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Officially Moved out!!!

2006-06-17T22:51:00.000-07:00

Come see me HERE!!!

Astros pitcher, Roy Oswalt on the mound

2006-06-16T23:17:00.000-07:00

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Roy O is my favorite pitcher and this is a picture from my first and only Astros game that I went to. I was so happy that Roy was pitching that day even though we lost ;(

and since it is also a Father's Day theme I will also include one of my favorite pictures from that day as well.

UPDATE: Here is a picture of Brad Ausmus for Wystful one...

I'm Back/ Photo Hunt Below.

2006-06-16T23:02:00.000-07:00

Hey,I am back over here at Blogger until I get my new home on the web ready for viewing. We are trying to figure out how to edit a template to get my name in the header. If anyone is willing to help.. please feel free to contact me. We need all the help we can get figuring some of this stuff out. We have our own domanin now..YEAHHHHH I am so excited. I want to get the page a little more ready before I release the address. I had to come back to Blogger for a bit because I can import from Blogger but not from wordpress. As far as I know anyway. Anyone out there with wordpress know if there is a way to import old posts from wordpress? Anyway...Thank you all for your patience...

I am moving...

2006-06-10T19:42:00.000-07:00

I am moving into a new place... much less decorated :( I am not all the way settled in yet but if you do not see me here ... I am playing over at the new pad.

Photo Hunt - Community

2006-06-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

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These were taken after the space shuttle Columbia exploded. We went to the memorial to pay our respects. Our community came togther for weeks to mourn the astronauts killed in that accident.Here is a walk through some of what we experienced.

Thursday Thirteen - Smoothie Edition

2006-06-07T22:00:00.000-07:00

13 Smoothie Recipes:

1.Berry Vitamin Packed

1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup blueberries
1/2 cup blackberries
1/2 cup chopped carrots
1 cup milk
1 cup apple juice
2 cups ice

2.Mango Tango

3/4 cup pineapple juice or orange juice
1 sliced banana
1 cup pineapple sherbet
2 cups mango slices
2 cups ice

( "Mangoes are a terrific source of potassium,beta carotene,
and insoluble fiber, which aid in low blood pressure, strong immune systems
and heathly hearts" )

3.Peach Refresher

3/4 cup peach nectar or apple juice
1 sliced banana
1 cup low-fat peach yogurt
2 cups peach slices
2 cups ice

( "Peaches give us the sources that help our bodies
prevent infections, cancers,heart diseases, and strokes.
they also contain nutrients that decrease blood pressure
and menopausal sympyoms." )

4. Pineapple Pleasure

1-1/2 cup frozen pineapple chunks
1/2 cup frozen raspberries
1 cup pineapple sherbet
1/2 cup raspberry juice or low-fat milk ( I would use soy)
1 peeled and sliced kiwi
2 cups ice

( "pineapples act as an anti-inflammatory to soothe
awful sore throats. When you feel a tight throat
coming on , remember this one" )

5.Protien Power

1 1/2 - 2 cups milk ( or soy milk )
2 tablespoon dry chocolate milk mix
1/2 teaspoon dry choclate pudding mix
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 sliced banana
2 cups ice

6.Raspberry Reliever

3/4 cup low fat milk ( soy or rice will work too)
2 cups raspberries
1 cup low-fat raspberry sherbet or yogurt
1/2 banana
2 cups ice

( " Raspberries contain a type of natural aspirin
source that will definately be a relief to your body" )

7. Pineapple Peach Pleaser

3/4 cup pineapple juice
2 cups pineapple chunks
1/2 cup peaches
1 sliced banana
1 cup pineapple sherbet
2 cups ice

( "remember pineapples act as an anti-inflammatory
and helps soothe those sore , inflamed muscles" )

8.Smoothie Soothing Insomnia

1/2 cup soymilk or milk
1 cup plain yogurt
1 cup chopped cantaloupe
1 cup chopped watermelon
1 sliced banana
1 tbs. of honey
2 cups ice

( " The lack of calcium may cause some symptoms of nerve
sensitivity, irritability and/or insomnia. That is why
this calming smoothie was specifically packed full of
calcium and potassium. The potassium in cantaloupe aids in
the stress response and the ingredient honey acts as a sleeping tool
that adds sweetness to the drink. So jump in bed with the smoothie
soothin' insomnia blend, because tonight you'll be getting a good
nights sleep" )

9.Banana Break ( this one seems likea weird combo to me )

1 sliced banana
1 cup limeaid
1 cup lime sherbet
1/2 cup non-fat banana yogurt
2 cups ice

( " Bananas are a great source of potassium which aids the body
during the stress response. So take a break from your stressful
day and drink something that is deliciously creamy and tasty" )

10. Apricot & Blackberry Blend

1-1/2 cups sliced apricots
1 cup sliced nectarines
1/2 cup apricot nectar
1/4 cup frozen blackberries
2 cups ice

( " Both of these delicious fruits are low fat and great at
keeping you regular, while you are watching your weight" )

11.Pear Berry Perfection- ( this is from the smoothies for Men section)

3 cups sliced pears
1 cup strawberry nectar
1/4 cup strawberries
2 cups ice

("Pears are wonderful for preventing strokes and high blood pressure." )

12.Purple Cow - ( Smoothies for kids section)

2 cups vanilla ice cream ( I use Soy Delicious vanilla soy ice cream)
6tbs. frozen grape juice concentrate
1 cup milk ( or soy of course)
1 cup ice

(this one sounds so good to me )

13.Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie ( mmmmmm I LOVE peanut butter)

1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup milk ( again you can use soy or rice milk )
1/2 cup vanilla ice cream ( or soy / rice cream)
2 bananas
1/4 tsp. vanilla ( I use mexican vanilla )
2 cups ice

* Bonus * - I found this one after typing out my thirteen and it sounds very interesting.I LOVE avocado and eat it very regularly, so I am going to have to try this one because I am very , very curious. It actually sounds pretty good to me ..lol

Awesome Orange Avocado

2 cups orange juice
1 1/2 cups pineapple or orange sherbet
1 cup strawberries ( fresh or frozen)
2 bananas
2 tbs honey
1 avocado peeled and sliced
1 1/2 cups ice

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Wordless Wednesday

2006-06-07T04:37:00.000-07:00

Tuesday's Tunes

2006-06-05T22:01:00.000-07:00

I am thinking about dedicating Tuesday's posts to song lyrics. I really love music and this would be a way to keep a list of songs I love for myself and to share them with others. I will start it this Tuesday and see how it goes...lol
Who knows if I will actually remember to do it every Tuesday or not.

I was spending some time in prayer and worship Sunday night. I am a prayer warrior at church and we do a prayer around the clock. My time slot to pray for the church is Sunday at 9:00 pm. I usually do some worship with music before my prayer time . Kind of preparing my heart for worship sort of thing. Also I listen after prayer time to kind of reflect on how awesome God is. I heard this song last Sunday after my prayer time and it reminded me of some things while I was listening to it.

I know alot of people have the misconception that once you become Christian you have the "perfect" life. You have to be perfect and nothing bad happens to you as long as you "believe" .. I am here to tell you that is soooo not the case. God uses trials to teach us things. He uses hardships to draw us near to him. If we were happy all the time, if nothing ever went wrong and life was all "perfect" ...we would never turn to him. We would never kneel down before him with humble hearts and ask for his help.

This song reminded me that even through our hardships we can keep our faith. When you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, you will still encounter pain, sorrow and hardships ...but your perspective on it all is what is different. When you trust in God and know that he is in control...You can have joy through the troubles. You can see the rainbow through your storm.

Here is the song that inspired this post...

Matt Brouwer ...I shall believe ( I think it was originally a Sheryl Crow song )

Come to me now
And lay Your hands over me
Will You find me tonight
Say it will be alright
And I will believe

Broken in two
I know You're on to me
That I only come home
When I'm so all alone
But I do believe

That not everything is gonna be
The way you think it ought to be
It seems like everytime I try and make it right
It all comes down on me
Please say honestly You won't give up on me
And I shall believe

Open the door
And show me Your face tonight
I know it's true
No one heals me like You
And You hold the key

Never again will I turn away from You
I'm so heavy tonight
But Your love is alright
And I do believe

If you want to hear it played you can go HERE and listen.

I am so excited.

2006-06-04T09:48:00.000-07:00

Look what is opening on a street corner near me. YEAHHHHH! I am so excited about this. It is starting to look really , really close to being complete.

Then just because little one looked so darn cute yesterday before we went to church and then a little league All-Star game, I wanted to share a few of my favorite pics that we took of her.

In the car , working in her KIDS magazine:

This picture Guppy took by sitting in the drivers seat and raising his arms up over his head and snapping behind his back..lol It is interesting:

Last but not least here is my favorite picture I took of her yesterday. The thing in her hand is a "20 questions game" and the look on her face is classic. We had picked avocado for it to guess and she was trying to figure out if there were many different varieties of one. She looks all confused ..lol

Photo Hunt - Mirror

2006-06-03T08:09:00.000-07:00

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Ok this was the hardest week for me to be creative. I do not know how to do trick photography and I am the last person on this planet that still does not know how to use Photoshop. SOOOOOO this weeks theme will me just what it says .... actual mirrors.

This first one used to be black and gold EEKKKKK!!!..lol So we spray painted it blue and sponged stars around it to fit above the little bench we distressed as well. We did this mirror originally so little one had a mirror she could walk up to and see herself without climbing up on something. She is now wayyyy to tall for it. It just remains as part of the decor now.

This next set is showing how we recycled this oak mirror we bought to hang in our laundry room bathroom at our last house. We looked forever for a mirror to hang above a table we have in our entry way hall. We never could find the "perfect" mirror and actually agree on it ..lol So one day I suggested we use the oak one and paint it black to match. Viola , we had a mirror that was the perfect size to hang above the table.

( I know the picture is real grainy and dark. I apologize but it's the only before pic I had of it.)

I also apologize for the photos above not being more recent but like I said... I was at a loss on this one. So to participate I had to pull out some oldies.

The cool thing about the black table is the flower arrangements,and the candles are from our wedding. Also the basket on the bottom was lil one's "leaf" girl basket. We had a fall wedding so she threw fall leaves instead of flowers. I love that my wedding decorations fit into out decor at home so that I can keep them out and enjoy them all the time.

Taken today:

I apologize :(

2006-06-01T15:12:00.000-07:00

Sorry for those of you coming here to read my Thursday Thirteen. I had it planned all week to type up thirteen smoothie recipes as suggested last week. As you can tell I never got that done. Have you ever had a week were you felt like you were run ragged and busy. Busy ,but then again do not feel like you really accomplished much? Kind of like you were running in circles chasing your tail and now you are just worn out, but for what???? That has been my week for some reason. You know I have not really set aside quiet time with God this week either. That just dawned on me. I am pretty positive that would be the reason I am feeling wore out and pulled a hundred different directions in my mind. I haven't felt like I have had enough sleep this week either. I need to get back to eating more veggies and fruits I think. I mean I have been eating good but not as many raw living foods as I usually do. You ever feel like your body is trying to tell you something? I think mine is wanting to smack me upside my head ..lol

Well for those of you that said you liked smoothies and maybe even came here to see if I posted the recipes to them...here are a few to hold you over until next Thursday when I really hope to have 13 of them posted. I hope everyone is having a more productive and better organized week than I did. :)...ENJOY!!!

In 'Grape' Shape

taken from the book ( Smoothies and Ice Treats by Linsay Barnes & Amy Shawgo:
"While trying to loose weight,it is important to get a good source of potassium in your diet. Grapes are a great way to restore your body with this much needed nutrient."

2 Cups red seedless grapes

1/2 Cup sparkling grape juice

1/2 cup boysenberries (anyone know where to find these? I love the things but can not find them. Maybe it just isn't the season yet?.)

1/2 cup blueberries

2 cups of ice

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Banana Split Smoothie:

2 bananas

1 can ( 8oz) crushed pineapple

1 1/2 cups of milk ( I use Soy )

1/2 cup sliced strawberries (fresh or frozen )

2tbs. honey

1 cup ice

Wordless Wednesday

2006-05-30T22:02:00.000-07:00

I know this is supposed to be wordless but thought I should explain the picture. This was a train that I made as a Christmas gift one year and stuffed it with goodies. Candy and giftcards and whatnot. It was made out of mini clay pots, wood wheels and popsicle sticks. It was fun to make and I really was pleased with how it turned out. I got the plans and supplies at Michael's.

What color blue are you ?

2006-05-30T19:09:00.000-07:00

You Are Indigo

Of all the shades of blue, you are the most funky, unique, and independent.
Expressing yourself and taking a leap of faith has always been easy for you.

What Color Blue Are You?

I guess I will not talk about...

2006-05-29T18:55:00.000-07:00

How my management at work just made my Memorial Day a crappy one.THE manager at the store has the say so to whether or not we work on a long holiday weekend or not. To any holiday actually. When I say we, I mean hourly supervisors ,and offices. I am both and rarely get a holiday off. We get Christmas off but that is because the place is closed. Otherwise I am quite sure we would all be there. Anyway, Friday ,said boss informs us we WILL be working today and that it would be raining anyway. Like our life revolves around the rain right? Like we couldn't possibly have anything else to do other than be outside where it was raining and storming. Well he said he would be there too and guess who was still to drunk to show up to work today? You guessed it... It wasn't me. That wasn't the bad part anyway. I mean it is always good when the boss man is off or plays hooky. I could care less. Everyone gets more work done when he is not there trying to micro-manage. The thing that made me mad is the fact that one of the girls in my office and I got with our immediate supervisor and asked ( at about 9:30) if we could wrap up what we were doing ,and bail out at about noon. She said she would see how busy we were an get back with us. 11:30 rolls around and I call her to see what the deal was. I needed to know if I should go on to lunch or get ready to go home. WELLLLLL she got with a co-manager and I guess she decides if she has to be there ,so does everyone else that showed up today. We did have ALOT of call ins but none in my area. I pretty much wasted time. They had me do a few very petty unnecessary tasks to waste my time until 4:00. SO ridiculous.GRRRRR management sometimes. I am sure she was upset because the big boss guy decided to drink it up like usual and stuck her to run the place. Oh wait .. I said I wasn't going to talk about all that didn't I ....So I guess let's get to what I WAS going to talk about.* End Rant Here *

Today as the Astros played against The Cardinals and the bad, bad man ...Albert Pujols....BOOO TO PUJOLS!!!! I so could use his name as a swear word.. It sounds like one doesn't it ?...You pujol...lol I can see it now.

