As promised...
I guess I need to back up a bit. Not because I forgot anything, but because this part of the story comes before we went to the motel.
On one of our last days staying at my parents, it was pretty late in the evening and I got a phone call from my eagle friend, Wendy. The conversation went something like this:
Wendy: Hey, K., How are you?
Me: Blessed!
Wendy: Have you guys found a house yet?
Me: Not yet... we've been out looking every night and have two that we're waiting to hear back about.
Wendy: Well I have someone here... Taylor's nurse. Her name is Kay... She and her husband flip houses. You know what that is?
Me: Yeah! I just discovered that show a week or so before we moved out. It's really awesome how that do that!
Wendy: Well they don't do anything on the scale of the TV show, but I asked her if they had any houses that they were working on, and she said they actually were finishing one up soon. So I asked her "Within a month?" and she said yes. It's a 3 bedroom, two up and one down, bathroom on both floors. Would you be interested?
Me: Oh my gosh! YES!! Where is it?
Wendy: It's on the corner of ******** Ave. & **** St. A yellow house with shutters and a decent sized back yard.
Me: In *******?
Wendy: Yeah.
Wendy: we were just sitting here talking and I was telling her about you guys and your situation, and that you needed to be there to start taking care of your parents more, and how much you've been a blessing to me, and about Jessie and Drew and what good kids they are.
She said they would be willing to rent that house instead of selling it.
Me: Do you know how much?
(I hear her asking Kay in the background)
Wendy: She said $___
Me: You've got to be kidding! That is right where we need it to be! We've run into a situation where we found out that we won't have quite as much as we were planning on and would have to come down some and that is exactly what we needed to come down to. That is so like my Father!! God is so awesome!
Me: Do you know if we would be able to keep our dogs?
Wendy: I really don't know anything about it other than what I've told you. But she's here, you want to ask her?
Me: Sure!
Kay: Hi, K.! It sounds like we have a house you need?
Me: It sure does! I'm so excited! I do have a few questions for you though...
Kay: Sure! what's that?
Me (tentatively): Do you allow pets?
Kay: Well... I hadn't thought about it.. what kind do you have?
Me: We've got two dogs. One is a little lapdog... a Yorkie. The other is a small German Shepherd mix who will primarily be an outside dog.
Kay: I'm not sure... it probably won't be a problem, but I'll talk to my husband before I say definitely. We haven't laid carpet yet. We put all new laminated wood floors in the new bathroom, the kitchen, and the dining room and we were going to carpet the living room and the bedroom because they have the older hard wood floors, but they're kinda scratched up and not in the best shape. But I suppose we could just not put the carpet down... I'll see what he says. I'm sure it'll be fine.
Me: Whew! That is a relief! They are family to us and it's so hard to find a place where we can keep them. I do have one other question.... what about waterbeds? Are the floors solid enough for them? I have fibromyalgia and the bed we have is so horrible. I wake up in a lot of pain most mornings.
Kay: As long as it's on the main floor, I don't see why not!
Me: It would be. That is great! It looks like God just worked this out perfectly!
Kay: Sure does! Well, we've got a graduation party to do this weekend, but let me give you my phone number and get yours, and I will get back with you about the dogs and by then I should know more about when it will be finished. I've got to run, so here's Wendy back. Nice talking to you!
Me: Thank you so much, Kay! I cain't wait to hear back from you!! Bye!
I talked to Wendy again for a few minutes while she was backing out to let Kay out of the driveway, then we got off the phone and I about had a shoutin' spell! ROFL Just in time, God (Who is never late, no matter what it looks like) came through for us with a house!
The next day (only because it was already after dark and I wouln't be able to see anything), we drove over by the house and looked in the windows. We really couln't see much, but enough to know that it was a cute little house in a decent looking neighborhood!
So now fast forward to after the two weeks at my parents and the two weeks at the motel. God has impeccable timing! He worked it all out so that we got our stimulus check on the very day that we needed the deposit and first month's rent, and it all coincided with the new vacation cycle at hubby's work (for some weird reason, June 1st is when they can start planning their vacations for the year instead of at the beginning of January when everything else starts over).
