feel good Friday for Christmas..

Here is my feel good Friday video for the holidays. I hope everyone enjoys this years holidays and spends time with family and loved ones. Merry Christmas!!

 

Christmas’s past.

As I sit here on this evening listening to Christmas music, i think about when I was younger and living in Ohio. I remember this time of year when we as children would spend one Sat. night with my mother’s side of the family and then On Christmas Eve we would all bundle up in the car and head over to my father’s side of the family. Listening to music on both evenings and eating until we were about to pop. The memories that were made will always be with me. My father is the last one left of his family and it’s sad to think about the times we had until after midnight on Christmas morning. Certain songs bring back those memories for me. drinking eggnog , opening gifts, and spending time with some of the best family around. Now it is only myself, my brother, my mother, and my nephew. I really wish I could go back in time and visit those that aren’t with us anymore.  Here are a few of my favorite songs from the past. I hope you enjoy them and enjoy thosee that you love!

 

My only night off

As I sit here drinking a cold cheap can of beer, listening to my dance music, in my new home I wonder what it would be like if I didnt buy this home? Well, I would probably be laying in bed at mothers and being bored since she doesnt let anyone drink beer in her home. I had a friend over and she left but is returning soon and another friend is on his way to come for a cold beer. This also wouldn’t have happened if I didn’t buy this house. This is so sweet. I can now have friends over to entertain and not worry about anyone bitching! Thanks so much Kathy Tyson! Your the best!!

New home means so many things.

As most of you know I am fixing to close on my new home and while I sit here with different emotions running through my head I am thinking about the fun times I will have in my new house. I went ahead today and bought the wireless card for internet from clearwire and I will be getting the laptop card in the morning. I have also thought about planting a nice little garden next year of tomatoes and cucumbers. The house does have a pumpkin plant with a pumpkin arleady growing on it by the front door. I have done a budget and found out I have to work at least 50 hours a week to pay the bills and put back enough money to save. I am going to do my best not to have to get a roomate right away. I want to enjoy my house and live alone for alittle while. I am going to plan a house warming open house on the first saturday I have moved in. I will be moving in on friday August 1st so as of right now I am going to have the open house on August 2nd from noon till 6pm. All I ask is please respect the neighbors when you stop by to see my new house. I will have some kind of refreshments and ice cold tea to drink. You can stop in and see the place and stay to meet others or you can just pop in to say hi but please try to at least pop over to see me and my new place. I wont have the home furnished with much things as for I am trying to get moved and will probably be totallymoved in by August 1st for I don’t have many things to move in…lol see ya then people!!

Wonderful news ….

I made the call yesterday to see about getting a home loan. I thought I really had no chance in hell of getting one because my credit last year was so sucky. I have been working on fixing that. I was sitting here online yesterday morning when I recieved the phone. She had told me that I was approved for a $90,000 Ameriadream home loan. This is some of the best news for me because this loan is for first time home buyers and I don’t have any money down or any closing cost. I am so excited right now that I can hardle wait to go house hunting. I know that with this low of amount for a home its going to be hard to find the right one but the best part is just looking. I already have the best realtor around and I know she will do her best to make sure I am happy and I can’t wait to start looking at home because we are friends and I know the house looking process will come with some giggles and even a snack!

Gang violence

I just saw on news2 a video of some residents in north Nashville that had a fake funeral and it seems that there was an ex-gang member that was there trying to talk with the youth about not getting involved in gangs. I wish other ex gang member’s would work with the youth to tell them not to join a gang. This might be the right way to help the gang population. We adults need to work with the youth and try to teach them the right way of life! If someone wants to join a gang why not tell them to join the boys and girls club or some other group that will enable them to do the right things in life. Just last night we had someone at work wearing a bandana and it wasnt a gang related bandana but I still had them remove it for if I left one wear it then all can wear it. I try to do my part and not let those show support for gangs. I also have several of my regualr customers that have move across to Tn to escape the gang life and now they don’t regret the move for they are living much better lives and working hard. I have heard them some nights talk to other youths about gangs and they tell them it’s not the life they want to live. This is a start but we need everyone to help in this situation. If our churchs will stand up and help I see this a good thing as well as civic groups need to sponser cetain events for the youth. Summer time is the time most youth have nothing to do and they get sucked up into the gangs! It all begins with you!!

