Great Adventures II

Out with the old and in with the new

2012-01-03T19:54:00.001-06:00

I think this is my last post for this blog. Since this blog was about our Great Adventures on the road and hopefully that has come to an end, I would like to move on to a new blog called, 'Where We Belong'. (also a song by Steven Curtis Chapman)

I loved our time on the road, but I'm glad it's over and that we are home. I'm thankful for the insight and journey GOD put us on and in our path, but it's time to move on. So with that, thank you for reading my blog for the past several years.

If you would like to continue to follow me, please leave a comment and a way to contact you, so I can direct you to the new blog. :)

It's my birthDAY!

2011-12-10T11:48:00.000-06:00

It's my birthDAY!!!! Happy birthDAY to me! I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family to celebrate my birthDAY with! Thank YOU LORD for all the blessings YOU bestow upon me, when I am so unworthy to receive them except and because of YOUR great love for me, for grace and mercy, I am SO blessed!!!!

Traveling Twosome's Book

2011-11-30T22:53:00.001-06:00

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What would you have done?

2011-11-09T16:28:00.002-06:00

I went to help "a friend" and her daughter for her wedding up in SC. (I've only known this person for 3 years.) I drove 1000 miles. I was told I could stay there at their home, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to go.

I bought and cooked all the food for me and my 2 children and also for her and her two daughters.

I went up to help do the food and decorate for the wedding. I got there on Sunday night. Her sister was arriving on Wednesday.

Monday, we went to Sam's and Costco and compared prices on items we were planning to use on the menu. The menu consisted of a fall theme, and I had spent many hours looking at recipes, etc. I tried to figure out how much we would need for 250 people. They were limited on funds, so I kept price in mind as well.

Tuesday, consisted of working on the wedding dress and other wedding stuff.

Wednesday, my "friend" went to work in the morning and then met up with her sister, who flew in from FL. Her sister's gift to the daughter was to purchase the food. We were going to all meet at Sams.

The sister is NOT a christian. She's the kind of person that needs the focus all on her. So as we are in Sam's she is drawing lots of attention to herself. My children, 14 & 15, stayed with me and behaved. I'm trying to figure out everything we need along with my "friend".

As we continue to shop, the sister was being nasty to my children and then her oldest daughter (the bride) started it too. The bride was rude and nasty to me as well.

I said to my "friend" that I was going to keep my children with me, because I didn't like what was going on. (My children both have voices and might say something and I didn't want to cause any issues, knowing everyone was getting stressed)

My "friend" obviously misunderstood and became offended. We went to the checkout and she realized there was too much money spent. She said she was going to "regroup".

I was left in the front with the carts, the bride, the sister, my children, and her anxiety filled (that's what she calls her) 11 year old.

Her sister said something about that's why I should have paid to cater the wedding. (Uh 250+ people and she was giving like $400-yeah, right?!)

Then the bride starts complaining to me. "We were here for 4 hours the other day, how come we didn't have this all figured out. Why didn't you plan this out better?"

We didn't have it figured out because the bride has continually waited til the last minute to let us know how much we could spend, as she waited for the last minute to do anything, even though her mother told her for a year to have it all planned by Sept 1st.

I became very upset (not to mention I was hormonial and on my monthly cycle) and went and told my friend, I'm going to get my kids something to eat. Let me know what you decide as a menu and I'll make it and then I'm leaving. (I knew her sister and I wouldn't be able to stay in the same room together)

I know it took her off guard, but then her daughter, the bride, starts screaming at me in Sams. Everyone in the store (so it seemed) was staring. She was screaming,Don't do this to my mother, don't stress her out....etc, and was very rude to me. I told her, "I didn't stress your mom out, you did, from your lack of planning."

I walked out to my van with my kids. Security was telling us (I couldn't even tell you what the guy looked like, because I was walking away) we would need to leave the store etc, if it continued....sigh~

When I got to my van, my "friend" called and chewed me out. She said, "You knew my sister wasn't a Christian, you knew bride was stressed, you knew my dd has anxiety issues!"

She chewed me out and blamed me for everything. I apologized, but she continued. Fianlly she said, "Go get your kids some food, and I'll call you later."

She called later and asked if I was at her house. "No, I'm going there now."

When I got there, her sister and the bride were there. I apologized to both of them and asked for their forgiveness. They both just looked at me dumbfounded and ignored me.

I put my purse in the room we were staying in, went to the kitchen got some food, and my "friend" walked in. She said, "We need to talk!"

We went into her room where she again began to chew me out. I apologized again. She continued to chew me out, again I apologized, but she didn't want to hear it.

I went into the room we were staying in, told my kids to pack up, we were leaving. "We're not staying where we're not welcomed."

As we were packing, "my friend" helped gather our stuff and handed it to us!

When we were done, I privately reminded my kids to thank "my friend" for her hospitality. I also thanked her and apologized again. I also said, I would stay and help, if she'd say something. She didn't reply at all....she just looked at me. I walked towards the door and she followed me, locking the door and turning out the light behind me!

I still can't believe it. If my kid had ever been disrespectful to one of my friends that came to help....oy!

Now what would you have done???

I could be on a TV show!

2011-10-11T09:10:00.000-05:00

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Steve Jobs

2011-10-07T09:17:00.001-05:00

Yes, it is sad that Steve Jobs, innovator, CEO of Apple and other companies has past away, but he was a buddist. (and perhaps, maybe this fact, is why so many are sad?) A BUDDIST is NOT a CHRISTIAN. A Buddist is one that worships Budda. A Christian is one that worships the one and only true and living GOD and HIS SON, JESUS. There is a HUGE difference.

I'm having a problem with Christians not recognizing that.

I don't think I'll say anymore. I sometimes think it's pointless....

"He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." Matthew 11:15

Blessings until next time!

Wheat and the Chaff

2011-10-04T09:51:00.001-05:00

Many of my close relationships with friends have been divided or separated this year. It makes me very sad. Some of my friends aren't Christians. It does, however, remind me that one day the wheat will be separated from the chaff. :(

I haven't always been the best of friend. I make many mistakes and hurt people. I have allowed hurts to often times make me hurt, although I forgive people. I am not one to stay angry. I express myself and move on.

I've learned forgiveness is a choice. I chose to forgive. I chose to move on. Apparently, some of my friends don't see that, or they don't want to forgive me. I'm sorry I hurt you. I'm sorry that you think we can no longer be friends. I pray blessings over your life and only wish you the best.

Blessings until next time.

SERIOUSLY!?!?

2011-09-28T15:28:00.002-05:00

A person I went to highschool with posted this as her status on FB:

Finish the movie John Q at school, I asked students, "do you believe in universal health care?" all said "yes" "Do you think it is a federal or state issue?" "Federal!" they said. "Very good, for you are the next generation, and I am checking where you stand:)" If only our politicians could get it right....have no fear, our children will:)))

Seriously? OMGOSH!!!! All I can say is, I'm glad I homeschool my kids and they aren't brainwashed by your teaching or teaching like this in public school!!!!!

The Mystery is Solved!

2011-09-23T10:50:00.000-05:00

And that's what happened to dinosaurs! LOL
Saw this on FB and thought I'd share it here too. :)

House

2011-09-21T22:31:00.002-05:00

Unless GOD performs a miracle, we won't be moving back into our house afterall. The bank is pushing foreclosure and sent the note over to a lawyers office. We have asked reinstatement,etc., but the bank isn't willing to help and the lawyers say there isn't anything they can do. Our house is set for sale on November 1st. I am in the process of writing complaints to the TX Attorney General, the FTC, Chase board of directors and a few other places to see if we can prevent this from happening. I know nothing is impossible with GOD. :) We would appreciate your prayers.

Blessings!

Again on Tattoos

2011-09-19T10:05:00.003-05:00

I know I probably sound like a broken record about tattoos. LOL
I'm really bothered by Christians that get them, knowing that the WORD says not to.
Here's a very interesting and informative article:
To Tattoo or Not to Tattoo

Apparently, I offended a sister in the LORD by posting this article on my FB page. She unfriended me and then blocked me. I'm not judging her for her new designed tattoo on her arm. I do, however, think she is being convicted for her tattoo, and as always when people are convicted and don't like the source of irritation, they get rid of it. (which was me in this case)

The only thing I put on my FB page was....

Interesting article (then I posted the article) and two verses.

I Peter 2:9-10
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Colossians 3:2
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

I didn't say anything else. But since this is my blog and my opinion....LOL....
I would like to mention why I chose those two verses.
I Peter 2:9-10
We are a chosen generation....That in itself is an honor.
A royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people....we are set apart from the world, GOD chose us so why would we want to do what the world does to their bodies?
We should show the praises of HIM that called us out of darkness....GOD has called us out of darkness, and we should show him praises-to me that means in all things-with our words, with our actions, with our bodies, how we represent ourselves, etc.

Colossians 3:2
Set your affection on things above...My affection should be JESUS and HIS WORD.
not on the things on the earth....tattoos are just another earthly thing, but in this case much more permanent. :(

It amazes me how much money people will pay for tattoos. Another reason I find it wrong. WHY? Because think of a Christian spending money on a tattoo. There are a hundreds of things we could spend that money on that would be so much more beneficial to the body of CHRIST. There are so many hungry, hurting people. People that need jobs, food, clothing, housing, to get off drugs or other addictions, etc. People that need to know the TRUTH and to be set free! The money could be used for that! Hey just offering my opinion and thoughts here. I am one to look outside the box! Way outside the box in some cases....

