My Pleasure.

I know I have not posted, well ever on this blog, and I'm sure that Sarah will be happy that I am at least posting something. Lets just move past that for now.

This morning I got a little hungry and decided that chick-fil-a would be a great place to get some breakfast. If you don't know already, I really really like chick-fil-a. The sandwiches, their breakfast, the sweet tea, and their shakes, and pretty much everything else on the menu. But I have been noticing a saying right after you say "thank you." This saying is very frustrating to me, not because I have some kind of background for it frustrating me. Not because of the fact that it is a bad thing to say after "thank you," but only for the fact that they say it every time. Personally I feel that its insincere, and the insincerity has led to my frustration with the saying. Don't get me wrong I am still going to eat the delicious food that they make, and I will still enjoy it. But every time I go though the drive through and I hear "my pleasure" I am going to be a little frustrated. I know it might just be me thats fighting this battle, but why can't they just say "your welcome," or "no problem," or I don't know choose what they want to say. Well thats all that I have for today, and I am off to actually eat my chick-fil-a, still frustrated by the fact that they are trained to say "my pleasure".

Suzie Q

Dear Car,
     I am writing to you today to tell you how disappointed I am in you. I can deal with the intense summer heat and the lack of air-conditioning you so generously provide, but I cannot deal  with you leaving me stranded in the middle of Fort Worth. I was trying to be a good friend when I decided to take my manager home on my lunch break. When we got lost and you started throwing one of your tantrums I was able to handle your curses and keep on going. I had the last straw when you just quit working on me. I guess I should have read deeper into the signals you were showing me. Red is never a good color on the indicator lights. However I did not have a good idea of how to get back to work so I really needed you to pull though for me. I'm sorry Suzie... its over. Jon and I have already decided that we need to replace you stat. I cannot risk having an unreliable car this semester at school, and without a reliable car how will I be able to afford a roof over my head? I will forever cherish the memories we have had together. Laughing and speeding down highway 183 while singing at the top of our lungs. Giving me a ride after our wedding. Taking Jon and I to most of our dinner dates. You were a good car for the time I needed you. I just hope that one day you will find an owner who can afford all of your medical bills. I still love you and hope to have one of your cousins one day (if Jon lets me).

The Charge

Dear Church,
Understand first and foremost I love each of you dearly. I would never wish any ill will upon you. Today however I have a few words I must say to you. I feel if I do not share this piece of information I will implode and never recover. I have watched you grow up from the time you were just a few years old. You blossomed and grew, as radiant as a sunflower. First your stem, then came leaves, then finally your true colors bloomed. Bright and brilliant. However dear church you forgot to properly water yourself. You forgot the most important task. Without water you will never survive. You and your people may be pouring water upon yourselves but the roots is where it all happens. Your roots are your foundation and your support. Your roots have become the cause of your problem. You elect leaves to come and be your leaders to soak up the sun and sometimes take the heat, but your roots will be your ultimate downfall. Your roots are not growing away from their comfort zone. They stay hidden under your shade from the large shadow you cast. Dear church please understand that simply nodding your head in agreement will never solve any problem. The roots or your people must go away from the shade (comfort) and take chances. Change lives! Jesus never stayed comfortable so why should we! I challenge you church to reach out or you will surely die!

Brownie Points

I would just like to point out that I have the most wonderful husband in the entire world. Allow me to start from the very beginning. Early Friday morning I ask Jon to take me to work due to my cars air conditioning problem. He willingly takes me to work at 2:00pm and around 4:30pm he comes back to take me to lunch and brings Carson and Tanner along with him. So we go to eat at What-A-Burger and have a pretty normal lunch. Later that night I receive a text message from him saying that he was in the parking lot and ready to take me home but had a surprise waiting for me. Well I hate the suspense of a good surprise, so I frequently asked "What is it?!?" via text message while I wait for my manager to give me the go ahead to leave for the night. I jump into the car expecting something amazing, only to find a super size bag of M&M's with a pretzel center. I will admit that I love a good chocolate pretzel but thats not exactly the surprise I had in mind.  I honestly couldn't tell you what I WAS expecting... just not that. : ) So we arrive home and I quickly head to the living room to settle in for the night. Jon asked me how my day was as I decide to head for the bedroom instead. As soon as I open the door balloons come rolling out of the bedroom! I'm talking 502 balloons to be exact. The balloons filled my bedroom all the way up to the bed. I turn around and he says "surprise!". I didn't know what the occasion was so I was a little confused. He told me that the reason he filled our bedroom with balloons was because 1. It was our old anniversary day (the 13th of every month) and 2. because he saw how upset I was after not being able to have a balloon party of my own. How sweet is that?!? I love Jon so much! Before I went to work today I asked him to pop at least half of the balloons because after we moved all the balloons to the living room we could hardly walk around the house. Now I can say that I do have a yellow, blue, purple, white, and pink balloon filled home! I will probably leave them in the house for a few days as a reminder of how much Jon loves me!

