Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
My Firstborn Is 14 Already!!
Fourteen years ago this morning, I was in the hospital.
I wasn't sick, I wasn't in pain... there was nothing wrong with me................. sound like the post from two weeks ago? LOL That's because it almost is. Yes, I was pregnant... with my firstborn. The story runs quite similar to Jessi's, or rather I should say hers is similar to his, because he was born two years before her, minus the two weeks.
They induced labor around 9 am, and much like the second delivery, after two epidurals, the first of which numbed me from my toes to my chest, and the second of which din't work at all... at 4:19pm, an adorable little baby boy (well, if 8 lbs 6 oz can be considered little) was born to the Pierce family! Our firstborn son. We named him Timothy Andrew Pierce. Timothy, because I had said years before that I would name my first son after my favorite cousin. And again, I was told that when you name a son, his names should mean strong and wise. One meaning of Andrew is strong, but aside from naming him Quinn or Quinton, or some other odd name, I couln't find a name that meant wise... except Drew, and somehow I just don't think that would work with Andrew! LOL So we decided to name him Andrew, and call him Drew, so as to get both meanings in there.
So fast forward 14 years...
We din't do a whole lot today, but we focused the day around Drew. We went with my parents to Hong Kong Buffet for lunch, to celebrate both of their birthdays, then to Walmart to walk around some til our meal settled a bit, and to get him a remote controlled car (mo' confo' cow, as my nephew called it when he was little), then we went back to mom & dad's to have the cake & ice cream.
It's amazing how different two kids can be!
Drew is the total opposite of Jessi in about every way imaginable. She's quiet, he's hyper. She likes music, he don't care one way or another about it most of the time. He likes video games, she don't care one way or another about them most of the time. She has to be careful about how much she eats, he has a bottomless pit and don't gain a pound. She's short... hopefully will at least get to 5' by the time she's full height, he's tall... prob'ly will be well over 6' by the time he's full height. He is a whiz at math and reading, she struggles with them a lot. She looks like her dad, he looks like me. She (usually) obeys immediately, he tries to see how many ways he can get around obeying. He likes technological stuff... anything PC or game console, etc. She's totally content with a notebook... or 10 or 20, and a pen or pencil to write or draw. He's a typical messy boy, she likes to keep her room neat. She likes to snuggle & cuddle, he likes to romp & wrestle. I could go on and on... but what it all comes down to, is the fact that I love them both with all my heart and am so thankful that they are ours!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SQUIRRELY!!!
I wasn't sick, I wasn't in pain... there was nothing wrong with me................. sound like the post from two weeks ago? LOL That's because it almost is. Yes, I was pregnant... with my firstborn. The story runs quite similar to Jessi's, or rather I should say hers is similar to his, because he was born two years before her, minus the two weeks.
They induced labor around 9 am, and much like the second delivery, after two epidurals, the first of which numbed me from my toes to my chest, and the second of which din't work at all... at 4:19pm, an adorable little baby boy (well, if 8 lbs 6 oz can be considered little) was born to the Pierce family! Our firstborn son. We named him Timothy Andrew Pierce. Timothy, because I had said years before that I would name my first son after my favorite cousin. And again, I was told that when you name a son, his names should mean strong and wise. One meaning of Andrew is strong, but aside from naming him Quinn or Quinton, or some other odd name, I couln't find a name that meant wise... except Drew, and somehow I just don't think that would work with Andrew! LOL So we decided to name him Andrew, and call him Drew, so as to get both meanings in there.
So fast forward 14 years...
We din't do a whole lot today, but we focused the day around Drew. We went with my parents to Hong Kong Buffet for lunch, to celebrate both of their birthdays, then to Walmart to walk around some til our meal settled a bit, and to get him a remote controlled car (mo' confo' cow, as my nephew called it when he was little), then we went back to mom & dad's to have the cake & ice cream.
It's amazing how different two kids can be!
Drew is the total opposite of Jessi in about every way imaginable. She's quiet, he's hyper. She likes music, he don't care one way or another about it most of the time. He likes video games, she don't care one way or another about them most of the time. She has to be careful about how much she eats, he has a bottomless pit and don't gain a pound. She's short... hopefully will at least get to 5' by the time she's full height, he's tall... prob'ly will be well over 6' by the time he's full height. He is a whiz at math and reading, she struggles with them a lot. She looks like her dad, he looks like me. She (usually) obeys immediately, he tries to see how many ways he can get around obeying. He likes technological stuff... anything PC or game console, etc. She's totally content with a notebook... or 10 or 20, and a pen or pencil to write or draw. He's a typical messy boy, she likes to keep her room neat. She likes to snuggle & cuddle, he likes to romp & wrestle. I could go on and on... but what it all comes down to, is the fact that I love them both with all my heart and am so thankful that they are ours!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SQUIRRELY!!!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
It's Almost Right!
