So meaningful...

This song is one of my new favorites. I am not sure how I stumbled upon it today...but I did and I am so glad I did! We have so many people that we love that are struggling and going through very difficult times in their life and this song is such a great reminder to all of us to remember to pray in the good times and the bad!

If you want to hear the song, you can go to this site: I'll Pray for You .

I'll Pray for You

I saw an old friend at the market, standing in the checkout line,

She began to share her story, then I told her mine,

It was clear we both knew heartache so before I turned to go,

We made a simple promise, that would lighten both our loads

I’ll pray for you, you pray for me,

And together we’ll touch heaven from our knees,

Anything can happen in His name when we agree,

I’ll pray for you, you pray for me

What a privilege and an honor to know that God is there,

and to have His full attention, any time and any where,

sometimes when we’re talking, conversation turns to you,

as your name and needs are mentioned, God lifts my spirit too

I’ll pray for you, you pray for me,

And together we’ll touch heaven from our knees,

Anything can happen in His name when we agree,

I’ll pray for you, you pray for me

Barbara Huffman & Marcia Henry / Christian Taylor Music / BMI
a division of Daywind Music ( admin by ICG)

In Christ Alone

 

 

A good friend of mine brought a copy of the sheet music to several of us at church and wanted us to learn this beautiful song.  So we gave it a shot... I had no idea when I first saw the song.... how awesome the lyrics would be!  So beautiful!  Take the 5 minutes that it will take you and listen to it....and really absorb the message.  This should brighten your day and reset your focus about what is truly important.  Have a great afternoon!

Too may first's to count...and thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Hey everyone!  I have so much to tell you and a bunch of pictures to share with you....a bunch of first's to talk about....

• First time I have had the chance to sit down and update my blog and actually start to get back into a routine here at home in several weeks
• First night in several weeks that I actually feel caught up on housework and laundry
• First day (well actually today is the second day...but I started typing this last night  :)  ) of a new week and the first of many new posts to share with you.....I hope
• First day that we have had rain in a long time...and I hope we get some more tonight.  We had a pretty good shower this afternoon and it really cooled things off and I am so thankful for the rain!  We REALLY needed it!
• Parker finally got his first haircut a few days ago....bye, bye little curls....my little man is growing up to fast!
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• First time to have one of my children not scream and go into hysterics around a dog....Way to Go Parker!

 

• First ballet recital for Kennedy

• First pool party of the summer

• First time Parker has ever been brave enough to run into the sprinkler (while the water is on) by himself

• First trip to the Kiddie Carnival...however, I am sure that there will be many more to come during the summer!

• First taste of a Cheeto for Parker...it ain't easy being cheesy!

• First look at my finished flower gardens out front....It took us over a month to finally get everything transplanted and mulched and like we want it.....it isn't perfect....but we are pretty happy with it.....now for working in the backyard! 

 

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• First time I have had the chance to really and truly THANK ALL OF YOU from the bottom of my heart for the friendship, kind words, emails, and most of all prayers for my family and for my Gram and Pap over the last few weeks.  I have made so many new friends because of this blog....and many of my "old" friends read my blog....it has just really and truly been a blessing to me to communicate with friends through this medium and know that there are so many people out there thinking about and praying for our family when we were in need!  It sort of becomes like your extended family I guess....I mean I have learned a lot about all of you and your families from reading your blogs....I feel like I have known some of you all my life....and I am sure you have learned a lot about me from my blog, emails, and all our commenting back and forth.    So enough mushy stuff....but just a big THANK YOU!!!!  Love to all of you!

Isn't she beautiful???

**Explanation:  I haven't forgotten about my promise to keep my blog updated...after I posted last week there were some unexpected events that happened and this is the first time I have been able to sit down and update since my last post...keep reading for more details.

Well, both people in this picture are beautiful to me...but both for very different reasons.  This is a picture that I took last October when were we in Memphis with my grandparents.

