Possibilities

Stop waiting for your life to begin

2011-07-28T13:37:00.000-05:00

I haven't blogged alot in the last week or so. My granddaughter and I caught a nasty Summer cold thankfully, we seem to be on the back side of it now. I've also been dealing with some life lessons so I've been in mostly a quiet reflective mood.

I read a part of an email series I joined today that I'd like to share with you. Check out the link below:

http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/stop-waiting-for-life

Until next time...

Catching up a little

2011-07-20T21:21:00.000-05:00

I haven't been blogging much this week. I think we're all worn out from all the running last week.

I've looked at a few blogs this week for CIJ. I hope to make some Christmas surprise balls this year with DGD.

I found a book DGD loves she has read it once. And then turned around and started re-reading it LOL. The Golden Acron. I picked it up free for my Kindle app. Speaking of reading I think I'll go read my book which is another free one for my Kindle app. Bake Sale Murder by Leslie Meier.

Until next time...

VBS program & CIJ celebration

2011-07-17T21:35:00.002-05:00

The VBS program tonight was so cute. They had 5 different sets of kids singing and dancing to praise songs. Everyone was served hot dogs, chips and a drink after the program.. The kids also had freeze pops to eat. I will post pics on my FB page.

When we left we took our granddaughter to Sonic so she could get her free ice cream cone. Which was another VBS treat:)

When we got home my DGD and I decided to celebrate CIJ. We took my netbook outside and set up our version of a drive in. We had a hot dog, chips and tea for treats. We went to you tube and searched for Christmas cartoons. It popped up a bunch including some by Disney. So we decide to watch 3 different ones. The first one I believe was called Daffy Duck Christmas. The second one was Pluto's Christmas tree. And the final one was Tom and Jerry's Christmas Eve Night Before Christmas.

They were all so cute and funny. But now I'm exhausted so...

Until next time...

I almost forget after church this morning we went to the Hallmark Premiere. I put almost $48 worth of ornaments in their lay-a-way. And I bought 2 keychains for earlier presents:)

Last Day of VBS

2011-07-15T23:19:00.001-05:00

I am so tired that I put this post in the wrong blog at first. So trying this again...

Tonight was the last night of VBS. Boy, I'm tired but I'm thankful my granddaughter was able to attend 4 of the 5 nights. She had a blast! They will do a little VBS program Sunday night. She is bashful but will be ok with doing this.Because it involves 2 of her favorite things-dancing and singing.

I plan on going to the Hallmark Premiere tomorrow but not sure that is going to happen. I might need tomorrow to rest instead of making that 50 mile round trip:)

Thought to ponder:

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched.. but are felt in the heart. ” Helen Keller

Until next time...

Ain't No Sunshine

2011-07-13T21:57:00.002-05:00

Since I didn't want to go to bed too early I thought I'd read on my book, Ain't No Sunshine by Leslie DuBois. I'm usually pretty good at figuring out where a story is going. by the middle of the book at least and certainly before they spill the beans so to speak. However, not with this book. I will say I throughly enjoyed the journey, altho, the book tackles some difficult subjects. I hope to read more of the author's work.

It's set in a small Virginia town in the 60's. Two children, one white boy and one black girl grow up together. They fall in love, which isn't consider the thing to do at this time. The boy's father is the pastor of the church. He appears to be a good, caring man in public but an abusive monstor behind close doors. He tells his son more than once to stay away from Ruthie, they CAN'T be together.

As the story goes the boy's mother is no help with his father. And his older brother just disappears one day. The young couple believe he was killed by the father. The father reveals a life changing secret one day, then it seems eveything spirals more out of control. It's an entertaining story told from the confines of a police station interrogation room.

I read it on my Kindle for pc app. It's still free on Amazon at the moment. I'd recommend it.

Until next time...

http://www.amazon.com/Aint-No-Sunshine-ebook/dp/B00408AYJU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1310610921&sr=1-1

Sick yuck

2011-07-13T19:29:00.000-05:00

Well I haven't done anything for CIJ today. And VBS tonight cause I'm sick yuck...My throat became real scratchy late yesterday afternoon which made me croupy. I woke up today with a VERY sore throat. And all I feel like doing is sleeping but I've been making myself sit up some. I've been drinking juices with viamin C in them & water. So I hope I feel better tomorrow.

Until next time...

CIJ-July 11th

2011-07-11T23:10:00.000-05:00

After reading a post on the forum I decide to I looked through the 2 small Christmas storage bins for CIJ. They contain:
9-ornaments

4- pr bootie socks

5-candles

3-Christmas village pieces

4-pks Christmas village accessories

1-box 24 ct Christmas cards

1-20 ct sm plastic gift bags

1-roll lg gold ribbin

$26 dollars

I think that is a pretty good start.

Until next time..

VBS fun.

2011-07-11T23:06:00.000-05:00

VBS started tonight at our church. We took our granddaughter to her first vacation Bible school program tonight. She had a BLAST. She's been talking about it every since we got back. I'm thrilled she had so much and is learning more about Jesus at the same time.

Until next time...

CIJ-July 10th

2011-07-10T22:38:00.001-05:00

In this heat I thought I'd post another easy recipe from the Eagle Brand website for a CIJ celebrating post.

2 cups (1 pint) cold whipping cream

1 (14 ounce) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk

4 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup coarsely crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (9 cookies)

WHIP cream in medium bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until stiff. In another large bowl, stir together sweetened condensed milk and vanilla. Fold in whipped cream and crushed cookies.

POUR into 9 x 5-inch loaf pan or 2-quart freezer-safe container. Cover and freeze 6 hours or until firm. Let stand at room temperature 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

http://www.eaglebrand.com/recipes/details/?RecipeId=4371&categoryIndex=9

There are some really good looking recipes on that site.

I've also enjoyed looking around some other blogs today.

Until next time...

Not much going on today

2011-07-10T16:25:00.000-05:00

I have a bad headache which the heat is probably contributing to. It is 99 and feels like 113 Yikes. I hope to do something for CIJ later today but not sure that will happen.

We did have fun yesterday at the family picnic. I think they counted 31 folks showed up. I hope I feel like posting pis to Facebook later.

A thought to ponder:

Life is WAY too short to hold on to anything that doesn't bring you JOY!

Until next time

CIJ-Day 8

2011-07-08T19:24:00.000-05:00

Today for CIJ I've been looking around blogs. Now I'm looking at recipes. I couldn't resist borrowing the pic to go with this recipe. Ice cream iis good anytime.

Ingredients

1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 cup pureed or mashed fresh strawberries

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

4 to 5 drops red food coloring

2 cups heavy cream

6 tablespoons Smucker's® Magic Shell® Chocolate Fudge Flavor Topping, divided, plus more for garnish if desired

Instructions:

MIX sweetened condensed milk, pureed strawberries, vanilla, lemon juice and food coloring, if desired, in large bowl until well blended.

BEAT cream in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until stiff peaks form. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk mixture.

SPREAD about 1/3 of strawberry mixture in a 8-inch square baking pan. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons Magic Shell. Gently top with 1/2 of remaining strawberry mixture; drizzle with 2 tablespoons Magic Shell. Repeat strawberry and Magic Shell layers. Cover and freeze until firm, about 6 hours. Remove from freezer; let stand 5 minutes. Scoop into individual serving dishes. Drizzle with additional Magic Shell, if desired.

http://www.eaglebrand.com/recipes/details/?RecipeId=5718&CategoryIndex=11

Looks like an eye feast to me today at least.

Until next time

CIJ-Day 6

2011-07-06T17:32:00.000-05:00

Altho, this isn't technically a Christmas recipe, I feel it would be a good dish to take to holiday together's.

