sucking up the dirty fuel

Friday night after moving beds around for the boys rooms my vacuum bit the dust. So Lane and I made a flying trip to Walmart to get a new one. Boy I didn't realize how much my old on wasn't picking up. I have used it everyday since then and I am still getting tons of dirt out of the living room carpet. I guess it is time to do a shampoo on it.







On the way home I noticed that my car was driving weird. Then Sunday Evening on the way home from Church my Service Engine Soon light came on. So yesterday Chris drove it to work to see what I was talking about. Well it died on him twice coming home. Sorry Babe, Glad it was you and not me. I am so thankful that we still have our older truck. We kept it for Dustin when he turns of age next month. I guess it will be my ride for the next week or so til I can get mine fixed. Beings it is going to cost me around $500 I have to wait til next week to do it.

My finances are a little slim this week because there is so much going on. I am supposed to pay $250 ded. tomorrow for Lane's EEG, not going to happen now. They will be Lucky I am paying less than half, I leave for Mississippi to my Nana and Pop's on Saturday. Well just the $ for diesel alone is going to eat my lunch. And Chris is going Friday to finish his Tattoo. That has been scheduled for weeks now. So since we do have 3 vehicles my Tahoe is back burner for a week now.

Today is Dustin and Alicia's 6 month anniversary. Oh first loves. It is so cute. They are really both good, smart kids. We love her and she is so sweet.

Thursday is a big day for us, too. Lauren has Cheer tryouts Thursday. She is trying out at noon because she runs track and has a meet that afternoon also. So they are letting those on track try out early. They will not know if they made it or not til after the others try out which won't be til 4pm. She will have to wait for a phone call. We also have to be at a funeral at 2pm, 20 mins away so hopefully things will go smoothly at try outs and we (Dustin and I) won't be late for the funeral.

It is for one of Dustins best friends' cousin. Her name is Hannah and she was born with an enlarged heart and had a heart transplant early on. She has battled with this all her life and it has been alot of ups and downs for her and her family. Well God called her sweet young soul home Sunday night. She has been in good health lately and just didn't feel well Sunday evening. Said she didn't feel good. Sat down after her bath that evening after 9pm and went home to be with her Jesus. Just like that. Just peaceful and painless. She was 10 years old.

One of the kickers to the story that has been bothering me is that my coworker's, that took her own life back in January, Husband and boys were there when Hannah died. Her dad and Laura's husband are great friends.

waiting for the weekend to arrive

A busy weekend ahead. I bought Dustin a new bed and will be getting it Sat. morning. With that comes much work. I will be putting 2 twin beds back into the boys room again. Maybe just maybe they will start sleeping in their room again. We took down the full bunk beds last night and cleaned out toy boxes. I bought this for their room yesterday while in town.

I put it together last night and it is ready to find a place in their room and be filled with toys. I will be busy tonight and tomorrow getting all this done.

I took Lane and Lauren to the dr and orthodontist yesterday. It was a busy day and a stressed one. We saw the dr for Lane first and it was really just a check up for medications. He has gained 5 lbs. since December on this medicine. But he is doing well on it. I can really see a big difference in him. We scheduled his EEG for next week. Then we also have put on another medication to help out the over stimulation he is having. Basically to keep him from bouncing off the walls. Leaving the Dr. office my car youldn't start and I was to be at the Orthodontist in the next 40 mins across town. Stuck in the parking garage I called trusty ol brother inlaw. And he came to the rescue. He let me use his truck to get my errands finished and then I went to get him from work so he could put a new battery on my car. $100 that I was not expecting to spend that day.

Wordless 3*4*08

Wordless Wednesday

Parents Beware of Song Lyrics

There are several blogs that I follow weekly and Michelle's blog is one of them. She did a post Saturday that has me blown out of the water. I was so shocked when I read this. I tell you I have failed as a parent. We are suppose to protect our children, raise them with good morals, and standards. And we as Christian Parents should protect them from the enemy also. I let my kids listen to this music, watch the videos and learn the dance. Heck they taught me the dance to it. There are always meanings behind the words of a song. We should really be researching the lyrics. Here is a link to that post, I really encourage you to read it and go to the links about the lyrics. It is truly shocking and you should come away from that site with a different outlook. I know I have!


http://michellekemperbrownlowwrites4kids.blogspot.com/2008/03/gettin-on-my-soulja-boy-soap-box.html

Took the Plunge

Well I broke down and did it. I finally bought a laptop and got wireless Internet. I should have gotten 4 more of them cause I don't even have a chance to get on it with all the kids and Chris wanting to get on. But I am glad I finally took the plunge.

I bought a nice Gateway from Best Buy for a really great price.

