60 years and 30 souls

My Grandparent 60th Annivarsary party was a great success. My Grandma look beautiful and her new dress showed that she is still as CLASSY as they get. Grandpa looked handsome and proud when he walked in the room hand in hand with her. Uncle Jeff made an awesome slide show that we watched and everyone loved ~link~ http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=19202746 and Uncle Rob wrote a song/poem that I read, with a lump in my throat the whole time. it was harder than I thought, and I hope I did it justice because I really love it and it's SO from the heart. He lives in FL and couldnt make it so my two sappy Aunts nominated me to read it. Most of the chicks on the Chambers side are criers. me included. That why I'm not sure why they asked me to read it. I believe it was a set up. ;>) ohh yeah and my stupid camera died as I tried to take the first picture of the night so when I get some I'll post them!

I really love this family. I think all of these people have helped shape and form me to make the person I am today. I watch my Grandparents sit back and silently take in everything that they created. What an amazing accomplishment and they still love each other so much. They relay on each other they laugh and pick on each other and they hold hands. I love that. I'm glad I'm a Chambers, these people have had a huge impact in my life.

This is a poem that my Uncle Rob wrote for my Grandparents 60th wedding Anniversary



60 years and 30 souls

Refrain:
60 years is a lot of living
30 souls is a lot of loving
My, my, look what you two have done
Your love carries on, it carries us on.


‘Twas good luck to be living in the best of times
When life was simple and much better defined
Young and in love and planning ahead
You don’t have much yet, but the will to get wed

Then the 50’s, a decade of children and worry
Getting it done, life in a hurry
A struggle for sure, but the kids never knew,
Feeling so safe, secure and loved too

The 60’s present you a brand new test
The times are a changing, maybe not for the best
Your marriage holds steady, an eye in the storm
Hold on tight as a 5th child is born

The times they are rocky, all families are changing
Partners are splitting, a dumb war is raging
Mom goes to work to help bring in some bread
And still does the dishes and tucks us in bed

You do what you can to rein those kids in
Give ‘em a kick when they are tempted by sin
At times you wonder how you got in this mess
But hey these kids are beauties, you have to confess

But how do you deal with the changing of life
Ya just got used to kids, and living with strife
And now they are leavin, their flying the coop
You’re starting to feel like you’re out of the loop

But they come oft to visit, they like their old home
And they bring their new loved ones and they call on the phone
And you see the new life that their new unions now bring
And you see life has cycles, and again it is spring

So look what you’ve built, it’s your legacy now
30 good people who happened somehow
And these people are all your greatest fans
As they watch you age graceful, and see you hold hands.

60 years is a lot of living
30 souls is a lot of loving
My, my, my, look what you two have done
Your love carries on, it carries us on.



By- Rob Chambers

some of my favorite people on this earth and pictures I love..............

The Office

So excited that the office is starting up this week. We will be and Grandma and Grandpa's 60th anniversary that night but you can bet your sweet ass I will be watching after the party. I LOVE that show. I love the writing- I love all the characters and I cant pick a favorite- they all crack me up. I see SO many people I have worked with throughout they years in that show. We all know these people. The boss who is begging to be cool, the kiss ass, the prude, I love ALL of them.

~~Jim walks in dressed like dwight, and asks him:'Question- what is the best kind of bear?''thats ridiculous...''False- blackbear''thats debatable, there are basically two schools of thinking...''Fact; bears eat beats.''Thats ridiculous, ''Bears, Beats, Battlestar Galactica'~~

~~When I die, I want to be frozen. And if they have to freeze me in pieces, so be it. I will wake up stronger than ever, because I will have used that time to figure out exactly why I died and what moves I could have used to defend myself better, now that I know what hold he had me in."-----Dwight K. Schrute~~

~~Jim, Jim, Jim… Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.--Oh, hey Dwight.--I am going to be your new boss. Haha, it’s my greatest dream come true. Welcome to the hotel hell. Check-in time is now, check-out time is never.--Does my room have cable?--No, and the sheets are made of fire.--Can I change rooms?--Sorry, we’re all booked up. Hell convention in town.--Can I have a late check-out?--I’ll have to talk to the manager.--You’re not the manager in your own fantasy?--I’m the owner. The co-owner, with Satan.--Okay. Let me understand it: In your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.--Yeah, but I haven’t told you my salary yet.--Go.--80, 000 dollars a year. Once I am officially regional manager, my first order of business will be to demote Jim Halpert, so I will need a new number two. My ideal choice? Jack Bauer. But he is unavailable, and fictional, and over qualified.~~~

did I say that I love the office?

My Grandparent have been married 60 fricken years. How great is that? There kids, my Aunts and Uncles are havin a dinner party type deal~ Will Uncle Rob show up? hope so. It should be fun. The Chambers party's are always entertaining and interesting.


