Hi!

I haven't felt like posting that much lately...or maybe I just haven't had anything to post about...I dunno'...I guess I'm not going to post just because "oh dear! I haven't posted for 3 whole days!" ...and then sit in front of the computer for an hour and a half trying to think of something to write...lol!

Grandpa Wilhelm was supposed to have his surgery this next Tuesday, but Grandma called last Wednesday and said that it was that coming Friday. (which was two days away) So, Mom and Dad left that night around 7:00, drove for a couple of hours, got a hotel and drove the rest of the way on Thursday. Grandpa's surgery was on Friday morning, and he thankfully came through it just fine. On that Friday, Grandma McEntire came and picked Lydia and I up for lunch...and we had a really good time with her! Then we went back to her house and watched a baby story. :0) I love watching those. I can't wait to have a baby, but I wouldn't want myself all over tv when I'm in labor...lol! Anyway, so Mom and dad stayed a couple more days and came back on Tuesday.


We had salad tonight. I don't really like salads, but the one I had tonight was pretty good. :0)

 

I put everything out on the table tonight and Mom walked in and commented on how ridiculous it was at how many different salad dressing we have. There is a good reason for each and every one. The zesty Italian one is from Pepperoni Pasta, Sara bought the two weird ones when she was here, then the thousand island, blue cheese and creamy ranch are normal ones to have on hand, and them mom bought me the lite ranch one this past week. I'm very good at justifying things...lol!



And, this is my most newest and most favoritest plate now. :0) I love square plates, and if feels JUST right in your hand. :D I think it matches our kitchen too! =)

 

This Sunday is an All Day Fellowship, and I'm looking forward to it! We're bringing Lemon-garlic chicken and yellow rice. :) Oh, and this Sunday night they're playing "A very Dugger Wedding" on TLC...I can't wait to watch it! It looks really good. :D

I've practiced my guitar today and yesterday...I wish I would stay on it and practice everyday...oh well...I'll get there sooner or later, probably later...in fact, I don't even know where I'm trying to get...but anyways, that's not the point. :0)

Has anybody ever made a recipe for apple-bacon tomato soup? Because allrecipes sent me a recipe for that, and I'm wondering if it really is good?

Well, I hope you all have a great day tomorrow!

100 question and my 300th post! :0)

Someone emailed this to me, so I decided to do it on my blog.

