Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - ALEX'S 14TH B'DAY!!!

Hey...go wish my daughter Alex a Happy B'day!

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Thursday, November 3, 2005 - My daughter is so cool....and random....and stuff...

...and for the record from her.. ahem... teacher....the misspellings are because she thinks they look better that way...

heY wATS uPP? mY namEE is alEx

[i waNnNa cHAnge iT t0 aLixx but W/E]

& Im likEe reAlyy l0Ud.

I ♥ friiEndZ

& tHe C0l0R piiNK -- liiKe a l0t.

m0vieZ are AwWeSOme ... 

iNviTe me t0 G0 W/ you S0meTiME.

i d0N't LikE cliqUeS.

i <3 pArTiEZ ...

inVite Me t0 s0Me of Th0Ze t00 ~ iF y0U waNnAa.

n0W i feEl liKe getTing Rand0M ... s0 iM g0NNaa ::

i love the color pink.

i don't have any socks that are the color pink.

but o well no big deal.

i USED to have slippers the color pink.

but then they got gross @ the winter retreat a few years ago.

the winter retreat was awesome.

my friends are awesome too.

except for a few.

i don't like a lot of people.

i have a lot of guy friends.

they keep me company when my girl friends are going ga-ga over someone.

that i really don't care about.

*go tell him i like him*

nope i don't roll that way.

but the way i do role is.

by stealing guys hats.

*evil laugh*

*looks around for another innocent victom*

watch your back.

i WILL suceed in taking your hat.

BEWARE.

i've never been proved wrong.

well maybe i have.

we won't go into detail about that.

i don't cry about stupid things.

i only cry when i feel like no one cares.

cuz some people don't.

and i won't say their names.

cuz like they'll start crying then it'll be a big mess.

and so im not.

deal with it.

im not mean.

im really nice actualy.

very loud.

but nice.

ask any of my friends and they'll agree.

i'm only mean when people are mean to me.

i don't take any crud from anybody.

if you are talking crud behind my back.

i will get in your face and tell you off.

ok i'm gonna stop.

im sounding mean.

and i don't want that image.

i love church.

youth group is awesome.

God rocks my socks off.

friends are too -- x3.

computer's are cool.

even though i'm not nerdy like that.

im just addicted to AiM.

a lot of people are.

a lot of people eat wierd things.

i don't.

if it looks like it just exploded or somebody just chewed it up and spat it on a plate...

im not eating it.

nut uh no way no how.

i'm very unique.

like the way i dress nd all.

my friend's like me that way.

i don't go with the flow.

i have my OWN flow.

i hate doing laundry.

there's no point in it.

except for getting your clothes clean OF COURSE.

but im gonna invent something where it folds your clothes FOR you.

ch yeah.

don't doubt me.

well.

i got from --

the color pink ... to laundry!!

yeah im random.

<3 to all.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - My daughter....rocks my socks off!!!

My 13yo daughter put this on her blog today...it was so good I asked her if she copied from someone...she didn't -- she showed me the page in her notebook where she had written it out...all on her own....yep, I'm her teacher and one very proud Mommy!

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

ThE w0Rld Many of life's problems and tragedies are what I'd like to call "Acts of God". Meaning ~ circumstances we may never understand. Things that happen ~ terrible things ~ for a reason, but we don't know that reason. The reason remains a mystery, something we may never know or understand. *9/11/01 *Hurricane Katrina *Hurricane Rita ^-^ These horrible disasters I've listed above are confusing and heartbreaking. We don't know why God allowed for them to happen. We know He has a plan in the end, but it hasn't been revealed to us yet. We don't know why so many people died during these events. So many innocent lives lost. And for what reason? Other problems ~ issues and tragedies ~ that happen in our own home and life might be the direct result of consequences of our sin. But again we may never know for sure. Just pray. Pray for all the families who have lost lives through these horrible events. Pray for courage, strength, and endurance. Pray that no more innocent people will die. Pray for comfort, safety, and good friends to help these people through these tough times. Don't be angry @ God. He has a plan to help us. Of course, we don't know what He is planning after all this sadness ~ but we know that : GOD iS iN CONTROL!!! NEVER doubt that - not for one second...because God cares about e a c h & e v e r y o n e o f y o u He lovess you and wants you to love him back! DON'T think that He doesn't care about the people that die during these types of tradgedies, because he does. His heart breaks e v e r y  t i m e someone dies. Every time. So what do you believe? I believe that God has something MUCH better in mind for ALL of us. Something special , a gift you could NEVER receive anywhere else. Nowhere else. That gift is eternal life. The people that died during Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, and September 11th, 2001 don't have a second chance ~ but you do. Will you take that chance? I have. Some of the people that died during these events had given up their lives to Christ before they happened. They're in Heaven right now with Jesus & God. I'm going to see them one day...are you? But ~ only if you accept this gift. Will you? ~Alex

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Thursday, September 1, 2005 - My son's 11th Birthday!

Wow....I can't believe my 2nd born is 11 today!

Happy Birthday Jordan!

We Love You!

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Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - Bought another pool...

Well I took the pool back to Walgreen's.  We found another one at Menards that is bigger & comes with all the accessories!  In case you're interested, it was $160 -- comes with the cover, skimmer, vacuum, pump/filter & a ladder!  Much nicer/bigger pool.  We'll have to wait & see if the filter works properly!  After the pains I've had putting up the other one & then taking it down ... and now the hundreds of gallons of water we have used filling this one up -- it better work!    The kids have had a blast with the pools!  Here's a pic of them in the other smaller one...

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Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - Backyard Pools & Hot Days...

I was just reading through some of the other blogs and Nancy was writing about their WalMart pool that took 6 hours to set up...got me thinking about our recent pool adventure. 

After a VERY hot & humid day last week, I decided to save a few bucks this summer by not getting the $250 city pool pass  for our family of 6 and purchase one of those fancy (cheap) backyard pools with the filter, etc.  Great deal at Walgreens  $80.00 - $20.00 rebate = $60.00 for a 10" X 30" pool.   Yes, it was kind of a pain to put together.  I was sweating like a hog...but it wasn't as hard to put together as Nancy's in KY :)  And oh the fun the boys had after we got it filled up!  The neighbor girls came over and played for hours that day and for the next 2 days.  I finally got to meet their Mom, invited them to our church's VBS, great outreach BUT......Just a warning for ya....make sure the pump/filter is working. 

Yesterday at church I noticed my 9 y.o. son had a very red face.  Upon closer examination he had these red/pimple like bumps all over his face!  I lifted his shirt up and they were also on his back and stomach.  My other 2 sons had some of the red bumps too but not as many.  It looked worse this morning so I took him to the Dr.   ... so long story short ... he has a skin infection caused by the bacteria from the pool -- oral antibiotics for a week, Zyrtec antihistamine that won't make him sleepy!  And the 2 neighbor girls that swam with us have the bumps too!  Nice way to impress the neighbors, huh?  The Dr. said it is a pretty common thing to happen ..mostly public pools and also hot tubs where the water is warm and the bacteria grows rapidly. 

Arrggg....  after paying the $20 co-pay at the Dr. and the $40 in medication .....   .....maybe we ought to get the city pool pass after all and cut down on our water bill...

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