So we got the key, signed the year lease... and met one of the new neighbors in the process because she was the witness on the lease. Her name is Carrie, and she is a real sweetheart, about my age, with two daughters and a hubby/boyfriend. So we started moving everything in. Furniture first, and got it in place, then started bringing in the other necessaries a little bit at a time. We still have 3 storage units, but each of them is now missing stuff... most of the furniture, some full boxes, and others just individual things that I have pulled out of the boxes. I'm NOT bringing everything into this house that I had in the other one. Once the landlords get their stuff out of the garage and give us the key, I am going to start bringing things over here and putting price tags on them! I am ging to have a real garage sale for the first time! And to make it easy on me, I just might put a quarter sticker on everything smaller than a breadbox! But at least I am finally going to be getting rid of my packrat stuff! LOL
And now you know.... the rest of the story!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
I'm Back!!
Mornin', Ya'll!!
I've been back a week or so now, but I'm only getting the occasional quiet time alone to gather my thoughts so I can write in here. And I'm not sure how long I'll even stay awake, because it's after 2 AM and I'm sleepy.
But anyways... where do I even begin?? I know, I know... at the beginning. But I've slept since then... how am I supposed to remember it all?? LOL
Ok.. let me think.......
After we moved all our stuff into storage, we still couln't find any place to rent. So we had to stay at my parents' house for a little bit. I hated it. Absolutely and completely. Don't get me wrong... I love my parents. But one house was never meant for two families, especially when there are two women who have run their own households for too long and are set in their ways. I hated it that my dogs had to stay in her nasty basement and that she complained daily about the 'dog smell' ...that was all in her head (because somebody was constantly taking them out or else they were gone with us). I hated it that she blatantly played favorites with my dogs. She loves Buddy and would always baby-talk him and talk about what a nice sweet dog he is, then turn around and say really mean things about Maddie, like that she cain't stand her and wouln't care if she was in the middle of the ocean with a rock tied around her neck. I hated it that I couln't discipline my kids without getting one or the other of them (my parents) upset. I hated it that she had her nose in every single aspect of our business. Like just because we were staying in her house, she had a right to know our every thought. I hate "you should..." "ya'll better..." "Now K., when he gets his check, you better make him..." "you better not be spending your money on that, you need to save it for...". Anyways, so after a week or so, I was starting to adjust(if you can call it that), and then right out of the blue, her pastor throws us out! My parents rent their house from their church, which is why he even had that authority, but still... I mean, we weren't causing any trouble, we weren't destroying the place... if we even left something laying in the wrong place we got told about it by mom or scowled at by dad! But he up and makes us leave. And not like he quietly came over to the house and asked us to leave... no, he waits til they got in church for prayer meeting and atarts praying and loudly 'telling God' "They've got to go!!!" I'm still trying to figure out where the love of Christ is in that! So, whatever... he let us stay one more week til the kids were out of school.
Every night, when Dave got home from work, we'd leave. And every time we'd leave to go anywhere, we had to take Maddie or both dogs with us, even if we were going to the store. Most nights we were going out driving around looking for 'For Rent' signs in yards, or going to look at the ones in the paper or that someone told us about. Every time we'd see another door, it would slam in our faces. It was almost like we were being forced to stay at my parents', but then that door slammed in our faces too. When we'd look at a place, it either cost too much rent, or it was too small, or it had a second floor and the bedrooms were all on it, or if everything was ok about it, someone else would get it right out from under our noses.
So, since we had to leave there and nothing opened up for us, we went to a motel to stay for the next two weeks.
It's not cheap to stay in a motel, so I went to the phonebook to call around and see where would be the least expensive. That was the 'Stay Inn' in Marion. What a mistake!! We went there, knowing that it was all we could afford since my parents were actually fronting us the money, but when the guy showed us the room we would have to live in for two weeks, it was all I could take. I broke down and cried. For a long time. The place was moldy and mildewed, nasty, tiny, had cigarette burns all over the microwave and tiny fridge, poorly patched walls, unpatched fist holes in the walls, and just felt dirty, even though all I was doing was standing in the middle of the room. So we started back to my parents' house and decided to go check at the place where we had spent the first night before resigning ourselves to staying at mom & dad's. Al Smith's Place. Come to find out, it cost the same for the weekly rate, it was twice the size or more, clean, freshly painted, had a big corner shower, a kitchenette sink by the door, a microwave and half refrigerator without the cigarette burns... the total opposite of the other one! So it had been about an hour and a half, and Dad and Dave went back to the Stay Inn to get our money back because we weren't going to be staying there. At first they weren't going to give it back. They said they had to wait til the next day if they wanted to discuss it further. Then when we went back the next day, they were only going to give back half. After going through a major hassle and mom writing a letter threatening going to the police and writing to the editor of the Marion Star newpaper, and contacting the Better Business Bureau and the Attorney General, and I don't remember who all else, they decided to give back the part that went on the credit card, but not the cash. No way! I can be as stubborn as mom when it comes to money... so I stayed right there arguing with her til she agreed to give back all but $9. And I would have gotten that $9 too, but by then we were pushing too close to the time we needed to pick up the moving truck, so Dave made me quit arguing and leave.
