Happy Christmas Eve

I was just taking a bath when I heard a firetruck go by . This scared me because it does not happen in this town unless someone has been hurt up at the Mine . So , I got out of the tub , threw my PJs back on , wet hair and all , and ran outside ,with Lucas running behind . I was in for a shock !!! It was not an ER but the fire department , with Santa ! They were going from house to house to see all the kids ! ( Stupid me did not have my camera ) Now Lucas is bouncing all around the house ! I love this town !
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas !

The Chair

One of our trees in the front yard had died . So , we called the grounds
people to come take care of it . ( that is one of the nice thing about living in company housing ) It took a couple of weeks but they finally came .
Lucas loves to watch people do things . So , i let him stand at the front door to watch the tree get cute down . The lady that is over the grounds people came up to talk to him . She thought he was so cute . She told him she would be back to cut the tree stump into a chair for him .
Three hours went by and I thought she would not be back , but low and behold , she made it . I called Lucas into the living room to see her. He was so excited ! She came up said hi and off to the stump she went . On went the chain saw and she began her creation .Finally , she was done and called us out to see. It was so cute ! Lucas loved it . Now he has a place to sit and watch the neighbors play basketball .
Just one more reason I love this little town ! :)

Dance of the shopping carts

This morning , I woke up at 4 AM , wide awake . So , I got up and decided to go shopping at Walmart . I was one of the first people there . Grapped a shopping cart and waited in line for the store to open .
Five o'clock came around and the fun began ! I had already looked at the ad and decided what I wanted to buy . The store was lined with palets of stuf in the main asless . Around and around I went , picking up things to buy . It was astually fun ! People were nice and not pushy . You must think I was on a another planet . I could not beleive it , the spirit of Christmas is still around ! And people have it here this year ! They were even giving up some of there thingd , so that others could have them ! This was like a dream ! I swear I was awake and not sleep walking !
I found all the things I planned on buying except for two of them . And all in 30 minutes . I even found a line that had no one else in it ! HOt dog !! I spend $136 and got a bunch of stuff ! What a wonderful day !

Dear Santa

This Friday Night , the town here is having a Christmas lighting down town . There will be all kinds of family things to do . And , Santa will be there. We plan on taking the kids . So , I asked Lucas what he was going to tell Santa he wanted . I had to laugh at what he said , " A box of nails , a hammer , a helicopter . and a guitar . " Don't know what has on his mind to do with all this. So , I asked him . He said , " I need to make toys , then fly them to kids and play music ." Well , Lucas , we will see what Santa can do . :)

Crazy Dream

I had a dream that I missed Christmas ! Can you believe that ? Christmas is my favorite time of the year , how could this be ?
Of coarse this is also the busist time too ! This year Dec . 8 th I will be going to see Michael W. Smith's christmas concert , The 14 is my anaversiery , then christmas , and on the 28 th my husbands Birthday ! Wow , my head is already spinning !

halloween pictures

Dog Days

Yesterday Morning , I was sitting enjoying my Coffee , when I saw a New dog walking down the street . He looked to be a Blue Heller cross Hound dog . I thought nothing of it until he came over our fence to visit my dog .He would not leave ! I tried everything . Finally , I called the animal control . They got here to find him sound asleep in my back yard , as if he belonged here . The animal control guy said " You got him ! We have been tiring to get this dog for 2 weeks now ." He had been going into the local Basha's,into the meat department stealing steaks and cheese . But no one could get to him . I guess he liked me and our home . So, you could saw I caught the town theif ! I hope they find him a home our his owners .

Small Town Halloween

We just got back from taking the boys Trick Or Treating . And I have to say , it was the best Halloween I have ever seen . We live in a mining town in AZ , so it is very safe . The whole town was out ! It seemed like a Halloween from the 50's or from an old Halloween family movie .
Lucas was of coarse Spider man ( who wasn't ) and Jeremy was a bear .Everyone acted like Lucas was the only Spider man . And all was as nice as could be . It was like I was dreaming .
We first went down our block , then came home and handed out candy , while I got the little one to bed . Mind you our bags where half way full . And not with crap candy but the good stuff ! Then Lucas and I went down to the streets where EVERYONE was at . I only took down 3 blocks of that , and we were very tired . So, back home , we came with now a full bag of good candy . Very good Halloween . Wish it could be this safe everywhere . Now to try to get Lucas to bed .LOL!!! Good luck , huh ! :)

Numb

The winds of change are upon me . My Dad has been sick with Emphysema for about 10 years now. And now the final stages are kicking in . This is very hard and probably harder on me because I am an only child . The only way I can truly vent is here on my blog .It is too hard to talk about . yes , I have my husband but it is hard for him to talk about it too .

A couple of weeks ago Mom had to rush Dad to Tucson , V A hospital . He was having strange blood pressure readings . Very low and then spiking High . Breathing not good too . The Dr were afraid he had phenomena . ( Thank God he did not ) He stayed there for 4 days .

During all this my Mom is becoming someone I do not know . Very hateful and saying things that cut to the bone . I am sure it is the stress of everything but it still hurts.

Dad told me that at this point , he does not go to the hospital to get better but to help cope . He is ready to go . He is just waiting . They say that he could go at any time . But he does not want me to know that the Dr's have said this .

I know all are appointed a time to die but his is hard .Mainly the treatment from them . I will be glad when this is all over . I know that sounds bad but I am tried of seeing him go through this .
What does emphysema do ? Well , it is a slow suffocating death . You have no energy . It becomes hard to walk , talk , eat , go to the bathroom and bath . All takes too much energy . You end up on oxygen 24 / 7 and most of the time in bed . Most die from heart failure or coughing and chocking to death , then some go in their sleep . It is not a pretty thing . So , if you smoke .... think twice . Do you want to end up like this ? Not only is it hard on you but think of your family .

PMS + A SCREAMING 3 YEAR OLD = AHHHH!!!!!

I do not know what has gotten into my 3 year old ! He has become a hard to handle child ! I swear he is 3 going on 16 . He screams all the time , whines and tells me and my husband to " shut up " . I am ready to call in supernanny ! And yes , we desipline him . Nothing is working ! Help ! I feel like I am failing as a Mom :( . Thank God the one year old is good ( hopefully he will stay that way ) The two are like night and day . The bad thing is they already fight . I need a vacation !

