Life of Sherry

10:21:30 PM EST
Feeling Hopeful
Hearing Mark and Lance's football game

It's really hard to believe that 26 years ago tonight mom went to the hospital to deliver littler Lancer. Halloween always reminds me of how excited we all were about Lance coming into the world. We had fun tonight trick or treating. Audi dressed as a little 60's girl with her poodle shirt and little bopsy socks and shoes. Mark even dressed in camoflouge and hid in the bushes to scare children. Lance dressed as a baby in a stork's nest...quite hilarious. This is the first year of Autumn's life that Lance was off work to spend the night with her. She was a little too excited and fell down while running down the street. The skinned knees put a little hindrance on our night. However, Lance brought many smile to the kids faces by riding on his ostridge.  I'll post pictures after I have them developed and saved on a disk.

Computer malfuctioning...the children plucked off two new keys on the laptop. Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1:11:20 PM EDT
Feeling Worried
Hearing None

This girl has gone missing from my very small town. She is an 11th grade History teacher at our local high school.

Tara Grinstead-
Age: 30
Sex: FEMALE
Race: WHITE
Hair: BROWN
Eyes: BROWN
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 125

Missing From: Ocilla, Georgia Since: 10/22/2005

Any information please contact GBI Agent Dominic Turner or Detective Bill Barrs at (229)468-7494, or 229-468-TIPS(8477)

Pray for her safe return.

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10:29:03 PM EDT

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8:34:56 PM EDT
Hearing Clock ticking

I woke up this morning and wrote Autumn an excuse for being out of school yesterday. As soon as I put the date, I remembered that today is my grandfather's birthday. I know that many of us think that our grandfathers were the greatest men in the world; BUT, my grandfather really was. He was the best looking man in the world to me, and I just knew that every woman in the world thought the same thing. He was a big 'ole sweetheart. His death was one of the hardest times in my life. I was dating a guy who was very possessive and killed my self-esteem. I was living in Valdosta and coming home to see my grandfather every chance that I had. Those last few months with my grandfather are a time that I will never forget as long as I live. Although some were very hard and sad, due to the cancer getting in his brain, I wouldn't trade any of it for the world. I don't think anyone knew exactly how hard this time was for me or really anyone in my family. This was the man who was my rock, he was the man I looked up to, he was the only man at that time that I truly knew adored me no matter what I did. He was to me an altruistic love. The day before my grandfather died, I drove to Ocilla to visit him. I spent the day with him and knew that it was almost time for him to go home. However, the phone call the next morning was still horrible. I had wanted to stay with my grandfather the night before  he had died; however, I decided to go home to avoid a fight with the b/f. Sometimes things happen for a reason, and I truly believe that I was not supposed to be there the night he died. I guess maybe God knew that he had to save me for Papa's wife, Mema, when she died.

Papa, I honor you today and thank you for giving me the love that I desperately wanted growing up. Thank you for always looking at me as if I were the best little girl in the world. Kiss Mema and save us all a big table in heaven.

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11:59:51 AM EDT
Feeling Quiet
Hearing Radio

I am obviously missing my husband. He left on Monday with work. He's doing another hunting show for ESPN. I found this sweet list of things that he loves that he sent me in March of 2001. Just to give everyone an idea of something to do for your self. We both listed 25 things that we loved to help us know who we are. I can't find my list but here's his:

25 Things That I love

1) I love to laugh

2) I love to listen to music and drive

3) I love to make people feel that what they say is important

4) I love to find truth and emulate equality

5) I love to BE LOVED

6) I love it when a storm is coming and I here the wind blow through the trees. I like to listen to the wind speak to me.