Another thing that bugs me is when I hear people complaining they don't have enough money....and yet they have tattoos all over their bodies. Ummmm did ya think about buying food or clothes or paying bills before spending that money on tattoos?

I know, I'm just as guilty of spending money often times friviously too...so maybe that last one is a shot in my own foot.....but maybe instead, we should all ask GOD what we should spend our money on before we spend....that's another post for another day, isn't it?

Years ago, I went to a conference. I won't mention which or whose because I can only imagine the feedback on that! LOL I remember the speaker saying that we needed to accept who we were, because GOD was the creator, OUR CREATOR, and when we don't accept who we are, we are telling OUR CREATOR-GOD that we don't like HIS CREATION! I came to grips with my own personal struggles....my curly hair. I hated it. I never looked like the girls in school, with long, straight, shiny beautiful hair! Anyhow to get back on track here....That's kinda my thoughts on tattoos too. Why do people cover up their beautiful body that GOD-THEIR CREATOR made and created for them with tattoos? The speaker mention that if we had a character flaw that would distract people from hearing the TRUTH, that we should pray about it and if the LORD leads fix that flaw....for example a cleft palate, a extra large nose, etc. So again, I think tattoos turn out to be a distraction for those that might need to hear the TRUTH.

Last point for today...Vanity. I think Tattoos make other people look, therefore people are drawing attention to themselves and that is vane.

K, done for today.
Blessings until next time!

Sunday Sing-Along

2011-09-18T08:39:00.003-05:00

OY! Monday!

2011-09-12T10:29:00.000-05:00

Yes, it's Monday, after another party weekend! LOL

Last weekend, (Labor Day) we had a Debbie weekend. LOL
Debbie is one of my dearest friends. We met in 7th grade.
Friday, I played Bunco with Debbie and her sister Joann and their friends.
Saturday, we went to our high school alumni football game. Debbie's dd is in the band. Afterwards we went to Deb's and hung out.
Sunday, our family went to Galveston and saw all the changes from Ike. We hadn't been there in years. (kinda hard when you don't live in TX. LOL) Afterwards, Debbie called us for a impromptu birthday party for her cousin's daughter.
Monday, we went to Debbie's for dinner to see her momma. It was an early night....of course the rest of the week we had Debbie and family withdrawls. LOL ;)

This weekend was another Debbie weekend! Fun! Fun! Fun!!!
Friday, Dobie (highschool alma mater) was playing Dickinson High. We have friends at Dickinson and of course Debbie's DD is in the band for Dobie. So I asked DH if we could go to the game. He said we couldn't make it, because his boss invited us out for dinner. We were done by 7:30, so we drove to Dickinson for the game. Got there at halftime. (and still had to pay $8 a ticket! $8 can you believe it? OY!) Sat with Debbie and family. Then afterwards met up with our friends from Dickinson and went to Dairy Queen for ice cream. Yum!

Saturday, Joann (Debbie's sister) invited us to her youngest DD's soccer game. Debbie got us all Starbuck's! YUM! After a win, we came home and got ready for Debbie's party. We were all going out to the Kemah Boardwalk for dinner, meeting a few friends down there. We had dinner at Landry's, with our other friends from highschool-Sylvia, Christine, and Leti and families. Then some of us went back to Debbie's for a movie and popcorn.

Sunday, Debbie's actual birthday. We invited her family over for steaks, baked potatoes, salad, grilled asparagus, sauteed mushrooms, and cheesecake.

So today I'm recovering....and as I am reading my sidebar on FB, I thought I read:

"Become a Social Drinker"

I'm thinking, ah, no, I'll pass. I have too much fun without drinking. I, of course, have to reread it. It says....

"Become a Social Worker"

Well now you know why it's OY! Monday! LOL
Blessings!

CASA

2011-09-09T09:59:00.000-05:00

Went by our house yesterday while we were in the Austin area. We went there to pick up a water softener system from my sister's house that she's selling. It was a gorgeous day and fun to spend with hubby and kids! Nice outting!
Soon we will be back in our house! We are pretty excited! Um okay, EXTREMELY EXCITED!!!! Here's a quick shot I took with my phone:

We are probably going to remove the grass and bushes and redo the yard in a more desert like landscaping. We never could get grass to grow, so why bother? LOL We also plan on replacing the carpet and see if the walls need paint. I'm kinda sad, dh said a whole stack of fire wood was on the side of the house....that means the leasers burned wood in the fireplace....which means the beautiful brick will be stained on the outside. I never burned wood, I used those log things to prevent discoloring on the outside. Hopefully it won't be too bad and we can remove it somehow. We haven't been inside, so we really don't know what needs to be cleaned, replaced, etc. Time will tell. The leasers are planning on being out by the end of October. :)

Blessings and hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

A joke

2011-09-07T09:50:00.001-05:00

Hopefully this won't offend any of my readers. I apologize if it does. I thought it was cute and becoming one of my favorite jokes. :D

Father & son went hunting together for the first time. The father said "Stay here and be VERY QUIET. I'll be across the field."A few minutes later the father heard a blood curdling scream & ran back to his son asking "What's wrong? I told you to be quiet."The son answered "Look, I was quiet when the snake slithered across my feet. I was quiet when the bear breathed down my neck. But when the 2 chipmunks crawled up my pant legs & said 'Should we eat them here or take them with us?' I panicked!"
Thanks to my friend, Geannie, for sharing it the other day on her FB.

TX Wildfires

2011-09-06T09:59:00.000-05:00

Please pray for the fires in TX. Several are near are house and many of our friends homes. A friend's sil, lost her home over the weekend. It's been so dry and very, very little rain. According to the forecast there's no end in sight. I know GOD can change that and I'm praying HE does.
Please pray for these needs if you have a few minutes:

Those that have lost homes (so far about 500 homes have been destroyed)
Those that are in the path of these devastating fires
Those that are protecting and serving
For the winds to die down completely
For the much needed rain

Also, a few other requests:

My friend Donna. Her mom past away yesterday
My friend M. Her DIL miscarried.
For all those returning to school-safety and protection from transportation to while they are behind the 4 walls
My friend Roger-gainful employment.
My friend Cammie's sister-complete peace of mind

Thanks and blessings until next time!

Marking his territory

2011-08-29T09:33:00.002-05:00

Around 4 am Sunday morning, I kept hearing a funny noise, while I was half asleep. Finally after several times, I realized it was the dog banging his bowl around to go out. I got up and let him out. I stood there waiting and watching. He wasn't doing his business, so I figured he wanted his privacy, came inside, went to the bathroom, and went back out to get him, where in fact, he still hadn't gone! Annoyed, I said to him, "GO!"

He looks at me, and goes on his dogfood box! I shout at him in a whispered shout, "SCOUT!" He jumps up in the RV knowing I'm not happy with him! Where I notice the dog food box lid is off. I made sure he didn't get the food wet....gross! and crawl back in the RV and into bed.

About 20 minutes later, I hear Scout scratching at the door. UGH, I figure he didn't finish going, so I got up again and was going to let him out. I got the door open, and instead of him running down the steps like he normally does, he took one giant leap out, where I see the dog food lid off and a critter running from Scout. I assume it was a raccoon. Crazy dog must of heard the coon, didn't like him over in his dog food! That's why he kept waking me up and why he went on his dog food box.

What's hilarious is the whole time we lived at the State Park and Amarillo, we were more like the country and never had any coons come mess with his food, and now in the city here they all come. LOL

Blessings til next time!

Another Joy of Homeschooling

2011-08-27T10:01:00.001-05:00

The joys of homeschooling: We were driving by a local highschool Thursday, and Bella said, "Ha, you kids have to be in there doing Algebra and I get to go to Target right now." I said, "You have to do Algebra too." She replies, "Shhh, I'm enjoying the moment." ROFLOL

Whatever happens in Vegas...

2011-08-26T13:25:00.000-05:00

Stays in Vegas-NOT!

DH took me to Vegas for a surprise 25th anniversary trip! LOL He was afraid I would be disappointed, but actually I thought it sounded kinda fun.

After shopping for two day to get ready to go and getting a manicure and pedicure, I was ready. DH let me know on Thursday morning where we were headed, so I could buy the proper attire.

I ended up staying up all night Friday, packing and we had to leave around 3am to catch our flight out of Houston Intercontinental. We got to Vegas by 9am their time. Most of the day we were half asleep. We couldn't check into our room until 3pm and so we went to Walmart to pick up a few things, and I ended up falling asleep in the rental car for over an hour! LOL

Vegas....hmmm...what can I say....too little clothes, too many tattooes, lots of smoke, and gambling. There, that's it in a nut shell. LOL

But here's what we did:
Our first site seeing stop was here:
It doesn't look anything like on TV. The actually Pawn Shop is rather small. There were people lined up to go in. No, the Pawn Stars weren't there or if they were, they weren't visible. DH and I figure the way they do the show is, they prescreen who they want on, and they remove all the spectators, leaving just a few folks in there to make the store look much bigger.

We stayed in the Stratosphere Hotel. Saturday night we had $10.99 Prime rib, then went back to our room and went to bed. We were totally drained from being up all the night before.
Here's a view from our window:

Sunday, we headed down to Lake Mead and Hoover Dam. When we got down there, we decided to take a paddleboat cruise around the lake for 90 minutes. Our cruise didn't start for awhile, so we drove around the park and stopped at the Marina. There was a little girl feeding the fish popcorn and here's a picture of the fish all gathered together to enjoy their snack. Most of them are carp, but there are a few striped bass in there as well:

The cruise was very relaxing and beautiful. We got to see the back of Hoover Dam as well as the new bridge they built across the Colorado River.

