CH CH cH changes....

gonna revamp this blog too!! see what we can come up with.

Move over Muskrat Love

slimy snail smoochies

priceless

this picture is absolutely hilarious!

a day in the life...

Animal

oh, i just felt like putting up a pic of one of my favorite muppets. we GOTTA bring back the glory days of the white or blue leisure suits!!! :)

MISSING>>>>>

so i wanna get online more than i am. i am missing everyone here. and missing posting my crazy thoughts to the world. i think i am gonna have to schedule time to blog. seriously! i seem to get online for 2 minutes, check my email and fb, and get off before anyone melts down. gotta get some "me" time in there......

wordless wednesday (late Tues. nite)

nostalgia

i guess i am just feeling kinda nostalgic today....here is a picture of my Grandpop and Grandmum holding my Dad:) um, yes that is a boy! i can't imaging being that "put together" with a wee one like that! and yes, she looks that coiffed in most of the pics i have of her! She has passed away, and Grandpop is still with us ;)

oh, and they had FOUR boys. yep. count 'em, FOUR!

PLEASE HEAD OVER TO MY OTHER BLOG! NEED MOMMY ADVICE

I NEED MOMMY ADVICE!!! PLEASE HEAD HERE AND LEAVE YOUR IDEAS IN THE COMMENT SECTION. I AM REALLY REALLY REALLY HOPING YOU CAN DO THIS. :)

Uh OH!!!!

i had to stay home from church a week ago. had a sick little froggy. anyway, rosy (3.5), is in sunday school. daddy goes to pick her up and the teacher shares this.... she said that "mommy had to stay home because she is sick of us." oh dear. i got a good chuckle and a dose embarrassment!!!

losing my english

so we are all at the dinner table. the boys are going crazy, as usual. the girls are laughing at the boys. no one is really eating. finally i say that they all just need to be quiet for a bit so we can EAT.

Moose, 9, proceeds to say something just as Froggy, 6, puts food in his mouth. i am envisioning being covered in whatever just went in his mouth. so i very sternly look at Moose and say "LEAVE HIM ALONE! HE IS FOODING!!!!" (imagine froggy now hysterically laughing with food in his mouth.)

yep. really worked to get everyone quiet.

In Preparation for Valentine's Day :)

I AM BACK!!!!!!

I JUST WANTED TO LET ANYONE WHO USED TO READ MY BLOGS KNOW THAT I AM BACK ONLINE. IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG AND DIFFICULT 4 MONTHS OF CHANGE, TRIAL, TRANSITION, AND GOD'S FAITHFULNESS. i will talk about that another time. suffice it to say that i have MISSED READING ALL OF YOUR BLOGS, and i have missed blogging!! i can't wait to get back in the swing of things and catch up with all of you, if you are still plugged in to my blog.......i would love to know if you are still there.....DROP ME A COMMENT TO LET ME KNOW YOU ARE AROUND!

Words of Wisdom :)

1. A day without sunshine is like night
2. On the other hand, you have different fingers
3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.
6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.
9. Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
12. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.
13. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.
14. OK, so what's the speed of dark?
15. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?
18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?
20. Why do psychics have to ask you your name?
21. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, 'What the heck happened?'
22. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.
23. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
24. Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.

interesting thoughts

okay. i try to not be too political on my blogs, but i thought this was worth a read. please do not leave any bashing comments. that is not my purpose. we need to be praying for this election, and also educated about the issues.

From Laura Ingraham:

http://www.LauraIngraham.com
June 23, 2008 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY?

Obama thinks he knows women, and that's sad. In a speech last week to the Congressional Black Caucus, Mr. Slick Daddy Smooth made a play for the female voters formerly aligned with Sen. Clinton -- but his "A" game this was not.

Actually, his sloppy advances were totally shot down. According to Democratic New York Congresswoman Yvette Clark, Obama said, "If women take a moment to realize that on every issue important to women, John McCain is not in their corner, that would help them get over it." ("It" being sorrow over Hillary's defeat.)

As Clarke reports telling Obama, "get over it," is hardly the proper way to placate a lady. But never underestimate Obama's sense of self-confidence.

Today he was back in the game, touring a baking facility in Albuquerque, N.M., where he gabbed with the gals about, well, girl stuff. The AP reports: Sen. Obama told how he was raised by a single mother and his grandmother, who made sacrifices to support their family. He told them that Sen. McCain opposed legislation earlier this year that would have made it easier for women to sue their employers for pay discrimination. Obama supported the bill. "I'll continue to stand up for equal pay as president -- Senator McCain won't, and that's a real difference in this election," Obama said.

So on the issue of women Obama is pro. And McCain, for the record, is opposed. Could there be any other explanation for Obama digging up a political issue that most thought had been buried alongside bell-bottoms ages ago? Ladies, tell me you're not sold.

Remembering the days

i was sorting through stuff and stumbled upon this card that brian gave me when we were dating. pretty classic!!

South Carolina Tree Swing

Thanks for the pic, sharon!!!

South Carolina Tree Swing...you know you want one!

more at the store

went to the grocery today. got just some staples really: milk, cereal, 4 loaves bread (2wheat, 2white), spaghettios (big can), yogurt, etc. anyway, my bill came to $82!!! i even did coupons! yikes...

as i was writing my check, i told the cashier that it is just amazing how the gas price makes you pay more at the grocery store. she said "i just don't understand why that means you have to pay more for a can of beans!!" i was like, um, well, you have to drive the food to the store (kinda thought the cashier at a grocery store would know that) and that it drives the cost up for everything.

her reply: "we should stop exporting food to the desert, the middle east, and see how long they last, since they can do it to us with gas." OUCH. She is NONE too happy with the way things are going i guess (and doesn't exactly understand the whole gas situation)!