1. Started your own blog-with Liv's help. :D
2. Slept under the stars-well, I sleep under the stars every night, there is just a roof in between me and them! lol!
3. Played in a band-I would absolutely love too.
4. Visited Hawaii-No
5. Watched a meteor-yep
6. Given more than you can afford to charity-COME ON! People give to ME!
7. Been to Disneyland-sadly, no.
8. Climbed a mountain-I've climbed enchanted rock, at least part of it!
9. Held a praying mantis-uh no, and I don't want to.
10. Sang a solo- Yes, I sang part of a song by myself once.
11. Bungee jumped-No thank you.
12. Visited Paris-no
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea - no
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch-no
15. Adopted a child-no, but I would love to one day.
16. Had food poisoning-I'm sure I have at some point.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty-no, but I will next year!!!
18. Grown your own vegetables-Yep...green beans and squash
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France-no
20. Slept on an overnight train-no.
21. Had a pillow fight-yes.
22. Hitch hiked-uh, no, and hope I never have to...
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill-no
24. Built a snow fort-no, but I've made a snowman!
25. Held a lamb-No
26. Been to Royal Gorge-no
27. Run a Marathon-are you kidding? lol!
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice-no
29. Seen a total eclipse-no
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset-yes...I like sunsets best!
31. Hit a home run-I think I have, but I'm not sure?
32.Been on a cruise-Maybe one day
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person-no...but I think we're going to do that next year on vacation. :)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors-yes
35. Seen an Amish community-no, and I will also see that next year! :0)
36. Taught yourself a new language-working on it. (I do know pig Latin...does that count?
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied- when I have money, I'm satisfied, but when I run out...lol!
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person-no
39. Gone rock climbing-no
40. Seen Michelangelos David-no
41. Sung karaoke- yes, I felt very awkward doing it though...thankfully no one important was around. :0)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt-no
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant-huh...I'm lucky to at a restaurant myself! lol!
44. Visited Africa-No, but dad has.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight-Unbelievably, not!
46. Been transported in an ambulance-glad to say no.
47. Had your portrait painted-no
48. Gone deep sea fishing-I've never been fishing at all whatsoever...I always get left behind.
49. Seen the SistineChapel in person-no
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris-no
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling-NoI don't swim.
52. Kissed in the rain-*sigh*
53. Played in the mud-hehehehe!
54. Gone to a drive-in theater- Nope
55. Been in a movie-no
56. Visited the Great Wall of China-no
57. Started a business-in my mind, yes.
58. Taken a martial arts class-no
59. Visited Russia-good grief...NO! I HAVEN'T BEEN ANYWHERE!
60. Served at a soup kitchen -no
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies-no
62. Gone whale watching-no
63. Got flowers for no reason- yes
64. Donated blood, no
65. Gone sky diving-yikes!
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp-no
67. Bounced a check-no
68. Flown in a helicopter-no
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy- yep
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial-no, but I will soon!
71. Eaten Caviar-no, and I never want to.
72. Pieced a quilt-I've made a blanket
73. Stood in Times Square-I will soon
74. Toured the Everglades-no
75. Been fired from a job-no
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London-no
77. Broken a bone-no
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle-I've never been on a motorcycle period.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person- brother, I gonna' fell bummed out when I'm done with this.
80. Published a book-no
81. Visited the Vatican-no
82. Bought a brand new car-no and I never would.
83. Walked in Jerusalem-no
84. Had your picture in the newspaper-no
85. Read the entire Bible-not all the way through.
86. Visited the White House-no
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating-ick no...I try not to think about the killing part.
88. Had chickenpox-i think I did when I was little, but now I can't remember.
89. Saved someones life-I might have and just not know it...lol!
90. Sat on a jury-I hope to one day.
91. Met someone famous - No, but Mom, Dad, Daniel and Liv has seen someone really famous...!
92. Joined a book club-never
93. Lost a loved one-Thankfully, no one too close yet.
94. Had a baby-man, this IS depressing...lol!
95. Seen the Alamo in person-no
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake-I can't swim
97. Been involved in a law suit-nope
98. Owned a cell phone- no, don't rub it in.
99. Been stung by a bee-ha! Nope!
100. Been to a birthday party where they put something on your eyes and have you feel through a bowl of rice for different objects-something like that- I have been to a birthday party where they were doing that, but I personally didn't do it.

Well...I hope you're all having a great Tuesday evening!

Pictures from Christmas...

These pictures are in absolutely no order at all...and I know there is one here twice...lol! Hope you enjoy looking at them! :0)

 

 

 

 

I am Joe's Heart

I read this, this morning and found some of it interesting. :D I new a lot of it, but some of it I didn't...so I thought I would share it. :) I KNOW it's long, but I think it's worth the while!

I Am Joe's Heart

I'm certainly no Beauty. I weigh 12 ounces, am red-brown color and have an unimpressive shape. I am the dedicated slave of Joe. I am Joe's heart.

I hang by ligaments in the center of his chest. I am about six inches long and, at my widest point, four inches across-more pear-shaped than valentine. Whatever you may have heard about me from poets, I am really not a very romantic character. I am just a hard working four-chambered pump-actually two pumps, one to move blood to the lungs, the other to push it out and into the body. Every day, I would say, I pump blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels. That's enough pumping to fill a 4000 gallon tank car.

When Joe thinks of me at all, he thinks of me as fragile and delicate. Delicate! When so far in his life I have pumped more than 300,000 tons of blood? I work twice as hard as the leg muscles of of a dash runner, or the arm muscle of a heavyweight boxing champ. Let them try to go at my pace and they would turn to jelly in minutes. No muscles in the body are as strong as I am-except those of a woman's uterus as she expels a baby. But uterine muscles don't keep at in day and night for 70 years, as I am expected to do.

That, of course, is a slight exaggeration. I do rest-between beats. It takes about three tenths of a second for my big left ventricle to contract and push blood out into the body. Then I have a rest period of half a second.

Joe almost never thinks of me-which is good. I don't want him to become one of those heart neurotics and worry us both into real trouble. When he does worry about me it is almost always about the wrongs things. One night, as he was drifting off to sleep, Joe was listening to my quiet thumping-that's the opening and closing of my valves-and he thought he heard me "skip" a beat. He was quite worried. Was I giving out on him? He needn't have been concerned.