I have been working on this blog for a little while now... and I have it basically how I want it, structually. I'm happy! I still want to add music and more photos, but other than that, I think the worst of the stress is over!
But this post is kinda like the one from a few days ago... short! LOL I have to get up in the morning and be ready when Wendy comes to pick me up to go babysit for her again. I really want to be a recluse... stay home and not go anywhere or talk to anyone, but if I have to get out of the house to do something, watching Catrissa is a good thing to do. She's such an adorable sweetheart! So, since I have to be up early to do it all again in the morning, I'm headed for bed now!
But this post is kinda like the one from a few days ago... short! LOL I have to get up in the morning and be ready when Wendy comes to pick me up to go babysit for her again. I really want to be a recluse... stay home and not go anywhere or talk to anyone, but if I have to get out of the house to do something, watching Catrissa is a good thing to do. She's such an adorable sweetheart! So, since I have to be up early to do it all again in the morning, I'm headed for bed now!
101 Things About Me
1. I was born on 6/7/67
2. I was reborn on August 19th 2001
3. I am proud to be a Christian
4. I am God’s favorite kid *grin*
5. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus
6. I am fully blessed and highly favored
7. I’ve been married to Dave for 18 years, come this August
8. I have a son named Drew who is 14
9. I have a daughter named Jessi who is 12
10. I have a daughter in Heaven named Katie who would be 16 now, had she lived
11. I had a miscarriage on my birthday in 1991
12. I am left handed (and proud of it!)
13. My absolute favorite color is bright yellow
14. On average, I drank a gallon of iced tea every day for about 14 years or more
15. I am a stay-at-home-mom
16. My kids are in Christian school this year
17. I love PSP!
18. I do computer crafting
19. I am a graphics designer and pixel artist
20. My favorite author is Karen Kingsbury
21. I used to have a real turtle in my house
22. I have had prob’ly over 150 cats in my life time.. just not all at once! LOL
23. I have one black & white cat, Mr. Man... and a tiger striped cat named Squirt
24. I have two dogs… a Yorkie, and a Shepherd/Chow Mix
25. My dogs’ names are Maddie and Buddy, respectively
26. I also claim 'shared parenting' of another Yorkie, Lexi (who really belongs to my niece)
27. I’m totally a country girl at heart
28. My favorite spot in the world was a little crick with spearmint growing along it and a railroad tie across it
29. I love scented candles
30. My Favorite flower for scent is the Lilac
31. My favorite flower for beauty is the Morning Glory
32. My favorite flower for color is a yellow Rose
33. I used to design cross-stitch
34. I rarely ever wear make-up
35. My favorite scent is SweetPea
36. I love Melaleuca products
37. I’m a pack-rat
38. I once ran a steak knife into my foot while trying to rescue a lost baby bunny (long story!)
39. I had brown eyes that turned bright green when I got in a tire swing as a kid (long story!)
40. As a child, I used to get pneumonia twice yearly
41. I fell out of my highchair when I was 2 and broke my collarbone
42. I have a craft room that is full of supplies and I cain’t get it organized
43. I love Praise & Worship music and Southern Gospel music
44. My favorite preachers are Juanita Bynum, Paula White, TD Jakes, and Eddie Long
45. My first memory is of standing in my crib drinking strawberry milk in my bottle
46. I have dark brown hair
47. My hair was never cut until I was 18.... it was long enough to sit on
48. I lived in the country until I was 18
49. I have lived in Cincinnati, Oh, Toledo, Oh, Monroe Mi, and several smaller towns
50. I want to move back to the country so bad I can almost taste it! EDIT: Thank You Jesus!! WE MOVED TO THE COUNTRY!!!!!
