The beauty of Tulips

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Ups n Downs

Wow, what a roller coaster of a day!  My day began with an early wake up call to go strawberry picking over in Heron Lake to Schumacher's Nursery & Berry Farm Inc.  It was 6am when my alarm went off.  I pushed the snooze a few times as it goes off every five minutes.  After about four reminders I pushed myself out of bed to get moving, trying to get my daughter up at the same time.  Neither one of us are morning people so you can imagine the chore it was to get our butts moving along.  But, we did and we couldn't have asked for a better morning out, although we could feel the temperature rise as we finished loading our buckets.  So here are some pictures of those beautiful delicious red strawberries we picked today:



There were some really pretty ones out there, nice and shiny red, bright red, deep red, just about every color red you could imagine!  The last time I went strawberry picking I was probably my daughter's age, 13, and I was with my mom, just as she was with me today, so kind of a flashback in time moment for me.

Then it was back to the house to take care of the precious fruits and after that it was off to help my mother.  This time my daughter tagged along as my mother had some projects she could help with.  I took care of some personal things before I dug into her work and then at 4:40pm I decided I should check my bank balance because I needed to get paying on some bills that are due.

I just about lost my breath when I saw the negative $203 balance on my account, knowing that I didn't spend $400!  I quickly turned to my itemized list of expenses when I saw $387.00 withdrawn from Sirius/XM Radio on July 5th.  The irritating part is I usually check my bank account and balance everyday, even on Sunday's, but missed a few days this week.  Oh boy did I go into panic mode and anxiety!  I called the radio company and was very frank with them in my disgust.  There was no notice, no reminder of any kind that this was coming due, nor the amount that would be taken out.  So I cancelled my satellite radio and should have a full refund within 2-7 business days and also recorded the fax # to send information to them to cover my overdraft charges incurred because of their huge withdrawal.  I sure hope they cover them.  I'm gonna be an unhappy camper if they don't.

Thank God for parents, who are helping me in the interim!  I seriously don't know what I would do without them in my life!

Oh, I also got my glasses tightened at the eye doctor here in Windom today too!  They feel much better on my face now!

And then there's still the drama with the soon-to-be ex husband who continues to share his wonderful opinions on me and my life!

So I will end with a song from a fellow who talks about God and what he has to give.  This song fits several people in my life right now.  I'll also put the lyrics below the video.  The song title: "God gave me You"!


I’ve been a walking heartache
I’ve made a mess of me
The person that I’ve been lately
Ain’t who I wanna be

But you stay here right beside me
Watch as the storm goes through
And I need you

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you

There’s more here than what were seeing
A divine conspiracy
That you, an angel lovely
Could somehow fall for me
You’ll always be love’s great martyr
Ill be the flattered fool
and I need you

God gave me you for the ups and downs
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God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you

On my own I’m only
Half of what I could be
I can’t do without you
We are stitched together
And what love has tethered
I pray we never undo

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you, gave me you.
Gave me you.

Till next time!