On Friday, Doug went to an MMA fight with some buddies. It was a charity event held by The Coaching Kids Foundation featuring local amateur fighters - including a friend/coworker of Doug's.
Charity or not, Doug was on his own with this one; this stuff makes me sick to my stomach. I can handle boxing and karate separately, but not MMA. I was bummed Doug didn't take the camera so I'd have pictures to post, but after searching online for a photo to post here, I'm glad we don't have photos. I'll just leave it as the little shadow men below...
Then you get a toilet paper roll and wrap your bangs or hair around it and hold it under the hand dryer for heat. You could even use a paper towel roll if you need more of a handle. And Viola! You now have curl, bounce and body to your hair.
I laughed myself silly. It's just too ghetto for words. If you try it, you need to email me a photo - I think I just might die from laughter.
Almost a swing and a miss.
This is what happens when you try to pour water from a wide mouth bottle into a smaller opening and your husband pushes the gas because you don't tell him your pouring the water from one bottle to another. There's even more water under me! It was a soggy ride home.
My step dad, Glenn, entertaining us.
Whenever we go to my parents we come home with pictures of the wildlife...so here you go. Mom and baby came out to eat. 
Okay, everyone out there who needs to be forgiven for something, raise your hand. Hmmm, it appears the voting is unanimous. But if you want to be miserable, don’t ever forgive others. Hold onto a grudge. Grudges sour your mood and ruin your day. Days turn into months and months into years. Carrying a grudge for all that time wastes a lot of energy that could be used for living life to the fullest. You can’t hold on to happiness unless you let go of grudges, so to be miserable, don’t bury the hatchet. Be mad at everyone and everything, and soon enough the grudges will bury you.
If you’re trying to be miserable, it’s important you don’t have any goals. No school goals, personal goals, spiritual goals, family goals. With nothing to shoot for, your life is shot. Your only objective each day should be to inhale, exhale, and pump blood. Don’t read anything informative; don’t listen to anything useful; don’t do anything productive. If you start achieving goals, you might start to feel a sense of accomplishment; then you might want to set another goal, and as soon as that happens, your miserable mornings are through. To maintain your misery, the idea of crossing off your achievements should never cross your mind.
Miserable people put themselves down. If you extend a hand to them, they return a backhand. If you pay them a compliment, they give you a refund! They have a, “no, I’m not” for every “yes, you are.” It’s exhausting to be around them. Every time they put themselves down, you try to life them up, and the weight becomes too much to bear! Their attitude is not humility, it’s humiliating. Happy people know their shortcomings, but they don’t sell themselves short. They believe their souls are precious, and when the world weights them down, they let God lift them up.
When people point fingers at someone else, they should remember that three fingers are pointing back at them. – Old saying
Lots of people complain. Most people complain about their problems, but miserable people are different – they complain about their blessings. If their car breaks down, they complain that it isn’t new. If their waitress is slow, they complain and withhold a tip. If their cell phone drops a call, they complain about their service. They’re like people in the Old Testament who got free food from heaven and said, “What? Manna again?” By contrast, happy people are grateful to have a car, thankful they can afford to eat at a restaurant, and stoked that they have a cell phone. Most people in the world don’t have cars, can’t afford restaurants, and have never sent a text message. Happy people count their blessings, while miserable people complain about them.
There are problems in the Middle East, the killer bees are migrating northward, there’s not enough snowpack in the mountains, and your team is out of the playoffs. This is a small list – if you want a bigger one, watch the evening news. Keep a list of all the sad, dismal, sordid, and ugly events so you know exactly how depressed to be. Then you can mope and worry and fret and be glum. If you want to be miserable, worry about things over which you have no control. Happy people do exactly the opposite. Happy people do their part, do their best, then let go and let God do the rest. They do what they can within their circle of influence. This approach is the opposite of misery, since it will only lead to faith and optimism.
