Thimble Thoughts: September 2006

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Fair 2006

Our county fair comes to town every year at this time. The kids and I were able to go last night and they had a really good time.

I got a few pictures, but mostly of Harrison. Justin and Hannah went off together to ride the bigger rides while I stayed on the kiddie side with Harrison. I did manage to get a couple of pictures with Hannah. I got one of Justin and Hannah on the flying swings, but it was blurry. I had my camera set on the wrong setting. Oh well. Here are the ones worth sharing.


This is Hannah in front of a display of someone's giant watermelons and pumpkins. Aren't they huge?
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Harrison got on the tea cups and spun until I was dizzy from watching. LOL
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He wouldn't ride this slide last year, but ran to it this year. Ahhh, what a difference a year makes!
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The motorcycles....always a favorite.
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And of course we had to do the train.
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I got tickled here because his boat wouldn't go all over the little "pond." It just kept going around and around in circles. He went from being happy to frustrated after about thirty or so turns. LOL
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Here is Harrison and Hannah on one of the little roller coasters. He rode the first time with her and then when he realized it was fun he decided to ride it again by himself. He prefers the more calm and mild rides, but we're working on that!! It was really dark. I had to lighten it up so their eyes are glowing like cats. LOL
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After we rode the rides, we sat down for a funnel cake. My kids could not believe that in 35 years I have never eaten a funnel cake. It was good too. I think I could make one. I'm going to try it soon.

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Friday, September 29, 2006

Racing To The Mailbox!

My dear blogging friend, Christina, commented on the last post about how she just couldn't believe I had picked up "yesterday's mail" and how her family sprints to the mailbox. Oh, Christina, if you only knew. My dear friends who actually know me, will verify this story......

Bruce and I always race to the mailbox. Well, we did until he started working third. Now I get it every single day. But anyway, one day he came home from the lumber store just after the mail had been delivered. Only he didn't know it had just been delivered. He got out of his truck and asked, "Did the mail come yet?" I was on the back deck and very cooly answered (lied) "Um, no, not yet. I guess she's running a little late." He saw me take off into the house to run out the front door and knew that I just tried to pull one over on him, but he was on a tight schedule with a project he was working on and had decided to just let me get it. But I didn't know that. I took off racing through the house, hit the front door, ran down the front steps and POP! I couldn't move. Something had happened to my leg. I was in very intense pain. Justin was standing at the door and came out, "Mom, are you OK?" I whispered to him that something was wrong and I couldn't move. He asked if I needed him to help me back into the house. "No, not yet. Just go get me the mail!" LOL Come to find out, I had torn the muscle in my leg and just less than one more inch, I would have been having surgery. I was on crutches for a while but it took several months to heal and still gives me a twinge every now and then.

So you see, Christina, we race to the mailbox too!! You're not the only loopy family in the world. LOL

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

And I Thought I'd Never Use It!

Remember sitting in Algebra class thinking to yourself, I'm never gonna use this! What's the point? I remember thinking that. But now I know it was all for a good purpose and I should have studied harder when I had the chance. Now I'm a homeschool Mom and I'm having to learn it all over again. That was the purpose of me learning Algebra....to teach it. LOL

I decided that we had spent too much time in the house pouring over the Math so we would go outside and study. Finally! A breakthrough. I am so happy at what we learned today. I feel energized and ready to tackle tomorrow's Math.

Justin and I set up some chairs outside and took our books and paper and marker board with us. We had fun learning together today. It was so funny. Anyway, I'm praising the Lord that we figured it out. YAY~

While we were studying, we heard this loud plop on the ground. The cats were around so we thought at first it might be one of them. Turns out it was this huge caterpillar. All we can figure is that he fell from the tree above us onto the driveway. I have never seen one this big. Here's a picture of it. I'm going to try and research it later today, but if you know what it is and know anything about it, feel free to share your knowledge with us. Hannah said God sent that our way so we wouldn't have to work in our Science books today. Nice try, Hannah.


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After we stopped to study this little guy and take pictures of him, we got back to hitting the Math and just a few minutes of that, we turned to look at him again and he was G-O-N-E! We figure he was making his way back to the tree he fell from. Poor guy.

We were wrapping things up with Math when Hannah brought Tipsy out for a break. She was happy to be with all of us outside and get some lovin!

