Still Alive

Yes, I'm still alive. I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a while but in my defense I have been extremely busy. Anyway, to those who have been demanding that I post, this one is for you. I have finally finished my list. For those who don't know what I'm talking about my friend Calista wrote a top ten of reasons why she hates her friends book. I have added to the funniness. So with out further adieu:

Top Ten Reasons Why Michelle's Book Has Driven Me Crazy

10. Forget crazy cat lady, she will now and forever more be known as the Crazy Book Lady.

9. Her Real friends have been replaced with the voices in her head.

8. I'm surprised that her computer hasn't gone on strike yet.

7. I'm expecting to get draft #54 any day know.

6. Does her cell phone even work?

5. Crazy Book Lady who?

4. Poor, poor Darcey.

3. Thanks to crazy Book Lady I have written my own book "A Road to Recovery: A 12 Step Program for recovering Writers"

2. If she were my mother I'd call child protective services.

1. Is there a friends protective services?

Disclaimer: This is for entertainment purposes only. This is not meant to hurt any ones feeling or derail them from their work. This list was created out of BFF love and should be laughed at and nothing more.

I'm Alive

Yes, to all those of you out there who are wondering, I am alive. I'm currently ou visiting my families in Colorado. I will be going home in about a week and it is bitter sweet. Bitter because I have received so much welcomed help with my son Jonny and I'd hate to leave that. Sweet because I miss my husband so much and I can't wait to see him again.
I've been distracting my time by reading the Twilight series and I must admit I have very mixed feelings about them. The hardest part for me was the fact that they were written or I guess I should say edited poorly. The author had so many things phrased and written backwards it drove me absolutely crazy. Maybe more so than others because I'm dyslexic and I already have a hard time reading. It's almost as if these books were written for me, but I kept rereading things because my mind wouldn't let me believe that it was really written wrong. Anyway, good story bad writing.
Everything else in life is going really well right now. I just started some online classes at the community college in Monterey and I'm looking forward to doing something for myself finally.
Sorry it's taken so long for me to post, I'll try not to keep all of my avid readers waiting so long next time.

Who read's me?

Does anybody read this? I know for a fact that two, well one now, people read my blog. But I wonder who else is reading it. I don't know. It use to bother me that not many people read my blog. I would read my other friends blogs and see that a lot of people read theirs. And I would be a little jealous that no one would read mine. But now I realize that it's better to have one good friend that you can confide everything to, than a hundred acquaintances and keep everything bottled up inside. I am blessed to have some really good friends that I can confide everything to. Hence my change of heart, now I don't care how many people read my blog. Because I now that the people who do read it are people who really care about me!

What to type?

I never know what to post any more. I sit here at the computer waiting for something to come to mind and most of the time nothing ever does. Hence the reason I don't post very often. Let alone the time, I have none! I still don't know what to say.
The only real exciting news is that I've recently read my friends book that she wrote and it is awesome and I can't wait for the revision so I can read it again. I'll be one of the first with a personally autographed copy when it gets published. And I know that that run on sentence up there is probably going to drive her crazy mad. Hehehehe!!!!!!

I'm Alive

Okay, so I know it's been a while but I have a good reason. I've been busy. I've been sick and so has Jonny and Jeff. But we're all better or getting better now. Anyway, life is still going well for me and my family. I've started a family blog now so I won't be talking to much about them on this blog now. So if you want to hear more about them then feel free to follow the link to my family blog called The Lambert Zoo, it's riot.
So not much to post this time other than I'm still alive and well. And I'll try to post more often now. Oh, Michelle you should call me I got a few hours on the computer today and I know you know what that means!! Calista you should call me too, because I haven't talked to you for a while and I miss you!!
P.S. I love Sundays. It's a great refresher day to prepare you for the new week to come. And a time to help me revive my enthusiasm for my church callings. Sundays Rock!!!

