Sep. 14, 2006 - A Fresh New Look< LOVE IT!
This song totally makes me wanna go fishin'......LOVE IT!!!!!
Today there's ALOT to do....
I've vowed to do the 30-day Husaband Encouragement Challenge for Wives ....I'm really EXCITED about it...
But I need to get my behind off this computer if I ever expect to even come close to pleasing him today,
uh oh!
My house is STANK right now
and I've gotta meet my sister
(I think, still haven't heard from her so I'm not sure)
at Peterbrookes tonight. Yum Yum!
Their having a Grand Opening tonight
w/free sample of gourmet chocolate and
expertly paired wines
and my sister has working on becoming a wine connoisseur the past few years.
So this should be FUN!
I hope everyone ENJOYS my new page!
Today I FEEL very BLESSED!!!!
GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!
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Sep. 13, 2006 - Today was a whammy!
Today was somewhat of a whammy! First thing this morning I'm talking to my mother, who's anniversary is today and she's crying because of something hateful a cousin of hers has done to her when my cell phone rings and it's my close friends son informing me that they are at the hospital because his sister is throwing up and can't seem to keep anything down and wants me to contact our other friends to start a prayer chain. So of course I ask my mom if I can call her back, immediately call our other friends, while I'm getting dressed and rushing out of the house at the very same time to go to the hospital to be with my friend. Thankfully as soon as we arrived there my friends little girl was feeling much better. We stayed for a while until my little boys patience had ran completely out with being told to be still and be quiet constantly and then as soon as I tell him we are leaving, he's in such a hurry to leave, he goes to fling open the glass sliding door and yanks it right off the track....EEEEK!!! I was completely HUMILIATED!!!LOL!!!
Hopefully our presence comforted my friend more than annoying her. I just hated leaving her though. Poor thing has a cold, wasn't able to get any rest the night before and here she was in E.R. (you know you don't just walk in there and walk right back out, it's usually an ALL DAY LONG AFFAIR)...
But thankfully they got back home tonight and didn't have to admit her, PRAISE THE LORD!!!
After leaving the hospital, I finally got to talk to my mother who sounded literally SAD on the day of her anniversary and said she was going to Chik fil A to eat and so I asked her if she wanted us to meet them there and she was immediately excited and so we went. They are such wonderful people, my parents, and I know we are RICHLY blessed to have them and to be so close to them relationship wise, although we are not that close to them address wise now (about 45-50 min.'s away) and we went from living with them to living behind them to moving here.....so it hasn't been the easiest on everyone but I think it was the best for everyone, if that makes any sense at all.....????
Anyways, we ate lunch with them and went to a new store called "Hobby Lobby" it was sooooo AWESOME!!! LOVED IT!!!! If only I could have had some money to spend, hahaha... So, then get this....while we were in that store my nephew calls my mom on her cell and tells her that he got into a pretty bad wreck today, rear ended someones car, got a huge bump on his head, the passenger in his car wasn't wearing a seat belt and he hit the front windshield and has a huge bump on his head. Which you would have to understand my nephew is 19 years old and has A.D.D. and has gotten into about 5 or 6 wrecks in the past 2 years and I'm thinking "should this kid even be driving?" LORD HELP HIM!!!! My niece's exboyfriend is showing up in the middle of the night at my nieces bedroom window scaring her to death when she's told him to GO AWAY and LEAVE HER ALONE and he's like VIOLENT!!! So, were like trying to tell my sister to call the police and report that this guy is like stalking her!!! You know before he does something crazy and hurts her more than he already has right????? LORD PLEASE KEEP WATCH OVER ALL MY FRIENDS & FAMILY!
So, that was day, how was yours?
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Aug. 3, 2006 - Is It God's Will Or Is It Not?
Yes Well, I know I don't post that often, it seems hard for me to stay interested with the lack of responses
on here but I will continue if not just to journal for my own good.
