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my dress

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:25:00 -0600

The other day I put my Civil War reenacting dress on, and my sister got out the camera and started taking pictures... (i was spinning a little bit there>_<)

Debra

Valentines Day

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:47:00 -0600

Well, My dad was not able to be here on Valentines, but yesterday morning when mom got up, she found 30 roses and a box of Ferro Rocher chocolates. She was SO surprised :) she said that a "little bird" brought them (my brother) and my brother actually bought the flowers and some ribbon, found one of our vases, and arranged them :) here are some pictures I took of the roses.

Happy Valentines Day All!
Love,
Debra

Taco Bake

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:55:00 -0600

here is a recipe that i made tonight and I thought you guys might like it:

Taco Bake

Prep: 15 min. Total: 35 min

1 pkg. (14 oz.) Macaroni and cheese dinner

1 lb. Ground Beef

1 pkg.(1 ¼ oz.) Taco Seasoning mix

¾ cup Water

¾ cup sour cream

1 ½ cups Shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup Chunky salsa

PREHEAT oven to 400°F. Prepare Dinner as directed on package. While Macaroni is cooking, brown meat; drain. Add taco seasoning mix and water to meat; simmer 5 min.

STIR sour cream into prepared Dinner. Spoon half of the Dinner mixture into 8-inch square or 9-inch round baking dish; top with layers of the meat mixture, 1 cup of the cheese and remaining Dinner mixture. Cover.

BAKE 15 min. Top with salsa and remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Bake, uncovered, an additional 5 min. or until cheese is melted.

Makes 6 servings, 1 cup each.

Jazz It Up:
For extra crunch, prepare and bake as directed, topping with 1/2 cup coarsely crushed tortilla chips along with the salsa and cheese.

After Christmas

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:23:00 -0600

Here are some pics there will be more later, but they are on another computer.:

My adorable youngest nephew Jack:

My Neice Jenna:

Rachel And Jenna:

Here are some of the high-schoolers that sang a song for our Christrmas play (I am the one in the blue shirt):

My beautiful sister Rachel:

Some of my sisters and I on Christmas morning:

Well that's all, I will put some more up later,
Debra

Ps. Be sure and read all the way to the end of this post.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ONCE YOU READ THIS YOU WILL UNDERSTAND!

A young man learns what's most important in life from the guy next door.

It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.

Over the phone, his mother told him, 'Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday.' Memories flashed through his mind like an old news reel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.

'Jack, did you hear me?'

'Oh, sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I thought of him. I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago,' Jack said.

'Well, he didn't forget you. Every time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing. He'd reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the fence' as he put it,' Mom told him.

'I loved that old house he lived in,' Jack said.

'You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life,' she said

'He's the one who taught me carpentry,' he said. 'I wouldn't be in this business if it weren't for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important...Mom, I'll be there for the funeral,' Jack said.

As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser's funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.

The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the old house next door one more time.

Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time. The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture....Jack stoppe d suddenly.

'What's wrong, Jack?' his Mom asked.

'The box is gone,' he said

'What box?' Mom asked.

'There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he'd ever tell me was 'the thing I value most,'' Jack said.

It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remember e d it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it.

'Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him,' Jack said. 'I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom.'

It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died. Returning home from work one day Jack discovered a note in his mail box 'Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days,' the note read.

Early the next day Jack retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention. 'Mr. Harold Belser' it read. Jack took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside was the gold box and an envelope. Jack's hands shook as he read the note inside.

'Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It's the thing I valued most in my life.' A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filling his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch.

Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover. Inside he found these words engraved: 'Jack, Thanks for your time! -Harold Belser.'

'The thing he valued most was...my time'

Jack held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days. 'Why?' Janet, his assistant asked.

'I need some time to spend with my son,' he said.

'Oh, by the way, Janet, thanks for your time!

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.

Think about this. You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.

1 At least 2 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.< I>
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. A smile from you ca n bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
4. Everynight, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
5. You mean the world to someone.
6. If not for you, someone may not be living.
7. You are special and unique.
8. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you trust God to do what's best, and wait on His time, sooner or later, you will get it or something better.
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good can still come from it.
10. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: you most likely turned your back on the world.
11. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.
12. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
13. Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when they know and you'll both be happy.
14 .. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great.
Send this letter to all the people you care about, if you do so, you will certainly brighten someone's day and might change their perspective on life...for the better.

Christmas

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 22:47:00 -0600

Well, we have been listening to Christmas music since before Thanksgiving (didn't that used to be "illegal"?) but just tonight on our way home from a church thing, we started a funny rendition of 'Jingle Bells" and so when I got home I looked it up so I thought I would share :P

this is the jingle bells that we were singing in the car:
Jingle Bells
Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
Batmobille has lost a wheel
and Joker got away
Hey!...
My 6 year old sister thought that was pretty funny :)

and here is a funny one that I found on the internet::
Gliding through the Snow,
On a pair of Broken Skis,
Over the snow we go,
Crashing into trees!
The snow is turning red,
I think I'm almost dead,
But now I'm in the Hospital Bed
With Stitches in my head!

my sisters and I were singing that song while skipping through the house and mom said "you guys are crazy!" which of course, us already laughing because of how silly we were acting were already laughing, started laughing even harder... anyway now I have almost no voice :) at least it was fun! lol

and here is a rendition of "we three kings" that I have known forever:
We three kings of oil and tar,
Smoking on a rubber cigar,
It was loaded and exploded,
And the three kings were no more.

well I'm done talking now, so you guys can share any funny christmas songs that you know!

