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Angel?

2009-04-13T07:45:00.003-04:00

My son left his bed and went to the couch in the middle of the night. I found him this morning sleeping away. I love to look at the kids when they are sleeping, they look so peaceful. He is my Angel! Now, I just have to remember that later today when he is fighting with his sisters.

Dr. Suess

2009-04-06T07:52:00.003-04:00

Last week in the kindergarten room we made Green Eggs and Ham, in honor of Dr. Suess' birthday in March. The kids were all excited to see the green eggs, and begged for more.

Take The Time

2009-04-02T07:31:00.004-04:00

Most often on our busy lives we tend not to take the time to see the beauty around us. I was driving my daughter to school this morning and on the way home saw this beautiful sunrise. I was amazed by the beauty that God has given us each morning with the light purples, soft blues, bright oranges, and a hint of yellow shining on the horizon. It's neat to see all of these colors blending together to help us wake up and appreciate the world around us. So, take the time today and see what beauty is around you.

Godly Humor

2009-03-30T06:43:00.000-04:00

A woman had just returned to her home from an evening of church services, when she was startled by an intruder. She caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables and yelled: 'Stop! Acts 2:38!'(Repent and be Baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ , so that your sins may be forgiven.)The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done.As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar: 'Why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a scripture to you.''Scripture?' replied the burglar. 'She said she had an Ax and Two 38s!'

Frustrated

2009-03-26T14:19:00.002-04:00

have you ever been so frustrated at some one that you just want to tell them off. But you hold your tongue because that is the polite thing to do. I did what I was supposed to do and the other person does not follow through on what she should (and still probably wont)do.AAAAAHHHHH

Dog Logic

2009-03-11T21:14:00.001-04:00

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
Anonymous.

Mean Mom Award...Again

2009-03-09T15:56:00.002-04:00

Well I've managed to get the mean mom award again today. I told both of my younger kids that they would not be going to the school skating party tonight. Now I'm the one that's mean. I'm not the one who woke up this morning acting like possessed demons.

Rules For The Bath

2009-03-05T08:31:00.003-05:00

1. Occupancy of more than 46 persons at the same time is prohibited.

2. All bathers please refrain from eating the soap.

3. If there is a ring in the tub, please answer it.

4. Guest towels are to be used only by guests. Non-guests please dry hands on your clothes.

5. Singing in the shower is permitted, but dancing is frowned upon.

6. Please remove rubber ducky after each bath.

Girl Scout Cookie Fan

2009-03-01T18:18:00.002-05:00

I came home today from selling cookies and saw my cat in an empty box. Guess he likes cookies as much as we do.

O The Memories

2009-02-24T18:21:00.002-05:00

Looking back on the pictures in my computer today I came across this picture of my son from this past summer. We were at the county fair watching the horse races when he decided to start swinging at some wasps. Well you can guess by the picture who won. He got stung on the eyelid and on top of his head. This was what he looked like the next day. Poor boy. Then, three days later he was swinging at more wasps. Guess he didn't learn.

Snow

2009-02-21T20:36:00.000-05:00

I LOVE the Snow!!!

Fancy Cat Bed

2009-02-17T12:22:00.003-05:00

Ok, whoever said kids and cats are not alike, look at my cat. He has a bed where he usually lays in, but now he prefers a cardboard box lined with a paper sack. He would rather lay in this then his soft bed. Kind of like your kids, when they are toddlers and you buy them a really cool gift,and they play with the box. Makes me wonder why did I bother getting him a bed.

New Penny

2009-02-12T18:24:00.002-05:00

In honor of Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday and the upcoming Presidents Day, the U.S. Mint has come out with some new pennies which depict the life of Abe Lincoln. I think they are really neat and will give kids a visual image of life as it was in Lincoln's day.

Fun Day

2009-02-10T14:46:00.003-05:00

A couple weeks ago our school was closed due to weather, so I took the kids to a local fun center. We ate lunch there and the kids played all the games and won tickets to "cash" in for prizes.

Here is "H" with her fistfull of tickets after only one game. She hit the jackpot.

