changes

changes changes changes are upon us...time to change the clock, change in the weather, changes in family...seems like everything is changing all at once. So far it seems like all the changes going on around us have been for the better. I may not like all the changes but I know they are for the best. his year started out with one bad change after another for about 2 months then all of a sudden those change took a turn and started becoming changes of the positive nature.. I cant wait to see what  the next 2 months brings us...time to say hello to some and time to say see you later to others...

superstitious...

I just want to start by saying that I typically do not  find myself to be superstitious...I do however believe that things happen for a reason.  It was not until yesterday when the kids and I came home to find Zoe's dog, Samba, laying on the porch by the door not doing so well. She had been attacked by something. I have my thoughts as to what happened and I am not willing to share those thoughts out loud..Besides the point of this post is about being superstitious..or NOT superstitious as I have always thought of myself. Anyway since the calender turned to two thousand THIRTEEN...we have had our bank taken over without notice. After standing in line for 3 hours I was assured that all bills I had paid the day before would be piushed through and paid...All but the house payment and life insurance policy payments were!!  Imagine my surprise when we got a 30 day late notice on the house payment and notices from ALL our life insurance policies stating thatthey had lapsed and could be reinstated if we made a double payment.  Then a really good friend was killed in a single vehicle accident, which could have been prevented had he being wearing his seatbelt. He left behind his wife and 3 wonderful children...Another friend from high school found out she has breast cancer and has 1 year of chemo ahead of her, another friend has lots of tumors, non Cancerous, but still has some major pain and lots of medical visits ahead of her.  My Mom has spent the night in the hospital with severe chest pain and difficulty breathing.....all test results come back normal or negative. Best we can figure is some type of infection on the lining of her lungs that presents like a heartache. Zoe has had the flu twice already this year, all four of us got hit with this terrible cold, Gene missed 2 weeks of work with it and the kids and I are going on our second week with it. 2 other friends have lost their beloved horse this week and now Zoe's dog yesterday.  When the kids and I got home for the 2nd time yesterday (we left while Gene came home to take care of Samba) I learned a really good friend of mine who has been through everything to have a child and ended up pregnant a second time without the help of technology and modern medicine just gave birth to her second little boy 5 days ago is on her way to UCSF this morning of genetic testing of some sort as his newborn screening levels were elevated and at day 4 those levels were even higher....So now I find myself sitting here asking  WHEN WILL IT END?? SO far 2013 has NOT been nice to us.I know that it will end and things will start looking up but come on....please don't make this last until 2014...I. AM. NOT. SUPERSTITIOUS! I'm Not! I'm Not! I'm Not!!!