Debra

my hair!!!!

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 19:11:00 -0500

well I got my hair cut about a month ago, but I went to Arizona before I could get a pic of it, so I am just now putting on a post. sorry it took so long :) in all I donated around 16" of hair.

this is before I got it cut:

and after:

thats all, tell me what you think
Debra

Arizona

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:30:00 -0500

well, I am in Arizona. and I would post some pics, but I forgot a camera.... not good. but I got up at 4:00 AM this morning, that was an adventure in and of itself and were to the airport by 4:35 we got on the plane at 5:30, and were to Huston, Texas by 9:00. we were there for around an hour, and were back in the air by 10:00. we touched down in Arizona around 12:30 My time (it is two hours later in Arizona.) and we got picked up by my Aunt Tracy, had a little detour (don't you just love those? ^_^) on the way to her house, and arrived here safely at 12:15(Arizona time) so, today was fun, and now I feel like going to sleep for the night:)
but i wont, because, you know, it's like only 12:30 so, that would be weird.
Anyway, I think that I will go get something to eat.
ttyl,
debra

Rachel's Party

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:16:00 -0500

Well Rachel turned 18 last Saturday so here are some pics

Playing Volleyball

Philip the grill-master

Kyle and Daniel, I do not really know what is going on here.....

Rachel and her cake
Tyler and Jon messing around

washong our hands before we ate, a very good habit :)

thats all folks! we had tons of fun.
Debra

VBS finally!!!

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:40:00 -0500

well, I was going to post earlier this week, but the pics were still on my bros camera, and he was at work... so, I have the pics now and I will put a few select ones on here.... (we have a LOT)

Tuesday (team color day):
these are all but two of the big kids leaders: Marc, Daniel, Me and Jon.

this is some of the kids on our team, Daniel and me (I am the head at the bottom of the pic)

Wednesday (backwards day):
here I have my shirt on backwards.... It is so UNcomfortable

I was the scorekeeper

Thursday:
Tug-o-war! this is the only pic of us... Mom did not get a pic of when everybody was pulling... the rope broke on our end (the end that 3 big guys were on) so the other team won...

Friday (water day):
another of us and the kids

this is me again, only is is ALSO my globe! my sisters and some friends made it for the VBS sign out of chicken wire and paper mache.. needless to say, It was interesting :)

this was BEFORE we got wet...

me getting pastor w/a balloon (normal balloon) full of water... about a gallon :) fun!
afterwards I was soaked to the skin! I had brought a shirt to change into, but not anything else! and boy did I need it!

anyway that was VBS hope you enjoyed the pics!
Debra

fun fun fun!!!

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:34:00 -0500

k, so I got another tag! I thought it was interesting, so here it is:

GUYISH:
[ ] You like being sweaty
[*] Love hoodies and jeans
[*] Dogs are better than cats.
[*] At times, it's funny when people get hurt.
[*] You've played with/against boys on a team.
[ ] Shopping is torture.
[ ] Sad movies stink (love ‘em)
[ ] You own an Xbox (my bros do)
[ ] At some point in time you wanted to be a firefighter.
[ ] You own a PSP
[ ] You own a DS, a PS2 or Sega (my bros have a ps2 as well :P )
[*] You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers.
[ ] You watch sports on TV
[ ] Gory movies are awesome.
[ ] You only go to your dad for advice.
[ ] You own like a trillion baseball caps.
[ ] You like to football.
[ ] You used to/do collect baseball cards.
[ ] Baggy pants are cool.
[ ] Fire is cool.
[ ] You don't baby-sit
[ ] It's kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
[ ] Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite color(s).
[*] You love to go crazy and not care what people think. :D (‘specially w/hannah!)
[ ] Sports are awesome too.
Now add the numbers up and multiply it by 5.
I am 30% Guyish.

GIRLISH:
[*] You wear lip gloss.
[*] You love to shop.

[*] You wear eyeliner.
[ ] You have many of the same shirts in different colors.
[ ] You don't like shopping at hot topic ???
[*] You wear the color pink sometimes.
[*] You consider cheerleading a sport.
[*] You hate wearing the color black.
[*]You like hanging out at the mall.
[ ] You get manicures and/or pedicures often.
[*] You like wearing jewelry.
[*] Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.
[*] You take a long time doing your hair.
[*] Shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.
[*] You don't like the series of Star Wars.
[ ] You are/were in cheerleading, gymnastics or dance.
[*] It takes you around 1 hour to get dressed and put on make-up and accessories.
[*] You have more than 10 pairs of shoes.
Now add the numbers up and multiply it by 5.

And I am 70% girlish! I guess it is not that surprising…

neway, I tag ElizabethBennet, GeorgiaGurl821 and mommatolittleones