Do you know who these guys are? Do they look familar? Let me help you out....."O..O..OOO..O..O..OO.....The Right Stuff!" It's The New Kids On The Block!!! One of the ORIGINAL Boy bands...technically New Edition was before NKOTB, both created by Maurice Starr.....sick how I know all this huh! Anyhoo.....LOVE THEM! They are the Jonas Bros of my teeny boppin years. Ahhh to be younger........I knew they were getting back together and making another album...er CD.....and it brings me much joy. However, last night my precious son comes in the living room and says, Mom, out it on 46..(the TV that is) I'm like what....I don't wanna watch more politics.....Lo N Behold......It's my NKOTB LIVE in Boston...their home town.

I jumped up and began dancing around the living room like I was there!! Brady quickly ran back to his room not wanting the image to stick in his mind! I danced around singing every song like it was yesterday.......There are just some things that can instantly throw ya back in time and I'm finding more of them these days....does that means I'm getting ol......"more mature"??

Just loved it all....prolly will go hunt down their new cd this week so if you see me in traffic boppin my head and singing away just know I'm mid flashback and any honk you may think is appropriate will ruin it and youwill then be Blogged about for ruinin my high. ;)

Did ya'll watch the debate Friday night?? Oh yeah, big deal in the Hollonville. Poor Brady had to be at a football game...they expect the band to play at those things ya know, so he dvr'd it so he wouldn't miss out. What I would love to see is the moderator--Jim Leher-- just flat say, Ok, enough spin, explain in detail exactly how you will change the country. Not that you will change the country, but how? Hmm? How? What's your plan, details....step 1,2,3.. a,b,c.....Just say it.

Do you know already? Have you got a plan? Is it more than a wing and a prayer? And by the way, who do you pray to?(yeah I know separation of church n state) I just would respect someone to just flat say, man...we're in a mess huh! Being in real estate, my whole paycheck depends on Joe Shmoe being able to get a loan. And I'd just like some details. How about all the billionaires in the US just help pay off the national debt? Like give a penny take a penny at 7-11

You got a billion, give a billion, really when you get to that much moola, you won't miss it.

Maybe I should run..........Ialways say when you want something done, ask a woman....Gary says the fall of man began w/a woman....sounds like a man wanting to do his own laundry..LOL.

Speaking of my fav past time, the dryer just beeped...........

Wishing you Peace. Love and Empty Laundry Baskets..............

~M

Ahhh Lunch!

Sometimes all you need is lunch with a buddy. Today I had just that. Sounds so simple, yet I usually don't even eat lunch much less take an hour & 1/2 for it. I'm usually on the computer with a protein bar & my trusty Sonic drink or driving around showing houses. SO today was a treat. It's not like I don't see my buds....there is Bunco ya know. However, I came away from this lunch thinking to myself....I really needed that. Just a fresh point of view of everyday life. Ya know I usually have everything all figured out and correct and all ;) so just to hear someone Else's take on the usual was very nice. No major AA HA! moment. No clouds parted and trumpets sounded...just nice. I summed it up as "friend maintenance" which I am always guilty of non compliance with this one. You know, I tell all my buds, listen, if I don't talk to you in oh the next month or so, I'm not ever thinking 'oh she's mad at me', I'm thinking you're fine. Just living your life doing laundry just like me and you are fine. However the older I get, the more I tend to think maybe I should do more of this maintenance thing. I tend to talk to myself on the ole treadmill, in the car,in the backyard,while doing laundry...well you get the point, but think it might be good to listen every now and then. Really listen. The kind of listening that asks a question and just the look on the others face is the answer. Sometimes people don't want an answer, just want to be heard....can I get an AMEN from all the sports wives out there....it's not Sunday morning in my house w/o Sports Center going on TV!
Ok, that's it....back to work!

Ciao bella!

Small glimse in the past...

This was at my senior luncheon.
This is moi and my friend Julie.
That's all you get for now......I should have known!

Almost 20 years!! NO WAY!

