Different for me

This CHRISTmas is so much different for me. Last year, I just COULD NOT get into the joyous CHRISTmas spirit. I don't know why or anything. This year is a totally different story. I can't wait til I get my CHRISTmas tree up, put up a Nativity (hopefully~ I don't have one, so I gotta go get one) and put on the smells of CHRISTmas. My parents are coming up from Ga to celebrate with us this year.

Ross had to go to the hospital on Mon. He had to put on a blue gown and it swallowed him whole. I took pictures to make him feel better and he loved the "blue blob" (as I called him) pictures. I'll put them up when I can. He's so proud of them.

Mark is REALLY testing my patience. I'm at my wits end with him. I'm still hoping it's just a very long phase he's going thru.

Not much school left. I have one test left in Criminal Justice (by the way~ I made a 96 on my last test; out of a possible 99. SOOO happy!!) and 3 classes and one test left of Forensic Psychology. I enjoy Psychology. I'm thinking of taking World Religions and Astronomy next semester. I still haven't decided yet (need to get on the ball tho :))

This year, as you are out and about, if anyone says Happy Holidays to you, make a point of saying Merry CHRISTmas. He really is the Reason for the Season. We put too much commercialism and materialism to this time of year and we need to remember what this time is all out.

I challenge everyone that reads this to do ONE thing for someone this CHRISTmas season, not for the reason of getting something out of it, but to show love. It could be just helping someone put a grocery bag in their car. It could be just going to see someone in a nursing home, that doesn't have family around. It could be just showing a BIG smile and saying "God loves you" to someone looking down in the dumps. It may be the ONLY/FIRST time that person has felt love. Let God's love show this year.

Write ya later.

Great News!

November 21, 2006
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It might be hard to stay away from Wal-Mart, but let's take a stand!!

I need a man!

To help me hang some things on my wall. (Did I get you with my title? hehe) I have tried and tried to get L to hang 2 things for me. Well, he hasn't. So I thought I'd do it today. Didn't work so well for me hehe. Neither thing wanted to sit right on the wall. So now I have no choice, but wait til L helps me. I'm so frustrated cuz I wanted to be able to do it and have a few things off the floor, but I can't figure out how to do them. They are too top heavy so they keep trying to fall off the walls.

Mark wanted his daddy tonite. I felt bad for him, but L will be home late tomorrow nite. Can't wait.

Anyone watch Dirty Jobs? I just started watching it and it's hilarious. I laugh the whole time.

Reflections of Grace are performing tomorrow. I can't wait. It's the first time Ashley is performing with us and I'm excited.

Hope all is well with everyone

Write ya later.

Got some...

Cleaning done!!! L left for the coast last night :( He'll be gone til late Sun. night. The good thing that happens when he goes fishing is that I get a lot of cleaning done hehe. I'm half-way happy with what I've gotten done. :)

Our power went out again yesterday. It was off for 6 hours. That's really not a lot, but when you have kids, it seems longer hehe. I was happy when it came back on before church, so that I knew I wouldn't come home to a cold house.

The weather is soooo crazy. Tues. I coulda wore shorts. Wed. cold. Today VERY windy. I wish it would figure out what it wants to be!

My bestest friend is off to Mexico this weekend, for a week. I soo wish I could go. Oh well. One day.

It's going to be an interesting night tomorrow night. I get to go bowling without L, but with Mark. I hope he behaves! He can drive me nutz.

Oh...PRAISE THE LORD~ about forgot to tell ya. We got our check from our insurance company from our house getting broke into. I was so happy. Now almost all our Christmas gifts are bought. I'm doing the thing Staci had told everyone about. They are getting 3 gifts. I love that idea. I'd never heard of it, but after I read about it from Staci, I read it in a magazine.

One gift I am giving to my parents is a gift of sending bibles to countries where our persecuted brothers and sisters need bibles to witness to the unsaved. They send the bibles to you, you can pray over them or whatever, package them up, and they mail them out to the country you signed up with. It's not too expensive and it's a great gift to give, I think.

Hope this finds everyone well.

Write ya later.

Hiya all

It's been a while. Sorry. I keep meaning to update this thing, but I get caught up in checking everyone else's. hehe

Not much really going on here.

