My Husband the Googler!!!
Every now and then my husband finds himself intently googling me, trying to find only the lord knows, maybe an article how I stabbed ignorant Wal-Mart Cashiers or how I used a bat in a road rage incident… whatever the reason he loves to google… so today being no different than any boring night alone in Iraq he googled… and to his surprise he found this blog, by a woman I only wish I could have met personally because I find her sense of humor delicious…
I should first start off by telling you how I have begun to adjust my Karma, I randomly pick a day where I purchase the coffee for the person behind me in the drive thru of Starbucks, now I should be honest and tell you I do benefit from it in more ways than one; the first being I use my Starbucks Gift Card my amazing Aunt Amy gave me for Christmas that I registered online and continue to refill {it tricks me into thinking she is still buying my coffee and I don’t need to feel guilty about a $4.00 latte} for every purchase I receive a point towards being a Gold Starbucks Card Holder where I will receive coupons and free extras in my drinks… second, the look on the face of the person behind me as I pull away is so wonderful and third knowing that in the cosmic realm of things I have added a few point for me :o) No one could ever have too much good karma on their side… so as I have begun doing this the barista and I have become well acquainted and to my surprise not once has the person behind me done it for the person behind them, rather disheartening I must admit but none the less it is nice knowing I have changed that persons day…
http://www.junketjuice.com the bit is at the bottom of the page dated, 1.10.2009 so be sure to scroll down…
1.10.2010
Pay It Forward
Do you know what's fun to do in El Paso? Get the hell out of there, that's what's fun. After potentially getting scabies from what was disguised as a Wyndham, we were out the door in the morning. We needed coffee and we needed it stat. We found a Starbucks and promptly missed the turn - thanks to Karen. Then we found our way back to it and got in the drive-thru. For whatever reason that morning (maybe the scabies) we were particularly moody. The car in front of us was taking what seemed to be a long time getting their order. My veins were impatiently waiting to receive the nectar of the mocha. Christ, what could possibly be the hold up? Come ON already!
Finally, there is movement and the we get to the front of the line. The lovely barista asked if we knew the lady in front of us. Obviously, we did not. Turns out, the hold up was because she bought our coffee for us. She told the barista that karma pays off.
Shit.
How bad did we feel? Pretty freaking bad. We had one of those moments of reflection where we realized that there are such good people in the world and we are ................assholes. Luckily, the kind lady had her business advertised on the back of her car with a link to her deliciously scented candle business. To return the favor of the coffee and self-reflection I am going to post a link to her site. Take a look and if you end up buying something, let her know the girls she bought coffee for in El Paso, Texas say thanks!
https://daniellemills.scentsy.us
P.S. Sister Potato Head asked what was going on. I told her it was a Random Act of Kindness. Her response? "What is that?" See? It was not just a free latte. It was a much welcomed lesson in life. Thanks, Danielle Mills!
POSTED BY JUNKET AT 12:00 AM
I feel as though I should write her and thank her for letting the world know how I changed her day so my husband could google me and find it on a day like today when I needed the smile, cause as many of you know I am setting a record blowing engines in my automobiles! LOL Thank You Junket Juice for making my day!!!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Thursday, June 11, 2009
This Army Wife…
There are nights like tonight that I think wow, I am an Army Wife… not that I don’t feel it daily living miles away from home, figuring out the time difference when calling friends and family or the endless sea of camo green that I see… but the real part of this life, the sitting here in a quiet home unable to sleep with out my best friend here to snuggle me…
Last week I attended a “seminar” held by the Army Wife Network, it was a four hour event of prize giveaways, a catered lunch and all the information and resources an Army Wife could want… it was great to laugh with women who feel like I do at times and it was all I could do from tearing up at the realities we face; how many of you think the coolest thing out is the “flat daddy” a cardboard cut out of the husband, father, best friend, boo boo kisser in your life… that is away at school, off training or deployed…
Jonathan and I spent the first year of our relationship writing letters, sending boxes and e-mailing daily… so the longing I feel for his touch isn’t as foreign as one would think… in fact if you know me you have heard me say we can handle anything after our first year together, not being “together”… but the two speakers, the founders of the Army Wife Network were dead on when they said it never gets easier, no matter how many times our husbands have to be away…
We are a complete family now, all four children under one roof… not just co-existing as some blended families but living and cherishing our time as though it has always been destined to be shared… So here we are, my test run as I call it for the upcoming deployment, Jonathan’s time away at ANOC… a total of 48 days away… for some that may not seem like long at all and the grand view of life you’re right it’s only a fraction of the days we will share but it has been nothing like I remembered it being when we were first together… our bed that is “formed” for the two of us feels like there is a void, as though I am laying in the middle of a football field with out him in it… the noises he made as he slept I can no longer fall asleep too… he is not there, no matter the amount of his cologne I spray or shirts I sleep with and in I can’t feel his heartbeat beneath my cheek… this is that moment that realization that I am an Army Wife…
I am proud of the man my husband is, not for the patriotic reasons so many people speak of but of the person he is, the man of character, pride and accomplishment… he is my hero, not because of the number of deployments under his belt but because he is my spider killer… my rock that when my day is beyond stressful I can fall against… the man after almost 4 years together and 2 ½ years of marriage still gives me butterflies when he calls me “angel”… the man who loves each one of his children for all their special reasons and never plays favorites… the son who risked so much to be as close as he could to his father before he passed… the son in law who would walk through fire to make sure his family was taken care of so his father in law doesn’t feel the need to worry about his oldest daughter anymore… the best friend who even if it’s silly girl gossip will listen to me…
Last week I attended a “seminar” held by the Army Wife Network, it was a four hour event of prize giveaways, a catered lunch and all the information and resources an Army Wife could want… it was great to laugh with women who feel like I do at times and it was all I could do from tearing up at the realities we face; how many of you think the coolest thing out is the “flat daddy” a cardboard cut out of the husband, father, best friend, boo boo kisser in your life… that is away at school, off training or deployed…
Jonathan and I spent the first year of our relationship writing letters, sending boxes and e-mailing daily… so the longing I feel for his touch isn’t as foreign as one would think… in fact if you know me you have heard me say we can handle anything after our first year together, not being “together”… but the two speakers, the founders of the Army Wife Network were dead on when they said it never gets easier, no matter how many times our husbands have to be away…
We are a complete family now, all four children under one roof… not just co-existing as some blended families but living and cherishing our time as though it has always been destined to be shared… So here we are, my test run as I call it for the upcoming deployment, Jonathan’s time away at ANOC… a total of 48 days away… for some that may not seem like long at all and the grand view of life you’re right it’s only a fraction of the days we will share but it has been nothing like I remembered it being when we were first together… our bed that is “formed” for the two of us feels like there is a void, as though I am laying in the middle of a football field with out him in it… the noises he made as he slept I can no longer fall asleep too… he is not there, no matter the amount of his cologne I spray or shirts I sleep with and in I can’t feel his heartbeat beneath my cheek… this is that moment that realization that I am an Army Wife…
I am proud of the man my husband is, not for the patriotic reasons so many people speak of but of the person he is, the man of character, pride and accomplishment… he is my hero, not because of the number of deployments under his belt but because he is my spider killer… my rock that when my day is beyond stressful I can fall against… the man after almost 4 years together and 2 ½ years of marriage still gives me butterflies when he calls me “angel”… the man who loves each one of his children for all their special reasons and never plays favorites… the son who risked so much to be as close as he could to his father before he passed… the son in law who would walk through fire to make sure his family was taken care of so his father in law doesn’t feel the need to worry about his oldest daughter anymore… the best friend who even if it’s silly girl gossip will listen to me…
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