We are in TAKS this week so Wes isn't starting practice till the end of the week. Lauren is in Cheer tryout practices all week.

We are awaiting our new addition to our family to be born. Chris is getting a new puppy. And he has already named it and doesn't even know what she will look like. Her name will be Gypsy.

digi is cool!

So I played around again last night making some tags. This is really fun to create whatever you want. Just thought I would share it with you.

did you google me?

Did you Google me?

I am coming up on my 100th post and I was curious as to how some of you got to my blog…….

1. satelite ears
2. wife mother meltdown
3. sick kids tired mom flu
4. jeremiah 33: 1-11
5. wrench labels (not sure what how that happened?)
6. Identity in Christ
7. mom of 4
8. Identity in Christ (another one)
9. kfdm.com wesley talk (this was from aol search)
10. Wes and Amy (from google blog search)
11. jasper county little league sign ups
12. http://momof4savedbygrace/. (Well they almost had it)
13. identity in Christ (and another)
14. christian acronyms
15. My Boxer caught a burglar (Didn’t know that they would do that)

and this is what countries my visitors are from. American Proud!

digi design

This is new thing to do. Digital Scrapbook Designing. Pretty neat.

This was my first crack at it. I like it.

My new blog

Please add this link to your favorites
it is my newest blog I will be doing my devotions and inspiring there. I will also put my testimonies there. The Lord works in my life daily and this is where I will be sharing the things that my Jesus is doing in my life.


http://savedandtenderlyloved.blogspot.com/

Godly Housewives

Even Fairy Tale Women sit around and talk about their husbands. We as women can find ourselves "gossiping" about our husband too much if we aren't careful. Ranting and raving about this and that, mine doesn't do this or is lazy..... etc. We can get caught up in putting our husbands down, talking bad about them instead of lifting him up and talking positive about him. I myself have been guilty of this same thing. Lately the Lord has been convicting me of this very thing.

Instead we should pray for the Lord to teach us how to pray for our husbands and for him to give us a fresh perspective, a positive outlook, and renewed relationship with the man he has given us. Maybe we need to pray for ourselves as a wife, to submit to our husbands, to enable us to honor and respect him and rely on his guidance, care and to teach us how to be a suitable helper for him. Let us be an excellent wife who is her husband's joy and crown!

We should pray daily for our husband's temptations, fears, priorities, health, job, relationships, purpose, choices, fatherhood, protection and his faith with the Lord Jesus Christ. That is just naming a few. Stormie Omartian has a great little book of prayers specifically to pray for your husband. "The Power of a PRAYING WIFE, Book of Prayers"

Did you Know?

A shrimp's heart is in its head.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over amillion descendants.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title14,Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July16 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
23% of all photocopier faults world-wide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Like fingerprints! , everyone's tongue print is different.
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no onereported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received atelephone call.
Horses can't vomit.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world'snuclear weapons combined.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
90% of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
35% of the people who use personal ads for dating arealready married.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
A snail can sleep for three years.
No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
All polar bears are left handed.
In ancient Egypt , priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters onlyon one row of the keyboard.
"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.She would stand 7'-2".
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick their elbow.
The tip of a shoelace is called an aglet

2/20/08 Wordless

Wordless Wednesday

Father's Love Letter

Dear My Child,

You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me. John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. 1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. 1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father. Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. Psalms 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession. Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul. Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things. Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart. Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. Revelation 21:3-4
And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth. Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus. John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being. Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. 1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love. Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me. 1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again. Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen. Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father. Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is…Will you be my child? John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you. Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad.


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addition to tattoo

Chris has his right arm tattooed up in honor of my mom. He has been adding to the complete sleeve for a while now and it is almost finished. Well it will be in a couple of weeks. This is the original

and here is the add on from this weekend

he goes back in a couple of weeks to finish up. There will be a winding stair way to the gates, fillin in with soft clouds and pillars up the stair case and then he will add a halo to the orginial angel and also have mom's DOB-DOD on the inside of his wrist.