L~ has been working a lot. I couldn't get him to go to church Sun., but I guess that's another place of prayer I need. He's been in a lot better mood lately tho. He hasn't lost his temper since last week. That's a BIG improvement.
~Next Wed. he's going on a fishing trip with a friend and will be gone for 5 days. It's been 2 years since he's been able to go, so it's going to be hard on Mark for him to be gone that long. It'll be interesting here, that's for sure.

Me~ trying to have patience. Mark has been on my last nerve everyday, but I'm trying to deal. Tough, when I'm also having to deal with Ross' huge mood swings lately.
~STILL working on getting the house looking better.
~School has been good. We went to the prison here for a tour on Mon. It was interesting. We also sat down with 4 guys and talked with them for a while. Just finished my Criminal Justice test a little bit ago. Hope I did better on it than my last 2!! Don't know what I'm going to do about next semester. I wish I could have a babysitter for Mark, so I could take some day classes. They're not offering much of what I need at night next semester. I've thought about taking some classes from one of those online colleges.

Ross~ major mood swings as I have mentioned. We need to get his medicine adjusted.
~He did do good on his report card tho. I was very proud of him. ~Plus, the other night, he read a book to ME before he went to bed. Such a proud moment!

Mark~ being wild and I don't know what to do with him. I've tried so many things that I've almost ran out of ideas.

This year has gone by soooo fast. Can't believe it's almost Christmas. My parents are coming up for it. I can't wait. Then the beginning of the year starts the real busy time for our family.

OOO we think we might know who broke into our house. Another county arrested a guy for breaking and entering and larceny (plus a couple of other charges). Welll, he lives a few houses down. His house is in a great spot to get to the field behind our house. I called our detective and let him know about his arrest (my FIL saw it in the police blotter) and he was going to check into it.

Hope everyone is well.

Write ya later.

To any and all people who prayed last night~~the prayers came thru! Lewis rededicated his life to Christ last night.

He told me that he was saved when he was 10 or 11 (which he never told me), but has done a bunch of bad things since then.

Again to all my readers, THANK YOU. I was one proud wife last night.

Luv to all.

Write ya later

If you read this today....

Please pray tonight!! I need all the prayer surrounding Lewis. Please keep him on your heart tonight!!!

Thank you

What a week

It seemed to go by so slow.

I usually don't take Ross to school except for one day a week. Well~I took him everyday except today. It's a big change for him, so he was very irritable this week. Also, I took him to his psychiatrist on Mon. and she increased his new medicine. I was so sure we were done with his medicine changing, for a little bit at least. They took him off his other medicine because it wasn't working anymore and he was taking a BUNCH of it. Now we are having to play around with this new one. In the meantime, we are dealing with MAJOR mood swings again. Also they have him on another medicine to go to sleep. UGG.

Mark was doing sooooo great with being potty trained. I thought we were done with it. Well, for the last 3 days, he's been back to using his underwear instead of the potty. I don't know if he's not going to like change either (since it was a change to him to have to wake up so early to go with me to take Ross to school) or what is going on in his head. Drives me nutz!

I am performing at my old church Sun morning by myself. It's odd for me to do anything lately by myself, but I feel God telling me I need to do this. Please think of me this Sun morning.

****Please pray for my hubby this Sunday night. HARD. I'm taking him to see a production of Heaven's Gates, Hell's Flames. If you've never seen or heard of this, it's a heart jerker. It hits hard. I'm hoping this with hit hard with my hubby. He's not saved and I am praying this will call to him. PLEASE pray! I need all the prayer surrounding him this Sun night!!! In advance, I thank you.****

Write ya later.

Powerful reading

WOW, WHAT A WAKE UP!

Dear God:
Why didn't you save the school children at ?

Moses Lake, Washington 2/2/96
Bethel, Alaska 2/19/97
Pearl, Mississippi 10/1/97
West Paducah, Kentucky 12/1/97
Stamp, Arkansas 12/15/97
Jonesboro, Arkansas 3/24/98
Edinboro, Pennsylvania 4/24/98
Fayetteville, Tennessee 5/19/98
Springfield, Oregon 5/21/98
Richmond, Virginia 6/15/98
Littleton, Colorado 4/20/99
Taber, Alberta, Canada 5/28/99
Conyers, Georgia 5/20/99
Deming, New Mexico 11/19/99
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 12/6/99
Santee, California 3/ 5/01
and El Cajon, California 3/22/01?

