Feeling my age!

For the past several months I have been slowly working on my office to turn it into a make-up studio and office. Yesterday was spent putting up some of the drywall. I needed more sheets. Ronnie and i went to the Home Depot and got 8 more sheets. I ache all over from carrying those things and putting the original stuff up. I just discovered that i have measured my drywall incorrectly and bought 3/8 inch and should have bought 1/2 inch. Yep, we have to take all 8 sheets back and exchange them out. Oy, my aching arms and back! Today I feel every bit of my 48 years, which by the way I turn 48 this Friday,May 30th!

I am excited about getting this room done, but it’s getting harder to do things the older I get. I am not bouncing back as quickly. Ah, well it will look great when it is finished!!!

Learning to say “No”

I have this bad habit of saying”Yes” all the time. I have noticed, as of late, that I really haven’t given myself time to just “Be”. Sunday at Church for four hours. Tuesday night,choir practice for three hours. Thursday night,Community group for 2-2and1/2 hours. I fill the other nights with the stuff I can’t do on those afore mentioned nights. I work monday through Friday anywhere from 28-45 hours depending on the week. I am trying to remodel my office in the middle of all this. Today I spent the day with my daughter who had her wisdonm teeth out and “needed” mommy. Next weekend I head to Wilmington to help my ailing younger sister. I have done three weddings and three prom make-ups and hairs in the last month. Filling in the spare moments is bill paying, house cleaning and cooking. I’m tired,pooped,exhausted. I’ve gained weight from too much rush eating. Not happy with the added pounds, though some friends say I look real good right now. I don’t like the poochy stomach and the fact I can’t get my tooshy in my jeans!!! I’ve decided that June is going to be the month I say “No”, so that I can refuel myself. Say a little pray for me. I need to take some time out and get centered. Thank you, God for all You have given me. My prayer is to rest in You for my spiritual peace and find quiet time for my physical peace.

Youth today

I’m not sure if any of you “older people” have noticed, but I have noticed that the twenty-somethings and younger don’t show respect to anyone. Social amenities are a thing of the past. “Respect your elders”, “Customer is always right”,  “May I help you?” “Please”, “Thank you”, “Yes Ma’am”, “No sir”. I don’t hear them anymore. My children say these things, but I stressed that it was important. People don’t accept responsibility for what they say and do. It’s always someone elses fault, but  theirs. Accountability. It’s not being taught. Our society is raising a bunch of people who aren’t accountable. Look at society, the young people don’t want to work for anything, they wanted it handed to them. They want a big house now. A big car…now! No value for hard work, no value for life and just do your part of the job, nothing more and they feel entitled to that pay check. The kids don’t want to work their way up, they want that high paying job now. What they are missing is that everything belongs to God, everything. We are blessed to be here, but it all belongs to Him. We are accountable to Him. We owe everything to Him. There is no “mine”, it is “His”. If what we do doesn’t glorify Him, we are spitting on the sacrifice that His Son, Jesus made for us. I’m done kvetching now!