FOR THE LOVE OF FREEDOM

The other day , I was blog surfing and surfing on other sites and began to find many blogs from our American soldiers. To see their pictures and read their stories , my heart filled with pain and tears began to flow down my cheeks . We do not even know what all they have and are going through for us . They have a deep love for mankind and our country . The have and are putting thier lifes on the line every moment to protect us . Sacrificing their minds and body , all for love ! How many of us can say that we would do that ? The Bible says we are to love our neighbors as our self , and no greater love then those that lay down thier life for their brother . I love our soilders , pray for them daily and want to say " Thank you !!!!!" I challenge you to thank them when you see them . Remember what all they are doing for you ! Only one other loved us as much and more , Jesus Christ .

Fall colors ( will a girl ever learn)

Fal began last Sat . so I thoguht I would make my hair a darker blonde . Went to good old Wlmart and bought a carmal blonde . Looked like a nice color . Got to my Mom's and put it on , waited the 25 minutes , then rinsed it out . Oh , my Goodness !! It had turned GREY !!! Now normally a carmel color has a red undertone , not this one ! It had ash ( green ) ! Well , Rob likes red so I thought lets try red . Off to the store again . Bought red and went home . Put it on , waited and rinsed . What the heck!!!! It was now burgandy ! Rob said don't worry , we will get it fixed .
He called my friend , Lee , who is a hairdresser and also on his praise team at church. She said she would fix it . So , off to her house we went . Now mind you , they where to have band practice in two hours from the time we got there .
We began the process . She weaved in blondes with foil . Time got away from us and yes , she missed practice . However , being the bosses wife , it was all good !:) We then put a brown on the hair left out of the foil . Waited and the rinsed and cut . It turned out so cute and I love the color ! All of this and she did not want any money . Thank God for friends ! ( Yes , I paid her anyway )
now the funny thing is .....I am also a hairdresser , so you would think I would stop playing with my poor hair . Someday it may fall out and call me dirty names !LOL

Jeremy's 1 st B- day

Sept 8 was my baby's 1st Birthday . Time sure goes by ! It seems like I just had him !!! Here are some pictures :)Our new Kitty even got cake !

In Loving MemoryOf Natasha

Aug 2002 - Sept 4 ,2007 We miss you Girl

Natasha

This is in loving memory of my dear Siamese , Natasha . Yesterday , I had to have her put to sleep . She had Feline Leukemia . She was 5 years old . This is a hard thing to see a cat go through . She stopped eating , and had a hard time going to the potty , and got where she could not walk .
Natasha was a wonderful cat and I am so glad she was a part of our family . We got her when she was little thing , fit in the palm of our hands . She would meet me at the door everyday , ready for milk and petting . She had been a part of Rob and I from the beginning of our relationship .
After I had Lucas , she would help watch out for him . The same for Jeremy , when he came along .She loved those boys ! Even though she was so sick , she continued to watch out for them . Sleeping under their beds .
She was also a great hunter . She had no claws but still could kill the scorpions and all the other bugs that came along .
I think she knew she was getting very sick . Two months ago , she would wake me up ever night , hitting me in the head and then having me get up with her . She would eat and then come back to bed , snuggling up to me as close as she could get .
She also loved to play catch . And we had her toilet trained !
I am going to miss Tasha ! She was a very special cat .

Hello , out there !

Hey , where are all my blogger friends ? No one has blogged in a while or added any comments . Where are you ? I miss reading your blogs ! :(

Pulling out my hair

The last couple of days have been something else ! Rob had to work this week-end so me and the boys went to my Mom's . The ride went ok until half way and then the boys started to fight . Yes , already at this age !
After we got there , I had Lucas go outside to play for awhile. He loves to play outside his nana's. Later I and mom went out to see what he was doing . We found him talking to the boys next door . ( These are the neighbors that had the Pit bull , They have got rid of him ) The two next door kids were saying that they wanted to fight Lucas and my dog ! I told them we do not fight ! Then , I took Lucas in . Being 3 , he did not know what the boys were saying . I wish this people would move away !
The rest of the week-end went ok . I drove home yesterday only to find , my kitchen was full of ants! I put the baby in his crib , had Lucas go play outside with the dog , and stated to kill ants and clean them up . Fun, Fun . Fun !
I thought I had got reed of them .Was I wrong ! I opened the frig only to find ants inside ! What the ........! I did not think they would go in there ! So, I called Rob . He went and got me some traps , vinegar and killer . I once again cleaned and killed ants.So, far , so good !
I hope this day gets better . It is only 11:00 . I still have a whole day to go .

Count Down

Lucas , my 3 year old , is soo excited today . Why ? Because High School Musical 2 will be on tonight .He loves the first movie . Funny , he sings with it and does the dances . The kid is just like me , he loves music ! He heard the commercial for the movie and came running all the way across the house to the living room . This will be a fun night . I hope the second one is as good as the first .

First haircut

I finally gave in and cut Jeremy's hair . I had a hard time making myself do it . Because he has pretty curly , blond hair . But we did it ! He did not even cry !

SWEET WORDS

THIS WEEK-END , I WAS NOT FEELING TOO WELL . I HAD A HEADACHE FROM HELL ! HOWEVER, I RECEIVED THE BEST MEDICINE YOU COULD ASK FOR . LUCAS, MY 3 YEAR OLD , CAME RUNNING UP TO ME AND CALLED ME , PRINCESS MOMMY . I ASKED HIM WHAT MADE HIM CALL ME THAT , AND HE SHOWED ME MY WEDDING PICTURE . HE SAID HE HAD A PRINCESS MOMMY . THAT MADE MY WHOLE LIFE ! MY HEAD STARTED TP FEEL ALOT BETTER AFTER THAT !