I will admit that I don't have a lot of pictures of my grandparents...and believe me, I plan on changing that real soon...life is way to short to not make all the memories that you can while you still have the ones you love the most here with you.  (Edited:  I starting typing this post a couple of days ago and since then I was able to get some really good pictures and will put them randomly in this post for you to see)

Let me give you a quick summary of what I am talking about.  About 6:30 am last Wednesday,  I received a phone call from my Papaw telling me that my Gram had suffered a heart attack and was in the hospital.  Emotions were running high and I didn't have much information, nor could I get much at the time from family because there was just so much happening.  I immediately said...We are packing up and will be there as soon as possible.  Now, you have to know that I live 6 to 7 from where she is in the hospital.  Needless to say, Shane and I started slinging clothes and bags and got things ready and hit the road.  We made really good time and arrived at the hospital the evening.

So here is the short of it....basically, she had a heart attack on Tuesday late afternoon and was rushed to the emergency room and later admitted.  The doctor came in late the evening and confirmed that she had indeed had a heart attack.  Early the next morning they took her back for a heart cath. and found one complete blockage and on the opposite side a blood clot that the doctor removed. 

We are home now from the hospital...she got to come home on Friday.  She is doing pretty well and will have some cardiac rehab starting in a couple of weeks and has some new medicines and dietary issues to overcome....but I think she is going to be just fine!  Of course this has been a scary experience and the emotions that she and all of us are having right now....I think are normal....but with time, I think we will eventually all get back into the swing of things.

Here are some precious pictures that we made this afternoon...I love them so much....Gram is not a picture person....in fact normally she won't let you get a good picture of her....but she did this time and I am determined to get more. 

Gram with her grandson Jordan....below, me and Gram

me and my kiddos with Gram....love this picture

So, instead of going through all the details about what happened to my Gram and about what she still has to go through....I wanted to share with you some lessons that have really hit me hard this week.

1. Life is too short and you need to make the very best of each minute you have and take advantage of every opportunity you have to tell the ones you love how much you love them.
2. Memories last forever....so take lots of pictures and make lots of memories with those that you love.
3. Be prepared!  In every way...make sure you have your life in order, make sure you live your life in a way that will help you to get to your final destination in eternity.
4. Be strong and rely upon your faith to help bring you through tough times.
5. Prayer is the strongest and most helpful and healing thing you can do for yourself and for those you love....in good and bad times.

And lastly, back to the title of this post....I love this precious lady.  She is so beautiful to me...from outside to in....and although I didn't tell her often enough....I am so grateful that my life has been blessed by her presence  and constant love and support.  She has a beautiful soul and a loving heart!  Her family is one of her greatest treasures and we are all so lucky to have her in our lives!  She is beautiful in every way!

Thanks for reading and letting me share this story with you.  I am planning on updating this week while I am here this week...and now that things have settled down just a bit. 

More later...

As promised...more to share!

UPDATED:  I decided not to draw the name for the RAK giveaway today.  I am going to wait until Monday morning to do that to give everyone a chance to leave a comment and have their names entered into the drawing.  Also, I guess I should have given a little more info about the products I am giving away.  The flowers are PRIMA...they rock!  The letters and the tags are not CHIPBOARD...sorry...but they are quality cardstock...and I have some that I have used and love them too...so I just wanted to clarify that for y'all!  :)

Well, it has been a busy day at our house and I am tired!  It started off early and pretty much stayed at a steady pace all day.  I had three kids home today, instead of just two.  I got the call that school was releasing early today and that meant I had to swing into gear and be ready to pick up Mallory in the car line at 11am.  Don't misunderstand...I am not complaining...with the weather like it was here today in Alabama...I want my babies home with us...I just feel better knowing that they are here with me. 

