Reflection Time: Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder - Ha!

Excerpts from "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

A pretty woman makes her husband look small
And very often causes his downfall
As soon as he married her and then she starts
To do the things that will break his heart

But if you make an ugly woman your wife
You'll be happy for the rest of your life
An ug-a-ly woman cooks meals on time
And she'll always give you peace of mind

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

(Sax solo)

Don't let your friends say you have no taste
Go ahead and marry anyway
Though her face is ugly, her eyes don't match
Take it from me, she's a better catch

Spoken:
Say man!
Hey baby!
I saw your wife the other day!
Yeah?
Yeah, an' she's ug-leeee!
Yeah, she's ugly, but she sure can cook, baby!
Yeah, alright!

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

Sometimes when I look in the mirror, that song comes to mind. When I sing it to my husband and tell him that he's going to be happy for the rest of his life, he just shakes his head and rolls his eyes.

I have this terrible habit of getting the children ready first and then getting myself ready last. This is not good if I am under a time crunch (i.e., going to church) because I end up looking like a well-dressed person who just woke up. I do have everyone's clothes laid out the night before, but for some reason I feel the need to try on several outfits until I'm finally happy with one or run out of time - whichever comes first.

I used to have this friend (I don't know where she is now) who looked beautiful in anything. She could wear sackcloth and still looked sexy because of her cute little figure. She never styled her hair, wore just lip gloss and she could make heads turn. Did I mention that she never exercised, could eat like a pig and still have a small figure? How we became friends is beyond me.

When I was single, I used to go to the ladies' gym twice a week after work, had my haircut every 2-3 months, and bought a lot of nice clothes. To quote an old friend of mine, "I used to be quite a dish." Ah, what happened to that lovely lady?

I think she's paid too much attention to the children and to the house that she's stopped taking care of herself. Now, before you overreact, I'm not talking about good hygiene habits going down the drain. I'm talking about eating better. Exercising more. Being more organized. Doing better with my housecleaning. What's that word? Oh yes...I need to be more DISCIPLINED.

As I work to improve my children's minds and help build their character, I need to work on taking care of myself. I'm not getting any younger and this is the only body I have to work on. I suppose you could say that this entry is about trying to improve myself - physically, mentally and spiritually. Speaking of spiritual, I haven't been praying as much as I should because I always chalk it up to being busy, but praying brings so much peace to my soul. I need that. I miss that.