All Dogged Out

Right after I wrote my last post , Rob and I got out and cleaned up my parents yard . I went in to shower and after I got out and redressed , I saw rob outside taking pictures . I asked my Dad what he was doing . He informed me that the dog next door had gotten out again and was coming after my dog again ! Rob was taking Pictures of the dog to show that he was out . He also took a video of him running around and the other neighbor putting him back in his yard . We called animal control and it took them 30 minutes to get there .
After they got there , Rob talked to them and they called the police. The animal control guy said he and the cop from the first night , were both afraid of the dog too . They could not keep him because the did not have enough evidence against him . Meaning he did not hurt anyone , so they had to give him back. He also told Rob that the owner was 18 , did not live next door , but his girlfriend's Mom did and she was taking care of the dog . he also told the animal control guy that he was a lier , the cop was a leir and I and my Mom were liers . By the way the dog does not have rabbie shots and they still gave him back with the guy promising to get them .
The police took the report and told Rob to bring the pictures and video to the station . Now we have to wait for a court hearing . The dog is chained up next door . However, I have seen a Pitbull( the one here in Morenci ) break a big chain before . Wish us luck !

The Pits

You will never guess what I saw today . We came down to my parent's late today and as soon as we drove up , there "he " was , the pit bull from last week !!! Yes , the guy next door went and got him back from animal control today . Oh, but it gets better ... He came over and told my Mom ( before we got in ) that I was lieing . That his dog never left the yard , could not jump the fence and would never come after anyone . She told him , oh yeah , he jumped on the fence and over in the yard and came after us . All he did was turn away and go home . Now the fight is on !!! I will be going to the police . They said they would call us and tell us if the dog was coming back . Guess what ? No phone calls ! I am HOT !!!! What is it going to take ? Someone getting killed . Like a little 3 year old did in Show Low , Where it is now a crime to own one of these monsters .
This story will be continued . I will keep you up dated .

History repeats itself

Yesterday our neighbor across the street's pitbull broke free from his chain . He was running the town all day . My husband called animal control when he got home . No answer . He called the police but they did not respond .
An hour later , some of the neighbor girls from down the street were walking their husky and guess what . The pit bull attacked the dog in front of our house . Another neighbor was walking by and grabbed the pitbull , pulled it of the husky for a moment . then the fight was on again ! I ran outside , screamed at my husband to get his gun and call 911 . Finally the guy got the dogs apart , the girls ran home with their dog . The pitbull broke free and started to jump our fence to come after me and my dog !I was fast enough to get us inside ! The pitbull then began to chase the kids outside ! They got in their house and the mom jumped in a neighbors truck ! Rob ran out with his gun , as did the guy that had broke up the fight . They chased the dog down the street and cornered him at the end of the block , where some people were petting him ! Rob informed them of the attack . They stepped away slowly . They found a rope and got it around the dog and waited for the police and animal control.
They finally showed up . Got the reports and gave the guns back . But the bad part .... a judge will decide if the dog will go down or back to the owners !

I HATE PITBULLS !

THIS WEEK-END , WAS A VERY CRAZY WEEK-END ! WE WENT DOWN TO MY PARENTS LIKE EVERY WEEK-END . I HAD TO GO TO THE DR. TO CHECK MY BLOOD PRESSURE . IT WAS FINE , BUT THE DR. TOLD ME I HAVE TO LOSE 40 POUNDS IN 6 MONTHS . I HAVE BEEN TRYING ! I HAVE LOST 7 INCHES BUT NO WEIGHT.
THEN THE RAIN CAME DOWN , LIKE FLORIDA RAIN . NOT NORMAL FOR ARIZONA. I THINK IT MADE EVERYONE GO NUTS ! NY PARENTS NEIGHBORS HAVE A PIT BULL . THEY LET HOME RUN ALL OVER AND NO ONE DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT . I HAVE A WESTIE ( WEST HIGHLAND TERRIOR ) AND WE BRING HIM WITH US WHEN WE GO DOWN TO SAFFORD. HE IS A HAPPY GO LUCKY DOG , DOES NOT MAKE TROUBLE AT ALL. ANYWAY , SAT. NIGHT , MY DOG WAS SITTING UP ON THE FRONT POURCH , MINDING HIS ON BUSSINESS . I WAS PUTTING THE BOYS DOWN FOR BED , MY HUSBAND WAS AT PRAISE TEAM PRACTRICE FOR CHURCH . AS I WAS HEADING BACK INTO THE LIVINGROOM , I HEARD MY DOG CRYING . I LOOKED OUT AND HE WAS BEING CHASED AND ATTACKED BY THE PITBULL. I CALLED MCKENIZE IN . THANK GOD HE IS FAST ! HE SLIDE IN THE HOUSE AND I TOOK HIM OUT TO THE SHED ,AFTER CHECKING HIM . HE WAS FINE , JUST HAD A SCATCH ON HIS CHEST AND WAS LIMPING A LITTLE .
I CALLED THE POLICE . THEY WERE THERE IN 5 MIN. ! BUT AS I WAITED , THE PITBULL JUMPED UP ON MY MOM'S 5 FOOT ROCK FENCE AND COME INTO THE YARD AFTER ME AND MY MOM ! MY MOM SHOOK MY DAD'S CANE AT HIM AND HE LEFT . HE THEN JUMPED UP ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR AND BARKED AND GROWELED !
AFTER THE COP GOT THERE , HE TOOK MY REPORT , AND WENT NEXT DOOR . THE DOG CAME AFTER HIM!! HE COULD NOT GET THE PEOPLE TO COME OUT . 20 MINUTES LATER, ANIAML CONTROL CAME . THE DOG TOOK AFTER HIM !! THE PEOPLE FINALLY CAME OUT , TALKRD TO THE POLICE AND LET THE ANIAML CONTROL TAKE HIM AWAY . THE COP WAS VERY NICE AND TOLD ME , HE DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT . HE WAS CONCERD FOR MY DAD ( HE IS IN A WHEEL CHAIR NOW ) AND FOR LUCAS .

WHY DO POEPLE HAVE THESE MONSTERS ANYWAY ? AND ON TOP OF HAVING THEM ... JUST LET THEM RUN WILD AND DO NOT TAKE CARE OF THEM ! THANK GOD HE IS GONE AND EVERYONE IS ALRIGHT !

WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT

I was reading the news paper from my home town tonight and found the strangest , yet scary story . It seems that some teens went to Burger King and the girl working the window got very mad . She put sink sanitizer in their food ! She got arrested with a $30,000 bond . She should have gotten more then that ! The reason for her getting mad....... she had charged them for a drink they did not order and they asked for their money back . Makes you think twice about going to a restaurant ! I will be sure to be very nice. I don't even want to know what all they do to food ,when they get ticked off .maybe I'll just cook at home from now on .

AFTER THE RAIN

Sunday late afternoon , we were headed back up to our home , in Morenci . The ski was clearing from a rain shower that just taking place . As we turned to go into the Blackhills , There was a huge rainbow . The biggest and the brightest , I have ever seen ! It shown so bright that the desert hills looked white , like fresh snow had falling on them . The closer into the hills we got , the brighter the rainbow . We were going to drive through it ! I have never been that close to a rainbow before . It was like you could reach out and touch it ! As I looked up , there was another one above it . It looked like a rainbow tunnel . Two rainbows ( very bright , and rain clouds in between . It was awesome , and of course I had my camera packed away . :( I think this was God showing us that everything was going to be alright . He is taking care of us ! Many things have been coming up against us but now I know all will be fine . God sent a beautiful thing to show us . For the rainbow is a promise of God ( peace after the storm )

Too much TV

Lately i have been trying to make my three year old son , feel like he is my big helper.I thought this might help him stop having so many meltdowns from jealousy of his baby brother . When I do dishes , I set him up on the counter and let him help rinse . When I feed the baby , I let him help pick out what jar of baby food to give Jeremy . I let him help with the cooking . And when I do laundry , he loves to help put clothes in the washer and get them out of the dryer . Well, today , he ran and started getting out clothes from the dryer ,to put them on my bed . By the time I got into my room , he had put on his daddy's underwear over his shorts . I thought I was going to die laughing , especially when he told me , that he was Sponge Bob . Maybe , I let him watch a little too much TV .

kaboom part 2 ( the pictures)

KABOOM !

Well, it seems the 4th has came and went . It just seems like people don't get into it like they once did . Everything is opened for business , hoping to make big bucks with the 4th of July sales .
I can remember growing up , that the 4th was always a big celebration , right up there with Christmas . We would celebrate it with my Grandma when I was little . She was a very patriotic person . Everything would be done up in red , white and blue .
The best 4th was when I was 6 years old . Grandma and Grandpa came down from Pagosa Springs . We went down to the park that afternoon , to watch a reinactment of the civil war . I will never forget it ! It was awesome ! Next , she bought me ( still to this day,the best ice cream I have ever had . It was red ,white and blue with stars in it . Next , we where off to the fireworks !!!
Yesterday , I was longing for the good old 4th of July . Unfortunately , My husband had to work and it was to hot (108 degrees ) and gas too high , to drive down to my Mom's for the parade . So, me and the boys stayed in and played all day . Has the sun was setting , I began to get a little sad , no fire works seemed to be around . So, we sat down to watch some on TV . All of a sudden , I heard a loud BOOM ! My three year old got out of bed , ran to the front door . The baby woke from his sleep .My husband and I got up to see what was going on. It was a fire work show almost in our back yard !!! Phelps's Dodge was putting on on of the best I have ever seen ! We could have not gotten better seats anywhere else ! Here are some of the pictures from it . My $th of July had a great ending ! And the boys loved it too!
Well, for some reason Blogger is not loading my pictures right now. I will post them later .

Happy Fourth of July

Words of a Three Year Old

We have began to potty train our three year old son. ( I think it is easier to house break a dog ) To motivated him , I will give him an M&M if he goes . This seems to work sometimes . He still does not want to wear pull-ups . I think he is jealous of his little brother , so he wants to stay a baby.
Since , I have now introduced him to the world of chocolate , he will say " Ma Ma , chocolate will make it all better ", whenever he wants a treat. I think he has the right idea , chocolate seems to make it all better , when things get a little rough . :)

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NO BUGS ON ME !

Monday was the day from hell!! Lucas had meltdown after meltdown . So, when his daddy came home from work , I sent him outside with his daddy . I thought I would let him run out his energy before bedtime .
The baby was not feeling well , he is cutting teeth , so he was not happy that day as well . I was getting him ready for bed while Lucas was out playing with the dog . My husband was out putting an exercise machine together in the garage . It was not long after letting Lucas out , I felt I needed to go out and check on him . He was talking to his dad and playing , so I came back inside . A few more minutes went by and I felt I needed to go back out there to see what the little guy was up too . Good thing I did !! He had the bug spray and was spraying on him . He saw me and yelled " Help me , Help me ! " It looked like he may have sprayed some in his face and maybe his mouth !!!! Not taking any chances , my husband called 911 while I ran inside , washed Lucas off and rinsed out his mouth . The operator looked up the brand of bug spray and found that it did not harm humans . Thank God !!!! I gave Lucas a good bath , brushed his teeth and put him to bed . My husband hid the bug spray in a better place . Hopefully Lucas will not find it again .
You can watch your kids very close , think they are OK and in a blink of an eye , they can get into trouble ! Wish we had more eyes to watch them . Thank God for that still small voice inside and that I listened to it !

MODERN FAMILY

I remember Sat. mornings when I was a kid . I would get up early so that I did not miss Scooby Doo or Bugs Bunny . Mom would always make Pancakes . Around 9:00 , we would clean the house and have lunch ready for my Dad by 1:oo ,on the Sat. he worked. On the ones he was off , we would get the car packed up and head off to my Grandparents house in Colorado . Those where fun times !
Now I get up to find a whole new world . The family is on the computer , texing someone , on the cell talking , listening to I pods or playing PlayStation . And most do not even know what Breakfast is . I try not to let my house be ran like this . But this is how most Americans are on week-ends now days . Gone are the family times , gone are them going to church together . Most can not even name the 10 commandments ( or even three of them ) But they can name all the beers out there . This is very sad . We need to get back to the basics of life !

