Two Stoney Acres

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As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts, too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin. ~anonymous

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Movie Date

Today, my husband called me at work and asked what I was doing tonight at 7 p.m. He kind of took my off guard and I said "laundry?" He asked me if I wanted to go see Secretariat! Well of course I did! It is playing at the theater in Muncy. So we went on a movie date! Believe it or not, it's only the 2nd time we've ever been to the movies as a couple in our whole lives together. When we were dating, we just did not have the money to go to the movies. Right after we got married, I went to college and we really didn't have the time or money to go to the movies. And then we had kids - again, no time or money for movie dates. We've taken the kids to movies over the years, but never went as a couple until July of this year. Jesse took me to see Eclipse. It was a lot of fun, but I have to admit it feels a little selfish! Of course, I had already taken Jordana and several friends to see Eclipse. And I told Jordana that she could ask a friend to go to Secretariat this weekend if she wanted.

Secretariat is a wonderful, wonderful movie. Very suspenseful, even though we already know he wins all three races. Also a very inspiring movie. Great for young girls to see. I won't mind taking Jordana and a friend this weekend!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

More of the Boys!

Just a few more pics of the boys ~

Addison, Jordana and Grayson - coloring and eating snacks.

Grayson and Addison with Yoshi - who was a great sport and actually played a lot with the boys. You know how most cats would hide from young boys - he stayed out and left them carry him around all the time. Yoshipurra is a stray who showed up on Liberty and Tommy's patio back in November of 2006 in Virginia. We went down for Thanksgiving and ended up bringing him home. Jesse took one look at him and said, "I'm going to K-mart to buy a pet taxi." There was no reasoning with him - he had to have this cat. I'm awful glad - Yoshi is a wonderful pet!

Our menagerie includes 5 White New Zealand rabbits. They are all named for characters from The Walton's TV show. They are too big for the boys to carry around, but they like to pet their very soft fur. And of course, one of the kitties (Stripes) had to be in the picture with Jacob, Addison, Jordana and Grayson.

Here is Classy with Jesse, Grayson, Addison and Jacob. Addison had to write a journal about his vacation and did an entry about big and small animals. I'm not sure our 15 lb. rabbits count as small, but I'm sure Classy counts as a "big" animal!

Motivation

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

In the end, we decide if we're remembered for what happened to us or for what we did with it.
Randy K. Milholland

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work. You don't give up.
Anne Lamont

Inspiration

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time. ~ Anna Freud (1895 - 1982)

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. ~ Soren Kierkegaard

Advice to young women from Nancy and Ann Wilson, of the rock group Heart (as printed in the 09/19/10 Parade magazine):
Nancy: There's a great deal of pressure on young women to portray a hyper-sexualized image.
Ann: And I think they get told that if they do that they're going to be successful. When, in actuality, if they look like pole dancers, all they do is make themselves more disposable. So be true to yourself.