Song of the Day

So there are a few songs that have been stuck in my head so I am just going to post them and let you enjoy them.

This has been stuck in after we went to Grahams.

Just like the song


So I hope you enjoy these songs I have since they have been stuck in my head

My Important People - I

So I think for the months leading up to Thanksgiving I am going to do a post about people that are really special in my life and why. For this first installment I am going to talk about my family. And for this one it is the 3 people that I have spent most of my life with. I am talking about my father, my mother and my brother.

Why these people are near and dear to me:

My Father - My father is quite a character!! If most of you know my father he can be a goofball but I love him for that. There is never a dull moment with him and sometimes you need him to be goofy just to cheer you up when you are down. You never know whats coming from him whether it be a mullet wig and crazy hat for Thanksgiving breakfast or wearing a Mickey mouse bow tie on his daughter's wedding day. My father is also a godly man which has been a blessing and I didn't realize how much this meant to me till I was older. I have grown up in church all my life and sometimes would hate being the pastor's kid. But my father was just doing what he was called to do and he has such a great and mighty faith! I know that God gave him all the great wisdom in the world to raise my brother and I in the best way possible. One of my favorite things that I did with my dad is our Friday night father/daughter date nights at the racetrack. Its how we grew to love racing and through that we have something that I am so proud to be a part of, which is our raceway ministry program. My father is a loving, caring, generous, non judging and always there for me no matter what. I always be a daddies girl and nothing will ever change that.

My Mother - I did do a post about what I love about my mother on her birthday but I will again state why I love her. My mother is first such a godly woman and I am very glad that God gave these two people as my parents. She has always tried to teach me right from wrong even though at times I had to learn those lessons on my own. She has been there to pick me back up when I needed it even though she thinks sometimes she should have let me fall and pick myself back up. But at times I needed her to pick me back up. I have so many of the same similarities as my mother now and I am quite proud of it. She is a caring woman, always there for people, helpful, loving, honest godly, and friendly people that you will ever met. As I get older I realize I am more and more like her everyday. My mother has truly been my rock this past year. She has given me so much support through the losing of my hair, my other sickness and the hardest thing, my divorce. Without her I don't know I would done through all of this. Not only is she my mother but she has become one of my best friends and I love that we can have a relationship like this. She is always a rock when times are tough and I know if she can be that strong throug things so can I.

Last but not least, My Brother - My brother is the baby in the family but sometimes I think he should have been the older one. Not because of that he acts older and I dont, which that is not the case. Just for the fact that he is 23 going on 24 but sometimes he has more wisdom on things than I could ever dream of. Growing up alot of the time we didn't get along but about his 8th grade year/ my junior year we started to have a close bond partly to the fact that we had the same group of friends. But I am glad we did because it helped out growing up. At times I became the protective big sister and he the protective younger brother. He could spot a crappy boyfriend a mile a way and most of the time I wouldn't listen but now that I am older I really have began to rely on his feedback and comments on things. I am glad that I moved down with him because we really have began to bond more as brother and sister. I want us to have a close relationship because if God forbid anything happens to my parents he is the only person I have. And I want to be in his life and he in mine. He is such a great brother and even though our relationship suffered for a while things are getting right back on place. He is like my father as being a godly man, he has the Doussard sense of humor but he is there whenever needed.

I love my family. I mean really words can't describe everything I feel for them but I am glad I have them in my life. Next on the list will be my grandparents!!

More to come

So like I said I have been busy with work and doing things on the weekend plus being sick. I have some more posts to put on here. My 2 month review of Texas, some songs that have been sticking in my head and some other ramblings I have going on. Now that I am a pretty normal schedule I can try and knock a couple out of the park a night. Heading to bed, night all!!