Berkman got his 1,000th base hit. WOOO HOOOO!!!! Very cool. I was so thrilled to see him back in the game after hurting his knee.

Then Craig Biggio hit the 10,000 th mark of being up to bat. The other cool thing is Biggio is in his 19th season and his whole career has been with the Stros. That is very, very impressive in this day and age. I think it is great that a guy his age can still run with the big dogs. He is older than a lot of guys on the team and he is one of the best. I say "ATTA BOY " Biggio!!!!!

( pictures taken during Spring Training in Florida , and used with permission, by my friend Astrosprincess )

Why do some people ....

2006-05-28T07:44:00.000-07:00

Just absolutely REFUSE to make their kids mind? This drives me up a wall. I guess I could say that it is a HUGE pet peeve for me. Yesterday Guppy and I were out bra shopping for me right. Well, here I am in the dressing room trying on some ,when I hear from the next stall ," No Roberto" ...and a little voice below me saying "boobies" in Spanish. I looked down and freaked out. So I turned away from him thinking surely his mother would pull him back over or MAKE HIM MIND...hey that is a novel idea. No she did not. He sat there repeating that word over and over as he looked up at me and smiled. I put my shirt on and had to finish trying on the rest of my bras from under it. After that he got bored with me and Guppy said he went around to each and every singe dressing stall.. Guppy said he would lay on his back and look up in some. He would crawl halfway into others. His mother did NOTHING except say " No Roberto" .. or "don't do that Roberto" ...Did she folllow up with anything? ..NO. Did she go to him and remove him from the situation...NOPE.. Man,I could not believe she was letting this kid run crazy in this little store. He was ripping stuff off the racks. Guppy said at one point he picked up some sunglasses and was trying to rip them in half. His mother and grandmother just laughed... LAUGHED!!!! He also later on was crawling in and under all the stalls while his mom stood in line again. Doing nothing about it at all. I mean I know not all kids are perfect angels and they will act up at times, but to me there is just no excuse for a parent not to make a child mind. Especially when it is interfering with other peoples privacy. That is just insane to me... Can you tell this really bothered me?...lol

I have had this happen while using the bathroom too. I really do not know what the parents are thinking with this one. To lazy to make them mind so they just don't care what they are seeing? I have no clue. Maybe they like the fact that they are raising a peeping Tom. Have you ever had this or a similar thing happen to you ? Or are YOU the parent that lets your kids do this? If that is the case I would really LOVE to hear your reasoning.

Photo Hunt - My baby boy

2006-05-27T08:51:00.000-07:00

This is my baby Gizmo.. He is such a momma's baby. If I am at my pc he is at my feet. If I am watching tv he is laying on me. He is such a sweet little boy, I love him to pieces. Luckily for me our living room is all Americana :)

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Thursday Thirteen

2006-05-25T07:48:00.000-07:00

This cute header is compliments of TNChick She has them up to share for her TT this week. Please swing by and check out her talent and if you use one please give her credit for her hard work.

THIRTEEN THINGS HAPPENING IN STORM'S WOLRD!!

1. Today is my post Op visit.

2. My Mema is having knee surgery today.

3. My cousin Mike's little girl is having surgery to put tubes in her ears. (must be the day to go to the dr. lol)

4. This is the last week for lil one to be in school this year.She will be moving on to be a big third grader.

5. I passed my inspection at work and got a 100% again :) ...yeah!!!

6. Guppy is going to be getting Baptized the last weekend in June. We have to get his paperwork done and faxed to them this by Friday and then he will go film his video tape next weekend :) I am so proud of him.

7. We are planning a camping trip to New Braunfels, Tx to go tubing on the Guadalupe River.

8. I got a smoothie recipe book yesterday and am excited about trying some out. Lil one and I LOVE making and drinking smoothies. The recipes I got are for different things. There are some to relief stress, insomnia, menstral cramps etc... Most of them look soooooo good.

9. Swimming last weekend spoiled me and I want a pool again so badly. I grew up with one and loved it. I am a fish when it comes to that. I could stay in the water all day. We are trying to talk my MIL and FIL into building one at their house. So far it has not worked because my MIL hates chlorine.. BOO!!!

10. I so need to get caught up on laundry.

11. A few of my friends from work are seriously thinking about and looking into starting our own business. We are doing the research right now. Looking into grants and supppliers and whatnot. Any advice from anyone that has tried it or has their own now?

12. We are wanting to open a Scrapbooking store.

13. Astrosprincess bought me the book "look great,feel great" by Joyce Meyers that I have been wanting. I have already started reading it. It has so many great helpful tips for becoming healthier. Lots of nutritional info in there. I am excited :)

Bonus: Alot of people were wondering who the pic was on my Wordless Wednesday. It is Taylor Hicks...He is the new American Idol. I am so happy that someone I wanted to win actually did. It is the first year for that ..for me.

and I know Tamwill and a few others were wondering what the flower was that is growing out of the tree in our back yard. I posted it during the Saturday Photo Hunt. It is a type of Bromeliad but I am not sure what exactly it is called. We put it in the tree were there was a little hole/knot thingie. It did not just grow there wildly. I know someone asked that too. We planted one small one and now there is like six big ones. It seems to really like it's home there in that tree. That type of plant only flowers once in its life. The blooms last a very long time and it has so many babies that you get to keep enjoying it.

{bro·me·li·ad Audio pronunciation of "Bromeliad" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (br-ml-d)
n.

Any of various mostly epiphytic tropical American plants of the family Bromeliaceae, usually having long stiff leaves, colorful flowers, and showy bracts. Bromeliads include the pineapple, the Spanish moss, and numerous ornamentals.}

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Wordless Wednesday-Soul Patrol

2006-05-24T10:25:00.000-07:00

Fun Weekend!

2006-05-22T18:56:00.000-07:00

We had a very busy but over all fun weekend. Guppy,little one and I ....along with my best friend and her cousins three kids that were staying the night with her Friday night, all went to opening night of Over the Hedge...That was such a cute movie... very funny!! We loved it and so did the kids. It was definately a win ,win.... Now we are waiting for Cars to come out ..lol we are such big kids...lol

Saturday we got back together with Astroprincess and the other three little ones and went over to her Grandma's and went swimming all day. WE had a BLAST!!! We all three LOVE to swim and it was the perfect day for it. We all stayed in until we were prunes..lol Just like it should be right? We had a few funny moments...One of them not so funny for Guppy but funny in retrospect... one of the little girls that we nicknamed "George"( long story ..lol but she sure does make an adorable George... ) was riding on Guppy's back as he shot through the pool under the water and when they both came up ...she ripped off his Nicotine patch and said " here you had something on you " as she handed it to him ..lol He was not doing good at that point ..lol He did last over three hours without it after that though. I was proud of him. It has been over three weeks since he has smoked and he is doing so awesome. I am so proud of him.

( Little one having fun on the slide as "George" keeps it wet for her with the noodle gun)

( Little one doing what they were calling Cowabunga!!!)

Sunday was less fun , but more productive. We decided to try and leave our puppy Gizmo out of his kennel over night to see how he would do. Well we got in late so the dogs got to eat late. We fell asleep watching a movie in the room and didn't get up to let them out after eating, so you can imagine the nice surprise in the morning. It was a wall to wall poop-fest in the dining room Sunday morning and urine down the hallway...Guppy got up first and came right back ..lol telling me what happened and saying he needed to be more awake to be able to deal with that ...Since I suggested leaving Giz out, I figured it was my duty to get up and clean it up. I got all the poo cleaned up and the spots sprayed and wiped and then went to moving everything in the laundry room, kitchen and dining room out of the way and got a bucket of hot water and bleach and started mopping..lol Nothing like bleach mopping half awake..It HAD to be done though....Later, after Gup was sure the coast was clear he came out of hiding to help me move furniture out of the way...He ended up shampooing the hall carpet and the living room too while he was at it. So right now.. most of our living room is in our dining room and a baby gate is keeping both dogs banished to the tile for now. Guppy is so happy with his clean carpets that he has yet to let the dogs step paw on them ...lol

Anyway...Long day tomorrow at work. It is time again for inspection...So it will be an early morning :( . Hope you all had a great weekend!! I will be catching up with you all soon.

Photo Hunt - Flowers

2006-05-20T08:05:00.000-07:00

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Update on baby Andrea-Sticky Post

2006-05-19T14:48:00.000-07:00

Thank you to all that helped us pray for baby Andrea. She is back at home now and feeling great. Mommy is doing good just needs some rest. It sounds like she has a touch of the blood disease that her father carried. They said it is not real bad but it gets her more sick then usual for a baby that age. They told my aunt that if her fever ever got to be 100.4 when taken in the rectum, to bring her in then. Apparently they said with a normal child you would not bring them in to the emergency room with that temp. They gave her a few viles of blood and got her hemoglobins back up. They are supposed to go see a specialist sometime soon is what my sister-in-law was telling me. She went up to visit my aunt and the baby while they were in Lousiville.

They tested Zach(Andrea's twin brother)and he for sure does not have the blood disease. Praise God for that.Thank you all again for the prayers!

Wordless Wednesday

2006-05-17T04:09:00.000-07:00

How my week is going!!!

2006-05-16T16:36:00.000-07:00

Prayer Request -Sticky Post

2006-05-16T16:16:00.000-07:00

I am going to keep this as a sticky post for awhile, so please scroll down to read the daily posts.

I have a prayer request to all of those of you out there that are the praying kind. My aunts 8 month old little girl, baby Andrea, was life flighted today to a Louisville hospital. They are not sure what is wrong with her but they have an idea. Her temperature has stayed at about 103 and her hemoglobins are dropping. They suspect that she may have a blood disease that the father had. I am not sure of all the details or any of them right now. I got this info second hand from another aunt that went over to watch the little boy (she is the twin to him). He is not showing any signs of illness but is restless. I am sure he can tell something is wrong. My aunt , alone with other aunts and uncles and my grandparents headed up to Louisville to be with them. I am just asking for prayers for this baby. I pray that they get her to the right doctor that can diagnose what is wrong with her ,and that she gets better very soon. I pray that the Lord keeps her in his grip. Thank you in advance to all of you that are sending prayers up for her and the family. My aunt is doing better then expected ,but still not real good. She is exhausted. She has stayed right by her bedside at the other hospital for days now. She is also worried as you can imagine...My aunt ( their mother) has MS so she needs her rest too... I pray that she gets that and that she does not totally wear herself out. Thank you and God Bless you!

Random Ramblings and Happy Mother's Day

2006-05-14T06:40:00.000-07:00

I went to my first scrapbooking party yesterday. I was a little nervous actually. As much as I love to scrapbook, and I think I am decent at it. I plan things out soooo much before I do a layout. I was afraid I could not be creative on the spot with only a few materials. I did ok. It was more fun just seeing the other women that had never scrapped before,realize they could. So many people say " I am just not creative" and the girl giving the party made a good point. "Everyone is creative in their own way." Not everyone has the same style or taste but we all know what we like ya know?

Well today is the very first Mother Day that I do not have lil one :(. I will miss having her on this day. It is always special waking up to her card and home made gift. I am glad that she will get to do that with her mom though. They need that special time too. I hope she and all the moms out there ( step or biological ) have a great Mother's Day. My mom has to work and is 1,000 miles away :(. Her prayer journal that I made did not make it there Saturday like it was supposed to. That was such a bummer. Oh well it will just extend her Mother's Day for her when it gets there Monday.

We are debating going to some yard sales..Gup seems to think there will be some . WHy would there be on Mother's Day though? Oh well I guess we will see. We have to meet his grammy and mother at a nice italian resturant for a Mother's Day lunch and for me to meet his uncle,aunt, and cousin with her kids for the first time.

Yesterday was weird and I lost pretty much half of my weekend :( When I got back from the scrappin' party yesterday I was asleep by 5:25 ...I woke up this morning about 8 am..Man that is a lot of sleeping. I have no idea what was up with that. Maybe going back to work last week after surgery was a little harder on me then I thought, who knows....

Anyway, that is anough rambling....Happy Mother's Day to every mother in Blogland :)

Saturday Photo Hunt - Celebration

2006-05-13T07:27:00.000-07:00

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This weeks challenge for the photo hunt was a picture capturing " celebration". So this is what I came up with. This train is at Minute Maid Park,home of the Houston Astros.It goes down the track and blows it's whistle when we get a homerun. and the picture below it are people standing up to cheer and celebrate it as well :) Happy photo hunting and GO ASTROS!!!

A dead rat?.. I DON'T THINK SO!!!

2006-05-12T19:51:00.000-07:00

Well today completes my first official week back to work.. BOO!!!..lol
Naw ,really it didn't take me long to get back into the swing of things. I am still not exactly up to par as far as my strength and things, but that will come with time as I push myself a little further each day.

Today Guppy and I went to lil ones school for a donuts for dad and muffins for mom breakfast. She was too cute and so excited that she got to serve us. It was cute when she asked what we wanted to drink and Guppy said "how about some OJ" and she said "would you like some milk or some water?"..lol Guppy said " umm how about some OJ..lol and she was like "ok". I think she was just so excited to have us there..lol She is so cute when someone shows up to school for anything. She gets such a huge smile and you can tell she is proud of herself and loves her school.It was a great start to the morning.

Then I get to work and it goes downhill ..lol There was some rancid smell permeating the whole place. OH MY GOODNESS!!! It was the worst smell ever and soooooo strong. Some of us were worried it was some kind of methane gas from the sewer or something. It was awful. Of course management was trying to chalk it up to a dead rat somewhere in the wall.. There is no way a rat smelled that strong in a building as huge and wide open as that... At one point it started gagging management and they had the back door open with a fan blowing out. The sucky part is it was the worse in the back offices which is where mine is ...ACKKKKK!!! It got so bad about 11:00 that four of us pretty much ran out of the building and went to lunch at Subway to get out of it and get some fresh air. It is sad when you live in the Houston area and you run outside for "fresh" air...lol anyone that lives here or has been here knows how funny that is. Especially with all the chemical plants around here. Anyway , when we got back it got so bad that our throats were burning and we all had headaches it had gotten so bad. Of course management still did nothing about it but call the bug guy to come see if he could find a dead rat.. He said he was stopped up and could barely smell .. Oh he must have been stopped up all right. That smell was NASTY! Man I hate having such good sense of smell sometime anyway and today it really sucked. I was wishing for a cold at that point..lol

I am sooooo glad I am home now, you have no idea..