Anyways, just in the past few months me & my dh decided to ADOPT
. We have two biological darlings already but we want more. So, we just got finished with our autobiography roughdrafts
and before I could even type them up nice & proper on the computer, we received a phone call this evening from our adoption agency with some disturbing news
, South Korea (where we are planning to adopt from) is changing their international adoption rules. It appears that they may close the program altogether, don't know for sure right now. But one thing is for sure, we were told to hold off on sending in our paperwork until our agency investigates it further. South Korea is wanting to encourage domestic adoption in their country and eventually get rid of international adoption altogether. So, for the ones who have already sent their paperwork in this could mean a longer wait and older babies. I don't know what this means for us exactly 
but I do know that I want God's will for our family and not our own. And what's really odd about this is the fact that for the past several days I have been feeling alot of anxiety/worry about adopting altogether 
and I figured it was normal. You know the fear of the unkown and whatnot. You always get that fear just before you do something that will change your life, etc. But now I am wondering is there more to it? Well, I know only time can give us that answer. I always knew that I would someday adopt when I was just a little girl, after watching a program on little Chinese baby girls in overcrowded orphanages
and I thought that was going to be EXACTLY what we would do when my dh said yes to adopting but since then we have decided we do not want to travel out of this country and so we started looking into escorting which is what led us to looking at Guatemala at first but that was just too expensive
(i know i hate to even say it but money is a reality nonetheless) and then we were led to South Korea (which made me feel a little bit closer to the original dream, ASIA) But now I just don't know. We are in God's hands..
.that is ALL that I am sure of for now......
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Jun. 26, 2006 - A New Leaf AGAIN!!!
Well, it's been quite some time I know and even though no one is probably even reading this...It still feels good to get it all out in the somewhat open doesn't it? Anyways, it's like almost 3 o'clock in the mornin' and I'm still awake!!!! Why? Because it's one of those nights for me again where the Lord is like "LOOK HERE LIL" MISSY< IF I GOTTA KEEP YOUR BUTT UP, LET YOU LOSE SLEEP, & TAKE AWAY YOUR PEACE TO GET YOUR ATTENTION, THEN THAT"S EXACTLY WHAT I SHALL DO"
Does anyone know what I'm talkin bout here? Am I alone here? I often wonder because this doesn't seem to happen to anyone else that I know???And, I know that God get's everyone's attention in different ways but there's gotta atleast be ONE more person out there who can identify???? If so, give me a shout out!!
Anyways, this is EXACTLY how God get's my attention because when I can't sleep and my peace is gone, where do I run but to my father!!!! And it's truly sad that He even has to go through all that trouble!!! I should be already paying attention attentively to His every word but alas, I don't and here lately I've been so far away from Him...Not where I should be although I've been longing to get there!!! It's really very easy as to how I arrived in this predicament, it's lack of consistency!!!! Not reading my word, missing church, not praying like I should which in turn leads to lack of convictions, things start getting a bit fuzzier and unclear as to whats really RIGHT and WRONG!!! What a TRAP!!! And sad to say, I should SO KNOW BETTER!!! And so WHY????Why do I do the things I DONT want to do and NOT do the things that I WISH???? Can anyone tell me this?
Well, I'm getting my butt in gear now!!!!!!!! And I started back reading my bible tonight and I've gotta get my behind more involved in my church!!!! It's not that I haven't read my bible at all but it's been very little in the past few months....
And tonight as I was interrupted out of the deep sleep that I was starting to fall into, I was mentally shown by God all the crap that I've been doing lately that isn't attribute of the Holy Spirit! YIKES!!! And I of course repented but it was amazing how it took me a little while before I did! Because I was trying to reason it all away, saying to myself, "o, it's not that big of a deal, the devil's just trying to make me feel overly guilty by putting anxiety on me and taking away my peace, when I totally KNEW better!!!" And God kept saying, "you know it's me so don't try to hide?" Because as everyone knows YOU CANT HIDE FROM GOD!! So why is it that we try???Am I speaking to anyone out there?? Does anyone feel what I'm saying here?
Okay well, I'm going to rest w/this for now and I'll talk to you guys in the next couple of days.. Look forward to your comments! God Bless!!
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Apr. 30, 2006 - The roses have survived thus far.....
I've been planting lately....and it's been so much fun...
My parents came and stayed with me for a week and 3
days, which was a wonderful surprise. If it weren't for
the both of them, I could have NEVER finished planting
my flowers. It was a VERY BIG job..TOO BIG for me and
so I am extremely grateful to my dad since he was the
one who did MOST of the work. We dug up EVERY single
hedge from my front yard, which ended up equaling to
about 25 plants and we re-planted them straight across
the back line of our property. It's going to be so beautiful
when they finally grow together and form a private fence
of their own. And in their stead, I planted many rose bushes
YIPPEY!!!!! Roses are one of my favorite flowers!!! And
these are sooo beautiful, kind of a bright pinkish red color..
