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WHO AM I?

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:00:00 -0500

I found this fun little quiz on a friends website & I just thought that I would find out which LOTR character I am. This is too fun. Try it!

You are most like Arwen. Calm and reserved, you are not given to sudden outbursts. You conduct yourself with dignity...most of the time. The rest of the time you cut loose are are totally cool. You don't really think of yourself as popular, but plenty of people like you. You are not given to needless flirting. The right person will come along some day, and you are content to wait.

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Tackle It Tuesday

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:50:00 -0500

Hopefully I will be able to post some finished pictures on here soon. Then again it may be days before I get the chance. I would probably be better off just joining one of these CONSTANT cleaning blogs, lol.!!!This week has started off pretty busy I must say. A dear friend of mine was in need of some babysitting help as of yesterday and she has 3 darling children and so I had 5 children altogether all day long yesterday ranging in age from 1, 7, 9, 12 & 13. Whew!!!! It was ALOT of work though. I have so much admiration & respect for YOU ladies out there who have alot of children. I absolutely LOVE children & have often wished to have more BUT I am very grateful for the 2 I have NO DOUBT. But yesterday was definitely an eye opener for me as to how you guys have to juggle everything. It really takes order and creativity to have a ship shape household & not a sinking ship doesn't it? Anyways, HATS OFF to all you ladies out there!!!! GOD BLESS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!!!!! This is for you guys:

THANKFUL THURSDAY

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:53:00 -0500

Things I am thankful for today:

* My peaceful home

* My computer & comfy chair

* My very energetic children who are bouncing off the walls today with excitement (wish I had some of that!) due to this being my ds's official party day!

* My newly incorporated PARTY DAYS! I recently decided & made it a rule that anytime my children complete a curriculum book (ex. for those of you using Math U See, if they finish the primer book, they have completed a book of curriculum)they get to have a party day each in which they get to decide what we do on that day, whether it be watching movies, playing games, going to the park, baking cakes & goodies, etc. I've found so far that this not only creates excitement for the upcoming parties but gives them a reason to be excited about school. Something to look forward to. Something that THEY have earned & can achieve. And this particular day off couldn't come at a better time for me because I'm just plain EXHAUSTED!

* My loving family who are all SAVED!!! YAY!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!!

* My AWESOME friends who are alway's there for me (well, atleast most of the time when they can be reached, lol)

* My coffeemate creamer (Hey I need to go get a refill. Be right back. This may take a while due to the fact that I have to climb stairs, lol)

* My yoga pants & t-shirt!!!!

* The wonderfully considerate woman (and YES I said woman because it just HAD to have been a woman) who invented the maxi pad WITH wings : ) YAY!!!! HOORAY!!!!

* My very caring doctor (or atleast she PRETENDS to care but I really think she does) There are too many doctors out there nowadays that have given up their true calling to help others get well & instead have picked up the new role of drug pusher. Can you tell I've recently encountered one of those? lol.

* My very comfy bed that I am about to climb back into (No I'm not just lazy today. I think I may be a bit anemic due to a seemingly never ending monthly : (

Wordless Wednesday

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:08:00 -0500

Wordless Wednesday

Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:14:00 -0600

Me & my Hubby

My beautiful dd who is now 13, I can't believe it! In this picture we were attending my cousins wedding and after giving my permission for my dd to wear some blue glitter, she sort of over applied it, lol. They can't wait can they?

And this is my ds who just turned 7. This picture is also from my cousins wedding. He was the bible boy. How handsome is he?

IT'S A PARTY!!

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:12:00 -0600

IT'S A PARTY!!

When: Monday, March 5th - Friday, March 9th

Where: HERE!!

Who's Invited: EVERYONE!!

Hope you can take time to participate

> This is for fun. If you like just copy this & paste it to your "add new entry" & erase my answers & fill them in w/your own!. Have fun !

> 1. What time is it? 7.15p.m.

> 2. Name? Kelli

> 3. What are you afraid of - lots of things but i just try not to think about them EVER!

> 4. What do you drive? I normally drive a Xterra but right now it's getting fixed and so I'm driving our mazda 626

> 5. Where were you born? FL

> 6. Ever been to Alaska - nope

> 7. Ever used toilet paper decorating in trees? yep & it was fun! I'd like to do it again, is against the law? does anyone know?lol

> 8. Croutons or Bacon bits? Both, my fav. salad is loaded w/everything

> 9. Favorite day of the week? friday because my dh stays up late with me and we spend time together

> 10.Favorite restaurant - Long Horn

> 11. Favorite Flower: Roses. This spring I'm going to see just how many I can get away with planting in my yard without getting into trouble w/my HA (homeowners association)

> 12. Favorite sport to watch: usually NONE....but occasionally i like to watch tennis or golf.

