Destruction Derby

I love going to the destruction derby! Nothing like seeing cars and trucks smash into each other on purpose! They run lap races and time trials, figure 8's, rollover contest and my favorite, the last car standing finale! You can smell the leaking gas, watch as the firemen put out the bursts of fire, feel the rumble of the engines as they attempt to stay running, feel the excitement of the crowd and enjoy the food from the vendors. Last week there was a women that won 1st place in 3 races!!! Yeah for women drivers! Where else can a woman driver speed, drive crazy, crash into people and not get pulled over for it? This Saturday is another derby and I'm excited that the weather is going to maybe be better than the last one. It was raining, cold and windy. The mud was so thick on the track and we were sitting on the front row. When they came flying and sliding around the corner the mud flew. It's a good thing that our seats were about 12-15 feet up or we would have looked like little pigs in a pig sty! If you have never tried this sport, you must give it a go....it's very entertaining! Even discount tickets are available!

Vintage Restoration

A few weeks ago I spoke at a vintage trailer gathering about restoration. I love vintage cars and how people restore them into such beautiful condition. I talked about how many people see an old car like this sitting in someones back field and talk about the "junk" in that back yard. I don't see them as junk. I look at them and see what it can become. Someone said to me that some are just too far gone to even try to fix, but I don't believe that. I relate this to life. I have been working with a young lady since she was in 8th grade and now 34 years old. She came from a extremely dysfunctional family life and has been going down the spiral of life to the point that she has given up on life. She is a cutter, user, violent and every other abuse she can try to cover the pain in her life. I see her like this car. Every one looks at her like she is too beat up to try to fix up. Too damaged, too far gone, no hope! I can't think that way. She needs someone who won't tell her it's too late. She needs someone who will care and love her even though she doesn't care if she lives or dies. I believe that God looks at us this way. He sees beyond what we have become no matter how wasted we are or how low we go. He sees the value of what we can become and doesn't give up on us. So when I look at this old car I see a car that has been used and abused, but I see what it can become with the help of someone who cares and loves it and will work with it until it is restored. When these cars are restored then people see the beauty in it again. Some of the scars are still there just like in our lives, but it reminds us of where we have been and helps us to remember where we have come from. So try to look at life through God's eyes and know that He will bring us through anything we face and if we allow Him to restore us, He can bring beauty out of the junk of our life.

FRONT PORCH

I love sitting on my front porch after work, even though there is a ton of traffic going by, it is so nice to just sit out there and watch the birds fight over their food and take a dip in their pool of water and take a bath! We BBQ burgers and sat at the table and talked for a spell. The sun was shinning, (for a change) and it just made me happy. My flowers are blooming in my flower pots and my strawberry's are starting to take off. Larry doesn't like my little patio garden, but I LIKE IT and it makes me happy. Last night one of the little birds hit the kitchen window and it stunned the poor little girl. She let me pick her up and hold her and didn't even want me to put her down. Took about 20 minutes for her to get it together and fly off.... yeah she was OK. I think about how the Bible says that God knows when one of the little birds go down and that HE cares for us even more than the birds. As I thought about how I felt sorry for the little bird I was reminded of how much more God cares for me when I fall and make bad choices, HE picks me up and cares for me and shows me love. That's awesome! I needed to be reminded of that!

After 3 years of our work center being a center for everyone to come get candy, I have declared it a "candy free zone" This will be interesting as it has always been there. A few people put in the donation cup, but it never covers even half the cost of the candy. I quit! We don't need it anyway. They can GET THEIR OWN STINKING CANDY! I made a sign, "Due to the rising cost of gas and the salmonella scare... we are not providing candy at this time" Well, we shall see how people react to this! It will probably send them into heart failure and emotional therapy! People are so used to this being provided for them! This will cause trauma, I'm sure!

Father's Day!

What I wouldn't give to have my Father here and be able to spend the day with him and give him hugs. It has been since 1980 since my Father passed away. It seems like a million years ago, but I remember him as if it was yesterday. He was such an awesome dad. I don't ever remember him raising his voice and he was the most kindest person ever. He would help any one in need and he would sacrifice everything he could to help out. I remember him gathering up food many times to take to families. He loved his only girl, ME!! He loved music and played so many different instruments. He loved God with ALL his heart and he loved to pray and read the Bible. If I could only be half what he was, I would be happy. I remember one time when I was out on a very late date. I came home and he was walking in the dark in the front yard praying for me. He never said a word, just went to bed. He will forever be in my heart. I love you, dad.

I hope all of you who still have your dad's will give them an extra hug because you still have them. And if your husband is a dad, well, appreciate him all you can.

I am not going to go to the camp out this weekend,

It's not that I don' t want to go camping, but it's just that I know how my knee is feeling and I know that I will come back hurting worse. It was a tough choice. So, I guess I will be stuck at home doing boring things.... We will see. It is Father's Day on Sunday, so we will celebrate Father's Day for Larry.

1. Thankful that it is Thursday

2. Thankful that it is almost Friday

3. Thankful that the next two days after Thursday are the weekend and we don't have to work! Yes, that is a great thing to be thankful for today!

This is funny!

This made me laugh out loud!!!

A NOT SO GOOD WEDNESDAY!!!!

Wednesday was not such a good day for me! Our computer system is taking MY name and doing weird things that I am not doing.... it has been very frustrating and I LOST IT TODAY! I am so thankful for my friends that comforted me. YOU ARE AWESOME! It didn't help that I was in a lot of pain from my knee. I had to leave early to go to a Doctor appointment. I was glad to go home. I hate getting emotional at work because it is so hard to get it back together!!!!

UNBELIEVABLY STUPID WEB PAGES

Here is another UNBELIEVABLY STUPID WEB PAGE

http://www.vgg.com/tp/tp_030801_eatrocks.html

HOW TO EAT ROCKS!

Now when I saw this I thought, no way! There it was telling the readers to start small!!!

............Bits and pieces from this site........

"Almost as important as size are shape and texture. Avoid rocks with rough, jagged edges and irregular shapes. Go with smooth oval or spherical shaped rocks. I always take beginners to the nearest beach or river - these are excellent sources of small, smooth, rounded rocks. Even with a perfectly shaped rock, remember what Mom said at the table- Don't gulp your food! It's not a race!" "Fourthly, and this may sound a little silly, but be sure it's a rock. I know this seems obvious, but you'd be surprised at what you find on the ground these days, especially in more urban areas. Many's the time I've seen a newbie pop what they thought was a delicious rock in their mouth only to then spit out in disgust a chunk of brick, concrete, asphalt, or cinder block. Yuck! In more suburban areas, be alert for such misleading objects as dirt clods, charcoal briquettes, and discarded urinal disinfectant cakes. "

Tomato Recall

Today at lunch we ate our salads that we had delivered. After seeing how wimpy they were, we were delivered additional salad. They had sliced tomatoes in them and we all ate them. After lunch Jayar was on the radio talking about the tomato salmonella outbreak. My stomach had begun to cramp and I mentioned it to Sam and she had had the same reaction but hadn't said anything. I text Jayar on the radio in Florida, and he started talking about us here in Bremerton getting sick from our salads. It was pretty funny, even though our stomach were churning. I did notice that the salads had a weird smell. We will have to note this and see if this happens other times when we order salads from there.