51. My best friend (besides Jesus and my daughter Jessie) is Marfa from Florida
52. I want to learn to speak Spanish.... but not the tourist kind LOL
53. I learned how to type by using instant messengers
54. I used to have my own 'PSP help" chat room on a Christian chat server
55. I have met some awesome friends online
56. I have met 11 online friends in person
57. I am a very visual person
58. I am a type B personality
59. My two favorite artists are Jim Daly and Joan Walsh Anglund
60. I do scrapbooking.... Regular and digital
61. My favorite passage of Scripture is Psalm 139
62. My favorite verses are Psalm 139:17-18
63. I love playing the Sims and Sims 2
64. I left part of my heart in Haiti when I went there on a mission trip
65. I have been to Niagara Falls on the Canadian side
66. I loved Canada when I went there for a weekend trip (Sooz made it a very fun trip!)
67. Someday, I would like to visit Ireland, Switzerland, and the Holy Land
68. I LOVE flute music
69. Sometimes I prefer to pray on paper (or in a word pad file)
70. I love to read
71. I won a trophy in high school for reading 1800 words per minute with 90% comprehension
72. My favorite book is the Bible
73. I am a doll collector.... With a preference for the very realistic looking newborns
74. I love eating sunflower seeds, but I hate sunflowers
75. I made almost all the ornaments for my Christmas tree
76. My favorite season is... umm... anything but fall! LOL
77. I love snow!
78. I actually like broccoli and cauliflour
79. When I was pregnant with Katie, I craved Pringles chips and cheddar cheese dip
80. I have a 1 inch scar on my hand to remind me that I was 1 inch away from dying and going to hell (long story!)
81. I witnessed an accident where a pedestrian was hit and killed
82. My hubby and I were mobile home park managers at one time
83. I don't usually watch a movie or read a book more than once until I have forgotten most of it
84. I hate brown unless it's on chocolate, wood, hair, or teddy bears
85. There are 3 things that will make me see red... saying God is female, talking bad about my church or pastor, and racism
86. My favorite card game is Hand & Foot
87. My favorite board game is Personal Preference
88. I still like to color in coloring books
89. My favorite sport is gymnastics or professional ice skating
90. My second favorite sport is baseball
91. I took piano lessons for two years from two different piano teachers and never got out of the first book
92. I went to public school for K-6 and a Christian school for 7th through 12th
93. I am html illiterate (but I'm learning it by doing this blog!!)
94. I have never been able to do a cartwheel
95. My family tree includes an Indian princess who was married to Chief John Killbuck
96. My mother almost named me Glendora June, Holly Christine, or Beth Anne
97. I still have my first doll
98. I am fascinated by the Amish
99. I am on the computer more often than not
100. My favorite TV shows are Touched By An Angel, 7th Heaven, and any of the CSIs
101. My favorite movies are "The King And I" (or any of its remakes) and "One Night With The King"
2. I was reborn on August 19th 2001
3. I am proud to be a Christian
4. I am God’s favorite kid *grin*
5. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus
6. I am fully blessed and highly favored
7. I’ve been married to Dave for 18 years, come this August
8. I have a son named Drew who is 14
9. I have a daughter named Jessi who is 12
10. I have a daughter in Heaven named Katie who would be 16 now, had she lived
11. I had a miscarriage on my birthday in 1991
12. I am left handed (and proud of it!)
13. My absolute favorite color is bright yellow
14. On average, I drank a gallon of iced tea every day for about 14 years or more
15. I am a stay-at-home-mom
16. My kids are in Christian school this year
17. I love PSP!
18. I do computer crafting
19. I am a graphics designer and pixel artist
20. My favorite author is Karen Kingsbury
21. I used to have a real turtle in my house
22. I have had prob’ly over 150 cats in my life time.. just not all at once! LOL
23. I have one black & white cat, Mr. Man... and a tiger striped cat named Squirt
24. I have two dogs… a Yorkie, and a Shepherd/Chow Mix
25. My dogs’ names are Maddie and Buddy, respectively
26. I also claim 'shared parenting' of another Yorkie, Lexi (who really belongs to my niece)
27. I’m totally a country girl at heart
28. My favorite spot in the world was a little crick with spearmint growing along it and a railroad tie across it
29. I love scented candles
30. My Favorite flower for scent is the Lilac
31. My favorite flower for beauty is the Morning Glory
32. My favorite flower for color is a yellow Rose
33. I used to design cross-stitch
34. I rarely ever wear make-up
35. My favorite scent is SweetPea
36. I love Melaleuca products
37. I’m a pack-rat
38. I once ran a steak knife into my foot while trying to rescue a lost baby bunny (long story!)
39. I had brown eyes that turned bright green when I got in a tire swing as a kid (long story!)
40. As a child, I used to get pneumonia twice yearly
41. I fell out of my highchair when I was 2 and broke my collarbone
42. I have a craft room that is full of supplies and I cain’t get it organized
43. I love Praise & Worship music and Southern Gospel music
44. My favorite preachers are Juanita Bynum, Paula White, TD Jakes, and Eddie Long
45. My first memory is of standing in my crib drinking strawberry milk in my bottle
46. I have dark brown hair
47. My hair was never cut until I was 18.... it was long enough to sit on
48. I lived in the country until I was 18
49. I have lived in Cincinnati, Oh, Toledo, Oh, Monroe Mi, and several smaller towns
50. I want to move back to the country so bad I can almost taste it! EDIT: Thank You Jesus!! WE MOVED TO THE COUNTRY!!!!!