Tristen had soccer on Sat. and Sun.~ He so good- he started "getting it" this year. He passes and yells to people that he's open. The first 2 season consist of him running with the mob and shooting it in the wrong net. Thats how he got his first goal, he scored against his own team. No one heart to tell him because he was so excited and was running around high fivin everyone. who cares, its all about that look in his eye. There is nothing better than seeing your child proud of themselves. It makes everything worth it. even if he scored against his own team.

3 days in Vermont

My Mom and Tanner and I went to Vermont over this past weekend I finally got to meet my beautiful niece Sapphire Lotus. Her and Tanner played so good together, minus the truck throwing situation. I have thought about this little girl for a year and I held her and stared at her crystal blue eyes. I loved every minute of it.

We didnt get to stay long but it was awesome.

This is the most interesting state I have ever been to. Sally- have you been?! YOU would love it. I saw so many bush bashing shirts I wanted to get for you! It is beautiful and mountains every where. We didnt see any good trees changing color but fall is such an amazing time to go. And I love how everyone says something to you as they walk by, and not just your standard head nod and look away quickly. People really do take time to stop and smell the roses. daisies in my case. I can see why Joshua loves it so much. It's his home now.

FF button

September 9, 2007 - Sunday

Good God I feel like the fast forward button is on this time of year. Lots to do - lots of plans- Vermont this week to meet my beautiful niece and Mr. Oliver Humble. hard to believe my brother has a baby girl who isn't a baby anymore and I haven't seen her blue eyes in person yet. I get a big lump in my throat thinkin about it. and Joshua, I forever miss him.Vermont is SO him and I love visiting but he isnt here with me so selfishly I wish he was back in the D. I dont even love it here but like I said I'm being selfish. Mom, Tanner and I are leavin on Friday and coming home Sunday. Not long enough for me but long enough with Tanner. I can only anticipate craziness with him so keep you fingers crossed for EVERYONE that we come in contact with. I'm gonna sing Patience by GNR the whole time. and Melissa told me to take drugs and a sucker- I dont know what Tanner will be doing as I pass out eating a blow pop.
Went to the Tigers game on Friday with everyone at work. Lots of laughs. The boss rents buses and shuttles everyone drunk ass down there and takes us back after the game. I find it amazing that we didnt leave anyone this year. I've been to more Tigers games this year than any other summer. But I have to admit that I watch the game on Friday for about 20 mins. and the rest is history. That smoking cage kills me, its like being an animal at the zoo. omg, its a crack up. and it's $13. bucks for a pizza - seriously the same fricken owner sells it on Jefferson for $5. dick. Little Caesars is a rip off. The beer garden was fun, and the Tigers won!
Soccer is back and Tristen for once is the tallest kid on the team- the kids on his team this year are 4 and up and because he's 5 and will be 6 in nov. he TOWERS over everyone. weird to think he was that little when he started.
Found the cutest cookie store in the world- Cookies by the crate on 14 mile in Clawson. I stopped by there to get a thank you basket for some friends that worked there asses off for me for a phat order at work and I stood in the middle of the store at awe, soooo cool. This chick that owns it- Debbie, took my business card and I came back the next day and she made a Terminal Supply cookie! she took our logo and painted it on a huge sugar cookie. I know I'm getting old when I start gettin stoked over a cookie, but whatever they are so unique and creative. love that.
Just planned a sales trip in FL in Dec.- Because December isnt busy enough. But hopefully I can see the fam- not a ton of time but long enough for dinner and drinks! PRI show is pretty cool- race teams. I wish I liked NASCAR. nah, I really dont. They are just good customers to have.
School supplies, packing, working, soccer, baby showers, Tiger games, nieces and plane rides, ohh my.

this summer

August 15, 2007 - Wednesday

The kids had a great vacation @ Houghton lake. Trist won the fishing contest, he won HUGE bottle of RED mountain dew- wtf was that guy thinkin?!
had an AMAZING birthday with people I love and made me laugh. and not to mention "the" best concert ever. I think Adam sang to me during holiday in spain.

got addicted to big brother, again.
went to the beach and had a blast with my little family!
still trying to get Tanner to say something other than DAAAAAAAD .
still trying to comprehend how Tristen can ask 420 questions a day.
Went to a couple Tigers games and saw a homeless guy pissin in the middle of woodward in front of Fox Theater. always a nice sight.
saw some death- hate it. I know that no one is good at it but I'm pretty bad at it. a friend in LA (but a Berkley girl at heart) lost her mother who was incredible person, my friend Diane lost her sister that I loved to do crafts with. A girl my age that went to Berkley and is related to a couple CHS kids-died suddenly- not sure why yet. 33 fricken years old. maybe if I was more set in my religious ways, it might be easier and I would be better at this but THAT is another blog entirely. damn reality gets in the way of organized religion.
Got a new nephew that is really yummy- his name is Charlie. He was born the day after my bday.
Grandpa is sick and in the hospital, heart problems. always makes me freak- not sure what gram would do w/o him. T brought her lunch today- love that about him.
ohh, good one- I heard about "whip its" and 6 grand that flew out the window. KARMA.
saw a raccoon in our tree in the backyard this morning. and we have SOOO many bunnies around here too.
come on say it with me, KARMMMMMMMMA

