That mood...

haha... you know that mood where you just want to sit and listen to sad songs and cry for hours... yep im in that mood! I don't know what it is but every once in a while I get in that mood. I guess I just love having a good cry every now and then... doesn't everyone??

 

In honor of my sad mood wenesday I decided to make a list of the top 40 (cause i couldnt stop) songs that make me cry... so here it goes (in no paticular order at all!)

 

 

1. If I Don't Make It Back - Tracy Lawrence (the part about the home team gets me everytime)

 

2. You Can Let Go Now Daddy- Crystal Shawanda

 

3. Alyssa Lies- Jason Michael Carroll

 

4. Jesus Take The Wheel- Carrie Underwood (reminds me of my life a little)

 

5. I'll Walk- Bucky Covington

 

6. Arlington- Trace Adkins (military songs are my weakness)

 

7. What Hurts The Most - Rascall Flatts (its the video)

 

8.  Dance Baby Dance - Chris Cagle (mine and my dads song not really sad but still)

 

9.  Concrete Angle- Martina McBride (only the saddest song in history)

 

10. Paper Angles- Jimmy Wayne

 

11. Whipering Pines- Johnny Horton (reminds me of my grandpa oviatt)

 

12. If Nobody Believed In You- Joe Nichols (the old man part kills me)

 

13. Cowgirls Don't Cry- Brooks and Dunn (reminds me of my grandpa roy)

 

14. The Impossible- Joe Nichols

 

15. The Little Girl- John Micheal Montogomery

 

16. What Do You Say- Reba McEntire (the ending is horrible)

 

17. What if She's An Angle- Tommy Shane Steiner (not really sad but makes you think)

 

18. Letters From Home- John Micheal Montgomery (like I said before military songs)

 

19. Don't Forget to Remeber Me- Carrie Underwood (played right before I moved to college, I bawled!)

 

20. Your Gunna Be- Reba McEntire (not sad but makes me cry)

 

21. Every Other Weekend- Reba McEntire (reminds me of my parents)

 

22. He Gets That From Me- Reba McEntire (sooo SAD!!)

 

23. I Miss You Daddy Heaven 9/11-  D.J. Sammy (9/11 stuff makes me bawl too)

 

24. A Broken Wing- Martina Mcbride

 

25. Sara Beth- Rascall Flatts

 

26. Believe- Brooks and Dunn (when the old man dies!!)

 

27. Why - Rascall Flatts

 

28. Flowers- Chris Young

 

29. Traveling Soilder- Dixie Chicks

 

30. Walk A Little Straighter Daddy -Billy Currington

 

31. Just A Dream - Carrie Underwood

 

32. Here Comes Goodbye- Rascall Flatts

 

33. If You Get There Before I Do- Collin Raye

 

34. Remeber When- Alan Jackson

 

35.  Whiskey Lullaby- Brad Paisley and Allison Kruess

 

36. When I Get Where I'm Going- Brad Paisley

 

37. Temporary Home- Carrie Underwood

 

38. Holes In The Floor of Heaven- Steve Wariner

 

39. Shine Your Light- Robbie Robertson

 

40. Who You'd Be To Day- Kenny Chesney

 

Happy Crying Everyone!!

Yes! Its that time of year!!

Whether your a past, present, or even future FFA member you probably love and look foward to October every year! Many of you reading this (at least I hope more than one person reads my blog lol) know what i'm talking about, some of you however are still sitting there asking yourself whats so special about October, don't worry i'm going to tell you. Drum roll please.... ITS CONVENTION TIME!!! The National FFA Convention to be exact and man do wish I was back in Indy partying it up with 55,000 of my closest friends!! Yes, you read right 55,000 FFA members packed in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana and boy is it a sight to see... trust me! It is one if not the largest youth convention in the WORLD!! But than again it is the largest youth organization in country were talking about!! I remeber my first national convention like it was yesterday. The teenie tiny freshman of an FFA member sitting in Consaco feildhouse as all of the sudden the lights in the convention center dimmed as all 55,000 of us high school kids dressed in blue corduroy fell silent. Within a split second music starts, blaring so loud I could feel it in my chest. The drums beat steadily, laying a path for all the other instruments to follow, just then the screen went white. The countdown started “10, 9, 8, 7,” then finally “1.” Everyone cheered as six individuals one after another ran on stage. Each persons’ name was announced over the loudspeaker and finally the last of the six ran on the stage as the announcer said “FFA members and guests’ please welcome your 2008 – 2009 National FFA Officers!” Everyone in the audience screamed wildly. Chills ran down my spine, as finally the moment every single FFA member had been waiting for: three taps of the gavel. The President spoke, “The convention hall will come to order. We are now holding the 1^st session of the 81st National FFA Convention! Madam Vice President, are all officers at their stations?” I had heard the opening ceremony dozens of times at my chapter FFA meetings, but nothing had prepared me for that moment. It was a rush I had never felt before in my life pure excitement pulsed through my body. Year after year as soon as October hit my mind screamed at the rest of my body... Yes! Its that time of year!!!

 

The sweet smell of the farm...

 

This is Josh and I!!

You probably read the title and thought dang this kid is weird, some of you though already know i'm really weird. But beyond the simple fact of me being weird, lies a story. Yes, thats my way of being wordy and trying to fool all of you into thinking i'm some sort of dramatic story telling extrodinair (which i'm not by any means). But seriously enough of me rambling... whatever it is that makes your heart beat, whether (haha yes I just typed this as wether and then I realized that is a sheep) it's a sport such as basketball, football, track, or baseball/ softball, or an activity; imagine going two months without being able to be around that activity or thing, hard to imagine right?? Well for my my thing is Agriculture, more specifically animals, and yes for almost three months I have only been able to touch and be around an animal three times. Two of those existed only because I went home for the weekend and had to feed, and man did I enjoy the almost always mundane task that I normally would have complained about. The third however came about because of some begging on my part to Doc. McNeil, pleading for him to let me go to sheep day with them. However neither of those examples are what this post is about, this post is about my Club Calf. His name is Joshua, Josh for short and he also happens to be one of the only three animals I have ever named, and ironically they were all steer calves. For those of you involved in production Agriculture, you understand how the smell of a farm can make an average person scrunch up their nose and possible even start gaging, and you also understand how that one smell of a farm or ranch can instantly hit your nostrils and flood your mind with thousands of memories. Yeah, thats exactly what it did for me. Insantly, I was in a flash back of when I was a little tiny 8 year old leading my thirteen hundred pound steer into the show ring. My white shirt tucked into my black wranglers with that little green and white 4- H patch pinned to the right shoulder of the shirt. Showstick in one hand and the lead rope in the other. A smile stretched across my face hiding the absolute terror going on in the rest of my body. Yes, the smell of a farm will do that to you!!