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO OUR DADDY ! WE LOVE YOU !:) JEREMY AND LUCAS

HARDEST JOB YOU CAN EVER HAVE

I am so sick of people saying that I don't have a "real" job and in it is not fair to my husband , that I stay home , while he "works ". ( Mainly my in- laws ., they keep pushing for me to go back to work . ) Staying home raising my kids is a real job . And I would say the hardest one I have ever had . ( I have done lots of retail , cosmetology , Rx Tech , been a pre- school teacher , been a piano teacher and a babysitter ) So, yes , I have " worked ".
I love staying home with my boys . And if you don't think I work , well here are some of the hats I wear . I am a teacher, a cook , a nurse , a child care person , house cleaner , seamstress , a counselor , animal care taker ( we have a cat and a dog ) , gardener , handy man , wife , a mother , a lover , and a friend . I am up at 5:30 ever morning and go to bed around 10:oo . Non-stop from the time I get up until the time I go to bed . So, I say ..... stop saying it is not fair that I don't have to work !!!!

FLASH BACKS

For some reason , lately I have been thinking of the past a lot . Maybe it is the fact that it has been 19 years since graduation ; or summer just has that effect on me . Summers where the best !!! I think the summers of my high school years were by far the best times ever ! Sometimes i wish i could go back . Of coarse i would chance up a few things . Like what would have happened if that high school crush had worked out for the summer ? Would memories still been bittersweet ? Or what if i had met my husband back then ? Would we have gotten married at a younger age ?
The summer I had the best time , was my 16th year . Me and my best friend had so much fun !! chasing boys , late night talks , dreaming of Jon Bon Jovi , putting orange cones across her street , going to Connie mack . So, much fun !!!
Now I seat and listen to Bon Jovi's new song " Do You Want to make A memory " and Nickel back " Photograph " and think back to those good 'ol days .
I hope my boys have such good times and memories when they grow up . After all , life is about making memories !!

TOMBSTONE ,AZ.... YES, IT IS A REAL PLACE

TOMBSTONE , AZ IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO GO TO . IT IS FULL OF HISTORY . I KNOW SOME MSY THINK THAT THE O.K. CORRAL SHOOT OUT WAS JUST A STORY , BUT IT REALLY HAPPENED . WHYTE EARP AND DOC HOLIDAY WHERE REAL PEOPLE .

THE TOWN CLOSES DOWN EVERDAY AT 2:OO P.M. IN REMEMBERANCE OF THE SHOOTOUT . THEY ALSO HAVE A REINACTMENT OF IT ( WITH BLANKS OF COURSE , AND ACTORS ) :)

HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF TOMBSTONE . IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE TO GO , GO ! IT IS AWESOME !!! AND BE SURE TO TAKE THE STAGECAOCH RIDE . THEY TELL YOU THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN AS YOU RIDE THROUGH IT .

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM

I have the ultimate fantasy !!!! Being able to go to the bathroom by myself ( my 3 year old always manages to come in ) and to take a bath without the help of my 3 year old ! That is my biggest and most desired dream at this moment and time . :)

A CHILL DOWN THE SPINE

One thing I love about living here , in Arizona , is all the history . There is so many cool things here . I love the fact , that the " real " cowboys and Indians where right here . Like Whyte Herp , Doc Holiday , Geronimo , and many others .

I live in the Black Hills , in a small miner town called Morenci . As you can guess , there are lots of ghost stories . The town down from me , is Clifton . It still looks like a ghost town today . Down in the cliffs is an old jail cell . This is where the outlaws were held . This was the first jail here in this little town . You can walk down to it and take pictures today .

My sister in-law came down here to visit us from PA . in March . So, I took here down to see this jail cell . This was also my first time to walk down into it . It was the creepiset place I have ever been into . I swear that there were ghost in it !!! It was cold and just gave you those chills like you get from watching a scary movie . Moths were everywhere !!!! And you could still see the skackels !

Here are some Pictures of my sister in -law in it .

LETTING THE SON SHINE

Growing up in the 80's , one of my fave. show to watch was " Growing Pains " . Yes , I was one of the many girls that had a crush on Kirk Cameron . It is so nice to see that he is now a Christian and not one of those childhood stars gone wild .

He is a great inspiration with the way he takes a stand for Christ . My husband and I love to watch his and Ray Comfort's show " The Way Of The Master " . It has helped us so much so that , my husband uses this in his everyday life . He also preaches it in his sermons .

If you have not seen any of these , check it out at www. wayofthemaster.com
You can also read about Kirk on yahoo news today . I promise you ..... it will challenge you and your life !

MY BOYS ON MOTHERS DAY

LUCAS AND JEREMY ON MOTHER'S DAY . THEY ARE WEARING THEIR MOTHER'S DAY T-SHIRTS ( MY MOM ROCKS ) :)

WHAT COUNTRY DID YOU SAY THIS IS ?

I thought here in America , we had the freedom of religon . That is the main reason our forefathers sailed here from England , so we would have this Freedom ! However , in the U. S. today , things are trying to change . It seems that congress is at it again . This time trying to pass a very scary law . A law forbitting anyone from saying anything against sexual inmoralality . The want to make it so that if this is preached on , or heard talked about in public , that you will be fined $5o,000 dollars or sent to prison . This is insane !!!!! If this passes , it would make it alright for some sick person to garb your child and have their way with them . You would not be able to do a darn thing about it . It would also make it legal for people to have sex in public ( meaning , gays and straight people , and child pretitors ) We need to be in prayer that this SICK LAW does NOT pass !!!!!! If it does it will make all wrong right . This sickens me that our country would even think of trying to pass such a thing !!!!!