Anyways, so we ended up at this really adorable place that had a cottage garden feel to it.
Here it is looking through the gazebo...
then a pic of the left half (it was basically shaped like this --> |_| with the gazebo at the top)
Here's the gazebo... isn't it just beautiful??
And then here is our room. We were on the end... but even though there is a door there, it's only for looks. Our door was in the back.
And now that I've gotten you caught up to what happened for the first month, I'm going to quit here and post about how we 'found' our house and up til now in the next post. I won't guarantee that it will be tomorrow or anything, but I do promise that I won't post anything else til I get the whole story told. Fair enough? And if I remember things that need to be posted in this first half of the story, I'll either update it or else add it to the end of the second half.
I've been back a week or so now, but I'm only getting the occasional quiet time alone to gather my thoughts so I can write in here. And I'm not sure how long I'll even stay awake, because it's after 2 AM and I'm sleepy.
But anyways... where do I even begin?? I know, I know... at the beginning. But I've slept since then... how am I supposed to remember it all?? LOL
Ok.. let me think.......
After we moved all our stuff into storage, we still couln't find any place to rent. So we had to stay at my parents' house for a little bit. I hated it. Absolutely and completely. Don't get me wrong... I love my parents. But one house was never meant for two families, especially when there are two women who have run their own households for too long and are set in their ways. I hated it that my dogs had to stay in her nasty basement and that she complained daily about the 'dog smell' ...that was all in her head (because somebody was constantly taking them out or else they were gone with us). I hated it that she blatantly played favorites with my dogs. She loves Buddy and would always baby-talk him and talk about what a nice sweet dog he is, then turn around and say really mean things about Maddie, like that she cain't stand her and wouln't care if she was in the middle of the ocean with a rock tied around her neck. I hated it that I couln't discipline my kids without getting one or the other of them (my parents) upset. I hated it that she had her nose in every single aspect of our business. Like just because we were staying in her house, she had a right to know our every thought. I hate "you should..." "ya'll better..." "Now K., when he gets his check, you better make him..." "you better not be spending your money on that, you need to save it for...". Anyways, so after a week or so, I was starting to adjust(if you can call it that), and then right out of the blue, her pastor throws us out! My parents rent their house from their church, which is why he even had that authority, but still... I mean, we weren't causing any trouble, we weren't destroying the place... if we even left something laying in the wrong place we got told about it by mom or scowled at by dad! But he up and makes us leave. And not like he quietly came over to the house and asked us to leave... no, he waits til they got in church for prayer meeting and atarts praying and loudly 'telling God' "They've got to go!!!" I'm still trying to figure out where the love of Christ is in that! So, whatever... he let us stay one more week til the kids were out of school.
Every night, when Dave got home from work, we'd leave. And every time we'd leave to go anywhere, we had to take Maddie or both dogs with us, even if we were going to the store. Most nights we were going out driving around looking for 'For Rent' signs in yards, or going to look at the ones in the paper or that someone told us about. Every time we'd see another door, it would slam in our faces. It was almost like we were being forced to stay at my parents', but then that door slammed in our faces too. When we'd look at a place, it either cost too much rent, or it was too small, or it had a second floor and the bedrooms were all on it, or if everything was ok about it, someone else would get it right out from under our noses.
So, since we had to leave there and nothing opened up for us, we went to a motel to stay for the next two weeks.
It's not cheap to stay in a motel, so I went to the phonebook to call around and see where would be the least expensive. That was the 'Stay Inn' in Marion. What a mistake!! We went there, knowing that it was all we could afford since my parents were actually fronting us the money, but when the guy showed us the room we would have to live in for two weeks, it was all I could take. I broke down and cried. For a long time. The place was moldy and mildewed, nasty, tiny, had cigarette burns all over the microwave and tiny fridge, poorly patched walls, unpatched fist holes in the walls, and just felt dirty, even though all I was doing was standing in the middle of the room. So we started back to my parents' house and decided to go check at the place where we had spent the first night before resigning ourselves to staying at mom & dad's. Al Smith's Place. Come to find out, it cost the same for the weekly rate, it was twice the size or more, clean, freshly painted, had a big corner shower, a kitchenette sink by the door, a microwave and half refrigerator without the cigarette burns... the total opposite of the other one! So it had been about an hour and a half, and Dad and Dave went back to the Stay Inn to get our money back because we weren't going to be staying there. At first they weren't going to give it back. They said they had to wait til the next day if they wanted to discuss it further. Then when we went back the next day, they were only going to give back half. After going through a major hassle and mom writing a letter threatening going to the police and writing to the editor of the Marion Star newpaper, and contacting the Better Business Bureau and the Attorney General, and I don't remember who all else, they decided to give back the part that went on the credit card, but not the cash. No way! I can be as stubborn as mom when it comes to money... so I stayed right there arguing with her til she agreed to give back all but $9. And I would have gotten that $9 too, but by then we were pushing too close to the time we needed to pick up the moving truck, so Dave made me quit arguing and leave.
