Have you ever seen the movie Life of Something Like it? I think it has Angelia Jolee anyway I loved that movie when I first saw it... it has been so long since I've seen it I would need to watch it again to see if I still do. Anyway it is about this woman who has the 'perfect' life she loves her job and her life is going great until she meets a homeless man who's predictions always come true.. he tells her she will die in the next week or something like that.. so she is forced to focus on the things that really matter and what she would do with her last week.
This brings me to my point.. sometimes I feel like life is good no unforeseen things lurking in the future that might throw a wrench into how good life is at the moment. BUT the wrenches ALWAYS come and the Heartache soon follows I guess it teaches me to be a little more grateful for when life is so good.
For me this is a venting post about all the things that I feel are unfair not just in my life but in the lives of those I love so much sometimes I feel like I am not cut out for this life my heart can't handle the constant heartache and helplessness I feel when others are in need. So for today here are some of the things I wish...
I wish
I could just have enough money to take care of those who struggle financially. Not to just hand out money but to give it to those who are trying so hard to keep going when the world pushes against them in everything they do.
I wish
I had enough time to just sit with each one of the people I love and listen to their heartaches, triumphs, dreams, and their wishes
I wish
I was a missionary again and could see the Love the Savior has for each one of us without being so judgmental and unkind
I wish
We could all take the time to see the good in each other rather than look for the flaws
I wish
I could hold my little boy again to catch the glimpse of Heaven and tell him that I love him.
My heart is extremely heavy today for all the things I feel like I don't have time to do. For all of those in my family and in my life who struggle hoping better days will come but seeing no sign of relief in sight. And for the things I feel like I don't have time to do...
I have been reminded for the last little while that we are not here for all the physical things we came for our spirits... my spirit has been neglected as I have turned my focus to all of the other things that need to be done... perhaps it is time to re-adjust to the things that matter and let my Heavenly Father redirect where my focus should be. Heaven help me to be a little better!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Extra Footprints
We re...
Excited
Nervous
Anxious
Nautious (Janet Only)
Worried
Ornery (again Janet only)
Tired
Emotional (Janet Mostly)
Demanding (All Janet)
Hungry (All Janet)
EXTRA CAUTIOUS
Well know by many doctors and speciaists
and Extatic all in one!
Coming February 2011 we're adding another set of footprints to our family!(We hope not much sooner than Feb but our goal is 36 weeks which would be the beginning of January) WE ARE SO BLESSED!
Excited
Nervous
Anxious
Nautious (Janet Only)
Worried
Ornery (again Janet only)
Tired
Emotional (Janet Mostly)
Demanding (All Janet)
Hungry (All Janet)
EXTRA CAUTIOUS
Well know by many doctors and speciaists
and Extatic all in one!
Coming February 2011 we're adding another set of footprints to our family!(We hope not much sooner than Feb but our goal is 36 weeks which would be the beginning of January) WE ARE SO BLESSED!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Shopping Adventures
Ok so 2 stories 1 hilarious... 1 you might think I'm a brat... and sometimes I am.
#1 We went to a store we rarely go to... (I'll refrain from mentioning the name)
A) because nothing in this particular store seems to fit me right... everything seems to be sewed crooked or something. and...
B)I just never really go there.
However we were out and about and had heard about about a great sale at this store... so we stopped. I tried on about 7 dresses all of them having problem A which is why B comes into play.
So we were leaving the store and Ray says
"Look at this shirt its on sale for $7.50 but its a small (this was for him mind you)"
Me: "Oh thats nice... too bad its a small"
Ray: "They have a large on this rack but its not on sale"
SIDE NOTE: Rack was 3 feet away from sale rack
Me: "Oh well lets just take them both to the counter and they will give us the sale price I'm sure its just a mistake"
Ray: "Okay"
so we get both shirts and head for the checkout
Me: "Um these shirts are the same but only one is marked down is that right"
Clerk "Yes thats right"
Me: "Excuse Me how is that possible they're the same shirt"
Clerk: "Yeah I know but thats right"
Me: "How can that be right"
Clerk: "Well we do markdowns based on when they arrive in the store not based on inventory"
Ray: Giggling in the back ground at my face and what the clerk is saying
Me: Mouth open in dis-belief "What?? I've never heard of that before in my life"
Clerk: "You see this one (Sale Shirt) came in in February and this one (not Sale Shirt) came in in June... So one is on sale and one is not"
Me: Mouth still open in dis-belief "Ok we don't want either thanks"
We walked out of the store and barley made it before we both burst out laughing that is the most INSANE thing ever! So if I find something full price... I better check the sale rack too because one may have come in a few months ago... WHAT?? Good thing I always check the sale racks too... good times!
#2 I will not hold back from the name on this one WALMART
Why do I submit myself over and over to going to that store... we used to live super close so it was great or so I thought. I remember everytime I would leave the store I was SO frustrated... and swore I would NEVER go back... but I always would!
Reasons I used to like it...