From time to time, my ignition system gets momentarily out of whack-just like the ignition system on Joe's car. I generate my own electricity , and send out impulses to trigger contraction. But occasionally I will misfire, piling one beat on top of another. It sounds as if I have "skipped"-but I haven't. Joe would be surprised how often this happens when he isn't listening.

After an nightmare he sometimes wakes up and worries because I am racing. That's because when he runs for his life in his dreams, I run too. Joe's worries actually aggravates things-makes me go still faster. If he would calm down, so would I. But if he can't, there is a way to slow me down. The vagus nerves act as a brake. They pass up through the neck-behind the ears, at the hinge of the jaws. Gentle massage here will slow my beat.

Joe blames almost everything on me-fatigue, dizzy spells an such. But I have little to do with his fatigue, and his occasional dizzy spells usually trace to his ears. From time to time he will be doing his desk work, and will get a sharp pain in the chest. He fears that he is about to have a heart attack. He needn't worry. That pain comes from his digestive tract-payment for the heavy meal eaten a couple of hours earlier. When I am in trouble, I usually send out a pain signal only after undue exertion of emotion. That's the way I tell him I am not getting enough nourishment to carry the work he is loading on me.

Joe had a heart attack five years ago and didn't even know it. He was too busy to notice that tiny twinge of pain in his chest. The artery that clogged was a small one on my rear wall. It took me two weeks to sweep away the dead tissue and repave the area with a scar not much larger than a pea.

Joe comes from a family where heart disease has occurred often, so statistics say that I am going to give him trouble, too. Of course, he can't do anything about his heredity. But he can do a lot to minimize the risk.

Lets start with overweight.
Joe is getting extra padding around the middle and jokes about his middle-age spread. It's no laughing matter. Every pound of his excess fat contains something like 200 miles of capillaries which I have to push blood through. And that is in addition to the work of carrying around each extra pound.

And that brings me to Joe's blood pressure. It's 140/90-the upper limit of normal for his age. The 140 measures the pressure I work against while contracting, and the 90 is the pressure while I am resting between beats. the lower figure is the more important. The higher that figure rises, the less rest I get. And without adequate rest a heart simply works itself to death.

Joe could give me a break in other ways. He is a competitive, driving, worrying sort of fellow-you know, the successful-businessman type. He doesn't realize that his constant fretting continually stimulates his adrenal glands to produce more adrenaline and noradrenalin. If Joe relaxes, I relax.

Exercise is another thing. Joe is one of those weekend athletes who take it in big doses. He still like that rushing-up-to-the-net bit in tennis, as if he were a college boy. When he does this, my work load goes up as high as five time normal.
What Joe should be doing is taking regular, mild exercise. A walk of a mile or two a day would help. Climbing a couple of flights of stairs to his office wouldn't hurt either. His office is on the tenth floor, but he could walk up the first two flights and then catch the elevator. Little things like that would do a lot. Fatty deposits are already beginning to block some of my arteries. This regular exercise causes new blood pathways to develop. Then if one artery closes down there are others to nourish me.

I'm not the demanding type. I'll do the best I can for Joe under any circumstances. Just the same, there are those breaks he could give me: slim down a bit, take regular exercises, relax a little more, cut down on fats and smoking. If he would only do those things, I could keep on working for Joe for a long time.

I hope you didn't skip any parts...lol!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a GREAT Christmas and New Years! I know I did... :D

On Christmas Day it was in the 70's...NOT very "Christmasy" weather. BUT...who needs a white Christmas when they're surrounded by family and friends? Not me. I wasn't even outside that much. I was inside hovering around the snack table right along with everyone else. :0) There were piles and piles of food and snacks...not even counting the actual Christmas dinner. The turkey on Christmas was the best one I have ever had. It was smoked...I wish I had some right now...lol!!!

Marina and Amber came home with us on Christmas and stayed with us for a week. :0) We had so much fun...sometimes I'm almost feel guilty for how much fun we have. =) But anyways...so they were here with us on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
For New Year's Eve our church rented a community hall. Dad gave a small message, and then we played games and ate until midnight. It was one of the "funnest" New Year's Eves that I can remember. :0) On New Year's Day we didn't really do that much...Heather and Caleb came over for a couple hours...that's pretty much it.