There were storms throughout most of Alabama today, but for the most part our storms were nothing compared to what areas south of us received.  There are many families that are suffering and need our prayers right now!  If you haven't already heard about it on the national news, just take a listen to the next newscast...I think the last I heard is that there are 5 confirmed deaths from where the tornado hit Enterprise High School earlier today.  We are being told that the number will most likely rise as they search through the night for others that are possibly trapped in the debris.  So sad and it just makes my heart ache for those families that are suffering.  It just reminds me to count my blessings each and every minute!

Ok..now on to some happier news...even though I haven't been posting a lot over the last couple of weeks...I have tried to keep reading my favorite blogs and commenting when I can...one trend I have noticed is a lot of blogger's doing RAK...so you guessed it...I have a RAK for all my readers!  Here is the key...if you don't leave a comment, you have NO chance of winning. That's it....ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is leave a comment!   I know there are still a lot of lurkers out there that visit my blog, but don't leave a comment when they visit.  So stop that lurking and show me some love!!!  I will have one of my little sweeties draw a name on Saturday and will post the winner sometime that day.  Now, since I have done a major clean-out of my scrapping area....my loss is going to be your gain...because I have a whole box full of goodies to give away in RAK's.  Here is what you will receive if you are the winner of this RAK:

Now here is what I need your help with...I bought this little beauty at my LSS a couple of weeks ago...and guess what I paid for it?  Six dollars...it was in the clearance section and regularly priced at like 29 dollars!  I was excited....I thought to myself, now surely I can alter this in some way and make it a beautiful piece of home decor.  So, leave me a comment and give me some of your ideas on what you might do with this.  There are four "coasters" that fit in the bottom wooden tray and sit up to display.  I think the measurements on the coasters are like 3.5 inches square...or something like that.  I finally pulled them out of the box last night and am ready to work on this project...so tell me....What do you think?

And finally, here are a few more things I have been creating while I was gone...

 a 6x6 fabric album all about my favorite quotes...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

altered paint can made to send to a good friend of mine that just recently had a new baby...

I am in the process of finishing these books for the girls...this one is Mallory's and the one below is Kennedy's...I made these books out of an 8x8 chipboard book...tore them apart  and covered all the pages of the book and then made it like a flip book by putting a metal ring in the top corner to hold it together....as soon as I finish these I will post the pages and show the whole thing to you.  I planned on having these finished much sooner, but just haven't got it all together yet.  I used two bedtime stories and each book is titled like the story and then when I did the journaling I altered it to fit either Mallory or Kennedy (using their names) and I can't wait for them to see them and to read the books to them. 

The one above is Kennedy's.  I really like how it turned out!

Well, I am off to bed for now...gotta get some rest and quit staying up so late.  :) 

More later...

Five on Friday

Five Things That I Have Learned This Week:

1. I have learned that the mountains we face in life, sometimes are bigger than we think we can climb and we get down and discouraged.  But we have a help in those times of stress and worry and trouble...God is always with us and will help us if we just ask.



2. I learned that sometimes, even when you think you don't need it, having help from friends can really make the difference...thanks to Kim, Tandy, and Melissa for all their help and concern this week.  We couldn't have done it without you all! 



3. I learned that (or maybe I should say it has been brought to my attention more) my husband is wonderful!  Everyday I find new reasons to love him and I couldn't ask for a better man to be my mate for life.  Thank you Shane for all the sacrifices you make and all you do for me and our children!  We love you very much!



4. I learned that no matter how much you plan and prepare, that when you have three children...always have an alternate plan!



5. Finally, I have learned that you don't have to know someone up close and personal to consider them your friend and that I keep adding to my list of friends almost daily.  Thank you to all my friends out there in the blog world...Jolene, Cheryl, Telah, Leah, Bethany, and Amy, and I am sure there are others that I am gonna miss listing...but you know who you are....I am thankful for all of you!

Links to other Five On Friday participants:

Update on my little man...he is a trooper!

First, just let me say THANK YOU so much to everyone who has called, emailed, and left comments here on the blog about Parker and his little procedure yesterday. 