music

I get obsessed with certain bands for a few months at a time. I switch back in forth but I don't like any certain kind of music, I just like GOOD music. Chances are if it has harmony or is acoustic, I will probably like it. Currently I am loving Jack Johnson's curious George CD, Counting Crows is always up there, love James Taylor, Beatles, Black Crows, DMB, this summer has been a Bob Marley concert in my car. Indigo Girls are great, Grateful dead is awesome, The Doors, cuz I'm a doors fan man. Ohh, Jeff Chambers, I love his music. He rocks. Deena Shields, I could listen to her sing anything. Amazing. I like some rap/hip hop. Beastie Boys, Snoop, old school booty music is the best. Gotta love Kid Rock, I live closer to Detroit then he claims to. just kiddin Bob. Bon Jovi, Guns n Roses, I think I may know every song they made. I don't like very much county. I know more than I will admit to my husband. He loves it. So that means I am forced to listen to it. But ask him if he ever listens to the Dead with me. I am loving the Wreckers right now. Michelle Branch and some blond chick. Really good CD.

still holdin hands

We were on vacation for a week and we decided not to call it vacations anymore because there is no relaxing when you have 2 monsters. I love the fact that we have reunion every other year because I think adult vacations will be in our future for the opposite year. It was great though, some family from Florida came up and I think at one time there were almost 30 of us. I have a very cool family, down to earth, I laugh so much at the campfire at night that I think I did a work out on my abs. Family has always been a big deal to me but the older I get the more I see how much these people affected my life in so many ways. My Grandparents are gettin up there and I see them watch us all and I think it has to be amazing for them to see what they have created. 30 freaks running around all because of them. and the best part is after all these years they still hold hands all the time. Its really the cutest thing ever.

sappy Tball days

June 20, 2007 - Wednesday

What a day.
Tristen had his first T-ball practice tonight. He did so good- he's the smallest on the team and probably the youngest but he did awesome. It's the strangest feeling to watch your babies grow up. I mean I'm all emotional lately with kindergarten, Tball, and seeing him get older makes me all weird. Time truly goes so fast. I stop myself sometimes when life is blazing by and remember some lyrics I love- "Hold on to these moments as they pass." Today was one of those days that I did that. I sat in the stands and watched my first born making new friends and my husband with my 2nd baby on his shoulders trying to take his hat off so he can throw it on the ground and make Thomas fetch it. so great and so surreal. I really have a good thing here.
2 of my most favorite people in the world who live in Atl. might make it up here to catch her fav. band Juliette and the Licks at the State Theater July 22rd! and again C.C. on the 28th, and we are on vaca for a week in July @ Houghton Lake- good month ahead!
and of course lots of sappy tball days.

about me

My Family is always first - I cant remember what it was like to not be married and have kids. They are the best thing I have ever done. Being a good mom means allot to me. Tristen is 5, so smart and talks a ton. Some of the things he says lately floor me. He has the best laugh out of anyone I know. When he REALLY laughs. Tanner is the newest love in my life, 20 months, love to cuddle, so yummy and curious about everything. Married to a football freak who is the best dad in the world. I love when he wears his hat backwards (SEXY) and watching him with our kids is my favorite part of the day. I love music, I always have a song I am humming in my head. I often remember time periods based on certain songs or bands. Guns and Roses or Tesla reminds me of H.S., Cinderella or Poison reminds me of middle School. Vince Gill reminds me of T, or anything country for that matter. Phish or the Dead reminds me of Arizona. Hole too. I could go on- I love to sing it's a form of therapy for me. I love to dance. But I hate the Hustle and dances where your programed to dance like a robot. I have been at Terminal Supply since 99, sales. Cant complain much about that. I like the people I work with, we go on cool trips to Mexico and go to Cedar Point and play kick ball. I mean we work hard too but who does that fun stuff anymore? TSC. I love to travel. Doesn't happen all that much anymore with all the craziness in my life but out west is my favorite. I love San Diego, Moab, Sedona, anywhere with mountains is a good thing for me. Arizona is my favorite place to live. Michigan winters and peoples moods suck. Just walk through Metro. But I have that family thing going on here and my mom would kill me if I took her grand babies 2000 miles away. I'll live there when I'm old. I would love to be good at surfing. I'm not and I'm no where near an ocean. So cool to watch though. I also want to be able to sing and play guitar AT THE SAME TIME. I love quotes, one liners, people that make me laugh. I love to analyze things, play devils advocate, try to figure out why people think the way they do. impossible. I love my extended family too, hanging out at campfires singing, drinking a Corona and making s'mores.