> 13. Favorite drink: hmmmm....it's a tie between moutain dew code red & black cherry vanilla coke but I'm trying to drink less sodas and so i guess for now it would have to be pink lemonade.

> 14. Favorite Ice cream -well it used to be vanilla once upon a time until i got OLD and now i can't eat ANY without bloating up like a blowfish and burping for hours (i know i'm GROSS, lol but life is GROSS)lol

> 15. Disney or Warner Brothers - disney

> 16. Favorite fast food restaurant: chik fil a

> 17. What color is your bedroom carpet? mushroom

> 18. How many times you failed your driver's test :you know what i don't even remember, hey mom help me out here, do you remember? lol.....

>19 . What do you do most often when you are bored? read a good book like the one I'm reading right now by Sally Clarkson called "The Mission of Motherhood" EXCELLENT READING!!! Just went to her conference in Atlanta, GA. & it was awesome!!! But the drive was HORENDOUS!!! Or I play a game on the computer or I play a game w/my kids, read to them or go outside and play w/them or i clean so all in all I'm NEVER bored, lol...

> 20. Bedtime: I'm currently working on that. I am trying fervently to stay on a schedule. so far i'm not doing that great but i refuse to fail so i will continue to try.

> 21. Favorite TV shows? It's hard to say because I rarely have the t.v. on except to watch a dvd but I can tell you this, i LOVE the science & history channel and if Little People in a Big World is on I LOVE to watch that as well.

> 22 FORD OR CHEV? I could care less.

> 23. What are you listening to right now?The LOUD sounds coming from the t.v. downstairs where my dh is watching "The Chronicles of Riddick" & my t.v. in my room that's on "Hanna Montana" in which my dd is watching right now while she's patiently waiting for me to get a shower and watch the OSCARS w/her (we LOVE to see what everybodies wearing)

> 24. What are your favorite colors? Yellow & Blue

> 25. Do you have any tattoos? No way. I do not like pain at all.

> 26. Do you have any pets? 2 cats, brother & sister, named Romeo & Roxy

> 27 . Which came first the chicken or the egg? the chicken, duh.

> 28. What would you like to accomplish before you die? wow. that's a pretty deep question that will require much consideration. hmmmmmmmmm....To fulfill God's will for my life in every aspect. Following God's design for living is the true key to finding myself & becoming the person he had in mind for me all along. I can only pray that I will accomplish such a task.

> 29. What are your favorite birds? All birds are amazing to watch. I can't really say I have a favorite. I love them all.

> 30. Favorite outfit? yoga pants, sports bra & one of my dh's big t'shirts, o yea!

>31. Your idea of the perfect vacation? Nice hotel, room service, room service, and can anyone say, more room service???lol.

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:27:00 -0600

Been so busy for so long that it seems all I've had time to do is look and not write...But I haven't totally disappeared. I just recently went with a good friend of mine to the Sally Clarkson convention in Atlanta, Georgia and it was so worth it. My friend is pregnant so I made the drive for us both there & back (although she offered, there was NO WAY I was going to let my pregnant friend drive, ya know?) Anyways, it was a first for me. I've never been to one of her seminars and I haven't even read one of her books. But my friend had been telling me how totally awesome she is, so I had to see for myself and boy am I glad I did. We went for the weekend leaving on Friday and came home on Sunday. I came back completely refreshed and ready to see my beautiful children. In fact, I literally couldn't wait! Listening to Sally speak about loving and cherishing your family just made me miss them more and that's ALWAY'S a good thing in my book. So, as you can guess, while I was there I bought two of her books and am enjoying every sentence of them. She is an excellent writer. She gets right to the HEART of being a mother & wife and I truly believe she has a special anointing to minister to mothers & wives. And we actually went to her conference at the end of January, over a month ago, which is exactly why I haven't been able to write anything on here because if I do manage to get a few extra minutes, I've been trying to read her books.

