A little History

When I rec'd this email I found it to be quite interesting - Hopefully you will to!

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the kicker...

A week before Lincoln was shot; he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot; he was in, err, with Marilyn Monroe.

Creepy huh? Hey, this is one history lesson most people probably will not mind reading.

7 Things about myself.........

Moma Roar tagged me on this meme (I think only cause she felt sorry for me LOL) Just kidding.......Anyways, here they are!

1. I learned to drive and took my driver's test on a standard (Passing the 1st time!)
This was the car I learned on.....well not this "exact" car but a picture of it

2. I started to wear glasses in 2nd grade and was finally able to get contacts when I turned 16.
I've been wearing them ever since!

3. I do not rank on the eye schedule.......you know how they rate you 20/20 or whatever. Well I am considered legally blind, I do not even rank :-(

4. I am not very good with directions.......I can get lost reading a map! :=) (Yes I can see the map ha! Just am very bad with directions!)

5. I use to play softball when I was younger and mainly played shortstop and pitcher. I once
won the homerun trophy out of the entire league.

6. I like to fish.........Before my son was born, me and my husband fished all the time. Our vacations were spent fishing up on Lake Ontario. Anyways, it paid off because one year I won "Female Angler of the Year" out of all the women in the club!

7. I hate talking on the phone! Send me an email instead!

Birthday Meme

Well Miss Theresa at "Just Theresa" tagged me for this birthday meme. I've never been tagged for a MeMe so I'm excited :-) You can go to Wikipedia and type in your Birthday without the year and find out some pretty interesting stuff that happened on the day you came into the world.

Here is what happened on my day........July 13th

List 3 events that occured that day..............

1) 1977 - The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.
2) 1985 - Vice President George H.W. Bush became the first Vice President to become Acting President when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon. Bush served as Acting President for approximately eight hours.
3) 2005 - Three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.

List 2 important Birthdays

1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor
1970 - Barry Pinches, English snooker player

List 1 death

939 - Pope Leo VII

List a holiday or observance

Bon Festival - Buddhist festival to honor the dead (East Japan)


Now I'm not sure I can tag 5 people because everyone's blogs that I read have already been tagged and I don't know enough people to tag them. I read their blogs but don't comment so they would probably wonder who the heck I even am! So........with that being said I am just going to tag who I can.........

Diana @ Diego's World
Jennifer @ Pen of Jen
Janie @ Janie at Home

Favorite Passtime

Now normally, children ride IN the stroller.......Not my child! He INSISTS that he has to "push" it. He will cry his little eye's out until he gets to push it and then he is all smiles. I don't mind it, but I am not the one carrying him, with a hunched over back to let him do this, my poor husband is. This is the "normal" now when we take the stroller to the mall or where ever. At home, we have a cheap umbrella stroller (was free with $75.00 purchase at Toys'r'us) Well, he spotted this one day and now he LOVES to push this stroller around the house! This is a FULL SIZE umbrella stroller than he has learned to maneuver threw the different rooms and doorways. He's actually pretty good at it! Here he is enjoying a stroll through our house.......

Now if you notice, my husband is walking behind him holding onto "straps". Well these are called "Walking Wings". It goes around his chest and under his arms and you hold onto the straps. This way, if he falls you can hold him up before he hits the ground (avoids lots of tears!) They also save your back so you don't have to be constantly bent over holding onto to him. Now he walks very good on his own but pushing a stroller around, well, he's not stable enough yet. He's not even 14 months old!!!

Ok, so for Easter, his grandparents got him his very own stroller that is more his size! He pushes this thing EVERYWHERE! Here he is on Easter Day enjoying another stroll.....

Happy Friday Everyone!!!!!

Just pray that he is healthy.........

When I was pregnant, this was something that everyone would say to me. I never really "thought" about it that much. Not that I DIDN'T want him to be healthy, just that, well, I guess I always took for granted that he would be. Thoughts of him having any type of health problems never really crossed my mind. (He's ok, don't think something is wrong)

Had I known what I know now, I probably would have a very different mindset. What I mean by that is I have been reading quite a bit lately (thru different blogs) of children with very serious health issues. These parents, like myself, never expected anything to be wrong with their child. Well some may have known (prior to them being born) but never expected the whirlwind their lives were about to spin into.

Reading everyone's stories has made me realize just how meaningful the words "Just pray that he is healthy" really mean. I can only imagine what some of these parents would do just to have what I have.......a normal, healthy child. I no longer take it for granted and should I ever have another child, these words will ring in my thoughts each and every day.

I think about these families sooooooooo much and what they are or have gone thru and my heart goes out to them. I check their blogs daily to "see how they are doing". I say a prayer for all of them every week in church.

I thank God everyday for giving me a healthy child and not a day goes by that I don't hug him, squeeze him, kiss him and tell him how much I love him. When he gets alittle older I can just hear him now......."I know I know Mom, you love me!" Not a day will go by that that child will ever doubt that he is loved. He is and always will be my baby!

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.