PICTURES OF VACATION

STAR WARS RIDE

MGM PARK

Florida trip

I am back and some what jet lagged . The three hours between here and Florida are still effecting me . Our trip went well. There seemed to be a BIG healing between me and my in-laws . The acted wonderful !
We got into Orlando 12:30 A.M. last Sat. and then rented a jeep and drove an hour and a half to St. Petersburg . Why not fly into Tampa ? Well , my father-in laws Grad was at 10 in the moring and we thought it would be easier to be there , instead of driving in with no sleep . a few hours of sleep was better then none .
The boys and I stayed at the hotel during Grad . No way was I going to take my three year old to a long Grad . After ,we all went out to eat ,( oh , fresh sea food ..yum yum ). Then we drove to see my husbands Grandma . next , off to the mall I used to work at . All new faces at Macy's , it was Burdines when I worked there. By 9 we where in bed . zzzzzzz
Got up and left for Orando around 8:00 A.M. We stayed there because we got an awesome deal on a resort with Disney tickets . ( Westgate resort ; $179 for two nights and three days , two free Disney tickets ) It was a great place to stay ! Can hook you up if you wish !:)
Finally made it to MGM ! I love that park !!! We took Lucas to Play And Dine ( lunch with Playhouse Disney ) My in-laws paid , Thank God , it was not cheap but worth every dime .
We rode Star Wars ride , saw High School musical pep - rally , Narina , lots of charaters , and rode the coolest roller coaster ( Areosmith )
All went well there except for Lucas having the biggest fit ever !!!! Very embarssing . Can't do anything about it in public . So. we had to just deal with it !
Got up the next day and went to M&M world . Then shopping in down town Disney . My husband went diving at Epcot while the boys and I rested .
The next day we went to Sea World and more shopping . Then back to pack and go to bed .
The next morning up and to the airplane .
Next stop , home sweet home ! Whew !!!!!

HOME SWEET HOME

we made it back home , Wed. afternoon . Our trip went very well . I will post more on it later . Just leave you with a crazy thing . Gas in Orlando , was $3.99 a Gallon !!!!! Yes ...... That's right we paid $3.99 a gallon to fill up our rental !!!!!! This is getting INSANE !!!!

A MONSTER

Last night , after tucking in my three year old , he began to call out . " Ma Ma , help me . A monster ." My husbamd and I went into his room to get the monster out . My husband hit the floor yelling for it to leave . I called for to leave also . My son began to say " no , no " , and craweled under the bed . He then pulled out his cookie monster houseshoe . " Here it is ", he said ," the monster out ."

WIZ KID

The other day , we where driving along and came to a stop sign . My little 3 year old says ' " Look Ma Ma , an octagon . What ??? Then I realized , he was talking about the shape of the sign ! Very scary ..... I never have told him that one before .

DON'T MAKE ME GO !

Next week-end , my husband , two boys , and myself , will be headed off to FL . My Father - in - law is receiving his Masters . So , my Mother - in - law bought us air plane tickets to go to St. Petersburg, FL. I do not want to go . ( pout , pout ) Why , you ask . Well , I don't care for my Father - in - law . Many reasons why . As not to embarrass my family I will not go into details.

The plan is to go to the graduation ,then head off to Disney World . This part I am looking forward too. All except , my in-laws will be tagging along .:( It seems that they always manage to be a part of our vacations . Even on our honey- moon . ( Not the night but the next day , they all showed up ) They make me crazy !!!!!! I wish just for once , we could have family vacation with just the four of us . Is that to much to ask for ?

Wish me luck ! A 7 month old and a three year old on the plane will not be fun !!!

FUTURE AMERICAN IDIOL????

My 7 MONTH OLD SON, JEREMY , LOVES MUSIC. HE MOVES HIS LITTLE FEET AND SMILES WHEN A SONG COMES ON HE LIKES . THE FUNNY THING IS , HE SEEMS TO BE SINGING IN BABY LANGUAGE . AND HE IS SOMETIMES RIGHT ON KEY WITH THE MUSIC ! I GUESS IT RUNS IN THE GENS . TAKING AFTER HIS DADDY AND MOMMY. WE BOTH SING AND PLAY THE PIANO . MY HUSBAND CAN PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT AND PLAYS BY EAR . MAYBE JEREMY IS GOING TO TAKE AFTER HIM .

EASTER COOKIES WITH A MESSAGE

I found this last night and though it was really awesome .

Easter Cookies

1 cup whole pecans
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 egg whites
pinch of salt
1 cup sugar
zipper baggie
wooden spoon
tape
Bible

Preheat oven to 300 degrees

1. place pecans in the baggie and let kids beat them with the wooden spoon to break them into pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested , He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19 : 1-3
2. Put the vinegar into a mixing bowl . Let each child smell the vinegar. Explain that when Jesus was on the cross and became thirsty , He was offered vinegar to drink.
Read John 19 :28-30
3. Add the egg whites to the vinegar. The eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life so that we could have life.
read John 10:10-11
4. Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand and let them taste it. Put the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our sins.
Read Luke 23:27
5. So far the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add 1 cup of sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him.
read Psalms34:8 and John 3:16
6. beat the egg whites with a mixer on high speed for 12 10 15 minutes , until stiff peaks form. Explain that the color white represents the purity in God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isa.1:18 and John 3:1-3
7. Fold in the broken nuts. Drop by teaspoon onto a wax paper cookie sheet. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus body was laid to rest.
Read Matt. 27:57-60
8. put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn off the oven.
9.Give each child a piece of tape and seal the door. Explain that Jesus tomb was sealed.
Read Matt27:65-66
10. Go to bed. Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight and that Jesus followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read John 16:20-22
11. On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bit, the cookies are hollow! ON THE FIRST EASTER Jesus followers were amazed to find HIS TOMB EMPTY.
Read Matt. 28:1-9




I thought this was a neat way to tell the story of Easter . Hope you enjoy it and try this . Have a Happy Easter!!

A BLONDE THING

It was getting kind of late and we had just returned from our week-end trip to my parents . Seeing most of our laundry needed to be done , I quickly unpacked and threw clothes in the washer . I thought this would help things along in the morning .

I got up this morning , opened up the washer to remove the clothes ,and place them in the drier . sitting in the right corner was this soggy mass of something . I looked in closer and guess what it was. A diaper ! No , it was not a dirty one ( of coarse it would not have been by now anyway ) . Gel from the inside was everywhere . Not fun to clean up ! But I got it all out and the clothes rewashed .

Most would say , that this was a blonde's way of recycling ! Hope you get a good laugh out of this !

LONG SPRING NAP

I am now ready to take a very long spring nap . I have been suffering from spring allergies. So, I thought I would make a lunch to help me feel better . I made " Everything you can think of " chili , Strawberry Smoothies and a slice of German Chocolate Cake . Now I am very full and have a happy tummy ! So, I think I will hit the bed and bury myself in my Egyptian Cotton sheets and sail off to sleep for a while ( at least until the baby wakes me ) :)

I BELIEVE

Back in Sept . , during my C-section , I had a terrible pain in my chest . The Dr. showed me the EKG . It seemed my heart had an irregular beat. After the surgery , they did another EKG , still the beat was not right. All I could think of , was I am to young to have a heart problem !
At my 6 week check up , my blood pressure was sky high ! The Dr. said he was shocked I had not had a stroke!!!! So, he sent me to my family Dr . I was praying for God to make things right .I have to babies to raise !