We got there and were done and home by about 10 am yesterday morning.  He did fine throughout the whole thing.  They came out to get us before he was quite awake and I went back to hold him.  As I was following the nurse back, I could hear him starting to cry and moan and it broke my heart.  I picked him up and he was still hooked up to the monitors and stuff...and boy he was NOT happy!  He is so strong and coming out of that anesthesia...he was hard to hold on to.  He drank some juice, they unhooked him from the monitors, we signed some papers, talked with the doctor, and came home. 

He slept a good part of the day yesterday and was pretty fussy when he wasn't sleeping.  He got the hiccups a couple of times and everytime he hiccupped or burped, he would cry.  I guess it hurt his ears when he did that.  He still ran a low fever yesterday and we did Tylenol and Motrin...but today his fever went up...and I had to call the doctor again. 

So as of tonight, I am not too pleased with his progress.  He has a fever of 101 degrees and his ears are draining some...and you can just look at him and know that he doesn't feel good.  However, I still managed to get a kiss and a smile a little while ago and that does a mama good!

Once again, thank you for your care and concern.  It has meant a lot to me! 

Hope everyone has a good night!  Stayed tuned tomorrow for Five on Friday!

Trying something new on Tuesdays...

I guess I need to post a big message up on my bathroom mirror that says...BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!  That seems to be the way that my good intentions go these days...late and not like I intend them to be.  However, it could be somewhat because of the fact that I am a wife, a mother of three precious children, a friend, a daughter, a whatever I need to be at the moment person...so therefore certain things just take priority.

I had run a couple of errands after I picked up Mallory from school today.  I took the kids and headed out for just a little while, met Shane and he took Kennedy over to her grandparent's house to spend the night, I came home started on homework and projects with Mallory, and tried to soothe my little man, Parker.   I guess I started thinking about all this on the way home this evening.   A song came on the radio, I cranked it up a little and started listening and singing along.  It wasn't a new song to me...in fact I have heard it several times...but maybe haven't listened to it as closely as I did tonight. 

For those of you who don't know this about me...I am a huge music fan...or maybe you could say that I am a huge fan of the lyrics you hear on the radio...because that is what I tend to focus on the most.  In fact, I love it so much and feel so strongly about some of the words I hear that I have just about decided to devote a whole scrapbook to various favorites of mine!

I tend to listen to country music the most...but am not limited to it...for me it has to have a good meaning...the words have to touch my heart and mean something to me...a good beat helps too...but I love a good song with a great message!

So...because of my love of music lyrics and because there are so many that I have related to my own life experiences...on the way home this evening...Tunes for Tuesday just popped into my head...I heard this song and thought I need to blog about this....mainly because this song seems to fit some things in my life right now....and so here it goes....I want to try to devote each Tuesday to a song and blog about it, include the lyrics, and if possible I will include the video clip in the sidebar.  Maybe you can draw a little from the lyrics and apply it to your life, maybe you will hear a song that you haven't heard before and will develop a new favorite....who knows???

  Mountains by LoneStar

Lucinda Jones workin' at the IHOP:
Ten years worth of bacon, eggs an' tears
She's waited on every creed an' color,
While waitin' on this day to get here
Graveyard shifts, two big tips,
Makin' every quarter count,
Was worth it all to see her son,
In that cap an' gown

There are times in life when you gotta crawl,
Lose your grip, trip an' fall
When you can't lean on no-one else:
That's when you find yourself
I've been around an' I've noticed that,
Walkin's easier when the road is flat
Them danged ol' hills'll get you every time
Yeah, the good Lord gave us mountains,
So we could learn how to climb

Bobby, Bobby Dunn came back from the war,
Lost his leg but they couldn't take his will
Hell bent to run in that local marathon,
He trained through the endless pain an' pills
It hurt so bad that sometimes,
He just had to cry,
He didn't stop until he crossed,
That finish line

There are times in life when you gotta crawl,
Lose your grip, trip an' fall
When you can't lean on no-one else:
That's when you find yourself
I've been around an' I've noticed that,
Walkin's easier when the road is flat
Them danged ol' hills'll get you every time
Yeah, the good Lord gave us mountains,
So we could learn how to climb

