Yup - If this isn't KARMA - I don't know what is

Hey Friends ..

Saw this on facebook today and thought it was a funny little read.  Who knows if it's true or not. But it made me smile.

Karma .. it's a .. well  ... you know.

Stacy :)


BEST DIVORCE LETTER EVER

Dear Wife, I’m writing you this letter to tell you that I’m leaving you forever. I’ve been a good man to you for 7 years & I have nothing to show for it. These last 2 weeks have been hell. ... Your boss called to tell me that you quit your job today & that was the last straw. Last week, you came home & didn’t even notice I had a new haircut, had cooked your favorite meal & even wore a brand new pair of silk boxers. You ate in 2 minutes, & went straight to sleep after watching all of your soaps. You don’t tell me you love me anymore; you don’t want sex or anything that connects us as husband & wife. Either you’re cheating on me or you don’t love me anymore; whatever the case, I’m gone. Your EX-Husband P.S. don’t try to find me. Your SISTER & I are moving away to West Virginia together! Have a great life!

—— Dear Ex-Husband Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter. It’s true you & I have been married for 7 years, although a good man is a far cry from what you’ve been. I watch my soaps so much because they drown out your constant whining & griping Too bad that doesn’t work. I DID notice when you got a hair cut last week, but the 1st thing that came to mind was ‘You look just like a girl!’ Since my mother raised me not to say anything if you can’t say something nice, I didn’t comment. And when you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY SISTER, because I stopped eating pork 7 years ago. About those new silk boxers: I turned away from you because the $49.99 price tag was still on them, & I prayed it was a coincidence that my sister had just borrowed $50 from me that morning. After all of this, I still loved you & felt we could work it out. So when I hit the lotto for 10 million dollars, I quit my job & bought us 2 tickets to Jamaica But when I got home you were gone.. Everything happens for a reason, I guess. I hope you have the fulfilling life you always wanted. My lawyer said that the letter you wrote ensures you won’t get a dime from me. So take care. Signed, Your Ex-Wife, Rich As Hell & Free! P.S. I don’t know if I ever told you this, but my sister Carla was born Carl. I hope that’s not a problem

TRUTH

Hey Everyone,

Thinking back on a night that got my blood boiling. I get so irritated when people think because you don't tolerate certain people, that you "hate" everyone. So frustrating.

I can't say I don't have "hate" for a few select people. I've had some people really go out of their way to "hate" me. I have had people do some really ugly things to me and then there are others that just can't seem to keep my name from coming outta their mouth. I know it's not right to have hate and for the few people I have that emotion toward ... I'm working on it. But I don't "hate" overall.

This is life. I do dislike the way a lot of people are. So what!? I never just dislike someone for no reason. Its cause they have personally affected me or my life in a really negative way.

I'm no different than anyone else though. If you listen to conversations you will hear that people use the terms "can't stand her" and "hate him" all the time. But it's not necessarily literal!

The fact is that this world is made up of all kinda of different people and because of that - personalities clash. I'm not saying the type of person I dislike is "bad" or the type of person I am is "good" or necessarily always likable.

I was with at a hair appt recently and my stylist and I were talking about this. How people that say "I am nice to everyone. Everyone likes me" -- are just not realists!

Quote of the day goes to him. He said - "This isn't Americas Best Friend".

HaHa. So true. It's real life baby.

Not everyone will agree with me, but the older I get the less I care to pretend to be "besties" with everyone. It's too much work. THIS is life. Everyone has enemies...legit or not. In the least, someone has got to be getting on your nerves. If not .. I want what your on!

In the meantime. Let me state for the record - I can count on ONE hand people I truly have real "hate" for. And again - I am working on that and I pray that those feelings go away.

As for people I don't like -- there are quite a few pretty LONG LISTS actually. Why? Well, let's just say, my first bumper sticker said "Mean People Suck". I've learned that it should really just say "Most People Suck".

Grace and Peace To You
Stacy

If you had $100,000 dollars ....

Hey Friends ..

A little something got me thinking today. 

Right now in THIS very moment of your life, with your finances exactly the way they are. How much is One-Hundred-Thousand big ones worth to you?!?

Maybe you are rich and this is pocket change. Maybe you are poor and this would change your life. Maybe you are doing okay but this would be money you could use - for something.  So I'm asking - If you had $100,000 available to you tomorrow - that you were able to use - how would you use it? 

Would you - Go on a shopping spree? Travel? Pay off debt? Give some or all of it to charity? Give some or all of it to a family member and/or friend? Do some random good deeds?
Or maybe would you - blackmail someone? Try to ruin someones life? Try to damage someones reputation? Hurt someones career? Maybe even hurt someone physically?

It's a very sad thought, but there are actually people that would do those latter 5 things in a heartbeat. Not just people that have $100,000 laying around either. I know people that would actually take money out on things they have - to hurt someone.

Isn't it funny, isn't it?   People think money is power. But really the only power it has is to help get yourself a better seat in Heaven .... or hell!!


Just thinking. That's all.

