40 Random Things About Me

Stole this from Diane.:)





1. I have two brothers.

2. I am OCD about my house being clean.

3. I hate beer and coffee.

4. My son is my world, but someone I don't feel like a good mom.

5. As open as I am, even I have secrets.

6. I am outgoing now, but was very shy and awkward as a child/teenager.

7. I am all country, cowgirl in my heart and soul, but I hate to sweat! And I don't do camping trips if there is not an AC and shower. I will go fishing, but I won't take the fish off the hook. I hate spiders, bugs and snakes. I hate being dirty. Someone recently called me an "Uptown Country Girl".

8. I obsess, hardcore. When I like someone/something, I go all out.

9. I have been a Garth Brooks fan since 1989.

10. I have met A LOT of famous people.

11. I love going to concerts. It's one of my favorite past times. I have seen almost everyone in Country Music.

12. Miranda Lambert is my all time favorite music artist. She sings and writes about MY LIFE.

13. I was in an abusive relationship.

14. Sometimes I feel like I don't measure up.

15. I hate my nose.

16. I love my hair.

17. I enjoy going out to eat.

18. I have some hardcore rap on my iPod.

19. I live and breath music.

20. I learned more from The Wizard of Oz than any movie ever made.

21. I flew to L.A. 5 times and went to 5 tapins of That '70s Show.

22. I am the fan club leader of Southeast Texas for Earl Thomas Conley. And he knows me.:)

23. I am a right wing, registered Republican and only vote Republican, but am all for gay marriage. Not so much for as WHO CARES who gets married. It's a piece of paper. It's about equality!

24. I am Pro-Life. Nothing will change that. I know all of the arguements, and can even understand some. But at the end of the day, life is life. Period.

25. Some of my online friends are better than friends I know in person.

26. My father is half Choctaw Indian. I got NONE of it!

27. My grandfather was adopted. His parents were Irish immigrants. He was abused by the family who adopted him and quit school to work at 14. He went to the 8th grade. And is the smartest man I know. He is my hero.

28. My father was in Vietnam. And the worst part of it. He never talks about it. He was also never mean or abusive towards my brother and I. He is also my hero.

29. A big fear of mine is my grandparents dying. They raised me for the most part, and saved me. They taught me about God, love and life. They are 83 and I know the day is coming.

30. I have no clue what natural hair color is.

31. I knew I was going to marry my husband the night I met him.

32. I would love to travel around the country one day.

33. I want to be a better person.

34. Little House on the Prairie got me through my childhood.

35. I've had the same best friend since high school.

36. I love to talk on the phone.

37. I own over 500 dvd's.

38. I fucking love Twilight. I don't give a shit who knows it.

39. I think Kristen Stewart ROCKS.

40. I think my friends are the greatest people on earth,

Desperate Houswives 2004-2012

Eight years ago my friend Tracy told me to try and catch a new show called Desperate Housewives. I watched the pilot and thought, wow, this could be good. I watched the first few episodes and although I was not hardcore into it, I had to know what was going to happen next. By the end of season one, I was hooked.
So the show became a big hit, the housewives were all over the media.
Season two came along and although it was not as good as season one, I was already sucked into the story. It becomes a part of my Sunday night, eventually it BECAME my Sunday night. I would plan around it. It was the one show I could NOT miss.
Slowly, and year by year, I become more involved. Ratings dropped, but I didn't care. By season 3, I wanted to live on Wisteria Lane and be friends with these ladies.
Season 4, season 5, season 6, season 7, and last season 8. Sucked into it. I own all the dvd's, not only that, but I actually sit and watch them.
To an outsider who has never been into the series, it was easy to make fun of a bunch of upper middle class moms and housewives from the suburbs. But anyone who was a true fan, knew it was about so much more.
Desperate Housewives was about secrets, secrets we all carry. How much do you really know about your family and friends? How much do you know about you neighbors? Did you know most of us are all carrying around a secret? Baggage. We all have it. A past. A darkness only we know about.
Desperate Housewives was about the faces we wear to hide who we really are. We smile, we laugh, we cry, we joke. But to very few do we open our lives to, do we bare out souls to.
Desperate Housewives was about women. Moms, daughters, sons, friends, lovers, husbands, boyfriends, sisters, children. In each housewife, we can find someone we personally know. We all know a Bree. Someone who strives for perfection in a messy, ugly world. Inside Bree feels less than she is worth. We all know a Gaby. Someone who is a little vein, a little spoiled, someone who was hurt as a child. We all know a Lynette. Someone who wants to be in charge, have control, someone who had no control over her life. We all know a Susan. Someone who looked for love so hard she lost herself and who she was. Someone trusting and good to a fault. That single mom who wants a better life for her children.
And we all know a Mary Alice. Someone who wanted to be good, but could not overcome her own past, could not fight those demons. So she ends her life with as much grace and she can. She was pushed into killing herself over judegment and fear.
The last 8 years I invited these ladies, along with their family and friends into my home and my life, and I learned someone from each of them. That it's okay to have a secret. No matter how bad that secret may be. It's okay to be human, to make mistakes. And it's okay to FORGIVE and move on.
Best of all, Desperate Housewives was about one of the strongest bonds on this planet, friendship. Some people come and go, even husbands and wives. Children grow up and move on. But think back 5, 10, 20 years ago, or more. WHO was there who did not have to be? And who is still there?
That's what Desperate Housewives meant to me. And it broke my heart to see it go.

Heart Like Mine

Heart Like Mine"

I ain't the kind you take home to mama
I ain't the kind to wear no ring
Somehow I always get stronger
When I'm on my second drink

Even though I hate to admit it
Sometimes I smoke cigarettes
The Christian folks say I should quit it
And I just smile and say "god bless"

Cause I heard Jesus he drank wine
And I bet we'd get along just fine
He could calm a storm and heal the blind
And I bet he'd understand a heart like mine

Daddy cried when he saw my tattoo
But said he loved me anyway
My brother got the brains of the family
So I thought I'd learn to sing

Cause I heard Jesus he drank wine
And I bet we'd get along just fine
He could calm a storm and heal the blind
And I bet he'd understand a heart like mine

And I'll fly away from it all one day
And I'll fly, I'll fly away
But these are the days that I will remember
When my names called on a roll
He'll meet me with two long stem glasses
And make a toast to me coming home

Cause I heard Jesus he drank wine
And I bet we'd get along just fine
He could calm a storm and heal the blind
And I bet he'd understand
Understand a heart like mine
Oh yes he would