Mini Football Subs

Ingredients:

Meatballs

Spaghetti sauce

Shredded Cheese

Individual-size rolls

To make a batch, first prepare your favorite meatball recipe, shaping each meatball into a mini football before cooking. Once they're cooked, add the meatballs to a skillet of spaghetti sauce and warm them through.

For each sub, cut a V-shaped notch from the top of an individual-size roll, place a meatball in the roll, and top with cheese shred laces. Finally, get the sandwiches in a huddle on a cookie sheet and place them in a warm oven for a few minutes to melt the cheese.

http://familyfun.go.com/autumn/fall-recipes/fall-dinner-ideas/mini-football-subs-684893/

I'm sure the meatballs can be decorated to look like reindeer.

Until next time...

CIJ- Day 5

2011-07-05T21:31:00.000-05:00

For the 5th day of CIJ I'd like to share a simple but delicious sounded cookie recipe that could be used for any holiday.

East peasy cake mix cookies

1 (18 oz.) package cake mix (your choice)

2 eggs

1/2 C. shortening

1 tbsp. water

1/2 C. chopped nuts, dried fruit, or chips (your choice)

powdered sugar (optional)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. With a wooden spoon or mixer, combine all ingredients in medium mixing bowl.

Chill in refrigerator about 30 minutes.

2. Shape into 1" balls. Roll in powdered sugar, if desired.

3.. Bake on a parchment paper lined baking sheet, 10-12 minutes.

4. Makes 3 to 4 dozen cookies

http://www.divinedinnerparty.com/easy-delicious-christmas-cookies.html

Until next time...

CIJ-Day 4

2011-07-04T20:34:00.000-05:00

For CIJ today I looked at a few blogs And read/posted on the MHH Christmas. I'm thankful I was able to do that much today. Because I haven't been in the best of moods.

My dad went to be with Jesus 10 months ago today & this Fri is his birthday, so that probably has something to do with my mood.. And my belly is bothering me on top of that. I just hate it when I don't feel good in body & mind at the same time.

I'm thankful for all the support and prayers.

Until next time...

Happy 4th of July

2011-07-04T01:01:00.000-05:00

Happy 4th of July everyone. Please be careful with your fireworks while celebrating. Please be respectful of others and stopping shooting them at a reasonable hour.

Say thank you to military personal and their families for all they do. Afterall, we live in the land of the free because of the brave men & women.

I don't know yet what we;ll do for CIJ today but will try to celebrate a little at least.

Until next time..

CIJ-Day 3 yummy

2011-07-03T00:38:00.000-05:00

It's 12:30 a.m my time so that makes it CIJ Day 3. I'll be going to bed in a few mins so I'll hopefully be able to get up for church. But first I thought I'd share a couple recipes with you. One recipe comes from a free Nook book. The title of the book is "Christmas Dessert Decadence"

Peanut Butter chip & chocolate chip clusters

1 (10 oz) pk of Reeses Peanut Butter chips

1 (11.5) 0z pk of either Semi-sweet chocalate chips

or 1 package of milk chocolate chips

1 (12 oz) can cocktail peanuts

Place chips in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 1 min. Stir. Microwave for another 1-1 1/2 min to be completely melted. After chips are melted stir the mixture until smooth. Stir in peanuts.

Spoon heaping tablespoon of mixture onto wax paper.

Makes app 20 big pieces. Candy will be hard enough to remove from wax paper in about 4 mins. Store in refrigerator.

I've heard Diedra talk on the board about:

Frozen Hot Chocolate

3 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar

1 package Hot Cocoa Mix (about 3 Tablespoons)

2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter

⅓ cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

⅓ cups White Chocolate Chips

12 ounces, fluid Can Evaporated Milk, Divided

4-½ cups Ice

Whipped Cream, To Taste

Mini Marshmallows, To Taste

Combine sugar, cocoa mix, and butter in the top of a double boiler that is set over gently boiling water. Stir often until melted and a smooth paste forms. Add semi-sweet & white chocolate chips; stir. When chips begin to melt, slowly stir in 1/2 cup of evaporated milk. Stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature.

Combine the chocolate base mixture, the remaining evaporated milk and ice in a blender (you can do this in batches) and cover. Blend until smooth. Pour into frosty glasses. Top each with whipped cream. Sprinkle with additional chopped chocolate chips & mini marshmallows, if desired.

http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/drinks/frozen-hot-chocolate-2/

If you go to the site and see the pic of this you'll be drooling:)

Until next time...

CIJ-Day 2

2011-07-02T14:23:00.000-05:00

I've managed to life my mood a little bit, altho my prayers are still with folks hurting in our town.. I thought I'd share our plans for today with you.

Since it's pretty warm outside today we decided to watch a Christmas movie tonight. We will watch "Deck the Halls." I haven't seen it but DGD has. She said it's a good movie. The plan is to shut down the pc, put the cell on silent and enjoy the movie together. Of course, we'll have some snacks to enjoy while we watch it.

At the moment I'm looking around some new(to me) blogs and getting ideas. Isn't it funny how blogs are like Lays potato chips, you look at one and usually(at least for me) that leads to another, then another, another and so on and on lol. Some time this month we hope to make some paper candy canes:)

Thought to ponder:

Count your blessings, not your problems.

Until next time...

Christmas in July-CIJ

2011-07-01T18:04:00.000-05:00

Today is the first day of July. Anyone who knows me knows I dislike this heat. But one of the great things about July is alot of folks celebrate Christmas in July(CIJ).

DGD(dear granddaughter) & I like to do alot of things together including celebrating CIJ. Today already we've listened to CIJ music on pandora.com It's fun to hear old as well as new songs and sing along. I don't know what/if we'll do tonight. Which brings me to what we plan to do one day this month...

I'm the type that likes to put my own spin on things when possible. While looking around blogs yesterday I saw the idea for an outside movie as well as talk about drive inns, which there are none close to here. But my brain goes ah ha we can do our own drive in:)

I have 2 laptops, 1 a full size and the other a smaller netbook which doesn't have a CD ROM drive. I prefer to use the netbook if I can find a place online to watch free movies/cartoons. One evening when it gets dusky dark we're going to take a laptop and our treats(soda, popcorn, candy bars etc) to our car. Set the netbook on the dash and watch our movie outside...Our own personal drive in:) I have battery operated fans if needed.

Of course we could watch the movie inside, but this is something different to experience. I'm old enough(birthday next week too) to have experienced drive inns. But DGD never has so we'll do our own version.

Don't be afraid to think outside the box.

Until next time...

DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA

2011-07-01T13:34:00.001-05:00

There is SO much drama in this world. Anyone ever wonder why? Read on for my thoughts. To me it's because we CHOOSE to be involved in it. To me DRAMA reminds me of high school, he said, she said, be on my side, be mad at him/her and it goes on and on and on!

I'm not talking about when we're angry, hurt, or life is getting us down and we need to vent. I'm talking about when the "thing" whatever it is keeps getting told, told & retold by us and others. We react in pain or anger and all the negative energy involved in DRAMA.

Instead of taking a break to calm down and searching for a more positive way to deal with our situations. I feel when we stay in DRAMA we block the good things from coming to us and those we love. Often times, we're so wrapped up in the DRAMA that's all we see, hear, thing about, talk about.

Personally, I feel we can't fix other's problems and while it's ok for them to talk to me, all I can try to do is give them a more positive way to look at/handle it. It's their CHOICE to stay in the DRAMA or remove theirselves from it. And enjoy their life and the love ones in it. And it's my CHOICE to say I'm sorry but all I have to offer is my advice, prayers and encouragement that you'll find a peaceful, calming way for you to handle that DRAMA.