I am going to meet Guppy's uncle, aunt and one of his cousins from Dallas for the first time this weekend. This ought to be fun :)

Thursday Thirteen

2006-05-11T03:41:00.000-07:00

Thirteen SONGS that I am really loving right now!
( In no particular order)

1. Big Daddy Weave-Fields of grace

2. Overflow- Cry on my shoulder

3. By the tree-Beautiful One

4. Toby Mac- Burn for you

5. Casting Crowns- If we are the body

6. Davis Crowder- Here is our King

7. Aaron Shust- My Savior ,My God

8. Matt Brower- I shall believe

9. Matthew West- Only Grace

10.Newsboys- I am free

11.DC Talk- What if I stumble

12. Newsong- Psalm 40

13. Nicole Nordeman- My Redeemer

( ** For thos of you that came by yesterday for the Wordless Wednesday and I did not get to you it was because we had church last night and I was having pc issues. A lot of peoples comments would not come upand my pc was being VERY slow because of surrounding storms. I will get to all of you, it is just going to be late :( ...Thanks to all of you that did come by and comment.)

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Wordless Wednesday

2006-05-09T22:01:00.000-07:00

Ranting ...because I can

2006-05-09T05:24:00.000-07:00

Well I have a few minutes before I have to go to work so I decided to type up a quick post. I went back to work yesterday. It wasn't bad .. i will not go into how inconsiderate management is and how as soon as I came back they pulled me to go somewhere else and then pulled my help. DOES light duty mean anything to these people? I think not. Anyway I didn't do anything I was not able to and it resulted in my area looking bad when I left .. Hey I guess they will listen to me when I tell them I still have restrictions on file..One manager had the nerve to tell me to put a box on a pallet and then walk things one by one over to them until they were full.. So productive that is .. Sheesshhh.. Anyway I am not bitter. You can't tell huh?..lol I figure today is a new day and I refuse to let them steal my joy... Guppy is feeling yucky so he is staying home.. That is a pretty good thing because that means I can come home earlier then usual :) Anyway ... here I go off to my second day back ... I will say I got lots of love from my coworkers .. everyone is amazed at how much weight I lost with the surgery... Have a great Tuesday whoever you are that reads this, if anyone ..lol

Scrappin'-Mother's Day prayer journal

2006-05-07T15:45:00.000-07:00

Well we had quite the busy weekend.. I will have to blog more about our Saturday adventures, maybe tomorrow. Today i wanted to share my latest project. I really wanted to make my mother a prayer journal. I looked on the web for hours and never really found what I was looking for. I have seen them embellish store bought stuff like this on DIY scrapbooking before but could not find the episode when I was searching. So I had to wing it ..lol So here is my first attempt at altering a store bought journal..

(YOU CAN CLICK ALL THE PICTURES TO GET A CLOSER LOOK )

Here is what it looked like when I bought it:
( I tried over and over to get a decent picture of this journal but with the flash it had an awful glare and without it was just blurry so anyway you get the idea.

Here is the front cover of it after I got done with it:

Here is inside the front cover:
( the bottom is a piece of vellum matted to a blue piece of paper using eyelets.
it has Proverbs 3:5-6 on it)

On the opposite side of the front cover is this :
( I didn't take the full picture because it has some personal info on it)

Next is the inside of the back cover:

some more mounted vellum scripture quotes ( Matthew 7:7 and some scripture stickers and some dove stickers Psalm 118:24 and Psalm 150:6)

Here is the back cover:

I printed out one of the scriputes that we pray a lot over family,friends,troops, our country...it is Psalm 91. Then I distressed it my crumbling the paper and inking the edges and creases and then matted it.

It is hard to see but there are two clear stickers with silver writing one says "Praise the Lord" and the other says "Faith is the substance of things hoped for,the evidence of things not seen."-Hebrews 11:1

Then I randomly stamped on pages throughout the journal " God is Love" and " You are a Blessing to me". I tried to get a picture but for some reason the ink would not show up in them ...was very weird. Also I gave her two ribbon bookmarks that are attached to it. Here is a picture of one and the other is wider and tan colored.
This picture is not a very good one either but you get the idea. The journal I bought at Wal-Mart for $4.82..and it has Psalm quotes randomly printed in the upper right of some pages :) :

I am pretty happy with this being my first attempt and having nothing to go by. Although there is a lot of room for improvement. That will just make it that much more fun when I make my next one :)

Well there you have it ...This is what my mom will be getting for Mommy's Day...What are you getting your mom?

My 1st Saturday Photo Hunt

2006-05-05T22:12:00.000-07:00

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This weeks theme is "OPEN":

I thought about this one long and hard. I didn't want to do something obvious like a door or something. I was trying to think outside the box. We drove past a church that is in our neighborhood and I seen this statue. I have seen it many times, almost daily actually. It hit me though ...Jesus is always open for us to come to him.I was like how perfect a picture to capture the word "open"... So Gup and I decided to take our nightly walk around this church and get some pictures of the statue... I am not sure if I am breaking the rules by posting two ( If so I will take one down) The larger/further away one was so dark that I wanted to post the one that was a little closer with it. It was hard to tell what we were getting because it was getting dark outside..lol Anyway, have a very blessed Saturday!!

2006-05-04T22:04:00.000-07:00

This weeks picture challenges for SPF were 1.Body of water,2.Something with flavor, and 3.plant your booty ...and here are my contributions:

Well I figure this one pretty much speaks for itself..lol Taken at the Aquarium in Corpus.

Body of Water

This deer kept licking Guppy's hand. I figured he must of had pretty good flavor to the deer..lol To bad I never could getthe digital to take the picture fast enough to get his tongue out.
Something with Flavor

I loved this one we took at the zoo for this because all the others are sitting but that one :)
Plant your booty

Have a great Friday :)

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Tagged by EPH2810

2006-05-04T14:51:00.000-07:00

* I AM: Saved by Grace

* I WANT: to grow old with my husband by my side

* I WISH: never and pray often

* I HATE: turnips and radishes

* I MISS: being back home in the country side of KY with my family a lot of days.

* I FEAR: cockroaches,mice, rats..ewww they give me the creeps.

* I HEAR: the sound of my keys as I type this and the air conditioning blowing.

* I WONDER: what lil one will grow up to be.

* I REGRET: Not furthering my education.

* I AM NOT: a singer but would love to be able to.

* I DANCE: when no one is looking

* I SING: all the time but can't really carry a tune in a bucket.

* I CRY: When watching the new King Kong

* I AM NOT ALWAYS: turning over control to God like I should ( but I am working on it)

* I MAKE WITH MY HANDS: Scrapbook pages to preserve our memories

* I WRITE: when I want to share my thoughts or clear my head

* I CONFUSE: myself all the time ..lol

* I NEED: to exercise more often

* I SHOULD: at least walk daily after dinner.

* I START: back to work Monday the 8th ( BOOOOOO!!!)

* I FINISH: this meme ( sorry I could not think of anything else ..lol )

* I TAG: whomever would like to do it :)

2006-05-03T22:00:00.000-07:00

Thirteen Reasons why Guppy should stay not smoking!

1. Because his 7 year old daughter tearfully said last year " Daddy all I want for my birthday is for you to stop smoking."

2. So that he is adding years to his life instead of taking them away.( I kinda like having him around :) )

3. Because I got that same request from little one last year and actually did quit.

4. It's hard being a non smoker married to a smoker at times.

5. He smelled like an ashtray a lot when he was smoking.

6. I can kiss him anytime now without him having to run and brush his teeth first ,which kind of takes " the moment" away.

7. The car smells better now that he has quit.Even though he never smoked with me or lil one in the car .He did smoke quite a bit in the car while alone.

8. We can actualy watch a tv show or a movie without having to take pause breaks for him to run out and smoke.

9. He has more energy now that he hasn't smoked for 5 days.

10. Because he has already gone 5 days and he smells wonderful all the time now... Yeahhhh him and Praise God!

11. Because he promised he would after my surgery was over.

12. Because I know he can do this, with God's help.

13. *drum roll please * ..........because it saves more money for gas...lol :)

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Wordless Wednesday ( The Eve of the National Day of Prayer)

2006-05-03T04:50:00.000-07:00

Tuesday's Treasures : Junky to Funky

2006-05-02T09:52:00.000-07:00

Most of my regular readers know that Gup and I love to watch decorating shows and love decorating ourselves. Especially when he gets to either build something or we find something great and get to refinish it. I discovered a new show on DIY a few months back and really have enjoyed it. It is called Junky to Funky. It is so cool to watch the things they get and what they end up turning them into. If you are into this sort of thing I recommend watching it.

We went browsing different yard sales with Crabgirl and Critter about a month ago and had two awesome finds.We are going to redo them both and incorporate them into the dining room I think. We have a definite spot for the window and a "maybe" spot for the trunk.

Here is the window: ( bought for $3.00)

This one is probably going to get an antique black finish on it so it will pop against the rag rolled wall in the dining room and it will hang above the little Bistro table that sits over in the corner. We are thinking about adding some plants as well since it has a built in planter..lol We are thinking a nice hanging ivy maybe? Any one have a suggestion on a great hanging plant that is great for indoors that requires little to no sun? Oh yeah and we plan on making it a mirror buy adding one to the back of it.

Next is one of my favorite finds ever...

The Trunk: was marked $20.00...we paid $10.00
The lady seen we were interested and wanted us to take it ..lol she said it was a project that she started and she didn't want to put it back in her garage..Yeah for us.

Now we both seen great potential in this trunk. It is beautiful if you look past the white primer the lady sprayed over the metal and wood. The metal is so pretty and detailed...We just wish she had never sprayed over it. *sigh* oh well ....This is Gup's baby now. He has taken on this project alone because he has a clear vision of what he wants it to look like. He has started with the fist phase of a faux rust look technique on the hinges...Note it is only in phase one of that so far..Also he is starting a faux patina look on the metal. and I think some other parts will be antique black and other faux wood grain. I am sure it is going to look spectacular when he is finished. I will be sure to post pics of the finished projects as they get done.

So what do you think? Any suggestions on what you think would look good on either? Do you have any projects like this? Do any of you like doing this sort of thing?..lol

Salad yumminess and pics of me

2006-04-30T22:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I was really craving a great salad. Salads to me have become one of my very favorite foods(meals). I love veggies and I love trying different combos together to make one awesome mixture of tastes. It has become almost an art form ..lol

I know that sounds crazy but it is true. Well yesterday I found the mother of all places to make that happen ( no, not the grocery store..lol ) It was a place called Salad Express.. You can grab a container and fill it with your own salad creation for $6.00 .. can you believe that? I was so excited.. I started with a bed of spinach and added all kinds of goodies like cauliflower, broccoli, cheese , sprouts ,chick peas, tomatoes, mushrooms, both marinated and non, a hard boiled egg, okra, and a little bit of ham and cheese. When I got home I had to add some avacado ( I LOVE them ) and sprinkled it with extra virgin olive oil ......I have found that to be not only way healthier than dressing but it tastes awesome. It moistens the salad but leaves all the tastes of the veggies in tact...it does not mask the tastes but enhances them. I really recommend you try it if you never have. I was watching Joyce Meyers one day and she had a nutritionist talking about how we need a certain amount of "good" fats in our diet and that was one of them ,and one way to incorporate it into the diet and man it is awesome.
My Dr. also told me that along with exercise that extra virgin olive oil helps raise your HDL cholesterol level ..which is the good level that needs to be high to fight off free radicals in your body. So yeah !!! One more reason to love the stuff ...lol
Anyway I didn't write this post to obsess over olive oil ..lol Here is a picture of my yummy salad just because I thought it was so pretty and yummy looking I had to get a picture of it for you guys. And then two pics that Guppy took of me yesterday before we ran our errands to show everyone that I am healing well. I hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Oh yeah and no laughing at my hair ..lol I am trying to grow out my bangs and am running out of ways to style it at the moment until it gets a little longer. I really hope I can hang in and grow them out without getting frustrated and cutting them again. I have done that so many times.

( click em to get em bigger)

Silly Sunday...

2006-04-30T09:24:00.000-07:00

lessons learned from Noah's Ark:

ONE: Don't miss the boat.

TWO: Remember that we are all in the same boat.

THREE: Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

FOUR: Stay fit. When you're 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

FIVE: Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.

SIX: Build your future on high ground.

SEVEN: For safety's sake, travel in pairs.

EIGHT: Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.

NINE: When you're stressed, float awhile.

TEN: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

ELEVEN: No matter! the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting

( I got this from my friend astrosprincess in an e-mail and thought it was cute so I thought I would share)

Have a blessed Sunday ya'll !!!

Spring flowers and April showers

2006-04-29T07:51:00.000-07:00

It has been so beautiful around here lately with everything that is in full bloom thanks to our very early Spring. My husband (IMHO) is very talented when it comes to taking pictures. He just has the eye for it and for that I am thankful. It really comes in handy when I need pictures for my blog or scrapbook layouts ..lol I mean I can point a camera and shoot like a group shot or of a person but he sees things through that lens in such cool ways.So I wanted to take today to show off his talent and bring a little Spring sunshine to everyone's day. It is raining here today, we are expecting a storm anytime now. We need the rain badly but I could do without the storm...lol
Anyway, enjoy some of my favorite pictures of our flowers in bloom and have a great Saturday.

red paperclips,a concert and Alice Cooper

2006-04-28T10:37:00.000-07:00

This has got to be the most genius idea I have come across in awhile. This guy Simon, is starting with two red paperclips ,and is going to attempt to keep trading them up until he gets a house for them eventually. I think that is the coolest idea I have heard in a very long time, don't you think? Now I will start by saying his idea is not an original one ,but he does not take credit for it being either. He has a link to the original one on his blog and I will have it for you later on in this post. There are two reasons I am posting about this. One ,of course, because I think it is a very cool idea and want to try and help him out by giving him exposure ,and two he is my tenant this week. After clicking his blog and reading about it I HAD to have him stay here this week. I am going to blogroll him , and keep up with his journey. So far, after only three days of the start of his adventure ,he got a trade proposition of concert tickets...Well not tickets but access for two to a concert. It sounds like a cool start to me....I wish him all the best. Please take a moment of your time if you can and go over and check out his page. It is very new and a standard template right now. He is also looking for help with that as well if any of you are willing to either give him some tips or help him out by creating him a cool template, I am sure he would be forever grateful.