Where is

Where oh where has Heather been?? Well lets see...... working like a dog, sick and been busy on the weekends!! The weekend of the 12th of September I went out with some of co-workers to celebrate my friend Jodi's birthday. We went to a bar in Waco called Wild West . It reminds me of Wild Country in Collinsville, IL. It was the same type of club where they play country music and some more popular music as well. I had a drink there called Kryponite. It reminds me of the Recliner at Big Daddies in Belleville. This drink had Midori, Blue Coraco, orange juice, spirit and some other liquor. Then they put a glow stick in it to really show the color. It was such a great drink.I had a couple of those that night. I really enjoyed spending time with my friends from work and getting to know a couple of them really well. You can check out the pics here. Then the next weekend I got to go to Schlitterbahn, one of the great waterparks in Texas!! I went with two friends of work. I had so much fun with my friends and plus they had so many rides. The park is broken down into three sides and you have to take a tram between them. This park has been featured on the travel channel several times and I got to ride one of the newest ride The Dragon's Revenge. It is a water rollercoaster I could have ridden that ride several times unfortunately we got to the park late because I went the wrong way for a little bit and then there was an hour wait for it. By then it was getting close to park closing time. So I am glad we got to go and thinking I may get a season pass. It is so great you can bring in coolers and have whatever food or drink you want. And plus a ton of tables so no one really messes with your stuff. Then this past weekend has been a great weekend for me. At work it was our last week of training which the 5 weeks have flown by so fast!! I can't believe how quick it went. Friday we had our graduation ceremony, got our t-shirts and was ready to get out of there. I am glad we don't have the 4 pm to 12:45 am shift anymore. With transition we are on a more normal schedule. Then this weekend I went to the Austin area with Aaron and Jodi, my friends from work! We went to a bar called Grahams. This was a celebration of graduating and surviving our 5 weeks of training. I have such a good time with these two. I wish our other friends could have been there with us! But they had other things going on. This place was cool because they have 6 clubs in one. They have Alley Cats, which is a karoke bar, Choppers,which is more rock, Wild Cats, which is like Coyote Ugly, Club Z, which plays todays hits and it has cages and a pole that you can dance in, then Live Room, plays live music but none going on this weekend and the last one is Denim & Diamonds, which is another country bar. Again reminds me of Wild Country from back home. It was nice just to hang out and chill. I may post pics of that on here not sure yet. So the last couple of weeks has been really good. The only negative is being sick with a sinus infection and trying to get used to a new schedule. We started transition today which I like because it is a normal schedule but dont like taking calls. Hopefully it will get better as time goes on. So that is it in a nut shell!!

Happy Anniversary

So today is a semi hard day for me! Two years ago today I married the man I thought I would spend the rest of my life with. Well as you all can tell I am no longer with that man. No matter what happened with he and I, I will always love him. He was my first husband, the first man I really made lots of plans about our future with. He has moved on and now dating someone else. I really hope that this new girlfriend is what he is looking for and makes him completely happy. Yes I can say that now about him because even though I hate what happened between us and hurt by the whole situation but I have moved on and I only want the best for him even if it isn't me. This situation has been entirely hard for me alot of times very emotional but I have had a great support system through all of it! I really could not have done without all of my friends and family especially my mom! During this time I relied alot of her and she really has became more than a mother to me, she has became one of my best friends. I am so thankfully for that and will value that relationship forever. I am also glad that even though Mike and I divorced that it would be weird when I saw his parents but it has not been that way at all. I still talk to my ex-mother in-law and ex-sister in-law. I will always have love for them. So today I look back on this day with happiness from all the fond memories there will always be a sadness for the love that was lost and the hearts that were broken. Mike I wish you nothing but the best. I hope that life treats you well and you find all the love and happiness you deserve. As for me I have moved on, put the past behind me, learned from that experience and ready for the next relationship that comes along.

1st Month

So this marks my first official month down in Waco. It has been a fun, exciting, emotional and very stressful time while being down here. So I decided for this post I would do some pros/cons of being down here. I am going to start with the things I don't like down here first.