And I also planted a flower garden by my design (which
took quite a while for me to generate on paper)...it's one
thing to have something in your mind and then to put it on
paper is quite another. But I did it, and after several
crumbled up papers I finally came up w/the design and it
was quite a job planting all my flowers in this one location
due to all the rocks and pipes and wires left over from
the building of our home. It was ROUGH!!! But we did it and
my dh put in landscaping lights and finally put up this
BEAUTIFUL wall mounted water fountain (that we recieved as
a gift from my sister and her family for christmas) right in
the center of my flower garden. It's a great feeling to sit
back and enjoy this garden that we worked so hard to
accomplish.
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Apr. 12, 2006 -
Okay so I know it's been quite a while since I've blogged but things have been really busy around here. Trying to prepare for the up and coming homeschool convention, trying to save up the money for food and goodies and ordering all the new curriculum catalogs so that I can study and be completely sure of what my options are for next year and know w/o a doubt of what I want to go with....
and of course my dd has been hogging the computer messing w/her blog and im-ing her friends. Some of you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. Anyways, here recently we ended our yearly co-op's, which I had taken over the home-ec class several months ago because the previous teacher had other commitments. anyways, I enjoyed the class sooo much and so I decided to throw my class a party up at my community center in my neighborhood and we just had it this past Saturday. Sadly, only 1/2 turned up (my class only consisted of 8, 4 boys and 4 girls) and the 1/2 that came were close friends of mine. Although one of my friends couldn't make it so her dh came w/their 6 children and then my other friend w/her 4. We really had a fun time although we missed our friend who couldn't make it.
Man, it feels like summer already, although I know it's only SPRING.
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Mar. 9, 2006 - CAMPFIRE NIGHTS YIPPY
Well everyone I woke up this morning and decided to dip up
to the parentals (my parents) and have a bonfire and roast marshmallows
, YAY!! It's always great to go back home isn't it? Well it is for me!! And as an added blessing my big brother was there too and I got to see him as well!!!! Such fun!!!
This day was meant to be...and guess what? were still here, were staying the night and we are having a blast and tomorrow I get to see my big sister too!! yay! 
We live almost an hour away for those of you who didn't know that and so it's a treat to see my family!!!! YAY!!!
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Mar. 8, 2006 -
JESUS ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LEAVE ME A COMMENT!!
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Mar. 8, 2006 - How do you like my new page?
It's still under construction
as I speak but hopefully in the end after MUCH tweeking, it will be EXACTLY where I want it to be....YAY!!!
Don't be jealous!! lol....So how do you like my song?
I LOVE CUTLESS, they ROCK!!!
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Mar. 6, 2006 -
Today was co-op day and it was very fun as usual (well almost)....the only thing missing was one of my very good friends and her 4 precious children,who couldn't make it last week or today and won't be there next monday as well. I only hope they will be back...
But atleast my other good friend was there w/her precious 6 children!!! Can't help but love em'
,we got to hang out, visit and eat lunch together at the school and talk about how much we missed our other friend today...
I teach home ec and am genuinely surprised at just how much fun I am having and it appears to be rubbing off on the kids too because not a week goes by that we aren't cracking up laughing about something or another
....
Our co-op's are soo much fun thanks to some really wonderful, dedicated mothers who take the time to teach....We have spanish, math, writing, science and home ec co-op's...And their just GREAT!!!
This year we're actually getting to take part in the co-op's because we recently moved. And now it only takes us 20 minutes to get there versus 1 hr.15min.'s before we moved. yea I'm NOT kidding!!!
We drove that far atleast once every month for our monthly meetings and more on the months that we attended any fieldtrips,etc. But you'll do what needs to be done when you know it's where your supposed to be....
o my goodness...my ds got himself a pretty bad scrape on his forehead no less today while playing outside at co-op, but as usual, it's nothing the "cure all" BANDAID can't fix!
Let's see, this past weekend was pretty nice, friday I got to go and see Lisa Welchel (from the Facts of Life), she was speaking at a local church and it was just awesome!!
Saturday, I spent all day cleaning
and actually enjoyed it, yea i know sounds crazy to me too but i think it's because i knew i didn't HAVE to, if that makes any sense at all...my poor dh had to work and came home w/laryngitis
...
sunday was supposed to be our family fun day and we were going to go to the zoo after church but my dh was too sick
and i was going to take the kids to church myself but then i was sick to my stomach as well, so instead i took a bubble bath and had my own quiet time w/the Lord
and then i read the first chapter of "Elsie's Endless Wait",the Elsie Dinsmore Series,
to my 12yo.,dd, and 6yo.,ds,...and then we talked about having a personal relationship w/Jesus...so i guess you could say we had church at home that day...then i decided we'd get out of the house (me + kids) and so we went and had firehouse subs (the BEST!!)