Here's my honey, enjoying the cruise:

I think that night we went to a different casino and had dinner. Buy one, get one free. So we paid like $10 for dinner, plus tip, and it was a buffet. :)

Monday, I think we went for lunch at the same casino from the night before and then went to the pool at our hotel. Spent time reading a book, while DH enjoyed the pool. Afterwards, we went hunting for a place our friend recommended for a cupcake. LOL It's called, "The Cupcakery". Unfortunately, our friend sent us to the wrong place. We had fun checking out some of the Vegas strip while looking for it though.
Here's a pic of the Venetian, where they have gondola rides. It's a little blurry. I took it from my phone.

Finally, after hitting most of the Vegas strip, we found "The Cupcakery". It was in the Monte Carlo and not in NY, NY. I finally thought, hey why don't I just look online-duh! LOL

The sign:

The entrance:

We also got Ben and Jerry's ice cream! LOL Actually, I didn't eat my cupcake until Wednesday afternoon at the airport. I got Mocha frosting with chocolate cupcake. The icing was so rich and sweet it hurt my teeth! My friend said they opened one in The Woodlands too....hmmm, that's all I need! LOL

We ended up going to In and Out Burgers that night for dinner. :)
Afterwards we met up with a guy I went to highschool with. He and his wife, daughter, and mom flew up on Sunday. He and his wife now live in Saudi Arabia and were home in Houston for vacation. They flew to Vegas for a few days and we went and saw them. He told me about another gal we went to school with working in one of the casinos. FUNNY, because it was the one we had eaten lunch that day and dinner the night before! What's even funnier is, we ended up going there the next day, and almost ran smack dab into one another.

We got a chance to do a quick catchup, said our goodbyes and then we met some friends of my parents at our hotel after a quick trip to Walmart. One of my dad's oldest friends and his wife. I hadn't seen them since I was probably 12 or 13. This was probably one of the highlights of the trip, because over the years they have become Holy Ghost filled Christians and we got to share the goodness of GOD for several hours. They were so sweet to come meet us at our hotel and then we all went to the diner and had the $10.99 prime rib and they wanted to bless us for our anniversary by paying!

After they left, we headed towards Hoover Dam again, to see if it was lighted at night. We ended up driving over the bridge, barely seeing the dam, and headed back to our hotel.

Wednesday our trip came to an end. Got up and ready to turn the rental in. Lost my earring, somewhere between the hotel and returning the car. :( Paid $150 to get an earlier flight. It was a direct flight from Vegas to Houston....but wouldn't you know just before we are to land in Houston, Houston has severe thunderstorms, we have to divert to Austin, fuel up and wait for the storms to pass. So we got in almost at the same time that we would have originally landed. Hopefully we will get a refund. We filed for one.

Now it's back to the grindstone. :D Not that I mind, great getting back and seeing my babies!

Blessings until next time!

This is the stuff that drives me crazy!!!!

2011-08-18T06:18:00.000-05:00

I heard this song for the first time yesterday while driving. I actually teared up, because I can SO relate! I love Francesca Battistelli. She is such an inspiring, young (as in literal age), energetic Christian! She is real and I LOVE THAT! Please take a moment or few to listen to this tune!
Blessings!!!!

Catch up post

2011-08-16T09:35:00.000-05:00

We are leaving for our surprise 25th anniversary getaway on Saturday. I still don't know where we're going. I've been trying to figure it out, but dh won't reveal.

My sister is going to stay with my kids for the weekend. I'm relieved. DH wanted to leave them with some friends, but I wasn't keen on that idea. Not only do they have 4 boys, but one of the boys is very mean to my youngest and the boys have friends in and out all night. I don't think DH remembered that when he asked them. I don't want to expose my 14yr old dd around that or have my 15 yr old ds around it either. I know DH was trying to plan something nice, and make all the arrangements to surprise me, but he's so busy, I don't think he thought that one through.

Prayers for DH and work would be appreciated. We might not be staying in Houston afterall. Long story, will let you know if we are leaving asap.

My oldest was extremely blessed. She asked me not to give out details, but it was a huge blessing and answer to prayer!

Saw Captain America over the weekend. Not my genre of movie, but it was decent. My guys sure did love it!

Can't think of anything else for now.

Blessings until next time!

OY! August already!

2011-08-09T07:46:00.000-05:00

My apologies for not posting sooner. Life.....ya know?!

Got Doodles in an apartment-old, but appears safe. Found her a nice stainless steel pots and pans set with some utensils, etc on clearance. They were like $120 and I got them for $55. Also, found a cute bistro table with saddle back stools on clearance for $90.

Made it back safely to TX, and been busy with all kinds of things since.

Doodles found out the day after I left, that school was almost completely paid for. She got $1000 scholarship at the beginning of the year and had paid in almost $1000.   She thought she was going to have a student loan. When she went to turn her scholarship check and financial aid papers in, Ms. Elaine, the school's financial person, told her she was eligible for a Pell Grant, and she would only owe $311! PTL! Doodles had been praying and trusting the LORD would provide. She has some great friends that were in agreement with her. She is elated. (so is mom)

Last week I found out DH is taking us on a 25 year anniversary surprise get away. I'm not suppose to know where we are going, but I have my suspicions. ;) We leave on the 19th and get back on the 24th. I have to leave my kids. sigh~ LOL....I know they will be in good hands with our friends. (I do hate leaving them still)

I got a few new dresses and had my hair....well it was suppose to be highlighted, but I think the gal went crazy with the coloring! That's what I get for not going to my favorite person in Austin. (she's booked til after I get back from the surprise getaway)   I still have some more shopping to do though. Have to find some shoes, and maybe some cute tops. :)

That's the latest and greatest....oh DH got offered his old position in KC.  DH and I think we are suppose to stay here in TX for now. (the kids are happy about that too)   It is good to be back home.

Can't think of anything else too exciting.
Blessings!

Whole....

2011-07-27T13:31:00.000-05:00

So apparently, when DH and I thought all the big dishes dropped and busted all over the floor, it turned out it was only a couple. The large bowl was shattered and some of the small and middle plates. I really never used the small ones. Boy! did they ever leave a mess though.
I was so happy when DS looked in the cabinent and saw the big plates and said, "Mom, there's a bunch of big plates in here!" I made him count them. LOL There was like 6 or 8. I was elated! :)

In other news, on our way to Freeport Sunday, dh got a call from a friend offering him a better job in Houston. After praying and weighing the options, we decided to take that job. The pay is a little less, but there were more pluses.

Dh wouldn't have to work in the office and the field (in a chemical plant)
We would be even closer to family and friends
We aren't on the immediate gulf coast (always a plus during hurricane season)
Lots of overtime
Direct hire with benefits
Long term
Gets to work with a group of Christian men!!!

GOD is SO good! When our economy is the way it is, DH had a job in Amarillo, got another offer which we were going to take in Freeport, and still got a better job in Houston! I think that's proof of serving a GOOD GOD, and a testimony of if you abide in HIM. ;)

We drove to League City on Sunday instead of Freeport, so DH could go in and talk to his friend on Monday. After he for sure got the job, we stayed there until yesterday, visiting some of our favorite friends. Yesterday, we moved the RV to a super nice RV Resort. We have all kinds of nifty amendities.

exercise room
wifi
cable
our dog can be outside during the day, as long as we are here at the RV
swimming pool
spa
dog runs
dog wash
trash pick up
propane refills-yeah, they come over and pick up your bottle!
store
next door to a park with a fishing pond
full hook ups
level concrete pad with picnic table
Nice, clean laundry facilities
Clean restrooms and showers (not that we would use them often)

Might not be a big deal to some people, but after you live in an RV for a long time, you appreciate some parks more than others. Just ask the boy! LOL

Still need an apartment for Doodles by Friday morning. That's a little stressful, but I know GOD will figure it out. (wish I would let it go, and not worry about it)
Have to go up to KS and help her move and be a hand model for her on Saturday. I'm leaving tonight, driving as far as I can before I get tired, and finish up tomorrow.
Prayers would very much be appreciated.

Blessings!

Broken....

2011-07-25T09:40:00.000-05:00

While driving on Friday, we had a minor setback. We stopped to replace the other two tires in Amarillo. After we went to get lunch. When we got into the RV, there were broken dishes everywhere. :( Apparently, someone left the cabinent open and they slid out hitting the stove grate and smashing into pieces all over the place. I used to pack them, and then one time we forgot, and found out they were fine. Well until the other day. No more fancy Corelle Sunflower large plates. :( Sad, I liked those dishes. Not much I can do about it, other than get some new dishes.

So Many Answered Prayers!!!

2011-07-23T08:39:00.001-05:00

For quite sometime I really was beginning to think GOD wasn't listening to me anymore. :( I thought my prayers were bouncing off the ceiling. I'm sure most people can relate. Even when we really know that isn't true, but we get frustrated because there hasn't been an answer, any kind of response, ya feel like GOD's not listening. In my case, I felt I was so far away from GOD, HE was ignoring me. sigh~

This week GOD proved me wrong again! (thank GOD!) I have had several answered prayers.
My friend C~
*won the makeover that I prayed she would win.

An old neighbor had a prayer request for her baby, he was diagnosed with craniosynostosis (premature fusing of the skull sutures, causing a build-up of intracranial pressure among other things).
I prayed and believed GOD for healing and peace for momma and daddy. (I know many people were also praying)
*"CT scan showed that the plates of his skull are NOT fusing together - he is perfectly healthy and will not need surgery. "

Prayer for a former classmate's niece to have a safe and healthy delivery.
*After 2 days of labor, "Baby has arrived!! He is healthy and happy. Mom is doing good."