I was checking out Kyle's page, he is the original guy that thought of this thing I think ( as far as I can tell anyway) He has traded up quite a bit from one paperclip. Right now he is at a day to hang out with Alice Cooper. Wouldn't that be awesome? Alice Cooper is a heavy metal rockstar turned Christian...I would love to have a long talk with him about his testimony.. It would be very cool. I have heard that he even does alter calls after his concerts.. God is just cool isn't he... Alice Cooper is helping someone get a years free rent in her duplex for this project... I think that is just awesome.The original guy has pictures and even some video of his trades on his site...If you would like to check him out just click here <--- ( but please do not do so before paying a visit to my tenant first. I usually do not like to link to anothers site while trying to get my tenant some visits, but it was too cool not to. If you go visit or even of not please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of the whole idea....

If you would like to take him up on the offer and spend that day with Alice he leaves an e-mail address and even a phone number on his site...So go check it out !! :)
Here is an article in which Alice talks about his faith in Christ.

Have a great weekend all!!!!

2006-04-27T05:53:00.000-07:00

Thirteen Shows that Present Storm likes to watch

1. Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyers ( gets my day going)

2. American Idol

3. My name is Earl (this show cracks me up)

4. How I met your mother ( Barney .. need I say more..lol)

5. Two and a half men

6. DIY Scrapbooking

7. Junky to Funky

8. Big Brother

9. Baseball ( anytime the Astros are playing)

10. Trading Spouses / Wife Swap

11. Miracle Workers

12. Trading Spaces (or just about any decorating show really)

13. Survivor / Amazing Race

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my 1st Wordless Wednesday

2006-04-26T12:19:00.000-07:00

Today's Miracle

2006-04-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

I know God is with us every second of everyday. I know that God is awesome and I recognize that in little things daily. Sometimes though I get busy or thinking about other things and forget to stop and realize just how majestic and powerful He really, really is. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying I forget or am unaware...I am saying that some things make you stop and reflect this fact a little more then others.. Like the Holy spirit is like " Look,look what he has done...our God is truely an awesome God."I woke up to this on the news this morning and felt so bad for this guy.He had collided with and eighteen wheeler and his whole car was trapped under the bed of the truck.You can see that here. When I turned the channel they were bringing in that crane to lift the car so they could get the guy out. I was thinking to myself, oh my gosh there is no way anyone is alive under there. That is terrible , what a way to die.

Well, Gup came home to have lunch with me and told me that they pulled that guy out and he was awake,alert and talking to the people ,and that he had been life flighted to the hospital. I thought you know what. God is awesome. He is doing things in the spiritual relm that are so wayyyyy beyond our human understanding. So many times things look totally impossible to us humans but nothing is impossible with God. I am so happy this guy lived through this. I pray he recovers and heals quickly , but most of all that he sees the Glory of God through this.I know I did....

Here is him being rescued ( it's not bloody or nasty). So today and everyday I say Praise God!!! ...He is awesome. Please join me in praying for this man's recovery and most of all his relationship with God. I pray that where ever he is in that relatonship that is strengthened through this.

Farts, nipples, and Chocolate Oh My!!!

2006-04-24T10:30:00.000-07:00

I LOST 20 lbs with my surgery...YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH (that makes a total of 38 lbs. so far) I am so excited I could fart ... Oh wait that is because of the gas from the surgery..lol Man surgery makes you fart a lot ..lol And has anyone else had the problem of nipples staying hard all the time after surger? I am always having THO now and it was not that big a problem before... Just wondering if anyone else noticed that little surgery side effect?..lol

Anyway, that was not what I wanted your attention for,it was for my renter.. Wannabe TV Chef is my tenant this week and he is having problems with his thumbnail so it doesn't even look like I am renting to anyone. He posts the most yummy looking recipes... I am such a sucker for good recipes too .. that is why I had to choose him this week. He had me at this one the first time I seen it. MMMMMMMMMM

Chocolate Bread and Butter pudding... My oh my .. I would not be loosing weight around this guy!! So if you would please go over and pay him a little visit for me and don't forget to tell him Storms sent ya!!! Go one get over there ... whatcha waitin' for?

I'm out and about,my weekend so far!

2006-04-23T08:25:00.000-07:00

I am finally able to get out and about which is GREAT!!! I was starting to get stir crazy even though it had only been a week. I tell you , sunshine does wonders for the mood and spirit doesn't it? Sunshine and fresh outdoor air...

We went to see Guppy's Grammy Friday night and she took us out to eat at Red Lobster. It had been awhile since eating there so it was a nice change from the usual Mexican that we end up at ..lol ( Guppy's favorite) ... I love visiting his Grammy , she is such a neat woman. It always amazes me how sharp her mind and her memory are at 86 years old...
It is cool listening to the stories that she loves to tell... You can learn so much from elderly people if you just take the time to listen.

Well we went after that to Mighty Mite's house to feed and water her cats while her and the professor are out frolicking around Georgia... Mighty ordered the professor's birthday present and wanted us to swing by and pick them up and try them out ... She bought him two light sabers ,so of course Guppy was more than willing. lol

He now ( until they come back ) has a red one( Darth Vader's) a green one ( Luke Skywalker's) and his blue Anakin one...Him and little one have had a ball with them .. I think they have been quality tested quite thoroughly..lol

Maybe we can get a video of all three of them going and post it soon. I know the last video was a hit.

Let's see...Saturday we got out and went and visited Gup's sister and her family..
Crabgirl( sister-in-law),Critter (her daughter), Fire Man ( her hubby)...
We all ended up going to Cracker Barrel for brunch.It was a good time as always.Good company. We seem to be forming a trend i have noticed. Before the surgery we went out to eat mid day on Saturday twice in a row and then this Saturday. It is kind of cool though. As close as we live ( right down the road) we hardly see each other besides holidays... That is just silly don't ya think? It is not because we don't like each other either... I think life just gets to busy sometimes. So our new found Saturday brunch dates are pretty cool.
They all had tickets to go see the 'Stros that night .... BOOOOO!!!! just kidding ...I am jealous but happy for them :) I couldn't go right now if I could afford it anyway...I don't think I am up for that yet.

Saturday evening my best friend Astrosprincess came by and we grilled out and watched the game between doing Mad libs with lil one ... It was fun, lil one is a riot with those things.We got some good laughs with those. Princess stayed till midnight...It was kind of cool, it's been a very long time since I had a friend just come chill with me until midnight. She is the best :)

Today is Sunday and we are about to go to church....I will get off here so I can go brush my hair and put on my face. Afterwards lil one is really wanting to scrapbook her birthday party and Libby Lu's and she wants to do a layout of Gizmo, so I think that will be my afternoon..If she gets a layout finished I will post it!

Have a great weekend all my bloggy buddies!!!

oh yeah, and GO 'STROSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! ....hehehe

Thursday Thirteen

2006-04-20T08:25:00.000-07:00

Thirteen random things about Present Storm

1. I am excited to be out of the hospital and still in awe of how great God is and the fact that my kidney went undamaged.

2. I am excited that I now can wipe my own butt again ..lol

3. Thankful that I have a hubby that is awesome enough to have done it for me until I could again.

4. I am glad that I am taking less and less pain pills and hope to not need them at all very soon ( like within days ).

5. Think it is very VERY cool that Guppy's ex wife came up and brought little one to see me while I was in the hospital. Little one was freaked out because all of the tubes I was hooked to.

6. I am excited to get her back tomorrow ...especially so she can see me getting around good and with NO tubes. I miss her. She really has a way of brightening your day.

7. I miss having Guppy home with me but bills have to get paid somehow.

8. I wish my managers at work cared more about how I was doing but I won't let the fact that only one of them has asked about me get me down.

9. I am taking it easy and not feeling bad about it in the slightest...They can figure it out..lol

10. The Stros are doing awesome. They have won every series so far.I really hope they go all the way to win the World Series this year. I think it is our year.

11. I can not wait to get to another game...

12. With the surgery bill I am sure that will be years from now ..lol

13. A girl can dream though , right?...

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Yeah I am back home...

2006-04-18T07:56:00.000-07:00

( what was keeping me from starving and hurting more then I wanted to ..lol)

I am back home and feeling pretty well,considering...I will fill everyone in and talk a little more later ... As of now I can not stay in any one position for to long of a time without hurting..So I am off to move around some..I hope everyone had a great Easter!!

( me after surgery)

For some more pictures of our hospital adventures and the story according to Guppy...go here

Love, Stormii

Stormii is Fine!

2006-04-13T03:37:00.000-07:00

This is Miteymite updating. Stormii came through fine. For details, go here.

The Juice Box..& Surgery

2006-04-11T07:29:00.000-07:00

So Saturday Guppy,little one, Astrosprincess, and I went to Minute Maid Park to watch the Astros play the Nationals. Like I said before it was my very first time...( I only recently discovered ( last year towards the end of the season) That I LOVE baseball.I was so excited to go...Man, when we got there and I looked down and could see our team practicing I was like a kid on Christmas... It was this huge rush of excitement .. It was awesome.. It was also very cool being around that many fans rooting for the same team!!! Although we got so lucky as to have four people sitting right behind us that were National fans..grrrrr They were talking smack about everyone of our players especially Craig Biggio....Man, I wanted to turn around and smack every one of them. Biggio is an awesome player and yes he is the oldest one on the team , but he is STILL kickin butt...I do know that unless I had different seats I could not watch the games at the park all season... On the tv you get close ups ..you can see them in the dugout...who is warming up in the bullpen...you can see thier faces( which is a huge plus for our team ;), man we have some hotties on the Astros) We had alot of people walking back and forth up the isles and stopping right in front of us .I did not get to see Berkman hit his homer that game :( I did hear it and stand up and get to see him run the bases home though :).. Anyway ..It was an awesome time and I am so glad that I went...
I am in a hurry so I am not going to proof read this post..So please excuse any spelling errors...I am about to go to the airport to pick up my mom and mema!!! I am so excited... Tomorrow is the big day ...MY SURGERY!! I am so ready to get this behind us...Thanks to you for all your prayers, again!!! I will see you guys when I get back home...* Hugs *

P.S. Even though we lost 12 to 8 that day ...WE WON THE LAST TWO GAMES...beating them in the series...This is the second series we took !!!!

GO STROS!!!!!!!!!!!

We were loosing so badly that day they had to get volunteers to be pinch hitters... Lil one tried it and knocked one outta the park for the Stros..lol

I know it has been awhile...

2006-04-09T20:04:00.000-07:00

This week has been busy...with watching the Stros and getting ready for my mother and grandmother to fly in for my surgery I have very little time to blog..I did however get to go to my very first Major League baseball game Saturday...Man what a blast....The Stos lost that game but they kicked some Nationals butt today!!! I will blog more about the game tomorrow hopefully and show ya some pics...I hope atleast some of you like baseball ...because I have a feeling my blog will be about the Stros quite a bit this season :)

What is your favorite Baseball team?

LANCE BERKMAN

LANCE BERKMAN AND CHRIS BURKE

BRANDON BACKE

(the pics are compliments of my friend Astrosprincess , they were taken by her at Spring Training in Florida...)

WE WIN AGAIN!!!!

2006-04-05T19:59:00.000-07:00

YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!!! We won again tonight against the Marlins.... 6 to 5 ..WOOT!!!

Can you tell I am excited? I am just speechless... All I can say is I LOVE BERKMAN!!!

I am just on cloud nine right now... We are so going all the way this year!

Oh well I will catch you all up on Thursday Thirteen...

Let's GO Astros!!!!

2006-04-03T16:40:00.000-07:00

All I have to say is IT'S OPENING DAY FOR THE ASTROS.... so I will be glued to the tv watching them defend the flag...I do not have anything else to say so I thought I would open up my comment section today for questions.... So if you have any , feel free!!! I will answer them in tomorrows post:)

GO ASTROS!!!!!

Oswalt is the starting pitcher.. Wooo Hooo he is my favorite.. This ought to be a great game :)

UPDATE!!!......... UPDATE!!!

WE WON ....WE WON!!! Man, Roy Oswalt can pitch his butt off. Yeahhhh I am so happy :)

an over ambitious hubby ? nawww never...lol

2006-04-02T08:24:00.000-07:00

Good morning world!!! I hate loosing an hour...but that is not what I am here to talk about this morning. I am here to talk about my new tenant. I have never seen her blog before {I do not think}. I went to look at who made bids and hers was the first thumbnail that caught my eye ,so I clicked and read...and laughed and laughed...lol
I can so see that story happening in this household. Has anyones husband set out to do a project and got a little to over ambitious? LOL That has happened here and in the bathroom like hers did. As a matter of fact it still isn't done over here { sorry honey ..lol}..lol

Her story telling is great. I was cracking up. If you need a good laugh today I encourage you to go read about her hubby's bathroom renovation antics..lol
It looks like her name is Lotionbarbunny and her blog is I need to vent!! Plus she is a fellow Christian blogger!!! I love to meet other Christians in blogland :)

Come on ... what are you waiting for? Click on over to her place and tell her Storm sent ya !! shooooo get going now...there is no more to see here ....

Cool April Fool's Recipes

2006-04-01T13:16:00.000-08:00

Chicken Not Pie: It looks like the one's mom use to make doesn't it ? Really it is a dessert made with candy and pudding...

Here is the recipe: ( Click here )

Grilled Cheese: or is it?

check out the ingredients....

Pound cake
1 cup buttercream or white frosting
Yellow and red food coloring

I found these fun recipes one day while surfing... I decided to hold on to them until today's post. I thought it was most fitting.I think they are so cool. I am most likely to make the grilled cheese looking one though . The pot pie looked way to involved...

Enjoy the first day of April... and don't forget to set your clocks up tonight/tomorrow morning, if you are in one of the states that follow this stupid ritual. Why can't all states be smart like Indiana and just keep it the same time year round?

Oh yeah ... also my blog is back up for rent in four hours ... If you are interested please go place a bid !! Thanks :)

2006-03-30T18:59:00.000-08:00

Thirteen cute/funny things that lil one has said..or still does say

1. I love you TOO much

2. (pop-lee-er)instead of popular.lol

3. She says may you pass me something instead of can you or will you.

4. When you ask her something that she doesn't know she will respond with " I do not have a whole entire clue"..lol

5. So I started to ask her if she had a partial clue ..lol so now she will say "I do not have a whole entire clue or a partial one either"..lol

6. When she was a few years younger she would fart and start laughing and say "I started".

7. She use to love the song " Proud to be an American" and she would sing it like this..." And.... I ....won't... forget ....the..... mannequin who gave that right to me."..lol

8. She likes to use the word apparently ALOT!!!

9. The funniest part about that is that she does not always use it in the right text..lol

10. It is cute that she does not "GET" the point of what makes a knock knock joke funny. So she will make up her own that makes no sense whatsoever and start laughing histarically. It is a riot...

