Random thoughts......

Turkey's have totally pissed me off this year. I bought a 21lb bird four days ago and that b...ch is still just as frozen as it was the day I bought it. I knew I should have done Cornish hens this year;) Thank GOD for Trader Joe's! I bought one of the five they had left at 2:00 today. Then I goggled how long it would take to cook a fresh one and it's still 4-5 hours which means I still have to get up at 6am :(  However, I'm still grateful. I have so very much to be thankful for. I have a magnificent little girl. Those of you that know her know how special she is....she is a trip. She makes me laugh every single day. She was super cute in her Thanksgiving program at school this week. I have a cool mama and my daddy that can be groovy when he wants;) My hubs is great and I have a brother that hung the damn moon! One of my fav peeps is my sister-in-law. She is straight up and tells me the truth whether I like it or not;) Some people may not like that but I appreciate it. If somebody really, really loves you...they will lay it out to a sista. If I'm wrong she will tell me in a skinny minute. And if I'm right she will support me like nobody else. Most importantly, if my heart hurts she will wrap her sweet arms around me and love me whether she agrees with me or not. It's unconditional. That is a rare thing these days! It doesn't matter what I say to her or tell her she is gonna love me NO MATTER WHAT. She may be mad as hell, but she still loves me for me. That is such and awesome gift! I also want to talk about my sweet baby Max the dog. I love that crazy white furry monster:) Talk about unconditional love...holy cow! I love the that he jumps in the bed every morning and snuggles up to me to get some love...I love that no matter how mad I get at him he always loves me anyway:) Y'all know he is like Marley;) I need to also tell you about an amazing night out for a show. Blackberry Smoke rocked it out at Lincoln Theater on Thursday. They were such cool peeps. Didn't drink, didn't smoke just good ole' boys hanging out. Thanks to Ryan and Lorena (that was a shout out) for an awesome night!!! If you haven't heard of them check them out! They are a lot like Black Crowes which I love. They were just on tour with Zac Brown and they are getting ready to BLOW THE HECK UP! Sweet boys :) So I guess the gist of this blog is my life is pretty damn good. I have no real complaints. I have so many friends and family that love me and that makes me so crazy thankful! Oh yeah! I  love Pandora too. Pandora on my IPhone and Pandora at Crabtree;) My mama should have named me Anna Kathryn Elizabeth Pandora! Music and Pandora jewels make a girl happy;) And I'm thankful for Johnny Cash singin Folsom Prison Blues! To love like Johnny and June;) I'm thankful for Target but not thankful that they make me spend $100 every time I go in there. I love the magic of Christmas. I love the look in my baby girls eyes when she comes around the corner and see's what Santa brought her! I love that people are a little bit nicer this time of year. However, I wonder why we all aren't a little nicer all year long??? Don't we all want the same thing? Ya'll should give me the parking space dangit!!! I'm just kidding.. I will end this entry with this thought....be with your people and love them whether they love you or not. People are crazy. Some folks don't understand my creative, spirited, black and white personallity...but I'm gonna sing VERY LOUDLY IN THEIR FACE Michel Franti"Say Hey (I love you)" and dance my butt off! I promise if you love them then you will be rewarded no matter how they act. God honors your effort so go squeeze um' anyway;) You will be glad you did. Happy Thanksgiving peeps!!!!!!!!!

Weaving through this thing called life...

Man oh man...I thought my thirties would be so much easier and less complicated than my twenties were:) Those of you who know me well just chuckled I know. I'm starting to think that life just doesn't involve long periods of normality. We all experience it I know. I think it must just vary depending on where you are in life and what you need at the moment. It does amaze me at how quickly it changes. What I wanted 15 years ago and what is important to me now are so very different. And at every point, you're sure that you know the right thing for the rest of your life. I guess we just evolve as our lives do. I can remember my mama and daddy telling me how quickly time goes by and thinking "yeah...whatever...they are just old!" Well, I'm there now. I look at my five year old and feel panicked sometimes. I was shocked at how sad I was recently looking through a toy catalog and realizing that Ella couldn't play with a lot of the things I was looking at. And the tude. Didn't expect that one this early either:) I'm starting to believe that it really does happen in an instant....before I know it she will be going to the prom. AHHHHHHHH!!!! She will have her first heartbreak, and my heart will break with hers. She will go away to college and I will go with her ;) I will have more gray hair and wrinkles :( One day my mama and daddy will be gone and as broken hearted as I'll be, life will still have to go on. I believe we are handed many different situations and circumstances to walk through and many times we learn such important lessons from them or we become a heck of a lot stronger for walking through. We all walk around trying to be the "best" we can be and frankly that's a lot of pressure sometimes. I challenge you to just be Y.O.U. The ones who really love you will love you even more for your authenticity. Life is hard enough without trying to be something you're not or something someone else wants you to be. Well, I've made a decision,  I'm going to embrace this journey and enjoy every damn second of it. I look forward to the next challenge, the next obstacle, the next whatever...and I will embrace it with open arms and be grateful that I get to enjoy each day God has so graciously given me. I started this blog off with Mick singing "You can't always get what you want"...and now I'm gonna end it by dancing around my living room to Tom Petty and maybe even a little Zac Brown and I don't care if my neighbors see me...I think you should do it too:)