Sincerely,Concerned Student
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Reply:Dear Concerned Student:
I am not allowed in schools.
Sincerely,God
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How did this get started?
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Let's see,I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained she didn't want any prayer in our schools.

And we said, OK..
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Then,someone said you better not read the Bible in school,the Bible that says "thou shalt not kill,thou shalt not steal,and love your neighbors as yourself,"

And we said, OK...
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Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehaved because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem.

And we said,an expert should know what he's talking about so we won't spank them anymore..
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Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave and the school administrators said no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity,and we surely don't want to be sued.

And we accepted their reasoning...
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Then someone said,let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,and they won't even have to tell their parents.

And we said, that's a grand idea..
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Then some wise school board member said,since boys will be boys and they're going to do it anyway,let's give our sons all the condoms they want,so they can have all the fun they desire,and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school.

And we said, that's another great idea...
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Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs.

And we said,it doesn't matter what anybody,including the President,does in private as long as we have jobs and the economy is good...
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And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them available on the Internet.

And we said, everyone's entitled to free speech...
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And the entertainment industry said,let's make TV shows and movies that promote profanity, violence and illicit sex..And let's record music that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes...

And we said,it's just entertainment and it has no adverse effect and nobody takes it seriously anyway,so go right ahead.
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Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong,and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, classmates or even themselves.------------------
Undoubtedly,if we thought about it long and hard enough,we could figure it out.I'm sure it has a great deal to do with...

"WE REAP WHAT WE SOW,"

The church we went to this weekend

You can click on these pictures to get a better view of what I'm showing you (highly recommended to see the detail)

The church was huge and so beautiful. This is in their vestibule. I love how the light comes from behind it. It is hand cut and has scenes from Creation to the Ascension (sp?) The guy said he had blisters the size of his head. He used an exacto knife and the material is like corrugated plastic.

This stained glass is also in the vestibule, but you're so busy looking at those scenes, that you almost miss this. It is very beautiful tho.



The group~had a wonderful weekend, but ready to go home.

Step out of your boat.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!

Let me tell you~~I'M FIRED UP FOR GOD!!!!

I went to a Creative Ministry Workshop this weekend. It's for NC and called Curtain Call. Let me tell you~ the Holy Spirit is working in this girl over here!!

If you've never heard of Jeff Smith before~~YOU NEED TO!!! I have performed some of his pieces, but to hear him speak is another experience all together.

One of his things is "Step out of that boat. If you don't, you'll never walk on water. Peter stepped out on faith. We all need to. If an idea comes to you, and it sounds 'out there', ridiculous, impossible, and down right crazy...guess what....that's GOD!! Have faith and get out of your boat and trust Him"

Creative Ministries are an awesome and wonderful way to share God's love. I'm so glad my church has one.

OOOOO. I forgot I haven't told ya the newest. I had the preacher from the new church I'm going to, come to my house Thurs.. I wanted to see if that church would be open to a Creative Ministry team and drama. He saw what we did and says he backs me 100% and will do anything to help me. So I might be doing one there. I feel God leading me to this church.

I'm so excited that this post is taking a bit of time to write cuz I keep getting ahead of myself and misspelling words hehe.

I will post some pictures later of our weekend. The church we went to was HUGE (it's at different cities every year). It was soooo pretty.

Hope everyone else had a great weekend.

Write ya later.

Yesterday

Here's what I came home to yesterday. Someone(s) broke into our house. I am now scared to be home alone, but also scared to be gone from the house. It was done during the day while I had gone to pick Ross up from school. I don't know how much I have cried. It's a lot tho.

Here's top of my dresser. The drawers were gone thru and stuff thrown out. The boxes on the top were gone thru and one emptied.

L's guns were taken

They even took my pillow case. Sorry pic is so small. Blogger wouldn't let me put a bigger pic on.

In the end here's what was taken~

3 of L's guns

L's bow

2 Earnhardt collectible knives

my portable CD player

binoculars

2-way radio

and about 15 dollars in change

We think I scared them off. And THAT's scary. I was trying to hurry the boys into the house. What if we did get into the house sooner? Would we have caught them in the act? Spooky

Whole story~

I walked into the house and looked at my bedroom door noticing it was open. "Odd, I thought. "I thought I left it closed" (due to the cat). I sat down my purse on the counter. I notice on the counter was a frozen pizza and a bag of frozen french fries. "What's going on?" I look up and see the back door open, then see the window broken. I go back to where the boys are getting ready to play Mario. I see the stereo messed up. I'm starting to go balistic. I look into my room and see drawers open everywhere and stuff all over my floor. I called my FIL and went nutz, then called the police. Then we had fun with police all afternoon. Then I had the fun of cleaning up :(

Please pray for me cuz I'm having a REALLY hard time with it. I'm scared they will return. They left some expensive hunting stuff (again thinking I scared them off). The 3 guns together aren't worth as much as the one gun they left. Not the brightest tool(s) in the toolshed!