Thursday, Doodles had been practicing on her pink and white nails on dowel rods, and she was getting frustrated. I said a little prayer and asked GOD to help her because I knew she was tired and wanted to succeed.
* She sent me a picture later of her first attempt on her own finger. Her instructors were amazed at her first attempted. They said it's the best first try they every seen! (btw that hangnail was already there)

Another friend is looking for a job and had a job interview.
*she has a follow up next week!

A friend is planning her daughter's wedding and needed a comforting word. I knew before she called.
*I prayed beforehand and when she called not only did she feel better, but she got some good news about the church offering to not charge her for the wedding! (we prayed for help in the wedding finance dept too!)

I asked my friends to pray about dh and the job situation on Wednesday, and before the interview at 6, *dh had already interviewed early and had the job!

I am overwhelmed by so many answered prayers! I am feeling so blessed and relieved! So grateful! So very grateful, that GOD didn't forget about me. HE isn't ignoring me, and most importantly, HE STILL AND ALWAYS HAS loved me! Thank YOU LORD!

There are several request on my prayer list that I'm praying for. My friend on FB started poke and pray day. I think it is perfect! You poke someone to let them know you're praying for them. She uses a specific day, I thought it was Wednesday, so that was the day I prayed all the above requests, but then I decided from now on,when I say a prayer for someone, I'm gonna poke them (well as long as I can remember. LOL)

Blessings and I hope you're encouraged! :D

Okay, so slight change of plans...

2011-07-22T08:37:00.000-05:00

We are going to drop the RV off in Brenham today at DH's parents, make our way back to KS, get dd an apartment, get some stuff out of storage in Arkansas, bring the boat down and settle somewhere in the Freeport area this week. I'll try to post sometime on the road. PLEASE pray for a smooth and safe trip...I'm not in the mood for the "adventures" that we had on the way here. OY!

Thanks and blessings!

"Rolling, rolling, rolling"..."keep them doggies rolling"

2011-07-21T12:04:00.001-05:00

"On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again"

Do you sense the theme? LOL

We are headed to Freeport, TX. Dh is leaving this job and headed down to start another one on 8-1. Things here have been interesting to say the least. The company has made promises, not followed through, etc. So it's a good time to move on, since the opportunity arose. We will be closer to family and friends, even if it's for a short period of time (3-6 months).

We are headed to KC this weekend to pick up some things and also find Doodles a new place to live. She needs to move closer to school, and get a job near there. Currently, it's an hour away. Oy to the gas prices! She has a interview on Friday at 3pm. Prayers would be appreciated, not only for favor and a job, but the hours she needs to pay for her new place....where ever that may be.

Blessings!

Here's my friend receiving her makeover check!

2011-07-19T13:47:00.002-05:00

WINNER

Funny!

2011-07-19T06:27:00.002-05:00

A friend on FB had this posted. Awesome!

Movie Review, etc.

2011-07-18T10:10:00.001-05:00

So Bella and I went to see the "New" Pooh movie on Saturday, while DH and DS went to see Transformers 3: Blah blah blah-whatever it's called. LOL

Must say, I was a bit disappointed. I was under the impression this was going to be a NEW storyline. It wasn't. :( Same old story. But for us that love Pooh, it was entertaining, light, and fun. Short and sweet, maybe an hour and 15 minutes long?! There were several kids around 3 in the theater and it held their attention with the songs and music. So, if you wonder if it will hold a youngester's attention, likely it will!

After the movie, there was a Putt-Putt place next door. Bella and I went there, because the boys still had quite sometime for their movie to be over. I can't imagine sitting in the car or theater waiting for their movie to end~sigh. So we hit the putt-putt place and had a wonderful time. Cheap entertainment at it's finest! and the BEST PART is I got to spend quality time with my Bella!!!!

Monday blessings! :D

Sunday Sing-Along

2011-07-17T10:23:00.003-05:00

I don't really have anything to add. Just getting back to the place where I need to be. :) Woke up and thought what would be a good Sunday Sing-Along. This was really the first song I thought of.

This weekend's plans

2011-07-16T08:22:00.002-05:00

Today's plan...to go see Winnie the Pooh with my Bella, while her brother sees Transformers 3 (ick).

Yesterday we got the boy 2 pairs of Converse for $62.50! So exciting to get such a deal! He got these:

And I got these cute tops on sale:

Hope you all have a blessed Saturday! :D

LOVE IT!

2011-07-15T10:06:00.000-05:00

This is a great little video on homeschooling! I loved it!

Ewww Gross!

2011-07-14T10:34:00.002-05:00

Warning: This is a gross, yet kinda funny story. Read at your own discretion.

A few weeks ago while we were still in KS, we had to go pick up some auto parts. It was close to dinner time, and we were far from the RV. DH and I decided we'd eat out. I said something about going to Red Lobster, remembering they had a special.

As we were driving Bella asked DH, "Daddy, are you going to get oysters?" (ewww, yuck! they remind me of snot on a shell) DH replied, "I didn't think of it until you mentioned it, but yeah, I think I will, Bella."

I said, "Aren't you suppose to avoid oysters in months without an R?" DH replied, "I don't know, I've always heard you're suppose to avoid rabbit in months without an R." "What? I've never heard of that!"

So of course, the curious person that I am, got on my handy little Android phone (have I mentioned here, how much I absolutely love it?) and Googled something like, "Eating oysters in the months with no R".

This is what I found: Oysters

So then of course I had to look up the rabbit thing. oy, that's where this really gets gross!
I found this: Rabbits

So after reading that outloud to everyone, my DS and DD are totally grossed out and kinda lost their appetites. LOL

We got to Red Lobster, which might I add, neither of my kids are seafood lovers. Well for that matter, neither am I. I like shrimp, scallops, lobster, and a little bit of certain kinds of fish. The wait was about 15-20 minutes. The kids saw a Red Robin across the street and asked if we could go there. That's where we ended up. That's another story in itself! LOL

Every once in awhile, I'll kid my kids and ask if they would like to try rabbit now. ;)

Blessings until next time!

And the nomination goes to....

2011-07-13T10:21:00.001-05:00

A week or so ago, I saw on FB that my credit union was giving away a $3000 home makeover. I didn't do anything about it. When I went to the website, I saw it again, and thought I'll check it out. I went back to FB and it said to click and nominate someone and why. It took me over to the credit union's FB page. I didn't need to think about who I wanted to nominate. I knew right away who it would be. This is what I said:

I want to nominate my friend Christy and her husband who is a police officer for the city of Austin. They are awesome and bless me in so many ways. They both work hard for their community, church, family and friends. I know they would really appreciate a makeover.
Their FB reply was:
Thank you! We love those that serve our city!

Monday, as I was getting ready to leave KS, I got a FB pm. It said,

Hi, I work for Amplify Credit Union and would like to talk to you about your nomination. Can you please email me at **********or ******@*******.com

I responded by email explaining I would be on the road all day. Got another email that said to call on Tuesday. To make a long story short, I emailed them Tuesday, explaining more about my friend and that my phone service stinks where I am at, but they could try to call me or ask me more questions via email. I got this reply:

Bobbi - thank you! Can you provide me with their contact info? Phone and or email? We want to notify them that they won :)

My response:

OH MY GOD!!!!! oh yes!!!! Thank you!!!!!!! OH YES!!!!

Christy's number is 512-***-****

OH MY GOD!!! THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH!!!!

To say I was EXCITED was a MAJOR UNDERSTATEMENT!!!! LOL

WHAT A BLESSING to be a BLESSING with a very SMALL act.

Thank YOU LORD for blessing my friends. They have blessed me in SO MANY ways and I am so thankful YOU are faithful to hear and answer and bless those that are a blessing. YOU have blessed me again by blessing them. I am so thankful, and I know they are too.

Blessings to all of you today!

PS I really hate to leave this on a somewhat sad note, but could you all please lift up my friend, Rosemary and her family, today and the next few days? She lost her mom unexpectedly yesterday. This is what she posted on her FB page:

My mom passed away unexpectedly this afternoon. She was talking with family, then took a few deep breathes, then just stopped breathing. A nice, quiet way to go. Now she is in heaven with my dad and the angels.

Sounds very bittersweet.
Thanks friends and blessings to you all!

Church Billboard

2011-07-12T10:09:00.000-05:00

I was so blessed to get to go back to KS and see my Birthday girl afterall. I was especially blessed by friends on FB when I asked for a favor. I had them PM me and I asked them to send her a bday card, since I couldn't/wouldn't be there. Really I wasn't going to be. DH told me the night before to go! We had a grand time. We took her out for dinner when we got there. (just the kids and I went, dh stayed behind to work) The next day she had school, so we went to the state park and said hello to the people we knew there. Saturday, Doodles had tickets to the Double A team game in Springfield. So after school, (yes, she attends on Saturday) we drove out there and watched the ballgame. We drove back and apartment shopped on Sunday.

All that to say, on our way back yesterday, I saw a Church Billboard that read (wish I had taken a picture to insert here)

Happiness is an inside job.

It is, isn't it?

Have a blessed one!

A Reminder to Self....

2011-07-08T12:09:00.002-05:00

How often I need reminders of things, when I'm feeling down. I have a friend feeling down and while I was trying to encourage her, (notice I said trying, encouragement is definitely not my gift) this came to me:

Satan tries to take our focus off God, it's up to us to put it back on God.