11. I thought I could come up with thirteen so easily and now I am drawing a total blank...

12. So forgive me for cheating here ...lol Man I had a ton of them in my head the other day. As she gets older they are becoming less and less :(.

13. Tomorrow she turns 8 years old ,and I really hope she has atleast a few more years where she says cute things. It is so adorable.

bonus: It is so funny .. I just remembered one... instead of reMeMber she would always say reNember...lol That one was so cute we didn't correct her for the longest time...lol

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American Idol...

2006-03-29T19:13:00.000-08:00

****for those of you that have not watched yet ... click to the next blog now SPOILER ALERT!!!******

Well I nailed the bottom three, thank goodness. Lisa needed to go so badly. I have not liked her since her audition really. Well I have never liked Ace either. While I usually like Katherine , her performance last night was just plain painful for me.

So I for one am glad that Lisa has left the building.Next week it needs to be Paris and then Ace....

They did terrible last night as a whole ..What was going on with them all? I mean they give them the 21 century to choose from and most of them flopped big time under that pressure. The only performances I liked were in this order: Bucky( loved it),Elliot( didn't love it , but liked it),Madessa ( had to give her props for bustin out with one of my favorite Christian songs and praising God for millions), then Chris...(Chris was borederline for me though).

I usually love Taylor but to tell the truth , when they were doing the recap I had totally forgot about him.

Paris I am so bored and over with it is not funny,Mcphever was REALLY ,REALLY bad last night.Kellie was ok... she didn't sing bad to me ...she just looked bored and had a very bad song choice.

So next week is country so that means that Bucky will stay another week .. YEAH!!! I still fail to see what all the HATERS have against him. Boo on you ...lol
I think he is a cutie and he can sing his butt off...

Off to watch the Amazing Race... :)

Yes , Yes I am a reality tv junky ..lol

Chronicals of an exhausted mom

2006-03-27T10:16:00.000-08:00

Zephra, from Chronicals of an exhausted mom, is my tenant this week. She is apparently a little frazzled lately and has been forgeting things left and right. None of us ever do that .....yeah right!!! I do the same thing all the time. She is a mom of 4 so you can imagine. She is also having hair issues which I am sure all of us ladies can relate to as well. She is debating a perm after just getting her hair cut short. So go on over and check her out and give her some great advice on both...Have a great Monday all!

I wonder...? Blogmad much?

2006-03-26T07:36:00.000-08:00

Ok so I have been surfing BlogMad like a crazy person. I noticed that the credits run out very fast if you don't keep up with it.I really do not think I am winning the race though ..lol My hubby finally taught me how to up my allocation so that I can keep some.The funny thing is ...My credits are disappearing supposedly because my blog is in the rotation. Yet I have had only one comment to ever come from Blogmad.... and that one was before I had ever surfed ..lol What am I doing? Is it even worth the time spent surfing? I have found some cool blogs and commented on quite a few. I guess for that it is worth it. It is very, very hard to keep enough credits to keep you in rotation though.I think Blogmad needs a battle of the blogs like BE does... that would give us another way to earn credits. I don't know really ... I know I am rambling here..lol I just encourage you ,if you are here via Blogmad... and you come across this blog in the rotation to atleast say Hi,here via Blogmad ... I am conducting my own little test here. I use to run across myself while surfing BE all the time .. I have yet to do that here. Has anyone done that? Anyway, have a great sunday and happy blog surfing !!!

Astros @ Spring Training

2006-03-25T09:21:00.000-08:00

I mentioned a while back that my best friend was in Florida at Spring Training... She has allowed me to show off some of her pictures. Yeahhhhh!!! If you pay close attention you can so tell it is a woman taking these pictures... Let me know if you can tell why I say that ..lol

Here are some pictures of some of the killer B's.. Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Burke

Bruntlett

BIGGIOOOOOOOO

Berkman ( my favorite)

Berkman showing off his killer swing...

And my friends favorite .. her future husband is what she calls him ...lol

Brandon Backe

I am so ready for the official season to start ...

* sings* " Take me out to the ball game ......"

It's a real good thing I do not drink...lol

2006-03-24T10:47:00.000-08:00

So after pre Op yesterday we went to my allergist to get my allergy shot. I usually have to take a clarinex or alavert right before my shot so I do not have a bad reaction. welllll they did not have any around and had to give me Zyrtec..lol She might as well of handed me a fifth of whiskey. I mean I was so loopy ..lol Guppy and I went to Garden Ridge to look around for lil one's birthday... They had scrapbooking stuff way cheap and she LOVES to scrapbook. Anyway ...lolI could not control myself in there ..lol I was embarrassing myself. I kept trying to take Gups shirt off ...I had this huge fascination with his butt ..lol Apparently I did not embarass him enough because he wanted to look at every single thing in the store...lol By the time we left I was leaning on him about to fall asleep standing ... I know I had to be comical to anyone else looking at us ...She gave me another one for my next weeks shot. The funny thing is ... I usually take it at work about an hour before I get off ... I am thinking I will NOT be doing that next week ...lmao Although it might make work a little more fun ..hehehehe !!!

Anyway I have yet to metion my renter this week and it shows. I really need to pimp her blog today because she is leaving soon and has had very few visitors. So can you all do me a favor and be a pal and hop on over to visit Pupsickle... I really like her blog. She is funny:) and her doggie is adorable....Thanks in advance !!! Ya'll are the bestest....lol ...... Stormii out!!

Yeah! Pre Op is done ...The voice of truth

2006-03-23T13:46:00.000-08:00

Yeah I am done with Pre Op and just waiting for April 12th which is my new surgery date. I thought they were going to do another EKG and chest x-ray and all that but they didn't ...yeah...All they did is ask me about 300 questions and took two viles of blood. Easy peasey,I have done it so much I can give blood in my sleep now ..lol I just hate how tight they have to tie the thing around your arm ...that is so uncomfy. I got a very friendly and VERY talkative nurse..lol I think it was driving Guppy crazy but she really put me at ease. My blood pressure was a little higher then normal and my heart rate was raised a little but she said not to worry ...it was probably just be being nervous. You know I pray all the time asking God to give me stregnth and peace ...I pray that I do not have a spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind. I read the verses I have highlighted for me through this.I listen to praise music and I know this all helps .. But I really need to stop being so hard on myself and realize that I am HUMAN. I get so frustrated sometimes if my blood pressure is slightly raised due to anxiety...Like I am not being obedient enough or praying enough ... I know God loves me and I know he knows I love him and that is what matters. I know God is full of grace and mercy but my flesh tends to take over at times. This is a good reminder for me. I wanted to share a song that has really been speaking to me the last few days. I have listened to it so many times but the last few days in particular it has really stirred my spirit.

Hope you enjoy it .... :)

you can listen to it here by clicking the arrow :

CASTING CROWNS LYRICS

"Voice Of Truth"

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes to climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves

To step out of my comfort zone
To the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out his hand

But the waves are calling out my name and they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again. 'Boy, you'll never win!'
"You'll never win"

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
And the voice of truth says "Do not be afraid!"
And the voice of truth says "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes to stand before a giant
With just a Sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand

But the giant calling out my name and he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on tell me
Time and time again "boy, you'll never win!
"You'll never win"

But the stone was just the right size
To put the giant on the ground
And the waves they don't seem so high
From on top of them looking down
I will soar with the wings of eagles
When I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus
Singing over me

I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

American Idol, $Money$, and Thanks !!!!

2006-03-22T14:56:00.000-08:00

Ok so Chris really rocked it last night. I loved his version of " walk the line " and I really liked Kelly's performance as well. A few of the others that I think are great singers are starting to bore me. Paris, Lisa for sure and Madesa.. They are all great but they bore me now. I love Bucky but he made a poor song choice last night . I hope he stays and redeems himself. I love Taylor and Elliot as well. hmmm let's see oh yes Kevin...WHY oh WHY is he here ...better yet why is he STILL here ?He really needs to go but I have a feeling he won't leave yet.

I am predicting the bottom three to be Bucky,Paris, and Lisa ... I hope Lisa leaves ...I think she should ( not before Kevin but we know the tweens are keeping him in) but I dread that it may just be Bucky.

Well I am off to get some dinner before church and it seems that after we paid my bills yesterday for all the testing they did to me...they owe me money ...yippee , gotta love that :)

I have been praying for financial favor through all this .God is so very faithful.
I am going tomorrow for my pre OP testing ... prayers are welcomed and greatly appreciated. Thanks to all of you that have prayed and continue to do so . It means so much more then I could ever express. Thanks to all that have marked it on calenders. It is awesome to know how many people care.

Have a great night ....

kabob virgins and chocolatey goodness

2006-03-20T18:46:00.000-08:00

Man oh man!!!!!!! .....We got home from work today and it was a beautiful evening.It is officially Spring and what a great night to start it off with. We get home and Gup was so wanting to grill out ,it was the perfect evening for it. So we were trying to decide what to eat ,like usual, and came up with kabobs... Neither of us have ever even attempted to make or cook a kabob before ....So I call the expert...My dad. I get the run down on how to do it and off we go .... Man they are as fun to make as they are to eat. I really enjoyed them. We did find out that potatoes are not the best thing for one. It just takes way to long for a potatoe to cook,especially on the grill. They were way to hard to eat. I would have also liked the onions to have been a little more done, but all in all they were yummy. The pineapple on the other hand...was sooooo juicy,it was fabulous. Does anyone know the trick to getting the veggies and the meat just right together?

Our Masterpiece:

I think next time I am going to leave out the potatoes and add some tomatoes instead...I bet that would rock!!

While at the grocery the strawberries looked so good so I got some for dessert. I can not eat strawberries without Cool Whip ...So I go over to get me some.... and I found this.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! That is all I can say about this stuff. I didn't know it even exsisted. Why hasn't anyone told me about this yummy, chocolatey,whipped goodness before? You guys have been holding back on me. I combined it with my wonderful strawberries and it is what I imagine they will feed us in Heaven...It was that good.

yes I know it is in a toddler plate..lol I love this plate for this very reason. It is the only one we have that is divided like that.

I really really recommend all of you go out and try chocolate Cool Whip ...My oh MY!!! You can eat this stuff right out of the container with a spoon and it tastes like fluffy light mousse...MMMMMmmmMMMmmmMMm!!! I remember eating regular Cool Whip frozen and pretending it was ice cream when I was a kid... hey it was cheap ..lol

Uhhhh...Oh yeah ...lol

2006-03-19T17:36:00.000-08:00

Well the weekend is almost over. Isn't it funny how the week likes to creep but the weekend goes by at lightning speed?...lol

Gup's dad did come down yesterday and spent the night with us. It was quite the unexpected surprize. It was very cool.I love to see Gup and his dad bond. It is something that was very far from there as a child. It is awesome to see him put aside his hurt feelings as a child and embrace his father like he was always there. God is good...

It did force us to clean out the guest room and assemble the bed..lol That is something that needed done for my mom and mema's arrival. I am so happy that they will be here for my surgery.( Thank you again to my wonderful MIL for making that happen...God uses her so often. She is the most giving person I have ever met.So compassionate and caring of others and thier needs)

His dad also informed me that he will be driving up here to be there as well. Wow ...you never know how loved you are until something like this happens... It has really been a blessing to me to see how many people care. How many people tell me that they have added me to thier church's prayer list or are keeping me in thier prayers. People that have added the surgery date and time to thier calender. That is so awesome to me. God is so very awesome.

I am sitting here listening to Guppy learn to play "I'll fly away" on guitar. He is so cute ...lol He is coming up with yet another version of that song ...If you do not know it you really should check it out by Jars of Clay.

I often times wish I was musically talented. I listen to Gup, lil one, and his mom talk music lingo and it is so beyond me ..lol It amazes me how they can hear when things are out of tune or off key like with the piano.

Wow I went off on a HUGE tangent....LOL he is cracking me up over here with his Zeppelin like version of I'll fly away ..lol Maybe I should not attempt to post while listening to him....lol

ok I am off now ...I lost my train of thought...
I hope you all had a great weekend!!!

How the passion flower got it's name...

2006-03-19T08:37:00.000-08:00

Click HERE to find out...

Some of you may even be pleasantly surprized :)

after clicking the link you have to scroll down just a bit to find it. You can also click the video and watch one bloom...

Spring Fever

2006-03-18T08:25:00.000-08:00

Yeah, it is the weekend!!! The last few days of last week seemed to drag on. I guess because earlier in the week I was doing a different job and time flew by. The last two days of the week I was back to mine with not anything pressing to do and I was bored. I fond I like working under pressure. I like haveing more to do then I think I can get done in an 8 hour period. That way time flies and I don't have time to sit around thinking about all the things at home I need to be doing.

Speaking of things at home ...This weekend Gup and I both got Spring fever. We are so ready to get working in the yard again. I love to...It is so relaxing to me. I love to do it when it's nice outside. Not to hot or cold. A light breeze with the sun shining. Today it is overcast and cool, but I am going to pretend it is beautiful and sunny ..lol

I am so ready to get started. I need to weed,trim,transplant and plant. We have this beautiful passion flower vine that we need to plant from last year. We went to the Houston Garden Center and the vines were 25 dollars and here we have one that some one gave us a piece of, just sitting outside the back door in newspaper...So we will be finding a spot for that today. I think I am going to open the windows to the house ....crank up some tunes and start cleaning like crazy then get out and go to town on the yard.

here is a picture of one. Aren't they stunning. They are one of my very favorite. I really like the purple ones. We had beautiful purple ones at our last house and for some reason did not think to take some with us. I wonder if Gup's ex still has it. It is worth asking if she does and if we can have a piece of it. I think I will find that out!!!

We may also get a visit from Gup's Dad...his wife is in California for a wedding and the poor thing is bored. So he said he may drive up and hang out for a bit. That would be cool. He lives only like 4 hours away but we only see each other a few times a year. Sometimes it's nice to see family that lives a little distance just because. no holiday ...no birthday ...just because :)

I hope all of you have a great weekend!!!!

Surgery update

2006-03-16T12:59:00.000-08:00

Guppy has an update on what's happening here....

Wonder Woman!!!