But anyways, for those of you who have been keeping up w/the situation w/my niece, the latest is that there could be a wedding in the near future. I'm not sure how I feel about it though. Not that I have anything to do w/the situation whatsoever but we're just talking feelings here and my brain says "well, the word of God says that a couple should NOT live together in sin and that they should be married" , although my heart says "YIKES!!!! He's such a disrespectful young man, a non-christian (although he wouild tell you otherwise BUT there is absolutely NO fruit at all to show for it in his life BUT then again there have been plenty of times in my own life where at certain times I'm sure it's been very hard to discern any fruit in mine either,hmmmm such a touchy subject really, especially nowadays when you hear ALOT of teens saying that they have Jesus but you look at them and they appear to be living for the devil??? , he cannot support her financially and lays out of work ALOT & his job is not exactly a true trade (if that makes any sense), and he keeps her crying & upset alot....so bottom line...I feel extremely sorry for her parents who would have to make the decision whether they get married or not rigth now since she is still 17 & living with her boyfriend. I know it would be daunting task for myself. I am keeping them lifted up in prayer & my heart goes out to them. My own daughter is fastly approaching the teen years in fact she just turned 13 & for the most part it's exciting but then I look at my niece & it's terrifying!!!! Bottom line.....TRUST GOD!!!! obey His commands & then trust Him! That's all we can do right?

And we just found out that my great aunt is dying & they called hospice to come in so me, my mom & my sister are going to be sitting w/her one day this week and I'm really looking forward to that. She's such a beautiful woman and I'm sorry I haven't gotten to visit w/her more but I wanted to atleast see her once before she leaves us on her way to heaven. She's my mother's aunt and I never really knew my grandmother, her sister, because my grandmother died when I was just 4. So, it's been nice getting to know her sister. It's almost like the next best thing to her, ya know? It's funny, I never really thought much about my grandmother until I had a child of my own and then I realized how much I missed her NOT being here. But going to see my great aunt is also a little scary. Because what if she passes while we're there? You know, I've never witnessed that before & don't want to now. Lord help me!! I just now thought about that!!!!!YIKES!!!! I'm fixing to pray really hard!!!!!!!! I'll keep yall posted!!!! GOD BLESS!!!!

I've been tagged by a dear friend of mine

Mon, 8 Jan 2007 01:26:00 -0600

Ok so I've been tagged and I'm supposed to tell you 5 or 6 things about me that you may not know......hmmmmmm let's see

#1. I don't watch that much television but one of my favorite shows whenever I am watching t.v. and it happens to be on is, "Little People in a Big World". It's a reality show about little people with dwarfism. I just love it!!! The family is just beautiful and they love each other which is very evident in the show and I love the way they persevere through lifes struggles together.

#2. I love to take bubble baths!!!lol...

#3. When I was a girl I wanted to grow up and be a musician just like Madonna, THAT DIDN"T HAPPEN THANK YOU LORD!!!!

#4. I've alway's wanted to learn to play tennis and one of these days I will teach myself whenever I can find some extra cash to invest in all the equipment and whatnot needed. well actually all I need are a few tennis rackets, one for me, one for my dd and one for my ds and some tennis balls...hmmm....sounds like a plan to me....I need to get into shape!

#5. I'm the baby of my family. I have an older sister who is 11 years older and an older brother who is 10 years older. My mother had a cancer scare after having my brother and they had to remove part of her uterus and only left her a tiny drip whole for a monthly period and was told she would never again have any more children and wala! I magically appeared. And although I am the baby, the majority of the time I feel like I am the oldest. go figure????

#6. I am a nightowl! But I also love mornings! I have trouble sticking to schedules and have a bit of a problem with tardiness, which I hate about myself truthfully and I try very hard to NOT be like this, but ALAS....all we can do is try right?

okay this is all.....

Sorry I haven't written in a while. Truthfully I haven't felt like it. It's been pretty rough around here. I've been trying to council my niece who is 17 and has left home to move in with her 19 yr. old boyfriend. Of course she is not listening. I can only pray that a seed has been sown. She is my sister's daughter and my sister and mother have different opinions than me and it has been causing some friction. So right now I am butting out and just sticking to praying. The more you try the more you get hurt. Please keep her in your prayers.

I Survived, BARELY!!!!

Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:23:00 -0600

Well, I'm still here and I just barely survived the thanksgiving weekend but not without a few scars..... We had Thanksgiving @ our house on Thurs., a family get together/wedding shower for a cousin on Fri., a family reunion consisting of somewhere around 100 people on Sat. (thankfully @ a local hotel where we rented a room) & another family get together for breakfast before they all headed back home on Sun. @ our home. Needless to say, we were unfortunately unable to make this all happen w/o any hitches. Why is it, that wherever there is family, there has to be family drama???? Is it just written or what??? Well, that's exactly what we had and wouldn't you know I was in the very middle of it all??? And what really gets me, is that I really tried sooo very hard to do the right thing by keeping my mouth shut and I still got into trouble. It's such a long story that I'm not about to try and write it all down but in the end me & my immediate family were basically run through the coals by other family members and it was not good. But I am very proud of myself and my family because through it all, we chose the high road. We did the right thing, we forgave and showed much love & mercy although we were shown NONE whatsoever.... So, we are praying for our family members & this situation so if you could keep us in your prayers it would be extremely appreciated....So, after everyone left I hit the couch and did not leave that spot (except for the normal everyday necessities: food & restroom, lol) for the next 36 hours and I am NOT kidding. I suffered from pure exhaustion of body, mind & spirit.... And since then I have been very sad over the events that unfolded. It really makes me want to start incorporating the word "NO" into my vocabulary more often but I'm sure there would still be drama even then. okay i gotta go, my ds is thirsty and so am i....God bless all who read this, and here's something I would like to leave with those of you who feel my pain,

"Are you exhausted today? Are you taking pills for energy to get through the day? Or are you on a nervous high and need something to slow you down? Perhaps what your body is really crying for is rest. Is there rest for anyone in this tension-filled world? As the disciples returned from a missionary journey, they were elated with their success. They gave glowing reports of how God had worked. jesus was glad to hear their accounts, but he knew that they needed physical rest after their arduous journey. He invited them to come rest with him in a quiet place. We, too, need to refresh ourselves to maintain physical and spiritual strength. OUr schedules are demanding. They drain our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual life. God's Holy Spirit gives us strength for his schedule for us. I believe God plans for us to include times of rest and relaxation in our schedule. If the disciples needed rest, so do we. Our rest times may consist of a vacation where we can rest and relax, a change of environment, or simply a respite right where we are. Time spent with the Lord brings renewal and refreshment." Millie Stamm

"He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me ikn paths of righteousness for his name's sake." Psalm 23:2-3

"Since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it." Hebrews 4:1

"Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders." Deuteronomy 33:12

"There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall." Hebrews 4:9-11

LOVE TO ALL!!! GOD BLESS & KEEP YOU DURING THESE HOLIDAYS!!!

Kelli

Working Diligenty To Get This Job Done

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:32:00 -0500

Okay so I've been busy ALL WEEK LONG.....

PAINTING & SEWING...

But atleast my kitchen is finally done

And my sister returned on friday to help with the curtains

and my mom came too, YAY!!!

since my dad went on a church camping trip

and so we were busy at it all night just about on my curtains

and as of today they are finished too,

well almost...lol..

I'm having a bit of a problem with the balloon shades,

they aren't coming up the way they should...

so hopefully I'll be able to study the pattern incessantly

until I figure the stupid thing out, good grief!!!

And besides all that,

we've been clearing out the downstairs schoolroom

that will soon become our workout room

and moving everything upstairs to the bonus room

which will be our new schoolroom. T

he bonus room has much more room and so I'm pretty excited.

And what's even more exciting is the fact that I did NOT want to move my computer into the schoolroom upstairs because I didn't want it to be easily accessible to the children and so I had found a computer armoire at wal-mart ON SALE for under a 100 bucks, CAN'T BEAT THAT!!!!and so dh gave me the money for it and so I called the store this weekend BEFORE getting in the car to travel a gazillion miles to the store and guess what???they had my armoire but it was the LAST ONE and it had been on display but nothing was wrong w/it and they had taken another 40 bucks off so I ended up getting it for 60 bucks!!! YAY!!!! God is soooo GOOD!!!! And my dd was blessed by that as well because we had put some clothing on lay away for her several weeks ago and I was going to have to wait another 2 weeks for the next payday before I could get them out of lawaway BUT guess what??? I only owed 40 bucks on her lawaway so I was able to use the 40 bucks that I would have spent on my armoire on her layaway, another blessing!!! YAY!!!!

GOD IS GOOD!!!!ALL THE TIME!!!

And so we put the armoire in my bedroom right next to the schoolroom. It's all coming together, don't you just LOVE IT when it does? me too!

I'll just be glad when it's all over with and my house is in order once more.

My poor dh is not liking all this mess in between but I think seeing atleast one finished product (the kitchen) has somewhat comforted him a bit and me too!!!

My children are hauling off stacks of books, etc. up to the new schoolroom as we speak and I think I need to help a bit now because I'd like to atleast be able to put my dh's workout equipment into this room instead in the entryway for everyone to bump into, uggghhhh......

"All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty." Proverbs 14:23

GOD BLESS YOU!!!