Have you ever seen someone do something nice for someone else…just because? Have you ever done something nice for someone else…just because. In a sense, paying it forward.

People do these things all the time, but do we really hear about it? Not so much. Why? Because kindness is not news, kindness does not sell.

There are those who want us to hear about it, for no other reason than to make us feel good…give us hope.

My good friend Amy is one of those people. So, let’s get involved, let’s let us all show kindness to another. Drop by her blog and sit back, relax, and enjoy a smile and see that kindness does still exist!!
Click the pretty button below to stop in…tell her Tracy sent ya!

Blessings to all!!
Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

I am so deeply saddened by her untimely death. For some reason this has touched me deeply. Maybe because we are the same age, our children are the same ages, we were married a year apart. I know, not all that uncommon. But I have no other reason to feel so ‘hurt’ by her death.

I think it has to do with how it happened, a freak accident. So not fair. She was a vibrant woman with so many more things to do, plays to be in, movies to make. She had a very loving husband and two handsome teen sons. I think I respected her so due to low-key attitude. You never heard the tabloids going after her marriage to Liam Neeson. They were not the media chasers that so many are. They kept a private life, yet had a wonderful public life. That is so very rare these day with ‘stars’.

She was from a fabulous family of great actors, yet did not use it to make her way. She was such a ‘lady’. And ‘ladies’ are so hard to find now-a-days in our female ‘stars’.

I really am tired of hearing, “It was just her time.” I really hate hearing that. Why, why was it her time? Why not the people in prison for doing heinous things? Why was it her time? There is no good reason that it was her time. What it is, it is a terrible tragedy, a freak accident that should not have happened.

I send blessings and my healing thoughts to her family and those who loved her. I pray she rests in Peace.

God speed Natasha!

Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me. The Carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality~Emily Dickinson

I got alot accomplished yesterday with all my jewelry stuff. Finally got it all organized and put away. I didn’t realize how many new things I had. lol I already have 7 containers, two tool box containers and they are all almost full. So now it’s time to stop buying new stuff and make some new things. I added a couple new earrings on the site yesterday. I also re-did all the pictures as I am trying new set ups for them.

It is raining a bit today. I love the rain. Hopefully it will rain alot and snow so we can get out of our drought problem. I do love the smell after a rain. Clean!

Still trying to wrap my head around those who chose to keep things going instead of moving on. It takes so much more energy to be angry and spiteful then it does to let go and move on. I think some people thrive on the anger. Seems kind of sad to me. I was there once and trust me, it is not good for the soul. Also hate the ‘behind the back’ talking. If I have something to say, I’ll say it to you, not somewhere you cannot defend your opinions or actions. Life is too short, and with my MS I cannot do toxic. Oh well, if that is how others can get through their day, then to each his/her own. Time for me to move on from it I’m thinking…

Peace and Blessings to you all!

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. ~Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan, 1893

and moving!! lol It’s 11:13 am. I am going to go through all my things at my jewelry shop. Do some pic re-takes and get some new things put up. If ya get time, drop in: http://mztracyr.etsy.com

I just finished doing the dishes and have some more soaking. Drinking an iced coffee from Shock Coffee. Their coffee is the best…extra caffeine. Just what I need.

I want to shut out to my gurl Amers and say I am so happy that Brian is home for a bit!! Loved all the pics. Of course I cried looking at them all!! lol Miss you sweetie! Call me when he leaves. And you know, tell him thank you from me!! Huggzz to you all! If you want to see who Amers is drop by her site here: http://inthesilentranks.blogspot.com/

Well time for me to actually get to what I said I was going to do. lol The coffee is hitting me! Woo hoo diddly do!

Peace and blessings to all!!

For Brian (ty for all you do):
If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag. ~Author Unknown

Wasted another day away. My get up and go has got up and went. I cannot seem to find it anywhere. I spent most of the day in bed in my jammies. All three doggies in bed with me watching movies and sleeping. It was a nice way to spend a rainy day I guess.

My mind is awake and wants to get moving on making some new jewelry and un-cluttering some things. My body just will not cooperate. So I end up just wasting the day away. How do you motivate? How do you say, ‘Get the fuck up and move already!’ lol I used to be so good at doing that too. Lately it is as if I just do not care much anymore. What’s the point.

Then there is all the drama on the net. I tend to always get caught up in it. It is my own fault as I know you cannot please everyone all the time. I figure there are those who need the drama, those who start the drama, and those that try and end the drama. It seems when I try and end the drama, I end up the ‘bad guy’. My opinion on that…WHATEVER!