2006-03-13T18:47:00.000-08:00

My new tenant had me at wonder woman. As soon as I saw her template I was hooked. One of my childhood heros was of course WONDER WOMAN!!!!! I had a WW bathing suit and wore that thing out. I mean I wore it until it was basically see thru... When I put it on I WAS wonder woman in my own mind. It was awesome. I had so many adventures. I battled the bad guys and saved the world on many occasion..lol Just seeing her template brought back some great childhood memories for me. The coolest is after I turned 18 and met my biological father, he told me I was related to her. This was before I told him how much I LOVED her as a child. He was real into genealogy. I was excited to say the least.How cool is it that my childhood hero is a very distant relative... I think it's totally cool :) It would have been even better if I would have met her at some point and got an autograph... All I have now are memories and two wonder woman barbies...lol

So go on over and say howdy to my new tenant... It looks like she just roughed out a storm ....How funny huh, seeing as she is renting from me :)..lol anyway I am just being silly now. Have a great night all ....

Marriage

2006-03-11T19:36:00.000-08:00

I got tagged last month ...( yes I know I am a little slow in getting to it) by Eph2810. It was a Valentine Meme about marriage... The questions were :"What's one thing you have learned to do differently to make your marriage better? Or one thing you think is important to a good marriage?".

Well Guppy and I have both been married before. We have both learned what not to do in a marriage ,which is great. Alot of people would be bitter and resentful to thier ex-spouse. Guppy and I are both very grateful for the fact that they both have taught us what we do not want in a spouse/marriage. That is a great thing. I believe that our first marriages are one reason that we are the way we are with each other...

So that being said ...everything we do has made this marriage different,and here is how. Also here are things I think are most important in making a good marriage.

I believe that THE most important thing to not only a good marriage but a GREAT marriage is God. I believe that HE above all comes first.I believe that you both should be evenly yoked... I have seen so many marriage that were not,and it is so hard on it. I believe when both spouses have the understanding that you come second to God it is an awesome thing. Then I believe that you have got to put your marriage/each other above all else. Yes I am meaning kids,friends, family and everything else. I know most will say Whaooooooooo my kids come first no matter what. That is ok for you ...but I believe that without a strong marriage and foundation to set that example ...You are hurting your child in thier development of relationships. Children will imitate what they see. They will more often then not ...Do what you do more then what you say. You have to lead by example just like you do as a disciple of Jesus Christ. I have seen so many marriages end because one spouse orthe other is obsessed with thier childresn lives. They are so consumed in everything thier child wants or is doing that they have no time for each other.

I believe that you have to have a great deal of respect for each other. You have to be very willing to forgive and not dwell on each others shortcomings. You have to learn to praise the other for thier strengths. I am not saying that is always easy. Lord knows it is not at all easy at times.

I also believe that prayer is a very VERY important part of a great marriage. There is some serious power in praying for your spouse. You have to also be willing to pray for yourself. For God to change you as well.

I beleieve that intimacy is so important. I beleieve that you need that daily.I am not just talking about sex,although that is important. I mean little things that only you two share. Like the fact that when Guppy and I hug sometimes we will just both start dancing in the embrace to music that we both here in our hearts. It is always a very intimate moment. There are things you can do that strengthen that bond that take only seconds. Sometimes a look, a kiss, a hug, a word. Each couple is different, I am sure you get the point.

Last but certianly not least I believe to have a successful and GREAT marriage. The woman must submit to her husband. The man must be the head of the household. That is the way God ordained it to be and that is the way it must be. There is awesome power in submission. You can change the heart of a man just by your love and fear of the Lord. He will see that shining through you.I don't think that means that you must bow to him and he is the one that must do it all ,as you wait on him hand and foot. I do believe that he is to lead the family. I believe that you can have an opinion but ultimately he makes the final decision. I believe that wholeheartedly. In the same respect I believe that does not give the husband the right to be demannding and abusive, but quite the contrary. I believe he should treat the woman with the utmost respect. He should treat her like a delicate flower. He should love her with every thing he has.

1Peter 3
1Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. 4Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. 5For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, 6like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

7Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

T.G.I.F.

2006-03-10T18:06:00.000-08:00

Well it is friday and I somehow managed to not post all week.It has been a busy week to say the least. It seemed that everyday was rush ,rush ,rush and not enough time in a day to get everything I needed or wanted to, done. I think I need to be more disciplined in spending quality time with God daily. I have his word around me daily ... through my watching Joyce Meyers in the morning ,and the Christian radio station I listen to all day ,but I mean really spending time every single day to read the word and chit chat with God. I beleive if I would do that that, he would bless the rest of the time in the day. Kind of like tithing but with time instead of money. I need to become a better steward of my time. I think I will make that a self challenge :)

Anyway ...enough of that babbling.

It is Friday and I miss my best ( girl) friend.( Of course my husband is my BEST friend). She is having fun hanging out with the Astros in Florida during spring training.She has been gone all week and will be gone one more week.WAHHH!!!..lol No but seriously... I am super happy for her. This is her first real vacation,but I miss her terribly. I miss her at church ...and I miss her at work. I miss chatting with her daily.

I got my blood work back and it was all awesome . PRAISE God for answering prayers left and right.They have switched surgeons on me again..lol AGAIN...but that is ok ...I know God is in control of everything and I am trusting in him and him alone.

I have missed all of you and I am sorry I have not been around to you guys in days.

Please help me keep my parents in your prayers. My dad hurt his back real bad last week at work. He had an MRI done and will get the test results Tuesday. The nurse thought he had scoliosis ( I know that is so not spelled right) he looked THAT bad apparently. My poor daddy.

They are in the process of buying thier first home. They have been the caretakers of a Church Retreat for like 10 years now ...So this is pretty huge for them. My mom had to get a "real" job...I say that meaning ...a job that has set hours and days.

My super wonderful MIL,being the very very selfless and giving person that she is ....is flying my mother out here for my surgery. My Mema ( grandmother) is coming as well. I am so thrilled they will be here for me. The bad side to that is my dad being hurt and the whole new house thing all happening right now. She is a wee bit stressed but knows that God has it under control.

That is sure a wonderful thing to know...

Let's see ....well that is all I can think of right now ...my brain is tired even..lol I think I am going to go relax a bit and I will try and stay up with this thing a little better.

Please go visit my Renter ....I will feature her very soon ...Maybe tommorow!! Night all ...Have a super great weekend!!!!

God is so faithful

2006-03-05T10:31:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was awesome. Guppy had been wondering if his Baptism as a child actually counted. He was not sure what God's view on Baptism was and we had been praying for God to reveal to him what it was. We went and picked lil one up from her mom's to take her. She had been wanting to see a Baptism for awhile now and she was super excited to finally get to. I love her excitment about experiencing God, it is so awesome. Anyway the coolest thing about it all, was this...We get to church and the sermon was called...Did my Baptism count? It was awesome and so very informative. The pastor revealed to Guppy exactly what he had questions about. He was ready right then to run up with the three people getting Baptised and do it then ...lol I am so happy that God answered that prayer with a sermon just for Gup ...That is what it felt like anyway ..lol

He has his Baptism packet and will be doing that this year ....I will have to take lots of pictures and maybe video tape it and try to post that. I think the next set of Baptisms are in June... I wanted to post the sermon link on here incase there were others out there that have questions about Baptism... Don't just listen to what the pastor has to say and draw your conclusion though ...Read the verses that talk about it and pray. God will reveal to you what it is he means by it. Little one is wanting to get Baptised but she is still not fully aware of what it all means yet. We are teaching her that the most important thing is to first accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. To know he died on the cross for your sins ...and that by his Grace you are saved. She is still young though and we have great hope for her. She is so hungry for the knowledge and she loves Jesus already. It is so awesome to watch. I think the greatest thing you can ever do as a parent is help develop and guide your child spiritually. In the end...Nothing else will really matter. It will not matter how big of a house you lived in , what toys you were able to buy them ...how many trips you can take them on ...but what you taught them about Christ will mean everything. How you helped them along on thier own spiritual journey is what counts.

Anyway ....have an awesome Sunday!!!! Please do not forget to go check out my tenant :)

here is a link to that sermon..... Did my Baptism Count? ( this link will be in there after today...maybe tonight ...they will not post it to the web until after all thier services for today are over..So if you are reading now and interested in hearing it please come back for the update with the link ...Thanks )

Googlism

2006-03-04T10:49:00.000-08:00

I got this idea from one of my favorite fellow bloggers , GI Gotti, over at Across the Pond.

I entered in Stormy ( I also did my real name but came up with more for Stormy so I went with it instead) on this site HERE and picked out 10 of my favorite Googlisms for it ...

1.stormy is available to make appearances at birthday parties.

2.stormy is some sort of sex goddess( wooo hooo)

3.stormy is more independent and is better at occupying herself while out of her cage( lol nice to know huh ...)

4.stormy is a retired fbi agent and had entertained hikers with her many interesting stories ( why I bet you never knew my life was so interesting ..lol )

5.stormy is definately not a guy( I wonder if the boobs gave that away ?) ..lol

6.stormy is the rock solid bass player every band wants ( Wow I wonder if Bo Bice has room for a bass player?)

7.stormy is a native texan ( is not true..I was not born in Texas but I got here as soon as I could :) )

8.stormy is very good looking ( *blushes* { in my best southern belle accent} " Why thank you google" )

9.stormy is a dwarf/lop mix...( is that way I get the overwhelming urge to lick sometimes?..lol )

and last but not least, ***** DRUM ROLL*** please ..........

10. stormy is unlike anything else you'll hear this year

God Rocks!!!!

2006-03-03T15:45:00.000-08:00

I went in to see my regular Dr. today ..I have accumulated quite a gaggle of them lately..lol
Anyway my blood pressure was awesome ..Yeahhhhh that was an answered prayer for sure because it had been elevated the last few Dr. visits. My EKG was "perfect", she said, and my breathing test was amazingly good. I say that because it sounded like it would be awful with my weezing and all. God is so faithful. I wanted to let everyone know that has been keeping up. Thank you for your prayers. I got a chest x-ray today , I go get blood drawn tomorrow morning. I am praying all my levels are perfect and my x-ray is excellent. I will get those results in about a week.

Have a great Friday night guys... I am off to eat dinner before I have to start fasting for blood work...

:)

Exodus 23: 25-26

25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.

Chris ROCKS!!!!

2006-03-02T17:51:00.000-08:00

Taylor Hicks
Easy - Commodores

I Love Taylor ..He is one of my very favorites. I loved him singing this song ..I don't care what the judges say. I love his voice and his style. I also love how humble and raw he is.

Elliott Yamin
Moody's Mood for Love - James Moody

I Love this guy too ..I know everyone talks about how ugly he is but I love his voice and what does it matter if he doesn't "look" the part ,with pipes like that. I like the fact that he is humble as well. He is not all cocky and "Hollywood". I really like that.

Ace Young
If You're Not the One - David Bedingfield

I was bored to tears and wishing that it was over from the first note. Ok he is attractive but whoopeee... He just doesn't do it for me. He has not WOWed me in the least.

Gedeon McKinney
Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come

I like him myself. I happen to love his big smile and enjoyed both his performances. I do not think he is the next American Idol but he entertained me.

Kevin Covais
I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

This kid can sing somewhat but I zdo not see him going on past this week. I did not like his performance last night. I really think he is going home tonight.

Jose "Sway" Penala
Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder

I don't like this guy but I really liked him singing this song..lol I guess I am the only one though. I HATED!!!! his performance last week. We fast fowarded through most of it once he started..lol
I hope he goes home tonight.

Will Makar
Lady - Kenny Rogers

I love him ,he is adorable. I so think he looks like a young Fred Savage. I loved Fred Savage growing up. I still think he is cute as a button. I like his voice but he bored me last night. I hope he stays and steps it up some.

Bucky Covington
Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks

Yeahhhh Bucky ...he is a cutie and I loved him singing country. I didn't like his performance last wekk but he redeemed himself to me this week. I think he really should stick to country. He has a pretty voice when he doesn't try and scream.

David Radford
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight

I think this kid is a little doll baby too. I love his voice but I am sad to say I think he can not get past the crooning :( he needs to stick with that and move on I think.

Chris Daughtry
Fuel - Hemorrhage

This guy is hot and he ROCKS!!!!! I am predicting him to win the whole thing. I hope he keeps slammin us with great performances. I love watching and listening to him.

I think the guys are SOOOOOOO much better then the girls this year. The girls have just been boring me for the most part.

Going home?
Kevin Covais or David Radford
Sway

Who is your favorite?

Sting My Heart...

2006-03-01T15:08:00.000-08:00

I would like to take this time to welcome one of my very favorite bloggers. Eph2810 over at Sting My Heart is my new tenant for this week and I am thrilled. I rented from her last week and found some very awesome new bloggers to read. I am hoping to do the same for her. Not only is she smart, creative, and funny but she is very spiritual as well. She has been praying for me and keeping up with me on this journey that I am now on. I wanted her to know how much I appreciate her and how encouraging it has been to know that she has been right here putting in a good word for me to our "Daddy"...Thank you also for the beautiful e-card it made my day.

You never know how much you can touch a person just by letting them know that you are thinking and praying for them. I encourage you , if you are praying for someone, let em know. You may really bless that person. Please take some time to go on over and welcome my beautiful tenant ...and while you are there look around some. She is an awesome writer with such insightful views.

Ephesians 2:8-10 (New International Version)

8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

The Chronicles of Narnia...

2006-02-27T10:14:00.000-08:00

You can preorder your copy now ...You can do that by going here.

It is an awesome movie with such wonderful sybolism. If you have not seen the movie or if for some reason you have not even heard of it, you can watch the movie trailer here .

I also found this which was very cool...you can go here and click on "Enter Narnia"...This would be something you and your child could do together.

One of my very favorite links is this one, it is about some chritian artists and thier songs that were inspired by this awesome movie. This link allows you to listen to the songs as well. It includes artists such as Jars of Clay ( one of my favorites), Rebecca St. James,Steven Curtis Chapman,and Jeremy Camp along with others. Click on over and check it out...

Sinuses and Milk

2006-02-26T16:19:00.000-08:00

"If your kids suffer from chronic runny noses and sore throats, it might be time to dump the dairy. According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, cow’s milk is the number one-cause of food allergies in children. According to the former director of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Frank Oski, there is evidence to indicate that up to half of U.S. children have some allergic reaction to milk. For these kids (and for adults who are allergic to dairy foods), milk is a mucus maker and can lead to persistent problems such as chronic coughs and sinus infections, asthma, and ear infections.