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I walked to the mailbox to retrieve yesterday's mail and noticed how pretty the panicles on the pompas grass were so I just had to take a picture of them too. Justin is hiding behind them. Can you see him?

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

...And In That Yard He Had A Horse, E,I,E,I O........

We had an interesting thing happen today. I was sitting at the table having school with my children when something caught my eye at the door. I looked up and there was a brown horse just standing in my front yard. Then a white one came from behind him. We all jumped up and ran to the front door where we saw another brown one. Three horses were in our yard. Where did they come from? I have no idea. They were so pretty though. I rushed to grab my camera, but our sudden movements scared them and I had to follow them to the back yard where they raced into the woods. I snapped two pictures of them, but neither of them turned out good enough to share with you. We did see their owner out trying to round them up. So I'm sure by now they are back in their barn or pasture eating their hay and thinking what a nice little excursion they had today.

This is not the first time I have seen a farm animal in my yard. When Justin was about two years old, I got up one morning and opened the door. There, at the base of my front porch steps, was a rather large brown cow. We stared at each other for a moment and I slowly closed the door and went to wake Justin up. I walked him to the living room and told him to open the door. When he did, he got all excited and with very wide eyes exclaimed, "Mommy! It's a horsey!!" I know. It was a cow. But don't forget, he was only two. I'm happy to say that he has learned the names of the animals since then.

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Monday, September 25, 2006

A Cup of Kisses and Hugs

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I forget where I found this idea, but when I was teaching the two and three year olds at our former church, I ran across it and thought it was cute. I've used it several times since then and it's always a big hit.
You probably recognize the cup above as being in your powdered clothes detergent box. Save several of them and fill them each with Hershey's chocolate hugs and kisses. Wrap them in a seasonal saran wrap and tie a ribbon with a gift tag to it. It makes a cute gift for a teacher or friend and it's not at all expensive. I like it because it's versatile throughout the year.
And honestly, who doesn't enjoy hugs and kisses?? ; )

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Sunday, September 24, 2006

My Sad Saturday

As most of you probably already know, UNC lost their football game to Clemson Saturday afternoon. It was so HORRIBLE! Before the end of the first quarter, Clemson had already scored 35 points. By the third quarter, Bruce and I were ready to catch a cab home, allowing Brother Sam and Sis Anna to enjoy their gleeful ride back to the house alone. But we hung in there for the final score of 52 to 7. Yes, SEVEN! I couldn't believe the way Carolina was playing. Our first thought was of what sort of strategy Carolina had in mind. Our second thought was that Clemson had hired a bunch of little league players to play against them, and it was all a farce. But the truth was, Carolina just could not hold the ball. As a matter of fact, they could not have held the ball if it had been glued to their hands!!! There was alot of energy brought to the field by Clemson. Mainly because the 1981 National champions were there for a 25 year thingy. You know, the "younger tigers" needed to prove to the "older tigers" that they could play some good ball. And boy, did they show 'em!

The night before, we were in Elizabethton, TN, and it was wonderful. We had safe travels up, the service was great, the church fed us good, we had safe travels and good fellowship back and was home in bed by 1:30.

At 5:30, my alarm went off so that I could get up and make my shirt. I was energized after I painted my shirt, but then it all went down hill from there.

On our way to TN, I felt like I might be coming down with a head cold. By Saturday morning, it was evident that I was correct. My dear hubby stopped at a convenient store on the way to Brother Sam and Sis Anna's home and bought me some "non-drowsy" Tylenol cold medicine. I hadn't had anything to eat for breakfast and was afraid I would get an upset stomach so Bruce bought me a chocolate covered creme filled Krispy Kreme doughnut. Remember, we were at a convenient store. No egg and cheese biscuits in sight. We ate our doughnut and as I was getting rid of the trash, I noticed a chocolate smudge on my shirt. :*( MY T-SHIRT!!! Boo Hoo. So, we made it to Brother Sam and Sis Anna's home, and by the time we were ready to leave, I was feeling the medicine kick in. Non-drowsy, my foot! I felt spaced out. I kept telling myself I was going to have a good time no matter what. And that I could feel a whole lot worse. And that THIS was going to be a GOOD day!