Okay, so NOT a new concept or something I didn't know! But, I needed the reminder probably more than my friend does. It's easy to become discouraged when things aren't going right, our way, whatever. Our natural tendency is to focus on fixing the problem, focusing on the problem, worrying about the problem, etc. When we do that we are focusing on EXACTLY what Satan wants us to focus on! EVERYTHING OTHER THAN GOD!!!!

How do we begin to focus back on GOD? hmmm....
Good question. I tried to think of all the things GOD has done for me. How HE's got me out of this or that, carried me through, made me victorious! (Actually it was HIM being Victorious, I was just the receiver)

I tried to pray for others more that are going through similar circumstances . Somehow taking the focus off me and my problem.

I find verses in the Bible reminding me of GOD's promises for the situation and I try to memorize them or at least read them.

Yep, so sometimes I just need to remind myself stuff.

Blessings until next time!

Happy 24th Birthday beautiful girl of mine!

2011-07-07T07:21:00.000-05:00

At 1:38pm, 24 years ago today, it was a cloudy, rainy day and the only thing on tv to watch was the Oliver North trial, but I was blessed with this beauty! :) I love you precious one! Happy Birthday!!!!

The Final Judge

2011-07-06T06:05:00.001-05:00

I don't know enough about the Casey Anthony case to think/know what I think about her innocence or whether she's guilty. This is what I do know, GOD will be the final judge! Whether she is guilty or innocent. Does she know HIM? That will be all that matters in the end. She will be punished justly. Maybe we don't understand, but it's GOD's choice, decision.

I'll pray that if she doesn't know the LORD, she will.

Blessings!

Book Review

2011-07-05T12:23:00.001-05:00

Last August, I gave a review of my favorite new book series, "Weddings by Bella." Janice Thompson has produced another entertaining book, "Stars Collide", Back Stage Pass Series #1.

Kat and Scott are tv show stars on a show called "Stars Collide". Kat's grandmother, a famous star from the glory days of Hollywood, also plays on the show. Grandma appears to have the early onset of Alzheimer's disease. She mixes reality with fantasy of the show, and talks to the paparazzi. OY!

Although I enjoyed this book, characters lacked the depth that the characters had in the Bella series. There were funny moments and teary moments, like in Bella, but the characters seemed a bit shallow and "too good", with the exception of one child.

Hopefully if this becomes a series, the characters will be more real and we will get to know them better.

Happy Independence Day!!! 2011

2011-07-04T10:36:00.007-05:00

So many great quotes, things, letters, etc., I could post here! We live in the land of the free the home of the brave. We have men and women serving all over to keep our freedoms.

Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right…and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean of the characters and conduct of their rulers.~John Adams

You will think me transported with enthusiasm; but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory; I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not.~John Adams

Declaration of Independence

Here is the complete text of the Declaration of Independence.

The original spelling and capitalization have been retained.

(Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776)

The Unanimous Declaration
of the Thirteen United States of America

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good

He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature.
He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing taxes on us without our consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:
For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:
For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:
For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:
For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton
Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
Source: The Pennsylvania Packet, July 8, 1776

Blessings and safe Independence Day to all my friends and family! Please remember freedom isn't free-it never has been, it never will be!

Sunday Sing-Along

2011-07-03T09:00:00.000-05:00

One of my all time favorite Christian artists:

Off to see the Wizard...

2011-07-01T07:48:00.004-05:00

"We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz"

Okay, so we're not really. We're off to go see dd in KS this weekend. Next week is her birthday. She has school and DH has to work, so we're headed out for an early birthday celebration.

I would appreciate prayers for travel mercies. OY! Especially after all the adventures to get here!

Blessings and hope you have a fabulous 4th of July weekend!

New Products

2011-06-30T08:07:00.002-05:00

Thought I'd give a review on some new products I've tried recently. :D

Being a HUGE coconut fan, I tried the new, limited edition Coconut Twix candy bar.

Personally, this is my favorite Twix by far. I've had the Peanut Butter, the Java, and the Triple Chocolate, along with the original. If you like coconut, I encourage you to give this candy bar a try. It reminds me of the Starbuck's yummy Coconut Mocha Frappuccino! I hope they decide to keep these around for awhile!

Another product I recently is Keebler Wheatables Nut Crisp Crunchy Cashew flavored.

These crackers are imho a little bland. They needed a little more salt or something. They're okay. They have bits of cashew in the cracker that are visible. You can eat 16 crackers and they are 140 calories, so they are a nice snack for those watching their diet.

Looking for a little spice in your chip? Try these:

These chips would be perfect with queso or rotel cheese dip! Very flavorful and crisp.

28 years ago

2011-06-29T09:18:00.001-05:00

Twenty-eight years ago my mom past away, and although I've shared this story before, some of you might not have read it. Of course my feelings of missing her are the same.

My mom had been hospitalized for about a month. She went into the hospital the day after I graduated from high school. When my mom was a kid she had rheumatic fever. It had damaged her heart.

Back in January of '83, my mom had gone to the dentist to have some dental work done. I'm not sure if she didn't tell the dentist she had heart problems or not. My mom got the flu soon after that and never got better. Her fingernails started getting really thick and curling over. (the doctor called it clubbing) She went to the doctor around April. I was with her, I had an ear infection. When the doctor examined my mom I could see something was wrong, from the doctor's face. He gave my mom medicine. It just got worse. The doctor admitted her into the hospital. They treated her for a month. She came home on the 29th of June. My sister had gone to get her. I was at work. My dad didn't even know my mom had been released. After my sister got home she went to work.

My brother #1 made my mom a grilled cheese sandwich with sliced pickles. Around 4 o'clock my brother #2 called me into my mom's room, telling me there's something wrong with mom. I went in. My mom was mumbling something about needing to go to the bathroom. I went over to help her. My dad is entering the house around this time. I tell my mom I'm there to help her get up. She then was saying, no, no...At the time I didn't know what was going on...my mom started going into convulsions. I heard my dad and told him something's wrong with mom...he's confused, not knowing my mom had been released from the hospital. Someone went and got the neighbor. The ambulance was on it's way. I went to go get my sister from work. We were to meet my dad at the house and then go to the hospital.

We all get to the hospital. We ask how my mom was doing. They reassured us she was fine. We wait. We wait some more. A doctor calls us to an office. He introduces himself shakes my dad's hand and says, "I'm sorry, but your wife is dead" SHOCK, DISBELIEF...what happened? why? CONFUSION...

Later we found out that my mom had gotten an infection from the dental work. This caused pericarditis (an infection of the lining of the heart). My mom died because she was weak and had aspirated (choked internally)

We also found out that the ambulance that was carrying my mom to the hospital broke down and they had to wait for another one to arrive.

Would all that make any difference? I have no idea.

I miss my mom...I miss her. I think I miss her more and more every year. It seems to get more difficult instead of easier.

I wonder things like would she like the choices I made in my life. Would she like my husband? Would she enjoy being a grandmother? What kind of relationship would we have? would we be more like mother/daughter or friends? What would we spend our time together doing?

Did my mom know the LORD? I really don't know. I don't know if I'll see her again someday and that really hurts. Maybe that's why it gets tougher and tougher each year.

I miss you and love you, Mom.

Cadillac Ranch

2011-06-28T13:57:00.002-05:00

Probably most of you have seen these pictures on my FB. Yes, I have wonderful friends, for the most part, that talked me back into going over to FB, not to mention I was extra emotional last week...if you know what I mean....

We went to Cadillac Ranch the other day. It was so unbelieveably hot. Of course everyday seems hot because of spending the last 2 years up north!

For those of you that don't know, Cadillac Ranch is a row of Cadillacs put in the ground upside down, as a form of art in a farm field. You can read more HERE.

It was so hot, we didn't think the kids would want to walk up to the cadillacs. So we took pictures from the side of the road.

The kids were like, "Ah that's cool, can we walk up?" yikes....it's hot!!!! but we did it!

Here's DH and I...don't even ask what's up with my hair...too much wind and the sunglasses pulled on the top of my head!

Here's the kiddos:

We left, and the kids were disappointed we didn't bring the spray paint. "Can we go get some and come back? We want to graffiti!" LOL "Yes, later when it cools down." "Oh that means we won't!"

But not true! We went to Palo Duro Canyon next. Got our TX State Parks season passes, drove around where the temps were even hotter! 120*F in the Canyon!

Afterwards, we went to the Big Texan Steakhouse. For those of you that don't know, The Big Texan is a famous landmark in Amarillo for their 72oz steak challenge. You can read more HERE and HERE. While we were there, two guys tried the challenge. The first guy quit after about 30 minutes with about 1/2 his steak left. The second guy seemed awfully slow, and we left before his hour was up.

From there we went to Hellmart, aka Walmart (if you don't know why I call it that, I have a love/hate relationship with them and probably have some posts on this blog about it, otherwise they have been deleted from my old blog) and got some spray paint for the kids. Belle got red and Joe Bug got black. We drove back over to Cadillac Ranch and here's the kids creations:

Great day in all. Came home exhausted and crashed from all that heat! :)

No Troubles big or small

2011-06-27T10:18:00.001-05:00

I have a friend going through a major deal in her life. When I found out, I was ashamed of myself for whining about having to move again. I apologized to my friend. My friend replied with something so elegant and graceful:

Bobbi, hard for anyone is "tailored" to each of us. Your hard is no less important, no less painful, no less of a struggle than my version of hard.

Your sharing your hurt and stress is actually a blessing. It gives me a chance to be there for you, if I can. Gets me out of my own little world a little bit, and I am grateful for distraction at this point, let me tell you!

