THE LIEBSTER AWARD

                                                     

 

The Liebster Award is given by bloggers to up and coming bloggers as a way to spread the word about smaller blogs who deserve a bigger audience. This award is an honor, but once nominated you must earn it:

• You must list 11 things about yourself
• Answer 11 questions put to you by the person who nominated you
• Choose up to 3 bloggers with less than 200 followers to nominate and post 11 questions for them to answer
• Visit your nominee's pages to inform them of their award

                                                                        These are your ....
11 things about yourself:

1. Why do you blog?
2. If you had a million (tax free) dollars to spend what would you use it for?
3. If you were to go on any reality TV show which would it be? and why?
4. If you could have dinner with any one person alive or dead who would it be? and why?
5. If you could go back to any time in your life what would that time be? and Why?
6. If you had a super power what would it be? and what would you use it for?
7. What is your favorite piece of clothing?
8. Where is your favorite vacation spot?
9. What is your favorite sport or exercise?
10. If you could tell your 15 year old self one thing what would it be?
11. What is your favorite band/artist?

1) I am a massage therapist and I really appreciate being able to  making ppl feel better.  Best Job Ive ever  had :)
2) I have 2 great children and wonderful Son-in-law and a BEAUTIFUL new Grand baby boy   LOVE THEM ALL.
3) I work at New Image Day spa Voted Best Spa in Utah by the Standard Examiners "Best of the top of Utah" Contest  thank you very much
4) I rent a house In Ogden UT
5) Iam originally from Westerville, Ohio and I have 2 great brothers/sister-in-laws, dad and the best nieces and nef from there.
6) I lived in Boulder Colorado and surrounding areas for 7 years or so.
7) I am addicted to the show Big Brother. I Have to watch every season and get the on line feed...its a terrible addiction I need a 12 steps really.
8) I secretly know that the Publishers Clearing House Van is going to come knocking on my door SOON!
9) I want to someday take a Viking River Cruise to anywhere they go and I will once the Publishers Clearing house delivers my money.
10) I have not had a date in 9 years or so and yes I mean "DATE" :(
11) I thank God every day for the family and friends and life that I get to enjoy.... I look forward to tomorrow.

My Questions:

1. Why do you blog?I blog so that the ppl I love in this world will know how much they mean to me.
2. If you had a million (tax free) dollars to spend what would you use it for? Buy my kids each a house and myself a house. So everything else would be gravy :)

     3. If you were to go on any reality TV show which would it be? and why?
                           Big Brother       To win  $500,000

     4. If you could have dinner with anyone person alive or dead who would it be and why?
         I would love to have dinner with my mom and grandma and everyone,  one last time. We
         would sit in my Grandmas kitchen and watch her cook up her Green beans w/bacon, homemade
         biscuits, and the Worlds Best "Fried Chicken", w/her mashed potatoes and gravy and cole slaw
         and the best Lemon Meringue Pie I have ever tasted!  Why? Because I would love 
         to have my grandson Taiyden and my mom together in the same room. That would be choice.

     5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live?
         Thats a life long question for me.  I would love to live somewhere warm to med
          temperature. Beautiful mountains, with bodies of water close by.  But, the most important
          thing about the place were I live would be my family with in walking distance of me. All of
          us together.

     6. If you had a Super Power what would it be? and what would you use it for?
         Super Hearing ... to know what everyone wants when they are around me :)

     7. What is your favorite movie?
              Gone With The Wind      any romantic comedy

     8. Where is you favorite Vacation Spot?
          It was probably Upper Michigan Bob and Maxines Cabin/Trailer.  Or the all inclusive trip to
          Cancun w/Andrea and Ryan  or My trip to Europe Paris/Moscow/Madrid.

     9. What is your favorite book?
          Usually the last one I read :)

    10. If you could tell your 15 year old self one thing What would it be?
          Enjoy every day.  Go to Massage School not Cosmetology. Believe in yourself.  Learn to sing
          and dance and be happy with how you do both.  Stay away from sugar and exercise every day.
          Don't be afraid to show your love and let your light shine always.

    11. What is your favorite Band/Artist?  Lady Antebellum and Katy Perry (Shut up... she sings
           happy songs :)

My nominees are:

As Random As Random Gets - Love his Posts pretty funny and a little Insightful as well. He
 needs to write more. I look forward to them.