Adults high school is over, let's show the younger generation more positive way's to enjoy & live life.

Until next time...

A little something for now

2011-06-30T12:58:00.000-05:00

It's the last day of June. I don't have much to say right now. I'm on my way to check out Christmas in July blogs. I might be bback later to share any ideas I find that I like. Until then here's a quote to ponder

Looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them.- Lucy Maud Montgomery

Copy and paste

2011-06-29T22:31:00.000-05:00

I'm trying to figure out why I couldn't copy, & paste so after a google search. I'm trying some of the suggestions...

Ok folks here is what I've done tonight. I made a mistake in the first line of this post. My cursor jumped on me so I copied my words to move them, when I hit paste it popped up a box I clickd allow & alot of this post is copied & pasted.

The paragraph with the " was copied from a page I found in my search. I was actually going to try that next if needed.

"It could be because of your web browser. I had to put my IE 8 into compatability mode ( a button just to the right of your address bar) before i could paste into the field.It could be because of your web browser. I had to put my IE 8 into compatability mode ( a button just to the right of your address bar) before i could paste into the field."

The quote below was c & p.

Everything you do can be done better from a place of relaxation.- Stephen C. Paul

It's been awhile

2011-06-29T12:55:00.002-05:00

As you can see it's been awhile since I posted. I hope to revive this blog, I started to make a new one but after re-reading through some of the post I realized there is some good stuff here :) And why bother starting another one since this one was started about life & all the possibilties in it. So as before you will read about my life here. What I see, feel, think, do, expereience. Nothing is ever written to offend anyone but with the hope another can relate and hopefully learn as well as find encouragement.

I asked a question on one of the boards I go to this morning that I'm sure other's can relate to-Do you ever feel no-one is listening? Sometimes I feel like I talk out in public, at home and online too but no-one is listening. To be truthful when this happens I often become frustrated, because I know I'd be one of the first to help another anyway I could. And it's not always about helping with a problem sometimes I just want to be acknowledged and responded to.

My granddaughter is enjoying her WII game again. It's been packed away for 2 months. We took it with us when we left home for 6 days in May to go stay with my son & DIL. But the Mississippi River is backing in it's banks and thank God our town wasn't flooded like so many others were along the river.

My hubby has been on vacation since last Wednesday evening, he goes back to work tomorrow.We didn't have the money to go away but we've had a nice staycation. We went to visit my stepmom and took her out to eat, then enjoyed a cool breeze on her lovely porch. Our son and DIL came in from out of town to go to a favorite little cafe. As well as doing things around the house so it's been nice.

July 1st will be here Friday. My granddaughter and I hope to do some celebrating of Christmas in July. July 6th is my birthday, we have no plans but a nice, relaxing day sounds good to me :)

We'll I was going to end the post with a quote to ponder but for some reason blogger isn't letting me copy & paste.

So till next time....

A winter Hug for my friends

2010-01-07T00:34:00.001-06:00

Send this eCard !

Sending a big bear hug
to keep u warm and cozy
this winter

2009-12-19T22:12:00.002-06:00

I knitted this hat last night with my round knifty knitter. It is the 1st one I made. It was simple to make using my knifty knitter. I used the blue one to make this hat. The one I'm making now will be made on the red one so it will be larger. I like how easy these are to do.

The picture is a little blurry because I had to use my DGD phone to take the picture.

Christmas pics

2008-12-15T22:14:00.002-06:00

Please check the 2 post below this post too.

More Christmas

2008-12-15T22:11:00.004-06:00

My decorations

2008-12-15T21:59:00.004-06:00

I was supposed to be doing the holiday tour of homes over at http://www.pumpkinsandreindeer.blogspot.com/ but my camera didn't coorperate with any good picks.

But I wanted to show you some neat Christmas clip art here in my blog home. Hope you enjoy it. Look above this post for more pics.

My wonderings

2008-12-01T00:20:00.003-06:00

I'm sitting here alone right now. My daughter and granddaughter have went to their new house. My hubby is sleeping, he has to return to work tomorrow. I'm in deep thought. Sometimes I see, hear or read things that start my mind wondering in all different directions.

I'm part of a wonderful community called Magical Holiday Home. This is a group of very creative caring, loving individuals. When one of us is happy we all celebrate. When one is sad we feel their pain and try to support and encourage.

Celebrating things gets my mind going in different ways I can celebrate and enjoy life more.

But at this moment my mind is in saddness and wondering about life. There is a saying I picked up many years ago it is: Write yourself well. It means when something is troubling you to write it out. It will help a little or alot but it will help.

I think about life. We go through life busy, busy, busy with this, that or the other. We make our plans: to get our home clean and straighten, to get a better job, to take a trip, to write a book, etc...then life happens it could be a fantastic change that takes us down a different path or a minor setback or something terrible.

I can't help wondering about the why's that's my human nature. I will just keep trying to be a good person, help where I can. And remember to pray, encourage, support, laugh, live and love.

God bless you all

Quotes of the Month

2008-08-03T14:10:00.003-05:00

I wanted to share what I've been doing in my yearly planner At the beginning of each month I write a quote on the top of the page It might be a quote by a famous person or it could be something someone has said that stuck with me

When I see or hear it I instantly know that's the quote for the month And somehow that quote just winds up fitting that months situations

Here is the quote for August:

Be Absolutely Determined To Enjoy What you Do

A few months have had sub-quotes that just seem to fit with it August sub-quote is: Experience tells us what to do confidence allows us to do it

Here are the ones for the rest of the year so far:

Janurary:

Make New Friends But Keep The Old

Feburary

More Like Me Less Like You

March

Be The Change That You Want To See In The World

April

Never Allow A Person To Tell You NO Who Doesn't Have The Power To Say YES

May

You'll Never Know If You Never Try

June

You'll Find What You Look For

July

No-one Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent

I thought these quotes might some how touch someone else

BTW if you don't already know it the period has stopped working on this laptop ughhhhh

Walk in my world

2008-07-04T13:36:00.003-05:00

Hope everyone is having a Happy 4th of July. I've picked up a lesson from today already lol

I like the lead up to holidays and events but sometimes don't enjoy the actual day. I figured out today what it is that I dislike about holidays.

I HATE the stresss. Got to have everything just right, so and so is coming. We need this we need that, got to get this done and that done by a certain time. HURRY HURRY HURRY!

WHOA buddy! This is my world. Slow down. Others are more than welcome here but they'll have to move at my pace. Which around holidays has to be relaxed and slow in order for me not to get so stressed.

And guess what? I bring the majority of the stress on myself. I want to enjoy the holiday's, I don't have to perform at what I perceive as others expectations to do it.

So this day has took a turn for the slower more relaxed way.

Happy Holiday's to all.

Won't a Laugh?

2008-06-22T00:33:00.003-05:00

Have been busy so haven't been around much.. Trying to get better.

But if you'd like a laugh jump over to my YAY-Me blog.

Happy Memorial Day

2008-05-26T13:52:00.001-05:00

Hope everyone is having a Happy Memorial Day. We're just hanging around relaxing.

It's been raining hope it doesn't get stormy and gets all the rain out of here today.

This and That

2008-05-25T13:30:00.002-05:00

We've had beautiful weather this past week. And we've been totally enjoying it.

We had a annual community event in our park yesterday. We set up a booth, enjoyed visiting with others and got some sun to boot. My daughter and granddaughter got sunburnt. I just got darker.

My granddaughter finally got to play ball again this past Thursday after 3 weeks of rain outs. They won 18-8. It's alot of fun to watch these little girls.

Now over to Yay-me to post.

