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Greetings & Salutations! I've got good news! (well, maybe not for YOU, but for me it is and I want to share it with you). I have been working on refinancing my house since December 2012, and FINALLY it is DONE! The process probably wouldn't have taken so long but we had to jump through a few hoops to make it happen. #1, we owe more than our house is worth. (not a unique situation, I know) #2, we did not have the funds to do an apprasial #3, we have PMI, which really threw a monkey wrench into things. Anyway, John got that awesome new job at Aaron Carlson,  and although everything was approved, we had to provide new pay stubs, bla bla bla. Our previous interest rate with Citi Mortgage was 6.375. Our new improved interest rate is 3.75, we didn't have to start over at 30 years,  and we didn't have to come up with an apprasial. We are going to save a plethora of money and lower our monthly payment. So, the stress leading up to getting this done has reall...

You're going to love this.  So this morning, we stopped at this coffee shop across the road from Aaron Carlson. John always gets a Mocha, I always get a cup of light roast, extra cream.  Okay.  So its really quiet in there, and the coffee guy had run in the other room for a minute to get something.  As we're standing there waiting, I was sort of just looking around.  A movement caught my eye near the floor.  Yep. A little grey mouse scurried from one side of their kitchen to the other.  When the guy came back I debated saying something.  I didn't.  Good thing I am not squeamish about that sort of thing.  If it were a huge bug, well...then I would have been all girly girl. (says the gal who has a tarantula and a python....) 

In life you’ll realize there is a purpose for everyone you meet.  Some will test you, some will use you, and some will teach you.  But most importantly, some will bring out the best in you. Keep people in your life who truly love you, motivate you, encourage you, enhance you, and make you happy.  If you know people who do none of these things, let them go. Love is not about sex, going on fancy dates, or showing off.  It’s about being with a person who makes you happy in a way nobody else can. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring – all of which have the potential to turn a life around.   The most beautiful thing is to see a person you love smiling.  And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it. Choose your relationships wisely.  It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company. Being alone does not mean you are lon...

Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that can be incredibly challenging. In Crohn's disease, a rogue immune system attacks the digestive tract, causing inflammation and tissue damage. Crohn's disease symptoms include abdominal cramps, diarrhea, fever, and fatigue. Like many autoimmune diseases, symptoms tend to cycle, getting worse during flare-ups and then subsiding. Here are 11 people who achieved celebrity for their deeds—not their Crohn's disease diagnosis—and how they dealt with the condition. Cynthia McFadden ABC News correspondent McFadden first experienced the excruciating pain of Crohn's disease, which her friends euphemistically dubbed "George," in her sophomore year of college. "They weren't going to say, 'Did you have 15 diarrhea attacks today?'" the journalist says in a 1994 People magazine interview. "So, instead, they'd ask me, 'How's George?'" After a bo...

Today I know that I cannot control the ocean tides. I can only go with the flow of life. Today I know that I cannot control the consequences of the choices I've made in the past.  Life doesn't happen to me , it happens because of me. Is what I choose to think, do and create in each moment. Today I know that I cannot control people . I can only control my attitude towards them and their behavior. Today I know that I cannot change people , they are on their own path. I can only act in kind, loving ways toward the people around me. Today I know that we are our experiences and that love is the only answer I was looking for my whole life and I can only find it within myself.