This world ain't fair,
It can knock you on your butt
You can just lie there,
Or you can get back up
You gotta get back up

There are times in life when you gotta crawl,
Lose your grip, trip an' fall
When you can't lean on no-one else:
That's when you find yourself
I've been around an' I've noticed that,
Walkin's easier when the road is flat
Them danged ol' hills'll get you every time
Yeah, the good Lord gave us mountains,
(The good Lord gave us mountains)
So we could learn how to climb
Yeah, oh

I heard this song on the radio tonight.  It helped me!  Maybe it will help you too...I listened and I thought about the words.  It is so true!  Life is easy when the road is flat...but the problem is that the road isn't going to always be flat...the hills and mountains that we climb are what is going to make us strong and give us character!  But the most important thing is that we can't make it over these mountains with out some help....help from God.  I guess the reason that this song hit me right between the eyes tonight is that I have been struggling...struggling with things that are too numerous to mention here...but this song helped me to put some things in perspective.  Yes, lately I feel like I have been living this chorus in real life...but this is just one small speck in the big picture.   I am learning how to climb daily...and my guess is that all of you are also.  Hope you can get something from this song too and that maybe it will lift your spirits a little as you listen to it today. 

By the way...one of the reasons that I have been struggling lately is because of my children and the sickness that we have been fighting around here lately...Since I have made so many new friends through my bloggin' experience...and I truly have been so blessed in my life to have so many friends...If you all will take a minute and say a little prayer for my sweet little Parker.  We have to be at the surgery center in the morning at 6:30 and he will be going under the knife for a small procedure of getting tubes in his ears.  I know this is nothing major and I have been through it with my other two children before...but as a mama, it still makes me just a little apprehensive when I know that my baby is going to be sedated and they are going to be "working" on him. 

Hopefully we will be home late in the morning tomorrow and he can get some rest and start his recovery off on a good note tomorrow.  Poor little guy has really been having a hard time with these ears and I know he is probably as ready as we are to finally get some relief...since I think this is like our 6th ear infection since the end of October....YIKES!!!!

Everyone have a good evening!

More later on...

Update and goals for the new year...

***Update*** - I am working on the 2007 Photo a Day spot still.  I am trying to get a calendar to put up there with a picture on each box of the calendar day....so far no luck and I have tried a couple of things...If you know how to do that and have a suggestion, please let me know.  Thanks!  I have photos for most of the days in the new year and really want to stick with the challenge...but just don't like the current format!

So Christmas is over...my tree is still up...stockings still hung by the chimney with care...children are nestled all snug in their beds...cause school started back this week         ...and man...we DEFINITELY needed to get back on a bedtime schedule!  :)  No, I haven't taken down my decorations yet...not really ready to...and I haven't had time to really.  We haven't even celebrated Christmas with Shane's family yet...cause his mother was in the hospital on Christmas day and the rest of us were all sick!

I have been a bad blogger...but am going to try to catch up a little.  I have been a little overwhelmed and pretty busy just being a mama and a wife....you will see why...

I actually feel relief tonight.  I feel like I sort of know now that we are heading in the right direction and that there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.  Although, I have tried to remain positive throughout, my little family has had a rough few weeks. Nannie (aka my mother-in-law) came home from a stay in the hospital on Christmas day and has made some improvements.   All three of my kids have been sick...my husband has been sick ...and yes even Mama has been sick.  Kennedy and Parker have both had bad ear infections, fever, and the doctor says...RSV...and is treating them with Albuterol and some steroids.  Not good...but necessary I guess.  Mallory has another sinus infection.  Shane has had ear and sinus infection and the doctor says bronchitis....ok... all this has been going on since the week before Christmas...so you see why have not spent a lot of time posting or commenting on blogs. 