, then we ended up at the "Once Upon A Child" consignment shop and i got some well needed clothes for the kids for this summer...nothing beats the feeling you get when you've gotten a good deal, aint that right ladies?
lol....then stopped for groceries and didn't make it home until 8pm...did i mention we left around 2pm? lol....
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Mar. 2, 2006 - I'm GOING TO ENJOY this beautiful day!!!
Okay I'm determined to enjoy this beautiful day today,
that God has so richly blessed us with!!!
I've been waking up early lately and going to bed early too.
Hero cookie for me!!!!I'm too excited!!!! 
It makes me feel so good when I have more of the day to enjoy! Instead of waking up late and having to rush to get anything done.
It feels good to wake up and have a little bit of quiet time without the noise of children. Pouring me a cup of coffee
, praying and reading the bible in PEACE AND QUIET!!! Haven't done that in sooo long!!
It felt great this morning!
I know it's what I SHOULD do every morning!
Start the morning out RIGHT! Just me and the LORD!!
I believe it makes all the difference in the way your day is going to go..so I am making a heartfelt effort....
I want every day of mine to really COUNT!! I want to be led by the Lord and that can't happen if I'm waking up late and not spending any time with Him, telling myself I will before I go to bed and instead watching a movie or falling asleep.
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Mar. 1, 2006 - Noah's Ark
We've been studying Noah's Ark. We've even watched a show by Dr. Carl Baugh, explaining how they ark was first found in the early 1900's on Mount Ararat in one piece but that since then it has managed to slide down the mountain a bit where it managed to split into.Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone had anymore information on this, books, websites that they could give us. It is SOOO INTERESTING!!!! Thanks for the help!!
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Feb. 28, 2006 - Lazy days can somehow redeem themselves or is it just me?
Lazy days can somehow redeem themselves or is it just me who decided to redeem myself with some divine intervention AS USUAL....(you know the kind that comes without you even offering up the first prayer, although you were thinking in your mind that you could use some help? some motivation?) well I definitely got some of that kind today!
Well, the school part seemed to end up working out really well, the kids did their schoolwork, got to go outside and play, they got to spend a little bit of quality time w/their dad before his flag football game, i got a really nice supper done, only to enjoy it w/o my husband due to the fact that he was at his game, but that's alright me and the kids ate ....by candlelight and it was nice! i got a bubble bath, we all had ice cream and now it appears my hubby's finally home
... So I guess I better get off here.. Not to mention there is a movie I need to go watch! 
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Feb. 28, 2006 - A Lazy day so far
You ever have plenty of those?
Completely lazy days?
When there's plenty to accomplish & much to get done,
like for instance the enormous pile of clean clothes
that you managed to wash and dry and they never made it past
your guest room, couch,etc.?
and yet your sitting in front of the computer
with your coffee procrastinating?
And it's NOON already!!!! 
You haven't even begun school yet.....
You know it would be MUCH better if you were on a schedule
but today just wasn't that day?
You tell yourself, I'll start school as soon as I'm finished with
my cup of coffee and I'm done reading my email,
then it turns into, "well, after I'm finished with my 2nd cup of coffee
and I'm done blogging".....
And "tomorrow I'll get the kids up nice and early
and try again for that ever illusive schedule
that you can never seem to get on?"
It's almost like a school bus,
you keep trying to make it to the bus stop on time
so you can jump on, but you keep showing up late 
and you have to drive yourself to school?
Does anyone know what I'm talking about here?
lol
Well, as Scarlet O'Hara would say,
"I can't worry about this today,
tomorrow's another day"
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Feb. 27, 2006 - Beautiful day outside today just wish I could've enjoyed it more....
today was SUCH a BEAUTIFUL day outside
....too bad I was inside ALL DAY LONG!!!!uggghhh....
I enjoyed teaching my home ec class though, it's always ALOT of fun
...although there were several that didn't show today and I missed them ALOT!!