Well Hopefully

2008-05-15T23:43:00.002-05:00

The rain will let us get some more ball games in this year. Her last games were canceled 2 because of the weather. Poor baby is getting very disppointed.

On a nicer note I got my hair cut. More about that on my YAY-ME blog.

Happy Birthday

2008-05-12T23:13:00.002-05:00

Hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day yesterday.

Today is my daughter's birthday. We've been enjoying a quite day. Went out to ball field and watched a couple of games. Going to watch CSI now.

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you dear

Disguised-A vent

2008-05-09T16:57:00.002-05:00

This is my little vent. Let me say it's about one man and not meant to offend anyone. If you're a female I'm sure you recognize and have probably at sometime in your life experienced the saying "It's a mans world." But it's not rigjht for little 7-9 year old girls to experience this.

Henceforth my vent- My granddaughter was supposd to have a softball game at 7 p.m. last night. She's in uniform anticipating the game when her coach rings the phone at 6:30 p.m. Her game has been cancelled.

It rained Wednesday night. But when my daughter called the recreation center at 1:30 p.m Thursday they said the games were on. After the coach called she went out to the sports plex to find the Parks & Recreation manager.

All the other games were in progress at the time. So she walked up to him and asked him to explain to her 7 year old daughter why her game was cancelled. He said their field wasn't in playing condition look at the field. She said you're correct that field isn't safe. BUT that wasn't the little girls field. He took their field and gave it to the boys to play on.

He claim it was easier to make up 1 game than 2. There was no reason to make up 2 games. If he'd done right the little boys game was all that needed to be made up. As a matter of fact there was NO reason for any game to be made up.

The instructional league(4-6 year old boys & girls) only play 1 hour. All he had to do was start a game 1 hour later.

When are we going to get over the caveman days that say males are more valuable than females?

All these kids have to pay the same amount to play but yet the girls always get the shaft. They don't get all stars. The boys have more leagues.

Please understand this is about being FAIR to all the kids no matter their sex. What are his actions saying to our kids?

I'm so disguised in his behavior it stinks!

Hanging around

2008-05-08T15:26:00.002-05:00

It's 5 p.m. looks like the weather "might" let them have their game. Altho, our weather man just showed some pop up showers, not sure which way they're moving yet.

My daughter is giving her feet a relaxing soak this afternoon. I can't believe how giving your feet their own"spa like" treatment helps the rest of a body to feel so good and relaxed.

Let me know if anyone else trys this.

Relaxing Night

2008-05-07T23:46:00.000-05:00

They say it might rain tomorrow. I hope not we have a game tomorrow night.

We've been enjoying a relaxing night tonight. We're watching Law & Order right now.I've been doing somethings this week to celebrate me. You can read about them in my YAY-Me blog.

I think I'll go read on Magical Holiday Home now.

We Won again

2008-05-03T15:20:00.002-05:00

My granddaughters coach pitch softball team played again ths past Thursday. They won 22-13. They play so good and really try hard. We're so proud of all them.

My granddaughter plays catcher and right fielder and gives it all she has. She used to be so shy but is blossming into a real go getter.

On a sad note the weather was rotten yesterday. I feel so bad for the folks who losed love ones. It's not easy to lose your home and property but that can be replaced. Our prayers go out to these families.

We Won

2008-04-30T20:52:00.002-05:00

My granddaughter had her first softball(she plays pitching machine, coach pitch) game of the season yesterday(Tuesday). Her team won 16-11 altho I couldn't tell you alot about the game. I was the 3rd base coach and everything was moving quickly.

That is after the game finally got started. There was a hour delay in start time because of the field being tied up with other games.

We were all happy they played so well and enjoyed theirselves.

Words to ponder

2008-04-27T20:21:00.003-05:00

Sometimes I read/hear a quote that speakes to me. Or words of a song. or maybe a tv commercial that speakes to me.

Today I heard words on tv that I've been pondering on:

"If you don't try you'll never know."

This could apply to anything in life.

No games

2008-04-27T00:27:00.000-05:00

Well the kids ball season was supposed to start today(Saturday). But the weather last night had different ideas. Got a call this morning from the coach letting us know the games were cancelled today.

So I guess the ball games will officialy start Monday. My granddaughter is ready to play.

Bumpy practice

2008-04-22T23:55:00.003-05:00

My granddaughter had ball practice today. We hadn't been there but a couple of minutes, when ever she missed a ball playing catch. Which resulted in a pump knot on her head.

We went and got ice to put on it. This helped the swelling, its hardly even swollen now, however there is going to be a bruise.

The really surprising part is she didn't cry at all. Now she's a little girly girl and still on the shy side some is why we were surprised she didn't cry. Guess she's showing us she's tougher than we think.

The coach decided to move her from right field to catcher's position now. We weren't too sure about that move but she will be in full catcher's gear and since this is coach pitch we shouldn't have to worry about wild pitches.

Guess she has some tomboy in her that we didn't realize lol. First game will be this coming Saturday. Except for the bump knot the practice went really well and the girls all did good. And the coaches too.

Spring fever

2008-04-21T02:57:00.003-05:00

Well we did have ball practice Saturday. It was chilly and had to be cut short because of rain. This is a young team so hope they get enough practice in to know what to do.

The weather is supposed to be in the 70's this coming week but with the possibility of showers.

I wish I had a outdoor room if that makes any sense. A room that protected from mosquitoes and other insects. As well, as the elements of the weather but let you feel like you were enjoying the outside.

A room to eat outside in as well as invite others in for a visit. With nice comfortable outdoors furniture to relax in.

Oh well I can wish.

What do I call this

2008-04-18T22:35:00.002-05:00

It is chilly tonight. Be glad when the weather decides to stay around 70.

Not sure what to call this post. Have a couple of choices lol. Could call it-Ugghhh dr part 3. Hubby went back to dr today with the same results as this past Mon.

Or I could call it- Coach wake up. Granddaughter is scheduled to have ball practice in the morning. However, it rained today and is supposed to be chilly in the morning. So wouldnt be surprised if we get up early then get sent back home again. Oh well, just have to wait and see.

Oh a more postive note granddaighter is writing her first name in cursive tonight. She is so smart.

Ughhh Doctors part 2

2008-04-14T17:30:00.002-05:00

My hubby went to see the dr. that did his scope after work today. He drove over there just to be told the doctor isn't in we have to reschedule.

So he goes back again Friday. UGHHH

Tired today

2008-04-12T22:38:00.002-05:00

I'm a night owl whose give out tonight lol. We climbed out of bed at 7:30 a.m. so my granddaughter could get ready for her first ball season practice this year. Just to get out there at 9 o'clock and hear the coach say it's too cold and windy to practice.Which it was but wish we'd knew sooner could have used the sleep.

But the day wasn't all lost. My daughter had to go to work, so my granddaughter and I worked on her reading all afternoon. She is doing so good. She's really motivated to learn and we do everything we can to make it fun for her.

Hope we have a goodnight sleep tonight lol.

IInteresting Reading

2008-04-11T18:23:00.003-05:00

Thought I'd post while my daughter and granddaughter are outside practicing. My granddaughter has her first ball practice tomorrow for her new league, she moves up this year.

Ginger from Magical Holiday Home has started a blog network. These blogs will be centered around the special days that are celebrated at MHH. Some of the members have blogs for the holidays created already.

I'm rolling some ideas around in my head of blogs I could create to join the network. But this is a busy time right now so I'm still in the consideration stage LOL.

I do enjoy reading others blogs tho. Ginger has a new one I plan to keep up on. It's called Fairy Dust & Fairy Kissess. I like reading about anything magical.