By the way, I think anyone who minimizes someone else's "hard" is out of touch with their own...or has "issues" when it comes to "hard." ;'D

I am so blessed to call this person a friend! She's validated my hurts, and blessed me with her kindness. Thank you my friend. I love you and I'm praying for you.

I hope each one of you have a special friend like this.

Blessings until next time!

Sunday Sing-Along

2011-06-26T10:54:00.001-05:00

I haven't posted one of these in ages.

I was trying to think of a song for this morning and I just started singing this one. How appropriate considering I'm slowly working on surrending it all back to the LORD, and not be upset. It's a process.

FB-not a place to share your REAL feelings!

2011-06-23T10:24:00.002-05:00

On a side note, we made it to the Amarillo area. sigh~ We don't even know if we ACTUALLY have a job here. LONG story. Time will tell.

I left Facebook. It was something I already had been planning to do, but after the other day, I decided I had enough. I was really, really hurt by some of my friends. I know we aren't suppose to live by our feelings, but I really just needed encouragement the other day, and instead I felt judged, misunderstood, and they were giving me advice on stuff they have NO (completely none) understanding about!

My family and I live in an RV. We do it because we have to go where the work is, not to mention it's how we keep our family together. Our house is currently leased out. We might not even get to move back in. We could be facing foreclosure. The bank said they would refinance the note, and then never did anything about it, even after we did everything we were suppose to do. They said, wait and don't make anymore payments, after they decided we needed to pay over $5000 a month, for 6 months! That was several months ago. That's just part of the story....

Then "friends" on FB say, "time for a change hun" and "set daily goals...."
SERIOUSLY???? SET DAILY GOALS???? Do YOU know what it's like to live in an RV and not know from day to day where you'll be and what you'll be doing? some how I SERIOUSLY doubt it!!! What can I change? I have had a fairly great attitude about "my adventures" over the past 10+ years, but now I'm tired. I'm stressed....and now I'm hurt!

The only daily goals I can set are spiritual goals, and physical goals of what I eat, time I get up, doing laundry, making dinner. I can not plan anything....EVER!!!!

All I wanted was someone to say it's okay, it will get better. I didn't need or want your advice on life...since you obviously don't get mine!!! I was extremely hurt by that, so I left FB, and I don't plan on going back. And I seriously doubt the person that said that will even see this. And if she does, well then maybe that's a good thing. I don't want to mention names, I don't want to be mean, but I am extremely hurt by this situation. :(

I know many people don't understand. At this point it probably doesn't even matter. :(

For those of you that have been praying, I ask that you continue to do so. I really appreciate not only your prayers, but your words of encouragement.

I received one of the sweetest words of encouragement the other day from my friend, BK. I surely hope she doesn't mind me sharing it.

Okay, my beautiful friend

You're sounding pretty frantic and I just wanted to let you know that I love you and am praying for you. I can't even imagine how deeply weary you must be of the constant change. I don't have any wise words for you but I DO want you to know that I think you're amazing, even when you're falling apart. And it's okay.

big hugs to you, Bobbi ((((((((((((((((((((((((Bobbi))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

love ya,

Amarillo by morning

2011-06-21T20:46:00.001-05:00

Well...The saga continues.
Instead of KC, we are headed to Amarillo in the morning.
Today, dh went to NM with the new/old boss to do a walk down at a job site. It gave him something to do for the day.
After posting, and dh got back with the new tires, we were headed to the tire place to have them check the other tires. On the way over there, the boss from KC called and asked dh what happened in the meeting. Dh really isn't sure why the guy did what he did. He has some thoughts on it, but I'll skip on explaining those. Then the boss asked if dh would mind going to Amarillo. Dh said, "Nope, as long as I get to keep working." So the um "adventure" continues.

Because I can't just have a "semi" normal life..............

2011-06-20T15:56:00.003-05:00

Nope....I have to have a life of "ADVENTURE" or most people would probably call it life's mishaps....

First of all, DD did find a place to live until the end of July. She was at work Thursday night, and I was hanging out in the Bistro section. A co-worker of her's walked by as she was working in Starbucks. I happened to be over there chatting with her at the time. She asked him if he knew anyone looking for a roommate or had an apartment avaliable. He said his sister was trying to sublease her apartment. To make a long story short, it all worked out and dd is still in KS.

Now for the continuing saga of my great adventures....
We left KS yesterday morning around 5:30. It's a 12 hour drive to Midland from there. We had been on the road approximately an hour before the "adventures" begin. sigh~

We had a blowout outside of Topeka. We got it changed. Back on the road. DH informs me that we are going to go to Dallas to meet some friends for lunch.

Uh...honey, we've been up since 3:45 am. We've had a blowout. Dallas is 2 hours out of the way. Then there will be dinner and visiting time. So the 8 hours we had still to go (from the destination at time DH told me about Dallas visit) now we have at least 12 hours more to go!!!! UGH!

After the visit in Dallas, we had 6 hours to go. We traveled 2 of the 6 and were totally pooped out. DH talked to his supernice boss. Boss said no worries, be careful, etc.

We stopped in Ranger, TX at an RV park. Spent the night. On the road by 7:30. Stop in Big Spring for lunch. On the road 30 minutes or less....ANOTHER BLOWOUT!!!! This time no spare. Midland about 30 minutes away. DH and DS take tires to get replacements. $300! YIKES!!!

While waiting to get tires mounted on rims, and as I am typing this....DH goes to office and meets the boss and the client. After the meeting I get a call from DH. The client doesn't want DH on the project, SO after all this "ADVENTURE", we are now heading back to KS in a few days. DH is going to NM to do a walkdown tomorrow with the new/old boss. DH still has a job in the KC office, though. That's certainly a plus! (Thank YOU, LORD!) and the company is paying for all the expenses, minus the tires.

I wonder if I can have my job back at the park? ;)

House deal etc.

2011-06-17T07:25:00.000-05:00

The house deal fell through. :( The owner decided he didn't want to owner finance or lease. Not good for us, because DH is suppose to start work in Midland on Monday. Now we don't have a place for oldest dd. We have to leave our stuff in storage-spread all across the country. :( We have no idea how long we will be gone. This really cause a problem because dd works here after months of searching for a job-is she suppose to drop her job only for us to be gone a few days, weeks, months?

Thanks all for praying. I've kinda come to the conclusion over the past 2-3 years it doesn't matter....GOD's will is done either way and we can't change that.

The Stars at night are big and bright....

2011-06-13T09:43:00.002-05:00

Dh started a new job today in KC. We will at some point be going to Midland for him to solidify the relationship with the client and work on the project. We could be there six months to a year, then dh would return to work out of the office in KC.

In the meantime, Doodles plans on staying here to go to Beauty school to become a nail tech....eventually wanting to own a salon....and working at the grocery store and Starbucks (inside the grocery store).

We need to find her a place to live. We'll of course be taking the RV with us. We found a cute little 3 bedroom/2 bathroom house, on the outskirts of town, on 10 acres. DH spoke to the owner about owner financing or leasing. Hopefully he will agree to one or the other. Doodles would have a place to live, we could finally pull our stuff out of storage, and have a place to call home when we return to KC. So prayers would be appreciated that we have supernatural favor in the matter. Thanks!

"Meet me in St. Louie, Louie"

2011-06-12T11:08:00.001-05:00

Last week we met my sister in St. Louis. She had flown to NY to visit some of our family and then flew down to St. Louis to meet up with us and so we all could meet some friends that we've known since 1972(?).

Of course the trip started off adventurous, needless to say. First we needed to get new license plates for the camper. That in itself is a story. sigh~

In KS, you have to have your RV inspected before you can get a plate. (they have to make sure it's the same vin number. It's not the kind of inspection to make sure the lights are working, etc)

So the day we were off to do the inspection, DH went to connect the 5th wheel to the truck. The front stands to the 5th wheel somehow gave, and the camper came crashing down on the bed sides of the truck, leaving huge dents on both sides of the bed of the truck and messing up some of the RV.

We got down to the inspection place in the nick of time, then had to go to the courthouse to get the plates. Of course the people at the courthouse didn't give me all the information I needed and the drama continues.
So after an all day affair on and off at the courthouse we had our plates. (I'll save you the drama)

We stayed in the RV in a KOA. Dh bought tickets to a Cardinals game and season passes to Six Flags ($10 more for a season pass than a one day pass, and good at all the Six Flag parks).

My sister flew in on Thursday, her birthday, the second. We picked her up at the airport, went out for breakfast, went back to the RV for a nap, then off to the ball game.

When we got to downtown STL, I was driving, DH was telling me where to park. He'd already purchased tickets for the game and parking online. So we are hunting for the parking lot we are suppose to park in. We went to three different parking lots, and none of them were correct. Somehow my sister asked for the receipt from DH. She looked at the receipt and said, "Um, this parking is for the first, not tonight. So are these tickets." My heart sank. DH looked at the recipt, printed off the internet. His heart sank. He covered his face with his hands and said, "I can't believe I put the wrong date in." Oldest DD said, "Daddy, go to the front office and explain what happened. Maybe they can fix it." Of course the receipt said, "NO REFUNDS. NO EXCHANGES." DH said, "Yeah, I'll go talk to them, maybe they can do something." DD said, "Let's pray first" So we prayed and asked GOD to work something out. We dropped DH off and we drove around, waiting.

While we were driving, all I could think about was the $200+ that would be wasted. I prayed, asking the LORD to work it out somehow. I was literally sick to my stomach. I sent out a prayer request to my friends on Facebook, saying something like, "Prayers for supernatural favor needed now."

