...waiting on the world to change...

Too long...

2007-02-27T21:15:33Z

I'm EXTREMELY bored with life right now. And..I do believe and understand that boredom is a state of mind but that just happens to be where I am.

I've lost 22 lbs since the beginning of January. YAY! I'm really excited about that...feel it...see it...so that feels GREAT! The last couple of days however, i've struggled. I feel hungry all the time. I attribute this to...BOREDOM!

Now i'm bored writing this...goodbye

American Idol

2007-01-18T04:26:35Z

Oh my...i can't yet form sentences about it...stayed tuned

where have I been?

2007-01-05T22:44:54Z

I'm here now. I've been MIA for the last several weeks. We've been working on a deadline for a job in Florida and that was HAIR on fire at the office so when I got home..I RAN from the computer!

A new year! I'm trying to be excited! The older I get the less I want years to pass. LOL! I had a wonderful time in Oklahoma with my family. I am praying that God will bring much revelation into my life as this new year begins and that the goals I hope to accomplish will become as serious as they are RIGHT NOW in my head!

Later,
Lana

15 days...

2006-12-11T04:21:01Z

15 days til Christmas...are you ready?

why do i get involved?

2006-10-30T16:54:08Z

I know this is gonna sound so immature and I really don't WANT to be immature about this but I'm very hurt by someone that means the world to me and I thought I meant a lot to them! I hate this feeling. I hate the paranoia, the anger, the embarrassment of feeling like this. It just makes me want to shut down and never let another person close to me! I have my little circle that I'm comfortable with and I'm okay with that!

And..spiritually I'm in a really bad place! I KNOW I just need to pray through this but I don't have the strength!

Later

saturday night

2006-10-29T03:01:05Z

I just watched Failture to Launch for the third time. Not that I think it's a particularly good movie...I just LOVE seeing Matthew McConaughey! YUM!

success...

2006-10-24T21:23:39Z

YAY for me! I just finished an article that's going to press tomorrow for Nashville Lifestyles magazine! And...here's the really exciting thing..i just GOT the assignment on Saturday! I love it when I do that...when I actually buckle down and write and accomplish something! Obviously I work better with defined deadlines!

Later...

oprah and the Amish

2006-10-18T17:58:11Z

Oprah got to spend the afternoon and eat dinner with the Amish...I'm jealous! Hmpf!

this is a pajama day

2006-10-16T21:41:03Z

Wow..this has been an irritating start to the week! I woke up way tired. It was raining and has continued to rain non-stop all day long. It's dreary, cold, nasty. I had to go get my tire fixed after a long excursion in the country and a big 'ol flat tire in the middle of no where. They said it would take an hour and 1/2 at the most...2.5 hours LATER...I was ready to punch someone. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for everyone at the office FREAKING out over a ridiculous xmas deadline we are trying to meet. It was hard on me knowing they were all here pulling their hair out whilst I am sitting reading a VERY good book at the car dealership. The biggest blessing in this is that when I bought the car, they gave me the "tire protection" plan and I have a brand new tire on the little altima! She's healed and back on track!

Anyhoo...I am staying with Gerica this evening. The rest of the Davis' clan will be coming home very very late tonight from Savannah. They're singing. So..Gerica's best bud Ashleigh is coming over and we're gonna go eat and then watch a scary movie or something! Great night to stay inside!

I'm giving up TV after tonight though for the rest of the week! Pray for me...cause I'm also on "body-transformation" (this is somewhat of an inside joke BUT I'm doing it!) I must write this week! I MUST!!!! And after my Saturday adventures...I am inspired...man am I inspired!!!

I still have to tell you all about my trip to the country..I will...just not right now!
Later.

Awesome God!!

2006-10-16T00:45:31Z

There is no feeling like hearing from God and doing what he has asked you to do!

PTL for small miracles!

Amish country

2006-10-16T00:43:46Z

Well WHAT an adventure to Amish Country yesterday! I'll write more later cause my laptop is about to die...and no way to recharge my battery tonight...forgot my cord! DRATS! I'll tell the whole adventure tomorrow...and let me just say...it was an adventure! First thing I'll be doing tomorrow morning is heading to the car dealership to repair the gigantic TEAR in my car tire (thanks to the er..adventure.) Again...more on that later...