If you know me, you will know the speed at which I'm talking and say to yo-self...I'm so glad I'm reading this instead!
OK! READY? GO!!
The phone rings the other nite and a grew up with her my whole life girfirend is on the other line and its a real call instead of a text, so its gotta be important. She says she got an email from a high school friend of ours and our class now has its own website and our 20 year is coming this next summer. NOWAY! WAY! I say, ahh mannn, I don't wanna go to that...I helped out on the 10 yr thing and that's enough. She says, o yes u r girl! SHe's checking out the website while I'm on the phone and I'm frying pork chops--they have no carbs ya know--until you flour them--anyhoo....she says, oh there Marcey K at the senior luncheon....WHAT? I'm on the internet?? Am I naked?? Well, do I look ok?? LOL.............I say, well, I gotta go for now.........hang up and those who know me, know I didn't care if the pork chops burnt to flames, I was hurdling over the dog--ok-hurdling...maybe not....stepping over Karlie Sophia really quickly yes! to get to the computer and look up what she had been talking about and lo n behold........there I am. Big permed hair and all.....not naked--just at the senior luncheon----and it's like a flood breaks away and the memories come rushing back--cue "Memories" song here-- oh that's so and so and OH! MI GOSH! Look at this one and that one...and I know this won't surprise anybody but I remembered people's names like they lived with me! I got all excited and Brady!! Look at me!
Gary!! Look! Look at my hair! r u looking? then why r u looking at the tv?!
Anyhow.... it made me remember a time when I didn't even know what laundry was! O the days!! You can register yourself and upload pictures and honey I've already dug my pics out!
Now, I just want to have a new pic made--that means you Marla--you can airbrush yes?--then I can upload my pic and memmoriesssssssss.......................try as I may, my high school peeps have never mistaken me for Christie Brinkley...although its close, if you squint one eye.
BIG SIGHHHHHHHHHHHH.........................................I will try to take a breath.
How excited will I be next summer seeing all my ole peeps!!! A couple of these girls can talk faster than me...NO! YES!
Needless to say.... I wouldn't miss it for the world!

Counting,counting,counting

Ever have one of those days when really all you can do is just TRY to count your blessings?

It really has been one of those months for me and its the 16th, so it's half way ovaaa!

Each morning I'm like, well its a new day...Thank You for this new day. Then it seems to run down hill from there. Running here and there and pick up this one, drop off that one, wash laundry, dry laundry, fold stupid laundry, Thank You for my washer and dryer, put up laundry.

Cook this, cut up that,Thank You that we have food, what do you mean you don't like it,eat a sandwich then. Sign this, return that,check this work, redo that work,you need a check? for what? how much? Nahh, we don't need that...well if everybody ate a bug, would you eat one too?! Hello seller, your price is too high. Hey there buyer, lets qualify you first...you do have a job yes? no? hmm, we call you a renter, not buyer. And now its pick up time from this school and that school and this field and that field and if I get another text from one of my kids saying, uh, where r u? I will throw my phone out the window! What's for dinner you ask?I dunno, what are YOU cooking??...........

AAHhh........this day started out with me looking at the wrong things. Somewhere my sight line changed and I was reminded that you can find what you are looking for, so if I look for ugg this and ugg that, guess what I find. I am making an effort to look for the good and great in everyday, b/c I'm sure God didn't wake up this morning and say, ugg...Marcey's on the hotline again.

So, I am choosing to be a hummingbird looking for the beautiful flower instead of the vulture looking for the dead and dying..........the same birds fly over the same desert and find different things. The glass is half full and so on...........this really isn't a post , its a pep talk for myself.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.......and while I'm on the subject of thinking I can, a lady at my office started telling me I needed to read "The Secret". That it is about the "Law of Attraction"--now mind you I have the book and only got to page 11 before I had to close it and put it down. It's all about how the "universe" gives to you what you then put out. The ole what comes around goes around thing...which maybe true, HOWEVER, I would read a line about the "universe" doing this or that and my soul would say, "Every good & great thing comes from the Lord above". The Secret says essentially that what I put out there will be returned to me from the "universe".....and the 1 lesson I've learned thus far, is I can do NOTHING, NADA, ZIPPO.

It is only Christ in me that all goodness can flow through.

I'm not sure where all this is going, but its a typical day of how my mind runs.

Confession: I ate 2 oatmeal choc. chip cookies last night..........I'm sure they had carbs and sugar in them......but today is a new day! I haven't ventured near the cookies today, so I'm doing ok!

Just thought I'd share that.....

Hugs and Cookies!!

~M

Big Bang! Theory a BUST!

Well, I can't say I'm surprised that I woke up this morning just fine and dandy and still behind in laundry. You may or may not have heard that there are some scientists and physicist's that were amping up this giant machine, an "atom smasher", to reproduce all the atoms smashing into one another recreating the big bang theory of life. Some feared by doing this experiment it would cause a tear in the atmosphere and thus create a black hole and end earth as we know it.
This whole news story reminds me of the saying, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste". I wonder how much time and money and brain power was spent on such an experiment and what I really wonder is were the people who did it disappointed when it didn't work? I know when I first heard about it I just laughed but somebody had to really believe it would work! I wonder what God thought about it....I would venture to say He wasn't surprised this morning.
It seems everyday there are life lessons surrounding us and it's up to each of us to notice and learn whatever we can from that day. There are lots of things I can't explain and really I'm OK with that, don't need some great explanations and experiment to prove this or that.
Just trusting that God has it all under control........and that the watermelons were really from Rush Springs!

Happy Wednesday!!
Marcey

And the THUNDER ROLLS!!!!!!!!