Brother Sam and Sis Anna had a feast packed in the back of their car. Barbecue and buns, slaw, chips, crackers with dip, grapes and carrots, cookies and brownies and cold drinks and the most delicious baked beans I've ever eaten. This was the first time Bruce and I had ever tailgated. It was a lot of fun. However, the first bite of beans I took dribbled off my spoon and onto my SHIRT! I was so embarassed. But again, I told myself it's no big deal. And of course Sis Anna was so sweet to say it didn't look bad, when we both knew that brown bean juice and chocolate on a white shirt never looks good.

After lunch, we talked a bit, cleaned up, and began our walk to the stadium. I had on new shoes that rubbed the back of my ankles and by the time we got to the stadium, my ankles were hurting and bleeding. SO! My head felt like it was swelling from all the mucus that was building up, I was drugged from the medicine, my newly painted T-shirt was dirty, and my ankles were bleeding. Then the game began............and my team lost.

As we left the stadium, every step back to the car was more painful than the last. But we finally did make it back to the car and I was ever so happy to get a handful of ice and just crunch my blues away. For those of you that know me well, you know that I love ice! And it was so nice and calming to me just to have a handful of it.

After leaving the game, we stopped off to see Brother Sam and Sis Anna's daughter, Katie, at her apartment. She was there with her friends trying to get things ready for her wedding. Which is several months away, but she wants to get as much done now as she can so she's not too stressed out as the big day approaches. She's leaving on a business trip Monday and her parents wanted to see her before she left. So we had a nice little visit. She and her friends came out to the car for a brownie and then we left to head back home.

As we pulled out of Brother Sam and Sis Anna's driveway, my dear hubby assured me that when we got home, he would take the boys to get us something to eat and I could relax. And relax I did. I took a shower, lit a candle, and curled up on the couch in the dark. It was wonderful. As I laid there, I thought about the events of the day and couldn't help but burst into laughter. The more I thought about it, the harder I laughed. I finally calmed down and Bruce arrived with stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut and a gallon of orange juice.

I know I probably made my day sound sad and pitiful, but the fellowship we had with Brother Sam and Sis Anna made all the bad stuff not even matter. We did have a very good time with them and are very thankful to have them as our friends.

Thank you, Brother Sam and thank you, Sis Anna, for a day I know I'll never forget.
Sis Anna, Brother Sam, and my hubby, Bruce
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Just outside of Death Valley
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Warming up
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The band
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The Honor Guard
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Here come the Tigers
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Let the games begin!
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Carolina making their ONLY field goal of the day
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Final score, 52 to 7
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Clemson fans crowd the players
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Saturday, September 23, 2006

The Shirt


Here is the shirt I made for the game today. As you can see, there are no orange splats. But you must admit, that would have been cute. :)

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Friday, September 22, 2006

WooHoo

It's Friday!!! Don't you just love to see the weekend come? I do!

As I said in an earlier post, we'll be leaving for Tennessee this afternoon with our church choir to sing at a church there. Our Pastor has been preaching a revival there this week, as he does every year, and we always go up that Friday to sing. We're looking forward to that.

The kids are doing their Friday chores and I just finished cleaning and mopping the kitchen. I love the smell of Pine cleaner and how it lingers for days. It makes my weekend more enjoyable.

Bruce carried off the trash and was going to hit some of his favorite stores. Since he's been working so much, he does not get to frequent them as often as he would like. So I told him to go ahead and enjoy his time out while we cleaned, did laundry, and school. I'm taking a break to post because I know I might not get to before Sunday. So I hope y'all have a great weekend and I'll see ya in the blogsphere!

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Recipe??

I made homemade bbq sauce last night. It was so very good. I was thrilled to have it come out the way it did, because.................I messed up! Now, I suppose y'all have figured out that I'm not exactly Martha Stewart in the kitchen. I do love to cook and try new things. But I usually have to make it a couple of times before it's RIGHT! So, last night was no surprise to me that I was going by two different recipes and didn't even realize it.

