blech.....

So, I'm sick....I have a terrible cough. I have tried every homemade remedy I know to shake this cough, and frankly, I have made my cough worse. How have I made my cough worse? Because as I was trying all these homemade remedies, I about killed myself from laughing so hard!! First remedy: buy fresh ginger root at the grocery store, and chew a chunk of it. DON'T SWALLOW IT!! Just chew it like bubble gum. After you nearly gag on the acid burning of your throat, you will be able to see just how far you can spit a wad of ginger!! Second remedy: Add about 3 TBLS of salt to a glass of hot water. Gargle salt water until you feel like you have drank an entire ocean. Not only will your eyes water non stop, but you will emit guttural throat noises never heard by man. Third remedy: The Famous Hot Toddy!!! Try this using extreme caution!! The measurements on this were never made clear to me, so I pour a little here, and a little there. You need lemon juice, honey, 7 UP and WHISKEY!!! heat it all up together, and you could be out of this world!!! Be careful though, it burns just as bad coming up as it did going down:( Fourth remedy: Smear Mentholatum on the bottom of your feet and then put socks on. Your feet will feel sticky and yucky, but after awhile, you will feel the menthol start to creep up your body...weird. If anyone has any more home remedies, let me know...I'm game to try anything!!!

'tis the season...go stuff yourself!!!

Today's scene is one of a warm, country kitchen. The smell of a turkey roasting mixes with the exotic smell of coconuts and almonds. Outside, there is a crisp, cool tingle in the air. The once emerald leaves of spring have turned into an autumn ember. What's this? 4 giggling girls, with abnormally large cherub cheeks, huddling in the kitchen. Ah yes, this must be the Garst country kitchen. For what we see before us, is the traditional "Chubby Bunny" kick-off of Thanksgiving!! The girl who can stuff the most marshmallows in her mouth at a time, AND live to tell about it, is the WINNER!! Of course, the Garst girls know the danger of the game. Why, the scandal of last year's death by marshmallow still hangs over their heads. We all miss Mother, but she just couldn't handle.....'Chubby Bunny'! Alas, Mother found out the hard way that 8 jumbo sized marshmallows did not lead her to the sweet taste of victory, but left her with the sticky sting of death. Let us take a moment of silence to remember the loved one lost.............................................

PJ the spider killer!!

I have a wonderful little dog, PJ. PJ is a pug. I did a little research on pugs before I got her, and found out that pugs, in general, are very playful and surprising dogs!! Over the last two years, I have seen many sides to PJ's playful personality. But today I saw a superhero quality!!
I was out watering the flowers and plants, and over in one part of the yard were three barrels of greenery. PJ was outside with me, 'helping' me water. As I was watering one of the barrels, a large host of Daddy Long Leg spiders came spewing forth out of the barrel. Now, I know that Daddy Long Legs are not harmful to me, and out of all spiders, they scare me the least. But, having a fearful nature when it comes to creepy crawlies, I screamed anyways and jumped back. PJ looked up at me and then at the spiders and started growling at them!! I was touched. Never before had Pj shown any kind of protective quality when it has come to me and my husband. Then to my utter astonishment, PJ walks non-chalantly over to the barrel and starts snapping up the spiders one by one. PJ would get one in her mouth, shake it around and then spit it out, dead, on the ground. She would check that it didn't move before she went on to the next victim. What a dog!!!

jeepers!!! it's hot!!

Today was a day of personal insight on my part...
When it gets REALLY hot, and I mean hot enough to make you think you have died and gone to H-E-Double hockey sticks and I am out in this kind of heat, I found out that I do not like the human race. Period. Especially when I have to put up with the human race in Wal Mart!!! I think Wal-Mart puts a gas in their air system that makes even the nicest person mean and rude and, well, to put it bluntly, puts that person at the bottom of my like list, and the top of I'm-going-to-run-over-you-with-my-cart-and-laugh list. THEN add the heat factor, and my latter list turns into: I'm-going-to-run-you-over-with-my-cart-shoot-you-with-my-taser-beat-you-with-your-oversized-heavy-lead-bottomed-purse-til-you-bleed-ice-and-then-laugh-maniacally-until-I-pee-myself list!!! Sound familiar? Is there anyone who can second that feeling?! Or is it just me, the heat, and a personal vendetta against Wal Mart?! Maybe!
Anyhoo...
I came home, got on the phone and chewed out the cell phone company, hugged my grandmother, took a cool shower and chilled out!! Tonight I will take a Tylenol PM and get a FULL nights rest and then maybe not EVER go out in the heat again! And I think I will wait until the wee hours of a morning before attempting to traverse Wal Marts dangerous aisles. After all, what kind of nice old lady would venture into Wal Mart at 3 in the morning, only to be transformed into an evil creature!!
OK, I feel better! Enough therapy blogging!!!

internet ready...I think!