Please know I am NOT complaining...I know that I am still extremely blessed just to rise out of the bed each morning and greet a new day....I am just thankful that we are starting to show some improvement.  And today I finally feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel because the doctor scheduled Parker to get tubes in his ears next Wednesday morning....first thing!  Yeah!  I know that most mama's would not be excited about this....but I have been there done that,  so to speak with the girls....and it has helped tremendously.  I am glad to do it and for him to get them...we are on the 6th ear infection....I think...since late October.  Poor guy!  He just can't get rid of it!!!  Mainly, I just want everyone to get healthy again and feel better.  I feel like all I have done over the last few weeks was take care of sick kiddos and try to keep my head above water to get Christmas "stuff" taken care of...but I intend to change all that .... and to try and regain some sense of normalcy here in this LIFE of mine!  Woo Hoo!

Several friends of mine have posted about their resolutions or goals for the new year of 2007....so I thought I might give it a try too....hopefully I will do better this year and strive to stick to my goals better....I need to be more accountable for these....cause I always seem to make 'em and then never seem to follow through for the whole year....how about you???

Here they are in no particular order....I just made a list of 10 goals...I tried to keep them attainable and doable....I want to really try to improve.

1. Pray more.
2. Read to my children each and every night...I NEED to do better about this!
3. Keep on top of sending cards...birthday, get well, anniversary...etc
4. Work on one scrapbooking project every week! 
5. Have family devotional each night after dinner and baths.
6. Make an effort to take better care of my body and be healthier.
7. Have one date night per month (time for just me and my wonderful hubby)
8. Make more of an effort to tell people that I love,  how much I love them and how important they are to me in case I never have that opportunity again....I have had it happen and have regrets that I didn't take advantage of the time I was given....don't want to feel like that again.
9. Make more time for personal Bible study
10. Continue to use the Internet to:

•  meet wonderful new friends,
•  blog and keep my family and friends updated on what is going on with us,
• learn more about developing my digital scrapbooking skills and get great new scrapbooking ideas
• help me get more organized
• and to improve and learn in the area of photography

Y' all have a good night...working on a post for tomorrow....gonna get back to my daily blogging....or at least do the best I can.  Sure have missed y'all!

 

More later....and I promise I will be commenting on all your blogs soon....very soon! 

Thanks for visiting!

Working on .....

Well, I can answer that one with an astounding ... my prayer life.  There are many times when I really struggle with giving things over to God and with praying enough in good times and in bad times....in a nutshell...I just don't feel like I talk to God enough and I know I need to focus on it so much more.  That is a goal I have set for myself and I am working on daily.  Recently, some events have happened that have caused me to stop and pray and then wonder....why I don't take the time to stop and pray more often?  Do I spend enough time each day talking to God in prayer?  NO!  Do I set a good example for my children and encourage them to pray without ceasing?  Well, I try, but I think I could do better....and be a better example for them and others.  I don't know how many of you have a prayer list....we see one in our weekly bulletin from church each week and I see them in various other bulletins that we receive in the mail....so I decided that I am going to start one here too....feel free to add names or things that you would like people to pray for....you can be generic or specific....whatever you feel comfortable with....I know that prayer is powerful and when friends ask us to pray for them, I want to do just that and ask others to pray for them too...so will you help me?

Please pray for:

The Norris Family - for comfort, for understanding, for strength,

The Boyles Family - for patience, for faith that everything will be alright, for a quick resolution to the situation, for strength

These are two families that are friends of ours and that are on my mind right now....I will update this and add more names periodically and if I seem to get a good response I will just add a list in one of the columns that you can click on and see all the names that people have submitted....thanks for reading this and thanks for your participation if you are praying for these families...I know they would appreciate it!  :)

Thought and a great way to start my morning off...

This day has started off just as normal as every other day.