Friday morning Dad, Mom, Lydia and I brought Amber and Marina back home. :0( We spent one night with them, and came back yesterday afternoon. When they're here, you know we're all doing one of five things, playing a game, (normally pictionary...we're all getting quite good!) eating, laughing, taking pictures, or laughing VERY hard...you don't even know how hard...but that's another story...LOL!
I wanted to go to the beach when they were here...but I only thought about it once when they were here and then again this morning, but obviously, that was too late. Oh-well, next time I guess. :0)

Oh..and you know you're staying up late when the only reason you go to sleep is so you won't be awake when other people start getting up. lol!

I would love to hear how everyone's Christmas and New Year was, and what you did. :0)

Well, there are pictures to come from this past week, but not right now...I don't feel like it. :D So...stay tuned!

YAY!!! I hope this works...

I finally got the video to work (with Marina's help, of course!) from Thanksgiving. :0) So, here it is. :0)

I haven't been posting that much...

I guess I just haven't felt like it.

Christmas is in four days...wow! Did it come up fast, or what? I'm so excited for Thursday! It's so much fun when just about EVERYBODY is going to be able to be there! The only person I know of that isn't going to be able to be there is Aunt Tina. :( (We will miss you a whole whole bunch Aunt Tina!) I'm also looking forward to the week after Christmas, because Marina and Amber get to stay a week with us! I'm really looking forward to that too! It's like Christmas is going to last a whole week! lol!
I'm also looking forward to the new year. SO many things happened this year that I never though would happen or imagined could...so it just makes me wonder what will happen in 2009?

It's chilly out today...and it going to be even colder tomorrow...then it's going to be a lot warmer out by Tuesday. It's going to be in the 70's on Christmas Day...nice. I wish the weather would just stay the same...cold...lol!

Well...I hope everyone is having a great Sunday!!!

An update on Luke

Sara called last night and said they were still in the hospital, and she said she wasn't for sure when they would be able to go back home. They're putting him to sleep ever morning at nine. :0(
I wish I was there to help out however I could.
It doesn't look they're going to have to do plastic surgery though, because he only got burned on one side of his hand. If it would have been on both sides, they probably would have had to do surgery, so at least it was only on one side.
Please continue to keep Luke and Sara in your prayers. I'm sure she would appreciate it.

Happy birthday Morgan McEntire! :0)

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Let it snow!

I can't believe it snowed last night! Just enough for a snowball fight and tiny snowmen. :D

Please pray for Luke. He burned his hand really bad today and had to go the emergency room, and then they had to send him to the Memphis Burn Center. We're not for sure yet if they're going to have to do surgery, hopefully it isn't THAT bad. Poor baby. :0(

Thanksgiving pictures!!! (finally!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My winter arpons! :D

 

...My uPsIdE-dOwN snowman apron. :)

 

I know...I can't sew in a straight line...

 

And, my snowflake apron!

It was 39 when I got up this morning...brrr!

Aww...

For Grandma McBroom, and all her aunties. :D

 

hehehehehehehe!!!!!

I just found a stash of GOOD sheet music that I forgot about...that just made my day. :)

Holiday on the Brazos!

 

:D I love this picture!

 

...whoever took this picture definitely caught Liv and I with weird faces on...or should I just say, faces that didn't know a picture was being taken? lol!

 

Sleighs on wheels...

 

 

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Marina, I hope you have a great day, but don't eat too much cake...lol! :0)

It's been chilly outside...

AND inside for a couple days now. :D Although doing the dishes or vacuuming or something like that warms me up pretty quick. :)

Well...I wasn't going to change my template for Christmas...but then I decided to go ahead and do it...as you can see!

We had a great Thanksgiving! If we weren't laughing, we were eating, if we weren't eating, we were talking, if we weren't talking, we were playing a game, if we weren't playing a game, we were making more food...lol! It was one of the best Thanksgiving I've ever had! :0) I'm not posting any pictures yet because I'm making a video of the pictures...which is messing up, but if I can't figure out how to post it anywhere, I'll just post the plain pictures. :)

I'm looking forward SO much to Christmas!!!! (I'm especially looking forward to it now!!!!!!!!!) We got our tree Tuesday night. :D We also got our Christmas present Tuesday night...a 32" flat screen TV...it's SO much better than watching movies on a laptop...:0) Anyway...back to Christmas, I can't wait for everybody that's coming to come down! :0) I also can't wait for the new year. =)

Us girls watched Sense and Sensibility this afternoon...it's the first time I've REALLY watched it and payed attention to what was going on...lol! I actually liked it a lot!