Here is "M" driving a race car game. Once he found out it did not give tickets he went on to other games that did.

We all had a good time. Where else can you spend a little money for lunch, games and prizes, and build memories all at the same time.

Monday

2009-02-09T07:07:00.001-05:00

Words

2009-02-06T13:09:00.002-05:00

We hear and use words all the time. Thousands a day, probably millions if you are a fast talker.
Well when I hear words of encouragment, that really makes my day.
I received an email from a lady at church that really encourged me at a time that I need it.
Sometimes I think I dont make a differance or that I would be missed if I wasnt around, and just the time that thought enters my head, someone says something that really helps.

Thanks "E" you made my day!

He did it again

2009-02-04T16:56:00.003-05:00

Well if you have read my earlier post about my puppy, you knew I was aggravated with him about chewing things up. Well within the last week, he has eaten or destroyed three things.

This is what I found when we came home the other evening. he tore to sheads his pillow that was in his cage. He was up to his knees in fluff.

He also got ahold of my oldest daughters i pod charger and chewed that into pieces. (But my daughter was also told to pick it up off the floor or the dog may eat it). Guess he thought it looked good.

Then one morning I found this hand and foot on the floor. It once belonged to my daughters barbie doll. He definitely has a chewing problem.

God Speaking

2009-02-02T14:27:00.002-05:00

This song has been running through my head for a few days. I like the words of this song, it is very comforting to know that God has us in His hand no matter what happens or where we are.

Have You Ever Heard A Love Song That Set Your Spirit Free ?
Have You Ever watched A Sunrise And Felt You Could Not Breath ?
What If Its Him, What If Its God Speaking ?

Have You Ever Cried A Tear That You Could Not Explain ?
Have You Ever Met A Stranger Who Already Knew Your Name ?
What If Its Him, What If Its God Speaking ?

Have You Ever Lost A Loved One Who You Thought Should Still Be Here ?
Do You Know What It Feels Like To Be Tangled Up In Fear ?
What If He's Somehow Involved, What If He's Speaking Through It all ?

Who Knows How He'll Get Ahold Of Us, Get Our Attention To Prove He Is Enough .
He'll Do, And He'll Use What Ever He Wants To.
To Tell Us, I Love You.

Awsome Video

2009-01-30T09:40:00.001-05:00

I got this video in my email. Please watch. Very inspirational.

http://www.maniacworld.com/are-you-going-to-finish-strong.html

Goofy Kids

2009-01-28T14:15:00.004-05:00

My kids discovered a little closet above my big closet in my bedroom today. I use it to store extra blankets in. Well they decided to climb up in there and play in it as a club house. I walked into my bedroom and this is what I saw.......

Here is my youngest two, just got caught!

Awhile later my oldest daughter climbed up.....

Some how they all three got up there and even put the pup with them!! LOL

Snow day

2009-01-28T09:43:00.004-05:00

With this on the radar last night.......

This is how my car looked this morning!!

Beautiful snow covered tree.

7 inches and still snowing!!

LET IT SNOW!

Remote Fights

2009-01-27T15:31:00.002-05:00

Who has the remote?

Well if your in our house its usually my son, who thinks its his prize possesion.

Why is it that kids think they can control the universe just because they are holding the remote?

And, when they are asked to share the remote with other family members they carry on like your asking them to give up an arm.

Well I think it is time to toss the remote and the tv to the curb, that way there will be one less fight in our house.

Cinnamon Rolls

2009-01-26T13:42:00.004-05:00

This past saturday my oldest daughter and I made homemade cinnamon rolls.

She did most of the work, even the kneeding of the dough. (Which she said took forever)

Rolling the rolls

They tasted as good as they look.

To Cute!

