to anyone who has shopped

Dear shopper,

This is your friendly Sales associate, the one that you ask all your questions too and , the one that you never really appreciate the one that you take for granted. The one that no matter what will always answers your questions with a smile and even ask you how your day was, even though you may not answer back to us.This is not a lot of complaint but a letter to inform you that there are things that you could do too make your shopping experience more enjoyable they are simple...

1. If your in a hurry don't come shopping, because your going to have to wait in line no matter what.

2. Please don't give the look that your better then me, because i work at a job thats not up to your standards.

3. Please don't ask me if my register is the only one open.... more then likely if you only see me, it is.

4. Don't get an attitude with me for answering your question with an honest answer, because its not with what you wanted to hear.

5. Please put your buggy or cart back or at least not leave it in the middle of the check out line, it means i have to move it and slows the line down your going past where the buggy's are put anyways. so why not put it back?

6. If you see me just walk in the door please don't ask me to do things for you, im not on the clock yet.

7. Please don't let your kids go around the store by themselves we get tired of telling them not to run, and if they disappear its not are fault, we are not in charge of watching them.

8. Please don't just lie things you don't want anywhere give them too me I am more then happy to take them and put them back where they actually go, we don't go to your place of work and do that.

9. Please try to find things by yourself first, then if you cant find it come ask me.

10. Please don't get an attitude with me because your having a bad day, i dont get one with you do I?

11. If you can help it please don't talk on your cell phone and then look at me stupid cause you didnt hear what i said.

12. Please don't wait for me to ring up one thing before you put up another thing it slows me down and you wonder why it takes twice as long to get out of the store.

13. If you know that you don't have enough money please don't put lots of things in the buggy that you know that you cant get.

14. Remember that im human too and not just there for your pleasure too talk about or give unsolicited advice too.

15. an occasional thank you would be nice...

I hope that next time that you are in a store weather large or small lots of people that work there or only a few, that you remember these friendly things so that your shopping day can be a great experience.


sincerely,
the store associate.



Crystal Tatem
6/24/2007

MY LOVE

I know that my heart has felt LOVE before, but the way my heart feels with this love is different. I long to hear his voice, to be close to him. to crack stupid jokes with him, to smile at and with him. the distance that we have between us seems very small when it comes down to it. yes i do miss him but i know where he is....hes in my heart, and on my mind so only ever just a heartbeat away, i think of my love every time i hear a love song, or hear a sweet quote, or something random that he would say or do. I know that what i feel for him is real. I think that i am lucky that i have found a guy that means more to me then anything i know.
I love him more then I did yesterday and I will love him more tomorrow then i loved him today.

The Duck Boat Proposal

once upon a time at a in the state of Georgia, in a place called stone mountain. There was an occurrence on the "RIDE the DUCK" event with a young couple. the girl had wanted to ride the duck ride, well because she always had wanted too, thats the only way to put it, and the guy was happy doing whatever. well the two were on the boat, when cappin Charles (as he said he was a cappin in the water cause captains go down with the ship and cappins didn't ). took the duck boat in the water after seeing the sights of Stone mnt. and after getting in the water the cappin let the children drive the boat, all the kids took there turns, and then the cappin asked how many of you are here with your bf, gf, husband or wife? the girl and the guy both raised there hand, and the cappin called on her she got up from her seat and went to sit in the cappins seat. the cappin of the ship asked how long the couple had been together and they replied almost a year. the cappin looked at the guy and said you got about 6 months, and then one day your going to come see her and shes going to be looking at a magazine and all you are going to see is sparkly, and then shes going to point at a watch but shes not going to be wearing a watch and your going to know your time is running short, and shes going to want to go to the mall and look at jewelry and your going to want to look at shoes. but your going to look at jewelry...at that time the conversation turned and the guy stood up and said we want an extra picture and then he handed a girl a wood box and told her to open it and the girl kept asking what are you doing? what are you doing? and as she opened the box she noticed a Grey box, and when she opened the Grey box there was a beyond beautiful ring inside it and she looked at him in his eyes and he said will you marry me? she smiled and shook her head and said yes, and he put the ring on her finger, and they both hugged and kissed and cried and was so extra happy. and now i tell you that this is a true story, because the girl is me Crystal, and the guy is the love of my life my best friend my everything my wonderful man ZANDY!!!!

**** this was not planned to happen on the boat, but the opportunity arrived.

What is Love?

Some people say that love is never having too say your sorry. i don't quite believe that, because at one point or another you'll have to say it.

So I asked myself that suppose to be simple question, What is LOVE? ha ha, the answer didn't come all at once and didn't come with a beautiful bow tied around it, its a little rough around the edges like me and probably sounds like a third grader wrote it, but this is what love is too me.
I want to say one thing before i begin Love has to have rough edges, because if it didn't how would we prove upon it and grow from it?

