Friday, September 12, 2008
New Background
So I have been playing today with the HTML for my blog and created a new background. I think it turned out really well! Anyway, It is quite a bit different, so take a look if you'd like!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Special Deliveries
I got this in an email, and since I am not a huge fan of forwarding on emails, I thought I would share it here. It is just really sweet and sad and a good reminder...Especially the last paragraph, which is what I imagine my mother telling me The cancer is all gone, and so is the pain!
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She jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: 'How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?'
The surgeon said, 'I'm sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it.'
Sally said, 'Why do little children get cancer? Doesn't God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?'
The surgeon asked, 'Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the university.'
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good bye to son. She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair.. 'Would you like a lock of his hair?' the nurse asked. Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sally..
The mother said, 'It was Jimmy's idea to donate his body to the University for Study. He said it might help somebody else. 'I said no at first, but Jimmy said, 'Mom, I won't be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.' She went on, 'My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could.'
Sally walked out of Children's Mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's belongings on the seat beside her in the car.
The drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried Jimmy's belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son's room.
She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room exactly where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Lying beside her on the bed was a folded letter. The letter said:
'Dear Mom,
I know you're going to miss me; but don't think that I will ever forget you, or stop loving you, just 'cause I'm not around to say 'I Love You'. I will always love you, Mom, even more with each day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, that's okay with me. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do. You'll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, you know.
Don't be sad thinking about me. This really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything. The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly. And, you know what? Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures. Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him. Jesus himself took me to see GOD! And guess what, Mom? I got to sit on God's knee and talk to Him, like I was somebody important. That's when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you good bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn't allowed. Well, you know what Mom? God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to drop this letter off to you. God said for me to give y ou the answer to one of the questions you asked Him 'where was He when I needed him?' 'God said He was in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children..
Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I've written except you. To everyone else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool? I have to give God His pen back now He needs it to write some more names in the Book of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper. I'm sure the food will be great.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don't hurt anymore the cancer is all gone.. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore and God couldn't stand to see me hurt so much, either. That's when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery! How about that?
Signed with Love from God, Jesus & Me.
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She jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: 'How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?'
The surgeon said, 'I'm sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it.'
Sally said, 'Why do little children get cancer? Doesn't God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?'
The surgeon asked, 'Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the university.'
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good bye to son. She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair.. 'Would you like a lock of his hair?' the nurse asked. Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sally..
The mother said, 'It was Jimmy's idea to donate his body to the University for Study. He said it might help somebody else. 'I said no at first, but Jimmy said, 'Mom, I won't be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.' She went on, 'My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could.'
Sally walked out of Children's Mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's belongings on the seat beside her in the car.
The drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried Jimmy's belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son's room.
She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room exactly where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Lying beside her on the bed was a folded letter. The letter said:
'Dear Mom,I know you're going to miss me; but don't think that I will ever forget you, or stop loving you, just 'cause I'm not around to say 'I Love You'. I will always love you, Mom, even more with each day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, that's okay with me. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do. You'll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, you know.
Don't be sad thinking about me. This really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything. The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly. And, you know what? Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures. Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him. Jesus himself took me to see GOD! And guess what, Mom? I got to sit on God's knee and talk to Him, like I was somebody important. That's when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you good bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn't allowed. Well, you know what Mom? God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to drop this letter off to you. God said for me to give y ou the answer to one of the questions you asked Him 'where was He when I needed him?' 'God said He was in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children..
Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I've written except you. To everyone else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool? I have to give God His pen back now He needs it to write some more names in the Book of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper. I'm sure the food will be great.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don't hurt anymore the cancer is all gone.. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore and God couldn't stand to see me hurt so much, either. That's when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery! How about that?
Signed with Love from God, Jesus & Me.
33 and ear drums
So, a while back, Felicity and I were talking. It was last Tuesday and we were just sitting about the house and talking. Somehow we got to talking about ages. She asked me how old I was. I told her that I was 27, but next month I will be 28. She said something like WOW...Then she went on to say the following: "You are going to be 20 and 13 when you die." I said, what? 20 and 13, so 33? She said "Yes, you will be 33 when you die!" Needless to say this was quite a shock to me. Dieing at 33 is definitely not on the agenda. (as if it ever is on the agenda!) She was so matter of fact about it. But she was also sad about it. It was heart breaking to look at her face when she said it. It was that I am going to miss you like I miss my Grandma look. It was sad.