A friend of mine works via the internet, and likes doing it. She can stay at home with her kids and earn money on the side. So, I asked her for a few links to see if it was right for me....
I signed up today, and I hope I'm ready! I thought I was pretty savvy when it came to internet exploring, but I just took a couple of courses to get me ready, and I realized, "hey, what the heck? I'm a noobie!!" So off I go to venture into the wide world of internet space!! Woo hoo!

On a therap side note: went to church today...when did it become ok to visit and giggle WHILE the preacher is preaching?! I don't know about you, but my daddy would have had a few choice words to say to me if I ever did that!! I wanted to turn around and shoot some dirty looks, or back hand a few people!! And the sad thing is, these were adults! Come on!! Maybe I should start a new line of work. What do you think? Does church bouncer seem like a turn off?!?! LOL

An Oklahoma Hello!!!

For those of you familiar with the musical 'Oklahoma', I don't mean "hello" in that way!!
AH, therapy time.....
I have settled in my chair, sipped my iced tea, and am now prepared to let go!

I have always liked to think that I am a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda girl...Well, the last flight has landed me in a small town on the Oklahoma/Arkansas border. Last weekend, my trusty moving sister and I moved the last of my meager(ha!) life items and placed them in storage. Now in a couple of months, it will be like Christmas when I get to 'unwrap' all the goodies I will have forgotten about!! Hopefully there will be no snow when I do decide to get everything out! I either move in August or in January...extremes seems to be my thing!
Jeremy has started his new job and is now in Shreveport, LA on said job. I don't envy all the hard work he has to do, but how fun it would be to travel and get paid for it!!
I am staying with my grandma for awhile. My grandfather passed away not too long ago, and I would like to think I am helping by being here, at least helping to fill space. But how does one fill the space that was occupied by a soul mate? Of course the answer is, that one doesn't. So, I am just being myself, humor and all!
Hmm....I think I will sign off on this post for now. The previous paragraph has set alot of thoughts circulating in the brain. If I try to write any more, the jumble will not be recognized!! Until next time....

whew!! Life changes quick!!

And here I thought that I was accostomed to life's crazy ride!! In a span of two months, I have moved And gotten a different job! My internet access is, well, not accessible! Hence why I have not therapy blogged in a LONG time!! Sigh, would my husband actually verbalize that he has noticed the lack of therapy sessions in his wife?! Probably not, he is too nice!!! Ah well........
I only have a short time, so I had better sign off. I will try to find the internet more accessible for future use!

Happy Day!!

URGH!!! I haven't had computer access in almost a week, and now I am on trying to file my weekly claim for unemployment. I have never done this before. I have aloways had a job. The site I am supposed to be able to access my claim on is screwing up. I can't log in, and if I even get close to the log in page, the screen flips to this "please try again later." This is so stupid, and aggravating!! Anyways.....
I haven't been able to blog in quite awhile, and I have missed it ALOT! It had been really good therapy for me and I am excited to get back to it. I will be trying to get internet in the next few weeks, so hopefully I can have regular therapy blogs again!! Whoohoo!

The opposite of TITIK!!

Ha!! I have a backward TITIK!! Meaning, I found something that I wished I knew, and I am beginning to understand it!
Ok, I had an opportunity to be blunt, very honest with a family member last week. It didn't go well. The family member asked me what I thought, so I took a deep breath and jumped. I am confident in what I said. What I said was honest, but not brutal. I used tact and considered the other persons feelings as best as I could. But the family member is not happy. I still believe that honesty is the key, but I began thinking about it from a biblical perspective last night. When I was a little girl, I would read stories in the old testament, and as much as I liked the stories that Jesus told, I always wondered why he just didn't spell it out, plain and simple. I figured it wouldn't take the disciples so long to 'get it' if Jesus just told them point blank what needed to be said. But a very good point was made to me last night by a person close to me.......the family member I was honest to, couldn't handle it. The truth was too much. If the truth had been told to that family member by a stranger, the truth might have been accepted and listened to. The truth, coming from me was not accepted. As I lay in bed last night, thinking about all the events that have led up to my becoming more honest, I found that I still believe in honesty and communication. I reflected how Jesus got His point across when He was asked questions, and He told stories, lots and lots of stories. I am not saying I should tell stories, but all this made me think that, as a human, can I handle the truth about me? When I ask a question, do I really want to hear the answer, if the answer doesn't line up to what I think it should? I also thought about the Eastern cultures, and all the stories the leaders tell to help someone see a truth. The concept of truth and therapy even, through stories is an old concept. Why is it I am just catching that?!
Anyways, these are my thoughts for today. Happy Tuesday.

It's Monday morning!