Lydia and I have been playing game after game of Yahtzee...I only like to play that game with 2 people and 3 people max...so it's a good game for us to play. :0)

Something really funny happened the other night at supper, we were eating and I said "pass the lettuce" and Liv to a handful off her plate and put in on mine and said "here"...and I looked at her like "uh...that's not what I meant" and she said "just eat it...I didn't touch it"...and she was being serious...lol! Okay...well, maybe you'd of had to of been there...but it gave us a good laugh. :0)

Christmas meme...

Well, I got this in an email as something you're supposed to forward and stuff...but I decided to make it a Christmas Meme...:0)

Okay, so everyone pretty much knows the normal meme rules so just follow those if you do it. ;0)


1. Wrapping paper or gift bag? Wrapping paper for Christmas and gift bags for birthdays.

2. Real tree or artificial? Real...duh! (UNLESS, it's a white or pink fake one!)

3. When do you put up your tree? Well, it totally depends on when we get it...lol!

4. Do you like eggnog? mmm...YES...and some cookies please.

5. Favorite gift received as a child? Well, I'm probably still a child to some people, but I like just about all the gifts I receive. :0)

6. Hardest person to buy for? My cousin Matt, but thankfully I only picked his name once...lol!

7. Easiest person to buy for? My sisters.

8. Mail or email Christmas cards? I actually like both. :0)

9. Worst Christmas ever received? Well...I don't want to step on any body's toes.

10. Favorite Christmas movie? "It's a Wonderful Life" & a couple others.

11. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I never have any money, so that puts a damper on Christmas shopping.

12. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No, but I know somebody who has.

13. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Cheese balls and the sorts...

14. Lights on the tree? Is this some sort of trick question or what? ...of COURSE I want lights on my tree!

15. Favorite Christmas song? Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Winter Wonderland and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

16. Travel at Christmas or stay home? It doesn't matter to me...

17. Can you name all of Santa's Reindeer? Dancer, Dasher, Vixon, Donner, Cupid, Blitzen, Rudolph, I had a little help with that one...hehehehe...I probably didn't spell them right either. :0)

18. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? Christmas Eve. The sooner the better!

19. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Annoying Christmas songs.

20. Favorite ornament, themes, or color? It depends on what room I'm in.

21. Favorite for Christmas dinner? IDK

22. What do you want for Christmas this year? I'm just fine with what we're all getting...a flat screen TV!!! Which dad JUST brought in the door. :0)

Okay, I'm not going to tag anybody, but PLEASE do it, and comment to let me know so I can come read yours!!! ;0) Hope you enjoy!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day!!!

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Wow...this past week has flown by....

...and dragged by.
It seems like I just made my last post...and then it feels like I haven't posted for weeks...

Saturday evening we continued our "tradition" with Mrs. Amy and her kids by going to the annual Christmas parade. :D I guess it was an "okay" parade...I didn't think it was all that great this year, but Mom and Liv thought it was "a LOT better than last year"...lol! Oh well...it was a lot of fun. :0) BTW...scary rides aren't as scary as they look...okay...so maybe the one I rode didn't look THAT scary...but when I was standing in line I was awful nervous...but once it started...it was great fun. =)

Liv baked all day today for Thanksgiving! She made like 6 different kinds of fancy cookies...and we have a lot more baking to do tomorrow. :0) I got a yummy looking recipe from Mrs. Shorter that I can't wait to try!!! They're called "Caramel-Pecan Snappers"...they look really yummy! :0)

I got my pictures in the mail on Monday!!! So I did 2wo pages last night and 1ne page today. I also did a page last Friday night with pictures I already had. It's so much fun...and I can't wait to finish it. :0)
Speaking of scrapbooks...yesterday when we we're at Salvation Army I saw a lady carrying around a NICE empty scrapbook and when she went to check out she couldn't buy it because "it didn't have a price tag on it" ...so after she left...we went up and asked if we could have it if we payed a lot more for it than they would price it...but the answer was still "no"...if it doesn't have a price tag on it, it goes to the back and comes out the next day. So...Mom and I went back today to see if we could find it, but we couldn't find it anywhere...so when we went to check out Rosa (the lady that works there) said "hold on...let me go get that book thing you wanted..." So...I have a nice new scrapbook waiting for me when I'm done with the one I'm doing right now!!! That was a BIG blessing!!!

Since Thanksgiving is in a couple days...I though I would post some random (and some not-so-random) things I'm thankful for.