OK--this may surprise you guys...but I LOVE NBA basketball!! We would go the Hornets bball games and they were really good...even in the nosebleed seats. So I am thrilled we now have our very own team right here in big OKC!! Now, I just need everybody to move and buy a new house so I can afford season tickets for a fam of 5..........who's first?? :)
Last night was the famed Moore War....Westmoore won--yeah baby! But really I was there to see the band..mainly my trumpet playing son. He was fabulous of course!
Today for me was one of those "gonna do tons of stuff and get alot accomplished", yet didn't do a thing and was sleepy all day even though I was on the couch! And as to Laura's ? of what did I eat at the game.....a hot dog minus the bun.....I initially typed what I ate then read it and thought hmmm that might be misconstrued....so I'll just say a hotdog minus the bun! :) Which had my stomach in fits by half time.......ahhh to be young and not know what TUMS are!
Anyhow.....Did I mention I'm a sucker for a produce stand? Well as long as they're not selling puppies! Today I was driving to the store and low and behold a produce stand right in the bank parking lot and a sign that says "Rush Springs Melons"----Turn signal on! The guys there had 3 kinds of watermeon, cantaloupe and peaches.........God is so good.....all carb free mind you....
so I got a medley of what all they had and he said he'd be back next weekend...so will I!!
Then I got to thinking how completely trusting I am...how do I know they really went to Rush Spring and got these watermelons? Or to Stroud for the peaches? I don't...I just totally hope those peaches are awesome and the cantaloupe super juicy. But I'm sure there's some kind of life lesson in that....trusting blindly.....hmmm.....or maybe its just the lack of sugar to my brain.
OK That's all I can muster for now....

Have a great Sunday...........

It's Harder Than I Thought!

This picture was last winter I think....at church bowling family night.....I think my hair color is different in every pic I have

Ok, I'll admit I've never been a huge proponent of "online" anything. I always tell my kids, your life is not a commodity...besides who cares what you ate for dinner last night?! HOWEVER.......now that all this Blogging thing has come about and Beverly jumped on it.....I think hmmmm......so only Brady(well and Gary but I told him while he was watching TV sooo.....prolly wasn't listening) knows I have a blog in the fam---he's my tech support--but now I find myself saying what to write about? If you know me, you will not be shocked when I say I can talk with the best of them, in fact the faster you talk the more I like you--must be the saleswoman in me! So it is truly strange to me to have to think of something to blog, although it just occurred to moi that I'm blogging right now about absolutely nada......

Tonight is the big Moore-War football game and of course we are going. We have our Moore-War t-shirts all rhinestoned up--I am a *Dance Mom*ya know-- and ready to go! I am trying to figure out HOW to NOT eat any carbs at the game.......I'm thinking duck tape lipstick! I am on my no sugar, no flour, no carb, no taste diet again.......just whole veggies and fruits and chicken and fish.....mmmmmm.....it really does make me feel better when I cut out the processed junk but I must admit I LOVE junk food! Oh to be young again and eat whatevaaaaaaa................

I do know it can only last so long....kinda makes me irritable--(who moi?) so every now and then Gary will say, have a reece's babe!

Did y'all see Sarah Palin's speech? I have always said, if ya want something done...ask a woman!!

We'll see.......she's looks like a tough cookie--my word 5 kids!--She's not scared of anything...after all she survived the PTA!!!!!!!!!!! And we all know that's the scariest place on earth! (Did I say that?!) Wait, someone's at my door....it's the local PTA wanting my member card back...shhhhhhhhh......... :)

Well, I better jet for now, Brady just texted and summoned me to pick him up....he's 16 now, but hasn't tested for his license yet, says he's too busy right now...I know strange....he watches CNN too.....and actually reads the paper........

Happy Weekend!!

Marcey

Day One!

Whoa to those of you who wanted me to create a blog......

Let's see, this past weekend while in big Plano for another soccer tourney I saw the most odd and horrifing thing I think I've seen in oh, at least a month. Nope, not the reffing of the games.
We were driving on the hiway coming home and I see all these tents set up along the upcoming corner. I of course, think Fruit & Veggies stand.....where's my wallet, Gary, pull oovaa!! The first stand had watermelons & squash.....yeah next....puppies? ahhh isn't that cute, next one....puppies...huh? more puppies.....8 stands of all kinds of puppies!!! OMG!! The pure bred dog lover in me about DIED! Puppies! Like their a random fruit! Upon seeing my eyes triple insize, Gary doesn't even slow down..........he knew what was coming..........."Ya know, that is just a perpetuation of puppy mills! Double edged sword...buy a puppy to save it and the cycle starts all over again, besides who on earth buys a puppy on the side of the road?? You are supposed to reserach your breed then find a reputable breeder......or go to the pound, tons of dogs there who want a good home! Should be illegal, what corner was that back there, I'm writing a letter to the county commissioner...and the American Kennel Club..........."........in true fashion, Gary nevers flinches or glances my way............he knows.

Well, that's my 1st post......I'm not sure my thoughts should be put in written text.....
Sooo to Bev & Marla, here ya go..........don't say I didn't warn you......