The Calm after the storm PANIC....

This is how much rain we got lol! Just enough to stick to ya feet..UGH!

Hi peeps, woke up in a pretty good mood this morning, UNTIL I was watching the news and hearing about all the folks in Alabama. God bless them all. Please keep them all in your thoughts and prayers.

Anyways let me start by saying I don't mind rain, thunder and lightening, BUT (and yes that's a big BUT) when the first thing I see when I turn on TV is Tornado's the size of my neighborhood, it kinda of put me in PANIC mode! Seeing all the homes and fatalities Alabama was hit with was not good for me. I suddenly found myself walking in circles and my brain was once again in overdrive..

Walking through the house putting my hands on things I think I need to pack, getting the kids dressed from head to toe including myself. I always wear flip flops but as soon as I start thinking the weather is threatening, on goes the tennis shoes, lmao!
Got water bottles, computer, phone chargers, etc ready.

After seeing thunder storm watches then warnings on every gadget I turn on and putting me into survival mode, it finally start thundering in the distance and here I go to my room ready to sleep this storm out...as soon as I get comfy and the kids are with me in my king size bed, IT STOPS! Actually it never started. Man, do I feel like a nut, for nothing. The sun is coming out and all that drama I just went through was for nothing!

I am very thankful that we are safe and not so proud of how I acted...lol GEESH! I hate bad weather, so for now on I will use my own judgement, the tv goes off and I will not be doing this again...

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. Well today was a "feeling like a nut" kinda day for this ole gal...Just thanking God I can laugh about it now.

This Damma is tired!

First let me start off by saying I love all my grands very much, and let's not forget my children also.
I am a grandmother and at the moment raising two grandchildren.

This is the deal though and it pisses me off. I am here taking care of your children that you choose to give birth to, and by god it's time to grow the hell up! You throw things in my face and say hateful things then have the nerve to tell me I'm not here for you. Let me explain something to you, child of mine...I raised you to the best of my ability and yes, I was not perfect.

I am ready to be a grandmother to your children and not their caretaker. I do this because I love them and in hopes that you change your ways. When will this happen? I have also made up my mind young lady that, the ball is in my court now. So when I get ready to let you see them I will, but until then just keep on doing you like you are. I'm fed up with your live style and yes I'm telling the world about it! You have no problem even being in the same town and don't bother calling.

Sorry readers to have to put my life out here like this but like I said before, this is my blog and it's here to help me deal with everyday issues and wishing this was not one of them...I'm tired of being an enabler and will not put up with it anymore...As I write this it breaks my heart to know that the relationship my daughter and I once shared is going down the tubes. Not by my choice! I just wish I could undersdtand what's going on in her mind?
I know it's hard to raise two children alone but it's even harder to look at these childrens faces and see how bad their future is going to haunt them, knowing their parents aren't in their lives....

So, maybe one day it will not be to late for you deadbeats to realize what YOU are doing and stop blaming others for your choices...and how it effects ALL the people that love and have been her for you from the beginning.

I'm tired!!!!!!!! and BROKEN HEARTED!

Grandparent Raising Grandchildren

If you are a grandparent raising a grandchild you will want to read this one coming up. So check back later...while you wait add your own opinions or stories...

Just Because...

I've been going on for days wondering what to blog about, but seems my mind is in overdrive. I have all these thoughts going on and don't know where to start. UGH!
So, I am going to attempt to lay it all down...

Just because I love you, doesn't mean you have the right to use me,
Just because I'm here, doesn't mean I have the solution to your problems,
Just because I'm out going , doesn't mean you have the right to bring me down,
Just because I listen, doesn't always mean I need to know,
Just because my life is settled, doesn't give you the right to add chaos,
Just because I understand, doesn't mean I have to agree, AND ~drum roll please~.......
Just because I wrote this, DOESN'T mean it's about YOU!

I'm so tired of not being able to say what I mean and mean what I say. I admitt I have a communication problem and always find myself holding things in until it eats me up inside and then it's all hell....

Thank God for blogspot.com. Now I can come here and share my feelings and get things off my chest. The way I hold things in I should be a size triple D! lmao. Had to throw some humor in there.

"If you don't understand my heart, you will never be a part of it"
~Staci Tindall~

Is something wrong?

So many times I find myself in a situation where I'm wondering if someone is upset with me for some reason.

My intuition is usually pretty accurate, which can be a blessing and/or a curse.  An astute woman once told me she asks, "Is there something I have said or done that has somehow offended you?  I felt that sounded like a reasonable, non-offensive way to ask so I have been utilizing this method.

Thus far, nobody has 'fessed up!  Every person I've felt distance, discomfort, coldness or hostility from has said "No"!  