How Many Frogs - This is a funny Blog but not sure if it is still being added to its about a girls search for a guy and all the Frogs She doesnt kiss :).  But I believe she has found her one and only!

Cakes by Sherree - Shes amazing and very artistic




        


  
         

      


     

The horror in theather 9

This world has so much horror in it sometimes.

 We go along thinking all is well and life is good and then BAM the outside world comes slamming into our nightly news and welds itself onto our brain with excrusiating pain.  The thought of sitting in a dark movie theater and waiting as I have done hundreds of times in my life for some enriching fun escaptism to take me away is now a reason for mini-panic-attacks.   Ive been to 2 movies since the tragedy in Theater 9 in Aurora Colorado on July 20, 2012.  Spiderman and "The Dark Knight" The Batman movie that was playing that fateful night.  It was all I could do to stay seated while the credits began at the beginning of the show... Truefully all I could think about is what part of the movie did he throw that cannester of tear gas and what row was the first poor victim sitting in when he raised his rifle and pulled the trigger?  Was it loud and action packed or the slow part where Batman dances with Catwoman?   I shrank alittle in my seat and held my purse on my lap because I knew I could stop a bullet with my big heavy filled with junk purse.... pfffff.   What crap... If it had happended in this theater would I fall over my friend to save her life or would I step over everyone in an effort to save my own?  Would the 3 boys that sat beside us be heros or like the guy who ran all the way home and left his family in theater 9???

I do think of those 3 men in Theater 9 that gave up their lives for their girlfriends.  What amazing bravery.  That is what real men are made of.  What greatness is.  I hope that when they got to the hallowed presense of Father in Heaven that he hugged them all with open arms and praised them for their selfless acts of courage. 

I dont know what drove this crazed killer to do what he did, but he has taken yet another piece of innocence away from all of us.  Dragged humanity down to a dark place that we fight so hard to pretend does not exist.  Was he a bad person, was he possessed by satan, or did he just feel so alone that nothing mattered, no one mattered.  Loneliness, a sense of being disconnected from others is a very dark place indeed.  We need to reach out more to one another. To care about each other more.  I know Iam bad at gathering those I know who need more love and encouragement up and giving it to them.  But I do pray for more insight, for more love in my heart to help those I know need it.  Including maybe even my self.....

God Bless us all, Save Us All.  And give us all the courage those 3 young men had in that Theater on that dark July night.

Im a Grandma....Wow

Well its been a great month.  From Being at the Hospital for the birth of my first sweet grandson (Taiyden Seth Gabbitas born 6/5/2012). To watching my daughter as she bonds and cherishes her little guy. I Thank God Everyday for the gift he has given me to be a Grandma.  Its weird because when I was little my Grandma was so old and now here Iam and Im So Young .... lol    Life is all about perspective :)

Yes Virginia there is a FUTURE! :-)

Ones perspective and life csn change, even if you think it never will. You go along for years and things seem like they will never be different, then low and behold. They Are! Iam so excited for the next adventures in our lives. A new addition. My daughter sweet baby boy.

Well for all my last post being about my demise I guess I am going to live a bit longer lol. I am working like crazy now Product Manager and Massage Therapist. 2 full time jobs. And I cant wait to see my beautiful daughter have her first baby! A Boy Taiyden...its only 4 weeks away Iam so thrilled. Andrea looks so sweet with her little belly and she will be such a wonderful mom I CANT WAIT! Peace and LOvE always :-)

Life is Funny!

Life is funny... true...But it is also sad. I go to sleep some nights and I can feel my heart pounding so loudly I know it is struggling to keep working. I feel like Iam sick but because I dont have health insurance and no money I wont really be able to do anything about it. My life will end in the blink of an eye and it may be sooner than later. My biggest regrets will be:

1) That I couldnt give my children the sense of security that they deserved they deserved school money, freedom from addictions, a strong role model, better/smarter genes. (I hope they do know that I am very proud of them though and that I did and do love them with every fiber of my being...I just didnt know how to be the great mom who guided them to great things and for that Iam forever sorry)

2) Im so very sorry that I will not be able to hold my grandbabys in this life. I hope that if there is a God that I will be able to watch over them and my Andrea and Ryan until their time on this earth is thru.

