11 Random Things That Might Make Me Seem Crazy

Just for fun, I thought I would post some random yet awesome-ish things about me.  Oh, and  I'm breaking out the bullet points because I can.

•  I have never once lived in a town with more than 10,000 people.  Small town, through and through.

• I have the loudest sneezes of anyone I know.  I often get bless yous from people in different rooms and once someone yelled it to me from outside.

• I often narrate myself when cooking just in case Food Network gives me a call.  I have to know how to talk in front of people.  But I never do this when anyone is around.  Don't want them to think I'm crazy.

• I'm convinced my cat has a psychic bond with me.  I don't have one with her.  I'm not crazy.   She knew when I was pregnant.  Every time I've gotten knocked up, she gets all lovey dovey with me, even when Ken isn't around.  (She's very jealous of him and needs to let him know I'm her person.) 

• I will often walk up to Ken and just lick his cheek.

• I am a statue molester.  Mostly just touching butts but I do have a picture where it looks like I'm kissing a man who is desperately trying to get away.

•  I often keep one or two Christmas decorations up the entire year.  I forget them when putting away everything else and am usually just too lazy to put it away after the fact.

• My first kiss was from a boy who had just cut his leg open with a hatchet.  My dad drove him to the hospital for stitches.

• I had a bridezilla moment in Walmart directed at the photo lab employee.

• My husband was pulled over for speeding the night before our wedding while I was threatening people with scissors.  These people are still good friends.  And this was the second and last of my two bridezilla moments.  Don't want you to think I'm a psycho.

I just realized I really need to blog about my wedding.  I can't just talk about being a bridezilla and not explain.

Have a great Thursday. 

Inviting Cartoon Characters Over

I love this show.

It's freezing (like -14) and I don't want to watch the Badgers lose again.  So I'm spending way too much time on the internet.

Thanks to Jenny at The Bloggess for turning me on to this particular video.

Happy Tuesday you all.  (I'm not Southern so I don't do y'all.)

The Hardest Sins To Forgive

I came across the greatest sound bite on forgiveness today on Mormon Channel's Facebook page.


My sisters and me



The person that I struggle with forgiving is one of my own siblings. I'm certain I also need forgiveness from her too. We have struggled for years with our relationship because of this forgive and forget attitude I (and I assume she does also) think is supposed to be best. So we had periods pretending and trying to be the close sisters that you read about in books and see in movies.

But the strain could always be felt underneath all this sisterly affection. The hardest sins to forgive are often from the ones you love the most, for they often leave the deepest wounds.
About two years ago, I made the choice to forgive my sister for the things that have hurt me. I won't forget them. I also will not carry the hurt and pain. That has made a huge difference in my feelings towards my sister. I no longer feel anger or resentment when she pops up in conversation or my own thoughts.

Even though I love my sister, part of my forgiveness process is keeping her presence in my life to a minimum. It makes me sad to have my own sibling essentially a close acquaintance in my life. But, and I know this sounds awful, she brings very little into my life that is positive. I cannot go through life feeling the need to walk on eggshells every time she is around.

I love my sister. I choose to forgive and then keep her at arm's length so that I can continue to love her.