Blog Casserole

I'm titling this post "Blog Casserole" because I'm gonna write about a few things that are all random and unrelated yet all mixed together into one post.

First off, I want to thank everyone for your great advice and comments on my last post. I've got some really nice friends and family and that is a huge blessing. I am actually doing pretty good now. Things could be so much worse and I am ever so grateful to be expecting another child! My spirits have been lifted quite a bit and that has helped me tremendously. And miraculously I was able to sit through all 3 hours of church today. NO vomiting! Of course right afterwards my body kind of let loose, but that's totally cool. The meetings were all very good too. Very uplifting.

I also decided not to post my plan here about staying positive. It's personal and much of it spiritual. So I'll refrain. But all of your advice was a great way to get me moving in the right direction.

Secondly: Jonah. If you happen to have seen yesterday, he did a few posts on his blog. If you saw those posts, you may have wondered...they were a bit odd. He's not doing too well lately. Mentally that is. This cute little guy here

has grown up to be quite complicated. He was doing great for several months. But this month he's had some serious problems again. He's getting really depressed. Inconsolably sad for no good reason. And when he's not depressed, he's kind of just crazy wild. The wild part of him can get me a bit frustrated. But the sad part of him breaks my heart. I wish he could just feel somewhere in-between the two extremes like most everyone else.

Anyhow, he said to me "Maybe if I post a lot on my blog people will love me and make comments." That made me sad to hear! 8 years old and already suffering from lackofblogcomments=lackoflovesyndrome. I think many of you bloggers have felt that at one time or another. Not fun. Don't worry, I will do my best to straighten that little problem out and let him know he is plenty loved. But it still couldn't hurt if you'd stop by his blog and express to him your love. Church was really rough for him today. Lots of tears and sadness.

Finally, with that really poor picture of horses, I want to tell a story. I got a comment on my last post from Leann Fidler Williams. I was shocked! I hadn't seen or heard from her in years. We were super good friends back in Junior High. I thought in honor of meeting up with her again, I would tell a Leann story.

In junior high school I hung out with a great group of girls. Kristen Lawson, Leann Fidler, Leanna Harris, Shazelle Safely, Brenda (forgot her last name) and others. Some of these friends had horses. So occasionally we would go horseback riding together. It was always a blast. I miss doing that!
So one day I think it was 4 of us that went. Me, Kristen, Leann and I can't remember who else. We only had 2 horses. So we paired up. Me and Leann were together. She was nice enough to let me ride up front with the reigns. She sat behind me. I think we were just riding with a bareback pad this time because we were paired up.

So we rode for a while. We were riding down this one vacant country road when we decided we wanted to get the horse flying. The horse with it's orders clipped a good speed and Leann behind me wasn't satisfied. She was trying to get him to go faster. If I remember right she was swatting his butt and yelling for him to pick it up. Then it got quiet. Finally I realized Leann wasn't there anymore. I turn around and way back there on that road she was lying on the ground. No injuries fortunately. That image has never left me. It was pretty funny. She was a great sport about it and I think she thought it was as funny as the rest of us.
Leann was always a good time.