More and more physicians and dietitians realize that removing dairy products from the diet can be the solution to many childhood illnesses such as runny noses, constipation, colic, ear infections, and gas—and the list goes on."
( I got this from this article)

I watched a show not to long ago about the effects that milk and dairy in general have on people that suffer with sinus problems. I know I was always told as a child that I could not have milk if I had a cold because it would produce more mucus and possibly lead to a sinus infection. We have taken lil one to be tested for allergies and she tested negative for any at all. Guppy said she was tested around age 3 and was allergic to all kinds of stuff. The allergist did say that in some kids between ages 7 and 9 that it was possible to actually have allergies but for the testing to come back negative. Everyone that is around the child can pretty much give you a list of things that she is allergic to by the way that child reacts to things. She can be in the grass or petting a cat and her eyes will swell up get bright red and have dark black circles under them. I am really starting to think she may also be allergic to milk. I notice everytime she has milk she ends up with either a runny nose or worse. I know this last time she spent time with one of her grandmothers and said she had a huge glass of milk with her cake.Very few days later she has a fever of 102.9 and turns out it was an ear infection and sinus infection. She just got over having a bad ear infection in December. I really do believe this dairy thing has something to it. We always keep her from drinking milk here because she is almost always atleast runny. I hesitate to give it to her at all because everytime she has an appointment with the allergist/sinus doctor she has a lot of sinus pressure.( They check this with a machine they stick in her ear) She is so use to it they said that she doesn't complain of it bothering her. I hate to add to that mucus producing by letting her have milk. I know my MIL is always saying she is affraid that she is not getting enough calcium but there are so many other ways to get her that. One being the OJ plus calcium and she drinks a ton of that as well. I am really curious to see if anyone else has had this issue? Either with themsleves or thier child? I think I am going to bring this up to her doctor and see what he has to say about it, I am really very very curious.

here are a few more links I found about it:

Banishing Sinus Mystery

Cow's Milk,Health Problems

and a list of foods that contain calcium :

Black Beans
1 cup, 120 mg calcium
Navy Beans 1 cup, 130 mg calcium
Fortified Cereal 1 cup, 300 mg calcium
Soybeans, cooked 1 cup, 180 mg calcium
Spinach, cooked 1/2 cup, 130 mg calcium
Bok Choy 1/2 cup, 80 mg calcium
Kale, cooked 1/2 cup, 90 mg calcium
Corn Tortilla 1, 6 inch, 50 mg calcium
Greens, mustard 1/2 cup, 100 mg calcium
Fortified Orange Juice 1 cup, 300 mg calcium
Canned Salmon w/bones 3 oz, 180 mg
Fortified Cereal 1 cup, 300 mg
Waffle, fortified 1, 150 mg
Soy milk, fortified 1 cup, 400 mg
Greens, mustard 1/2 cup, 100 mg
Tofu 1 cup, 40 mg
Almonds 2 oz., 150 mg
Oysters 3 oz., 80 mg

****(For lil ones mom, aunt and grandmothers)*****She drinks Soymilk here and loves it. Especially the chocolate kind. There is also a Soymilk light which is very good she also LOVES spinach when it is raw. She will eat it on her sandwiches even. Also she loves beans as I know some of you know. Also I know one gramma was concered that lil one would have to expierence life without ice cream. I personally think that life with alternatives and not getting sick is much more important and there are plenty of alternatives...such as these...

Non Dairy Frozen Desserts

So do any of you know anything about any of this? Do any of you have a child that sufferes from the same?

I've been a bad,bad landlord...

2006-02-25T09:41:00.000-08:00

I would like to apologize to my tenant this week. I have been to self absorbed and have not even mentioned her. I would like to take the time now to ask you all to help me redeem myself by going over and clicking her thumbnail over there on the left.

She has a cute template...very feminine and pleasing to the eye. She is from Newfoundland Canada hense the name Newfie Girl....lol

I took this from her profile...she is a: "Writer. decorator. photographer. comic book villian. Wife. Mommy to furbabies. geek"

She seems very fun and has an adorable doggy with it's own blog :) you can see her post about that here : Doggy post

Please go on over and tell her Stormii sent ya :)...Thanks!!! You guys are so great :)

Update on me ....

2006-02-23T19:20:00.000-08:00

For those of you that were praying and waiting for an update on me click here ---->UPDATE!!!!!

Leave it with God....

2006-02-22T19:48:00.000-08:00

I was ready to post a few things tonight, and then I read this (CLICK HERE-->)post(<--Click there) of my husbands,and I felt it needed a reply. I understand that you are worried. It is hard for anyone, no matter how strong your faith, to see someone they love go through something like this. I know that you are only human and as much as you have been my rock of faith in so many instances....it is ok to admit when you are not strong. We are all weak. We are human and that is what is so very awesome about God's grace. As much as he loves for us to cast or cares on him and let go of all control. He realizes we are human and that is why he gave us his Son. You can do all things through Christ who stregthens you. It is a process. Anyone that has known me for any good length of time, knows I was one of the worlds biggest worry warts. I was terrible with that area of my life. I would worry about everything. I also was enslaved by fear for many years. By the grace of God I do not have that now. Atleast not at this point in time with this situation. I do not worry about what is going to happen to me because I know that I know that HE is in total control. It has not been easy...God had taken me on a long spiritual journey to get to this point. I believe that he did walk me through it instead of just taking it from me so that I might know that it was through HIM and HIM alone. It was nothing in and of myself that got me to this point. The only advise I can give you baby is this. Lean on God's word. Not on your own understanding. And let the Peace of God that passes all understanding be yours. I pray for you every single day. Everyday, that you will surrender your worry and fears to him. It will happen. God is a very faithful God. I wanted to leave you with this scripture that God gave me at the beginning of my journey of being set free from that anxiety.....It has helped me in the times when Satan would attempt to take my peace from me. I truly believe that by the stripes of Jesus ..I am healed, and that God will be glorified through all this. I want to thank you for sticking right by my side through all of this and I thank God for you everyday.

Psalm 118

1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.

2 Let Israel say:
"His love endures forever."

3 Let the house of Aaron say:
"His love endures forever."

4 Let those who fear the LORD say:
"His love endures forever."

5 In my anguish I cried to the LORD,
and he answered by setting me free.

6 The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

7 The LORD is with me; he is my helper.
I will look in triumph on my enemies.

8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in man.

9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes.

10 All the nations surrounded me,
but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

11 They surrounded me on every side,
but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

12 They swarmed around me like bees,
but they died out as quickly as burning thorns;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

13 I was pushed back and about to fall,
but the LORD helped me.

14 The LORD is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.

15 Shouts of joy and victory
resound in the tents of the righteous:
"The LORD's right hand has done mighty things!

16 The LORD's right hand is lifted high;
the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!"

17 I will not die but live,
and will proclaim what the LORD has done.

18 The LORD has chastened me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.

19 Open for me the gates of righteousness;
I will enter and give thanks to the LORD.

20 This is the gate of the LORD
through which the righteous may enter.

21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me;
you have become my salvation.

22 The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone;

23 the LORD has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.

24 This is the day the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.

25 O LORD, save us;
O LORD, grant us success.

26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.
From the house of the LORD we bless you. [a]

27 The LORD is God,
and he has made his light shine upon us.
With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession
up [b] to the horns of the altar.

28 You are my God, and I will give you thanks;
you are my God, and I will exalt you.

29 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.

Wife Swap??!!

2006-02-21T12:51:00.000-08:00

Now ,as much as I like watching this show. I really truly do not understand why these women agree to do it. I mean I know some feel unappreciated and want their husbands to realize how much they do around the house. Some think they can enlighten others with their whacked out lifestyle. The thing that I do not get is this. If you are having problems in your marriage or with your kids or whatever...Do you really think that going to live with complete strangers for two weeks is going to help? I mean everyone has their own way of living. Their own routine or lack there of. I would NOT want to swap lives with anyone I know. I do not know if maybe it is because of the fact that I love my husband very much. I enjoy spending time with him and enjoy our life together that makes me think " no way would I do that". Maybe it is the relationship I have with God that makes me sincerely grateful for what I have and I do not think the grass is greener on the other side. If the grass IS greener on the other side...I don't care ..lol I would rather keep my less green grass right where I am. I mean I am still a newlywed really. We were married Nov.11,2004 and I realize that marriage takes work and compromise and it is not all a bowl of cherries everyday. Guppy and I do not fight. We do disagree about certain things ,but we usually agree to disagree. We love being together and never get tired of it. We actually really miss each other so much when we have to go to work ..lol I think this fact drives my MIL crazy sometimes..lol There have been times when she has wanted to take me somewhere that Guppy refuses to go ( like the Nutcracker) but I have no desire to spend a night without him. Or to experience anything new without him. Now as sappy as it all sounds we do have very different views on some things. Like, I ...left to my own devices would clean constantly or at least until things were like I thought they should be. Guppy on the other hand ..welll....lol as much as he waits on me hand and foot while I am sick and sometimes when I am not ( he really is a very attentive husband) ...would let the house pile to the roof with dirty dishes,trash and what not. I have never understood this about him.(Except the laundry,we both suck at keeping up with this one)...lol He is not a lazy person by far. He is always doing something. He loves his little projects, but unless I specifically ask him or unless I ,myself ,am cleaning... he just won't. He cleans great if I am too...But as far as taking initiative to do so ...it's not happening..lol You know what though ...There still is NO way that I would trade him or want to live with some strange guy with his kids for two weeks or even a day...

I really am curious as to what you all think about that ...

Would you swap lives with someone that you have no idea about for two weeks?

All things Alphabet...

2006-02-20T16:26:00.000-08:00

Ok so I have recently discovered that I am totally obsessed with alphabets. No I am not talking children's songs or soup here. Scrap booking letters. I love them in all shapes, sizes and textures. I have a huge collection of alphabet stickers but I am finding so many different kinds.

They have brads,chipboard,stamps,tags,and all sorts of very cool ways to add words to your pages.I was on a quest to find some very cool FREE fonts to change it up a bit also. I can use them to print out titles and do my journaling when I do not want to hand write it. I do think that handwriting in some cases is best and I still try to add a little of that on each page regardless, but sometimes you just want something different...something with a little pizzazz.

Here are some links to some free font sites that I found:

Dafont

1001 Free Fonts

2peas in a bucket( great scrapbooking resource)

Here is the latest layout that I did...I used one my new found fonts on this one.
I scribbled out our last name that is why it looks all jacked up.

you can't read the metal embellishments that run down the left side but they are engraved and they say :
hope,love,dream,inspire.... then the charm in the upper right hand corner says believe...

and of course running down the right side is the cool font that I found..

and the name of the layout is " you are my soul mate"

the picture is one that we took while at the zoo last year. I would have never even thought of scrappin' this one but it is one of Guppy's favorite for some reason...

If you have any great resources please feel free to leave me the link in the comment section!!!

P.S. Don't forget to run by and wish Brian over at Across the Pond goodbye :(

Attn: Acknowledge Dept.:

2006-02-20T08:16:00.000-08:00

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.

My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, "This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received."
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.
Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them."

I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section," my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed. "How is it that? There's no work going on here?" I asked.

"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.

"How does one acknowledge God's blessings?" I asked.

"Simple," the angel answered. "Just say, "Thank you, Lord."

"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.

"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep ... you are richer than 75% of this world. "If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

"And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity."

Also ..

"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness .. you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day.

"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 700 million people in the world.

"If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death ... you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world.

"If your parents are still alive and still married . you are very rare.

If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you are unique to all those in doubt and despair."

Ok, what now? How can I start?

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.

Attn: Acknowledge Dept.: Thank You Lord!
"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people to share it with

This, that and the other ....

2006-02-19T09:08:00.000-08:00

Well it's offical...I am now sick :(...I stayed home with lil angel for two days and got myself sick now..lol I would always much rather be the one sick when she is. I do not count both of us being sick together as the same ..lol

Guppy is STILL loving his Valentine present and also discovered how to use the video feature on his moms borrowed digital...so HERE is the result of that...go on over and check it out.

I love my church! Have you ever had one of those days when you felt so just BLAH that you really could care less what you looked like,as long as you were comfy. Yesterday was that day for me.I barely got dressed ,brushed my teeth and hair...lol So I went to church with a head feeling like it was shoved full of cotton balls, a runny nose and itchy eyes. I wore sweats,a t-shirt with a sweatshirt over it. We walked in like everything was normal got to worship, shook some hands ,and noone batted an eye to the fact that I looked like something the cat just drug in off the street. Everyone does their own thing ...I love it. I love that you can even walk in after church has started ,and the whole congregation doesn't stop to turn around and watch you take that what seems like 50 mile walk to the pew. It is awesome...

I also did another scrap layout recently and thought I would share it :).
I am about to attept my first ever layout of Guppy.I will post that one if it turns out decent. I really should get a bunch of pictures of him with his beloved lightsaber and do a Star Wars layout ...oh yeah that would rock...Hmmmm I think I may just have something there ..lol

(click image to enlarge)

Have a great rest of the weekend and don't forget to hop over and show my renter some love!!

Stormii Out!!!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun !!

2006-02-18T12:45:00.000-08:00

This was a night that lil one had the neighbor girls over. They had a BLAST!!! It was fun to watch them play. Ohhh to be that age again.

In Honor of my Renter this week!!

2006-02-17T13:59:00.000-08:00

I thank you ...

Watch Videos:

I Thank You Salute (To The Troops Remix) (Rebecca St. James) Video Codes by VideoCodeZone.Com

Now go visit his blog and tell him how much you appreciate him for serving this country. You ROCK Brian!!! We thank you and you remain in our prayers.

Thursday Thirteen

2006-02-16T13:09:00.000-08:00

Thirteen Things about Stormii

1. I have seen these around for quite sometime and have often meant to do one.I finally got around to it...

2. I am at home today from work with a lil one that is sick.She is caughing and running a fever...

3. I hate when she is sick,she is so full of life and energetic when not sick.

4. We had our yearly Inventory yesterday and YEAHHHHH!!!. That means I don't have to go through that for a whole year.

5. I am sure the year will fly by though...It seems to get quicker every year!!

6. My renter Brian ,being the awesome guy that he is, is going to find a way to post some pictures of Iraq for us all to see what they live in day in and day out!! I am so excited about that. I told him I always picture where they are to look like the Tv show MASH!!...he assures me that it looks NOTHING like that at all.***ppsstttt, Don't forget to swing on by his pad and tell him Stormii sent you ****( you can do so , of course, by clicking on my renters space over there on the left)

7. Guppy is still thrilled with his Valentine gift. He plays with it all the time. I am thrilled. Men are really just bigger boys that like bigger and more expensive toys..lol

8. I will probably watch the movie "Elizabethtown" tonight. I am so curious to watch it because I heard it was filmed in Elizabethtown, Ky which is my old stompin' grounds:)

9. I really need to get around to my entire blogroll soon. Sorry if I have not been around to see you in ahwile.It doesn't mean I don't like your blog,I promise you that.Time just gets away from me lately.