• Woke up
• Packed Mallory's snack for school
• Got out her clothes
• Picked up house and started a load of laundry
• Helped Mallory get dressed and made sure her backpack was ready to go out the door with her
• Fixed Mallory's hair
• Sent Shane and Mallory out the door with a hug and a kiss and a Have a great day!
• Checked my email
• Heard small little feet running down the hallway just as I was reading my email
• Made breakfast for Kennedy and turned on Handy Manny (a new Disney cartoon...which really is pretty cool)
• Made breakfast for myself and a cup of iced tea and decided to flip my calendar and read the thought for today....
• which in turn made me want to share it with all of you
• so here it is:

Father,  My prayer is that I would learn to trust You more.  It's such a comfort to know that my life is in Your hands, and the circumstances surrounding me are in Your control.  Remind me daily that choosing to be happy is an option.  May I find my strength in Your joy. 

I don't always like the thoughts on each day or even agree with them....but this one just made me stop and think about the day ahead and how I should approach it.  Just something to think about.

One thing I am learning with posting on this website and using it as sort of like my journal....is that it is motivating me to write more of my thoughts and feelings.  Which in turn makes me take a look at my own life and to work on some things that I need to work on.  But it also gives me an avenue to express about everyday happenings and life events that I never really took notice of or kept track of before....and I want to be more vigilant in doing that.  I realized that a lot of things that my kids did or said slipped by me too many times.....but this allows me to sit down and record those things very quickly and then go back and reflect on them later...plus I get to share them with all of you.

I mentioned that I am going to organize my posts in some sort of fashion...this is one thing I got from some other websites I have been looking at.  Later today I am going to post about Milestone Monday and then on Tuesdays....I am going to try something called Ten for Tuesday.  We will see how it goes....

Thanks for all the emails and sweet comments about the website.  Hope you continue to enjoy it as much as I enjoy updating it.  Please keep commenting under the posts!  I really enjoying reading them and I try to reply to them as I can.  Also, if you are reading the posts and want to give your answers to the quizzes.....please post them.  We would love to read what everyone else's answers are....and it is a great way to get to know people better.  It is really easy to do....if you can type, then you can post.....just click on the word comments under each post and type your info.  We would love to hear from you!

Have a good morning and a great day....more later....:)

Quiz #1

Been reading and looking through a new magazine called Scrapbooking Shortcuts with quizzes and questions.  It is really great and gives some really great quizzes and thought provoking questions to help you brainstorm and get the creative juices flowing.  I am going to attempt to include some of these quizzes periodically in my posts.  So for tonight .... here is the first one that I did.  Please feel free to post a reply and answer the same questions to help everyone get to know each other....it is only ten questions and these are pretty easy:

Quiz #1

1. The last person I sent a card to : I believe it was a thank you card to the Smith’s
2. What I ate for lunch today: Chicken nuggets and a coke            
3. Something I just learned: how to BLOG
4. My favorite song this year: Believe by Brooks and Dunn
5. The last book I read: My bible and Lisa Bearnson’s third book
6. What I am wearing right now: plaid fleece pajamas
7. The last phone call I made: to Shane in Wal-Mart from my cell phone
8. Inside, I don’t feel very different from when I was (how old)? 20
9. The last restaurant I ate at was? Chik-fil-A
10. My favorite TV show is: Law and Order: SVU

It is still raining here this evening...but I am not complaining.  Thank you God for the wonderful sound of the rain hitting the roof.  We needed it so badly and it is such a refreshing sound. 

I think it has pretty much been raining all day here.  What about where you are?

Just want to say thank you all for all the kind words, comments, and emails that you have been leaving about this website.  I am really enjoying developing it and hope it becomes a tool for my family and for yours.  I have already met several new people and am hoping to get to know many of you better. 

Also, thank you to many of you who have emailed or asked about our friends that were mentioned in an earlier post.  They are still going through a very difficult time and have a difficult road ahead of them but they are a precious family.  They are strong people.  They rely upon God and prayer and they covet your prayers.  Without being too detailed, please just remember to pray for the Norris family and for God to help them deal with their tremendous loss.  Prayer is so powerful and is the best help we can give them!  Thanks!