Anyways, so we ended up at this really adorable place that had a cottage garden feel to it.
Here it is looking through the gazebo...
then a pic of the left half (it was basically shaped like this --> |_| with the gazebo at the top)
Here's the gazebo... isn't it just beautiful??
And then here is our room. We were on the end... but even though there is a door there, it's only for looks. Our door was in the back.
And now that I've gotten you caught up to what happened for the first month, I'm going to quit here and post about how we 'found' our house and up til now in the next post. I won't guarantee that it will be tomorrow or anything, but I do promise that I won't post anything else til I get the whole story told. Fair enough? And if I remember things that need to be posted in this first half of the story, I'll either update it or else add it to the end of the second half.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Going temporarily offline
Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."
Philippians 4:19 "But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us"
I've been blogging for one whole month! And I am proud of me... I've been pretty consistent with it and posted, on average, every other day. I'm lovin' it!
But it's all come to a halt as of tonight. This is our last night in this house. Tomorrow we are packing everything else in this house and moving it to the storage unit. As of right now, we don't have a place to go, so I will be packing up my computer and all that is around it and storing it also until we find a place to live where I can have internet again. That is gonna be kinda hard for me... to not have my computer, with or without internet! But ya know... I have already discovered a long time ago that although I'm on it a lot, I can actually do without it and be fine. It's not my whole life, and I'm really not as addicted as I used to be! LOL But all that aside... I will still be back to post updates every chance I get or as soon as we get a place and internet. *grin* Be back soon!
Philippians 4:19 "But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us"
I've been blogging for one whole month! And I am proud of me... I've been pretty consistent with it and posted, on average, every other day. I'm lovin' it!
But it's all come to a halt as of tonight. This is our last night in this house. Tomorrow we are packing everything else in this house and moving it to the storage unit. As of right now, we don't have a place to go, so I will be packing up my computer and all that is around it and storing it also until we find a place to live where I can have internet again. That is gonna be kinda hard for me... to not have my computer, with or without internet! But ya know... I have already discovered a long time ago that although I'm on it a lot, I can actually do without it and be fine. It's not my whole life, and I'm really not as addicted as I used to be! LOL But all that aside... I will still be back to post updates every chance I get or as soon as we get a place and internet. *grin* Be back soon!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Thursday Thirteen... 13 quizzes about me
Your Ideal Pet is a Little Dog |
 You're both high strung, hyper, and cute. You're one of the few people who can get away with carrying your little dog in a little bag. (And yes, I do. I have a cute pink fuzzy bag that I carry Maddie in!) |
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Your Blogging Type is Artistic and Passionate |
 You see your blog as the ultimate personal expression - and work hard to make it great. One moment you may be working on a new dramatic design for your blog... And the next, you're passionately writing about your pet causes. Your blog is very important - and you're careful about who you share it with. |
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You Should Live in the Country |
 You are laid back, calm, and good at entertaining yourself. You don't need an expensive big city to keep you busy. You'll take the peaceful life over the stressful life any day of the week. |
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Your Biblical Name Is... |
 You will live to see the end of times. (I knew that already! I've said for a long time that I'm not going to die, I'm going in the rapture!) |
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Your Personality at 35,000 Says... |
 Deep down, you prefer spending time alone to spending time with others. You enjoy thinking more than talking. (Totally! Especially right now... I've become a recluse and don't wanna change even if I should) You don't spend much time thinking about your place in the world. You are who you are - and people can just deal with that! (well, sometimes I'm like that... other times I just stress over not fitting in) Your gift is having a good eye. You take amazing pictures and have the natural talent for most visual arts. (This one, I think got it right. Exactly right. And I love it!) You are inspired by what is possible. Real life is often too ordinary for you. (I don't know if that is me or not. Mostly I think not... if I'm wrong, somebody let me know, and why!) It's very easy for you to feel happy. You can find peace with any situation. (This is true for the most part... although sometimes it takes a little while to find peace in the very toughest situations) |
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You Are Pretty Logical |
 You're a bit of a wizard when it comes to logic While you don't have perfect logic, you logic is pretty darn good Keep at it - you've got a lot of natural talent in this area! |