After about 10 minutes, DH called and said, "You'll never believe this. I explained the situation and they gave us field box tickets. These are better than what we paid for. Come and park near the first parking spot we went to. I'll tell you all about it when you guys get here. Call me then."

My heart leaped. I whispered and prayer of thanksgiving to the LORD and explained the situation to everyone and we all were thankful.

We parked and called DH. When we got to him, he had such a joyful look on his face. He looked like a little boy. It was so very cute. ;)

He said he explained to the lady that we came in for the ballgame for tonight and somehow he accidently ordered the tickets for the first. (and we still truly don't know how he did that.) He explained we drove in to meet my sister from KC, KS, who flew in from out of town, to see the game for her birthday, and how it was a lot of money that was going to be wasted, was there anything she could do. She said, "Let me go speak to my manager, I'll be back in a few minutes sir." When she came back, probably after looking to see if we used our tickets for the previous night, and checking with her manager, she said, "My manager said to give you 6 tickets in a good section. We can't give you your same spot from last night, but we can find something." DH said, "No ma'am, I understand. Just something, even blechers seat will be fine. It was my mistake." They ended up giving us Field box tickets which costs $77 each! The tickets we paid for were like $18 each. What a MAJOR BLESSING!!!!

Although I'm not a Giants fan or a Cardinals fan, we cheered on the Cardinals that night, because they were so very kind to us. They lost 12-7. :(

What a great story of GOD's faithfulness, even though I've been so distant to Him.
Thank YOU again, LORD. :)

Happy Birthday to my baby girl!!!

2011-05-23T10:50:00.001-05:00

Today is my youngest's birthday. She's 14 today. How time flies! She teaches me how to love and laugh daily! Love you beautiful, precious girl!

And the winner is....

2011-05-23T10:21:00.002-05:00

Today was the drawing for the Israel Houghton CD, "Love God. Love People."

Here were the names being folded up:

Placed in a bowl:

Held over my head so I couldn't see who I was drawing:

And the winner is:

Congratulations Cindy Ortagus!!!!

Israel

2011-05-20T11:14:00.002-05:00

I found this on a friend's FB:
I think the Native Americans and Mexico should call for the US to return to it's previous borders too. Then we could say we are being fair. Oh and Israel should tell Washington that it needs to quit building in the city. Why stop there though? Let's just give America back to England - it's not like we fought a war and won it fair and square.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/world/middleeast/20speech.html?_r=2

Found this while looking for a picture of the Israel flag:

And finally....

Guess you probably know my stand on Israel?

FREE GIVE AWAY!!!!

2011-05-18T21:10:00.001-05:00

Leave a comment if you would like the opportunity to win a copy of Israel Houghton's "Love God. Love People." CD CD is new, but open.
Drawing will be on May 23rd.

The Death of Osama bin Laden

2011-05-02T19:17:00.002-05:00

I know I'll rattle a few cages here, but SERIOUSLY I am not convinced the man is dead. I think it's totally a political tactic from Obama. Why do I think that?

Unfortunately until they show his dead body being dumped overboard and the Navy Seals attack, I don't think I'm convinced he's dead.

I mean think about it, first, and finally, Obama releases his birth certificate after how long? Then all of a sudden, Bin Laden is assassinated and his body is dumped? (Obama didn't want us over there to begin with) and then tries to make it sound like it's a US victory, when (if you recall) His wife, Michelle Obama, isn't proud to be an American....

Not to mention the already many conflicting stories of Bin Laden's death....HELLO?!

Come on! Seriously, what's wrong with this picture? Anyone else see it like this?

The Royal Wedding

2011-04-28T20:40:00.001-05:00

When Diana and Charles got married, my Nana, rest her soul, claimed we were of the royal family....lol....aren't we all? (I mean somewhere back we are all related)

Anyhow, because of it, she wanted us all to see the wedding. (All the cousins would stay at Nana's in the summer)

So one morning she gets us all up at 4 am to watch the wedding.

Nana is turning the channels...back in the old days with when there wasn't a remote...lol.

Still can picture her hiney in the air as she was flipping through the channel.

She can't find the wedding anywhere. Turns out she woke us up a week early!!!! ROFLOL!!!!!

Resurrection Sunday 2011

2011-04-24T08:08:00.005-05:00

May you know HIS saving grace this Resurrection Sunday. Blessings!

One of my all time favorites

2011-04-23T22:59:00.001-05:00

In honor of Good Friday

2011-04-22T10:11:00.002-05:00

Thinking of closing down shop

2011-04-21T22:03:00.000-05:00

I'm contemplating closing this blog. When I started blogging it was mostly for my own personal thoughts, relections, etc.

I seldom blog anymore and don't feel like it's benefitting anyone anymore, so heads up, I might close this up soon.

Prayer Request from my sister

2011-04-20T21:10:00.002-05:00

Please pray for my sister's friend and family...

"Prayers desperately needed for my good friend Christine's daughter Bethany. Bethany's only seven. Christine & her husband are talking to hospice tomorrow. We know prayers are powerful"

God Morning, etc

2011-04-19T11:56:00.001-05:00

Part of my lack of blogging was because I was/maybe still am angry with GOD. I didn't want to post negative things, even though I'm struggling with my faith and life in general. I can't explain all of it, but I know I'm getting pretty tired of living in an RV and never knowing what's next. I know I should just accept the fact that that's the way my life is, but I want a "normal life". Yeah, I know, "what is normal?" Normal to me would be, living in a house, having a daily routine, hubby going to work and coming home. Living on the road is sometimes like that. Sometimes it's not.

I really would appreciate prayers and encouragement here on my blog if you stop by to read. Life isn't always peaches and cream. I, too, need encouragement.

A friend of mine on FB posted God Morning....I wonder if she meant God Morning or Good Morning? I thought it was interesting. It made me think, It is a GOD morning. Every morning is. I wonder how many times I think that though? Do I wake up every morning thinking, "This is a GOD morning!" I'll have to admit I don't. I really don't wake up all happy and joyful in the morning, usually. I kinda wish I could sleep all day most days. It usually takes me awhile to wake up. I don't drink coffee, either. Once I'm finally up, if I don't have anything to do, I usually just drag. Somedays, I read the WORD, other days I don't. (hey always trying to keep it real, here)

GOD morning reminds me of the day is what you make of it.

Blessings for now!

Seriously, New York????

2011-04-13T21:52:00.003-05:00

Before I start my rant....I want to apologize for just disappearing. I have a lengthy explanation, and am working on that post, but to simply state it....I was in sin, and just didn't feel like posting. I'm sorry for letting so many people down. I will post about it later, but I'm not finished with that post yet. I would appreciate prayers-it's a delicate and difficult situation, but I have always tried to be honest with you, and I won't change that now.

Seriously, New York?

You may wonder what in the world I'm even referring to. I'm ranting about NY getting one of the space shuttles. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

Living in TX most of my life, Houston none-the-less, This is a tremendous blow to the city and state. I can understand FL, CA, and WDC getting a shuttle, but NY? Yes, I know it's all political....yeah, like they are going to score points with me....but come on, did we hear the astronaunts say, "New York, the Eagle has landed?" or did we hear on Apollo 13 did they say, "New York, we have a problem?"

Ummm....NO!

Houston has been served a HUGE injustice again. sigh....I could really get on a soap box here....the Astros and Bud Selig, the Summer Olympics....just to name a few....but seriously....NY?

What on earth other than politics could anyone be thinking? NASA's heart and soul is the Houston area, and has been from practically day one.

For over 30 years, men and women have given their all to the space program, moving their families to Houston to train, study, etc. Several contracting companies have been associated with NASA and the Space program.

When the Shuttle exploded in 1986, President Regan came to Houston. Why? Because most of the Astronaunts that died were living in Houston at the time.

I am SO disappointed and angry by this decision.

God Bless the men and women that have sacrificed their lives, time, and energy in our Space program and made Houston the great city it is. Thank you for all you have done over the years. Maybe you didn't get the shuttle, but your hard work and determination hasn't gone unnoticed by everyone.

(BTW....this was on my FB AFTER I posted this blog post, so I came and added it on.)
Will you consider signing a petition?
http://www.change.org/petitions/a-retired-space-shuttle-belongs-in-houston#signatures

Blessings until next time.

Bailed Out

2011-01-16T13:14:00.000-06:00

Last week I was sick with a head cold, so I spent most of the week inside and sleeping when I could. I didn't pay our storage unit because of it. Yesterday, the girls and I ventured out. I went over to the storage place to pay. I drove through the open gate and started writing my check. There was someone in the office, so Doodles was going to run the check in. As I was finishing, Doodles said, "Mom, the guy is leaving." "No problem, I'll just put my check in the mail box on the outside." I went over to our storage unit to get a few things, but couldn't get the latch to slide...it must have been froze shut. So I decided to leave. When we go to the exit gate and put our code in, it doesn't work....um okay, try again....and again, and again. Doodles called dh, asked if we had the right code. Yep, right code....what to do, what to do??? I go to the office and look for an emergency number. Great NONE! I pull open the little side gate and enter my code on the opposite box....not working....time to freak out?

Stephanie calls 911. States our emergency. LOL They send a car out. The police officer arrives. I explain the situation. He says he'll call the rightful authorities. Waiting, waiting, waiting. He's looking at us, we're looking at him. He's on his cell, he's on his radio....waiting, waiting, waiting.