On a different note, Tuesday night we put Felicity to bed at 8, as usual. At about 9 she woke up screaming. We went in to check on her and she said My ear hurts. We told her to go to sleep,and it would feel better in the morning (I blame my parents for this one! They always told me that! Of course usually it worked) This went on for the entire night. We gave her Tylenol at one point, children's motrin at another point, and she was up practically the entire night. You could tell she was in a lot of pain. So Wednesday morning we called her doctor and took her first thing. He looked in her ear and couldn't see anything, we thought it was ear wax,. He got a little tool thing and started cleaning out the 'wax' which turned out to be blood and puss. Turns out that Felicity ruptured her ear drum. Everyone's best guess is that she had an ear infection (with no symptoms, lucky us) that kept swelling up and eventually ruptured. It was a small tear from all the doct could tell. He put her on antibiotics for the infection and motrin when needed for the pain. It was so sad, especially when I had to hold her down while the doctor cleaned out her ear. It was sad!
On a different note, Tuesday night we put Felicity to bed at 8, as usual. At about 9 she woke up screaming. We went in to check on her and she said My ear hurts. We told her to go to sleep,and it would feel better in the morning (I blame my parents for this one! They always told me that! Of course usually it worked) This went on for the entire night. We gave her Tylenol at one point, children's motrin at another point, and she was up practically the entire night. You could tell she was in a lot of pain. So Wednesday morning we called her doctor and took her first thing. He looked in her ear and couldn't see anything, we thought it was ear wax,. He got a little tool thing and started cleaning out the 'wax' which turned out to be blood and puss. Turns out that Felicity ruptured her ear drum. Everyone's best guess is that she had an ear infection (with no symptoms, lucky us) that kept swelling up and eventually ruptured. It was a small tear from all the doct could tell. He put her on antibiotics for the infection and motrin when needed for the pain. It was so sad, especially when I had to hold her down while the doctor cleaned out her ear. It was sad!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
My New Discovery
So with the recent completion of the Twilight Series I have discovered a new draw to more vampire books. I don't necessarily go out just to buy books. I go to the grocery store and pass their books section and it is like something jumps out and pulls me towards any book about vampires. I loved the Twilight Series. I thought it was a great story and enjoyed it start to finish. I read the first three books 5 times and I have read Breaking Dawn twice. I recently read the copy of Midnight Sun that Stephenie posted on her website. I am hoping that one day I will be able to put the hard bound copy of Midnight Sun on the shelf next to the rest of the Twilight Series. (Though I completely understand and support Stephenie in her decision regarding the continued writing).
I never liked vampires stuff. I saw Interview with a vampire once. Periodically I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But I never really liked Vampires or anything about Vampires. Obviously Stephenie, Edward and the Cullens have changed that!
So i was walking through Walmart the other day and felt this draw to this book in the YA section. It is a book called Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz. I picked it up, read the back of it and decided to spend teh 8 bucks and pick it up. I was taking a trip to Austin the next day and knew that I needed a new book to read!
So on the airplane, Thursday morning, with Collin sleeping in the seat next to me, i began to read. An hour later when the plane touched down was the first time I took my eyes off the book. I was hooked. I had a busy couple of days and unfortunately did not have much time to read while in Austin. AS I sat down in my seat Friday evening to head back to Lubbock
and found Collin again, sleeping in the seat next to me, I pulled my book out of the diaper bag and began reading, again! I finished it this morning. As soon as the girls went down for naps and Justin was available to keep Collin entertained, I ran to the grocery store for food and picked up the second book in the series Masquerade.I spent the afternoon reading, about 3-5 and then 7-9 and have just finished the book. Along with the first chapter of the next book. The suspense is killing me and I have to wait until October 28 for the next book, Revelations, to come out. And I find out on her website that she is in the process of writing the next Blue Blood series book. Another series to wait for! ARGH! But the books are very good. I found them to be very different from Twilight, but in some sense similar, 
in the fact that you love the vampires. It isn't some scary vampire novel, but it is good!
So if you are looking for a good book to read now that your vampire fix from Twilight is complete, pick up a copy of the Blue Bloods series. It is well worth the 8 bucks! They are paperback and a quick read. If you have read them already, or read them in the future, let me know what you think of them!
I never liked vampires stuff. I saw Interview with a vampire once. Periodically I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But I never really liked Vampires or anything about Vampires. Obviously Stephenie, Edward and the Cullens have changed that!