51. My best friend (besides Jesus and my daughter Jessie) is Marfa from Florida
52. I want to learn to speak Spanish.... but not the tourist kind LOL
53. I learned how to type by using instant messengers
54. I used to have my own 'PSP help" chat room on a Christian chat server
55. I have met some awesome friends online
56. I have met 11 online friends in person
57. I am a very visual person
58. I am a type B personality
59. My two favorite artists are Jim Daly and Joan Walsh Anglund
60. I do scrapbooking.... Regular and digital
61. My favorite passage of Scripture is Psalm 139
62. My favorite verses are Psalm 139:17-18
63. I love playing the Sims and Sims 2
64. I left part of my heart in Haiti when I went there on a mission trip
65. I have been to Niagara Falls on the Canadian side
66. I loved Canada when I went there for a weekend trip (Sooz made it a very fun trip!)
67. Someday, I would like to visit Ireland, Switzerland, and the Holy Land
68. I LOVE flute music
69. Sometimes I prefer to pray on paper (or in a word pad file)
70. I love to read
71. I won a trophy in high school for reading 1800 words per minute with 90% comprehension
72. My favorite book is the Bible
73. I am a doll collector.... With a preference for the very realistic looking newborns
74. I love eating sunflower seeds, but I hate sunflowers
75. I made almost all the ornaments for my Christmas tree
76. My favorite season is... umm... anything but fall! LOL
77. I love snow!
78. I actually like broccoli and cauliflour
79. When I was pregnant with Katie, I craved Pringles chips and cheddar cheese dip
80. I have a 1 inch scar on my hand to remind me that I was 1 inch away from dying and going to hell (long story!)
81. I witnessed an accident where a pedestrian was hit and killed
82. My hubby and I were mobile home park managers at one time
83. I don't usually watch a movie or read a book more than once until I have forgotten most of it
84. I hate brown unless it's on chocolate, wood, hair, or teddy bears
85. There are 3 things that will make me see red... saying God is female, talking bad about my church or pastor, and racism
86. My favorite card game is Hand & Foot
87. My favorite board game is Personal Preference
88. I still like to color in coloring books
89. My favorite sport is gymnastics or professional ice skating
90. My second favorite sport is baseball
91. I took piano lessons for two years from two different piano teachers and never got out of the first book
92. I went to public school for K-6 and a Christian school for 7th through 12th
93. I am html illiterate (but I'm learning it by doing this blog!!)
94. I have never been able to do a cartwheel
95. My family tree includes an Indian princess who was married to Chief John Killbuck
96. My mother almost named me Glendora June, Holly Christine, or Beth Anne
97. I still have my first doll
98. I am fascinated by the Amish
99. I am on the computer more often than not
100. My favorite TV shows are Touched By An Angel, 7th Heaven, and any of the CSIs
101. My favorite movies are "The King And I" (or any of its remakes) and "One Night With The King"
Monday, April 21, 2008
Swartz Bridge
We went for a country drive this evening... looking for houses for sale out in the country. On our way home, we turned down a really really BACK road. We found this historical bridge and I just had to take pictures!
Friday, April 18, 2008
God's got it!
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgnent thou shalt condemn, this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their rightrousness is of Me, saith the Lord.
God is awesome!
Just to bring you up to date on what's been happening lately...
We have been looking for another place to live for some time now, and the more time passes, the more urgently we need to move. (Father knows this... and I know that He has it all under control.) We have driven down every country road in about a twenty-five mile area between Dave's work and the kids' school , and I have checked every listing from every realty website I can find in the area. For the most part, there is nothing __N_O_T_H_I_N_G__ that fits our needs. But a few weeks ago, we found a really awesome place. It's almost 5 acres, it has a two acre pond out the front window across the driveway, and it has the Sandusky River out the back door and down a slope. There are a lot of trees, and good yard. I was not impressed with the house, but it wasn't bad, and with it priced at $53,000 (!?!), we could get enough extra to fix it up and make it work. All we're waiting on is to hear back about the financing and get the letter of approval for our loan.
Jump to today...
