to being an artist than living in poverty in a rundown apartment in Paris. There were many ways to be an artist. So, what is this young man doing now? Well, he never went to college or any sort of school after high school and he has jumped from one low paying job to another - none of which have had anything to do with art. He has worked at Wal-mart and various factories. So, whether or not his mother's discouragement really aided in his choices, it certainly didn't help. Too many people have the idea that they want their children to be "better" than they are or were and in some ways that is a nice idea, however, give them a chance to grow into what they want to be. Expose them to all sorts of things in their young lives. Give them choices and they will eventually find their niche. I have a neice who is very artistic and she loves to draw and color. She's not very old, but those talents can become anything as she grows. Sometimes we just need someone to believe in us and offer encouragement.
So, what did I become when I grew up? I'll get back to you on that one - when I grow up!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Glory Hallelujah
I am so excited that we have our new President of the United States. I am so hopeful and filled with the desire to be a better person. I know these things may sound sappy, cliche and even syrupy-honey sweet, but it's true. This particular inauguration has really inspired many people. Before I go any further, I should state that there has been a lot of controversy in my own personal life as I have shared my own political views with a lot of family and friends this year. I guess because of my religion it has been assumed that I lean a certain way politically. I guess through this blog and conversation I have shocked some. It has been a reawakening for me. I have felt free and yet, I have also felt saddened by some responses. By merely stating that I believe a certain way some have started viewing me with various degrees of caution. One particular person in my life has really surprised me. I won't mention who, but it's been a strange and unusual position to find myself.
So, here's my "confession" of sorts...Yes, I voted for Hillary Clinton during the Primary Elections. I voted for Hillary because one, I really thought at the time that she would do a great job. Secondly, I knew that Barrack Obama was going to win the nomination and that I would vote for him during the general election. I wanted to be able to say that I voted for two historic figures in politics. Maybe that's a little self-serving, but it was of some importance to me. I have always liked Hillary Clinton - even during her unpopular years in the White House as First Lady. I also believe that Barrack Obama will be a great President of the United States.
That leads me to this reflection...on Tuesday, January 20th I was home sick. Yes, I was really sick. I had not been feeling well all weekend long so I took the day off. I had Monday off due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. Because of this, I was able to spend the day watching all of the inaugural proceedings. It was great! I watched history in the making. Part of me wished I could have been there, but then looking at those crowds, I was glad I was home, safe in my bedroom. Those who know me, know that I have to comment on Michelle Obama's clothing. She looked fantastic! I was a bit more impressed with the inaugural outfit than I was with the evening gown, but both were beautiful. She does have style. President Obama (we can call him that now) also looked sharp in his tuxedo that evening. They make a striking couple. Their daughters were adorable, too. Melia and Sasha are just too cute for words. For some reason I feel that they would be friendly to each and every one of us. I realize that does not necessarily make a good president, but it's a great start in my book.
Politics aside, the day was an inspirational day for our whole country. Our very first African-American President. As the old slogan goes..."we've come a long way baby!" Watching the different faces in the crowds who were so excited was like watching a version of "It's a Small World" at Disneyland. It made me proud to be an American. I guess everyone has their own versions of how they felt. I had all of these great annecdotes that I was going to share in this blog but they all fail me now. I guess the title I chose says it all for me.
So, here's my "confession" of sorts...Yes, I voted for Hillary Clinton during the Primary Elections. I voted for Hillary because one, I really thought at the time that she would do a great job. Secondly, I knew that Barrack Obama was going to win the nomination and that I would vote for him during the general election. I wanted to be able to say that I voted for two historic figures in politics. Maybe that's a little self-serving, but it was of some importance to me. I have always liked Hillary Clinton - even during her unpopular years in the White House as First Lady. I also believe that Barrack Obama will be a great President of the United States.
That leads me to this reflection...on Tuesday, January 20th I was home sick. Yes, I was really sick. I had not been feeling well all weekend long so I took the day off. I had Monday off due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. Because of this, I was able to spend the day watching all of the inaugural proceedings. It was great! I watched history in the making. Part of me wished I could have been there, but then looking at those crowds, I was glad I was home, safe in my bedroom. Those who know me, know that I have to comment on Michelle Obama's clothing. She looked fantastic! I was a bit more impressed with the inaugural outfit than I was with the evening gown, but both were beautiful. She does have style. President Obama (we can call him that now) also looked sharp in his tuxedo that evening. They make a striking couple. Their daughters were adorable, too. Melia and Sasha are just too cute for words. For some reason I feel that they would be friendly to each and every one of us. I realize that does not necessarily make a good president, but it's a great start in my book.
Politics aside, the day was an inspirational day for our whole country. Our very first African-American President. As the old slogan goes..."we've come a long way baby!" Watching the different faces in the crowds who were so excited was like watching a version of "It's a Small World" at Disneyland. It made me proud to be an American. I guess everyone has their own versions of how they felt. I had all of these great annecdotes that I was going to share in this blog but they all fail me now. I guess the title I chose says it all for me.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)