DISLIKES
- Not alot of radio stations down here. There are some good stations down here but most of the stations are a Hispanic radio stations. I don't mind that music but unfortunately I don't know alot of Spanish so hard to understand what they are singing about. And then the rest of the stations either hardly comes in or is just all together static. I miss my Z1077, 92.3, 93.7 and 100.3. So lately I have been listening to alot of cds.
- No cable!! My brother doesn't not have cable at his house, so if I want it I am going to have to get it myself. So it is has been hard not watching my shows and I am really struggling to make sure most of my network shows I can watch on their websites, like Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Big Bang Theory, etc. This one has been kinda nice too but more I am really missing it.
- The roads here can drive a person nuts. Especially the side roads off of the highway, they are only one way even though they have two lanes so if you need to get to other side of the you have to find a street that does a roundabout to get there. It does take some time to get used to find and find those round abouts but in the end it gets easier.
- The water. The water here stinks!!! And sometimes I mean that literally!!! I know in the town where I work the water really stinks and even has made the toilets all brown looking. In Waco where we are at, it just has a weird taste. We even have a Brita system and it still has a weird taste. I miss the water back at home sometimes.
- The full bath in the house. One thing is that we don't have a vent in there so we have to open the window to help the steam go out. Well with the Texas heat the steams go out but it is still so hot and the mirrors are all fogged up. Also with the window if you try and open the window while the water is running or you are in any where near water you will get shocked. It drives me nuts so half the time I have to use a towel to open it.
- The schedule for training. Right now we are going to 4 pm to 12:45 am. It is wearing me out. I am used to staying up late but I think what it is the mentally I am not used to learning this late. When I get home I am tired but not sleepy enough. So half the time I am up till 2 or 3 am and then sleep until 12 or 1 pm in the afternoon. I have to get up and get ready for work by then. I am so glad that we are getting closer to our transition period because then we are working 12:15 to 9:15 pm. So it will be a sense of normalcy.
That is about all of the dislikes. Now on to my likes or the pros of Waco.

LIKES
- I love being back down in Texas!! I miss being in my home state. The people here are so friendly!!
- The food!! There are so many great restaurants down here! And when going for Mexican food, you are more than likely going to get real authentic Mexican food. Plus there are so restaurants down here that we don't have in St. Louis like Whataburger, Cheddars, Carino's, even our CiCi's is better down here. I am surprised I haven't gotten fat yet!!
- Blue Bell ice cream!! It is a creamery ice cream and every month they have different flavors besides their standard. I am looking forward to their Key Lime Pie when that comes out. So far I have really enjoyed their strawberry cheesecake and their Neapolitan ice cream. I have been enjoying it so much.
- Having family down here. I love being down here with my brother though lately I haven't gotten see him because of him working and school and my work schedule. I know once I get into our transition period and then a regular schedule I will get to see him more. I am looking forward to be able to get closer to him. Also I have gotten to connect with my 2nd cousins and a third cousin. They have been so welcoming and have just been there if I needed it. It really helped me out the first couple of weeks.
- Well this is kinda of a plus for later on in the year but the weather!! I am really enjoying it staying warm. And from what I have been told that our winters here aren't much of anything so for me I hate snow!! So not having snow and maybe a couple weeks of cold weather I am all for!!
- There always seems like there is something going on this town!! Whether it is a festival, a fair, college football, or just something little you can find something to do. If not Dallas/Fort Worth is about an hour and half, and I think Austin is two hrs so it really isn't too bad!!
- Dr. Pepper Museum ENOUGH SAID THERE!!!
- Making friends down here. I have met some great people through my brother and then with work have made some great friends there as well. I have been trying to do something on the weekend. Which has really helped out and not sitting around and being bored.
- Finally starting to really heal. It has been hard trying to just heal and not be so upset over things or just so angry. Holding that all in is not good for me and lately I have been able to let some things go and forgive some people. I know that next Tuesday will be hard but I am trying to really work now on it so I won't be miserable. But being down here also I have been able to focus on myself and learn what kind of person I am and what I want from the next one. I think soon I will be ready to start dating. I don't want to start dating and realize I am not ready. Not fair to that person.

Well thats all of the things I can think of for now but I know being down here longer I will come up with more. I am looking forward to seeing where this journey will take me and see how things turn out!

Song of the Day

So this song came up the other day on my pandora and it is a song that I really enjoy and then when this person was honored later on CMT show. The song I am talking about today is Alan Jackon's "Drive". I really like how he remembers about learning to drive with a fishing boat and then driving an old truck. And talking about teaching his girls to drive later on in life. I know I remember learning how to drive a car from my parents as well some of my other family members. One of my favorite memories was when my grandma lived out in the country they had an old truck and we had gone someplace but my uncles let me drive it around the block of their house and I ended up driving the truck in the ditch. Luckily it wasn't a very big ditch and we got it out alright. So here is Alan's version.

Then on the CMT show honoring Alan, Taylor Swift sang this song. I hate to say this but I think I like Taylor singing it better than Alan. She is so cute singing this and I wish I had her talent.