Pretty stationery
Kleenexes :D
Sisters
Our piano and my guitar
My church family
Babies
Instant oatmeal
My Bible
I'm thankful my sister has a laptop... :0)
I'm thankful for my best friend. :D
Our new kitchen!!!

All this week I've been trying to take notice of little things and be thankful for them...it's so easy to take little things for granted...and even big things for that matter. How often do we think to be thankful for our homes, families, salvation or food? Oh...I know...we pray and give thanks before each meal (or at least we should be) but how often do we really pay close attention to the words that are being said and truly give thanks for our food? I'm not saying I have a lot of room to talk, I just think it's worth giving it some thought.

Hope you all have a wonderful evening and pay attention to little things!!!

Happy Wednesday!

 

Look what Mom got for me the other day!!! These are SO much fun...

Mom is at the dentist today...please pray that everything goes well.

Ahhh...the weather has been wonderful ALL week! I hope it's cold out for Thanksgiving. It's not very fun to have a hot and humid Thanksgiving... But...since we are having Thanksgiving a couple hours north this year, we have a better chance of it not being hot!!! :0)

I've had a cold this week...it's better today though. It's that time of year and everybody seems to have one...ick.

Well...winkflash sent me an email yesterday and said that my pictures were on the way...I can't wait to do some more pages in my scrapbook!!! :D

Hope you all have a wonderful day!!!

I hate it when....

I have a song stuck in my head all day...

Well...today has turned out quite nice if I do say so myself. :D A nice cool font blew in at 11even last night...so it was beautiful out today! Windy too... =)

Well...I discovered today that ordering pictures from winkflash is a lot cheaper and just better all the way around than anywhere else I've ever ordered pictures. You have to pay for shipping, but that is only 99 cents, and each pictures is 8 cents. (CVS is 12 cents ON sale!) Plus...your first order you get 50 prints free, so we only had to pay 99 cents for 50 pictures!!! Winkflash is having a photo contest, and I entered, and if you get 1st place, you get 1000 free prints, and if you get 2nd place you get 500 free prints, and if you get 3rd place you get 250 free prints and then there are 10 people that get 100 free prints...:0) I doubt I win...but that sure would be fun!!! I had started my order, and it got deleted, so I restarted the order, then SOMEone deleted it when I was almost done...argh! So...I learned my lesson and sat down and didn't get up until I had finished it. Anyway, I was ordering pictures for my scrapbook...I know, I know, it took me a while to get around to it, but I finally have! I already did one page Thursday afternoon. :D


I deep-cleaned under my bed this afternoon...it WAS rather dusty...but I enjoyed doing it! =) I think sunshiny, beautiful, windy, and cool weather motivates. hehehe...

Last night Daniel took me to the football game...and we lost...:0( I had fun anyways! :0) BUT...I always end up by some extremely LOUD person...(or group) Last night, it was both. Oh well...

I hate it when it gets dark out so early...it's 6:55pm and it feels like it's just about time for bed...

I hope you all have a great Sunday tomorrow!!!


Well, I hope you all have a nice Sunday tomorrow!

A silly dilly poem :D

I made a pot of yummy soup
The other day at noon
It still is not quite ready
But it prob'ly will be soon

This soup is not the average
I make it once a year
It call for every vegetable
And 102 large deer

It calls for every single spice
That is known to man
And you need a big ol' pot
'Bout the size of 90 men

I have to hire workers
To stir around the clock
Otherwise my lovely soup
Would be "as hard as a rock"

A worker just now came to me
And said it's finally done
I think I'll go and get some
And taste it Yum! YUm! YUM!!!

~By me~
:0)

Hello everyone! :0)

I hope you are all having a nice Wednesday. :D

Monday Liv and I went to the library and I think I finally got some good cookbooks. :)
I got one full of recipes for french toast...some of them look REALLY yummy...I can't wait to try them. :0) Then I also got a s'more recipe book...(I know, I know, your probably thinking...'who needs a recipe for s'mores?') lol...but this book has extremely fancy s'more recipes in it like with fruit and white chocolate...mmm. And I also got a HUGE casserole book...but I haven't looked through it yet...it looks like it will have some good recipes in it...but it doesn't have any pictures. :( lol...I like my cookbooks to be illustrated. :0)

Yesterday we watched 4 "I Love Lucy's" ...they can tend to be pretty dumb...but they're also hilarious. :D It's funny how Lucy is always trying to audition for stuff and always end up messing up or looking stupid...:)

Mom made "ocean cheesecake" this morning/afternoon...I can't wait for it to finish setting up. :0) It's my favorite cheesecake recipe. :D

I found a quote book laying on the table, and these 2wo quotes really stood out. So I just thought I would share them. ;0)

No one cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
~Don Swartz

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it
is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
~William Arthur Ward

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances,
but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
~Hugh Downs

Happy birthday to you!