Good morning to me!
I woke up this morning to a dreadful fog and had trouble getting to work! Crazy state that I live in!! Snow and ice, fog and rain, 50 degrees difference and all in two weeks! Wow!
Anyways......
Hubby and I had a wonderful quiet weekend at home. We ventured out to find out if we could survive the aisles of the local grocery store chain. Escaping with lives in hand, and a few groceries, we returned to the quiet shelter of our peaceful, non-crowded home. Unfortunatly we wasted several hours, and I don't how many I.Q. points, watching stupid movies on Saturday. Sigh. Why, when the movie is OBVIOUSLY stupid, do we not turn it off? Are we sick? No, I like to think I am forever optimistic, believing the end of such movies will turn the whole film around and I will not have wasted 2 hours of my life. But it's always a disaster. Never has the ending of a stupid movie saved the stupid movie! Does that make sense? Well, to me it does. All of this leads to a TITIK!!!
3. Stupid movies waste time!!! Turn it off!!!
Again, I know to turn off the stupid movie!!! I think this weekend hubby and I will make a pact,
no movies this weekend!!!

Anybody want a peanut?

On this fine Friday morning, I made it all the way to work before I realized that I had forgotten my cell phone at home. In the kind of job I currently work, a cell phone is a must. It's going to be a quiet day. It's going to be a GOOD day!!
Today, so far, I have not one profound TITIK! At least, not yet! But the day is young and my brain is full of....well, fun little things. For example, I have a scene from one of my all-time favorite movies running through my little brain. Go with me there........
The scene opens on a quiet ocean setting, as an expanse of water fills the screen and a ship floats into view. I can hear the creaking of the ship as it rocks gently with the sway of the water. I hear the water lapping playfully against the sideboards. Out of the quiet, a high pitched voice on board the ship yells an order to the crew. The crew is made of two men, one, a giant of a man, monstrous to look at but gentle in spirit, the other a Spaniard, quick with the sword, revenge consuming his soul. The crew turn to look at one another, and with a glint of mischief in their eyes, begin a conversation in rhyme. But, instead of hearing the voices of the men, I hear my two sisters, like a voice over, reciting the lines, word for word, from memory. The scene is just too comical for me!!! My sisters and I are movie buffs, reciting lines from our favorite movies to fit in everyday situations. We laugh alot. I don't know why the scene from this particular movie came into mind this morning, but I started the day with a laugh! In my minds eye, I see my youngest sister, standing in a triumphant pose, reciting the last rhyme of the scene, "Anybody want a peanut?!!!!" Happy Friday to me!!

second TITIK!!

2. being goofy, childish, or laughing loudly is NOT STUPID!! IT'S THERAPEUTIC!!
I thought I knew this.....but I didn't!!! Can you yell an embarrassing word at the top of your lungs for the fun of it?! Well, after several attempts in a non-crowded restaurant, I triumphed!! Thus I now KNOW what it is like to be goofy AND childish for no reason, no bets to be won, just for the sake of laughter. It was refreshing, honest and one step toward being free. Of course, for the mature that might be reading this, I do know the boundaries and lines that should not be crossed for manner's sake. I do rather enjoy going to restaurants, and would like to continue to be allowed in them!!

First truth.....

After deciding to start a blog, and already having ideas to write about, I was hit with a HUGE, new TITIK(thing I thought I knew) to write about.
1. Being nice is NOT always the answer.
You know, as a kid, my mom always told me to be nice. I guess I had a tendency to be mean, especially when it involved my siblings. Maybe later on I will blog about that, but for now, I will try and stay focused!
I was on the phone with my mom, just calling to touch base, see how she was doing. The conversation led to a heavy discussion that I found myself wondering if I was prepared for. Normally I would keep my mouth shut, afraid to sound ignorant, or simply just wanting to be nice. I felt compelled to be blunt....really blunt. If I can't be honest with those I care about most, then in my mind, that makes me a liar. I cannot allow myself to lie anymore, not for me or for anyone.
I was in the middle of this serious contemplation, when, out no where, my wonderful, goofy, little sister comes skipping, literally skipping, through my door. She has the biggest grin on her face, hugs my neck and states she is in a goofy mood, and that she loves me! Thank God for goofiness. Goofiness leads to the next TITIK:
2. Being goofy, childish, laughing loud, etc. is NOT STUPID!!!!IT'S THERAPEUTIC!!

Hmmmm....

Good morning to me. I suppose I should write a few things here to remind myself of exactly why I started this blog.
"Life is short." I am younger, so this saying has been hard for me to really take seriously. But as of last night, I get it. All factors that play into what makes up the everyday steps of my 'life' fell into perfect alignment, and duh, I get it. I have discovered there are truths and lies out in this wide world that I have believed my entire life, some of which, I held to fastly, and some, I only believed in half-heartedly. So, this blog is about me exploring the beliefs, morals, traditions and 'just because' influences of my life, and how I live my life. I have to go now, but this blog could prove interesting and much cheaper than a therapist!