Truly Blessed

Have you ever had something happen to you and you realized how truly blessed you are to have such great friends? These past few days have been that way - i dont know, maybe its the holidays...Anyways, I had a great time with friends and family Friday evening playing games and stuffing our faces full of all types of snacks (I LOVE playing games!) Then on Sunday, having an awesome dinner and fun game time with some great friends who are becoming more like family every day and I am truly thankful for them! I am also extremely grateful for a friend of mine (HEIDI) who said she was going to ship me a "few" things for my daughter. Well today, I find this big box on my doorstep. I open it up and it is packed full (beyond full) of brand new clothes and shoes, along with a snow suit AND halloween costume. I am in awe. God is so good! Thats all I can say :) For without Him wouldn't life be dull?

Family Pictures

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone (we had a good one, by the way) and now it is time for Christmas..and that includes family photos. It took a few tries and lots of dressing and undressing, washing faces, sitting 3 squirmy kids still...but the final results are pretty good...Oh, and might I add, Anthony took these photos! He borrowed some lighting from his office and we used a tripod and the timer on our camera! Not bad for not being a professional photographer, huh?

The Whole Family

Me and Elizabeth
Ryan and Ben
Me and Anthony

Just for fun

I found this one someone elses blog that I read...you should try it.. I was 38% Yankee :)

http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html


here are some other "funnies"

Sniglets - Imaginative words that should appear in dictionaries but dont

Aquadextrous (ak wa deks trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.

Carperpetuation (kar pur pet you ay shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.

Disconfect (dis kon fekt) v. To sterilize the piece of confection (sucker) you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow 'remove' all the germs.

Elbonics (el bon iks) n. The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater.

Frust (frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.

Lactomangulation (lak to man gyu lay shun) n. Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the 'illegal' side.

Peppier (peph ee ay) n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want fresh ground pepper.

Phonesia (fo knee zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.

Pupkus (pup kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.

Sloovers (slew vuhrz) n. pl. Remnants of soap too small to use, but too big to throw away."

Telecrastination (tel e kras tin ay shun) n. The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you're only six inches away.


How many of these can you relate to?

A simple thank you will do

Do you ever feel under appreciated? Sometimes it would be nice to just receive a simple thank you…”Thank you for picking up my toys” or “thank you for doing my laundry for me” or “thank you for making my lunch” Its amazing, a simple thank you can go a long way. It makes you feel appreciated. When was the last time someone thanked you for something and truly meant it? I think I would do twice as much for someone if they told me they appreciated what I did and thanked me for it.

Some of you may be wondering where this is coming from. Today, dear ol hubby headed out of town for 2 days. Knowing he had a lot to do to get ready, I made sure to do a large portion of things for him, figuring this would free up some time for us to spend together before he left town. I made sure his favorite jeans and “concert” shirts were cleaned and ready for packing, I made sure he had a lunch packed and ready to take with him, I made sure all his “stuff” (i.e. cameras, paperwork, etc) were packed in our vehicle, I even made sure to fill the gas tank as well as clean out our vehicle and remove carseats, basically everything but pack his clothes for him. After all that, he didn’t even say a simple thank you. I must say I was crushed.

So I challenge you…say thank you. Go overboard saying thank you. You can never say it too much, and you will truly make that persons day to know they are needed and appreciated.

playing dead

i have previously posted about my experience with fish...well, ryans fish #2, diego, is an odd one at that. He/she is a black moor goldfish. Strangest little thing I have ever seen...he doesnt swim, he wriggles along...and without fail, after every feeding he "plays dead" He likes to float at the top of the tank, scaring me to death that we have, yet, another dead fish. Within a few minutes he swims off, only to float back to the top again.

Some tell me that it is because he is "constipated"...can fish really get constipated??? I mean, come on, they live in WATER..???!!! Anyways, so we switched his food a few days ago to contain more vegetable matter...but he still continues to float. I keep looking at him thinking...is this his last day, will he croak today? But yet, every morning I get up and he is still alive. I have heard it called "floaty bloaty goldfish" ... maybe this is his lot in life, or maybe he just likes to look at things from a "different angle".

Country Bumkin or City Slicker

ok so my husbands grandmother called up one evening and asked us if we wanted some carrots. She lives on a farm and grows lots of veggies and shares them with the family. Well, she brought over these carrots and today I decided to make carrot juice out of them. I opened up the bag and found these HUGE carrots. Is this normal? Am I so much a city slicker that i don't know what home-grown carrots look like?

Please say a prayer

Some of you may have heard on the local news about the death of a 22 month old little girl in my town. Her mom was taking her along with her 2 brothers (6yrs and 8yrs) out to the car. She realized she left her keys in the house and ran back inside. In the meantime, a young man (20 yrs old) driving a trash truck stopped to pick up the trash and didn't see the little girl and hit her. She died instantly. This, all being viewed, by her 2 brothers.

In my mind I keep reliving this poor lady's grief. Though my children are younger I have had near scares with my children running out into the road. I thank my God that he has protected my children.

Please keep this family in your prayers. They are new to the area. As far as I know they are christians. They attend a church here in town. Please also say a prayer for the 20 yr old who was driving. I am sure his grief is just as great. He is a good kid and I am sure he is going through great turmoil right now.

A great compromise

It seems whenever both hubby and I have a weekend at home together we challenge each other with the right to have the other one watch the kids so we can do our "hobby". Mine being scrapbooking while hubby's is hanging out in his studio working on his music. This weekend we came up with a great compromise. I watched the kids and cleaned house on Saturday while hubby worked on his music for the afternoon in exchange for him watching the kids for the afternoon on Sunday so I could do my scrapbooking. It was great! I actually got quite a bit done. I wish every weekend worked this way. Hmm...I wonder what are plans are for next weekend...maybe I can implement this compromise again? Anyways, heres the "work" I got done...did I mention that I am so far behind on my scrapbooking that these pics are from well over a year ago?

Greeting Cards

What do you do with greeting cards? People send me birthday cards, anniversary cards, mothers day cards, christmas cards, get well cards, new baby cards, congratulation cards and all other types of cards...what do you do with them? Do you read them and then throw them away? I have an older relative that is big on cards. I imagine she has a closet full of shoeboxes holding all these cards people send her and I believe she expects everyone else to do the same....why do i feel so guilty throwing them away? Perhaps because I know the price of greeting cards? I have tried to use parts of them in my scrapbooking but that doesnt usually work. I also have a zillion cards my children received for most of the above mentioned holidays as well. Do you have any ideas to either reuse them or am i just giving myself a dumb guilt trip because i hate throwing away something that someone gave me for fear of hurting their feelings?

I have no desire for my children to go through my things after i die and find a closet full of shoeboxes of greeting cards.

laughter is the best medicine