Finding Myself

Hello to all! I have finally manged to sneak in a moment on the computer. Amazingly enough it wasn't because of my son either, it was because of my wonderful husband who spends every free moment on it. Anyway enough about that I'm posting today because: one I wanted you to know I'm alive, and two I had an epiphany today! Yea, I have discovered what life is all about. Or at least mine. I have found my calling! I'm supper excited about it too!
Okay, so for as long as I can remember I have always been one who loves to help people work out their problems. I love helping people find solutions and happiness. Sometimes it's worked out great for me and others not so great but I have never lost that passion to always put a smile on a friends face. So as many already know I'm currently working on achieving my Bachelors in MFHD (Marriage Home and Family Development) so that I can go on to become a Marriage and Family counselor. This job just seemed so right for me to follow that I never considered why other than it's something I would love.
Okay, so my epiphany needs some background explanation to it. I was getting ready for a day out with the girls today doing my hair in my bathroom. I was contemplating ways I could help a friend who is having marital problems. As situations played out in my mind I kept thinking to myself (no it didn't hurt) well they might ask "How would you know how it feels, what I'm thinking, etc.?" So I thought about it as if answering my own question and my answer was because I've been there.
Our Saviour, Jesus Christ, suffered the sins of the world to save us and also so he could know exactly how to comfort us when we are in need of comfort. He is the perfect comforter because he has suffered all and knows exactly what we're going through or how we feel. Now, I am in no way comparing myself to the Saviour, because there is no comparison. But in a lesser way I have been through what these people are or have been through and for most problems I have experienced both sides of the story. So my strength as a counselor would be comprehension of the feelings and understanding of the reason why.
So it hit me just then. God absolutely has a plan for each of us and there are certain things we must experience to fulfill his plan. Jesus had to drink from the cup to fulfill God's plan for him. I had to suffer through my trials good and bad to get to this point where I realized that my pain is a way to help others heal.
I don't know how much of this really made any sense but I really just had to release all of this information that was buzzing around in my head today. I'm not trying to offend anyone so please don't take offense to any of this post.

Back to Normal

Well my friends have left and my house is fixed all except for the raccoons living in my attic and my life has gone back to some what normal. I had a great time with tow of my best friends out here. I threatened to lock them in my closet so they'd miss their flights and have to stay longer, but I don't think their families would have appreciated that to much. So even though we had so much fun we had to say goodbye and they went home): I miss you guys!!!!
I really haven't been doing much since they've left. Just cleaning my house, taking care of Jonny, and getting over being sick. Today is really the first day these past couple of weeks I've really felt good. My eight day constant headache is starting to diminish and I be came Supper Mom again. I've been doing laundry, dishes, cooking, and cleaning all day long. And amidst all of that I found time to play with Jonny. I really don't know how I do it all and I don't know how long it will last but I'm enjoying it for now.
Maybe it's a sign, telling me that I'm ready for another baby? I mean I can finally handle this one why not toss another one in the mix. I really want one it's just that the timing isn't right. Or is it? I had a dream last night that I was pregnant with quadruplets. If dreams really do predict the future than I'm in for a really busy future!

Relief

My reinforcements are almost here. I've been spending the last few days cleaning and organizing my home. It helps to pass the time. Why would I want to pass the time one might ask? Well my two best friends from Utah are flying in tomorrow and I've been waiting it seems like forever. I'm so happy they were able to come, now I get to show them around town and catch up on lost time. I've got a lot planned for us to do but I mostly expect to sit around most of the time talking and talking and talking. It's what we do best!
Besides all of the excitement of awaiting their arrival a lot has been happening here. Jonny has been supper clingy and cranky. We thought that maybe he was sick but he wasn't showing any other sings so we just put up with it. Then today he got a fever and it kept going up even though he was given Tylenol. I'm going to have to take him to the doctor tomorrow. Thank goodness for military health care. He's been sick so much recently and been to the doctor that I don't know how else we'd be able to afford it. I just hope it's not another ear infection. The people who manage our housing are finally fixing our house problems, so my house has been in shambles. But I'm not complaining, at least their finally fixing the stuff. It's just to bad they couldn't do it earlier, like three months ago earlier when I first told them about it. All in all things are going well and I have a lot to look forward two :)

Lost

Have you ever felt like time has stood still for you and keeps racing by for the rest of the world? That's how I feel. I feel like I'm frozen in time but watching it race by for everyone else in my life. But the strange thing is I'm okay with that. I don't want to get any older or any younger, I just want to stay the same, okay well maybe a little thinner. I'm not quite sure how to explain it but I'm stuck in a place were I don't want anything to change but at the same time I want to keep moving forward. I guess I'm just at a crossroads and I don't know where to go.
I can see my friends moving forward and doing wonderful things witht their lives and I'm not really doing anything. I feel stuck. There's so much I want to do but I'm trapped and can't do any of them because I'm to far away from them. That probably doesn't make sense, sorry. What I mean is I've had dreams ever sence I was a little girl and I haven't accomplished any of them. I haven't ever finnished college. And I don't feel like I can accomplish any of these things with out a load of guilt.
How can I grow if I can't even be honest on my own blog. I so aware that just anyone in the world can read this and I fear thier judgments. Jeff says that I shouldn't pay attention to what people think, but if that were how he really felt then why would he not want me to talk about some things with others? But that's not all, we can all pretend that others opinoins don't bother us but to an extent we all care what others think. I feel less self consious when I'm around my friends who are up lifting and supportive, but when it's just me I feel like the world is out to get me. I'm not sure why I'm so aware of what other's think and why I let it affect me so much.
I mean this is my blog and I should be able to say what I want to say, but once I start typing and I think I'm done I always end up pushing the backspace button because the thought of who might read this comes scrolling thru my mind. I feel like I'm wwriting to please others and that doesn't make me feel happy. Who is a blog for anyway? Is it for the author? Or the audieance? I really don't know why I'm so concernd anyway, the only people who read my blog are my best friends and I know that they would never judge me. But there's always that thought "What if someone else just happened upon this?"