CRAZY DRIVER!

monday my husband took moose and froggy to Cub Foods. He was in the cheese isle, and one of the boys got right in his way so that he couldn't move the cart. So, Brian says VERY authoritatively "You need to get out of my way! I am trying to drive the cart!"
an older woman was in front of him and sheepishly looks over her shoulder and starts moving her cart out of his way!! he then had to tell her that he was talking to the kids!!! i was laughing SO HARD when he told me this. Brian is about the calmest, coolest cucumber you would ever see. to think of a little old lady thinking he was a maniac had me in stitches!

PLEASE READ AND SHARE

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STRESS THIS ENOUGH. PLEASE READ AND SHARE WITH OTHER PARENTS.

my son, moose - 8 1/2, goes to a private school that is preschool-8th grade. The first grade class was 13 kids. my son is in second grade, and his class size is 21. anyway...

On Monday night, a first grader named Efrain Anleu passed away. On Saturday night, after his dad's ordination service, he choked on a tack. you know, the ones with the plastic part you hold to push in to the bullentin board. how did this happen? I will tell you, and will ask that you talk to people about this deadly game that they were playing.

Some of the boys were outside i guess after the ordination. They were playing a game. You put a tack in the side of a carbonated beverage, shake up the can or bottle, and the tack flies out due to pressure. then you aim it at someone and that person tries to drink the drink from the hole from the tack. Efrain had gotten into trouble for doing this. So he decided he would do it to himself. In a freak accident, the tack flew out and lodged in his throat. He was brain dead by the time they were at the hospital. he officially died monday nite. The funeral is tonight. here is a link to his obit, with a pic of him.

Please please please pray for the family. please share this story with others, so that we can all be educated about another deadly game being played. talk to your kids about this, about the game truth or dare, and about the choking game. let them know that these are NOT to be played. THEY ARE DEADLY. chapel on tuesday morning was the saddest thing ever at my son's school. seeing all those kids weeping for their friend was heart-wrenching.

move over Yoda

Wordless Monday

um, this is NOT my baby...so don't call anyone to lock me up. this is just an image someone sent me on fb one day...

We miss you

Norbert E. York

Norbert E. York, age 79 of Fairborn, passed away Tuesday April 15, 2008 in the Hospice of Dayton. He was born May 14, 1928 in Sidney, Ohio, the son of the late Roy A. and Gertrude (Magoto) York. Norbert served his country in the Ohio National Guard and followed with employment as a journeyman tool maker with Delco Products, retiring in 1984 after almost 40 years of service. His memberships include Mary Help of Christians Church and Local IUE. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by an infant daughter; and a sister, Norma Hunter. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Imogene; four children, Steve (Rebecca) York of Fairborn, Kristine Dean of Kenton, OH, Bruce York of Fairborn, Barry Norbert York of Galloway, OH; two grandchildren, Brian (Jeanette) York, John Dean; four great-grandchildren, Hudson, Jeremiah, Magdalene, Grace; seven brothers, Gerald, Allen, Fred, David, John, Tom, Paul; three sisters, Shirley Turvene, Rosemary Buckner, Patty Prior; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and other extended family. A funeral service will be held on Saturday April 19, 2008 at 12:00 Noon in the Belton-Stroup Funeral Home, 422 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, Deacon Max Roadruck officiating. The family will receive friends from 11:00 A.M. until the time of services. Interment will follow in the Byron Cemetery. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Dayton.

Happy Birthday

it was my lover's birthday 3 weeks ago, and for his birthday i came down with a kidney infection! so here is my belated birthday post to you babe....i love you and respect you more than you will ever know. God has used you to challenge me and take me farther than i thought i could ever go. He has blessed me with a husband that loves me the way Christ loves the Church. It is the first time i have ever been loved that way. i love you forever and always.

here are lyrics that i wish i could have written for you!

Everything by Michael Buble
You're a falling star, You're the get away car.
You're the line in the sand when I go too far.
You're the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you're the perfect thing to say.

And you play it coy, but it's kinda cute.
Ah, When you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby don't pretend, that you don't know it's true.
Cause you can see it when I look at you.

And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.

You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.
And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man, (WELL, I'm your WOMAN!)
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through, (WITH CHRIST)
And you know that's what our love can do. (IN CHRIST!)

And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.

So, La, La, La, La, La, La, LaSo, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.You're every line,
you're every word, you're everything.You're every song, and I sing along.'Cause you're my everything.Yeah, yeah
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, LaSo, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La

yet again

froggy had to go to urgent care saturday afternoon. Strep Throat. yep. one more down.

so, from March 24th to April 5th we have had:
*kidney infection
*ear infection
*pneumonia
*strep throat

can we be done now?

what a week!

okay. monday the 24th of march (my beloved's 36th birthday) i came down with a kidney infection. thought i would die tuesday. slowly regained strength, and now am doing better.

saturday the 29th had to take rosy to doc for an ear infection. monday the 31st had to take sweet-pea in...has pneumonia!!

Lord have mercy!!! let it end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
today froggy is saying his tummy hurts. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

been a while

i have been down with a kidney infection since sunday night, so i have not been online. i am still loving all ya'lls blogs, but just don't have the energy to sit and look at them all. my energy should be back next week, and i will look forward to being back!
blessings to you all.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

winter wonderland...again!

moose loves life

the other day Moose asked me if i ever wanted to relive my life? i answered that there were times i used to, but not anymore. God has used everything in my life to make me who i am today.

then he says "i wish i could relive my life!"

oh my goodness! i am thinking, i have been an horrible mom! he hates his life and wishes he could relive it differently.

then he says "i've just had such a wonderful life, i want to relive it so i don't have to grow up!"

Moose is 8.

i love that boy!