Toxic is as toxic does…and I do not need toxic.

I am off (3pm) to TRY and get something done. lmao
Peace out and Blessings to all!!

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. ~Dave Tyson Gentry (to my mini-me, Kat)

We just got back from getting the boy a haircut. The girls and I went and dropped some things in the mailbox then headed over to Rite Aid. I got some really pretty thank you notes to send to a few people who have been so sweet to me. No names as they may read here!! lol

Today is my mommies birthday.
Happy Birthday MOM!! I love you very much!

Migraine from Hell or Motherfu***** Headache!! lol

OMG, it hit last night badly. I tried everything even a hit off something, lol and that did not even work! Wowzers, talk about pain. It just now, finally went away.

So, since I know why they are happening again, it’s time to stop.

The hubz and I went on a non-gluten, no cow dairy, no soy, no soda way of eating. I lost 20 pounds, no migraines, no intestinal problems, and more energy. Well we got lazy in the new year and went back to eating like most people. lol I/we gained back our weight, migraines came back, bad intestinal problems resurfaced, and the fatigue hit.

So, I am proof eating the ‘right’ way helps.

No supplements, soy, pills, low fat, low calorie items work people!! Once you stop them the weight and issues all some back. Sugar substitutes are poison for our bodies. Think about it, these things are all changed, processed. Do you really think our bodies were made for this?

People have laughed at us, but I am the one laughing as I watch them do their ‘diets’…see no weight loss there. lol

Our bodies were made to eat food, real food. We need fats, we need proteins. But, the ‘diet’ industry wants money so you hear how gr8 it is for you. Go ahead, do it, then go off and eat good foods, real foods and see what happens. Weight comes back, and so you pay more for the ‘diet’ crap.

Having a healthy diet, not ‘dieting’ is the way to go.

Now, knowing what it had done for me, we are starting back up on the paleo way of eating again. I cannot wait to lose my weight and become healthier again.

Peace Out!

Chemicals, n: Noxious substances from which modern foods are made. ~Author Unknown

After all the stress to go to the awards…my girls did not want to go!! WTH lmao

Shelby just didn’t want to go as she was packed with homework and Ashley was still not feeling well from her sickies this week. So, after my shower and getting ready…we never went!! At least I smell better now!! 😛

Hubz and I went shopping since he had gotten off work early for it, we decided not to waste the evening. Got all of our Saturday grocery things out of the way. So it was not a total loss.

So, today I will watch all my dvr’d shows, maybe make some new jewelry for my shop, and just rest.

TGIF
Blessings, Tracy

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. ~Les Brown

I just cannot seem to get going these days. I prefer being alone, and do not want to be bothered at all. I want quiet! My stress level is so off right now. I have no patience with anyone or anything. I hate myself most days because of this. There are so many things I could be doing, but just do not have the ‘mental’ energy to get up and do anything.

My girls are getting academic awards tonight, and i am still sitting here in my pj’s. I need to get up and get in the shower and get ready. Part of me hates going due to the fact I feel like an embarrassment to my kids. They do not make me feel this way, it is all me. I really do not know why I feel like this. I have never cared much what others think of me, yet being in a wheelchair changed that. Being 6′ tall I always walked into a room with a purpose, now I want to be invisible. Again, that is so not me.

Rog said if I don’t feel well then it is ok if I do not go. The problem is I feel ok, I just do not want to go. But, knowing how bad my girls want me to go, I will. I really hate these feelings as I am a pretty sttrong woman and hate feeling …wow I cannot even explain how I feel or a word for it. Pathetic maybe!! lmao I hate feeling pathetic.

Quote: Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. ~Author Unknown

So today I feel ok. It seems to come in spurts lately. Feel good for a couple days, then BAM the yucks creep back in. Is it my MS progressing, is it the colds going around? Not sure, so just taking it as it comes at me.

Got my guitar out and i am once again going to try and play. I had put it away as my hands are not strong enough anymore to push on strings. I figure even the strumming is ok for me, so back to trying again. I played in college and loved it, so going to get a couple books and try and play again. Guitar is the best sound in the world.

I am loving my new van. I have even gotten out a couple of times on my own. It was so very cool. I can only drive on days i feel really good and when my legs are strong. We are going to look into hand controls as well. I really do not want to lose my driving ability. I love driving!! It gives me a sense of freedom that has been taken away from me.

Well, time to get ready to go to the grocery store with the hubz. That is if i can get him moving!!