I love YouTube and I have decided to post a YOUTUBE FAVORITE OF THE WEEK video!
There is this guy that I subscribe to named Rodney Smith and I think he's just cool as hell. He wrote and performed the song that I am proud to post on my blog. It's called 'Support Our Troops'. Give it a listen and if you like Rodney as much as I do you can find him on YT by searching for his account, RDSSINGS. Enjoy!
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Happy Anniversary to Me!
Well, today is my 1 year anniversary of not smoking! I can't believe that I have done this.
I really started smoking at age 18. I had puffed on cigarettes before then, but I really started smoking as a senior in high school. I can remember the 'smoke area' at school. I remember my friend Tonya and I used to meet there every morning before school. There sure were some good times in the smoke area! (I'll save that for another blog topic)
If you have a friend or loved one that is smoking and you want them to stop, PLEASE do not harass them. Quitting smoking is very personal! Noone can make you or guilt you into quitting. If you have never been addicted to nicotine, then you can't possibly understand how hard it is to quit and if someone is nagging you over and over, it doesn't help. All you can do for that person is to help encourage them if they make the choice to try to quit on their own! If they fail, then don't beat them up emotionally over it. Trust me, they will beat themselves up enough. I tried several times before I finally quit this last time. As I've said in previous blogs, the thing that finally resonated with me is seeing my cousin in the hospital dying of smoking related cancer.
I know that I will always want a cigarette from time to time. I know my personality. The thing that keeps me a non-smoker is the fact that I know that I feel better and remembering the junk that was being pumped out of my cousin's lungs. So, happy anniversary to me!!!!!! -Jenni
I really started smoking at age 18. I had puffed on cigarettes before then, but I really started smoking as a senior in high school. I can remember the 'smoke area' at school. I remember my friend Tonya and I used to meet there every morning before school. There sure were some good times in the smoke area! (I'll save that for another blog topic)
If you have a friend or loved one that is smoking and you want them to stop, PLEASE do not harass them. Quitting smoking is very personal! Noone can make you or guilt you into quitting. If you have never been addicted to nicotine, then you can't possibly understand how hard it is to quit and if someone is nagging you over and over, it doesn't help. All you can do for that person is to help encourage them if they make the choice to try to quit on their own! If they fail, then don't beat them up emotionally over it. Trust me, they will beat themselves up enough. I tried several times before I finally quit this last time. As I've said in previous blogs, the thing that finally resonated with me is seeing my cousin in the hospital dying of smoking related cancer.
I know that I will always want a cigarette from time to time. I know my personality. The thing that keeps me a non-smoker is the fact that I know that I feel better and remembering the junk that was being pumped out of my cousin's lungs. So, happy anniversary to me!!!!!! -Jenni
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Can I borrow you?
Before I get started on this blog tonight, I want to say 'Thank you' to those of you that read my blog and send me such great emails. It makes me feel good to know that other people can relate to what I write about. To me writing is a way for me to fully express myself when I sometimes can't do this verbally. Thank you again to all that read my blog. It really does mean the world to me. :)
I know someone who is going through something right now and I felt like writing about it.
Can I borrow you?
Can I borrow you for a while?
I'm not asking for eternity,
just a while to spend with me.
You remind me that I am alive.
I know that she wouldn't understand,
because to her you are her man.
She will never have to know,
how much I love you so.
Why did I meet you so late in life?
Where have you been?
Where are you now?
I need you tonight.
I never wanted to share a man
but you are not just any man, you are incredible.
Although noone else would understand
why it is that I wait for a man.
I don't care what they think,
I know why I wait for you.
So, can I borrow you for a while?
I promise to give you back.
I just need to feel alive again.
I know someone who is going through something right now and I felt like writing about it.
Can I borrow you?
Can I borrow you for a while?
I'm not asking for eternity,
just a while to spend with me.
You remind me that I am alive.
I know that she wouldn't understand,
because to her you are her man.
She will never have to know,
how much I love you so.
Why did I meet you so late in life?
Where have you been?
Where are you now?
I need you tonight.
I never wanted to share a man
but you are not just any man, you are incredible.
Although noone else would understand
why it is that I wait for a man.