Our church cookbook has some good recipes in it and at least two of them are for BBQ sauce. They just happen to be side-by-side at the bottom of pages 88 and 89. So I would add vegetable oil from one recipe and vinegar from another. Lemon juice from one and.....you get the picture. The recipes don't differ too much by ingredients, but the measurements were certainly different! Anyway, by the time it was cooking on the stove, the aroma was making my entire household drift from their quiet places to the kitchen as their curiosity peaked as to what we were having for supper. "BBQ.........oops! I forgot to take my meat from the freezer"........AGAIN! No worries, I had time to nook 'em in the microwave. On the menu? BBQ ribs, green beans, and mashed potatoes. Dinner could have been a "Lucy" moment, but instead, turned into a scientifc moment.

Both of these recipes you will find at my
Blogger's Recipes blog. Feel free to use either of them for your next BBQ meal.......or use them both to make your own sauce.

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Where O, Where

Where, oh where can my commentors be,
where, oh where could they be?
Are they timid and shy
do they just pass on by
oh, where oh where could they be??

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My Wednesday Morning Thoughts

There is an old saying that too many hands stirring the pot, ruins the soup. This has nothing to do with what I'm posting on, but for some reason it came to mind when I sat down to post, so I thought I would share it. LOL

I had another one of my "Lucy in the kitchen" moments last night. Only it really wasn't my fault. My oven wasn't cooperating. Yeah, that's right! My oven! Anyway, I was baking pork chops and planned on BBQing them. I had baked them in a pot in the oven for over an hour. I took them out and they looked so good. So I poured my BBQ sauce over them and put them in for a little while longer. But when I served them at supper, I took several bites of mine and realized it was extremely pink the closer I got to the bone. SO! we all stuck our chops back in the pot and they went back into the oven. We ate the fettuccini pasta and garlic bread I made to go with the chops and then we all loaded up in the van, including Tipsy, and went to McDonald's for an ice cream cone while the chops finished cooking. The kids thought that was great.....Well, to be honest, so did I. After all, who doesn't enjoy a soft serve ice cream? ;P We came back home after our little drive and the chops were done to perfection, falling off the bone. They were really good! So good that Bruce ended up taking FOUR of them to work last night.

We're halfway through our second week of school and so far everything is on schedule. Praise the LORD! One new thing I did was purchase REAL homeschool lesson plan books. In the past, I have just kept a little notebook, but this time I splurged. Well, Mom and Dad splurged. Thank you, Mom and Dad!! It makes my job so much easier. I bought two. One for Hannah and Harrison and then another for Justin. His lesson plan book will last for four years and has a place for documenting everything through highschool. So I'll have a transcript for him. Isn't that great?

These Homeschool Planbooks were designed by a homeschool Mom named Sarah Crain. She has a lot of different books to choose from and I'll be adding her link to the sidebar at Homeschooling By Faith if anyone is ever interested. Anyway, Click here if you want to check out her different planbooks.

We'll be in our third week of SIGMA tonight. The last couple of weeks have been worrisome for me because I'm trying to learn the point system. I'm afraid I'm not going to give someone the points they deserve or give too many points to someone who does not deserve them. LOL Oh well, Brother RJ is keeping up with that, I'm sure.........I hope!

Bruce took off work this weekend because we have some things going on. Friday night we'll be at a church with our choir in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Hannah will be spending the night there with her Grandpa and the rest of us will be coming home after the service. Our choir has been to this church every year that we've been members of Faith and always have a good time. We're looking forward to the trip.

Bruce and I will get up EARLY Saturday morning and drive down to meet Brother Sam and Anna Paris who will be taking us to the Carolina vs Clemson game. I bought a shirt and I'm going to paint a path of tarheel prints up the back of it. I had thought about painting a little orange splat under each tarheel, but Bruce said that might not be wise since the game was at Clemson's Death Valley. And we WILL be on Clemson's side since Brother Sam and Sis Anna are Clemson fans. This should be an interesting trip. Them in their orange shirts, me in my painted one, and Bruce in his Carolina Tshirt and Carolina blue converse shoes I bought him back this spring. And of course I'll have my UNC pocketbook that will be holding my camera so I'll have pictures to share of the game. Bruce does not have a good feeling about this game, but we're going to have a good time anyway.


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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

ABC Bible Verses

If you homeschool your little ones, or even if you do not, I have posted the ABC Bible Verses on the Homeschooling By Faith Blog. It's still early enough in the school year to begin teaching these.

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Really Sweet Story

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I thought this was such a sweet story and thought you would too......