Not feeling well today and computer is being a butt but maybe it will let me give you the link to MHH

http://magicalholidayhome.com/forum/index.php

And to Fairy Dust & Fairy Kissess

http://ginger-fairydust.blogspot.com/search?q =

Ughhhh

2008-04-09T18:47:00.002-05:00

Don't mean to offend anyone but these doctors are getting on my nerves. We recieved a letter from the doctor that did the scope. Now my hubby has to go see hm next week.

When we called to see what was going on had to leave a number for them to return the call. When the secretary return the call she said the nurse said he needed to see this doctor because he did the scope. WTH his regular doctor gave him the results already. Another week to wonder.

On top of that we're in a moderate risk for severe weather tomorrow.

On a good note my granddaughter found out last night which softball team she'll be on. While our friend whom she's used to won't be her main coach he is the assisstant coach.

Hubby update

2008-04-07T19:19:00.002-05:00

The doctor said my hubby did NOT have what we feared. Thank God He wants to scan it again at the end of the month to see if it went away on it's own. If it doesn't he'll probably want to remove it.

To be honest with you I've been pretty positive all week was pretty sure it would be ok. But today I woke up what iffing. I HATE it when that happens I know it's not good for me or anyone else.

This reinforces the saying "one day at a time" to me. We need to make sure we're the best we can be for ourselves and others. Enjoy life, enjoy the moment, enjoy family and friends. Look for the Good. Let Go and Let God. Live, Laugh and Love, Keep it Simple These are all sayings I know and wanted to remind myself while sharing with you.

I ask you to continue your good thoughts and prayers that it clears up all the way.

My sincerest thank you.

Serenity

2008-04-04T16:15:00.001-05:00

At least it isn't raining today. Altho, there were some severe storms around last night.

It seems like the weather is always around to remind us there are somethings in life we have no control over.

Which usualy makes me think of The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

2 years ago

2008-04-02T18:49:00.002-05:00

Two years ago today our town was hit by a F3 tornado. The weather is fair today but looks like it could be a stormy day tomorrow.

I'm living by the words "One day at a time" right now. And doing my best to think positively, so far I'm doing a pretty good job.

Working on posting something to my blog right now even if it's a short post.

One foot in front of the other, baby steps, do what I can do.

Update

2008-04-01T22:23:00.002-05:00

Well hubby got out of the hospital last night and went back to work today. I think he's trying to stay busy. He probably is bored too he spent 4 days and 3 nights in the hospital. He has several different meds to take.

When they did the test on his stomach the doctor noticed something else. So we're waiting a week to see exactly what that is. Everyone please send good vibes this way.

Thanks

A Long Day

2008-03-28T21:37:00.000-05:00

Yesterday we went out to eat. Then came home to help my granddaughter practice for softball. In that practice I got smacked in the head with a softball. Boy that stung.

Then in the middle of the night my hubby became ill. He was vomiting violently and very weak. We got a ambulance to come and get him. His own doctor saw him in the ER. He said early this morning his small intestine has a infection in it. This evening he said he also has pnewmonia in his left lung. I'm guessing he's going to be in the hospital for a few days.

I know this is short and simple just the basics but wanted to give a small idea of what I've been up to since my last post was posted.

I'm not sure how much if anything I'll be posting the next few days. I hope to at least get a quote up between going to hospital and doing errands.

Quote of the day

2008-03-26T13:49:00.000-05:00

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

Malcolm S. Forbes

I believe we continue learning all our lives if we keep a open mind to do so.

Quote of the day

2008-03-25T14:45:00.000-05:00

"With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.”

Dalai Lama

Quote of the Day

2008-03-24T18:05:00.002-05:00

You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions.”

Adlin Sinclair

Easter

2008-03-23T16:03:00.002-05:00

Today is Easter I have a crick or something in my neck it's painful.

My granddaughter doesn't eat boiled eggs so we hide plastic eggs with prizes in them for her egg hunt. She found eggs that meant candy, an egg for a root beer(she loves those yuck), an egg for a milk shake, an egg for 30 minutes of uninterrupted computer time for her, and an egg for $1 . Plus the Easter bunny left her two one dollar bills to find when she woke today. She's a happy little girl right now with her new red and white polka dot dress on.

Now if this roast would get that little bit of pink color out we'd be ready to eat bar-b-que. We decided to just have bar-b-que, chips, deviled eggs today. Keeping it simple.

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Happy Easter

2008-03-22T15:22:00.003-05:00

I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter tomorrow.

We have a roast on cooking. It is a large one so we hope to make barbque sandwiches and maybe homemade coleslaw with half of it today.

The other half we will add potatoes, carrots and gravy, and have deviled eggs to go with it tomorrow.

If I can get a good enough picture on my camera phone I will post it to show the Mississippi out of it's banks here. I've took some on my film camera but they aren't developed yet.

Watching the river

2008-03-21T13:36:00.004-05:00

As some of you may know there are river, lakes and streams overflowing their banks in Missouri. Some towns have evacuated citizens. Last I heard there were 13 deaths due to flooding.

We live right on the Mississippi River. It is out of it's banks here but not over the levee thank goodness. A close eye is being kept on it.

Please don't play with the water. Learn flood safety tips. If you run upon water please:

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN.

A little Easter fun

2008-03-20T15:47:00.001-05:00

Click the link below. It was sent to me by a friend it is a little easter humour.

http://www.vutoh.com/egg.swf

Unusual Easter egg

2008-03-20T15:40:00.003-05:00

This is a unusal Easter egg design my granddaghter picked out. The picture is from the follow site

www.onr.com/user/pam/fsi/JulianaEasterEgg.jpg

Drained

2008-03-19T15:26:00.002-05:00

Think my word for today would be drained. The last two and a half weeks have been one thing on top of another. Our schedules and routines are all out of whack. The weather has been all screwy, it's downright cold today.

I just feel emotionally and physically drained!

One Warning on top of another tonight

2008-03-18T20:46:00.003-05:00

Weather has been wierd tonight. One warning(mostly tornado) on top of another has been happening here tonight. Thankfully there's been very little damage anywhere so far. Hopefully it will stay that way.

Think there's the possibility for more of this mess tomorrow. I'm ready for Spring but not the stormy Spring weather.

leprechaun visit

2008-03-17T12:19:00.002-05:00

We had our first ever leprechaun visit last night. A good leprechaun by the name of Patty O'Tool stopped by sometime during the night.

He found my granddaughters green ribbons from girl scouts on our refrigerator. He liked them alot and left her a nice little note and a little green bill($1)

She was soooo excited when she found it. Unfortunately, we were dealing with something else and didn't get to enjoy her excitement with her.

But wanted to say thank you Mr. O'Tool she really appreciated you stopping by even tho she didn't see you.

Quite sunday

2008-03-16T16:14:00.003-05:00

It's a quite sunday here. I've been surfing the web. Sometimes I have a huge thirst for knowledge. Working on implementing some of what I'm learning.

Happy to report on the 30 day experiment that we've ate at home the last 2 days and I've suceeded in drinking 20 ozs of water each day. Believe me this is hugh for me.

Granddaughter is doing great in first grade. She is really excelling at learning to read. She is so proud of herself as we are also.

Hope everyone had a great day.

Two 30 day experiments

2008-03-15T18:27:00.002-05:00

We have two 30 day experiments going on here. One I'm doing all on my own. The other my daughter and granddaughter are participating in.

1.For 30 days we will eat at home. NO eating out.
2. For 30 days I will drink 20 oz. of water a day. Don't laugh I know I had trouble with 8 oz.

Here's the plan for #1. We will cook our meals at a time we have optimium(sp) energy. We will cook enough for more than 1 meal, so we can reheat leftovers. We will make sure we have oats, cereal, eggs here for other meals. On a day we might not feel like cooking we will have the ingrediants for either a salad or sandwiches.