The family life

I have always wished that I could find someone and settle down. Today I went over to my friends house that I have been seeing some time now and we laughed some. He showed me his home that he bought several years ago and how he has done some work on the inside to this cute little place. On the outside he has a cute little front porch but you couldn’t see it for the big bush that has grown so tall that it reached the roof. Well this morning he went out and bought a chain saw and was trying to trim the bush. Well when I got up this morning he messaged me and asked if I would come over to help him out nd I told him I would but he was to come get me. Well he came right over and picked me up. We got back to his place and he was going to only trim part of this big bush, that’s when I said why not trim enough off so you can see the flower baskets hanging off the railing on the porch. He said great idea! I told him since it was his birthday recently I would buy him some flowers and plant them for him. We finished the bush and headed down to Home Depot. I went looking for flowers and found a cart full of them, some annuals and perennials. Well we went back to his place and planted them and man it looks totally different now. We hung the fern baskets that I also bought for him. his girlfriend will be surprised when she comes home. He just called me to say that he went back and bought more rocks and a tree to finish the yard up. He planted two of the flowers and was tired and asked me if I would finish planting the other 6 nd I told him ” you won’t make a good husband because you don’t want to do any yard work” He then told me that planting flowers isnt as gay as he thought! Ha Ha! Well it actually felt good to help “MY FRIEND” out and I sure do wish someday that I can have someone in my life that I don’t have to share with but have to myself and have a nice home together. I really don’t see this happening because I am so very picky on who I date! 

If your married then your healthy!!

I guess many married folks out there are really healthy if they fight. I am not married and I am not sure if I am healthy or not? Hmm makes me wonder maybe I should get married so I can be healthy? Are you married and healthy? Do you fight with your beloved other half? I just don’t believe that fighting can make you Healthy!! And then again it could be fun to fight and make up!!

Politics and friendship!

I have been friends with many people and I have just started to pay attention to what is going on with politics. I have also noticed that when you talked agmost your friends about politics they have different views. I have lost a few friends because of this or where they really friends in the first place? Politics is an eveil friend and I will be so glad when this election is over.Has anyone lost friends over politics? I hope you haven’t! If I ever offend any of my true friends over politics please tell me and I hope that we can always be friends.  I have watched the elections coverage plus My cousin is running for congree in Ohio and I try to listen to her advice and I know I am making the choice for voting on who I want to win this election.

All Fired up for Mancandy!!

I am always fired up for Mancandy Radio Jump over and take a listen for 200,000 plus listeners can’t be wrong! It’s Saturday and it’s time to party!

This is for my Mancady viewers..ENJOY!!!

Maybe I should change jobs???

I work my ass and make great money and have a great time at work but maybe just maybe I should quit my job and become one of those that stays home and has people come by and pick up little baggies of green or little white candies. I would be able to have my own security and more money than I have now! I would be able to have many many close friends that I can call “family”. I would be able to have a tight pimped up ride and able to wear bling around my neck while I have many females knocking at my door! I then would be able to stay online all day and talk and read blogs! Tell me what I should do?

Christmas for the Children…

I know that its only the first of June but, I have asked about holding a fundraiser this year at work and they said it would be fine and its never too early to start planning one so I am going to contact Kathy T. soon and start to plan this event. I feel that maybe we can hold a few fundraisers before the actual holiday season arrives. Last year we held 2 at the Smyrna skate center and the turn out was and I feel that we just through it together and also not alot of adults wanted to come because they don’t skate…well This time will be different. There will be no excuses from anyone that they cant come and join us for a night of bowling, music, food, fun family and friendship! If we have enough folks purchasing tickets then they will close the bowling center just for our group which could be alot of fun. More info on this event as we plan it so stay tuned!!!

On another note: on June 29th the city of Smyrna is holding a fundraiser to help send teens to the sister city in Japan. I know my boss has printed up about 300 tickets for this event but have yet to find out where they can be purchased from since the city is holding this event. If anyone knows please leave me a message and I will blog about it! This event will be held at the bowling center and will be overnight with all the bowling you can handle on a Friday night. Plus if enough tickets are sold then the place will be closed and opened just for this fundraiser. so Lets see some support from our city and help these kids go over seas to our sister city!!

A Blast from the past…..

Well folks I am back out of town again and yes I am in Cookeville. This place brings back so many memories to me from when I grew up and went to high school here. I can’t believe how this town has grown so much. It’s not like it used to be. I did actually meet up with an old high school friend last weekend and man did he change. I also found out he is gay. In school he was a geeky nerd and we talked alot but were’nt very close friends.

 The one friend of mine from back then was my best friend and I cant find him. I think he went to vet school and moved away and married. We didn’t leave on best of terms. We ended up having a big fist fight and then stopped talking. If I was ever to see him again I would tell him I am sorry for kicking his ass!! I am right down the street from the old high school which also brings back memories for me. This part of the state is the most beautiful. If you ever get a chance to come up for a day visit you should. There is 3 area lakes here, Dale Hollow, cordell hull, and Center hill lake! I will be back to my home in a few days to get back to work. I miss everyone from back then and wish I could go back ibn time and redo alot of things in my life. If I had the chance I would finish school and go to college. I fucked up my life so bad but now I think I have found my glitch in life.

Tell me about your favorite high school memories and what you wish you could change about your life if anything?

Talk to everyone soon and have a great time this week..stay cool!!

My famous friend!

                                                                                          

I have a friend that had an article wrote up about here in the rutherford reader and I am so proud of her! Way to go Kathy T.