Ok, so I had a whole different topic to cover tonight, but that all changed at 8:50 pm. I was in the middle of watching "Desperate Housewives" and the news interrupted with a special report. I thought, "Oh great, I don't get to see the ending of my show!" But right when they said "Osama bin Laden has been killed" I didn't mind the interruption at all. Hallelujah!
I remember that horrible day so well. I was at work when it happened, and all I could think about was getting home to my 3 year old son and holding him. But I had to wait till 3 pm to go. That was agony. When I got home, I remember holding my son and sitting close to my husband, turning on the tv and being glued to it all afternoon and night. I have never experienced so much horror in my life. I think my husband and I have never watched so much telelvision in our lives like we did those first three weeks after 9/11. I also remember watching "Pearl Harbor" just a month or two before and thinking how lucky I was to not have lived through anything like that in my lifetime. Watching that movie was so heartbreaking and devastating. Little did I know. Just a short time later, I viewed horrific scenes on live tv of that horrible day of 9/11.
It is not fun to live in fear. Even though little Logan, Utah is relatively safe, I still remember being very jumpy at every little thing. We live 3 blocks from Logan High, and about a week after 9/11, there was a football game one evening, and Logan High made a touchdown, and the school fired their cannon. That big boom unnerved me to the core. I thought it was a bomb right down the road.
I am so grateful to our troops who fight for us everyday for our freedom. I am so blessed to live in this country and be an American. God bless the USA! I thank our troops from the bottom of my heart for catching this spawn of satan and helping him meet his maker. I do not understand what makes people like him tick. People who are control freaks and think their way is the ONLY WAY is just beyond me. I don't want to sound full of hate here.....I am just full of relief. This capture was way overdue. FINALLY.
My day today was good. This morning I put on some hamhocks and beans for my family and let them cook all day in the crockpot. My husband loves them, so I thought that would be our meal for tonight. I am allowed to have those because beans are full of protein! Yum. While they cooked, we went to see a movie. "Fast Five." That is one of the many sequels to "The Fast & Furious." Wow....the theater was filled with testosterone. Such a guy flick, but I really did like it. It was full of action and excitement, and Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are still hotter than ever! ;) Actually, I am not a chick flick kind of girl. I prefer comedies, action or autobiographies. My husband teased me to no end last Saturday after we saw "Water for Elelphants." Hollywood did sap it up a bit. The book was not that mushy. The book was fantastic, and not really a lot of romance. It was actually quite raunchy in a few sections, but of course, that was not in the movie! LOL
Well peeps, I am off to la la land. Very tired tonight! Here is what I ate today:
Breakfast-
2 scrambled eggs
2 slices turkey bacon
1 c. green tea
32 oz water
Mid-afternoon snack-
1/2 c. raisins
16 oz water
Lunch-
1 bowl vegetable soup
16 oz water
Mid-afternoon snack-
1/2 c. mixed nuts
16 oz water
Dinner-
1 bowl hamhocks and beans
16 oz water
After-dinner snack-
Smoothie with 1 c. almond milk, 1/2 c. pineapple, 1/2 c. blueberries, and handful of spinach
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