Well, 10 years ago today my dad passed away. It's an easy day for me to remember because it was the day before I turned 40. Yes, that also means that tomorrow I turn 50. Enough about that, this is for my dad.
Back in September of 1999, my Mom called all us kids to tell us that dad's health was getting bad. That if we wanted to come and see him one last time while he still knew who we were that now was the time. I wanted to see my dad. Darrell and I arranged everything for me to make the trip and stay a week
I was the only kid that came in to see him. I now have my wonderful memories of that visit. Yes, my dad knew who I was. My mom asked him if he knew who was sitting next to him. He said, "Yes, It's my Jeanie girl with the light blond hair.
My dad then passed away in December. I did not go to Tennessee for the funeral. My brothers and sisters all complained to mom that I wasn't there. My mom set them all straight. She said she came and saw your dad when he was still here with us, so you kids back off her. I couldn't afford to do the trip again. I was happier to see him alive.
Well, I'm going to sign off now and go wipe away my tears. I Love You and Miss You Dad.
Yes, I know I'm a week late, but I still wanted to blog about it.
We got up as a family at 6 am to start our day off with family devotions. My husband just went to the swing shift, so this is the time that works for us to all be gathered together and starting the day off with the Lord just makes it even better.
We did things different this year. We will not be celebrating what people call Christmas on December 25 any more. We still wanted to do a gift exchange so we thought what better day to give gifts than the day set aside to give thanks-Thanksgiving.
After devotions we sit around thegiving basket of gifts. We held hands and prayed about things that we have been thankful for. Then we gave gifts. It was a different change, but one we enjoyed doing very much. It is now our new tradition.
Darrell, then went off to work and I also put in a few hours at my job. We did a neighbor pot luck dinner. Each family cooked a portion of the meal. I made the deviled eggs, pumpkin and dutch apple pies, and yes folks, my famous fruit cake. We had a wonderful time and great fellowship.
We just finished a week of church Revival. It was a blessing. We had Pastor Lindbloom from Wichita, Kansas come in to bring us some great messages. He brought his lovely wife with him. We had some special music from the Johnson girls. We had nice attendance for every service. I hope he brought some renewing of the spirit to our lives.
Well, we have just finished 7 weeks of school. Some have been really good weeks and some have been bad. We want our son to know simple household functions so this year I'm teaching him a home-ec class. We are starting with cooking. He knows how to do scrambled eggs. He is getting better at quacking the egg. He has volunteered to make treats for the King's Kids program at church. He made them brownies. Next time he is going to make lemon bars. Later we will do sewing class.He will probably make things to give to people. He has an art project to do and give to a friend.Tony got a new shirt. It says: This is my no homework today shirt. He loves to wear it as often as possible. It doesn't stop the work though.
Someone told us that you can make mountaindew glow in the dark. We tried that experiment and it was busted. No glowing!!!
Our weather has finely started to cool down. We can get out and enjoy the days now. Dad is going to do some physical activites with Tony. They are out cutting and stacking wood right now. Does that fit under p.e.class or the child labor law(Tony calls it slavery).
Well, I'm not going to make any promises as to when I'll post again, but I will. So just keep your eyes open for the next one.
Well summer break is over with. We had some nice times this summer doing family things. In some peoples eyes or opinions they were probably dull but it's all we could afford to do. We went out on the Colorado River in our boat a few times. Celebrated Tony and Darrell's birthdays. Had our anniversary. Spent the 4th of July with the church family up at the Hualapi Mts. Finally got our pool put up and got to spend some hot days cooling off in it. Well the fun ended today.
Today was our first day of school. It started off a little rough but Tony soon settled down and got studies done. We learned some things that didn't work last year so not doing that this year. Going to improve on the things that did work for us.
They say you should try to learn something new everyday. doing our family Bible reading time the other day I came across a verse I hadn't noticed before. I have read through the Bible many times but hadn't focused in on the words in this verse.
Did Jesus Christ baptize his believers? NO!
John 4:2 Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples did.
I had to highlight that and read it again to make sure I heard it correctly. I guess I just always assumed he baptized his followers when then asked.
I love learning things and especially when it's something about my Blessed Lord.
Well, it's been over a month since I last posted a blog. I like to blog but, I just don't lead an exciting life to write about. I work, homeschool, wife and mother, and try to get some sleep time. The last time I posted was Father's Day. So here's a few things that have happened since then.