Grace and peace to you,
Stacy



** In case you are wondering what I would do**

I'm not rich and I'm not poor. God has given me way more than I could ever deserve, but I do have to work hard for anything I have in my life right now. Are their things I want and think I deserve - um you bet ya!! Do I need them - no!! So in saying all of that. If I had $100,000 - to use - NOT save. 

I would:   Buy myself and Doug some new items for our wardrobe. Some purchases may be extravagant and designer - some not.  I would give my sister the money she needs for the recent unexpected surgery my niece had.  I would use some to start a business idea that we have. I would pay for a destination wedding, so that we could fly some of our closest friends and family out to not only watch us get married - but have a nice R&R vacation themselves! I would go give some really extravagant tips to some of my favorite people in the service industry around town. If doable - buy a RedBox machine. Then if I had any money left I would give some here and there to people I know need it and maybe buy myself a new "used" car of some sort - so that I could give my car to my best friend - because his is falling apart and he looks way too tall for it too.

Wow - $100,000 could go a really long way! So sad to think someone would even attempt to use it for something malicious .. which if I had to bet would also be .. illegal. Just sayin. Just sayin.

Change

Hello Friends -

Who knew that a sponge that lives in a pineapple under the sea could be so wise?! HaHa.

I know. I know. You are responsible for your own destiny - blah, blah.  To a point I totally agree with that. I mean - it is overall true - don't you think?  We can only feel sorry for ourselves for so long. We can only hold on to the pain our past caused for so long. We can only blame someone for "how we turned out" for so long. Eventually you have to stand up and say " I am the maker of my own fate. I must stop holding on to the past, it's actions and it's scars so that I can live life to my full potential" . If we hold onto all that anger and pain and blame for too long, we are just holding onto an excuse to NOT change.

But.......

This quote is so true. On so many levels. I may only be 30-something and I know I have a lot to learn, but I am a walking example of this quote. I learned the hard way that you can not change someone that does not want to or is not ready to change. I learned that they will actually NEVER change unless they hit rock bottom and want to do it for themselves. I also learned that their actions can totally change the attitude you have on life, yourself, etc. They can destroy you if you allow it.

Many people from my past have been the reason I have changed. Not all those reasons are bad either. In most cases I have changed my thoughts, actions, life plan, attitude - for the BETTER. When I was in those horrible moments I certainly wasn't saying "thank you", but in a way I am now.  I'd say that is true for a lot of people. I know that for me I am stronger than I ever have been when it comes to standing up for myself and what I believe in. All of that is due to being a door mat, having a crappy marriage, selfish friendships and a life time full of haters.  The only negative for me as that it has made me TOO hard at times. I find I have a bit of a temper I never really had before when it comes to girls. I don't give an inch with them. If they "hate", talk about me, get smart- I snap in a second! I just have a zero tolerance level for that kind of petty crap. You don't like me - fine. Each their own. I would bet my life that you don't have a REAL reason. It's likely based on things you thought you knew, peoples false stories, jealousy, the fact that I didn't take your crap, or that I put you in your place for some reason - but I don't care.  I also tend to guard my heart a little more than in the past. I have walls that are really hard to break down and have pretty much convinced myself that I don't need ANYONE ... when in all reality everyone needs someone to love them. 

Scars. Someone put them there and in return (in many cases) made us who we are today. Good or bad.

Everyone has some sort of scars from their past. I guess it's just important to be able to make sure you are healed enough so that is all they are  only that - scars! Something you can look at and remember they are there because you recovered!! You are stronger, better and wiser became of them.

As for what we can do to make sure we are leaving healthy scars on people and not open wounds -  I guess we all need to look at our own actions. Are we doing something that could cause someone to change who they are - for better or for worse?  Remember that all depends on the person too. Never go into something saying you are doing it to "toughen them up" or "make them stronger". Not everyone handles things the same.
Thoughts on this?!

Grace and peace to you,
Stacy

I promise - I really do!

Hey Friends -

I just can't get motivated to write anything? I have all these ideas in my head (two of them are even book ideas - which when I tell people about - they are eager for me to get going on. The other is an amazing business I'd love to open in the next year) . I think overall it's just that I've just been consumed with work, construction at my home and life. When I get home sometimes the last thing I want to do is figure out a topic to be creative about.

I have started this "Pinterest" thing people are raving about.  I need to try to figure out a way to connect my blog to some of my posts.  It's just pictures and then you write a little comment about them. Which to me - is all I need to put on here some days!

Just wanna say don't give up on my little blog.  I just think that if I had been writing the past 2  months it would have been full of very ANGRY posts. I've had a lot of trouble with arrogant, rich, heartless, fools. So I hate to fill this little part of my world with only negativity. Well, I guess it wouldn't all be negative! I'd include plenty of  sappy lovey stuff about me and my man that ya'll just wouldn't care about, haha!

To prove I'm not gonna abandon the blog - I'll  post a few that I had "saved as drafts" before I head into work :) 

Grace and peace to you,
Stacy