3) I regret that I didnt marry the right man. That I didnt work harder to have my marriage be a a good one, a life long one. It would have been nice to have a man I could have made proud and happy ... and he done the same for me.

4) I have no regrets about the work I did once I found the work I was meant to do. I loved massage and making others feel better was a great joy to me. I guess if I have a regret about massage it would be that my kids didnt like massage and never really wanted one from me :-(. That I do regret.

5) That I wasnt a millionaire and could have my family all around me all my life and that I didnt have more children to enjoy...It would have been nice to have 10 kids and a big huge House and Lots of money to make them all happy. For as my end nears I realize that family is all there really is in this life. Everything else is just gravy as they say. :-)

6) I regret I didnt keep better care of my vessel. I should have exercised everyday and stayed away from sugar. But I loved foods and drinks...starbucks mochas were like opening a little Christmas present every time and pei weis Mangolian Beef well you know i loved it :-). So I enjoyed every day with these little vises that have Im afraid done me in.

If I could impart any words of wisdom it would be "Dont be afraid to do anything". Do everything that comes to your mind. Believe in your self worth that you are a special person and deserve to be respected no matter if you are rich or poor. That is the sadest thing I found about this world that money rules. That good decent people are thrown away daily because they don't have the money to be lifted up to a healthy life.

I have cherished each and every moment I have spent with you Andrea and Ryan. They have been the best moments of my life. I wish they could have been richer and deeper but I hope you know that that is what I wanted more than anything in my life. For you to feel my love.

I had many great moment too! Moments some ppl never have I realize ...I got to go to Europe I have some beautiful snapshots in my mind about my trip and Iam so grateful that I got to go. Standing up by the Flatirons and looking out over Boulder. Mackinaw Is Michigan and upper Michigan and the cabin/trailer. My moms last days that I got to be there with her. Looking out from my grandmas porch and listening to the bells chime in the church a few blocks away. Sitting with my dad on our front porch while a wild storm passed over and hearing him say "Isnt it magnificent" My breath was taken away by many beautiful things. So really my regrets are few. My life has been full. I love my family Andrea and Ry, Mom, Dad, John, Jill, Dave, Barb, Holly, Jake, Britt, Aunt Phyl, and all my family in Minnesota who I really loved visiting with. I have been blessed to have you all in my life. Thanks for being there.

Life is funny and Iam glad I got to laugh thru it! :) Be Happy! Enjoy Every Moment! Love you all, Deb

9/11/11 Ten Years Later!

As the time for 9/11 draws near Im asked by every newspaper and general interest poll...Where were you the day those plans hit the twin towers?

Well I have snippits of that day in my head. I arrived at my work .... South Davis Community Hospital I was a receptionist there while attending Utah College of Massage Therapy. I thought the World was about to be at war when I heard the report of that first plan hitting Tower #1.. I grabbed the phone on the reception desk and called both my children who where in school at that time...I asked the girl who answered the phone to get them out of class, so I could tell them I loved them one last time!!

After talking to them I stayed at work? I cant believe I did that considering the end of the world was at hand....What if it really had been the end? Would I have really manned my post till the big bang blew me out of that swivel chair I was attached too???? We'll never know that for sure...

All day long everyone was frantic and near panic...The phones rang constantly with ppl trying to get ahold of their loved ones in the hospital. The one thing I do remember is everyone stayed at work. I look back on that now and all I can say is America is a strong country for many reasons one of them being our WorkForce. And, on that day most everyone trusted in the strength of our Government to protect us and stop the attacks.

I went home that evening and spent time with my kids and their friends. We pretty much stayed close to new flashes on the tv. Watching the towers fall again and again. One of my kids friends just happen to have his Birthday on that fateful day. I remember driving him home that night and while he was sad for all the ppl that were lost, the bulk of his conversation that night was about how mad he was that his Birthday would now forever be defined by this tragedy.

So I guess what I do remember most about that terrible day... is that I realized how differently each person see's and is affected by any given event. For me I thought I'd never see my kids again... for him his special day marred from that day forward.... For the families who called to talk to their loved ones thats all that mattered. And to the Families that lost loved ones in the Towers it must have felt like the REAL end of the World.