The family DR. ran all kinds of tests ( EKG, Heart Gram and a Stress Test ) Just to inform you of the stress test , not fun! I went in and I was the youngest person in there . They called me back and put a cap in my arm , this would later be where they would inject the medicine to make my heart race. i was also injected with radiation . Then they did a Scan of my heart , in the rested state . I was then sent to the Stress Test building . After waiting for what seemed like forever , they called me back. I was hooked up top an EKG and then injected to the medicine. My heart began to beat faster , I began to get dizzy , they continued to inject! I thought I was going to die ! They called in heart DR.s because my heart was beating faster then it should have with this teat . " Dear God, please don't let me die " I prayed ! Finally , they let me go . I was to go eat ( the only time you will ever hear a Dr. say this ) a big hamburger , French fries and a milk shake ! After, I was to wait an hour and come back. They would then do another heart scan.

The test came back fine ! I had been born with a heart murmur , but guess what ! It was gone !!!! My heart was fine and beating normal! God had healed me ! The only thing wrong , was high blood pressure . So, I was put on meds.

I hated those pills ! They made me feel like I was on a bad high ! I prayed for God to continue to heal me and get me off this pills. The pills also made me bloat and gain weight , yuk !

I went in Friday for my check-up . My blood pressure was a little low ! Yes, low! My Dr. took me off the pills and said I was lucky . Well, my friends , luck had nothing to do with it . My God healed me !!!!

God, does not do half jobs . He does it all. It is in His time and His way. We may never understand but just have faith and believe! He is a miracle working God!

AWESOME DINNER

One of my favorite things to do , is to cook . I love to try new things . So, the other night i was feeling brave to try a new dish . I logged onto one of my favorite cooks website;www.rachaelray.com . I found an awesome recipe , chicken marvalsala papardelle with rosemary gravy . Out of this world !!!! It was propuably the best thing I have ever made ! I then made an apple crump cake with carmel icecream for dessert .

If you deside to make this , do not leave out anything it calls for . The wine is what makes it! I and my husband do not drink but I will use it to cook with . The alcohal burns out when cooked but will leave the flavor .

To find this recipe , go to www. racaelray.com . Look under todays recipes , at the bottom of the page is a list , go to dinners and you will find it there .

You will not be disappointed with this! It is amazing ! A great comfort food!

Whirlwind

This last week and week-end ,was one crazy time. My In-laws came in from Florida Wed and left on Sunday. Thank God time went by fast . And they did not drive me as crazy as they normally do. Why , do I say that , well ... they try to live our lives for us . And all they talk about is going to college so they can get different jobs. Mind you , they are 57 years old.

I kept them so busy . I took them rock hunting , tour of the mine my husband works for, and to Tombstone AZ., and my sons Birthday party . The sad thing was , my mother in-law, got sick from the heat . I told her to drink lots of water because the heat here is different then the heat in Florida.She had to go to ER because she did not listen to me .
Thank God , I won't see them for another year or so.

REFLECTIONS

It does not seem like the ripe age of 37 can really be upon me ! I still feel like I am in my 20's . Sometimes , I look at myself in the mirror , and think " O my goodness ! that can not be me!" It seems I look more and more like my Grandmother did at this age . I talk the same and feel the same but somehow do not look the same at all! It really depresses me . I thank God thatI have a husband that loves me no matter how I look . But I sure would kill to have the body I had at 18 ! Not have to wear glasses anymore ( I have had to since the birth of Jeremy . No moister in my eyes anymore ) not that I look that bad in them ...but still. And there is no way I will have surgery . Had a friend that hers went wrong . So, I am too scared. Oh well , guess Iwill have to live with the fact , We all get old some day ! :) But why me!!!!!!!!!!!

FUTURE HANDY MAN

This has been one of those days , when I hear ," Ma ma ", I hold my breath . What is he into now ?! So far , Lucas ( soon to be three ) has opened the drier and wanted to put up his laundry , Went to the stove and wanted to cook, tried to give me a bath and brought me a screw driver ( he had taking out screws in the breakfast nook !!!!

What next ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is driving me crazy but I can't help but go in the other room and laugh . Kids will be kids!:)

PRIDE AND JOY

This is my pride and joy ! My sons Jeremy and Lucas .

Going Crazy!

I thought my son would soon be over the two year old additude . Boy, was I wrong! It seems , the closer he gets to three ,( he will be three on March 12 ) the worse he is getting! If he gets mad for any reason , he now puts his hand down his throat and trys to make himself throw up !This is making me crazy !

Okay , what would SuperNanny do ? I have been trying the " notty wall " and it does seem to be working a little . But when will it stop ! I have tried just about everything ! Any ideas out there ? I really don't want his little brother to pick up this bad habit !

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Valentines Day has came and gone . I hate that Hoilday . Why , you may ask , well growing up , I was like Charlie Brown . The Valentine Box seemed to always be empty . I would sit in classes at school , waiting for a candy Gram or flowers to come my way . But they never did . It seemed like everyone else would get numberous ones but never did one come my way .
Thus , the same as a grown up at work . Flowers would come for all the other women , but not me . I never understood way. I am not an " Ugly Betty ". It took years ( 32) before all would change .

I had gave up on love and thought I would be alone forever . Then the first part of July , 2002, in walked the cutest guy , with the most beautiful blue-green eyes I had ever seen. The Pastor of the church I was attending came in for a hair cut ,from me . He had brought his friend in from Florida . He was in trying out for music minister at our church and the Pastor wanted us to meet . I never believed in love at first sight but guess what..... it happened !!
He left the next week . I did not know if he would be back . But, he came back and took the job as a music minister . We became good friends and went out all the time ( we took my friends with us )

I was very scared of getting hurt , because I had been very hurt in the past . So , I played hard to get for a while . Then I opened my eyes and saw he really loved me !
Long story short .. we married on Dec, 14 2002 .