Write ya later

Guess what happened to me today!

Betcha ya can't guess :)

My 5's

1) Five Minutes to Yourself. How would you spend them, ideally? Probably just being on the couch, not having to worry about kids crying "mommy"
2) Five dollars to spend right now. How would you spend it? Gosh, $5 doesn't go that far anymore. I guess just a good book.
3) Five Items In Your House You Could Part With Right Now?
A. All of Mark's toys hehe
B. A pair of L's hunting boots
C. A mirror in my room
D. Mark's old bed (it's tore up)
E. My crutches from when I had foot surgery
4) Five Items In My House You Could Absolutely Never Part With?
A. My computer
B. My digital camera
C. My trunk
D. My DVR
E. My tv (my DVR wouldn't work very well without it hehe)
5) Five Words You Love?
A. DUH!
B. schiznit
C. Ya think? (I know written out, it looks like 2 words, but I say it as one :))
D. No way (Again, I say it as one word~ guess just lazy hehe)
E. ain't

I won't tag anyone, but if you do this, let me know. I want to read it.

Well, I've done some more cleaning and it seems to have made things dirtier!! hehe

I went out yesterday with no kids!! Ahhhh hehe. My FIL's fiancee took Mark to the train place to see Thomas the Train.


I got to go to the library and no worry about him getting bored. Such peace hehe.

I then went to GoodWill. I got 4 pants (one being overalls), 2 shirts, 2 skirts all for $30. I was proud. I showed L my overalls and he was like "I forgot about your overall phase. I thought it was over" hehe.

Hope all is well. I'm going to go some more cleaning uggggg.

Write ya later.

Busy Weekend

Well, let's see.

On Friday, Mark went to stay with his PawPaw. We went bowling in our bowling league. I've been out of bowling for a year due to having surgery on my foot and it's been hard to get back into the groove of bowling. Came home and had a late supper.

Sat.~ got up and went to Reflections of Grace practice. Ashley's going to start being in it with me, so I'm excited about that.

Here's some pics from our last performance.





After practice on Sat., went to the fair with the girls. It was fun, just hot. L and I got pretty dizzy from the rides and the heat combined and realized we are starting to become too old for these things hehe. I hope not! Hope it was just the heat :)

Went to church this morning. I like this church. The girls like it too. Now we just have to get L to go. Then see if that's where we need to be. I'm still praying :)

Busy week this week. Hope everyone has had a great week.

Write ya later.

Crystal did this, too.

FIRST NAME? Gretchen
WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Nope. My mom heard that name and loved it.
WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Today.
DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Depends on if I'm going fast or taking my time. If I take my time, I like it.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? Honey Ham
KIDS? Two girls, 2 boys and a kitty.
IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I would hope so.
DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? You're reading it :)
DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Umm...Duh hehe
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yeppers
WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No way Jose! Feet on the ground for me :)
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Frosted Flakes or Fruit Loops (when I eat cereal)
DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Nope
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Most of the time.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Plain ol' Chocolate
SHOE SIZE? 9 since I had surgery on my foot.
RED OR PINK? Pink
WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My tummy and my posture, both of which I am trying to work on
WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My Paternal Grandma
WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?Blue plaid pj pants and no shoes.
LAST THING YOU ATE? Pizza
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Mythbusters on Discovery Channel
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Periwinkle. I love the color and just saying that word hehe
FAVORITE SMELL? The smell of my hubby after he's worked in the spray room.
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My son
THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Their eyes
FAVORITE DRINK? Mostly tea, but I also like Vault
FAVORITE SPORT? NASCAR, football, and baseball
EYE COLOR? Brown
HAT SIZE? have no earthly idea
DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? I do, but haven't worn them in a while.
FAVORITE FOOD? PIZZA!!!
SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Scary movies
LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED AT THE MOVIE THEATRE? Larry the Cable Guy
FAVORITE JUNK FOOD? don't really have one
SUMMER OR WINTER? I wish it'd also give Fall, but if I had to pick I guess Summer
HUGS OR KISSES? depends on who it is :)
FAVORITE DESSERT? No bake cookies yummmm
WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? My school books
WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?Don't have one. Have a cordless mouse so it doesn't need a mousepad.
FAVORITE SOUNDS? The wind blowing thru the trees
ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? Neither
THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Ocean City, MD
WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Being a friend
WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Febuary 17, 1980 Kennesaw Ga