2009-01-26T13:18:00.003-05:00

JOHNNY THE BAPTIST

Matt. 18:4-5

'Therefore,
Whoever humbles himself
Like this child is the greatest
In the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes
A little child like this
In my name welcomes me.'
Johnny's Mother
Looked out
The window
And noticed him
'playing church'
With their cat.
He had the cat
Sitting quietly
And he was
Preaching to it.
She smiled
And went
About her work.
A while later
She heard loud
Meowing & hissing
And ran backTo the open window
To see Johnny
Baptizing the cat
In a tub of water..
She called out,
'Johnny, stop that!
The cat is afraid of water!'
Johnny looked up
At her and said,
'He should have thought
About that
Before he joined
My church.'

Enjoy Your Day !!!!!

Stupid Dog

2009-01-19T14:42:00.002-05:00

I have not been able to write anything on my blog since last week because my puppy decided to chew through my cord to my computer keyboard.
He has a bad habit of chewing trough electric cords.
He has already chewed through my cord to my digital camera printer dock,(which I am having a hard time replacing), my sisters cord to her lamp, and now the keyboard.
I think he has a death wish by electrocution, which somehow he has avoided so far.
So, i finally got a new(used) keyboard, and he better not chew through this one.
Any suggestions on how to keep him from chewing through cords.(besides pulling his teeth)

Hi

2009-01-11T18:39:00.002-05:00

Yes I know, Its been about 2 months since I blogged. Dont know why I stopped, just got out of the habit.

Nothing special has been going on, just the normal school/work/home routine.

The holidays were good. It was nice to spend some time with friends and family.

2009 seems to be going good so far. (Course its only day 11)

Post more later.

Bye for now

Photo Hunt- Together

2008-11-08T12:53:00.006-05:00

Here is a picture of my kids with there cousins last summer at a local festival. Getting a picture with the five cousins together is very rare.

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Nighttime Critters

2008-11-03T15:22:00.003-05:00

The other night when we came home my son noticed something running across the yard and up onto the small tree/bush. I told him it was probably a cat. He said "No mom, that's no cat"

After we got out of the car, I noticed he was right.

There was an opossum staring back at us.

I think these are ugly critters. But I know God had some sort of purpose for them, altho I don't know what it could be.

The kids thought it was cool to look at the critter up close. They talked about his teeth, and even his little "hand".

Then my son, who is always coming up with good questions asked "Why they were called possums if they were spelled with an "O" at the beginning?" I answered with my motherly knowledge and said "I don't know" .

Anyone know why???????

Halloween 2008

2008-10-31T22:02:00.004-04:00

My daughter was a "Star" in our local Halloween Parade.

Here comes our school float in the parade

These are some girls who are in our AWANA group on dress up night.

Two of our Pirates

Who could this be????

Tuesday Morning

2008-10-28T07:33:00.004-04:00

This is the conversation that took place in our house this morning 2 minutes before the bus arrived.
Me: Kids, coat and backpack, hats and gloves.
Child 1: Wheres my coat?
Child 2: Wheres my backpack?
Me: Its probably in your room.
C1: Mom, did you sign my homework book?
C2: Did you sign mine?
Me: I don't know, check.
C2 : I need a snack .
Me: I need you to get your coat and things on.
C2: I cant find my hat.
Me: Its right here, get it on.
C1 : Can you open the door?(He had his gloves on)
C2: Did you get me a snack? I don't like that one, I want something else.
Me: You need to hurry, the bus will be here any minute. And I'm not taking you to school if you miss the bus.(Yeah right!!!)
C1: Can you open the door mom,please!
Me: I will when the bus is here.
C1: But I want to go out now.
Me: Its to cold, just wait in the house.
C2 : Can you zip my coat, I cant with my gloves on.
Me: (Looking out the window) Bus is here, have a good day! Love you and see you after school.
C1: Bye
C2: Whats for supper tonight?
Me: Goodbye.

Quite house for now

Photo Hunt-Scary

2008-10-25T09:29:00.005-04:00

Here is a picture of night time in the woods. Kind of "Scary' especially if your walking by yourself.

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Marathon

2008-10-25T08:52:00.004-04:00

I participated in another half marathon last weekend. There were approximately 11,500 people there walking or running. There was even a wheelchair division. When I saw the people in the wheelchairs, I thanked God I was able to walk.