 

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I hope you have a wonderful day Victoria!!

This little girl is SO cute!! you've got to watch it. :0)

An interesting fact...

Americans eat 700,000,000 pound of peanut-butter a year...enough to coat the floor of the Grand Canyon. That's a whole lot of peanut-butter...

And does anyone right off the top of their head know who Malchus is? (From the new testament?) ...And it's cheating to look it up. :D

It's rainy today...I used to love rainy days...but I'm not that crazy about them anymore. I still like them okay...but I think my favorite kind of day now is cold and overcast. =)

Thanksgiving is in 2wo weeks and 3hree day!!!! Yipee!!! I'm so excited! I can't wait for all the families to be together. :D And then after Thanksgiving...I'll be counting the days til' Christmas.
:)

I started reading "Homemaking" by J.R Miller. It's not really about homemaking in the sense I thought it was...but it has some really good thoughts in it.

I started embroidering a pillowcase last Monday and I only have a *little* bit left to do on it...so maybe I'll get around to that today. I got a lot done on it last Tuesday night watching the election.

Well...have a great Monday!

Awwww.....

I miss Thomas and Evelyn so much...*sigh*...I wish they were here today.

Isn't he sweet? :D

Woo-hoo!!!!

I've finally got our pictures ordered!!!!!
I found a way around that little "login" box. :0)
A page that I had brought up on the CVS website had always messed up before...but then today...it worked!!! :0) So...I'm no longer annoyed.... =)

I am so annoyed.....

Argh! I've been trying to order pictures online for a couple days now. I was trying to order them from CVS first, but when it kept on messing up I decided to try ordering them from somewhere else. So, I've tried ordering them from Walmart and Walgreens, and every time I try to put in my password for any of the three places, it says "login-failed"...?

So...I thought...well...maybe I forgot my password or user name so I went through the whole "I forgot my password" thing and had it sent to my email, and so I made sure I was using the right password. It still didn't work. So, I changed me password and that didn't work either.
So...that's when I went from CVS to try Walmart or Walgreens...and it did the same thing, so once again, I went through the "I forgot my password" (even though I hadn't...I was just making sure) So, I've set up 2 new account using my other email address for both Walmart AND Walgreens. ....And it still says "login-failed" every time. I can't figure out why it is doing this...if anybody out there orders pictures online and can tell me what I might be doing wrong...please let me know!
I just don't understand why it is doing this because I've ordered a lot of pictures online before...ugh!

Happy first day of November!!!

Wow...I can't believe it's already November!! :D I'm so excited for Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year's...and all that good stuff. ;0)
This year for Thanksgiving we're all meeting at Uncle Jeff's house. I can't wait for that...:0)

Yesterday Liv, Lydia and I went to the Angleton Library and I checked out 2 cookbooks. One is called "Rice and Spice" which only has pretty weird recipes in it and the other one is a sandwich book, I checked it out because the sandwich on the front looked good but it doesn't have any good recipes in it either. *sigh* So, it's not my fault if we have the same ol' recipes on the next menu...I tried....lol!

While we were at the library, Olivia checked out a DVD called "The Christmas Card"...and it was a pretty good movie...:0)

Don't forget to set your clocks back tonight....ahh...that extra hour of sleep will be welcome won't it?
Have a great Sunday tomorrow!!!

Fall party....;0)

The Kelley's invited everyone to a Fall party this past Saturday! Mostly everybody made it and it was a very nice way to spend the day!!!
Hope you enjoy the pictures!!! ;0)


The treasure hunt...

The tire-racing...:0)

I don't like burnt marshmallows....


Me holding Alisa....you just can't see her cause she was all bundled up cause it was getting chilly out...:0)

Mom, Aranza, and Caleb...

The hayride...I didn't get to go on it, because I didn't really realize it was going on...lol...

It all started with this one.....

...a couple years ago at Christmas. :D


Then a couple more came along...

Then some more....