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Your Love is Based on Commitment |
 You believe that love is something that develops and grows. You don't believe in love at first site, and you never mistake lust for love. For you, love is about mutual devotion, respect, and understanding. You don't feel comfortable in a relationship, unless you're both in it for the long run Why your love can last: You don't take commitment lightly - or leave relationships easily. Why your love can fail: You're so committed, you often can't see the most obvious problems in your relationship |
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You Are a Carnation |
 You are down to earth and grounded. You tend to be more traditional than trendy. Your confidence gets you through anything. People trust you and are very loyal to you. |
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Your Thinking is Concrete and Random |
 You are naturally inquisitive and curious. You're excited by new ideas, and you are a true independent thinker. You are interested in what is possible. You like the process of discovery. You are often experimenting, challenging old ideas, and inventing new concepts. Rules, restrictions, and limit don't really work for you. You have to do things your own way, and you can't be bothered to explain yourself. |
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You Are Medium Maintenance |
 You aren't as hard to deal with as some girls, but you aren't the most laid back chick either. You're easy to deal with 90% of the time, but watch out for that 10%! If the guy you are with has good intentions, then calm down a little,but if he's really screwing up, don't waste your breath - move on :-) |
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You Are a Realist |
 You don't see the glass as half empty or half full. You see what's exactly in the glass. You never try to make a bad situation seem better than it is... But you also never sabotage any good things you have going on. You are brutally honest in your assessments of situations - and this always seems to help you cope. |
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Your Linguistic Profile: |
 60% General American English 15% Dixie 15% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern 0% Yankee |
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You Belong in 1988 |
 Wild, over the top, and just a little bit cheesy. You're colorful at night - and successful during the day. |
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Regardless
Just to summarize, for those who don't know me...
The owners of the house we are in have decided to put it back on the market and resell it. We have been trying to find someplace else to move for awhile, but now it has come right down to the wire and this is our last week here, even if we haven't found somewhere else to live. Which we haven't. So we're packing our stuff and moving it to a storage unit this weekend, and they will come to change the locks on Saturday once we have everything out and get it ready for the real estate people or the buyers or whoever. We will take the kids to my parents house and I don't have a clue where Dave & I will go. We cain't stay at my parents' house because one, there really isn't room, and two, she won't allow my dogs in the house and doesn't have a yard for them to be outside (as if you could put a Yorkie outside anyways!), and three, there could be some serious physical repercussions from the tension and stress of us staying at their house for more than one night. We cain't really afford a motel at $50 a night, and still save any kind of money for a house. But we cain't find a house either. We have driven up and down streets in every town that is within decent driving distance of Dave's work and the kids' school and have driven over all the country roads between those towns and there is nothing for us. We need a single story, 3 br. house for rent. (I have physical problems that prevent me from getting up and down stairs. Besides the fibromyalgia, I have been having problems with my knees to where it causes pain if I put any weight on my leg when it's bent.) We can find one, but not both. If it's single story, it's not a 3 bedroom. If it's a 3 br, it's not a single story. If it's a single story and 3 br. it's for sale, not for rent. And the two times that we actually did find something that could possibly work, they weren't gonna be ready til at least June! So while we both really hate the idea, but we're even looking for apartments now. But I'm finding that it's near impossible to find a 3 br. apartment, much less a decent one! Right now, unless God intervenes, it seems like the only option we have is to buy a tent and an air mattress and rent a spot at a campground until something opens up for us.
So like Job said, "...the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD." (Job 1:21)
Regardless of the situation we're in, regardless of whether we become homeless or not, regardless of what the enemy tries to do to destroy my faith...
I WILL STILL PRAISE THE LORD FOREVER! He is my King, He is my Deliverer, He is my Refuge. He said it best to me one Sunday morning... He said "I am God Almighty, but I am your Daddy and I love you!" I can talk to Him about anything and I can ask Him for anything, just as my kids can talk to me about anything or ask me for anything. I'm always there to listen, help, encourage, or give, and always to love, and so is my Daddy always there to listen, help, encourage, give, and always love me.
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"
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