Convience
One Stop Shopping
Low Prices on everything in the store
One Stop Shopping... I repeat
So the last few times we have been in Walmart I have left floored... their customer service is AWFUL, long lines, no one to help you EVER, the list goes on. Last night after waiting for 20 minutes to get some simple fabric... no one came to help after several calls and the person working at the counter helping the customer in line in front of me just walked away.... she didn't even finish helping the woman in front of me!! SO I took matters into my own hands cut my own fabric and took the spools to the front so they could ring them up at the correct price. The nice girl ringing us thru said "We're not supposed to ring them thru like that" side note the woman waiting in the fabric department with me took hers to customer service. So the clerk calls a manager... no one comes... we wait and wait... then the clerk turns around and yells for this manager "Dale I need help" he was 5 feet from her register the whole time but never came to help! So she explains the situation.. he says "They're taking care of this same thing right now in customer service you'll have to go over there"
Me "I have been here for 25 minutes now waiting for someone to help me and now your telling me to stand in the customer service line that is 20 people long?"
Dale: "Yes there is nothing I can do to help you you need to take your items over there"
Me "No I am not waiting in another line just because you won't help me"
Dale "So you don't want the fabric anymore"
Me "Nope"
Dale look of discust that I would not want them after cutting them...
Ray "This is why we don't shop here anymore your customer service sucks"
Dale just walks away
Me to the clerk "this is nothing personal against you but we've really grown to hate shopping here it is a joke everytime we come in and so we just won't anymore we'll go to Target because they actually care"
Clerk "I feel the same way"
I WAS FLOORED to say the least... so we leave the store and in the parking lot the girl from the fabric dept that was waiting before us tells us she got all of her fabric for free... GRRRR if I wasn't so quick to anger I might have gotten mine for free too!
#1 We went to a store we rarely go to... (I'll refrain from mentioning the name)
A) because nothing in this particular store seems to fit me right... everything seems to be sewed crooked or something. and...
B)I just never really go there.
However we were out and about and had heard about about a great sale at this store... so we stopped. I tried on about 7 dresses all of them having problem A which is why B comes into play.
So we were leaving the store and Ray says
"Look at this shirt its on sale for $7.50 but its a small (this was for him mind you)"
Me: "Oh thats nice... too bad its a small"
Ray: "They have a large on this rack but its not on sale"
SIDE NOTE: Rack was 3 feet away from sale rack
Me: "Oh well lets just take them both to the counter and they will give us the sale price I'm sure its just a mistake"
Ray: "Okay"
so we get both shirts and head for the checkout
Me: "Um these shirts are the same but only one is marked down is that right"
Clerk "Yes thats right"
Me: "Excuse Me how is that possible they're the same shirt"
Clerk: "Yeah I know but thats right"
Me: "How can that be right"
Clerk: "Well we do markdowns based on when they arrive in the store not based on inventory"
Ray: Giggling in the back ground at my face and what the clerk is saying
Me: Mouth open in dis-belief "What?? I've never heard of that before in my life"
Clerk: "You see this one (Sale Shirt) came in in February and this one (not Sale Shirt) came in in June... So one is on sale and one is not"
Me: Mouth still open in dis-belief "Ok we don't want either thanks"
We walked out of the store and barley made it before we both burst out laughing that is the most INSANE thing ever! So if I find something full price... I better check the sale rack too because one may have come in a few months ago... WHAT?? Good thing I always check the sale racks too... good times!
#2 I will not hold back from the name on this one WALMART
Why do I submit myself over and over to going to that store... we used to live super close so it was great or so I thought. I remember everytime I would leave the store I was SO frustrated... and swore I would NEVER go back... but I always would!
Reasons I used to like it...
Convience
One Stop Shopping
Low Prices on everything in the store
One Stop Shopping... I repeat
So the last few times we have been in Walmart I have left floored... their customer service is AWFUL, long lines, no one to help you EVER, the list goes on. Last night after waiting for 20 minutes to get some simple fabric... no one came to help after several calls and the person working at the counter helping the customer in line in front of me just walked away.... she didn't even finish helping the woman in front of me!! SO I took matters into my own hands cut my own fabric and took the spools to the front so they could ring them up at the correct price. The nice girl ringing us thru said "We're not supposed to ring them thru like that" side note the woman waiting in the fabric department with me took hers to customer service. So the clerk calls a manager... no one comes... we wait and wait... then the clerk turns around and yells for this manager "Dale I need help" he was 5 feet from her register the whole time but never came to help! So she explains the situation.. he says "They're taking care of this same thing right now in customer service you'll have to go over there"
Me "I have been here for 25 minutes now waiting for someone to help me and now your telling me to stand in the customer service line that is 20 people long?"
Dale: "Yes there is nothing I can do to help you you need to take your items over there"
Me "No I am not waiting in another line just because you won't help me"
Dale "So you don't want the fabric anymore"
Me "Nope"
Dale look of discust that I would not want them after cutting them...
Ray "This is why we don't shop here anymore your customer service sucks"
Dale just walks away
Me to the clerk "this is nothing personal against you but we've really grown to hate shopping here it is a joke everytime we come in and so we just won't anymore we'll go to Target because they actually care"
Clerk "I feel the same way"
I WAS FLOORED to say the least... so we leave the store and in the parking lot the girl from the fabric dept that was waiting before us tells us she got all of her fabric for free... GRRRR if I wasn't so quick to anger I might have gotten mine for free too!
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