Turn That Frown Upside Down!

Today was a particularly challenging day. I woke up at 7:09am in order to register for classes because apparently if you do not take any classes within a years time you get booted out and have to re-apply for school all together. Luckily my particular school either has low expectations or allowed me in because I have failed numerous classes and just want to keep taking my money. (Side note: I am more determined this semester. I am taking Biology and Developmental Math) So when I arrive it takes me 30 minutes to fill out an application form, 30 minutes to wait in line for a clerk to tell me that I can go register with an advisor, and 1 hour of waiting in line for the advisor to call my number, then 30 minutes speaking with an advisor. Jon and I were almost late for work. I expected delays but nothing like that. The funny thing is I overheard one of the clerks telling a guy that during the busy times students have to wait like 90 minutes to visit with an advisor. Crazy! Well after my ordeal at school, I rushed to work with a non-air-conditioned car that was overheating  just to make sure I didn't upset a student who had a private class scheduled at noon, only to find out that they canceled class an hour prior. So I arrive to work dizzy from the mid-day heat and sweating with my hair half done. I can only imagine the thought of the cashier as I stroll into work. "Dang she looks rough" I hope I do not have a day like this one for a little while. The rest of my night went pretty smoothly and only got better as I jumped into bed with the box fan on high while eating a cup of cereal. Sometimes I feel that in a world of sadness and disappointment it is comforting to know that I serve a God who can turn my frown upside down. 

Mathew 6:25 - 34

²⁵"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life^[b]?
 ²⁸"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' ³²For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Super Woman

It has been said countless times "You have your whole life before you", then why do I feel the pressure to complete it now? I have been out of school for over a year now. Truthfully I am not quite ready to go back but I understand the consequences if I dont. I will be heading up to school tomorrow to try and convince my advisors to let me into school 14 days before classes start. I completely understand I am procrastinating, but in my defense I feel like I'm having a hard time multi-tasking all the demands of life and school somehow has taken the backseat next to a healthy lifestyle. I want to do so much in so little time. I want to start a gym membership, go to school, read my bible through in 90 days, clean, cook nutritious foods , practice for worship on Sundays, take care of my many pets, take care of my husband, go to work on time and make money, then on top of all that fix my car. I find myself becoming numb to all the pressures and just letting them  slide through my fingers. I hope that this is just a season in my life that will soon pass. I know I will never be super woman but sometimes I wish I were. 

Balloon Party : / My Secret Hope

I love balloons. I will just throw that one out there and anyone who is close to me will agree. One day I want to have a house full of balloons. Pink, purple, blue, red, green, and even orange balloons will hopefully one day fill my home. Even though I have been married only a few months, if the good Lord decides to bless our little family with a balloon I will be ecstatic. Allow me to start from the beginning. All last week I have been feeling quite sick. Dizziness, nausea, and much more balloon type symptoms were reaching their "full" potential. I thought nothing of it until last Wednesday evening when I lost my meal. That was the first thought of an upcoming balloon party. I Sarah Dixon try my absolute best to keep my food where it belongs. I love my food so when I lost it down the drain I knew something was just not right. After I lost my meal I began to secretly wish that I was going to have a balloon party. So I didn't mind the symptoms too much but I did mind the emotional roller coaster that accompanied the symptoms. One day I was up.. excited at the possibility to be having a balloon party the next day or even a few hours later I would be down.. I was confused if the balloon party was even going to happen. Well after a few tests I am not going to have a balloon party. I am still awaiting the official results from the doctor but the technician was allowed to give me the news I was waiting for. I am still experiencing the same balloon party type symptoms but this time with the knowledge that a balloon will not come anytime soon. I understand that it is Gods timing and He calls the shots but sometimes I wish the calls He shot were the ones I would have called.

- Sincerely The Hopeful Balloon Party Host

Back By Popular Demand of Two.

Before I begin, I would like to take the time to apologize to my loyal readers. I understand  my priorities were out of line and I will try better to have a post every two weeks if not sooner. I have missed writing in my blog, but before I post anything new I feel I must continue what I have started from the previous post.  
Guitar Hero 5... Carson... and Jon... a perfect mix. The boys had a blast playing for hours that day. After having the new video game for about two weeks Jon started asking to get a drum set and microphone to accompany the two guitars we currently had to make it a "real band". I suggested that we wait to make sure that they would get good use and not be a fad. Here we are a little over a month later and the two guitar controllers for the video game are sitting collecting dust beside our television set. I knew the high of a new video game would soon fade and something new would take its place. Because it is late, I will say goodnight to my adoring two fans! Thanks for your support! : )