I will admit it. I should have been studying for a test for a while now and I chose this morning to cram. I think I work best under a little pressure and I retain more if I have just reviewed the material.
Unfortunately my 17 year old daughter thinks today would be a good time to talk. Forgetting of course that I have no time.
I really want to be supermom and listen, but I have goals and she does to. I suggested that she get busy and study too. That is when she REALLY wanted to talk.
The frustration reminded me of times recently when I was in a restaurant and the young waitress yelled behind my head to a co-worker while my husband and I were trying to talk. Or last night at a class I was taking where the guy behind me wanted to keep cracking jokes to impress the student next to him. Obliviouse that the rest of the class was trying to work through a silent assignment.
Where are people's manners? In each case the individuals had no idea they were being rude or selfish.
Thanks for reading my rant and letting me get this off my chest. Now I am going to study like there is no tomorrow...because there isn't I only have until 12:45 today!
Have you experienced this recently?
The freedom to run and then stop. to smell the salt in the air, to feel the waves rock the float, to let the sun spill upon your shoulders and light your path.
This is Allyn by the Bay. This is where you breath in a little deeper because the air is sweeter, the sky is true blue, and the waters melt away your worries.
This is the life!
Welcome to Allyn By The Bay.....
This story is inspiring, partially because I ALWAYS wanted a full size Lego house. My favorite part was the reaction from the community. It seems that they had thousands of volunteers. So many in-fact they could not use all of them. Volunteers even came equipped with their own Legos to donate to the cause.
The project was the idea of James May, a British TV host, to be featured on his series Toy Stories. He enlisted a thousand volunteers and used 3.3 million donated Lego bricks. He even spent a night in the house, which he learned is not waterproof and has "the most uncomfortable bed I've ever slept in," May told The Daily Mail.
The Lego house was two stories and had a working toilet and even a Lego cat.
I love people projects- like giant cookies or football field sized pies. This one is unique in that it wasn't eaten but taken down bit by bit because it was too expensive to move to the Lego park after construction.
It does make you think though. When times are tough we can have a lot of fun if we just get together and focus on a goal. I would love to see my community create something this exciting . It would be a weekend we would not soon forget, and it beats watching another rerun.
Has your community shared in a project like this? Please post pictures if you have them!
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I apologize. I forgot you were a princess," I told my daughter.It was her turn to wash the dishes and put them away. Her room was (is) a disaster and she thinks she should quit her job because she dosn't like it. She also complains that this makes her tired.
Poor Princess. Thank God she is of a Royal Bloodline (LOL) and has the option of sleeping in, staying out late, doing what ever she pleases and knowing that her humble servants (her Dad and I) will be picking up the pieces as they plummet to the ground.
NOT!
Some people have unrealistic expectations. My dear daughter will be needing her job to pay her Dad and I rent if she does not get off her butt and do her chores. She can stay up late but she will be tired in the morning and her boss wont give a ... She is also free to trash her room and have her Mom condemn it. and she will then have the luxury of the couch without any privacy from her sisters.
Life is about choices.Your Choices lead you down a path.
Just like my daughter, some people can have an unrealistic view of what it will take to get what they want. Some people in the housing market today don't have a clear perspective of what they will sell or buy a home for. That is why you hire an agent. They will be with you every step of the way. When selling a home they will share pricing and marketing strategies. If you are buying a home they will help you find a good lender and put together a plan that works for you and your budget.
Trust the professionals. A lot of hard work goes into finding a great home and it should not have to be yours. Sit back and be the Princess, but listen to your advisers they have your goals at heart.Remember good Agents take good care of thier clients, and when they do everybody wins!
The warm sands conforms to my thoughts. I stare beyond the slippery sky as it swirls the clouds in play. My feet find their way beneath to the cool caress of timeless sands. Long have they been here in one form or another reaching out and then back in.Just as I have been and will be. Loved by God and cherished by his thoughts.
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