Saving My Tears

There's this show on the Lifetime network called Army Wives about army wives and what they go through as a spouse to an American soldier. It's about fictional families but real issues. So as I watch this show I find that I can relate to what these women are going through. The most recent episode was about their husbands leaving on deployment. As I watched in tears at the heart wrenching scene of the soldiers getting on a plan waving goodbye to their families, not knowing if they will ever see them again, I knew that one day that will be me. One day I will have to say goodbye to my husband as he leaves for war, and the worst part is I won't be able to just fall apart but I will have to be strong for my husband but mostly for my children. How do you do that? How do you say strong and put together when all you want to do inside is scream and cry? How do you go on when you want to curl up die because the pain is to much?
Of course my husband hasn't gone anywhere yet and probably won't for a while, but the thought is always in the back of my mind. And yes, I knew that him leaving was a possibility when he joined. But it never seemed so real until now. And it pains me to hear our fellow Americans say bad thing's about the military and the soldiers and their families. If only they knew how much our soldiers sacrifice to keep the freedom of this country.
Okay so I know that this was just a bunch of jumbled up thoughts and they probably don't make any sense, but I just had to get it all out. I can't let my heart ache forever.
So to all those who read this, whether your pro military or against, just remember those are real people and behind those uniforms and they have real feelings and real families just like you and me. Give them a break and ask your self how you would feel if you were in their shoes.

Ranting

So the only time I get to post is in the afternoons when Jonny is sleeping. Anyway, I have been sooooooo angry lately. First, I was involved in a hit and run accident recently. No, I was not the one who ran, the two, yes I said two, ladies who rear ended me are the ones who hit me and took off. Luckily while I was on the phone with the 911 operator I had enough brains about me the read off the licence plate numbers to her and stuff. One lady came back after the cops had already arrived. Then she had the nerve to lie and say that she didn't hit me until the lady behind her hit her. Argggg!! If that were true then someone please explain the two, I said two, distinct smacks I felt against my car. The only good thing about that accident is that my son was luckily not in the car with me. He should have been but Jeff offered to take him home. Someone was really looking out for my family that day. But the worst part about the accident is that it happened only two months after my recent back surgery. And now I'm in pain all over again. It makes me wounder am I ever going to be able to live my life without pain?
So there's my first rant. My second is the stupid people who call themselves Pinnacle, the people who manage my on-base housing. I have had Raccoons living in my asbestos filled attic for the last two months and mold growing all over my house. I have put in so many service calls to get these issues fixed and they haven't done anything. I hate Pinnacle!!!!! I recommend that no one ever, ever, ever rent from this property management people. They do have other privatised properties they manage. I can't believe that this is how they treat the families of America's soldiers!
Sorry, I needed an outlet before I exploded so thank you for listening.

Vacation

Okay so It's been a couple of days I know but I have an excuse. I was on vacation for the weekend. Jeff got a four day weekend for once and we took advantage of it. Normally on the government holidays the military gets a four day weekend, but the Army usually has to do a big all day training thing on the Friday of the weekend so he only gets the three days really. (All of the other services i.e. Navy, Marines Air Force get all four days) Well we took this rare four day weekend to go to China Town in San Francisco and visit my aunt in Antioch (where I grew up for those that didn't know). We had a blast! It was nice to get away (from Jeff's computer addiction) and relax. But now it's over and life has returned to normal. Yes, complete normalness, computer and everything.
Jonny has finally gotten over his 4 week long ear infection and is now feeling much better. I have a clean house and Jonny is now sleeping and I finally have a real minute to myself. And I have no idea how to use it.That's bad isn't it? I was thinking about starting a book (to read) any suggestions?I don't know just an idea to fill my new found free time.
15 more days until my two best friends come out to see me!!! I'm so excited to not be the only woman in man land soon!

My First Time

Okay, so I did it!I finally got my own blog and I'm actually using it. I see that there's a spell check, that's really good for anyone who reads this because I can't spell. Anyway, I just got Jonny down for a nap so now I'm free to do anything. And by anything I mean laundry, mopping, cooking, etc. You know the stuff that you hold out to do because maybe just maybe a miracle will happen and it will all magically get done by it's self. But soon you come back to reality and realize that half the day has flown by and nothing has been done at all. Yea, I'm there! After this it will be time for me to come back to my reality and get started.
Jeff, Jonny and I are all going to my Aunt's this weekend for Memorial Day. We're going to San Fransisco to visit China Town and maybe even Alcatraz. It will be so much fun!! It's a very long time needed break!