Anyways..went to the library afterwards, I so LOVE the library, but I still wish I would have been outside a little bit more today because we had the PERFECT weather
....
let's see...today I found out that my brother went to church on sunday and that is DEFINITELY a PRAISE REPORT!!! Let's just say the guy's got issues, who don't right? exactly! but he's been out of church for quite some time and his going back definitely gives me much hope for the happiness of his future...not that you HAVE to go to church to be saved, I'm not saying that beyond any means but it's definitely helpful to take a day out of every busy week to give ON PURPOSE to GOD!!! 
And not to mention to YOURSELF, who desperately needs a once a week pick me up and if your anything like me you need those just about every day (pick me ups, hahaha)aint that right misty k?heeheeThank you Misty for that cup of coffee!
Actually, there were a couple praise reports today but the other is kind of unspoken ...but she knows who she is and I am truly HAPPY for her!!!
Bravo friend!!!!! You listened to our Lord and because of that HE WILL PROVIDE ALL YOUR NEEDS!!! EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!
Now I'm gettin off here so I can go enjoy my ME TIME, bubble bath here I come!!!
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Feb. 25, 2006 - one of THOSE days
Do you ever have one of THOSE days where you wake up and realize that you're a Week behind from where you thought you were?
Okay I know, sounds crazy, let me explain...
I wake up this morning with my house payment on my mind...
I do the bills, ugghhh!!! HATE IT!! But someone's gotta do em right? Anyways, being paid bi-weekly, so i take 1/2 my payment and save it and then using the next paycheck i pay the payment...
Well, i had it all planned out and everything so that my payment would get there ON TIME w/o a flippin late fee. Even have it written down in my pocket calendar and i was to get my husband to put his paycheck in before thursday so i could in turn pay this payment on thursday and he even put it in early (or so i thought) on monday....and i wake up this morning thinking about it and remembering about that bill because i obviously forgot to pay it on thurs. and then i got a mental picture of my pocket calendar and remembering that i was supposed to get dh to put check in by thurs. the 16th!!! not thurs. the 23rd!!!EEEEEKKK!!!! Run to my computer and pay the bill LATE!!!! But what bothers me the most is the fact that I thought I was on the week before...so when dh actually put check in on monday, he was LATE and should have put it in the thurs. before!!!!! uggghhh!!!! LORD PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!
I am totally tired of doing bills...I feel completely inadequate!! anyone out there feel like this???
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Feb. 22, 2006 - A Day With My New True Friends
Well today was a very wonderful day! It always is when you share it with your friends!!
As soon as we got up today, we hurried and got dressed and headed out to meet two of my dearest friends and their beautiful children at McDonald's to eat and play. Altogether we have our bus load of kids. 12 to be exact.
Hey were like cheaper by the dozen...hahahaha...
Then off to the library we went. We all LOVE the library!! And it was so much fun!!
I thank the Lord for these two women and their precious families that He has chosen to bring into my families lives!!!!
We are sooo very blessed!!!
It's a long awaited answer to many prayers of mine that have been lifted up to Him for many years now...
It's so AWESOME when God answers prayers, especially the one's that you prayed so diligently for in the beginning with many a tear and then you finally forgot all about them and went on with your life, just thanking Him and being grateful for what He has given you and then all of a sudden He decides for whatever reason to answer that prayer and have you ever noticed also how when He finally does answer that prayer, He's goes to even greater lengths to bless you even over and above what you asked for to start with?
Well, in my case, He's done just that! I prayed for a friend, and not just any friend, I've had those, that come into your life offering a glimpse of hope for a promising future and just as quickly as they had appeared, they're gone. No I mean the truest of true friends, the one's who'll stick by you through thick and thin, the one's that love you no matter your faults, bad decisions, i just stuck my foot in my mouth days, seasons of sadness, etc. and especially the seasons of prosperity (there's something about another person being blessed that for some reason, even so called christian friends cannot quite handle?). Well anyways, you get the picture. And instead of one friend He's decided to bless me with quite a few! And I am VERY BLESSED!!!
"A friend loves at all times". Proverbs 17:17
"Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel". Proverbs 27:9
"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up". Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
F-Fun Loving:Faithful
R-Risk being real, even misunderstood
I-Interested in the welfare of others
E-Expect the best of others:Empathetic
N-Natural relationship;Non-exclusive
D-Diplomatic; Delightful; Durable
S-Sympathetic;Supportive;Stable
H-Helpful;Hopeful;Happy
I-Interdependent by helping others
P-Patient;Protective of confidences;Personable
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