Set Me Free

Do you ever get the feeling to just pick up and go? I want to pick up and go! I'm not sure where I want to go or where I should go, I just know that I need to. I don't even know if I want to visit people or just be by myself in a new place.

If you see me on the side of the road with my hand out because I ran out of money for gas, fill free to stop and take me wherever you're headed.

"Fly this girl as high as you can into the wild blue. Set me free, ohhh i pray!!!"

Just Dance

Music just gets to me. I was feeling down today and I found myself listening to Country Music... don't get me wrong I love my Country (thanks Mom) but I just don't need to be listening to it when I cant do anything but cry. You all know what I'm talking about, country music just makes us sappy. What I needed was a little Usher and some Chris Brown.

There is something about Usher that makes me just want to move. Usher puts a little passion back into my life. He can cut straight to the core. Watching this man move, gets you up off your feet.

God was thinking when he made this BeAuTiFuL Man!

Music is like the sound track of life

-Usher

Back in a GREAT mood thanks to the sound track of life!

Sunrise where have you gone?

 

     I was just thinking about how I have the luxury of watching the sunrise each morning but I never take advantage of it. God has given me something so beautiful to experience and I toss it away eevveerryyy morning. Sorry God! I will now put the past behind me and make the choice to watch the sunrise.. because God gives that beautiful gift to me. 

Lost and cant find your way home?

Last night I walked out of my parents house and found my dad staring at something. I asked him what was so interesting and he began to tell me about this driver who had to be drunk.

 My family lives super close to one another. My uncles live across from us up a big driveway and my grandma to the left of him. The drunk driver drove up my uncles driveway and turned around and drove down toward my grandma and grandpas house. He drove over my grandparents lawn then proceeded to another neighbors driveway. He continued to drive in an back out of what had to be 20 driveways. 

     I knew I needed to do something about this. My dad tried to talk me out of calling 911 and finally gave into me calling the Police. Well that number didn't work and I was going to be late for work, he told me to leave it alone and leave for work. I had already made the decision to do something about this so I got in my car and called 911 and told them the emergency. 

     I lost the suspect but knew the area he had to of been in... I knew if I circled the block I would soon find the truck backing out of someones driveway or swerving on the road. I ended up finding a cop and fallowed him till he found the drunk driver.  The 911 lady took the description I could give her and dispatched the police officer in front of me. Before I knew it I could see the truck in sight. As she was telling the police officer that the truck was in front of him the drunk driver drove onto the sidewalk. The police officer flipped on his lights. I got a good look at the suspect before I left for work. 

I got my ten minutes of feeling like a hero.  

I now want to be a 911 dispatcher when I grow up. :)

I considered  myself a good citizen. 

P.S. I love you

Why is it that I always find myself crying after a movie, TV show, and commercial for an ungodly amount of time? I know before I watch most of them that I will be a train wreck for the rest of the night/day. I just can't bring myself to not watch them. 

I will never forget the first time I watched The Note Book with the intern girls and Darren. I began my cry fest but I tried to hold it in... for everyone sake. Kate heard me waling in the inside and said Lacey just let it out. The moment she said it the loud crying started. Poor Darren had no idea how to handle the situation and to make it even better Kristen wanted to help me so bad but didn't know how. Kate knew what to do, just let me cry but Kristen kept asking me if I was okay and if I needed a hug. ha ohhhh Kristen I love you for that! 

For everyone that watches a sappy movie with me in the future .... just let me cry for about 45 minutes in the shower and I'll be fine. :)

P.S I love you is such a wonderful movie!! 

 

I will continue to watch the sad movies that move me. 

  

                                 

Another weekend away from home

This weekend will be spent in Spokane. It's been a good five months since I've seen my parents and a good year since I've spent time with my favorite aunt and uncle. I'm also pretty stoke to spend a weekend with my housemate and good friend Tiffany... Please keep her in mind as she has to spend a good two days with my biological/crazy family members, poor thing. 

Spokane Here We Come

A Blessing at my fingertips

I received a text message from Jim about a week ago asking me to think about being a Work Crew Boss third session at Washington Family Ranch. I thought about it for about two minuets and decided heck yes. Knowing how hard it is to get volunteers to step away from their jobs for a month to give back to these kids I jumped on this opportunity. Finding out this position would be in the Kitchen made it even more enticing. 

The next step was praying about it. Then the hard part came, asking for the time off of work. Some people may think asking for time off work is easy when its family you work for... I've got news... it's not. I already find myself asking for days off here and there for this and for that. A month is a long time to be gone from work and a long time to try and fill a night position. 

He's (my boss) thinking about letting me do this. :) 

Sorry family for being that employee that asks for a ungodly amount of time off, ALL THE TIME.

I then get this text from one of my most God seeking Work Crew girls. Courtney says Lacey they filled the WC Boss position but theirs a Head Leader spot open. 

At this point I'm thinking what everyone of you who has been in YL before is thinking.... no way are they going to let a 21 year old fill a Head Leader position. I though I should try to get to the bottom of this so i pick up my phone and call a source. She then begins to tell me how they had filled the WC Boss position AND THEN .... asks ME LACEY CRONIN to be a Head Leader! 

Freaking Awesome!

Now lets all bring our prayers together on this one. 

What a amazing opportunity this could be!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aP9O5SLzDA

The Joy of an old lady

You may search my time-worn face, 
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles. 
I am NOT an old lady 
Just a little girl with wrinkles! 
- Edythe E. Bregnard 

Everyday I'm thankful for the gift of working with old ladies ( let's not forget the only old man of the house whom I also enjoy) because they bring so much laughter into my life.  Working nights give me very minimal people contact but having a old lady make you laugh makes up for it. 

One thing I love about old ladies is they say and do anything whenever they please because they can, their old. 

Taking care of old people reminds me of taking care of small children.  I don't think you want me to go into great detail... I'll let your minds create their own images.

Things I love/crack me up about old ladies:

* Faking not knowing peoples names... "because it's fun"

*Getting up 15 times during the night to pee 

*Expelling intestinal gas whenever/wherever you please, not caring who is around 

*Creating ring butt from sitting on the John for long periods of time. 

*Falling Asleep on the John

*Eating snacks on the John

*Rocking yourself to sleep

*Hiding very needed items from staff such as Keys, because it's fun. 

*Riding your chair up and down up and down because "it's a fun RIDE".

*Saying Hi every time someone passes by because it's fun.

*Having to know what every meal of the day is first thing in the morning. 

*Pushing your call button to annoy staff/ tell them that you love them 80 times a day/night 

*Singing old hymns early in the morning.

*Taking a nap 30 Min's after you got up and ready for the day.

*Dreaming about everything you watched on TV that day and believing it's real life. 

It all boils down to one thing..... old people are wonderful!