5 THINGS TO BE HAPPY ABOUT RIGHT NOW

Not being at work!

Postholiday sales equal guilt-free shopping!

Four-wheel drive.

The restorative power of a cup of hot cocoa with marshmellows.

Having a warm home!

BE SLOW TO ANGER,
SLOW TO BLAME,
AND BE SLOW TO PLEAD THY CAUSE.
BUT SWIFT TO SPEAK OF ANY GAIN
THAT GIVES THY FRIEND APPLAUSE.
-MARY WHITCHER

Questions and Answers about ME!!

1.What time did you get up this morning? 1:ooish am I had to work
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? GOLD RUSH
4. What is your favorite TV show? Grays Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Never eat breakfast
6. What is your middle name? SUE
7. What food do you dislike? Broccoli
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Taylor Swift
9. What kind of car do you drive? 2003 Chrysler 300 M
10. Favorite sandwich? Turkey, lettuce, mayo, and potatoe chip sandwich
11. What characteristics do you despise? Sloppiness, laziness, and rudness.
12. Favorite item of clothing? ADIDAS lounge pants, and sweat shirt
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Tahiti or to any all inclusive sunny beach
14. Favorite brand of clothing? Mmmm, how about favorite clothing store. . .Maurices or Old Navy
15. Where would you retire to? Florida, Colorado, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Texas, I will never stay in one place!!
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? I don’t remember one!!
17. Favorite sport to watch? Racing
18. What is your favorite Meal? Steak and baked potatoe with garlic bread
19. What time do you go to bed? Depends on my schedule!!
20. When is your birthday? March 30
21. Are you a morning person or a night person? Morning is my favorite time of the day but with this job I am turning into a night person
22. What is your shoe size? 7.5
23. Pets? Shana, Sammy, Tucker, Peanut, Gizmo, and BANDIT THE FATSO CATSO..
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? Brittany the niece is doing well with her living arrangements 
25.What did you want to be when you were little? School bus driver and nurse (weird HUH)
26. How are you today? Great! .
27. What is your favorite candy? I love Candy.....Runt's, cotton candy, laffy taffy, sugar! MMMM
28. What is your favorite flower? lilies,
29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Look forward to every day
30. What is your full name? Jennifer Sue Richter
31. What are you listening to right now? My blog music
32. What was the last thing you ate? SOUR GUMMI CANDIES: LIFESAVERS BRAND
34.If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Purple
35. How is the weather right now? Very fall like....COLD! A LOTTA clouds.
36. Last person you spoke to on the phone today? Brittany
37. Favorite soft drink? Diet pepsi cherry
38. Favorite restaurant? CHILLIS STEAKS!!
39. Real hair color? Blah brown
40. What was your favorite toy as a child? HOT WHEELS OR BIG TRUCKS, girly stuff would be my POMPOL
41. Summer or winter? Summer....Dah!
42. Hugs or kisses? Kisses
43. Chocolate or Vanilla? Twist so both
44. Coffee or tea? Flavored coffee only please
45. Do you want your friends to BLOG you back? yes please
46. When was the last time you cried? Not sure
47. What is under your bed? Boxes and Cats
48. What did you do last night? Relaxed watching a movie: Saving Sarah Cain
49. What are you afraid of? BATS
50. Salty or sweet? Depends on my mood
51. How many keys on your key ring? ONE
52. How many years at your current job? 3 years with Ministry Health Care
53. Favorite day of the week? Whatever day it is that I don't work.
54. How many towns have you lived in? Amherst, Waupaca, Amherst Junction, and Custer = 4
55. Do you make friends easily? Yes, I think so

LOVE

Another kind of love and compassion is not based on something appearing beautiful or nice, but based on the fact that the other person, just like oneself, wants happiness and does not want suffering and indeed has every right to be happy and to overcome suffering. On such a basis, we feel a sense of responsibility, a sense of closeness toward that being. That is true compassion. This is because the compassion is based on reason, notjust on emotional feeling. As a consequence, it does not matter what the other's attitude is, whether negative, or positive. What matters is that it is a human being, a sentient being that has the experience of pain and pleasure. There is no reason not to feel compassion so long as it is a sentient being.

A relationship is like a rose,
How long it lasts, no one knows;
Love can erase an awful past,
Love can be yours, you'll see at last;
To feel that love, it makes you sigh,
To have it leave, you'd rather die;
You hope you've found that special rose,
'Cause you love and care for the one you chose."
ROB CELLA

Hard to deal!

November has always been a hard month for me to deal with since my father past away. It seems like every time november comes I get very tearful when someone talks about my dad or if they ask at the hospital what my parents do. For one, i simply say "my mother is retired" and "my father past away 9 years ago" it has always been hard for me to answer questions about my father. I do realize that even though he never told me he loved me, he really did. Never go one day in your life without telling the ones you love them because you wonder when they are gone if they ever really knew. When Dale and I met telling him I loved him was SOOO hard for me, it just doesn't come easy for me. But, I am working on it!!
I miss my dad so much and every november gets harder and harder. I just feel like out of my whole family he is the only one that actually cared and supported me in everything that I did in my life. I am not asking any one to support me because really I dont need support from anyone, I am very confident in everything that I do. I am a very educated woman and have a great career, I am very happy with the career path that I choose but I just wished that my father was here to share the glory with me. I realize my mother is still with me but she doesn't really so support like my father did. Even after being young and all what I went through who knew it would turn out like this.
DO you ever wonder why you are here? I wonder sometimes in my close call how I made it through them and why am I still here? I never question god but sometimes when things get bad and outta control I wonder? As a child I never went to chruch, for my family was methadist we never attended chruch. when I met dale it was so hard to translate to his vision of god to what I thought god was. He has such a strong belief in god and i have to work on it every day. I questioned gods judgement on my fathers death day. why do you suppose he choose him, why not the guy down the street, did he put everyones number in a hat and pulled out his number? After he past I had a hard time dealing with it and how to not blame, but after a while you just have to for give. Think about it we are all here to live and then we are here to die and go to heaven. What happens when the belief isn't strong enough? I guess you just won't know until the time comes!!

New Presidents!!

So yesterday was the election and I hope everyone went out and voted for the next president. So we all know by now OBAMA won the election and are all hoping he will step up and do something with this COUNTRY for half of it is in recession. I just hope that it gets better before it get worse. You have to wonder if he will be able to change how our economy is, for it is going in a down ward slope going backwards. I just hope that his head is on right and that when he is finally in office after the big move he will finally help the people of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. We need more HELP now than this country has ever needed in the past. I just hope our country will recover!!