7) I love quality not quantity

8) I love basketball and the lessons I’ve learned from the game

9) I love to feel that I have achieved something a little different

10) I love the mystical yet simplistic ways that God speaks to me

11) I love to teach in the ways that I think that God wants me to. Break down stereo types

12) I love to cook and grill out

13) I Love to camp out and soak up the beauty of it all

14) I love animals, especially dogs

15) I love to give massages

16) I love to hold hands and walk with my significant other

17) I Love to have good conversation

18) I love to sit still and listen to my surroundings

19) I love to play games: Fun games

20) I love kids

21) I love to make candy. I like it when people enjoy what ever I make

22) I love to make love, to only the one I love, the most

23) I love a good hug once an awhile

24) I love sweet kisses and love notes

25) I love to see people smile and I love to feel content.

25 1/2)  I love a girl named Sherry

I was trying to add pictures and found my list of 30 things that I love.

1.     I love Jesus

2.    I love laughing hysterically

3.    I love planning for trips

4.    I love cooking

5.    I love entertaining

6.    I love candles and candlelit dinner with soft music and then slow dancing to the music

7.    I love Romance

8.    I love when people remember the small stuff about me, i.e. my favorite things or birthday or when we met or little things we’ve done

9.  I love showering after a long day in the

10.  I love BABIES

11.  I love relaxing after cleaning, mainly after being in the sun all day on a hot summer day.  12.     I love reminiscing about the past

13.    I love learning about others’ likes and dislikes and always remembering them

14.      I love to be appreciated and respected

15.     I love my forehead being rubbed lightly

16.   I love when fall is in the air, school about to start, peanuts harvested, and coolness in the air, the leaves changing, riding through the mountain just to look at the beauty of God’s great big beautiful world

17.  I love seeing something good in everyone and everything.  I love people; all people, all sizes, shapes, and colors

18.   I love feeling the Holy Spirit through Praise and Worship

19.    I love humbleness and a seeing a man who loves Jesus completely

20.   I love picnics

21.   I love being kissed on my forehead

22.   I      love to listen and also to be heard completely

23.  I love to feel absolutely loved unconditionally

24.  I love to feel that I can tell someone anything without ever worrying that they will throw it back inmy face

25.  I love birds singing

26. I love my family

27.  I love my friends

The one I want to add now is

28. I love a boy named Mark.

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6:00:04 PM EDT
Hearing Computer humming

This time of year does something amazing to my soul.  Any of you out there feel this way? This has always been the best season for me. I actually met my husband right around Halloween 10 years ago. I love to hear the peanuts being processed right down the road from my house. Yes, I live in a tiny little town in the middle of everything. I can hear the football team playing on Friday night and the band practicing every night of the week, while also hearing parents cheering for their children who are also playing sports. Halloween brings out the spooky and pranky side of me also. I love decorating for Halloween and getting ready for Fall and Thanksgiving. Since high school, I have anxiously awaited the arrival of cool weather and warm coffee. They just go together. I'm already going crazy with coffee. I guess in a way I know that it's almost time for all those great holidays that everyone so looks forward to coming. Next month will be Thanksgiving with wonderful food and even better family fellowship. It's so exciting. Happy Fall Everyone! Is it actually even officially fall yet? When is that anyway!

The picture is of Lance and me trying to make everyone laugh- OF COURSE!!!

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10:38:41 PM EDT

Wow, what a fast week it's been. I pray for a great weekend with family and friends. Although last weekend was fine, Autumn's little wrist has taken a toll on all of us. What a sad little sight to see the Little Pumpkin fast asleep with her wrist in the air. Mom reminded me today of when Dena broke her when she was younger and had a sling. She had to be in a wedding, and mom had lace sewed onto her sling. The good Lord knows that mom always had to have her children looking stylish.

It's crazy to me that mom is going to be 60 this weekend.It's also funny how ages seem so much younger as we get older.

J-Land, have a fantastic weekend and good night!!!

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10:23:21 AM EDT I  was tagged by Derek.   I deleted two of the questions: the first and the last. I love these things.