"After 65 years, I have found the sister who I love," Simon Glasberg said Monday in heavily accented English, his eyes filling with tears. "I can't stop kissing her."
Using the database of Holocaust victims at Yad Vashem,
Israel's Holocaust memorial, two of Shlick's grandchildren, Benny and David, began unearthing a mystery spanning six decades and three continents.
While improved technology in recent years has made the task of tracking Holocaust survivors easier, fewer and fewer survivors remain as each year passes.
Scanning the database, the grandsons, both in their 20s, discovered an entry erroneously stating their grandmother had perished half a century earlier. That entry led them to other surviving relatives, who eventually brought about the siblings' emotional reunion Friday.
When Glasberg, who lives near Ottawa, Canada, saw his gray-haired little sister for the first time, he recognized her immediately, he said.
"I felt I couldn't talk. I just cried," he said. "You don't understand, 65 years ..." His voice trailed off.
Shlick, 75, said she too was overwhelmed by the discovery.
"For 65 years, I lived thinking I had no family besides one sister," she said.
Since Friday's reunion, the family bond has clearly been re-established, with the two elderly siblings playfully joking and reminiscing in a hearty mixture of Russian and Yiddish. Their large families have quickly become close.
The last time the two saw each other was in 1941, when the Glasberg family of Chernowitz, Romania, was separated after the Nazis invaded.
Hilda, then 10, escaped to Uzbekistan with her older sister Bertha. The rest of the family — parents Henia and Benzion, and brothers Simon, Mark, Karol and Eddie — stayed in Romania, finding refuge in a basement. The fate of one sister, Pepi, remains unknown. She disappeared and is presumed to have been killed by the Nazis.
Glasberg, his brothers and parents emigrated to Canada after the war ended. Shlick and her sister moved to Estonia, where Bertha died in 1970.
In 1998, Shlick immigrated to Israel. During a family conversation this summer, her grandsons learned her maiden name was Glasberg, and they began to investigate her past.
They logged onto the Yad Vashem Web site and found a page of testimony submitted in 1999 by her brother Karol, of Montreal, who wrote about his sister Hilda, who "perished in the Shoah."
Karol died that same year, but further searches through the Web site of the Montreal Burial Society and online forums of survivors of Chernowitz, Shlick's grandsons were able to track down his son, who filled in the picture of what happened to the divided family.
Shlick's parents died in the 1980s in Montreal, living well into their 90s, as did her brother Eddie, who died in 2004.
Mark Glasberg lives in Ottawa, but was too ill to travel to Israel to meet his sister. His son Irving, however, lives in Israel, just half an hour away from his missing relatives.
The new extended family will share the Jewish New Year together this weekend, catching up on a half-century of history.
Shlick said she plans to travel to Canada soon to see her other relatives and visit the graves of the parents she lost as a child.
Yad Vashem director Avner Shalev said the story should encourage Jews from around the world to check the database for their relatives' names and to submit pages of testimony for those who have been lost.
The database contains some 3 million names of Holocaust victims and has been visited by 10 million people since it went online in 2004.
Yad Vashem spokeswoman Estee Yaari said this was only the second known case of living siblings discovering each other through the database. Last June, two sisters who had survived the Holocaust and moved separately to Israel were reunited after 61 years.
Glasberg, though thrilled to find his sister, said the reunion was bittersweet because of all the years the family was divided.
"My poor parents, they always said, 'We wish we would find all our kids'" he said. "It is such a tragedy, but now I am so happy."


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Monday, September 18, 2006

Prayer Chain

We started a prayer chain here at home. You can see it at my son's blog, A View Of My World. Basically, it's a paper chain with fifty black links. Black because sin makes our heart black. A chain because sin binds us and holds us back from God. And fifty links because fifty in the Bible is the number of jubilee. Everyday for fifty days we tear off a link and pray for one person specifically that we know is in need of salvation. We're excited to see what God does in this next fifty days!!
This particular chain is for a man who is married to a wonderful and faithful Christian wife and mother in our church. They have two young daughters who desperately want to see their daddy saved. Wouldn't that just be wonderful?

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Tipsy in her Funnel

Per request of Mrs. Shari, here is a couple of pictures of my puppy, Tipsy, in her funnel. Bless her heart.