sick and tired of my pity party

My last week has been a whirl wind of busyness and the sickies. I was sick all week and finally went to the dr. Thursday. It started as the flu and went straight to my chest. My lungs were inflamed and I was having trouble getting a deep breathe. I got 2 shots in my bottom and 2 packs of medicine and cough syrup. I rested the rest of that day and all day on Friday. By Saturday evening I was feeling alot better. Chris was gone most of the day to Houston for more work on his tattoo. So I did a little laundry and rested some more. By that evening I felt like cooking dinner and then Chris and Dustin got home. We watched some movies and were finished just before the bad weather hit. Which actually was not as bad as they had predicted. I got to bed about 11pm looking forward to all of us going to church together this morning. Well that didn't happen. I got called to work today at 3 am this morning. So I have been here all day very busy until now. Since I was not going to be home to help Wes finish his History Interview Project that is due tomorrow, I brought it with me and took care of the rest. Poor little guy has been feeling bad all weekend also. His throat is hurting him and looks really red and might have streph throat. I think I saw some blisters in there last night. Or it could have been food. Either way I am taking him to the clinic in the morning to get it checked out. He did come home Friday with a little fever from school.
High School official Baseball Season starts Tues. and I signed Wes up for Little League on Saturday morning. We wanted to start Lane in T-ball but the cut off for age 5 is one month too early for him to play this year. Poor little guy doesn't understand that he has to wait yet another year to get to play ball like his brothers.
I found out tonight that a man from our church has passed away. He has been suffering with cancer for several months now. It is really sad because we have all been praying for him.
He is free from cancer and pain now. His is with his Lord in Glory.
There are people all around us everyday that is dealing with cancer in someway. This is a terrible illness and it happens to alot of good families. There is a young teenage boy in our church that is also dealing with cancer. He just found out that he has it, already had one surgery to remove a tumor and now has 3 more. This has all happened since the first of the year. The Doctors don't even know what kind of Cancer it is so they can't treat him yet. But he is already willing to face that he might die. His is in 8th grade. Hello he isn't suppose to be going through this. His worst fear should be girls and homework.
Here I am with my little mountain of problems and I feel like that world is caving in on me somedays. My problems don't amount to a hill of beans. My family is healthy. We all have our own little pity parties when we should be praising God for what he has blessed us with. And lifting up people who are in true need of a miracle. Pray for him His name is Aaron.

Happy Valentine's Day

too busy

I have been extremely busy with the women's ministry newsletter, home and work..... not to mention I don't feel very well. But the newsletter is done and hot off the press. I do believe it is the best one yet. I have been busy at work, one of the ladies that I fill in for has been sick since last week so I have been back and forth between 2 departments. I made a flying trip to Austin Sunday to get Dustin from his dad's. We have a lot going on with school and sports and work right now. But I am still alive. Praise the Lord!

wordless 2-6-08

Wordless Wednesday

My Chains are gone!

September 30, 2000 changed my life forever. That was the worse day of my life. My mother was coming to my house to go to Dustin’s peewee football game with us. However, she never made it to my house. She made the 45 minute drive to my road, but that was where her life ended. As she was stopped on the two lane highway waiting to turn on to my road, a 18 year old young man was in a hurry to work and recklessly slammed in to the back of her car going at least 70 mph. My mom never knew what hit her. She died instantly right there in her car by herself.
For the next 3 years I would fine myself spiraled down so far into depression. I had taken every antidepressant on the market, talk with therapist, psychologist but it was the Lord that would deliver me.
Chris told me that he wanted another child. He was so desperate to save me from depression that he thought having another baby would help me to be freed. With in the next 2 months I was pregnant. With raging hormones and changes in my body, I began to come out of depression. Lane Christopher was born June 3, 2003.
After he was born, Chris opened up to me and told me what his intensions were for having another child. I was absolutely furious with him. I took it, as he wanted Lane to replace my mother. However, it was not until September of 2006 that God showed me that it was His love to break my chains of depression. Chris and others prayed for me to get better. A child is a gift from God and it was that love he shared with me that freed me.
After the Lord had given me that, I was able to forgive Chris. Besides it was not him to begin with, it was God working through him. Praise God I have been out of that pit of depression ever since. My relationship with him is stronger than it ever has been. And through the gift of love to have another child I now have another piece of my mom in my family. Thank you Jesus, I praise you for what you have done in my life.

Wes got dunked, Praise God!

I had a great weekend. Friday night we went to Mardi Gras. I didn't have a great time there, but I dealt with it. A whole other story I would rather not go into. Saturday we had a few errands to do and then my sister came up with her family. We all went down to my SIL's house to cook out. That is when my fun began. I prayed this past week that the spirit to be so strong this weekend for Wes's Baptism that it would do a number on my sister.... Well Praise God it did. While we were at Sharon's (SIL) that evening she and I had a great time sharing with Colleen (my sis) the gospel and really witnessing to her. We must have talked for close to 2 hours. The best part about it was that she keep asking for more. After we got back to my house that night, I gave her some resources to take home with her.
Sunday we all got up for Church. Me, Colleen, Wes and my neice Shelby all went early for Sunday School and the hubsands and other boys came in time for the Baptism. My in-laws came up and Breck, Sharon and the kids came to watch Wes. I had 2 rows of Family there.
Here are the pictures of the "DUNK":

introducing Wes to the Congergation

Praying

Wes's said it looks like Bro. Randy was about to knock him in the back of the head







And there you go,
3 kids down 1 to go.
Praise The Lord.