7 Things I Plan To Do Before I Die  

1. Get my PhD

2. Have a baby

3. Visit another county

4. Jump out of an airplane

5. Live for EVERY single moment

6. Watch my nephews and niece grow up, marry, and have children

7. Grow old with my husband

 

7 Things I Can Do  

1. Cook

2. Plan a party

3. Love

4. Listen

5. Entertain

6. Smile 

7. Get along with others

7 Things I Can't Do  

1.Sew

2. Play the piano

3. Sing

4. Draw

5. Not clean

6. Go on vacation or out of town without cleaning my house (what if I die and everyone came in my house to see it messy?)

7. Stop learning-ever

7 Things That Attract Me To The Opposite Sex-not in any order
1. Eyes

2. Smile

3. Teeth

4. Hands

5. KInd  Heart

6. Open Mind

7. Spirit

7 Things I Say Most Often

1. Yes

2. Ugh huh

3.  Huh? From years of riding in cars with the strereo turned up too loud.

4.  How did the conversation end?

5.  What's wrong?

6. Hey!!!!

7. I love you!!!!!!

7 Celebrity Crushes  (in no order)  ....right now or through the years.....this is too vague so it will be random

1. Leif Garrett-my first celebrity crush

2. Keifer Sutherland

3. Matthew McConnahay

4. Ben Affleck

5. Brad Pitt

6. Jessie James

7. Chris Martin-singer

post it here and on your own blog when you are done

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9:25:30 PM EDT

This journaling thing is really quite amazing. I'm enjoying so much being part of a new family. It's so comforting to receive all the positive reinforcement that comes from all of my new "peoples." I've always enjoying journaling (just like Derek). I started writing in a diary that was given to me when I was a teen. There's really no feeling like writing about my feelings and day to day thoughts. What's so much neater about this is that instead of waiting to die and someone reading my diary is that I actually get to read everyone's thoughts on a daily basis. I was actually in a meeting on Friday at work, and we were talking about the new ways of communicating how people now communicate. The lady who was reporting on it talked about "blogging" and no one knew anything about it(actually the guy beside knew about it only because he checks out whats going on with sports.) I even saw on a new tv show being advertised that a guy addressed how he couldn't wait to go home and blog about his night. So, for all of you people who are absolutely new to doing this, take my advice and try it. Step out of your comfort zone and try writing down how you feel about WHATEVER!!! You'll be amazed at how comforting it is to hear how people relate to you!!! :-)

Thank you, Derek, for starting this journal for me like mom giving me my first diary so many years ago.

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11:00:19 PM EDT
Feeling Quiet I've just returned from a retirement party for the president of the school that I work. I always thought that retirement would be a happy day. Why did tonight feel more like a funeral to me? This is not only my boss; but a woman who has been in my life since I was a child. I've watched her from afar pretty much my entire life. I've admired her and loved her. I watched her children grow and loved them like they were my own siblings.Her daughter in law is now one of my best friends and her grandchild is Autumn's best friend. Now, I've had the opportunity for five years to work under her direct mentorship. I feel confused and saddened by her leaving; however, I know that there's so much more for her. I'm just curious to know if others feel this way at a retirement party. Why does it feel so much like a funeral? I guess in some ways I have always been a bit freaky about things coming to an end. I'm fine with change-not so fine with endings. When anyone calls me or talks to me about a problem, my first question is how did the conversation end? I worry so much that people will end things in the wrong manner. I've always feared that people will end a conversation, relationship, job, etc, and regret later how they did it. I think that goes back to part of the fear we all have of death. I must say that I think Diane did an outstanding job tonight with her "farewell" speech. She showed us all that she's human and that it's hard to come to closure with something that's been a part of us for so long. In fact, I guess that's why "ending" things is so not a part of my life. Just like she said tonight: Instead of saying goodbye, we bid farewell for just a time. I say we will always and forever be inner-twined in one another's life. I dedicate  my journal tonight to Dr. Diane Wright Harper. May you find the joy and peace that you deserve with your retirement. I love you!!!

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