This morning, Father literally was my protector. I had to keep the car and take Dave to work, then take the kids to school, because mom & dad cain't drive their car til they get the break line fixed. So I dropped Dave off and was on my way up Rt. 4 about a mile outside of town and there's a string of 5 or 6 cars coming toward me in the other lane. The one on front cuts over into the passing lane. There's still room to pass a car and get back over before I get there, but there was just one problem. She was not passing anyone, and she din't get back over! So here she comes, over toward my lane headed straight for me. I start going off onto the shoulder away from her, but the farther I go, the closer she comes. By the time she gets to me, she is totally in my lane and I am completely off the road, off the shoulder, and into the grass. I say 'she' because by this point, she so close I can see her salt & pepper hair! As I'm pulling back onto the road, I look in the rear-view mirror and watch her go off the shoulder into the grass behind where I was, then she must have woke up or whatever, because all of a sudden, she's swerving wildly to try to get back on the road into her own lane. All I could think afterward, was how calm the Lord kept me, and how He protected us! Later I was thinking about it and realized that there couln'tve been a better stretch of road for that to happen. There was no ditch, there were not telephone poles, no signs, no mailboxes... nothing! Maybe I'm repeating myself, but God is AWESOME! And satan is STOOPID!!! he knows that God has a plan, and we are getting so close to our breakthrough, and he is going out of his way to destroy us. As if the near-accident wasn't enough, on the way home, I check my messages and find out that someone else put a contract on the aforementioned house. Now we're back at square one looking for a house again.
NEWSFLASH, satan!! IT WON'T WORK!!!!!!!!! We are gonna praise our way through this, and STOMP ON YOUR HEAD!!!
God is awesome!
Just to bring you up to date on what's been happening lately...
We have been looking for another place to live for some time now, and the more time passes, the more urgently we need to move. (Father knows this... and I know that He has it all under control.) We have driven down every country road in about a twenty-five mile area between Dave's work and the kids' school , and I have checked every listing from every realty website I can find in the area. For the most part, there is nothing __N_O_T_H_I_N_G__ that fits our needs. But a few weeks ago, we found a really awesome place. It's almost 5 acres, it has a two acre pond out the front window across the driveway, and it has the Sandusky River out the back door and down a slope. There are a lot of trees, and good yard. I was not impressed with the house, but it wasn't bad, and with it priced at $53,000 (!?!), we could get enough extra to fix it up and make it work. All we're waiting on is to hear back about the financing and get the letter of approval for our loan.
Jump to today...
This morning, Father literally was my protector. I had to keep the car and take Dave to work, then take the kids to school, because mom & dad cain't drive their car til they get the break line fixed. So I dropped Dave off and was on my way up Rt. 4 about a mile outside of town and there's a string of 5 or 6 cars coming toward me in the other lane. The one on front cuts over into the passing lane. There's still room to pass a car and get back over before I get there, but there was just one problem. She was not passing anyone, and she din't get back over! So here she comes, over toward my lane headed straight for me. I start going off onto the shoulder away from her, but the farther I go, the closer she comes. By the time she gets to me, she is totally in my lane and I am completely off the road, off the shoulder, and into the grass. I say 'she' because by this point, she so close I can see her salt & pepper hair! As I'm pulling back onto the road, I look in the rear-view mirror and watch her go off the shoulder into the grass behind where I was, then she must have woke up or whatever, because all of a sudden, she's swerving wildly to try to get back on the road into her own lane. All I could think afterward, was how calm the Lord kept me, and how He protected us! Later I was thinking about it and realized that there couln'tve been a better stretch of road for that to happen. There was no ditch, there were not telephone poles, no signs, no mailboxes... nothing! Maybe I'm repeating myself, but God is AWESOME! And satan is STOOPID!!! he knows that God has a plan, and we are getting so close to our breakthrough, and he is going out of his way to destroy us. As if the near-accident wasn't enough, on the way home, I check my messages and find out that someone else put a contract on the aforementioned house. Now we're back at square one looking for a house again.
NEWSFLASH, satan!! IT WON'T WORK!!!!!!!!! We are gonna praise our way through this, and STOMP ON YOUR HEAD!!!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Jeremiah 32:27, 17
27. Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
17. Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, [and] there is nothing too hard for thee:
Nothing much to post today... I have to get to bed soon because I have to get up early to take Dave to work so I have the car to take the kids to school. I guess I won't get to do as much tomorrow. I'm gonna try to take the time I DO have and really focus on getting this blog fixed how I really want it.
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This is my family with Mima and Pipo... Marfa's parents.. and my 'other' parents.
17. Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, [and] there is nothing too hard for thee:
Nothing much to post today... I have to get to bed soon because I have to get up early to take Dave to work so I have the car to take the kids to school. I guess I won't get to do as much tomorrow. I'm gonna try to take the time I DO have and really focus on getting this blog fixed how I really want it.
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This is my family with Mima and Pipo... Marfa's parents.. and my 'other' parents.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
My Post Titles are Back!!