June 22, was the 60th Anniversary of my dear husband, Darrell's birth. That's the way he likes to phrase it. He's a little different. That's one of the reasons I love him. We had our Monday night tacos and I made him a cake.
Then we jump ahead to July 4th. We joined our church for a picnic up at the Hualapai Mountains. We had a great time.July 14th was not a good day. Tuesday I work from 6 am to 7:30pm, but this one change. At one o'clock I had to go to Safeway to shop for a client. Got the groceries and decided to get gas before going back to the clients. Got back in the car and it wouldn't start. Had to call Darrell to come to my assistance. It ended up being that the heat ate my battery. I could say more about the rest of the day, but I will stop my comments here - - - -(to bad to write about)
We have been working on putting a pool up since the beginning of this year. It is an above ground pool but we wanted to put at least half of it in the ground. We also wanted to have this done before June got here, bringing with it the HOT temperatures. We finally got it up last week end. It was hard work, since we were the only ones doing this. Trying to find the time to work on it. Running into all kinds of problems. It is finally up. It has water in it, and we can swim and keep cool in it. Still have to do work around it, like filling all the dirt in around it, but we have half of that done already.
Today is our dog, Lucky's 6th Birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCKY!!!
Today is Father's Day. If you still have your dad with you, let him know how much you care about him. Tell him you LOVE HIM. My dad passed away the day before I turned 40. My Mom called us a few months before dad got really bad and told all us kids that if we wanted to see dad before he got worse this was the time. I flew back home to TN and spent a week with my dad. He remembered who I was. My mom asked him if he knew who it was there to see him and he said, "Yes, it's my Jeanie with the lite blond hair"(sorry tears are flowing). That's what he always called me. I will always have that memory.
At my house this weekend, I fixed a big turkey dinner. You ask why fix this big meal and heat up the kitchen here in hot AZ. Well, I did it for a few reasons. Today being Father's Day and tomorrow my dear husband, Darrell turns 60. I also wanted to get this big thing out of the freezer and make some room. I thought this was a good time to do that.
We just recently celebrated Mother's Day and Father's Day is just next Sunday. Many people don't even know what a biblical traditional family is anymore.
We have grandparents in their retirement years raising their grandchildren. Some have to for good reasons, but many because the kids want to play adult games(the mild way to state it) but when these circumstances produce an unwanted child they get aborted or given life. But they then pawn that child off on their family members to raise for them so that they can go right back to their game playing. We have men and women living together in fornication raising children. The Bible tells us in Acts 15:20 and I Thessalonians 4:3 to abstain from fornication. We have homes with two moms or with two dads. The Bible tells us that this is very wrong. Leviticus 18:22-23 and Leviticus 20:13
The true family is becoming a thing of the past. Genesis 12:3 tells us that God will bless the family. The Biblical family consist of a father, mother, and their children. The father is the spiritual leader of the family. Genesis 2:24 Man shall leave his mother and father and cleave unto his wife. Genesis 3:16 Man shall rule over the woman. Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. Children need to see that their parents love the Lord and serve Him sincerely. Proverbs 24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established.
God gives the parents wisdom for teaching and training our children. WE DARE NOT LOOK TO THE WORLD FOR IT'S COUNSEL ON HOW TO INSTRUCT AND DISCIPLINE CHILDREN. Proverbs 22:6 gives us guidance on training up our child. Proverbs 13:24 tells us not to spare the rod. The world calls this child abuse. The public schools tell the kids to call 911 is their parents spank them.
As Jesus gave himself for the church that He loves, we are to give ourselves to those we love. Parents are responsible to instruct and correct their children. Proverbs 4:1 Child hear the instruction of the father.
Well I haven't posted anything in some time. I don't do alot of exciting things. We are done with homeschool for now, but we always give Tony school work to do to keep his mind active and fresh. A friend of his gave him this piece of honeycomb. I had him gather information on how a bee makes the honeycomb.
Darrell is busy putting our pool in the ground. It's hard work since he has to deal with the hours he can do it and the heat. Someday it will get put up.
I have been busy with work. When I'm not working I've been getting in touch with my family members that I haven't seen or heard from i years. We are also working out on our family Wii Fit Board. It's lots of fun.
That's all the info I have for now. Getting together some notes on issues of the Bible. So will post when I've got some of thos thoughts organized.