Could it really be that I'm so far off in my intuits? I just don't think so. However, that same woman also said, "If they deny being upset, it is no longer on me - it is now their problem"

I'm still working on that part...

What is LOVE?

I'm sitting here with something that's been on my mind for a while now. Just can't seem to shake it off. So I thought I would share it. Maybe it will make me realize why people are the way they are. Or simply make me feel better just because...LOL

So, I have been with my husband for 14 years married for 13 of those years. What I can't get through my head is people who claim to love but when things get tough or the money runs out or just simply not being happy at the "moment" do what they do? WHY do they not try and work it out?

I have come to the conclusion that it's not love at all. It's selfishness, money hungry, let me go to the next thing type LUST. Do these people not have a heart? Then there are children involved, that usually get left behind for someone else to raise or left in a broken home with one parent. It breaks my heart that these type of non-loving people exsist. Out of site out of mind. Right?

Please don't get me wrong, all single parents are not in the same boat here and all parents that don't live with their children are the same. I'm talking about DEAD BEATS here. One thing that erks my butt is a dead beat parent that claims to love their children and turn around and lie to them in their face. I have a low tollerance for BS lies and exspecially to children. Broken promises are the worst in my book specially when I'm the one having to explain to a child that it will be ok...knowing in my heart that it's not.

Anyhoo I could go on but I'm getting off track here. I was talking about LOVE. Well let me brake it down for those who know nothing about it.

1. When you are in love with someone, you know it and NOTHING will come in between you.

2. When your heart skips a beat everytime you hear their voice, you know it's real love.

3. When you can argue but in the back of your mind your thinking,"I can't wait to "make up" you know it's love.

4. No matter how hard you think it is or gets, you know love will get you through it and niether one would ever think about "coppin out". That's love.

5. And when you know there is not another human being on earth that you'd rather be with in this world...

THAT"S LOVE!

TRUMP 2012!

Saw this interview last night. After not being to sure about Donald Trump, I must say I like his way of thinking. He is for America and if you don't believe me watch for yourself....AMAZING!

Blog Topic.. Let's hear what you are...

I just come across a quote and thought I would share with you...

'There are only two types of women – goddesses and doormats' by, Picasso


So my question is "which one are you?"

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OOPS! time for the weed eater...lol

Yard Work

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AFTER

Days before Easter...

Good morning everyone. Woke up this morning thinking about all the things I need to get done before this Easter weekend. Got alot going on, so I must get busy.

We are having a Easter gathering for family and friends. Lots of food, fun and good times are on the agenda for us. Got to decorate eggs Saturday, so that means all my little friends and family will be here to do their magic on them easter eggs. Can't wait!
Then this

on Sunday....YUMMY maybe a little different on the menu part.
It's going to be great fun!
So this lady must get busy and start getting things in order. Hope the rain waits. I got to hang these eggs...lol

EVER ACTION HAS A REACTION
~Staci Tindall~

Just Random

One of my Favs...

this is a pic I took about a year ago. This lovely Japanese Maple is growing in my yard...

Needing to blog more often....

I am such a procrastinator! I hate this about me. I find it not so healthy also. I have been telling myself for days that I need to Blog because I find it helps me get through the stress that has been building up around me. I finally did this morning and WOW, what a feeling of relief.
I must Blog more often....hehehe

Like I said before "When you feel the world is on your shoulders, just lean a bit and let that shit ROLL". Excuse the "french" there but at the time that was the best way to explain it. I had thoughts on changing that word but I thought, hey! This is me and I'm so tired of worring what others might think of the word "shit" and may not like me... This is one thing in my life I will change....my thinking ability. I will say what I mean and mean what I say from this day forward.

I will not let what others think of me stop me from being who I am....Like my Blog name says...."The Best Of Me".....that's who I am...

So if you know me, the you shall recieve "The Best Of Me".

This is enough!

The more I give, the more they take
When does the good start to come my way?
I give my all and even sometimes more
Is it time to close that door?

My kindness is giving from the start,
don't get it twisted and take from my heart.
I am here whenever times are rough but I be damned
THIS IS ENOUGH!

I will stand my ground and will make it through but without
the help from any of you.
I open my heart, my life, my soul and in return I get a turnt up nose.

I have to many that depend on me so from this day forward, this is what I see.

I will not be here for you to walk on, if you have a plan then you are on your own. So don't come to me with your own ideas, I have my own and i will do them as I can.
No help is better than none,
and for all you that claim to be here can take a run!

Author, Staci Tindall

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City Lainer Bridge Brunswick, Ga.

 

 

 

Light House

 

2 of 4 Grandbabies

 

My Beautiful Daughter

 

Back Porch

 

My "Secret Garden"

 

 

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