Somehow my post titles have disappeared... but I am not worried about that right this minute. I've been working on this blog all day, and when I look at what I had compared to what it is now, I am amazed!! I don't know beans about HTML. If it's not something I can do visually, I cain't do it... Usually. But like I told Marfa earlier, I have brought myself up from the gutters of HTML illiterate to the halls of HTML fame! ROFL If there even was such a place! I guess since it only exists in my mind, I'm there!
I'm gonna go ahead and close this post for now. I may be back to edit it later, but it's almost midnight. If I publish it now, I won't have to fix the date! *grin*
*edit*
This 'no title' thing was really bugging me after all, so I hunted down the answer. Took me awhile, but I found it! Yay!! Now if I could only figure out why my header image is offset to the right a few pixels....... hmmm...
It really is amazing how much I've learned and accomplished in one day's time! Yesterday I was back to square one but without the yucky blue/black background, and by tonight my blog is almost exactly how I want it!
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Here is most of my family.. hubby, kids, parents, siblings, and some of their kids.
I'm gonna go ahead and close this post for now. I may be back to edit it later, but it's almost midnight. If I publish it now, I won't have to fix the date! *grin*
*edit*
This 'no title' thing was really bugging me after all, so I hunted down the answer. Took me awhile, but I found it! Yay!! Now if I could only figure out why my header image is offset to the right a few pixels....... hmmm...
It really is amazing how much I've learned and accomplished in one day's time! Yesterday I was back to square one but without the yucky blue/black background, and by tonight my blog is almost exactly how I want it!
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Here is most of my family.. hubby, kids, parents, siblings, and some of their kids.
Monday, April 14, 2008
I'm sick and I still feel the need to fix this!
Just a very short post today.... or at least right now. I'm feeling quite horrible, and from what I could tell by googling the symptoms, it's prob'ly viral pneumonia that's causing me to feel this horrible. Not that I'm a doctor or anything... but I do have what WebMD.com said was the symptoms.
Anyways... I got up for a little while today to work on my blog template. I'm still trying to get it to look how I want it to look before I actually go adding a lot of content, and am not having much luck with that. Today I screwed it all up, so I'm pretty much back to square one.... well... square two, because at least I don't have that horrible blue/black background! LOL Maybe when I get feeling better I'll be able to get it to what I want it to be (if I can keep from getting distracted or side-tracked). So... See me when I feel better!!
PS. I find it interesting that today, when I don't have the energy to find a scripture, there is no spot to put a post title.
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Our Furry Family
~~Maddie~~
otherwise known as PokeyButton
~~Lexi~~
~~Squirt~~
as a kitten
~~Mr. Man~~
~~Buddy~~
Anyways... I got up for a little while today to work on my blog template. I'm still trying to get it to look how I want it to look before I actually go adding a lot of content, and am not having much luck with that. Today I screwed it all up, so I'm pretty much back to square one.... well... square two, because at least I don't have that horrible blue/black background! LOL Maybe when I get feeling better I'll be able to get it to what I want it to be (if I can keep from getting distracted or side-tracked). So... See me when I feel better!!
PS. I find it interesting that today, when I don't have the energy to find a scripture, there is no spot to put a post title.
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Our Furry Family
~~Maddie~~
otherwise known as PokeyButton
~~Lexi~~
~~Squirt~~
as a kitten
~~Mr. Man~~
~~Buddy~~
Saturday, April 12, 2008
My Baby is 12 Now!
John 11:40 "Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?"
Twelve years ago this morning, I went in the hospital.
I wasn't sick, I wasn't in pain... there was nothing wrong with me......... except that I was tired of being pregnant and wanted that baby OUT!!! So Dr. Hedges Ok'd it (on the grounds that it was getting really hard for me to sleep) and I went in for them to induce labor. This all started I think around 9am, and after 2 epidurals, the first of which din't work, and the second of which kicked in at precisely the right moment and to the right degree, and at 4:55pm, a beautiful little baby girl (well, if 8 lbs 4 oz can be considered little) was born to the Pierce family! We named her Jessica Shannon Rose Pierce. Jessica, because I had promised a young friend of mine when I got married the first time that I would name my first daughter after her. Shannon and Rose..... I was told that when you name a daughter, her names should mean wise and beautiful. Shannon means small but wise, and of course, a rose is beautiful! I had to wonder though... whether I had done the wrong thing by naming her Shannon. Maybe I should've found a name that only meant wise instead of small also! By the time she was 1 year old, she was still in her size 0 newborn shoes and step 1 diapers! And a year or so later, when most kids are in step 5 diapers, I was potty training her out of her step 2s! Do you realize how hard it is to find panties for a little girl that tiny?? I had to find the little diaper cover rhumba panties in 9-12 months! LOL
So fast forward 12 years...