This and that

As I am writing this at 12:40 am, there is a CRICKET in my room making a loud ruckus!! I'm going to end up sleeping on the couch tonight. I can't find where it's at! Diving me nuts!

Ross is doing great at school. Still having a bit of a problem, but NOTHING like what we were having last year.

Girls are doing good too. Ashley had a bit of a problem on her practice math test, but hopefully she'll do ok tomorrow on her test. Emily may not be able to go on her trip next year (the one she was nominated to go on, to Italy and Greece), but we haven't talked with her mom yet so don't know if it's official yet.

I am so disappointed. I made a 76!! on my Criminal Justice test. I am so upset. She wrote us an e-mail to say that the test scores get better thru the semester cuz now we know how she does things. I sure hope so. I did make an 100 on my Forensic Psychology test tho. So I am happy about that. I had to drop my English class. Just did NOT understand those stories. I wrote to her and both of us agreed that a classroom setting for that class might be better for me. I don't like withdrawing, cuz I feel as tho I'm giving up, but if I can't talk it out in a class, I don't think I'd make it.

I am having to take Smoreo to the vet on Wed. Poor thing is sneezing all the time and that's the first thing they have open. I just hope it's not an upper respiratory infection. I wish the lady on the phone hadn't have said that. I was only figuring it was allergies and she said "It could be allergies, or a cold, or it might be an infection" I could've not heard that and been fine til Wed. hehe. Now I'm worried.

I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but I am in the process of looking for a new church, which I am having a problem doing. I grew up in the church I'm leaving and I'm having a problem with leaving it. I feel tho that I need to so I can get my whole family to go to the same church. The girls don't like to go there (most of the time, they'll go to church with my FIL fiancee, and I go to mine) and neither does L I just can't get him to go). I went to a new church yesterday. I didn't care for the SS teacher. I'm going to try a different class next Sun.(I want to give it a fair chance). I like when you read directly from the Bible even if it's written in your SS lesson book. She read completely from the SS lesson book, and I didn't care for that. Please pray for me on this endeavor.

I'm starting to feel better. I have only exercised once this past week (shame on me!!!), but I'm getting up and getting going in the morning better now. I just wish I had some way of keeping motivated about exercising. It gets to me how I KNOW I need to exercise, but can't get motivated to do it!!

Gas prices here are going down rapidly. What's it where you are? It's $2.48 today.

Write ya later.

Four.....

4 Things
This is for Mel.

Four jobs I've had:
JCPenny's
Bowling alley
Cracker Barrel
Gas Station

Four movies I can watch over and over:
Planet of the Apes
Grease
Ice Age
Gone in 60 Seconds

Four places I've lived:
Ga. (different cities; when I was little)
NC. (different cities)

Four Places I've vacationed:
Myrtle Beach, SC
Gatlinburg, Tn
Orlando, Fla
Ocean City, Md (took 2 youth trips there)

Four of my favorite dishes: (I'm simple)
Pizza
Country Pie
Lasangna
Hamburgers

Four sites I visit daily:
My friends blogger sites
College website
myspace
Hotmail

Four places I would rather be right now:
Gatlinburg, Tn
Visiting my mom in Ga.
In Fla
Ocean City, Md

Hi

Hiya to all.

Well, not much of anything around here. Been doing a lot of cleaning lately. Got some places clean....others~not so much hehe.

We got us a kitty.To my blogger friends out there~ meet Smoreo. (Ross wanted Grey Oreo and the girls wanted Smokey...so I put 'em together)



Isn't he cute? He follows me around and it's so cute. Thanks to my bestest for going with me to get him.

Ross is still doing good. The girls are too. We are going to have to give them a hard lesson in saving money this week. Both of them spent their money on dolls and earings this past weekend. Last night they called wanting money for a book and a dance. Their not going to like our answer, but it's time they learned!!

