Who is that girl in the mirror?

History....

It has been 6 years since the date 9/11 has hit the history books. I woke up this morning saying a prayer for all the families that were effected and remembering where I was while the horrific events unfolded. It's still very heartbreaking when you hear the stories from families or how the workers who spent days and nights at ground zero are effected to this day, it's just one of those sad things that won't get better over time.

I remember thinking the day after 9/11 how all the little things that we stress over each and every day didn't seem to be so important and how people really pulled together. Giving an extra smile to the person next to you, saying hello or just taking a moment to be aware. I remember driving down the road to work one morning and looking at the person next to me and as we made eye contact it was a moment of peace. A moment of understanding and friendliness.

I just hope that every US citizen stopped at one point or another today to think about all the families and friends effected by 9/11 and to think of the peace that we can have in this country.

You know summer's over when the pool is green...

Summer has come and now it's loooonnnnngggg goooonnnneee! We took down the pool this weekend and well that was a true sign that summer is over. Funny thing is when your 18 month old goes out and sees the pool and says "uh oh" while pointing at the deflated pool, you know that she is aware of the new season upon us.

Next we will spend a month raking and bagging over a 100 bags of leaves, o how I dread this! I love our trees, o but I dread this.

Thanks summer, see you in 9 months...ouch! I need a warm vacation already!

It was like those lines that you wait in to get out of a concert...

So I'm at the post office sending out a package when my cell phone rings and it's my husband telling me that there is a truck at the OCC campus picking up hazardous materials and that we can drop off all those paint cans and batteries that we have. So I'm all excited, like as if I was just told I won a $1,000 big ones. So I rush home from the post office, grab something to eat and think, ahh this should be a quick trip, I will bring Ella with me!

So off we go with our hazardous materials in the back of our "bling bling black mountaineer" to make a quick stop to do our good dead for the day. As we approach the OCC campus drive, I couldn't believe what I was seeing....was Oprah Winfrey here handing out her canvas grocerybags? Was this the unemployment line for the WHOLE state of Michigan? We didn't even make it up to the entrance of the parking lot and the cars were intertwined like a maze through out the parking lot. Not only were the cars lined up through out several lanes and rows , they were in double lines! It was an unbelievable site, almost brought tears to my eyes. I knew this was going to be a long wait, but I could be part of history!!!

It was a long wait, 45 minutes I believe. I give props to my daughter for her patience (even if she did eat a black crayon while we waited-good thing they are non-toxic or I may have had to drop her off) but I told her why we were waiting in line and why we were going to be so patient, we are helping the environment and that's a GOOD THING! :-)

PS-I give a shout out to all those people who were working there today!