Going to Amish Country

2006-10-13T20:25:48Z

I've decided...I'm going to make a trip to an Amish community tomorrow. I don't have the kids...just the poodle...so I'm just gonna do it!

I've been so heavyhearted over the killings of those precious little girls in PA that it has prompted me to do some research into the quiet and interesting life of the Amish.

I've always been intrigued by the simplicity of life they lead and intended for years to go visit one of the many communities in TN.

One of my most prized possessions is a photograph of 2 little Amish children, playing in a yard with chickens, that was taken by a beloved friend of mine who has passed away. It hangs in my guest bedroom and I simply adore it!

There is a rather large community outside of Nashville...about an hour or so...and the weather is UNBELIEVABLE here! A perfect time for a drive through the beautiful backroads that made me fall in love with Tennessee!!!

I LOVE FALL!!!!!
Thanks God!
I'll let you know how it goes!

wasting time

2006-10-13T16:32:54Z

I've been so restless this week. I feel like I'm going in slow motion...due to a serious lack of sleep I'm sure...among other things. I hate it when I feel like this. There is a stirring within me that will not subside. I'm sad, I'm excited, I'm irritable, I'm calm, I want to be somewhere else, I want to be someone else, I want to be with people, I don't want to be with anyone. Maybe I have some sort of pyschosis?

Well I do know that when I've spent a few days with my family I usually am very contemplative and reflective for days after. And this recent time with them was a little difficult. So maybe that is just my problem.

I also know that when I'm like this, it's so hard to be motivated to do anything productive! I've had several opportunities this week to write and I cannot do it! I sit in front of the computer, little eager cursor blinking happily...waiting...waiting...on me to get it together. Dear little cursor...always waiting! Maybe one day my friend!

Later,Laner

my addiction...

2006-10-13T04:39:43Z

i've eaten eleventy billion pretzel sticks this evening...i need help

Continuum...

2006-10-12T21:39:03Z

If you do not have John Mayer's new album, Continuum please run...and I do mean run...and get it! It's just THAT good! Lyrically it is superb! The song, Slow Dancing in a Burning Room and In Repair, happen to be my fav!

Later,Lana

memorable birthday

2006-10-12T21:07:10Z

My dad would have been 66 today. He died February 21, 1986. Seems like a lifetime ago AND yesterday! I miss him.

my new names

2006-10-11T21:52:15Z

Well if I were given the chance at a million..I'd probably change my name too!!!

Here are my new names according to the "Random Renamer" http://www.babynames.com/Names/rename.php

Adel Desma Irons
Katen Toyah Irons
Yates Coralie Irons - my fav
Nisha Donna Irons
Briar Brielle Irons
Bianca Sally Irons
Keir Maggie Irons
Kristian Jocelyn Irons
Zelia Marie Irons
Paniz Fabiana Irons
Marvene Maitland Irons...

AWESOME!!!! Thanks Charlotte! Another afternoon here at LGI put to good use!!!!

family's gone

2006-10-09T20:40:47Z

Well I saw my family off this morning! We had a great time! They got here late Wednesday evening. We got up on Thursday morning and went to Pancake Pantry http://www.mrbreakfast.com/r_display.asp?restid=104 (go check it out!)because they just simply have the yummiest pancakes..uh..EVER! The line is usually ridiculously long, wrapped around the building, but since it was a week day we got right in! I had a fried egg sandwich with bacon and a side of hashbrowns. I'm salivating right now! Sister in law Tamra had the sweet potatoe pancakes with cinnamon apple syrup, brother Lance had the caribbean pancakes with bananas, coconut, chocolate chips, whip cream, and coconut on top, mom had buttermilk..plain but oh so good! YUM! If you are ever in Nashville or if you doofuses who DO live here and have never been...GET THERE!

We tooled around Nashville after that..took them to the new, fabulous Schemerhorn Symphony Hall, by the Country Music Hall of Fame, etc.

We went to Chattanooga on Friday, took an hour or so to go to the quaint little community of Lookout Mountain, GA. LOVE THAT PLACE...wanna live there..mean it!!! We ate at this great Cajun place called Easy Seafood. I had a crawfish Po' Boy with crawfish and artichoke spinach dip! YUM!!! Chattanooga is such a cool city! It has this old, quiet feeling about it but wonderful things to do and great food! The aquarium and the IMAX theater are awesome! Love that city!