School is going ok for me. My Forensic Psychology class isn't what I thought it'd be. Oh well. My English class, I don't really understand half of what the stories are saying. My Criminal Justice is just kinda boring~ read chapter; send in the review questions; after 3 chapters, have test...kinda boring.

L has still been working too many hours. Drives me nutz! They have been springing things on him at the last minute and it makes me mad. By next week, I hope it is calmed down a bit (the job they are working on right now is almost done).

These things are so cool!! I know it hard to see it, but these are at http://www.straightlinedesigns.com/ I want one hehe.




Hope everyone is doing good.

Write ya later.

I'm 92% Southern

You have...
[X]ridden a horse
[ ] owned a horse
[X] owned land
[X] been 4wheelin
[X] said "aint"
[ ] been cow-tipping
[ ] been deer hunting
[X] been swimming in a spring.
[X] caught a fish
[X] seen a deer get skinned
Total: 7

You ...
[ ] have worked on a ranch or on land
[x] have lived in a house in the middle of nowhere (still DO)
[ ] have been duck hunting
[X]have went swimming in a river
[X]have owned a truck
[ ]own a rebel flag
[X]like to fish
[X]have a funny accent (I've been told)
[X]owned a pair of boots
[X]own/owned a cowboy hat
[X] own/have owned a big dog
[X] say "yall
[X] have gotten made fun of for sayin "yall
Total so far: 17

You also...
[X] cuss when ur mad
[ ] dipped/dip snuff
[X] go to church on sunday (not as I should)
[ ] owned/own a bird dog
[ ] have riddin a horse to somewhere in town
[ ] have gone on a field trip to a farm
[x] have eaten deer meat (main thing we eat for meat around my house)
[ ] have shot a gun
[X] own a gun
[x] park your vehicles in the yard
Total so far: 21

You...
[X] have gone shopping...for a gun
[ ] get the kids in your family a toy gun for christmas
[ ] wear long sleeves even in the summer
[X] know what stirrups are
[ ] have fed the deer
[ ] have/had a dog named bosephustotal
so far: 23

23x4=92% Southern

Now count all the x's and multiply that number by 4 then paste as I am..% Southern

Two of my boys :)

My big boy :)


I love this picture :)

Howdy

I had a wonderful day today. I actually got to spend some time with my hubby :) L had to work Sat. and Sun. for 12 hours both days. He had told me he was probably gonna have to work today, but I was sooooo happy when he said he was staying home :)

Ross is doing WONDERFUL! He's liking school, which we were afraid that he would end up having problems due to the change. Ever since his patch, he has been doing great.

Well, I think I figured out why I haven't felt very good in a LONG time. I decided that this week, I'd start writing my calories down and keeping track. For my weight, to maintain it, I should eat 1573 calories a day (to lose 1473). Places I've read from say not to go below 1200 cuz it was dangerous to do. Well, on a normal day I eat a sandwich for lunch, a sandwich for dinner, and maybe a snack.
Sandwich~
Bread~120 (1 slice~60)
Cheese~70
Ham~30
Mayo~100
Total~320 (2 sandwiches~640)
Snack~(today~half of a KitKat bar)~100
SOOOOO~740 calories a day! NO WONDER I have absolutely NO energy, don't want to do anything, and get dizzy often. I have a lot of work to do. I'm gonna get off my butt and exercise so I feel like eating what I should (healthier things too). I was in such total shock. I thought I was depressed since I never wanted to do anything~come to find out, I'm not giving my body anything to work with! Please pray that I can start taking better care of myself.

I've done some more cleaning today. Housework is another thing I put off. Cleaned out Ross' closet. and did 5 loads of laundry. Whew.

We are gonna get a cat this week. I got L convinced into one. Hopefully it can scare our unwanted house mates out. Found another place yesterday where the mice have tried to nest. YUCK! It's just sooo disgusting!

Guess that's it for now. PLEASE comment. I want to know there are people out there :)

Write ya later.

I'm here

Ross started 1st grade! He's growing up so fast. We are kinda leery of his teacher. We are worried that she won't be able to cope with Ross. We gave her a copy of his tests he had done this summer (ones telling what he has been diagnosed with and how to deal with him) She didn't want it. Then when we told her that she might want to talk to his K teacher (who was a blessing! She had been thru the same things we are going thru), his 1st grade teacher said "Nope, I'll only do that in an emergency." In a way, I understand~ don't want to be pre-judgmental of a child~but with Ross, you NEED to know whats going on and how to react to him BEFORE an emergency. Once it becomes an emergency with him, it's almost too late.

