My Daybook

FOR TODAY : Monday, March 9th ,2009
Outside my window... Dark out but what a nice day. Can't wait for spring
I am thinking...that I am going to miss the kids tomorrow
I am thankful for... the time I had with my dog Minnie. I am going to miss her so!!
From the kitchen... pork loin chops,gravy ,brown rice , cottage cheese salad
I am wearing... just clothes
I am creating...nothing
I am going...actually no where this week
I am reading...nothing
I am hoping...to get my St.Patrick Day cards in the mail and that my heart will quit hurting so.
I am hearing...hubby watching t.v.
Around the house...needs picked up and dusted
One of my favorite things...the thought of my children coming home for spring break
A few plans for the rest of the week: actually nothing planned.
Here is picture thought I am sharing... My brother Craig and his children Abraham and Maudie

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FOR TODAY ...February 23,2009
Outside my window...snowy and cold!
I am thinking...what this week will hold!!
I am thankful for...that my nephew's were good this weekend. No problems like I thought they would be
From the kitchen...nothing yet
I am wearing...an old pink shirt and green pants
I am creating...nothing
I am going...actually nowhere this week.
I am reading...still the same old book
I am hoping...that things get better for us all and that my niece and nephew get to come home for a week
I am hearing...my nephew Abraham and niece Maudie (its back to babysitting)
Around the house...needs dusting,finish putting up St. Paddy's Day decorations
One of my favorite things...
A few plans for the rest of the week:maybe a trip to Kroger
Here is picture thought I am sharing...Can anyone HELP ?? I can't figure out how to add a picture??

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FOR TODAY February 19,2009
Outside my window... SNOWING!! and COLD!!
I am thinking...How beautiful the snow is and it won't last as spring is coming and what will I feed my nephews tomorrow night.
I am thankful for...My Husband and my 16 yr old niece that sent us a Valentine, more what she wrote in the card. It meant so much to me !
From the kitchen...chicken breasts, and gravy
I am wearing...lots of clothes
I am creating...nothing
I am going...nowhere
I am reading...trying to read still When Christ Comes
I am hoping...that Spring comes soon!
I am hearing...the puppies barking
Around the house...it needs alot of cleaning,been sick this week
One of my favorite things...my hot water bottle
A few plans for the rest of the week:besides Church actually Nothing. Kinda lost this week without my weekly iron treatments. Cut down to once a month.
Here is picture thought I am sharing...not sure how to add at the moment

February 9,2009

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Outside my window...melting snow,much warmer weather today

I am thinking... how hard it is to handle what I am given,but with the Lord's help we will manage.

From the learning rooms... working on my Valentine's

I am thankful for... Everything that God has given us

From the kitchen... veggie soup

I am wearing... turquoise shirt,blue pants, red flannel shirt

I am reading... When Christ Comes

I am hoping... that things will get better

I am creating...actually nothing

I am hearing....the puppy barking

Around the house... needs the vacuum ran and dusted

One of my favorite things...to see my Church family,so much love from them

A few plans for the rest of the week...Go to the Dr. hopefully my iron treatments will let up;

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...

Tuesday,January13,2009

Well,its been over a month since I have wrote on my blog. Not from lack of trying ,but for some odd reason we have been busy. It seemed like after Thanksgiving one of us was sick every week. The weekend of the 12th I got cellulitis in my leg and was so sick. I should had went to the hospital as I had a temp of 103 two days in a row. Then on the 16th our dog had 12 puppies ( 2 died) . We hadn't planned on these and our lovely dogs dug out of their pen and this was the result of it. The puppies are so cute. They will be hard to part with.
On the 19th of December my niece Larissa and nephew Kellen came home for Christmas. It was so wonderful to see them and HUG them. But it was a;so bittersweet as we knew that in two weeks that they would fly home again.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day was nice as we all got together for food and fun time together. We didn't really exchange gifts as their is so many of us and we all had somewhat of a hard time this yr.But we did exchange names for New Year's Eve. It is something that my niece started last yr. You buy the person that you drew a 5.00 gift. It could be something that they like to eat or anything. My niece Larissa did the shopping for my brother who drew my name and she did such a nice job. It was all Dear God stuff. I love those kids.
New Year's Eve we all got together and it was fun!! My niece wanted party hats so she brought those and beads for all us ladies. I bought poppers for the kids to left off at midnight. My sister bought the little kids party hats and a pinata for them to do at midnight, We had finger foods and had a good time laughing and being together. But I think it was in the back of all our minds that Larissa and Kellen would leave us again in two days.
My sister Amber and I then stayed up till 4 am playing cards with the kids . We have learned that we are OLD!! I slept till like 1 p.m. The next day. On New Year's Day my lovely wonderful husband starting cooking dinner for me as everyone was coming back at 4:00 p.m. to eat. He got the ham baked and the spare ribs almost cooked when the power went off. Thank God !! for my generator. It kicked our power on.We couldn't use our stove then but he finished the spare ribs in the electric skillet He put the green bean casserole in the crockpot . We peeled the potatoes and he started them out on the grill on the burner. Thankfully the power came back on and we finished the casserole in the oven and he brought the potatoes back in and we finished them. We then all had dinner together. Larissa and Kellen wanted to go tell their friends goodbye but wanted to make sure they could come back and see all of us. Well I guess Larissa went to the movies with her Aunt and Kellen went to see friends.
When Kellen came back it was so hard because we all knew that he didn't want to go back. He cried so much . I don't see him as being 14 yrs old. I see Kellen as a little boy when I look at him. He was so cute !! ( not that he isn't now.) He was my first nephew and it was all so diffrent having a little guy around. He was just so cute and always had a huge grin of his face. He hugged and kissed us all and promised that he would be back. I think he had us all in tears. Larissa came home later that night and of course she didn't want to go with her Dad's as then she would be faced with the fact that she was going back to Florida the next morning. Amber and I stayed up another night with her. Our niece Abbie was also here. We played SkipBo and at 3 am Larissa made brownies. At 5 a.m. Amber called it a night and took the girls to their homes. Larissa hugged and kissed me and promised me that this would be the last time I had to tell her GOODBYE!! I am planning on keeping her to this as "My Children" mean the world to me and it hurts so much everytime I have to part with them. So, at 7 a.m. on Friday January 2nd their Dad left to take them to the airport. Larissa called me when she landed in Florida to tell me that they had landed and that she loved me. I felt so good!!
On January 2nd Robert went out to our dog pen and noticed that our female dog Samantha looked diffrent. So he lifted up the flap on the doghouse and there was 3 puppies in it. He brought them and showed me and all I could say was what are we going to do with 3 more???We figured that they was 2 weeks younger then our other pups as their eyes wasn't opened. These puppies are HUGE!! The largest weighed 3 pounds.
Well, I will stop for now and hopefully add to this tomorrow besides do my daybook even tho' I'm late!! I will continue with our GOODLUCK tomorrow. One of our "surprise Puppies "in this picture


This is my nephew Kellen and niece Larissa on 12/19 with my sister Amber and their sister ( our niece) Michelle