Here I am walking with a friend of mine. We stayed together throughout the whole race. This was her first half marathon, but she had participated in other walks in the past. Notice the socks on my hands. The starting temps for the race was around 36. I wore socks as gloves to keep my hands warm.This picture was taken around mile 4 or 5.

Here we are at the finish. We got our medals and were so glad the race was over. All in all it was a good day. No blisters this time, just a couple sore toes.

Thanks to my friend who walked with me and encouraged me throughout the race.

Where have I been?

2008-10-18T08:50:00.002-04:00

I have asked myself this question many times. Where have I been and what do I do with my life.
I set up this blog page over a month ago , and at first loved it and spent just about every day posting something. A friend of mine calls it a drug,she is right. I look at it as a journal, to post your thoughts and feelings.
Well lately I haven't posted anything, not that I haven't wanted too, its just my real computer crashed and is getting fixed and now I'm using a dinosaur of a computer that takes 10 minutes just for internet to launch.(I've ran every check and cleaner you can think of..... no improvement.)
This past Friday the kids were out of school, so I made a vet appt. for our 5 month old puppy. I was pleased to hear he is in excellent health(despite the fact that he eats cat food). He got his shots and even some thick yellow medicine in his mouth to kill tummy worms(Poor pup)
he weighs 10.6 lbs, and is scheduled for neuter in November. Right now he is staring at me as I am typing this post.
Tomorrow i am participating in another 1/2 marathon in Columbus,Ohio. A group of teachers and friends are all going and we will cheer each other on. Wish me luck.
According to my kids I'm to old to do this, well I keep telling them as long as I can walk, I will keep doing 1/2 marathons. My daughter even asked me if i will ever do a full marathon. I told her no, but it gave me something to think about and maybe someday set as my goal.
Good bye for now

Photo Hunt

2008-10-04T13:59:00.006-04:00

This is my sad picture for this week. My computer is out of order right now, so I have to use my backup one for now.So no uploaded pics this week. Enjoy!

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Fall

2008-10-02T14:42:00.002-04:00

I love the fall season. The cool crisp mornings and the slightly warmer days. I like seeing all the trees change colors, and falling onto the ground. I love how God paints the trees with all shades of yellow, orange and red. I like seeing the farmers take off the crops, and preparing the ground for winter. Even the animals seem to know winter will soon be here. I see squirrels gathering more nuts, and birds flying south. My rabbits are starting to grow their winter coat. I Love Fall.

2008-09-27T22:57:00.001-04:00

This weeks photo hunt theme was "View" I instantly thought of this pic of my son when he was looking through an antique view finder at our local museum.

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Friday

2008-09-26T15:05:00.002-04:00

Im so glad its Friday. This week has seemed so long, with several appointments and working almost everyday, I am ready for the weekend. Kids get a three day weekend, and I am not setting the alarm on Monday, but I'm sure my pup will wake me at 6 to potty.
Have a great weekend everyone.

2nd Marathon

2008-09-23T14:11:00.002-04:00

This last Sunday I was able to participate in my 2nd half marathon, which is 13.1 miles.
I was so excited to be in another race. The race was held in New Albany, Ohio. The town was so pretty, and all the houses were neat to look at. The only thing I didn't like about the town is every house looked the same, every yard looked the same, even the downtown shops all had the same outer building. It was like someone pushed copy and paste on every property.
The morning of the race was nice and sunny, and everyone seemed excited to be at the race.It was also nice being there with some people I know from school, two Kindergarten teachers and a first grade teacher. We all cheered for each other and wished each other good luck before the race.
Even tho I was tired by mile 10 I kept pressing on and finished the race.
I plan on entering another half marathon in October

Hats

2008-09-19T07:20:00.002-04:00

You've all heard the saying, "You wear a lot of hats". As that thought entered my mind this week I thought about all the hats I wear.
So lets see:
1. Daughter
2. Sister(also a twin)
3. Wife
4. Mom (I even get the"mean"mom award at times)
5. PTO Member and V.P.
6. Sub in Schools
7. AWANA Leader
8. Upwards Cheer leading Advisor
9. Trumpet player in Praise Band
10. Animal Caregiver
11. Referee (With 3 kids you know what I mean)
12. Kids taxi driver

I think that pretty well sums up my life.