What do we hope to accomplish with this? 1. Eatting healthier food.
2. Saving money eating out is expensive. 3. Create a better eating habits.

Here's the plan for #2. Whenever I wake up I will put a 20 0z bottle of water beside me to sip on through out the day.

What do I hope to accomplish? 1. As everyone says water is good for my body. It will help hydrate me, I drink too many Dr.Peppers but this should help me cut back some. 2. I want to be able to say I did this! Anyone that knows me knows I am NOT a water drinker. 3. Trying to create the habit of drinking water each day.

I write this here so I can go back and remind myself of our experiement. But I also write it for accountablity, it's here for everyone to see. If you read this you're more than welcome to ask us Did you succeed at eating at home today? Did you succeed at getting 20 oz of water down?

Hopefully, others will be encouraged to start 30 day experiments no matter how small they may seem.

5 St Patrick's Day Facts

2008-03-15T14:09:00.002-05:00

Ginger at Ginger's Journey issued a challenge to post 5 things about St. Patricks Day, St. Patrick or Ireland.

My 5 facts about this fun Irish celebration are from:

http://holidays.kaboose.com/saint-patricks-day/quick_facts.html

Facts about St. Patrick's Day Holiday

St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he died on March 17 in the year 461 AD. It is also a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and history. St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland, and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

In Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, people traditionally wear a small bunch of shamrocks on their jackets or caps. Children wear orange, white and green badges, and women and girls wear green ribbons in their hair.

St. Patrick was born in 385 AD somewhere along the west coast of Britain, possibly in the Welsh town of Banwen. At age 16, he was captured and sold into slavery to a sheep farmer. He escaped when he was 22 and spent the next 12 years in a monastery. In his 30s he returned to Ireland as a Christian missionary. He died at Saul in 461 AD and is buried at Downpatrick.

34 million Americans have Irish ancestry, according to the 2003 US Census. That’s almost nine times the population of Ireland, which has 4.1 million people.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest number of leaves found on a clover is 14!

Check out the site for more St Patrick's Day facts and fun.

Interesting Reading

2008-03-14T23:23:00.002-05:00

I've been reading Steve Pavlina blog at:

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog

The following is a quote from his A Better Life entry:

if you want to become a more positive thinker, then imagine yourself as thinking more and more positively – right now in this very moment. Don’t worry about tomorrow or next week. Stay centered in the moment.

This makes sense to me I'm making the intention to follow it.

You Find What You Look For

2008-03-14T14:23:00.002-05:00

I have been doing better the last couple of days on my water goal but only because I haven't been feeling good, so drinking more water to help wash my system out.

The thought "You Find What You Look For" popped into my mind today. I've been turning it over and over. I know it's true. But sometimes it's hard to know which way to look.

I actually think it means if you're looking for negative that's what you'll find. If you're looking for postive then that's what you'll find.

Hope to be able to increase my positive finds.

Yucky

2008-03-13T12:11:00.002-05:00

The weather has ben pretty the past couple of days. But we haven't been able to enjoy it cause we feel yucky. That's just messed up.

Oh well one day at a time

Croheting

2008-03-13T01:08:00.002-05:00

Looking into learning to crochet. Lana shared the below site with me:

http://www.learntocrochet.com/instructions_cr.php3

The ladies at:

http://magicalholidayhome.com/forum/index.php

are very creative and helpful. These 2 sites are full of tips and ideas.

Happiness

2008-03-12T14:23:00.000-05:00

A quote to ponder:

When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.”

Malcolm S. Forbes

A poem

2008-03-11T23:08:00.001-05:00

I want to share a little poem with you.

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't!
If you like to win, but think you can't,
it's almost a cinch that you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you're outclassed, you are,
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself before you can win the prize.
Life's battles don't always goTo the strongest or fastest man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can!

by Walter D. Wintle

Rethinking weather goal

2008-03-11T01:05:00.003-05:00

Not doing too good on my weather goal to post a weather term each day. Think I might have to rethink that goal.

To be honest, to me, unless there's some kind of weather we need to keep a eye on, just plain old weather is boring lol. No offense to weathermen meant.

So will be posting weather sporadically I guess.

Word for the day

2008-03-09T15:59:00.002-05:00

I have a toss up for my word of the day. Not sure if it should be EXHAUSTED or DRAINED.

I'm just so tired today and have so many things on my mind.

Trying to grasp a concept I just read in a email : It's a feel GOOD concept.
It basically says NOT to try to switch your feelings. But to switch your ATTENTION. To something that feels GOOD.

That's all for now.

Change challenge update

2008-03-08T15:51:00.002-06:00

As some of you may know I started a change challenge for myself on February 12th.

I have 3 tins. One tin for quarters which are for Christmas. One tin for dimes which are for a upcoming holiday or event. In this case they're for Easter at the moment . One tin for nickels which are for Halloween.

I put the change in the respective tin each day as well as add bills as I have them.

As of today there is:
$5.70 - in the Halloween tin
$20.26 - in the Easter tin
$13.50 - in the Christmas tin

Patting myself on the back because I'm am slowly but surely saving. YAY ME!

Snow, Snow and more Snow

2008-03-07T16:09:00.004-06:00

Thought I might post while the weather will let me. I have only been on the computer about a hour and have had to disconnect and reconnect twice. Think the weather is messing with it.

The snow finally made it here about 3 hours ago. The wind is blowing HARD. We probably have close to 2 inches already. I heard them say on the scanner it was supposed to continue till about 11:30 p.m. The wind chill here is 16 at the moment.

BRRR it's cold

Winter Storm Warning

2008-03-06T19:33:00.002-06:00

We're under a winter storm warning. We could get anywhere from a inch to 12 inches(depend on which station we listen to) of snow, sleet, or ice or a combination. Snow is what they're expecting.

A winter storm warning means: A significant winter storm or hazardous winter weather is occurring, imminent, or likely.

We have groceries, batteries, candles bought. Have no plans of leaving the house except hubby has to work tomorrow.

Everyone stay safe.

C-O- ME funny

2008-03-06T13:57:00.002-06:00

Kids say the darnest things. My daughter asked my granddaughter how to spell come last night. Her answer was c-o-me well that does spell come LOL

Trying weather post again

2008-03-05T23:52:00.003-06:00

Blogger is trying my patience. I had a weather post that for some reasn blogger decided to take out and put my pet peeve post there.

What I had posted was I was going to make my weather post short and simple today. I am tired of the waether flip flopping from warm to cold. Ready for the weather to stay one way awhile.

Pet Peeve

2008-03-05T16:10:00.004-06:00

I have some pet peeves. To me pet peeves are things that I really dislike, don't quite understand and in some cases I will call a person on.

I was watching Nightline earlier and it made me think about one of my pet peeves. Part of the show was about a lady whose been dealing with the superbug for 3 years now.

They were telling people precautions that could be used. This lady bleaches everything in her house she can, keeps Lysol on hand and washes her hands quite often. Poor lady is on a IV drip again.

Anyway, it made me think of things I think are unsanitary and wonder about them. A pet peeve of mine is to see someone handle money then touch food. Money goes through so MANY peoples hands why would anyone touch someone else food without washing their hands first YUCK!

AS far as the superbug goes washing your hands often, using disinfectant,
personally, I carry a bottle of germ x in my purse.

Love for dancing

2008-03-04T22:56:00.003-06:00

I'm sitting here eating girl scout cookies(all abouts and dosidos) yummy.

There was a brownie meeting tonight. They're working on their try it for dancercize. They did some dances(different movements). They had a blast.