To me love is ....
Catching yourself smiling at the sound of their name
Love is...
talking about them to anyone who will listen.
Love is ...
not having to spend a penny on them, but wanting to spend everything you have on them, even when they aren't here too appreciate it.
Love is ...
giving up your celebrity crush, just to have one hug and kiss from them.
Love is ...
when they can call you at anytime (even 2 am) and you still seem to get that smile across your face.
Love is ...
hearing them say your name, and all you feel is warm inside.
Love is ...
when they tell you they love you, and it still makes you weak in the knee's.
Love is ...
being able to say see you in a month...
Love is ...
letting them go, but never letting them leave your heart, soul or mind.
Love is ...
being miles apart, but still feeling closer then ever.

Love is more then a physical emotion, its a ride you take. Love is happiness, sadness, anger, joy (and you can experience all that in ONE day) its got its ups and downs and there NO way around it. Even the most perfect loves experience it, however the only constant in love is that everyone is LOVED weather they know it or not.


Crystal Tatem
09'

If I leave here tomorrow.

* this was an English assignment and we had to write how we wanted to be remembered if tomorrow we died...

if i leave here tomorrow would you still remember me?~ Lynard Skynard "Freebird"

If i died tomorrow I want not a tear to fall, for my life was full of gladness, laughter and lots of cheer. Living each day without a regret, and smiling a big smile cause i was a mess. My Korney jokes making everyone laugh. To my Knowledge of thinking Hey I know that!!!! When really i was lucky to say and understand something simple like pencil goes in your left hand. To stepping on glass and getting stitches to throwing the airman's keys that are still in the lake. To playing mommy and daddy when i was three to seeing the boy that made me squirm at thirteen. Falling in love at the age of eighteen, to getting married at the age of twenty-three. Going so fast i made a siren scream. To loving to listen to my friends just jabber to making them feel like everything matters from crying at night when they call me in tears to telling them hey hes got monkey ears. From yelling Gas is on the right to Brian Dont swing at that. Thats how you will remember crystal and not another word about that.

The head and heart.

Why do we underestimate the heart? It is a powerful object we possess. However at times we seem to think so little of it, and listen to our head instead. The head ...yes it keeps us out of certain situations but it is stubborn so we would think hence the word head strong....but it is compelling and very persuasive, but the heart oh the heart speaks soft and true to us. It likes to rush into things reasoning is not an option it with it. you never see anything coming when you listen to the heart it hits and it stays there is no changing the hearts way of thinking....unless. well i wont go into that now but the heart is easily hurt, and easily forgives. We hear that we carry our heart on a sleeve, but to be honest it is only because the way it works. Once in your life the Two will seem to work together no problems attached they wont argue one with another... and you will know you have found something that is worth wild that your head has let them in and your heart is afraid to lose them. Its the moments that your head stops being stubborn and thinks of that person constantly and your heart races too be with them. In simple words when your head and your heart seem to argue are they worth it but when they agree are they worth it even more?

The 3 L's (Live, Laugh and Love).

LIVE

LAUGH
LOVE

These three simple words have been known to inspire people, well guess what its my turn to be inspired(hopefully), and to interpret. when i think of live,laugh, and love.
People say to live life you have to experience life.
I can't tell you that i have experienced it all or that i don't want to experience anymore of it.

What is to live?
To live is different for every person. Some people say they live for excitement, or live for the one they have been looking for all their life, others live for those who cannot experience life for themselves. What am i living for is a question that i have asked myself. honestly, I'm still to still trying to figure that out. right now i can tell you that I LIVE for..... the joy of seeing a new tomorrow, I live for the new experiences that will teach me about life, but most of all I LIVE!!!

To laugh is to burn calories...LOL.... no, well yes but , to laugh is part of live with out laughter life would be dull and unimportant to me at least. to laugh doesn't always mean your happy. but i think its a great tool that we have. Laughter can make any situation better, it can break the ice, or can just lighten the mood. I think that when they say laugh often its true, because think about it when we laugh the worlds problems seem to disappear. can anyone truly say that they don't like to laugh? i doubt that seriously. to me laughing is a major importance and goes along with life and love, because in life you laugh and when you laugh you love. it may not make any sense to anyone else but it does to me.

LOVE...
how do i love you...let me count the ways. love is described as a different felling to every person, to me love is constant. Its all around when there is nothing else left to hold on to, its there at your happiest moments your lowest and every moment in between, even though sometimes you don't feel it.... love is the happiest, hardest, and most exciting thing in life you will ever experience and feeling that joy that comes with experiences that will expand how you feel. even the most unhappiest of people in life have loved at least once.

I want to end this with one thing... I live because i laugh and i laugh because i can love.