Family

Well this long weekend is coming to an end sadly! What a wonderful weekend it has been as I have got to spend time with my family and close friends. I haven't cheated ONCE on this diet!!! I am in it to win it you can say. I just figured out how to add a picture to this post lol =) So what exactly does Labor Day mean? "This annual national holiday was created more than 100 years ago as a tribute to the American worker."

So with that being said my feelings on labor day are to thank the men and women that server our country and the nurses and doctors that work 24/7 to keep up healthy. I also would like to thank myself for being such a hard worker as a stay at home mom!!! lol... I am preparing America's future star in my house right now!! Her name is Lola Happel....and in 25 years there will be the most outrageous invention to date made by the one and only Henry Happel! I love my kids so much...I have realized that my son loves the ladies....He loves to smile and coo at them already! My diet is going really well although I will say I am very nervous for Tuesday's travel to FL!!! I am nervous because before when I got bored I was always running to get something to eat!! On a plane there isn't much to do so I am going to have to keep myself occupied! Lola is very excited about seeing her family she asks me about 3x a day when we are going to FL! I wish that I was coming home under better circumstances! You know it is weird I have come to accept grandpa's passing very quickly! When I feel like I am going to get sad I know that he wouldn't want me to dwell on his passing. I am not coming home to mourn I am coming home as a celebration of his passing on into a better place. Some might call me crazy or maybe even shallow for thinking like this but I truly believe this is how he would feel. I did mourn his loss don't get me wrong but I know he wouldn't want his family in pain or sorrow. Grandpa just wasn't that type of man. Grandpa was a hard worker all his life. I can see him thinking "dammit Shirley move on" as he licked his fingers and turned the pages of the newspaper. I worry the most about my dad being able to get over what he saw as grandpa took his last breath. I don't know how I would handle seeing someone take their last breath. It for sure would leave a lasting impression on me.

So my brother and his girlfriend finally got to Chicago and in their new home!! I am so excited and yet jealous that they get to live in such a great city! I have said this many times about my brother and will say it till the day I die! He is a genius! He can write better than anyone I know! Don't get me wrong my brother knows how to annoy the heck out of you! But I am fascinated at his views and ways of life! My mom shines through him a lot! Ooooh my mom what can I say about her?? Well the older she gets the funnier she is I think! She comes up with some of the best one liners ever! She is the neatest person I know! I wish I could have inherited that from her! I just don't have the organization skills she possess! My mom has the biggest heart of any person that I know! She constantly is doing for others, and in actuality I just wish she would do for herself! I think that I have inherited that gene from her...I am the type to give give give to people and I often don't get it in return I think. I do have friends that would bend over backwards for me. I actually don't mind being the giver it makes me happy to see someone happy. There is something about seeing someone close to you smile that completes me almost you could say. Let me just talk a second about my dad he is also a workaholic! As he gets older though he is learning to cut back and take days off! Aaaww my daddy.....he passed on many great traits to me as well....my personality and wittiness tends to be like my dad! My dad is also a giver! My dad is a funny man! The older he gets the more fun he is! I guess there is something about seeing your dad with your children and him grinning from ear to ear! My family has had some rough moments but you know I wouldn't go back and change a thing! If we hadn't have gone through all of this together I might be some boring old hag! lol....Our struggles have made us closer and more fun! I mean if life didn't have a struggle it would be so boring! So...tonight I close this by saying "laugh a little" "say sure why not" Today at the zoo with my friends I just said yes to everything and it was awesome!! I wasn't stressed and I had a great time. Life is meant to be lived not for it to just pass by, because before you know it you will be either living in assisted living or a nursing home wishing you would have enjoyed your youth years a little more. Okay not everyone will live in a nursing home! Mom/Dad/ Mitch I promise not to put you in a crappy nursing home.. LOL .....jk ya right if I can all three of you will live with me!! I will have to hire someone though to wipe your butts! I love you guys! I hope that everyone has a wonderful Labor day!

"Live a Little"

Amanda