Even when you were little...

You were a bad MO-FO!!!!



Yea and Hip Hip Hooray!!! BT is turning 42 today!!!!

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, there was a guy who spent the entire month of December working... almost 24/7 working, far away from me. It was rough I tell you, but I always knew he would be home on Christmas Eve. One night, we were talking on the phone about his job and what he had accomplished and he said, "yeah, baby, I am a bad mo-fo!"

And you know what? He is!!!
He isn't afraid of anything. I don't know of one thing that makes him nervous or scared, well other than going to the movies in a weekend evening. That freaks him out a bit.
He is good at most everything. I haven't noticed much, besides singing, that he doesn't do well. He is a natural at most things, but those he isn't perfect at, he works hard to learn and get good at.
He is the smartest guy I know. Need to know about the history of anything? He is your man! From all of the History Channel he sleeps through, there is no surprise.

So, you would think with all of this talent, he would be cocky, well he is, but he can be pretty great too.

He is a great cook. While I cook boring food, BT loves to make up the most delicious meals! I love it when he cooks dinner... a delicious adventure every time.
He has the biggest heart I know. He will do just about anything for anyone who needs it. He will lend a hand and appreciate, and love, and give of himself whenever he can.

I guess you might say I think he is pretty awesome! Even if he is a bad mo-fo!


The boy geniuses... two of my favorite men, hanging out together!


Happy Birthday BT! YOU ROCK MY WORLD!!!

for BT...

"When It Don't Come Easy"
Patty Griffin...

Red lights are flashing on the highway
I wonder if we're gonna ever get home
I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight
Everywhere the waters getting rough
Your best intentions may not be enough
I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight

But if you break down
I'll drive out and find you
If you forget my love
I'll try to remind you
And stay by you when it don't come easy

I don't know nothing except change will come
Year after year what we do is undone
Time keeps moving from a crawl to a run
I wonder if we're gonna ever get home

You're out there walking down a highway
And all of the signs got blown away
Sometimes you wonder if you're walking in the wrong direction

But if you break down
I'll drive out and find you
If you forget my love
I'll try to remind you
And stay by you when it don't come easy

So many things that I had before
That don't matter to me now
Tonight I cry for the love that I've lost
And the love I've never found
When the last bird falls
And the last siren sounds
Someone will say what's been said before
It is only love we were looking for

But if you break down
I'll drive out and find you
If you forget my love
I'll try to remind you
And stay by you when it don't come easy


BT, no matter what, when it don't come easy, I will ALWAYS drive out and find you. I will love you forever and always.

Grateful

I have this darling little girl I teach reading to. She is the highlight of my day most days. In the boy filled world of reading instruction...(most struggling readers in first grade are boys) it is nice to have a girl in the group to change the pace a little bit. She is just darling and is doing better than I could have imagined.
Today, as we began to write, I asked her to tell me something about herself. Really, I wanted her to learn to spell the word "am" so I suggested she tell me some things she is..."I am a sister, I am a reader, I am smart," I gave her examples. Then, I asked her, so, what do you want to say you are?
She looked at me with her large brown eyes and said, "I want to write, I am grateful". That was it.
I am grateful.

Now, I realize that Thanksgiving came and went and the turkey sandwiches are still tasty and new, and the conversations about being thankful are far from a thing of the past, but I would never have expected to hear, "I am grateful" come out of a 6 year old mouth. Wow.

As I drove home, I thought about things that have been going on lately. My graduate class is almost over. Whew, I am SO thankful for that! Things are slowing down and I can actually relax a little bit. Really grateful. I got to eat some great food and hang out with friends and family this past week. thankful.
All of those things I could list pretty easily.

Then I got to thinking about my friend Spidey who went out in the cold with a hand full of Wendy's chili just to feed the man who happened to be invisible after all. I thought about the man who has been coming by the church for help, asking for candles and a nice place to shower because he has no electricity or water at his house. I thought about the man on the corner with the sign. As I handed him what little money I had, and he blessed me and thanked me, it hit me. My little 6-year-old friend was right. What we need now is to be grateful.
In this time when we get so busy rushing to find the perfect gift or the perfect things, the perfect decorations, we somehow forget to be grateful. We forget to be courteous and kind. We forget to be grateful.
I have been reading lots of advent books lately. I have been trying to get in the mood of the season. This year, I want to spend time waiting and anticipating Jesus. I want to spend my time really reflecting on Him and being grateful for what I do have. Being grateful for what I can do. I want to at the end of each day, be able to say the same thing my little friend said, above all else, "I am grateful".

That, Charlie Brown, is what Hula Boola is all about.