with my HUSBAND!!! He called me at work last night and told me Blind Melon is coming to Madison. I wanted to scream and yaaaa hooo it up, but I had to remain composed. The lobby was full of pool guests. "That's great news dear. Did you get us tickets?" Inside I'm screaming and jumping like a kid. He's going to try and order tickets online for us today. I'm hoping they are not sold out.
The concert will be just two weeks after our 15th wedding anniversary. It also will mark 21 years we've been a couple. I like to say we got hitched on our 7 year itch! LOL!
I can't imagine my life without my husband, and recently I've learned of the sudden deaths of two homeschooling husbands, only in their 50's. They weren't friends of ours, but it's still scary to think, what would I do? I can't see myself as a widow and single parent. I'm too much of a wimp! He's my best friend too! Its so unthinkable to me!!
We have insurance and extended family, but I can only imagine the void left would be colossal. If not for my children, I don't know where I'd find the will to go on.
Its just a reminder I need to cherish every day and cherish every pet peeve! I may get frustrated knocking over the stack of CDs I just hit with my foot under the computer desk, but that toppled stack is there because DH is! I'm grateful I have laundry and dishes waiting for me everyday because it means my loved ones are here with me making the mess!
I have to remember to take better care of myself to be able to really enjoy the days I've been given to be with my family. DH has been doing awesome with his fitness goals, but I continue to slip up. For example, although I walked to and from the grocery store yesterday, I stupidly decided to drink the last of the chocolate milk so I could fit the new gallon into the fridge. Now I'm wheezing. Dairy triggers my asthma.
I skipped the fresh baked cookies at work and ate my apple, but when I got home, I dove into the ones at home. At least my home baked ones are the new low fat recipe I've been using. I have to recognize my weakness and learn to overcome them. I think that's a big deal for me.
I need to love myself as much as I love my husband. I need to love myself enough to want to get healthy so I can continue to share my life with those I love!
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Oh, I hope you get tickets!!!
I need to work on the whole making healthier choices thing too - I know what I should do, but time, convenience, and taste buds all make that harder. It's just a matter of making a point to overcome all the old habits and replace them with healthier ones.....I'm getting better at remembering to have a healthy snack at work for the mid-morning munchies and now that the weather is nice, I can get out and do the outdoor activities that I enjoy so much more than the gym.
We'd love to go to more concerts, but live just far enough away from the larger cities that we'd almost have to do an overnight and with boarding the dogs and getting a hotel room, that's not always an option.
I hope your dh can get some tickets, that would be an awesome time to celebrate your anniversary. I too worry what will happen in the future, a friend on one of my groups just lost her husband, he went to bed and never woke up. I can't imagine what she is going through, she has 6 kids. We have no insurance so I don't even want to think about stuff like that. The only goal we have right now is to get our own house so if anything does happen to one of us the other won't struggle with the renting issues, especially with the possibility of our kids being with us long term. We want them to have a home they know is theirs.
Enough of the gloom, I hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather we are having. I think spring has fianlly sprung in Wisconsin
I hope you get those tickets! Did you ever figure out what happened to your other concert tickets? (I can't remember who it was you were gong to see, but my brain is saying James Taylor. I think I'm wrong). lol
I think about losing my husband too. I have a close friend online who lost her husband and is raising three boys on her own. I couldn't imagine. We do have life insurance, so the stresses of finances wouldn't be a major issue. (at least not right away) I do have a plan in place as to what I would do, where I would go and my plans to care for my daughter. I have also talked with hubby about this and told him I have a plan. I don't know if it mattered to him that I told him, but it matters to me that I have thought about it. :) Going on would be difficult. Very difficult, but I would have to because of Alex. Although I'd fall apart when I wasn't around her I'd have to be the epitomy of strength for her. :)
Getting healthier is a goal of mine as well. I'm like many in that I know what I need to do. I just have the will to do it. I have started walking which is a definite plus. Movement Movement Movement.....I try to handle portion control, but sometimes I just get downright crazy with something I like to eat. LOL If I had lesser portions and kept moving I know I'd lose.
At any rate, good luck to ALL of us on getting healthy!
Its Joe Jackson we hope to see this coming Monday. The theater box office has no record of tickets for us but Ticketmaster does. The supervisor at TM told us they send over the "will call" list 1 hour before the show. The box office won't know we have tickets until 1 hour before. We plan on bringing our Visa statement, the confirmation email, our IDs and Visa card and hope the tickets will be there for us 1 hour beforehand! Its a 1 1/2 hour drive one way for us to Milwaukee. We'll be very disappointed if we get there and no tickets are available, but we're hoping for the best.
Wow...........that's wierd.........well, I've not dealt much with Ticketmaster. I do know whenever I have gotten tickets through them I have gotten my tickets without a problem.. Will call, mail and online tickets.
Thats great, I hope he is able to get the tickets.. That is so sweet what you said and how you feel. But you are so right, we need to cherish every moment we have with one another
Hope you get your tickets. I need to be healthier too. I put on a ton of weight when I quit smoking. Good luck!
I gained 20 lbs when I quit smoking 16 yrs ago.I ate instead of smoked.LOL Replaced on bad habit with another.
Hope you get tickets too! Hugs! He truly does sound like a wonderful man and he's a lucky one too in that he has a wife who appreciates him :-D
It's a great gift to have someone who is so special and who is caring. :)
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