I don't care what they think,
I know why I wait for you.
So, can I borrow you for a while?
I promise to give you back.
I just need to feel alive again.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Blogging again....
I have had a couple of good friends gently remind me that I haven't written anything on my blog in a while so here it goes...
I have a birthday coming up this week and I'm going to be 38 years old. I'm not sure what 38 is supposed to feel like, but I feel good. I think when you approach your 40's you have had enough life experience to wish that maybe you had done some things different in your life. Well, I'm no exception. I've recently had some thoughts and wished that I had made some different choices in my life, however as soon as I get to thinking about how I wish I had done some things different, I remember that I am who I am today because of the choices I made and the things I lived through.
I think back to where I was 20 years ago. I was just getting ready to graduate high school, I was working part-time at Hardees (lots of fun stories there), partying on the weekends, I was getting ready to turn down a marriage proposal, and I was getting ready to loose a dear friend from a terrible accident. The man who made the marriage proposal and the friend who died were one in the same. I was thinking about Richard today. I blamed myself for a long time when he died. I always wished that I had been with him the day he drowned at the lake. He had invited me to go with him and I told him no. I had some excuse of hanging out with other friends or something. I know now that it was my fate not to be there with him and it was his fate to die so young. That's just the way life is sometimes. Anyway, this brings me to my point, we can always wish that we had done something different in life, but we are the choices that we make. I think we are faced with choices everyday and based on that we develop our characters and fate.
Updates on other things in my life:
Still not smoking. Almost 1 year. Feb 22,2008 is my anniversary!
My cousin who has cancer is back in the hospital. I saw her right before Christmas and she seemed to be doing well, but she is very sick again. I remember before my Mom passed away, she had a few good weeks where we thought she just may make it, then after that she got very ill and passed away. I have to be honest though, as sad as it makes me to think of Melissa dying, I have another side that wants her to go. I know that she is tired because I can see it in her eyes. I believe that she will be in Heaven after she passes away and as hard as her not being alive is for her family, I know that the thought of her no longer suffering and being sick will be a comfort to them after she is gone.
I will try not to have such a long break in between blogs for my fans that keep asking me to update. :) Take care and thanks for sharing some of your time with me.....Jenni
I have a birthday coming up this week and I'm going to be 38 years old. I'm not sure what 38 is supposed to feel like, but I feel good. I think when you approach your 40's you have had enough life experience to wish that maybe you had done some things different in your life. Well, I'm no exception. I've recently had some thoughts and wished that I had made some different choices in my life, however as soon as I get to thinking about how I wish I had done some things different, I remember that I am who I am today because of the choices I made and the things I lived through.
I think back to where I was 20 years ago. I was just getting ready to graduate high school, I was working part-time at Hardees (lots of fun stories there), partying on the weekends, I was getting ready to turn down a marriage proposal, and I was getting ready to loose a dear friend from a terrible accident. The man who made the marriage proposal and the friend who died were one in the same. I was thinking about Richard today. I blamed myself for a long time when he died. I always wished that I had been with him the day he drowned at the lake. He had invited me to go with him and I told him no. I had some excuse of hanging out with other friends or something. I know now that it was my fate not to be there with him and it was his fate to die so young. That's just the way life is sometimes. Anyway, this brings me to my point, we can always wish that we had done something different in life, but we are the choices that we make. I think we are faced with choices everyday and based on that we develop our characters and fate.
Updates on other things in my life:
Still not smoking. Almost 1 year. Feb 22,2008 is my anniversary!
My cousin who has cancer is back in the hospital. I saw her right before Christmas and she seemed to be doing well, but she is very sick again. I remember before my Mom passed away, she had a few good weeks where we thought she just may make it, then after that she got very ill and passed away. I have to be honest though, as sad as it makes me to think of Melissa dying, I have another side that wants her to go. I know that she is tired because I can see it in her eyes. I believe that she will be in Heaven after she passes away and as hard as her not being alive is for her family, I know that the thought of her no longer suffering and being sick will be a comfort to them after she is gone.
I will try not to have such a long break in between blogs for my fans that keep asking me to update. :) Take care and thanks for sharing some of your time with me.....Jenni
Saturday, January 12, 2008
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