Hurrah - School Is Out!!! No more teacher's dirty looks.(Hey, wait I'm the teacher.) Well we have finished our first year of homeschooling. Not so bad - considering we're teaching teenage young man that's not an academic intellect. We had some bumps and stumbles along the way. Discovered some things that worked and some that didn't. We gave him his lesson plan for the day and let him work at his own pace. This was okay for some subjects. Math - he needs the one on one. And when ever the assignment is to read and answer questions(forget the reading) he would just skim and answer the questions with what he hurriedly found.
My son is not a reader. Next year he will read the pages with us. We'll have to crack the whip a little harder next year. Do you have a child that doesn't like to read? What things have you done(tried) to get them to open a book and read for school and pleasure? We have tried getting him books on subjects that he's interested in - to no avail.
We don't want him to think of reading as a punishment but it does need to be encouraged. If you have any suggestions please comment and let us know.
The weekend started with a recital on Friday night. Some of the homeschoolers got together and put on a recital. My ds didn't participate this year. We just went to encourage the other children.
Saturday, my ds and dh went to a Monster truck show. Tony met some of his friends there. He had his picture taken with some of the drivers.
Sunday,we went to the church service. As we came home there was an old car show going on. It the Route 66 Fun Run. It starts Friday night up in Seligman and the finish line is here in Topock(Golden Shores) on Sunday. I got a picture of me beside my dream car.
A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably combed and shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.
His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.
As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, the nurse provided a visual description of his tiny room, including the eyelet curtains that had been hung on his window.
I love it, he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.
Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait.
That doesn't have anything to do with it, he replied.
Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged...it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do.
Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away. Just for this time in my life.
Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories!
Thank you for your part in filling my Memory Bank, I am still depositing.
This is for all my sisters out there----Please Read!
Why breast cancer is usually found near the armpit? No joke.....
Breast cancer is usually found near the armpit?
I challenge you all to rethink your everyday use of a product that could ultimately lead to a terminal illness. As of today, I will change my usage.
The leading cause of breast cancer is the use of anti-perspirant.
What? A concentration of toxins which leads to cell ______
Yes, ANTI-PERSPIRANT.
Most of the products out there are----------
Deodorant is fine, anti-perspirant is not.
Here's why:
The human body has a few areas that it uses to purge toxins; behind the ears, groin area, and armpits. The toxins are purged in the form of perspiration. Anti-perspirant, as the name clearly indicates, prevents you from perspiring, thereby inhibiting the body from purging toxins from below the armpits. These toxins do not just magically disappear. Instead, the body deposits them in the lymph nodes below the arms since it cannot sweat them out. Nearly all breast cancer tumors occur in the upper outside quadrant of the breast area. This is precisely where the lymph nodes are located.
Additionally, men are less likely (but not completely exempt) to develop breast cancer prompted by anti-perspirant usage because most of the anti-perspirant product is caught in their hair and is not directly applied to the skin.
Women who apply anti-perspirant right after shaving increase the risk further because shaving causes almost imperceptible nicks in the skin which give the chemicals entrance into the body from the armpit area.
I received this in my e-mail a few days ago and thought this is what its like when somone stops coming to church for awile. Enjoy reading it, maybe it can be a blessing to someone.
A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending services regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, the preacher decided to visit him. It was a chilly evening. The preacher found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for his preachers visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace and waited. The preacher made himself at home but said nothing.
In the grave silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames around the burning logs. After some minutes, the preacher took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone. Then he sat back in his chair, still silent. The host watched all this in quiet contemplation. As the one lone ember's flame flickered and diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and dead.
Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting. The preacher glanced at his watch and realized it was time to leave. He slowly stood up, picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to glow, once more with the light and warmth of the burning coals around it.
As the preacher reached the door to leave, his host said with a tear running down his cheek, "Thank you so much for your visit and especially for the fiery sermon. I shall be back in church next Sunday".
We live in a world today, which tries to say too much with too little. Consequently, few listen. Sometimes the best sermons are the ones left unspoken.
The Lord is my Shepherd------------------------------that's a Relationship!
I shall not want------------------------------that's Supply!
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures------------------------------that's Rest!
He leadeth me beside the still waters------------------------------that's Refreshment!
He restoreth my soul------------------------------that's Healing!
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness------------------------------that's Guidance!
For his name sake------------------------------that's Purpose!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death------------------------------that's Testing!
I will fear no evil------------------------------that's Protection!
