The "S" Squad Chronicles

Reason, Season or Lifetime

What are you??? Are you a Reason a Season or a Lifetime?
 

I came across this poem many years ago and realized I have lived my whole life according to this poem, I just never knew how to put it into words.  Though I don't feel as if I am a religious person, this poem is used greatly in many Christian beliefs and I truly believe in the words of this poem.  Read it and you to will realize every single person we come across fits into one of these categories.  I value all of my friends, whether for a reason, season or lifetime!  Enjoy!

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON. . . It is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrong
doing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered. And now it is time to move on.

Then people come into your life for a SEASON. Because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind
but friendship is clairvoyant.

Brian A. "Drew" Chalker

Goodbye Cable, Hello Technology!

Aloha everyone!  Hope you had a great Easter weekend!  We had a pretty relaxing one.  We hit up some garage sales on Saturday morning and came across some good deals on some plants.  I got Ti plants (a local Hawaiian native) for $5.  They were big, mature plants too!  The lady I bought them from had them planted in a pot.  We decided to transplant them into the ground and spent part of our Easter digging up the ground.  They are located near the "Island Oasis" and look great.

On another note, I am saying goodbye to cable!  Thank goodness for technology! Once we moved out here we tried to get our Direct TV set up, but couldn't get a line of sight.  The house next to us blocks the satellite connection.  So we ended up getting Time Warner Cable.  This is the suckiest cable I ever had!  We paid the extra $10 to get the DVR so I can record all the shows I like, but sometimes it records, sometimes it doesn't and sometimes it records it visually, but you can't hear a thing!  I have been so frustrated and annoyed with it since we got it.  When we got our connection turned off we realized we can get cable without a box.  I guess all the new housing here on base is pre wired for connection.  ALL the channels we get with the box, we get without, too! The main channels I watch are NBC, CBS, ABC, Food Network, FX, USA, TNT, and a few others.  We get all those channels on our regular non paid for TV set up!  We even get Disney, Nickelodeon, MTV and so on!  So why pay?  The only thing I don't have now is the DVR, which, let's be honest, hardly worked anyways.  Plus, I went online and checked out all the TV channel websites and I can watch ALL my shows I missed online! I will never miss a show again! I just watched The Unit because I missed it last night.  The other great thing about it is there are very little commercials!  Just a snippet (about 10 seconds) of a commercial every 15 minutes of the show!  I LOVE IT! I wish I knew all this stuff before, I would have never gotten cable!  I also came across a website called hulu.com that has tons of shows that I can watch online.  So anyways, GOODBYE and GOOD RIDDENCE Time Warner Cable!  You all suck!

Sham Wow Informercial

I know you've seen this informercial on TV.  "You gettin' this camera guy?"  This commercial just sucks you in (well, it is a Sham Wow, master of sucking in wine, soda and water from the carpet..why wouldn't it suck you in too?) and you feel like you have to buy the Sham Wow so you can dry your dog off with it the next time you give him a bath!  I know I did...Scrappy ran away when he saw it...Ha ha.  Anyways, check out what these guys did to the commercial.  I know you'll want to download it to your Ipod!

ShamWow Song (lyrics from Vince Offer) @ Yahoo! Video

The Braces are Off!!!

Check out your Queen now!  The Universe will now be blessed with my beautiful, white, straight, greatness of teeth from now on!  YIPPPEEE!!  I am so happy!

Friday is the Day!

Just wanted to let everyone know that Friday my braces come off!  Yeah!  After 2 years and 4 months they will be no more!  No more picking at my teeth with my little bristles, no more worrying about spinach or lettuce being stuck on my teeth, and no more mouth cuts from them EVER AGAIN!  Oh happy day!