They also upped Ross' medicine again. She wants to change his medicine, cuz it's a lot of medicine for a 6 yr old, but we have to talk to his neurologist first.

My girls are in 7th and 5th. OH~~Emily has been nominated to go study in Italy and Greece for 20 days next year. We are surprised and excited for her. Just hoping it won't cost an arm and a leg.

L is working a ton! Last Mon.- Fri., we had time for each other a total of 6 hours. It's driving me crazy! Especially since I only go to the school campus one night a week this semester, I'm going crazy not having time for myself. Mark is driving me nutz lol

I got a DVD of dance exercise for a dollar. It's 60 min long. I hope it's good. I need to exercise. I have gained another 4 pounds. It's getting to me a lot. So hopefully I can get my butt off the couch and actually do it.

Hope all it well with everyone.

Write ya later.

This one's for Vickie

Here's the pictures of my trunk for Vickie :)

The top of it~


A picture to show the detail of the trunk~


The front of it~


The inside (when you first open it)~


The inside (after you take the "shelf" out)~


I told ya I'd post some pictures of it :)

I scanned pictures from my annuals. Warning:some big hair in these pictures hehe

First Grade~mom made outfit

Second Grade~Mom made outfit

Third Grade~Mom made outfit (see a pattern?)

Fourth Grade~OOOO mom let me pick an outfit myself (I don't think she knew it was picture day hehe)

Fifth Grade~ Mom made outfit again (what hair!)

Sixth Grade~ Mom learned to braid and braided my hair

Seventh Grade~Decided to try a shooorrrttt cut ~ BAD BAD BAD idea! Plus started wearin BIG earings

Eighth Grade~ wore my mom's clothes hehe

Ninth Grade~ look high lol

Tenth Grade~ my favorite

Eleventh Grade~ an ok pic


Don't have my 12th grade! I lost my annual. Hope you enjoyed seeing me thru the years :)

My weekend

On Fri., I had to help L at work. I started helpin him @ 7pm and we finally got home after midnight. He said if I hadn't have helped him, he might as well have spent the night there. He had to then get up and go back @ 7am. He got home after 7pm. On Sun he had to work about an hour. It's been a long weekend for him. I'm missing my hubby time!

L's mom came in on Fri afternoon, but she decided last night to go and stay with her brother the rest of her visit here. I just think she didn't want to stay here since she hasn't seen L that much. I really don't think she likes me. When she asks a question, if I answer first, she looks at L to see if I'm right. If I answer after him, she ignores me. Drives me nutz!

The girls are here again for the week. I'm having a blast. We took some pictures this weekend~



I was clinching my teeth, cuz the phone rang as the countdown was ending and both the girls wanted to jump for it hehe




This is my favorite one of me and my girls :)




This is my favorite of me and my boys :)

Write ya later :)

My elementary school memories

I don't have any of my school pictures. I will tell some of my memories.

First Grade~ I got in trouble cuz I accidently scratched a boy on the face. He was playing with his pencil, blowing it back and forth on his desk, and I went to swipe it. I ended up scratching him.

Second Grade~ About had a heart attack on April 1. While we were in another class (computer I think), my teacher put everyone's name on the board with 3 checks. I almost fainted cuz I had only had my name on the board once (see above from 1st grade hehe) My teacher was nominated Teacher of the Year and it was in the paper. You could see me in the background and I got in trouble at home...I was caught sucking my thumb.

Third Grade~ I was a bad girl. I cheated on a states capital test. Three of us put the answers in our desk and we'd take turns looking to find answers for each other. I very much disliked geopgraphy...and as L gets such a kick out of.. I still very much dislike it.

Fourth Grade~ Don't remember much except that my teacher had a rough year. Her and her hubby got a divorce that year and it was real hard on her.

Fifth Grade~ Top Dogs of the school. Loved it. Became friends with Christina. Was ...dum dum dum...hall monitor with the cutest boy in my class (or so I thought hehe)

My new items

Here are my two new canvas items I have done. I love them. I'm addicted to camo hehe.

This is a door sign. Just have to add a hook to it.

My new box :)

This is for Crystal. It's my new PINK cloth book cover for my new school books.