I knew my grandaugther would love earning this try it. She LOVES to dance. And she's really GOOD at it. Her scout leader ask us did she take lessons. Our reply was no because we can't find anywhere around here for her to take lessons.

She is self taught. She has some dance dvd's and just loves to dance about. Wish we could find somewhere in the area to get her some more training.

Weather definition

2008-03-03T18:07:00.002-06:00

Blogger can test my nerves sometimes lol. I tried(and thought succeeded) to post a weather definition before I posted my goal update. But when I checked my blog the weather definition wasn't there so let me try again.

Severe Thunderstorm WARNING/Tornado WARNING:

This means TAKE ACTION. Severe weather or a tornado has occurred in a storm moving in or is imminent. This is not time to start calling people, it is time to MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. You should seek shelter on the lowest level, interior hallway away from glass or flying objects. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN A CAR. If a warning is issued for your area, take cover. If severe weather does not hit your immediate location, it is better to look at it in this light: Would you rather be in a safe place and have no severe weather, or be out in an unsafe place and be hit by a tornado? It only makes sense to take action.

Remember:
WARNING: Take action

Goal updates

2008-03-03T15:02:00.005-06:00

Thought I'd give a little update on the goals I've set for myself. Im going to continue my February goals in March. I'm doing well with all of them except getting the water I need to drink.

My change challenge is coming along well. Not missing the change at all. Will count my containers later in the week and let you know how much is in each.

I've just started my weather goal for March it's coming along well at the moment.

I'm continueing my daily writing challenge.

How is everyone else doing?

23 months ago today

2008-03-02T14:43:00.004-06:00

April 2 2006 was a beautiful spring day. We were outside getting some sun and letting the grandbaby play and enjoy the fresh air. The city elections were in 2 days. We were anxiously wondering if our candidates would win.

Don't remember who noticed first but before we knew it, We(esp. my daughter) were making trips back and forth in the house. Severe weather was developing in Arkansas and we were keeping a eye on local tv station. As well as monitoring the weather bug and my police scanner. The storms were getting worse and moving this direction.

Parts of this are a blur and parts are still so vivid. I remember hearing Marmaduke Ar. had just been hit by a tornado and there was mass destruction. It was still roaring our way. I was a little concerned but mostly thinking about the poor people in AR.

Afterall, we are on the Mississippi River. We're protected by the river. A tornado won't hit here it will jump the river. Let me tell you now I know from experience that is a MYTH. A tornado can hit ANYWHERE at anytime.

Before were knew it the monster was in Missouri. The county to the west of us was in a TORNADO WARNING. It was less than 30 minutes away. Could hear the reports coming across the scanner, this was a killer. Whoa it missed the town it was headed for BUT now it was headed straight for us.

By this time we were in the house watching tv, weather bug, listening to the scanner. Our storm spotters were out everywhere. OOPS I'd left my little portable scanner outside. My daughter went to get it. We heard rolling thunder that went on and on and on while she was out there. Figured out later that wasn't thunder it was the tornado destoring a small town in it's wake and leaving 1 dead and her son to die later from substained injuries. Our tornado sirens started sounding and continueing going off until the monster was gone.

My daughter came back inside and said look at the sky it's getting green. We live behind a church and my daughter said calmly it's time to go to the church. My daughter is usually not as calm as she was and truthfully I usually don't listen to her cause she used to panic. We all took off to the church. The rain hit so she grabbed up the grandbaby and ran with her.

Church was just getting out. We informed the pastor what was happening. Some of the members had left but quite a few were stll there. After a few minutes a friend of ours said he was going home it was just going to rain. His wife said oh NO you're not. My husband and other men in the church watch it coming toward us.

Someone yelled take shelter, there were quite a few kids and their mothers in a medium size bathroom. I was in the hall with other ladies but I squeezed my way through to get to my grandchild and daughter. Because if this was the end I wanted to be with them.

I remember hearing alot of praying going on. One little boy started to cry then my grandaughter started crying. His daddy came into the bathroom and took him from his mama(altho, she didn't want to let him go) he quited him. I never was so glad to see a man in a woman's bathroom it was a calming presence for a few minutes. I heard them say on my scanner a roof had just fell on the fire cheif(he's ok).

The lights flickered, more praying then the lights were out, crying, screaming, praying. Then it was over. Flashlights were turned on, heard scanner say entire south end of our town was GONE. More screaming some of these people had family there. My friends wife screamed at me TURN THAT THING OFF. I said NO we need to know when its ok to leave.

After a few minutes we went outside. There was hail the size of golfballs everywhere, mud on everything. Power lines and trees down. Windows broke out debri all around. But we were in the middle of town. Our house was fine but just 2 blocks south was the war zone devastation everywhere.

My sister was right in the middle of the tornado her house came down around her. Her and her neighbors help theirselves out to safety. 60 percent of our town was destoried by a F3 tornado. Thankfully there was no lose of life here. But it moved across the river to Tennessee to kill more people. The town had alot of rebuilding to do and some still going on.

Less than 2 weeks before this happened we'd had a class on what to do in a natural disaster. Our fire cheif had also receive an award for having our town storm ready. We're the only town in our area that was storm ready. That means they had plans in place, had took all the training and knew what to do if a bad storm hit.

I could go on and on telling you about things I saw, like neighbor helping neighbor, how people came from everywhere to assist. The narrow escapes, the wonder of why it hit one house but not the one beside it. But I wont do that now this is about long enough might tell more later in the month.

I can tell you everyone in our town was effeced by this monster if not physically then emotionally. I tell this with the hope that you'll always take the weather seriously. Have your protection plan in place, listen to tv, radio, whatever you have. Please don't have a false sense of security if you live close to a river, mountain or any other thing that's supposed to protect from storms.

Stay safe and know your surroundings.

Weather goal

2008-03-01T16:54:00.003-06:00

Spring will be here soon, and so will the possibility of severe weather. I've set a goal to post weather information for the month of March. I intented to start my March postings telling you about the day our town was changed forever.

But I'm not feeling well today, so today's post will be a weather term everyone should know.

Severe Thunderstorm WATCH/ Tornado WATCH:

This means conditions are favorable to produce severe weather in OR CLOSE TO the watch area. It does not mean if a surrounding county is in a watch, and we are not, that we should not pay attention. It means exactly what it says, WATCH out. Keep an eye on the sky, turn on your tv, your local radio station, let your family know, and plan accordingly. Most watches run around 6 hours but can develop into a WARNING at any time.

Remember :
WATCH: Watch out and prepare

Contemplative

2008-02-29T15:23:00.003-06:00

No access to intent yesterday so no post.

I have alot of things on my mind right now. So I think my post will simply be I'm in a contemplative mood right now. Thanks Ginger for the suggestion of a word for the day.

For me contemplative means to think about what's on my mind and decide on the best plan of action for me. Also at times to just forget about it and let it me.

Blogger time

2008-02-26T15:37:00.003-06:00

I'm not sure what time zone blogger is set on. I know I missed posting Monday. But when I looked back over this weeks archives it showed no post from Saturday til Tuesday and I know I posted early Sunday morning.

I just posted a brag on my granddaughter and it showed up on Tuesday too. This is about 5 minutes later wonder what day it will show on.

Going to brag a little

2008-02-26T15:37:00.001-06:00

I'm going to do a little grandma bragging tonight. As some of you might know my granddaughter is homeschooled. She's learning to read and doing a AWESOME job.

The site we use to help her is Starfall.com. We use it to compliment the other resources we use with her.

Ball season is also coming up here. We registered her this week. She moves up a league this year. Not batting off a tee anymore. So we've been practicing what we can with her inside. She is working enthusiactically to be a good team player.