This morning Jessi and I got up early and went to a Christian seminar in a small local church where our friend Wendy was scheduled to speak. It was kinda long, (like 5 hours long, which would have been nothing if we were at Mansfield) but when Wendy got up there to speak, it was awesome! I video recorded it with my camera (in several 7 minute or so segments) til the battery went dead, so maybe if I get myself in gear, I might get them uploaded to YouTube.
After that was over, we went back and picked up Dave and Drew and went to Cici's Pizza place, then to Walmart to get her a cake and some ice cream, and to walk around a little bit, then back home. Dave started feeling miserable last night, and only felt worse today, but he really was a trooper, putting himself through much more than he should have, being sick like that, just so he wouln't ruin our date on Friday night or Jessie's birthday today. I'm not sure exactly what he has, but it's down in his chest and he's running a low-grade fever. He said it felt like pneumonia. I REALLY hope not!! I'm not feeling so good either.. I have the beginnings of a chest cold coming on. Blech!
Now... as for my plans for this blog. I plan to get in the habit of writing in it first! After that has become habit, then I plan to add other things. Some graphics to pretty it up (definitely gotta fix that stupid header image!), maybe some scrapbooking or other freebies once in a while, some music, whatever else I can find to make it cool!
Ok... the Nyquil is starting to kick in, the fibromyalgia is causing some pain, along with being on my feet in heeled cute-boots too long today, and it's 2am. I'm going to bed!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHIQUY ROSE!!!
Twelve years ago this morning, I went in the hospital.
I wasn't sick, I wasn't in pain... there was nothing wrong with me......... except that I was tired of being pregnant and wanted that baby OUT!!! So Dr. Hedges Ok'd it (on the grounds that it was getting really hard for me to sleep) and I went in for them to induce labor. This all started I think around 9am, and after 2 epidurals, the first of which din't work, and the second of which kicked in at precisely the right moment and to the right degree, and at 4:55pm, a beautiful little baby girl (well, if 8 lbs 4 oz can be considered little) was born to the Pierce family! We named her Jessica Shannon Rose Pierce. Jessica, because I had promised a young friend of mine when I got married the first time that I would name my first daughter after her. Shannon and Rose..... I was told that when you name a daughter, her names should mean wise and beautiful. Shannon means small but wise, and of course, a rose is beautiful! I had to wonder though... whether I had done the wrong thing by naming her Shannon. Maybe I should've found a name that only meant wise instead of small also! By the time she was 1 year old, she was still in her size 0 newborn shoes and step 1 diapers! And a year or so later, when most kids are in step 5 diapers, I was potty training her out of her step 2s! Do you realize how hard it is to find panties for a little girl that tiny?? I had to find the little diaper cover rhumba panties in 9-12 months! LOL
So fast forward 12 years...
This morning Jessi and I got up early and went to a Christian seminar in a small local church where our friend Wendy was scheduled to speak. It was kinda long, (like 5 hours long, which would have been nothing if we were at Mansfield) but when Wendy got up there to speak, it was awesome! I video recorded it with my camera (in several 7 minute or so segments) til the battery went dead, so maybe if I get myself in gear, I might get them uploaded to YouTube.
After that was over, we went back and picked up Dave and Drew and went to Cici's Pizza place, then to Walmart to get her a cake and some ice cream, and to walk around a little bit, then back home. Dave started feeling miserable last night, and only felt worse today, but he really was a trooper, putting himself through much more than he should have, being sick like that, just so he wouln't ruin our date on Friday night or Jessie's birthday today. I'm not sure exactly what he has, but it's down in his chest and he's running a low-grade fever. He said it felt like pneumonia. I REALLY hope not!! I'm not feeling so good either.. I have the beginnings of a chest cold coming on. Blech!
Now... as for my plans for this blog. I plan to get in the habit of writing in it first! After that has become habit, then I plan to add other things. Some graphics to pretty it up (definitely gotta fix that stupid header image!), maybe some scrapbooking or other freebies once in a while, some music, whatever else I can find to make it cool!
Ok... the Nyquil is starting to kick in, the fibromyalgia is causing some pain, along with being on my feet in heeled cute-boots too long today, and it's 2am. I'm going to bed!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHIQUY ROSE!!!
Friday, April 11, 2008
I Will Praise The Lord
1 Chronicles 23:30
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
1 Chronicles 29:10-13
Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
Nehemiah 9:5-6
Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be Thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. Thou, even Thou, art LORD alone; Thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and Thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth Thee.
Psalm 7:17
I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Psalm 9:1-2
I will praise Thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all Thy marvellous works. I will be glad and rejoice in Thee: I will sing praise to Thy name, O Thou most High.