10. I am so excited that all the people that I wanted to make it to the top 24 on American Idol...actually did. Some that made it were people I thought should not have,but as long as my favs made it , It's all Good!!!

11. Matt is back ...YEAHHHHHHH. He is supposed to blog about his little vacation back in the states. I can not wait for the post. We missed ya Matt. Welcome Back!!

12. I go to the new Dr. this coming Thursday. I am actually pretty excited aboutit.I am so ready to get the ball rolling to my recovery.

13. Then I plan on starting a bigger family :) Guppy and I will be trying for a baby after this is all over and done with. God willing that is.Lil one wants a brother or sister soooo badly.She tells us constantly...

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Mary,Mary Shackles( Praise you )

2006-02-15T19:01:00.000-08:00

This one is for my Mom and for little one ...They both love this song.I have to admit that it has grown on me ... Everytime I hear it at work I dance in my seat ...It is one of those songs that makes you wanna put your hands up ... Check it out and let me know what you think :)

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!

2006-02-14T19:01:00.000-08:00

I wanted to take this tome to wish my new renter a very Happy Valentine's Day.Brian over at Across the Pond is chillin' over here for a week.He is a soldier that is deployed over in Iraq.So he is having to spend Valentine's Day away from his fiance. It has got to be hard enough being away from her not to mention on romantic holidays.

So I am asking a favor ...Can you all hop over and give Brian a visit and tell him Happy Valentine's Day ...Let him know that all of us over here are extremely grateful to him for serving our country.He is a great guy...One of the coolest guys I have met in a long time.He is funny, smart ,and looks darn good in uniform ...lol

If you have time after that ...go over and check out my 10 year old hubby ...lol He got a big boy toy for Valentine's Day and posted about it...

I love you my fearless Jedi....Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Many, many thanks go out to Pure Mood for creating the beautiful Happy Valentine's glitter tag ...along with my "Saved by Grace" post divider....She does an great job.She customized it to fit my page ...She is so AWESOME!!!Go over and check her out.

Count your blessings!!!

2006-02-13T13:42:00.000-08:00

Have you ever had one of those days that you really thought God was trying to show you just how blessed you really are? How you should be thankful for everything you have. I am not just talking materialistic here either. I mean thankful you woke up and can see,hear,breathe,etc... Thankful for your family. As well as everything God trusts you with like your house,car etc...

Today was so like that for me today. I went in to work only to find out that a friend (one that I hang out with daily) was in the hospital. Apparently his house caught fire last night and he is in the hospital for smoke inhalation. he called me from the hospital sounding like Darth Vader. He is talking through a breathing machine. They are giving him breathing treatments every two hours. He said he is not feeling very good which can definitely be expected. The very cool thing about all this was the blessing that God gave them. he said his oldest son ( 9 years old) did not have school today so he let him and their 3 yr. old stay up and watch a movie. He said the 9yr. old fell asleep but not the 3 yr. old ...That is how they knew that the living room was on fire. Thank The Lord that little boy knew to run and tell his parents. That is such a blessing because that kid barely talks. My friend Mike got all three of his kids and his wife out of the house safely but now is in the hospital recovering.When he called me today and I asked what he needed ,all he asked for was prayer. I told him to count on lots of that for sure. So if you would all help me pray for that family and for a fast recovery for Mike it would be so appreciated.

The day of counting my blessings did not stop there. Guppy's co-worker's daughter got in a car accident. I got that news pretty soon after the other. She has a mild concussion but is resting and doing good from the news I last got. Still was a scary situation there for a bit.

Thennnnnn a lady from work that has been out for awhile with what they thought was a brain aneurysm but turned out to be a vessel burst at the base of her brain or something. She came in via her husband today being pushed in a wheelchair. It was so pitiful seeing her in that state. She actually looked like she was born mentally retarded. She could talk a little but I really don't think she knew who any of us talking to her actually were. I have been praying for her for awhile now, I am praying for a full recovery for her. She has been going through rehab now. The problem is that she is regaining some memory and she keeps trying to get up and walk,thinking that she can. We just need to pray for her care, safety and full recovery.

I am just SOOOOO very thankful to God for all my many ,many blessings.

*****UPDATE!!!******

Guppy and I ,along with my friend Nicole and her brother ,went to see Mike tonight in the hospital. We gave him a hard time and told him he didn't have to be so dramatic to get out of inventory at work ..lol He laughed. He was in good spirits. Still had his crazy sense of humor which is awesome. He is such a nut I was glad to see he still is. All they lost was pretty much the tv,stereo,x-box,playstation,dvd player ...etc....The living room is gone. We all agreed that is way better then it could have been. ie... the kids etc...He has suffered some damage to the lungs so they are watching him closely. Please keep him in your prayers.

I am so jealous....

2006-02-12T07:59:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine back home in Kentucky sent me these pictures of his little girl playing in the 6 inches of snow that they got.I am so jealous!!!I so miss having white winters.I LOVE getting snowed in.Call me crazy ..lol I have been snowed in a few times and it is awesome.The whole town stops pretty much and everyone plays in the snow.It is a very fond memory for me.It is no fun driving back and forth to work in it when you finally can,but fun nonetheless.I love the way it looks ...Notice how awesome the trees look.Man I would so be out with my digital taking very artsy pics right now ..lol

I long for snow days that I can build a snowman that big...I will have to dig up some pictures of the itty bitty snowmen we made two Christmas Eve's ago when we actually got snow here on the Gulf Coast...Now that is some funny stuff...

I laughed at this snowman because it is exactly like my friends personality ...It is awesome.His lil girl looks scared though ...lol Maybe she just thinks the snow man is dressed to tacky to be posing with ..lol

I had my cake ...and WORE it too!!!

2006-02-10T16:45:00.000-08:00

I promised I would post these pics when I got them developed ...Last friday at work they bought me a cake:

and then proceeded to trick me while shoving my face in it,with my glasses ON!!!lol ...

Then a friend grabbed them to clean them off for me because I couldn't see..lol I ran to the bathroom to clean the cake out of my nostrils and off my face ...after we all got a good laugh of course.I get to the bathroom and all the stalls were full...OF COURSE!!!..lol So I am standing in the bathroom waiting for someone to get done because the week before our manager decides it is better for the envirnment if we just have hand dryers....So I stand looking like an idiot as people come in .It was all good though ...It was fun and made for a cool scrap layout ...Yes I have already scrapped it.Maybe I will post that layout sometime.Hope you all had a great week!!!

Have a great Weekend !!!

P.S. NO I did not wear that flower in my hair on purpose..A friend stuck it in my hair that day as part of my birthday attire..Along with pink and green streamers they taped to my butt...I wore them both all day ...What can I say ,I am silly and a good sport:)

Live Now!!!

2006-02-08T19:50:00.000-08:00

Live Now!

In the reaching toward what lies ahead in the future, we must not lose
sight of now! Don't lose today being concerned about tomorrow.

This is the day which the Lord had made; Let us rejoice and be glad in
it. - Psalm 118:24 NASB

Thank You!!!

2006-02-07T19:59:00.000-08:00

I appreciate all the well wishes,prayers,and thoughts through all of this.It means the world to me.I would write out an update but I am spent and my MIL has done a great job of it on her blog already ...So if you are curious as to what is up ...or as Guppy said ....for those keeping score at home ....You can find it here!!!

More later ....

The best birthday ever part II

2006-02-05T11:11:00.000-08:00

Well I have not gotten my pics that we took while at work ,back from the photo lab yet.I will post about my birthday morning later for that reason.I mentioned in yesterdays post (that is all messed up btw...Blogger was hatin me yesterday.It kept erasing my post and now it won't allow comments)that I has the Best Birthday ever ...There has been so many people that made it a very special one this year.One of them being my awesome husband, Guppyman...he gave me a gift that is priceless...It is one of those gifts that keep on giving.I am so excited and really thinking about doing some scrappin today :) he built me a scrapbooking workshop basically.My MIL said it will be like living in Michael's ..lol I agree...It really does Rock.It is not finished yeat but here is what it looks like so far.Yes ,I have totally started moving in and he doesn't even have the two counter tops bolted together yet.I am so bad I know.here is a sneak peek at what it looks like so far ...minus the upper shelves that he is going to build:

This year I got something from everything that I like.Here is a list of what I got.
My mom bought me my polorized sunglasses that I really, really wanted and needed.She also sent me a series of Graham Cooke DVD's.Some worship cd's,some detox tea,some herbal foot lotion and some other arbonne lotion.

I got a cactus and a miniture rose bush from two co-workers.

Some Bath and Body works from a co -worker.

I got an awesome gift basket of scrapbooking goodies from my best friend, Nicole...here is a picture of that:

I got a "sweet honeysuckle" Yankee candle from a co-worker

a new cool touch bagel toaster form a co-worker( this was on my birthday wishlist that they made me create)

scrapbooking stuff from my SIL...

A Minnie Mouse Barbie from a friend

A very awesome frame that Lil one made..( that was my favorite but shhh don't tell anyone )...Guppy said it was all her.She picked out the color, wanted glitter ...colored the lil flower herself( it looks like really cool camo to me)and she even picked the picture to go in it herself.I LOVE it. She is such an awesome kid and so creative.I can not wait for her and I to sit down and do some scrapbooking together.

My very wonderful MIL surprized me totally with an official LANCE BERKMAN jersey.I was THRILLED!!! I put it on immediately and wore it the whole night.She also wrote a very beautiful and heartfelt post on me for my birthday.I was very touched.You can read it here if you are interested.She also got me some scrapbooking stickers...I made out like a bandit with scrapbooking stuff...YEAHH!!!

Also thanks to Butterfly in Jesus (Melissa ) and Ficken Chingers (Angie ) for such great birthday posts for me as well...Thanks to all of you that made my birthday so awesome!!!

Best Birthday ever ....

2006-02-04T12:15:00.000-08:00

BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!
I had the best birthday ever ,yesterday...
Thanks to all of you that helped make it so special.

I am getting ready for my birthday party today,so I will post more about it tonight or tomorrrow,complete with pictures.

Here is a picture my mom e-mailed me yesterday of us together when I was a lil girl,aaweeee!!! ...lol

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

2006-02-03T07:16:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody! This is Guppyman invading to wish the most beautiful woman in the world HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

I figured what a better time to restate what I promised to Stormii just a short time ago on our wedding day-

The first time I saw you in person-
I knew that we were meant to be together.
You were already my best friend-
And you've become so much more.
All my life I knew I was searching for something.
I no longer feel like I'm searching.
I found you and I found Christ~
I feel complete.
Thank you for being one of the pieces I was missing.
You have accepted me like no one ever has~
you've taken the bad with the good~
And we've grown into something I never thought possible.
Thank you for becoming part of my family.
Thank you for accepting Lil-Angel like she was your own.
I thank God every day that he put us together.
I have never experienced such a wonderful feeling!
Such love~
Such joy~
As I have since I met you.
I want to promise you that I will always be here for you~
That I will always love you~
No matter what.
Thank you for being all that you are
and thank you for helping me be all that I am~
I love you Stormii
I want you to know that you truly have
made me the happiest man on Earth today~
I will do my best to see that you
remain the happiest woman.
Thank you.

11-11-04

Baby- I hope you have the best birthday ever! I love you!

(To see what I got her- Check my post about it)

Football Made Easy ..lol

2006-02-02T09:47:00.000-08:00

Football FINALLY makes sense.......... A guy took his blonde girlfriend
to her first football game. They had great seats right behind their
team's bench. After the game, he asked her how she liked the experience.

Oh, I really liked it," she replied, "especially the tight pants
and all the big muscles, but I just couldn't understand why they were
killing each other over 25 cents."

Dumbfounded, her date asked, "What do you mean?"

Well, they flipped a coin, one team got it and then for the rest of
the game, all they kept screaming was: 'Get the quarterback! Get the
quarterback!' I'm like...Helloooooo? It's only 25 cents!!!!

Kentucky Girl & Update on me

2006-01-31T16:55:00.000-08:00

Well being a girl after my own heart.I just HAD to have her as this weeks tenant.I too, am from Kentucky and often wish I was living there now.It is a very beautiful state.Contrary to popular belief, all Kentucky women do not stay barefoot and pregnant...Some of use do aspire to do more then that.My tenant is from California but raised in Kentucky ...lives in Cali now and wants to be back in Kentucky..I can not say that I blame her in the slightest.I love the country....

Today my poor tenant has the Blah Blah's ....Can you go by and give her a little cheering up?

************************

***Update***
I went to see the Urologist yesterday and I am feeling very optimistic.I liked him a lot.He really put me at ease.For one by telling me he has seen bigger cysts..lol While all the other Dr.'s kept acting like it was the biggest they had ever seen.I have a mass of cysts ( he made me and Guppy look at them on the CT scan films..it was freaky) That reach from right under my lungs ,fills my whole abdomen down to my uterus ...It is pretty wild.It has my right kidney squished like a little pancake and my bowels are moved over to the side.It is pretty much taking up my whole abdomen and touching everything in there in one way or another.He is wanting to still figure out what it is coming off of...My Kidney,pancreas,etc...He has me scheduled for a MRI on monday.I take the disc from that to him Tuesday.I go Wednesday for pre OP procedures...EKG, blood pressure,blood work ,etc...and if that all comes out fine then on Monday the 13th of February ,I will go into the operating room for a "non-cutting surgery", is what the Dr called it.He will put in a catheter (sp?) and run dye to my kidney and something else too ..lol I can't remember.Luckily they will be putting me out for that lil bit of fun.Hopefully, soon we will get to the bottom of where exactly this thing is attached so we know better what to do with it.He did suggest that it could even be full of Urine.How gross is that? Talking about bloated to the max ..lol Wow what a story that will be if it is true..lol They are researching the possibility of drawing some fluid out with a needle.If that is going to happen ...I really hope they knock me out for that one too.He did say that the general surgeon,the radiologist, his college, and himself have all looked at it, and discussed it, and it does not have cancerous characteristics.Praise God for that!!!!Soooo that is the update so far.Thanks for all the prayers.I know they are working because I have been surprisingly at peace ...Knowing God is in control of everything.That is huge for me...I use to fear everything.God is doing a mighty work in me.I know that this will be used to Glorify his name...

Have a great Tuesday...I must go watch American Idol :)

Psssstttt don't forget to go cheer up my tenant ...Thanks !!!