My Sister LOL

An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too.
- Pam Brown

This is MY sister Lydia. :)

1. She's addicted to chap stick.

2. She will take you down for chap stick.

3. She's beautiful. Wait....well.

4. She's CUTE!!!!!!!!

5. She can cook like one of them chef people who wear the big "toques" - except she wears a brown apron. (that looks like a straight jacket)

5. She has a really cool blog that puts mine to shame.

6. She's fun to Photograph.

7. We can be beyond dumb together.

8. She's an awesome friend.

9. Even though I'm like 22 she STILL tells me what to do.

10. Usually I don't mind it. :)

11. She can't sleep without first applying chap stick.

12. I'm having as much difficulty finding things to put on my blog as she is on her blog. :D

13. The list goes on.

And at the end of the day, She's cool, and I love my sisters. :)

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
- Margaret Mead

Any Man Of Mine

This is what a woman wants...

Any man of mine better be proud of me

Even when I'm ugly he still better love me

And I can be late for a date that's fine

But he better be on time

Any man of mine'll say it fits just right

When last year's dress is just a little too tight

And anything I do or say better be okay

When I have a bad hair day

And if I change my mind

A million times

I wanna hear him say

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I like it that way

Any man of mine better walk the line

Better show me a teasin' squeezin' pleasin' kinda time

I need a man who knows, how the story goes

He's gotta be a heartbeatin' fine treatin'

Breathtakin' earthquakin' kind

Any man of mine

Well any man of mine better disagree

When I say another woman's lookin' better than me

And when I cook him dinner and I burn it black

He better say, mmmm, I like it like that yeah

And if I changed my mind

A million times

I wanna hear him say

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I like it that way

Any man of mine better walk the line

Better show me a teasin' squeezin' pleasin' kinda time

I need a man who knows, how the story goes

He's gotta be a heartbeatin' fine treatin'

Breathtakin' earthquakin' kind

Any man of mine

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I like it that way

Any man of mine better walk the line

Better show me a teasin' squeezin' pleasin' kinda time

I need a man who knows, how the story goes

He's gotta be a heartbeatin' fine treatin'

Breathtakin' earthquakin' kind

Any man of mine

You gotta shimmy shake

Make the earth quake

Kick, turn, stomp, stomp, then you jump

Heel to toe, Do Si Do

'Til your boots wanna break

"Til your feet and your back ache

Keep it movin' 'til you just can't take anymore

Come on everybody on the floor

A-one two, a-three four

Hup two, hum

If you wanna be a man of mine, that's right

This is what a woman wants...

So you might be wondering why I have the lyrics to a Shania Twain song on my blog, and this one especially! When I am outside working on different things around the house I usually grab my mp3 player and play music - usually, "Random Play All" - while I work. But another thing I find myself doing when I work is thinking. Yes I have music playing in my ears, yes my mind, subconsciously, is soaking it up when I'm not really paying attention, but when I listen to music I think.

To be perfectly honest I'm not really sure why this song is even on my mp3 player, but it is, or was rather, b/c I'm taking it off. But when I listened to this song it kinda suddenly hit me what it was really saying. I've listened to it before, as per usual, not really paying a lot of attention and enjoying the beat. That's not always good!!!!!

But what hit me was the message of this song. Boiled all down, she cares about nothing but herself. She wants a guy who would lie, who would be at her beck and call, meet a standard that she herself doesn't have to meet, approve of immodesty....the list goes on.

My mind started turning....how wrong this is! Why am I listening to this? Why do I own this? What???? Was that really just said??

Then these thoughts started going through my mind. How easy it is for world views to be subtly pushed into something as seemingly harmless as a song. How many people listen to that song. How many grin and think it's kinda funny.

We have to be so careful what we are filling our lives with. Our subconscious is a very powerful thing! We need to stop and THINK about what we are subconsciously doing.

I challenge everyone to consciously listen to music, watch TV, read books, etc.

Half Of Eight

Half Of Eight...well that's me! :) After much thought and deliberation I decided on a blog name. Whatever I thought of always seemed retarded or dumb, not really me or WAY too random, but I kept coming back to "Half of Eight".

For those of you who don't know or might be wondering why that name, well simply put, there are 8 kids in the family and I'm the fourth. My next youngest brother and I always "have it out" over who is the middle child. And I always end the "conversation" with "what is half of eight?? 4. That's right, and that's me! :p". But we are on good terms and both know that neither one of us is the middle child but that we share "that position".

So, I plan on writing about life as it comes my way, and hope to share it with others so that maybe others can learn....well....how NOT to do things! :p lol Just kidding! So, enjoy! :)