K..more later!

I've attached pics for your viewing pleasure!

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Chattanooga here we come

2006-10-06T14:15:34Z

I'm up WAY earlier than I want to be. But..Mama was scurrying around downstairs and that woke me up! So we sat outside on my party deck and drank coffee. It was great! Now me and mama can talk! I talk to her nearly every single day on my way to work(on the phone obviously), you'd think we wouldn't have anything to talk about! Nope...we can talk about anything! And often do!

So we are off to Chattanooga today! I love that city. It's so culturally different or at least it feels that way. It's old, has beautiful architecture, and the city has recently made vast improvements. I'm looking so forward to the drive as well. The leaves are turning, it's sunny, and 70 degrees...PERFECT day for a road trip!

I LOVE FALL!!!!!

Later,
Laner

After the surgery...

2006-10-05T15:22:05Z

Well so you know how I've been feeling under the weather? Turns out I was poisoning my body by letting an abscessed cyst get a little out of hand! Okay...here's a tiny bit of background... I am prone to these little harmless cysts and get them quite often. The doc says no need to worry..right? So I get one a couple of weeks ago on my tummy and I'm thinking..just another little "harmless" cyst. So day after day the cyst grows to about the size of an orange. Maybe at that point I should have given some consideration..but I didn't. And so it went on...every time I was unclothed I got sight of this ever present, ever growing "harmless" cyst.

So I've been feeling like..well..basically POO the last several days. Not really able to put my finger on WHY i don't feel good, but just not feeling well. Yesterday afternoon I notice that the skin around the cyst is sloughing off and the center is black. So...somewhat concerned at this point, i call Brother who DEMANDS that I get to a doctor..like RIGHT THEN! So I go to the clinic and they tell me it could be staph infection and that they need to cut it open and take a culture and clean it out.

So...10 shots in my belly of lidocaine (ouch) and an hour later I'm packed with gauze and taped up with an oozing, bloody whole in my belly! YAY for me!

I have to say though..this morning..I feel like a NEW person! I feel great..which the doc said would happen! So yay for the clinic, yay for the doc heather and assistant Savannah! Yay for brother for telling me to do it!

Off to pancake pantry!

Mom is coming..and I feel like poo

2006-10-04T19:55:36Z

My family is en route as I am typing this. I'm having one of the worst days physically I've had..maybe ever! I woke up at 4:45 am with a HORRIBLE migraine. I get migraines but have had 3 in the last couple of months IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! WHAT is that all about?! So..therefore, I don't feel them coming on so I can't take my meds before hand, which ONLY work if you take it before it's full blown! So I had the worst pain of my life until about 7:40. And if you know anything about migraines or have them...you know a rockin' one can knock you out of commission for most of the day! I'm just drained and my head feels like it's been run over!

So...that SUCKS...especially since my fam will be here soon!

I"m addicted to Pretzel Sticks

2006-10-03T15:29:08Z

Yes..it is true. I cannot tell it no! Pretzel sticks are my vice.

And I know this...because they are NOT good yet I continue to eat eat eat them. They taste like well...pretzel's..but in a stick form, which could be WHY I like them. It's the stick that appeals to me. I can hold it in my mouth like a cigar...k..i'm going to stop talking about this cause it's occurring to me that maybe this dissertation is heading in a wrong direction.

Good bye

Tuesday AM

2006-10-03T12:48:01Z

My MOM and Brother and his wife come tomorrow! I'm so excited...in fact I'm a little too anxious about it all that I've kinda mad myself sick. Remember I told you my tummy was hurting...it's still hurting

And...Jazz the poodle is still farting...GAW!!!!

Later,
Laner

poor packers...

2006-10-03T04:03:36Z

Sorry to Brett Favre this evening.

homework...

2006-10-03T02:00:25Z

I thought I was done with this! This is Neiman's...well..my homework tonight.
1.) study questions for the book, Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements...sorry but this book sucks in my opinion.
2.) make a homemade thermometer(that was cool..it actually worked)
3.) draw an outline of the state of LA (where he was born) and glue all kinds of crap on it like the state flag, picture of a pelican, picture of a magnolia.

We've been home since 6pm and it's now 9...i've got a million hours of stuff to do before bed.

Why am I on here?

Goodbye..for now