Finally, He opens his door, goes to the key pad, presses in a code and the gate opens. We tell him he's our hero. :) He said he couldn't get a hold of the owner, but a few years ago there was a robbery or something and the paperwork had someone's contact info on it. The guy still worked for the storage company and gave the officer a code that would work.

My Wonder Woman cape was locked in the storage unit, not doing me any bit of good. :)

Thank GOD for kind officers and not being stuck.

Happy Birthday #1 Son

2011-01-10T09:36:00.001-06:00

Today is the boy's 15th birthday. Happy Birthday Joe Bug! Words can't express how proud I am of you, how much I love you, and what a wonderful son I think you are. I am, Dad and I are, so blessed to have you as our son!

Quality time

2011-01-04T19:52:00.001-06:00

I love spending time with my kids! I love when we are all together, and I really love when I get to spend some one on one time with them getting to know them better. Today I got to spend time with my son. He's going to be 15 in a few short days. He's starting to discover girls...LOL! (not in a bad way) He's so cute, because we have a bond and a trust that I don't think we'd have if he went to public school. He will tell me and often ask me, "Do you think she's cute, Mom?" I love that. It goes both ways...I'll find a cute girl and ask her what he thinks. I'm so blessed to be this young man's mom. Thank YOU, LORD! :)

Bass and Body Shop

2011-01-01T19:03:00.000-06:00

Yesterday while driving down to see my sister, DH mentioned something about wanting to pick up a cot for the boy. I said, "We should have picked one up at Bass and Body shop" LOL. I was trying to say Bass Pro Shop. Should they open up a place called Bass and Body Works for men? ;P

One Last Post for 2010

2010-12-31T09:01:00.002-06:00

2010 I'm glad to see you end. It hasn't been a bad year, it hasn't been great either. I think I'll reflect on this and think about how I've changed....

I think I'm probably furthest from the LORD then I ever have been in my walk. :( Not a good thing, but I'm being honest. Yet I heard a friend one time say, the time I thought I was the furthest from the LORD I look back, and I might have been the closest. HMMM, I hope I can say that someday. I'm not saying the LORD hasn't had me in the palm of HIS hand, I just not "feelin" it...um yeah, I know we don't go by what we feel....

I don't think I met any of my goals that I set in January. :( Do I feel like a failure? Um, yes and no, thankfully the LORD's mercies are new everyday. :) So I'll set new goals and go from there. I might make them, I might not...but at least I set something to achieve. :)

I'd appreciate prayer for 2011. I'm struggling in areas I thought I had dealt with and put behind me. Perhaps the LORD is raising me up to a higher standard...unfortunately, I think I'm failing miserably.

Also, pray the dh's job will go direct, or provide until we can get the BBQ business in full gear
For oldest dd, that the LORD will give her direction and that she'll move that way
For ds, that he'll hear the LORD and make the necessary directions
For dd, that she'll continue to serve and grow in the LORD
For my friends, several are going through many difficult situations that they've never dealt with before.

Hope you all have a wonderful New Years.
Blessings!

Giving Thanks-Day 30

2010-11-30T22:20:00.003-06:00

I'm thankful for my crazy, everchanging life!

Giving Thanks-Day 29

2010-11-29T20:21:00.001-06:00

Thankful for a honey that can fix almost anything. :D

Giving Thanks-Day 28

2010-11-28T19:57:00.001-06:00

Thankful we get to go to TX in 2 days!

Giving Thanks-Day 27

2010-11-27T21:40:00.003-06:00

Praise and Worship!

Giving Thanks-Day 26

2010-11-26T12:43:00.003-06:00

I'm so thankful for encouraging friends that help you feel better when you're down, remind you that GOD is in control, remind you of HIS foundation and love!

Giving Thanks-Day 25

2010-11-25T17:46:00.001-06:00

Thank you LORD, that even when I want things NOW, YOU know when I need them and YOU teach me patience, obedience, and understanding in the meantime.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family! Bless each of you!

Giving Thanks-Day 24

2010-11-24T20:55:00.001-06:00

I'm thankful that my kids have a heart of forgiveness and continues to love even when people treat them bad.

Giving Thanks-Day 23

2010-11-23T19:10:00.003-06:00

I'm thankful for modes of communications-phones, internet, etc.

Giving Thanks-Day 22

2010-11-22T17:42:00.001-06:00

For the gift of everlasting life.

Giving Thanks-Day 21

2010-11-21T09:53:00.000-06:00

Drinking water

Giving Thanks-Day 20

2010-11-20T19:48:00.001-06:00

I'm thankful for a good, safe running vehicles.

Giving Thanks-Day 19

2010-11-19T09:30:00.003-06:00

Thank you LORD for the nice officer that didn't give me a ticket for my expired license tag yesterday. (and please provide the money so I can get new ones asap)

Giving Thanks-Day 18

2010-11-18T09:18:00.003-06:00

Good health!

Giving Thanks-Day 17

2010-11-17T09:16:00.001-06:00

Hot Chocolate and warm clothes!

Giving Thanks-Day 16

2010-11-16T13:14:00.003-06:00

Special moments with my kids, family and friends.

Giving Thanks-Day 15

2010-11-15T17:02:00.001-06:00

I'm thankful for my husband's job to pay the bills and for GOD's protection. Today we got paid after over a month. Also, the kids and I were out and about today and almost in two accidents, not my fault in either case.

Giving Thanks-Day 14

2010-11-14T12:18:00.000-06:00

I'm grateful for fast food, when things get hectic or I don't feel like cooking.

Giving Thanks-Day 13

2010-11-13T20:02:00.000-06:00

I'm so thankful for my sweet children. Today and yesterday my dd bought me a Starbuck's frap. So I'm thankful for that, too!

Giving Thanks-Day 12

2010-11-12T08:56:00.001-06:00

Today I'm thankful for farmers that grow and raise our food, and grocery stores that make it convenient to get it. :D

Giving Thanks-Day 11

2010-11-11T09:38:00.003-06:00

For all the veterans out there...those that have served, are serving, and will serve. Your service is unmeasurable. Thank you for our freedom! Greater love has no man, than a man lay down his life for his friends. You all are a blessing!

Giving Thanks-Day 10

2010-11-10T17:58:00.002-06:00

Sunny, warm days!

Giving Thanks-Day 9

2010-11-09T13:31:00.004-06:00

The gift of laughter and a sense of humor! Love this song...and think it's rather fitting for today.

Giving Thanks-Day 8

2010-11-08T18:44:00.003-06:00

Modern Appliances! Thank heaven for washers and dryers! ;D

Giving Thanks-Day 7

2010-11-07T08:23:00.000-06:00

Freedom to express myself. :)

Giving Thanks-Day 6

2010-11-06T14:48:00.002-05:00

A hot shower! (for that matter, running water!)

Giving Thanks-Day 5

2010-11-05T14:43:00.000-05:00

Today I'm thankful the opportunity to know a lovely Christian lady, Stephanie Barnes. She went to be with the LORD earlier this week. She was a beautiful example of CHRIST's love to her family and friends. May her family feel the love and comfort that only HE can provide. She leaves behind her dh and her 6 beautiful children.

We went to ALCC together. She also homeschooled for 14 years.
Her homegoing is very bittersweet.

Giving Thanks-Day 4

2010-11-04T17:43:00.000-05:00

I'm thankful, that even though I'm not in a house currently, I have a warm place to sleep at night. Thank you LORD for my RV.

Giving Thanks-Day 3

2010-11-03T06:14:00.000-05:00

Today I am thankful for living in a country of the land of the free and home of the brave. Thankful for the opportunity to vote and voice my opinion, and the hope and change that has taken place! :D

Great Adventures II

Out with the old and in with the new

It's my birthDAY!

Traveling Twosome's Book

What would you have done?

I could be on a TV show!

Steve Jobs

Wheat and the Chaff

SERIOUSLY!?!?

The Mystery is Solved!

House

Again on Tattoos

Sunday Sing-Along

OY! Monday!

CASA

A joke

TX Wildfires

Marking his territory

Another Joy of Homeschooling

Whatever happens in Vegas...

This is the stuff that drives me crazy!!!!

Catch up post

OY! August already!

Whole....

Broken....

So Many Answered Prayers!!!

Okay, so slight change of plans...

"Rolling, rolling, rolling"..."keep them doggies rolling"

Here's my friend receiving her makeover check!

Funny!

Movie Review, etc.

Sunday Sing-Along

This weekend's plans

LOVE IT!

Ewww Gross!

And the nomination goes to....

Church Billboard

A Reminder to Self....

Happy 24th Birthday beautiful girl of mine!

The Final Judge

Book Review

Happy Independence Day!!! 2011

Declaration of Independence

The Unanimous Declarationof the Thirteen United States of America

Sunday Sing-Along

Off to see the Wizard...

New Products

28 years ago

Cadillac Ranch

No Troubles big or small

Sunday Sing-Along

FB-not a place to share your REAL feelings!

Amarillo by morning

Because I can't just have a "semi" normal life..............

House deal etc.

The Stars at night are big and bright....

"Meet me in St. Louie, Louie"

Happy Birthday to my baby girl!!!

And the winner is....

Israel

FREE GIVE AWAY!!!!

The Death of Osama bin Laden

The Royal Wedding

Resurrection Sunday 2011

One of my all time favorites

In honor of Good Friday

Thinking of closing down shop

Prayer Request from my sister

God Morning, etc

Seriously, New York????

Bailed Out

Happy Birthday #1 Son

Quality time

Bass and Body Shop

One Last Post for 2010

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The Unanimous Declaration
of the Thirteen United States of America