Im back

2008-09-17T14:46:00.003-04:00

Hi all,
I'm back on line. Did you miss me?
I have been out of power since Sunday afternoon , due to the left over effects of Hurricane Ike.
Living without electricity or running water really makes a person think of how spoiled we are with these modern conveniences. I was so in the habit of going to my computer to look something up, or check online for my job that I really missed it when I didn't have it.
Thanks to all my family and friends who have helped me and my family these last few days, your kindness and support was really appreciated.
I must also speak a small eulogy of the picture of the spider that I have in my last post. He also lost his home and hopefully not his life, during the winds of Ike. RIP dear spider, you were a good friend to my rabbits

Photo Hunt - Wild

2008-09-13T07:24:00.006-04:00

Here is a spider that lives on our outdoor rabbit hutch. He hangs there everyday keeping flys from my rabbits.

Notice the small wasp nest in the corner.

PhotoHunt

My Dad

2008-09-12T07:46:00.003-04:00

Today is a day I will never forget. Two years ago, my dad lost his fight with that ugly word "cancer". It was a day much like today, cloudy, muggy , and rainy.

My sisters and I had been keeping round the clock vigil for several days, caring for him, giving him pain medicine, and praying. My dad was a very proud man, who never wanted help from anyone,he was the one helping.

I knew his end was near, and altho I didn't want to go, I didn't want him to suffer either.

Each one of us girls were doing different things around his apartment while he was sleeping. I decided to leave for a quick break, which turned out to be the worst mistake of my life. I got the call around 10:30 am that dad had died, and all I could think of is I should have been with him.

And, altho this day brings back sad memories, I also think of the fun times too. Dad loved to fish,as far back as I can remember, he was bringing home fish. It didn't matter if it was -10 or 90 dad was out there fishing. He fished in ponds, lakes, reservoirs and even the Great lakes.

Dad taught us girls how to fish and even taught his grand kids to fish. He bought my oldest daughter a fishing pole on her first birthday, and when his first grandson was born, he gave it to him when he was born.

As I think of Dad today, I know he isn't suffering anymore, he is in Heaven probably sitting beside a lake fishing.

Love you dad,always, and forever.

9-11

2008-09-11T13:22:00.003-04:00

They always say you always remember where you were when tragic things happen either in your life or in this case the life of our nation. I will never forget the sick feeling I had that day in the pit of my stomach as I watched the news and was wondering what in the world was going on. All I could think of is the Innocent people killed and the families that were effected by it. Even tho I didn't know anyone personally that was killed, I still felt the loss that I'm sure everyone did.

We should Thank God each day that we are alive and have our families, because tomorrow they could be gone.

Let us never forget the brave fireman and woman that risked there lives to help strangers, because it was there job.

Let us also not forget the brave men and women who are fighting for freedom overseas,

i received a text about the soldiers and it reads something like this...... You stay up for 16 hours. he stays up for days on end. You take a warm shower to help you wake up. He goes weeks without running water. You complain of a "headache" and call in sick. He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward. You talk trash about your buddies that aren't with you. He knows he may never see any of his ever again. You complain about how hot it is. He wears his heavy gear, not daring to take off his helmet to wipe his forehead. You get mad at the waiter for getting your order wrong. He doesn't get to eat today. Your mad that your class got held over 5 minutes over. He's told he will be held over an extra 2 months. You roll your eyes when your baby cries. He gets a letter with a picture of his new baby, and wonders if they'll ever meet. Lets support our troops they do so much for us.

New Blog

2008-09-10T14:59:00.001-04:00

To all my friends and family who blog, and have encouraged me to start one here it goes. I am new to this and want to see if I can do this.

I have been busy since school started a few weeks ago, from subbing in the schools to taking kids to there various appointments and practices. I also am training for another have marathon in a few weeks and another in October. I am very excited to do this again, and cant wait.

Will post more later, kids just got off the bus.

Bye