WTG girl.

A little off color funny

2008-02-26T00:36:00.004-06:00

A 5-year-old boy went to visit his grandmother one day. Playing with his toys in her bedroom while grandma was dusting, he looked up and said,'Grandma, how come you don't have a boyfriend now that Grandpa went to heaven?'

Grandma replied, 'Honey, my TV is my boyfriend. I can sit in my bedroom and watch it all day long. The religious programs make me feel good and the comedies make me laugh. I'm happy with my TV as my boyfriend.' Grandma turned on the TV, and the reception was terrible.

She started adjusting the knobs, trying to get the picture in focus. Frustrated, she started hitting the backside of the TV hoping to fix the problem.
The little boy heard the doorbell ring, so he hurried to open the door and there stood Grandma's minister. The minister said, 'Hello son, is your Grandma home?' The little boy replied, 'Yeah, she's in the bedroom bangin' her boyfriend.'

The minister fainted. Now, that's funny... I don't care WHO you are

For Monday

2008-02-26T00:36:00.003-06:00

You might of noticed I didn't get a post done on the 25th. We got up late. Then had to get more cookies delivered almost done with delivering all those. Then had more errands to do.

So this may be my post for just yesterday or maybe for today too. I don't know, have things on my mind. I was feeling bad because I missed my daily commiment but then realized I'm still committed, life just got in the way Monday.

What are you passionate About

2008-02-23T14:42:00.001-06:00

As my profile says I'm a housewife, mother(2 grown children) and grandmother. My family has been and still is my life. I've always like to learn new things.

Sometimes it feels like I just can't learn something tho. Or in this case figure out the answer to the question. Which is "What am I passionate about?" I never seem to have a answer to this question. That did frustrate me because I felt weird not knowing a answer. I should have a passion.I like to do alot of different things. Especially learning and putting what I learn into action.

Tonight I realized my passion is learning. And when I've learn all I feel like I need to learnat the moment I'm ready to move on to the next thing. That doesn't necessarily mean I'm a expert at what I'm learned it just means I have all the knowledge I need at the particular moment.

Sharing my thoughts through writing is one of the things I like to do. This challenge has been enjoyable to me. Tonight I was thinking about the goals I sat for February(can see under February goals). Except for my daily water goal I've done really good. I plan on continuing these goals in March.

But I also wanted to set a goal for March. As I thought about it I remember something I'd like to learn more about. Spring is coming. And in Missouri where I live Spring also means the possibility of severe weather. So in March I will be learning and posting about severe weather. I guess there's the possibility I will be posting 2 times day on some days because I'm sure there will be other things I'd like to talk about too.

There will be a storm spotter class here the first week of March but I don't know if I'll be able to attend. But my daughter is planning on attending so she can share with me what she was taught if I don't get to go.

I'm excited at the idea of setting a goal to reach in a month. Wish me luck. I do have to say I hope what I learn ISN'T needed here this year.

#5 Confidence Builder

2008-02-23T03:14:00.003-06:00

Confidence builder #5 is 'become aware of negative self talk." I'll admit this is one I have to pay close attention to. Negative self talk
can creep in before I even realize it's there.

I'm not doing a good enough job getting organized. My post aren't interesting enough. What do I have to contribute? blah, blah, blah

I have to make a conscious effort to notice my self talk. Then I have to say to myself I hear you but sorry at this time I'm too busy to participate in this conversation. Or switch to positive self talk.

For example: Thought- I'm not organized enough. Switch thought to I do a little each day and I'm seeing progress along the way.

Becoming aware of negative self talk isn't a easy task. But it's well worth the effort to get the negative replaced with the positive.

At the moment, I'm having the thought this post just doesn't sound like I'm getting across what I'm trying to.

But I'm going to end this post with I know I've done the best I can and that's all anyone can do.

#4 Confidence Builder

2008-02-22T01:43:00.003-06:00

Confidence builder #4 is "Stop Comparing Self to Others." I'm learning that comparing myself to anyone else is a losing game. For the simple reason that comparing is often done in a negative mindset.

See when you compare anything be it people, homes, towns etc... one is often lacking something the other has.

But what I'm learning in reality is there is only one. There is only one me and I'm good enough. There is noone else EXACTLY like me.

There is only one house EXACTLY like mine. Only one town EXACTLY like mine. But for this entry I'm only talking about people.

We all have our similiarities but we're all different too. Comparing is competing. There's no competition. We all have our own looks, talents, desires, feelings, thoughts......

While there is always room to learn, grow and improve. We each do it in our own way and at our own pace.

I Am Unique. Want you join me in celebrating our uniqueness ?

Sincere Compliments

2008-02-21T14:24:00.004-06:00

One of my February goals is to read my emails and ebooks that help me grow at least twice a week.

Alot of the things I read I already do or I've heard before and maybe didn't quite grasp the meaning the first time. Or this time they might be explained in a way I can better understand.

For instance, today I was reading something I'd read before but this time it was being explain in a different way.

The idea was to "MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF IN THE PROCESS."

And the way to help others feel good about theirselves is to learn to give SINCERE compliments.

Now I very well know how to give a SINCERE compliment. As a matter of fact, I just gave some SINCERE compliments today. Could tell the people receiving them felt good and I also felt good giving the compliments.

But what I hadn't thought about was that this builds their confidence and mine too. All parties feel good from the transaction. I also realize to do this I have to take time to NOTICE others. Sometimes in my busy life's I don't pay attention. I just pay for the service I've received(groceries, gas, fast food etc...) get my stuff and leave. Or I pay the utility bills or take my library books back and leave.

Dale Carnegie was very good at the demonstrating the pleasure of making someone feel good about themselves.

Dale would turn a person's day around, and make them feel GREAT about themselves, by issuing a simple, sincere compliment.

He'd go away feeling great about himself; the receiver sure felt good about themself; they had a nice little conversation; and that was that.

I want to become better at giving SINCERE compliments to my family, friends and others I encounter through the day.

ICE STORM WARNING

2008-02-21T00:45:00.002-06:00

Thought I'd make my daily post while the weather is permitting. We were put under a Ice Storm Warning about 5 minutes ago till Friday. They're predicting at least a half inch of ice. The weather channel said to be prepared for down trees and power lines.

This definately falls into the catagory of "focus on what I can control." Which means to do all we can to stay warm and safe.

Back to watching more weather.

ICE

2008-02-20T14:38:00.004-06:00

We have the possibility of ICE(yuck) hitting our area during the night or early tomorrow. We went to the grocery store last night. At least half our heat is gas. The laundry is the majority of the way caught up. We're going to get some more candles in a little bit. So I guess we're about as prepared as we can be.

I'm doing my writting challenge now and if the electricity(I hope not) should get took out. I will just write on paper and post when I can.

Everyone who might be in the path of this stay safe and warm.

Tiring day.

2008-02-19T23:25:00.003-06:00

We are give out tonight. It's 11:25 here. We have delivered so many cookies today and still have quite a few to go. And other folks who didn't get cookies wanting cookies. Good thing the scout leader brought a few extra.

Need to check the weather to see if we're still in the possibility of wintry mix.

So this will be short tonight but I feel GOOD that I'm still making my committment to the challenge.

Cookies

2008-02-18T18:36:00.003-06:00

Well I know what we're going to be doing for the next few days. Delivering girls scout cookies. My granddaughter sold 375 boxes of cookies. This is great for her because she's a little on the shy side.

It has been a great experience so far. The group goal was 200 boxes each but the prize she wanted you had to sell 300 boxes. So she sat herself a goal of 300 boxes and really worked for it. She 's a inspiration-if you want something give it all you have.

Congrats girl good job.