Psalm 22:22
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Psalm 28:6-8
Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
1 Chronicles 29:10-13
Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
Nehemiah 9:5-6
Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be Thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. Thou, even Thou, art LORD alone; Thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and Thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth Thee.
Psalm 7:17
I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Psalm 9:1-2
I will praise Thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all Thy marvellous works. I will be glad and rejoice in Thee: I will sing praise to Thy name, O Thou most High.
Psalm 22:22
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Psalm 28:6-8
Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Cat Fight!!
1 Chronicles 16:11 "Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His face continually."
So today I woke with a jolt! One second I was sound asleep and the next I was bolt upright in bed. The cats were fighting, screaming and chasing each other all around my bedroom, and my Yorkie, Maddie, was dancing around on the bed and telling on them, making as much noise as they were! It seems that Squirt, now that he is a year old, has decided that he wants to usurp Mr. Man's authority so he's been challenging him and fighting with him. Three times today, I've had to physically grab them by the nape of the neck and throw them outside. I guess from now until we move, if they are in the house at the same time, they will have to be closed into separate rooms.
Nothing much else has happened today except that I have spent all afternoon and evening trying to make this blog look better. At least I got rid of that nasty blue/black page background! LOL So now I'm just sitting here watching American Idol to see who goes off, and still fooling around with this dumb blonde.. er... blog. I'm gonna try to see if I can come up with a header image instead of just the boring text.
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Here are the culprits back when they actually got along!
So today I woke with a jolt! One second I was sound asleep and the next I was bolt upright in bed. The cats were fighting, screaming and chasing each other all around my bedroom, and my Yorkie, Maddie, was dancing around on the bed and telling on them, making as much noise as they were! It seems that Squirt, now that he is a year old, has decided that he wants to usurp Mr. Man's authority so he's been challenging him and fighting with him. Three times today, I've had to physically grab them by the nape of the neck and throw them outside. I guess from now until we move, if they are in the house at the same time, they will have to be closed into separate rooms.
Nothing much else has happened today except that I have spent all afternoon and evening trying to make this blog look better. At least I got rid of that nasty blue/black page background! LOL So now I'm just sitting here watching American Idol to see who goes off, and still fooling around with this dumb blonde.. er... blog. I'm gonna try to see if I can come up with a header image instead of just the boring text.
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Here are the culprits back when they actually got along!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Number 8 Means 'New Beginnings'
Psalm 139:17-18 "How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, Oh God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand..."
So this is the beginning of my blog. I don't know how often I'll post, or what all I will be putting in here.... maybe just daily news, maybe some links to places I find interesting, and maybe some scrapbook freebies. But I do know that if I cain't get rid of this stupid blue/black background, I will prob'ly be too frustrated to come look at it, much less post in it! I'm a visual person, and that is a blight that I don't want to look at!
So anyways... Today is a wonderful, warm day. (Thank You, Father, that spring is finally here!) I have a little sparrow that has finally discovered my bird feeder that has been up for a month. A little bit ago, he flew up to the window and latched onto the edge of it to try to see himself up close. I guess he found out it wasn't a mirror when he got that close! LOL The rest of the birds are out there telling the Father how much they enjoy the warm sun and gentle breeze. And I'm in the house, watching 7th Heaven. I woke up this morning feeling like I'd been drugged. Don't know what that's about. I've had moderate pain and discomfort all morning, but I'm gonna take something for that, and in about an hour I'm gonna go out there and join those birds in telling Father how much I appreciate spring and all the rest that He has done for me!
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This is my sister and me, taken on Christmas 2007. She's on the left, I'm on the right.
So this is the beginning of my blog. I don't know how often I'll post, or what all I will be putting in here.... maybe just daily news, maybe some links to places I find interesting, and maybe some scrapbook freebies. But I do know that if I cain't get rid of this stupid blue/black background, I will prob'ly be too frustrated to come look at it, much less post in it! I'm a visual person, and that is a blight that I don't want to look at!
So anyways... Today is a wonderful, warm day. (Thank You, Father, that spring is finally here!) I have a little sparrow that has finally discovered my bird feeder that has been up for a month. A little bit ago, he flew up to the window and latched onto the edge of it to try to see himself up close. I guess he found out it wasn't a mirror when he got that close! LOL The rest of the birds are out there telling the Father how much they enjoy the warm sun and gentle breeze. And I'm in the house, watching 7th Heaven. I woke up this morning feeling like I'd been drugged. Don't know what that's about. I've had moderate pain and discomfort all morning, but I'm gonna take something for that, and in about an hour I'm gonna go out there and join those birds in telling Father how much I appreciate spring and all the rest that He has done for me!
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This is my sister and me, taken on Christmas 2007. She's on the left, I'm on the right.
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