So i was walking through Walmart the other day and felt this draw to this book in the YA section. It is a book called Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz. I picked it up, read the back of it and decided to spend teh 8 bucks and pick it up. I was taking a trip to Austin the next day and knew that I needed a new book to read! So on the airplane, Thursday morning, with Collin sleeping in the seat next to me, i began to read. An hour later when the plane touched down was the first time I took my eyes off the book. I was hooked. I had a busy couple of days and unfortunately did not have much time to read while in Austin. AS I sat down in my seat Friday evening to head back to Lubbock
and found Collin again, sleeping in the seat next to me, I pulled my book out of the diaper bag and began reading, again! I finished it this morning. As soon as the girls went down for naps and Justin was available to keep Collin entertained, I ran to the grocery store for food and picked up the second book in the series Masquerade.I spent the afternoon reading, about 3-5 and then 7-9 and have just finished the book. Along with the first chapter of the next book. The suspense is killing me and I have to wait until October 28 for the next book, Revelations, to come out. And I find out on her website that she is in the process of writing the next Blue Blood series book. Another series to wait for! ARGH! But the books are very good. I found them to be very different from Twilight, but in some sense similar, 
in the fact that you love the vampires. It isn't some scary vampire novel, but it is good! So if you are looking for a good book to read now that your vampire fix from Twilight is complete, pick up a copy of the Blue Bloods series. It is well worth the 8 bucks! They are paperback and a quick read. If you have read them already, or read them in the future, let me know what you think of them!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
New Pictures to Share
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| Pictures 8/23/08 |
We got some new pictures done last week. And we wanted to share them with everyone! These were taken by Gaylene Erwin. She did an amazing job and I can't compliment her enough! Take a look at these pictures. There is a slideshow, but feel free to also select the link and take a look at them. Click the stack of pictures at the top and you can go to the album. Or the slideshow is here! Enjoy!
By the way, if you are ever able to get pictures done by Gaylene, you really should. They are amazing and she does an amazing job. She is in Lubbock now, but we are saddened that she is moving in October sometime...
Monday, August 25, 2008
Felicity
I felt like Felicity got left out of the blogs today. I made one about Jaicie's first day, and I made one about Collin, but I didn't make one about Felicity. So here it is!
Felicity is a sweet heart. She seems to be getting Collin's cold as well. She has developed a slight fever, but she doesn't act sick at all. Right now she is watching The Chipmunk Adventure. One of my favorite movies when I was little. She has learned to identify all of her letters. And recently has taken to writing them on the walls. (ARGH) But that is conversation for another day. She writes her F's really well, although backwards. She also writes l and I and e fairly well. She continues to branch out with her letters, and hopefully over the next year will learn to write the rest of them too! She misses her sister. And that makes me sad. I am sure she will enjoy being with her brother, but right now he just sleeps so much, especially today while he is sick!
Anyway, Felicity is my baby doll. She makes me smile (as do all of my children) She is very much a middle child! Her potty training is getting better again. Hopefully she will have no more problems!
I love you Felicity! Oh, by the way, she dressed herself today!
Felicity is a sweet heart. She seems to be getting Collin's cold as well. She has developed a slight fever, but she doesn't act sick at all. Right now she is watching The Chipmunk Adventure. One of my favorite movies when I was little. She has learned to identify all of her letters. And recently has taken to writing them on the walls. (ARGH) But that is conversation for another day. She writes her F's really well, although backwards. She also writes l and I and e fairly well. She continues to branch out with her letters, and hopefully over the next year will learn to write the rest of them too! She misses her sister. And that makes me sad. I am sure she will enjoy being with her brother, but right now he just sleeps so much, especially today while he is sick!
Anyway, Felicity is my baby doll. She makes me smile (as do all of my children) She is very much a middle child! Her potty training is getting better again. Hopefully she will have no more problems!
I love you Felicity! Oh, by the way, she dressed herself today!
Bathroom Leaks
So, last night we discovered a leak coming from our bathroom. We are not entirely sure how long it has been going on, but it has obviously been a while. We had some stuff stacked up outside of the bathroom door (in our bedroom) and when we moved it to check the floor, there was mold on the bottom of it and everything was wet. The wet spot just appeared outside the door yesterday. I had never noticed the floor wet at all before that. I called the property management and they are supposed to get it fixed quickly. I am a little worried though that they are going to have to replace the carpet and tile in the bathroom because the water, it seems, is leaking from the toilet under the tile and out the bathroom door. There isn't any water except right around the base of the toilet and outside the door. That would take us out a bedroom and the bathroom. While our place is fairly large, there isn't much room anywhere else to put us. It is a little frustrating. But I certainly don't want to live in a room with moldy carpets! It is so gross! Anyway, here is a picture!
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