It’s Amazing Grace

Waiter: Would you like your coffee black Customer: What other colors do you have

Why don’t men often show their true feelings – Because they don’t have any.

Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery

Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in That’s how dogs spend their lives.

Never agree to plastic surgery if the doctor’s office is full of portraits by Picasso.

What do you call four bull fighters in quicksand Quatro sinko.

Today, Curtis and I went down to Winco in Moreno Valley, Ca to see what all the fuss was about. We were thouroughly pleased to find so many grocery products for such a cheap price…even cheaper than Walmart on Van Buren. If I may interject my analysis, I found that even though Winco was ridiculously cheaper on most products, there were some products

This junior high girl wants to race Curtis because she thinks she can beat him. She only thinks this because she had a faster time in the shuttle run today at school. But she didn’t take into account the fact that Curtis had on dress clothes and shoes. Curtis said, “She’s going to get dusted on Monday!”

The race stops here for now. My boy’s 4×400m relay team ran a qualifying time to move on to State, but our athletic director was not able to reverse the DQ charged to our team. Our disqualification for our lead runner running more than three steps out of his lane stands and will not be changed. But, we will be back next year with the force of a hurricane sweeping through to State. I hope my lead runner knows that I am still proud of him and wish him a bright future both academically and as a track athlete on scholarship at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). He has been like a son to me, always by my side, and I love him for who he is. This was an awesome season; I’m glad I made the decision to continue to coach. I believe I realize now how much I love it. But at the same time, I have learned not to be consumed with it so much, that it gets in the way of my relationship with God. Thank you God for the extra bonus as a way of showing me your proud of me and the choices I’ve made to continue to coach. I love You!

Yay, it’s Memorial Day; boooo, tomorrow’s work. I called my mommy today to ask her how to make rice the old fashion way. She asked why don’t I just cook it in the rice cooker. I told her Curtis threw it away because their was a spider hanging out in the bottom with cobb webbs. She said, why didn’t you just wash it out. And, I said, “I don’t know”. Anyway, Curtis overheard me and told me he started bustin’ up when I asked my mommy how to cook rice. I guess it was kinda funny. It’s such a long time since I made rice the old fashioned way. Later on, Curtis and I are going to Walmart again to look at some table consoles to put out picture frames on under the tv that will be hung above it on the wall. It was kinda nice this moring to have Curtis sit on the living room floor with me to eat breakfast and watch a little tv on out brand new LCD tv.

I have an annoying sinus headache. I can’t even sit here and enjoy watching tv on our new LCD Flatscreen…what ’s up with that!? Curtis was arguing with me because he didn’t want me to take it out of the box. He wanted to wait next week for the apt. manager to show us how to mount it on the wall. But, I was too excited to check it out. I don’t like it when I feel like I’m being told what to do. I don’t feel like he’s I’m being treated like a grown up. I use to be afraid and do everything he says, but not anymore. I’m taking a stand for myself because I realize I deserve to be treated like a responsible adult. Anyway, I’m glad I hooked it up because there was a lot of stuff to plug in and configure before putting it on the wall. And, I’m the one who fixes things at home. But I feel like I am doubting myself about configuring the tv instead of doing what he said. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a good guy, but lots of times he frustrates me. I’m sure this isn’t a new common occurence in marriage relationships.

My boy’s 4×400m team ran at Master’s yesterday. They ran a qualifying time to move on to State Pre-lims. Unfortunately, an official disqualified (DQ) them, because our lead off leg (first runner) ran more than three steps out of his lane. I’ve haven’t seen any footage of that yet, but Hal (rules interpreter) told me, “don’t take it personal but, you can watch the video til’ the cows come home, and the ruling still won’t change.” Jeeesmaaneeese, I think I got the clue. We will remain hopeful that the boy’s will get to compete at State Pre-lims next Friday. I feel sorry for them because I know how much they wanted to make it all the way to State…I wanted them to make it just as much. Anyway…

After shopping all day from 3pm to now, and doing research on-line at consumer affairs product ratings, we finally bought our 32″ Sony Bravia LCD Flatscreen HDTV with the wall mounting for $686. This baby will go in our living room. We decided to wait on the 26″ for the bedroom and the dining table set. We figured we should be wise and get a little at a time so we don’t put ourselves in a financial hole…if you know what I mean. I did a lot of research and feel confident that we chose an excellent brand.

I hit a barrier this week in my healing process while in group. It’s amazing to me that things that seem so obvious come to mind at different points in the past couple of years. I guess God knows how much I can handle at one time. Anyway, I feel better after talking to Bobbie…a little at least.

I’ve been feeling grouchy with Curtis lately, and he has with me. I think it’s because when we don’t have any physical touch a barrier gets created and it becomes easier to make that barrier wider. So, to break my bad habit I decided to play “patty cake…bakers man” and it worked. We both lightened up more and were less frustrated and irritable. I have to remember to hug him or maybe sit on his lap at least once a day to maintain that connection.

Jokes…they may be lame, but anyway…

Why are they called “hemorrhoids”. They should be called “asteroids.”

This past Saturday at CIF-SS Div. II Final’s my 4×400m boy’s team won the whole thing…no one expected us to win. In fact, we weren’t even ranked in the top three. J.W. North was expected to win, as they have in the past years. Nevertheless, my boy’s showed up to compete and didn’t give up without a fight. I heard that J.W. North is extremely upset about losing to us, especially since we’re only a two-year-old school. Master’s is this Friday at 5pm at Cerritos College in Norwalk. CA. Moreover, they want a piece of us…but we’re not worried. My boy’s have mental toughness and are taught to handle stressful situations. Anyway, all they need to do to qualify for State Pre-lims is run 3:20 or less…I know they can do that! Who would have thought we would win the 2008 CIF Championships? …look for them in the Press Enterprise in the next several weeks. This was a big blow to J.W. North…they had to watch the video of the race afterward…and they are angry. However, that doesn’t scare me…or my boy’s.

By the way, today is Curtis’s 39^th birthday! I bought two books, one is called, “The Power of A Praying Husband,” and the other is similar in focus. I also, bought him some new Addidas Sandal’s…he’s been asking for them for some time now. I think he’ll be excited when he see’s them. I’m going to buy some cupcakes or a cake and bring it to track practice. When he gets there, the boy’s and I will give him a surprise and sing happy birthday to him.