For Thou art with me------------------------------that's Faithfulness!
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me------------------------------that's Discipline!
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies------------------------------that's Hope!
Thou annoinest my head with oil------------------------------that's Consecration!
My cup runneth over------------------------------that's Abundance!
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life------------------------------that's Blessing!
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord------------------------------that's Security!
Trivia Questions Revised with the answers-April 18
Trivia Questions Regarding the Tomb of the Unknowns
1. How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the tomb of the Unknown and why?
21 steps : It alludes to the twenty-one gun salute, which is the highest honour given any military dignitary
2. How long does he hesitate after his about face to begin his return walk?
21 seconds
3. Why are his gloves wet?
His gloves are moistened to prevent his losing grip on the rifle
4. Does he carry his rifle on the same shoulder all the time and if not, why?
He carries the rifle on the shoulder away from the tomb. After his march across the path, he executes an about face and moves the rifle to the outside shoulder
5. How often are the guards changed?
Guards are changed every 30 minutes, twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year
6. What are the physical traits of the guard limited to?
For a person to apply for guard duty at the tomb, he must be between 5'10" and 6'2" tall and his waist size can not exceed 30". Other requirements of the Guard: They must commit 2 years of their life to guard the tomb, live in barracks under the tomb, and can not drink any alcohol on or off duty for the rest of their lives. They can not swear in public for the rest of their lives and can not disgrace the uniform(fighting) or the tomb in anyway after two years, the guard is given a wreath pin that is worn on their lapel signifying they served as guard of the tomb. There are only 400 presently worn. The guard must obey these rules for the rest of their lives or give up the wreath pin.
The shoes are specially made with very thick soles to keep the heat and cold from their feet. There are metal heel plates that extend to the top of the shoe in order to make the loud click as they come to a halt. There are no wrinkles, folds or lint on the uniform. Guards dress for duty in front of a full-length mirror.
The first six months of duty a guard can not talk to anyone, nor watch tv. All off duty time is spent studying the 175 notable people laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetry. A guard must memorize who they are and where they are interred. Among the notables are: President Taft, Joe E. Lewis (the boxer) and medal of Honour winner Audie Murphy(the most decorated soldier of WWII) of Hollywood fame.
Every guard spends five hours a day getting his uniform ready for guard duty.
I will give the anwers to these questions in a few days. Have fun answering them.
On Friday we took a history field trip to Lake Havasu City, AZ. The Vietnam War Traveling Wall had made a trip to Havasu. We wanted to see it and make it a history lesson. The wall was in Havasu from the 26th to the 29th. It had a very somber atmosphere. A lot of people were there to see it. The staff that sponsored it to be there did a great job.
DS had also been wanting to see the History Museum of Havasu. He learned things about the Native Indians of this area, The London Bridge, and about the man that built Lake Havasu City. He has to write a report about the Wall and the Museum.
On Wednesday, March 18th, Pastor, my DH, and 2 other men of the church took off on an adventure to climb spirit mountain. They had done some research on it and knew there were trails to climb. They wanted to climb a trail no harder than a 1 or 2 level.
They got to the place where they parked the vehicles okay and then the misadventure happened. There was no trail to follow. Being great leaders that they are, they blazed their own.
My DH had worked the grave yard shift the night before and had taken off on this trip with no sleep. He was going to spend the night on the mountain. He was lugging a heavier backpack than the other men. He took a nice tumble down the mountainside.
Relunctant to say he didn't spend the night on the mountain. Instead I was busy taking care of cuts and bruises. This has not stopped my DH from wanting to try it again.
I think they need to study the map somemore and get down their directions better.
I am a 49 year old woman. I have a loving husband and we are trying to homeschool our 14 year old son.
My title forhimigiveall is meant to give praise to the Lord, but I guess you could also look at it to mean I give my all to the men in my life.
Tony got a new shirt. It says: This is my no homework today shirt. He loves to wear it as often as possible. It doesn't stop the work though.
July 14th was not a good day. Tuesday I work from 6 am to 7:30pm, but this one change. At one o'clock I had to go to Safeway to shop for a client. Got the groceries and decided to get gas before going back to the clients. Got back in the car and it wouldn't start. Had to call Darrell to come to my assistance. It ended up being that the heat ate my battery. I could say more about the rest of the day, but I will stop my comments here - - - -(to bad to write about)
dog, Lucky's 6th Birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCKY!!!