Now I have a big ol' family of monkeys.... (the bright green one way to the right on the top makes noise, and the brown one beside it too!)

I love monkeys and I think it would be fun to have a real one, one day. =)
ps. I don't have anywhere to put them. :0(

Wow...

...have these two weeks flew by or what? I guess so...because I haven't posted! Well...I'll admit it...I haven't felt like posting either...because every day hasn't flown by....lol! I was going to go on a blog break, but I knew as soon as I did that, I would want to post...and, I don't want to not be able to post...lol...

Last week was our revival...I always enjoy Bro. Taylor staying with us! He is one of the most Godly people I know...

We didn't get that many pictures while he was here...but here is one of us girls playing uno attack with Bro. Taylor. I really enjoyed the week he was here.

Heather's shower was last Saturday...and here is all the mommies and grammies. ;0) (left-right: Great-Grandma McEntire, Grandma McEntire, Heather and Alisa, Grandma McBroom, and Great-Grandma Friesner) (I hope I spelled that right...) Most of you know who all these people are, but maybe there is somebody reading my blog who doesn't...:0)

A c-o-o-l front blew in Wednesday night...:0) It was so beautiful out yesterday...and it looks like it will be again today!!! It's putting me into a baking mood...so watch out! lol! Last night Dad and Mom took Mrs. Kim to Olive Garden. So us girls watched Jane Erye and made brownies. :0) Something needs to lift your spirits while watching that movie...and brownies always do the trick. ;0)

Well, I got up at five thirty this morning and made Daniel breakfast, and he left at six twenty...so now...I'm pretty much just waiting for somebody to get up that I can bug. ;0)
If you know this song...sing along!

Buggin' you, is easy cause your buggable...
Buggin' you, is all I ever wanna' do!
Buggin' you, is more than just my dreams come tr-ue...
bugga bugga bug, bugga bugga bug, bugga bugga bugga bug bug bug bug bug...
(then you're 'sposed to scream) :0)

:0)

Alisa was over here for a couple hours yesterday...so I took a couple pictures...hope you enjoy!!! :0)

Check out that smile...:D

Awww...sweet baby!

Well, I went to Heather's house yesterday and we made caramel apples....it was a lot of fun. :0)

Heather putting chocolate on them....
While the caramel was hardening up, we watched "Finding Neverland"...it was a really good movie about the guy the wrote Peter Pan.

:0)

Happy birthday to me!!!!

Today is my spiritual birthday! I got saved when I was 11 years old, five years ago.
I made a profession of faith when I was about 6 or 7, but the last 6-9 months before I really got saved, were really horrible because I knew I wasn't saved, I just didn't want to admit it. I remember one night I was laying in bed so scared because I knew I wasn't saved and I started climbing down the bunk-bed steps to go get mom, and then I climbed back into bed because I just couldn't bring myself to tell people I wasn't saved when they thought I was.

So, on October 1st, 2003, we had a missionary come by, Bro. Taylor, he was a missionary to jails and prisons. And his message that night convicted me so much! When we got home from church that night I called Mom into the room and told her I knew I wasn't saved...and...so I prayed to God to come into my life and save me from sin....

"I never shall forget that day,
Blessed be the name of the LORD,
When Jesus washed my sins away
Blessed be the name of the LORD."


And I never ever will forget that day....!!!

Hello everybody!

I hope you all had a great week last week!

They're selling these cute baby jugs....and they are quite little compared to a normal gallon. Anyway...it was peach punch and quite tasty....mmm!

Here is the "whole-kitchen" shot for Joy! Liv and Daniel insisted being in this photo...lol! It was kind of hard to get the "whole" kitchen in one photo, but I did my best! :0) We're enjoying new kitchen so much! I think my favorite part is the window and the shelves right by the window!

And...I saved the best for last!!!! Little Alisa....:0) She's so cuddly! She is just now almost 5 pounds, so she'll still be tiny when you come Mrs. Kim. ;0) Alisa told me last night she couldn't wait to see you. 8)

The weather is so pretty today! I can't wait to go on a walk and not get hot!!! lol! I'm getting together with Heather sometime this week to make caramel apples and I'm so excited for that because I've never made them OR eaten one....:0)

And...Sonic has finally opened back up!!!!!!!!!

Liv and I are fixing to go to the library so...I better go...hope you all have a great day!

Our new floor is finally in!!!

The wood-floors look so much better!
Hope everyone has a great Sunday!!!