Valentines Day finally was good to me . This year was the best so far and it has not stopped ! The week-end before , we had a banquet at church . I won for best dressed ! Then he gave me flowers , candy , a bear , perfume , and a card on Valentines Day . Last week he took me to a Resort in Tucson and then bought me a new wedding band ! And then got up in front of the church and told everyone how we met and how much he loves me!!!

Love is real . For those feeling like it is not , don't give up , your day will come too!

THE JEEP STORY

Well, to update ya'll on the story of the Jeep. Our friend in Florida called the trucking company that was hauling our Jeep , Told them about the truck driver wanting us to meet him in NM and pick up the Jeep at a truck stop and all Hell broke loose . The company and the dealership we bought it from said "NO WAY" . The truck driver was to deliver it at the dealership in AZ and to deliver it that night !

You see , the truck driver had already spend a week in TX , saying his truck was broke down . Okay , so you are thinking it was some Joe with a little moving company . Wrong! This was the Chrysler truck company that delivers Chrysler vehicles! He then , did not want to go through the weigh station , so he then took the back roads to the town to be delivered at . I 'm thinking he had picked up something or someone from Mexico and did not want to get caught .

Anyway , he finally made it in to town around 8:00 P.M. that night . Our Jeep was fine . But he did not want to take it down from the truck . He was a real jerk ! He did take it down after my husband signed papers . But the scary thing , he wanted a copy of my husbands license . I hope he does not try to find our house and do something !

After all that , I love our Jeep !!! And lesson learned , we will by from Tucson next time not Florida !

ROAD TRIP

We bought my husband's company jeep three weeks ago , from his friend back in Florida . They had it delivered to us here in Arizona. Well, it still has not made it here . The truck it is on broke down in Texas just as the snow storms where coming in. We waited. Well, the truck finally got fixed yesterday. The guy is on hour from El Paso, TX. Now he called and said his truck weights to much to come into Arizona. Now we have to load up our van and go to Lordsburg, NM. ( an hour and half away ). Not bad if we did not have to take the kids. And if it was not raining!

I think my husband's friend should give us the $800 dollars back , that we gave him to send the Jeep! I am soooooo mad!!!!!!!!

THE STORM

Some Pictures of the snow storm this week-end , here in Arizona . It is still 27degrees here today !!

DID HELL FREEZE OVER?

Well, they always said ,"The day it really snows in Southern Arizona , will be the day Hell freezes over ." Guess what ...... It snowed here and is still snowing. Last measurement was 9 inches . The snow is still coming down pretty hard . The town is shut down . Even Wal-mart is closed . We are snowed in here at my parents house . There was no way we where going to try to go up the mountains . Thank God, my husband has 3 1/2 weeks of vacation . He was able to take today off and maybe tomorrow, if needed.

I have missed the snow . So, this is really exciting!!!!

WHAT ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE ??????

I can remember when stores cared about the customers. It seems now days they don't give a crap! I and my husband have been victims of this nasty treatment latey .

This past Saturday I had to go shopping at WAL-MART . I needed water for the baby's formula . Well, I had my two year old with me , he was very ready to go when it came time to check out . I got to the front lanes ,only to find , four checkers ( on a Sat. ) After waiting in line for 30 min. , it was finally me turn to get checked out . I put all of my stuff on the line . Only to find , my water had a leak in the gallon. Great!!!!! I showed the checker . Her responds was " What do you want me to do about it ?" "Well , can you find someone to go get me another ?"
(Mind you , there was a checker next to my line , doing nothing !!! And a CSM ( manager) standing around talking about last nights party and who slept with who ! ) She told me no and to go get it myself . There was no way I was going to leave my son .
Now I once worked for WAL-MART and this attitude would never have flown !
I did not appeceate her nor the CSM . My two year old sure did not need to hear the talk of parting and sex!

Next victim..... My husband had to buy a company car . It had to be 4x4, so we decided on a jeep. We go down to price them , very pricey in this small town. So, we bought from our friend in Fl. It is being sent here. However, the dealership would not allow it to come there because they did not get the sale.
We would have taking it there for services and planned on buying from them next time ( he has to replace it in three years). The lost a continuing customer.

There is no need for people to be so rude! I am getting sick of it ! I now hate to go shopping!

MY DOG ATE IT !!!!!

To update ya'll on the package . The lady called us back and wants us to mail it all to her . Fed X is sending us a label for the package. The problem is my dog ate the box. So now I have to find something to mail this stuff in .Great!!!!!! Oh Well , It is the right thing to do :)

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Today around 4 , I saw my neighbor out in my back yard . So, I opened the door to see what was going on. She was walking home and saw my Westie eating a package left on my porch. She was kind enough to try and get it away from Kenzie and clean the yard. She gave me the package , I thanked her and came in. Moments later , my husband came home. I showed him the package . We saw it was not ours , but the lady that lived here before us. Well, we then saw the dog eating something in the yard again went out to find bubble bath from "Bath And beauty" So, We brought it all in , to find it belonged to the package.

We called the number on the invoice . It no longer exits. So, we called the lady that sent it . No answer . So, we left a message . We will see what happens.

Now the sad thing about all of this ,is the people have the same last name . You would think family would know if one moved away. I think it is very sad , that this lady sent a very pricey gift , to a person no where to be found. So, do we box it all up and mail it back to her ? What would you do?

HAPPY 2007

Here we are a another new year and time for resolutions. This year I would like to be a better person. Trying to become less jaded from people of the past.

I would like to be a better Mom . Spend more time with my kids .They grow up soooo fast ! The house work can wait a while . Reading , playing, and holding them comes first .

I would like to be a better Wife . Do less nagging and show more love and appreciation to have my make-up on and be out of PJs when my husband comes home. Helping him not to have wondering eyes ! I had to kiss too many frogs to find my Prince ..... I don't want to lose him .

I would like to be a better daughter . Let my parents know how much I love them and everything they do and have done for me. It is my turn to take care of them now , since their golden years are upon them and social security does not give them nearly enough to live on .

I think I would be a happier person and make others happier too , if I can achieve this .

Happy New Year to all and may God Bless you this year !