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It's funny when she's trying to smell the ground because her funnel gets caught in the grass. I know...it's terrible. Bless her heart.

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Sunday, September 17, 2006

Commissioning Service

Tonight was the commissioning service for Brother Lewis and Sister Kim Howell. They are missionaries out of our church going to New Zealand. It was a really sweet service. Pastor Goodman sat them in chairs in the front of the church and they gave their testimonies of when they accepted Christ into their hearts and answered a few questions from our Deacons and church staff. Then the deacons prayed over Brother Howell for his ordination and then over both Brother Lewis and Sis Kim for their commissioning. Their joy of serving the Lord in this capacity is evident by the smiles and excitement you see on their faces. They will leave Wednesday for six months and he will pastor a church there while the pastor of said church will be back here in the states. Then they'll come home and finish getting up their support before their final leave to New Zealand. We will miss them dearly. Please pray for the Howell Family.

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Saturday, September 16, 2006

This And That

Christina from HsKubes Homeschool Haven posted Titus 2 Challenge: Are Your Children A Blessing?... She posted on something that's been close to my heart for a very long time. Something I've thought for years with a little more of her thoughts added to it. You must pop over and read it.

We had a good day at bus ministry today, but it was sad too. Two little children were waiting to be picked up by our church bus. They have been coming for a while, but today would probably be the last time we see them, unless God intervenes. To make a long story short, there were problems in the home and they will be moving today to a homeless shelter with their Mother in another county. It's really sad to think of the hardships these little ones must face on a day to day basis. Our own children can't even imagine something so terrible and I'm thankful for that. The good news is that they have been given the gospel and they know that there is a God they can call on in "times like these."

The kids just got back from Rest Home Ministry a few moments ago. They always come in excited and have someting sweet or funny to tell. I like it that they have such an energy after serving the Lord in some capacity. Justin has always played his trumpet in the past, but recently he has been playing the guitar with his Dad here at home and has been taking it with him to the rest home. He's also been taking his harmonicas. He loves music.

Hannah plays her flute or piccolo and has played the piano for the rest home. She is very talented on her flute. The piano too, but she's been playing the flute longer and has a real gift for it. But she broke my heart a couple of weeks ago when she said she didn't want to take piano any longer. Her piano teacher and her Grandparents, and Bruce and I, all told her to pray about that decision. She did, and guess what....she told us last night that she would continue on. So! I was a Happymama when I heard that. :)

Tipsy (our dog) had surgery Thursday. We had her spayed and it made me sad because she's a really sweet dog and I think she would be a good mommy. Anyway, she's been having to wear a funnel to keep her from pulling her wound and, bless her heart, she runs into everything. She's hit every door and wall in the house a dozen or more times. It's really pitiful. And when she gets an itch behind her ear, all she ends up getting when she scratches is the funnel. So we hear scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape. She seems to be handling it pretty well but her eyes look sad. I can't wait until I can take the funnel off of her this Thursday. I know she'll be so happy.

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Friday, September 15, 2006

Liberalism Makes You Ugly!

Y'all this was so hilarious, I just had to share it. LOL










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Out Of Everything Pancakes

Do you ever get so busy that you don't make it to the store and have to "create" something to eat? Well, that sort of happened to me this morning. We were out of everything and I ended up making pancakes out of whatever I could grab from the cabinets.

I knew I wanted to fix the children pancakes, but soon found out I didn't have pancake mix. So I decided to use flour and milk. But then soon realized I didn't have milk. So I used eggs and water. Then I thought that the kids would enjoy them better with some chocolate chips. But again, I didn't have any. So Hannah suggested I use the Hershey's cocoa. I took her suggestion and it did add some chocolate flavor. I began to pour the mix on the griddle when I realized that I might not have any syrup. That was not a problem. I was out of everything, except syrup. As a matter of fact, I had three bottles of syrup in the cabinet and one in the fridge.

I know my Mother will be reading this, so just to clear it up, I WILL be going grocery shopping today. ;o)

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

Notice Anything Different??

How do you like my new look? Andrew Hutchins, our dear blogging friend Susan's son, has started his own business and this is what he did for me. If you'll look in the sidebar, you'll see his logo. Check him out!!

This picture was designed by my good friend, Kellie Ross, and I really haven't had anything to use it for except my signature on discussion sites.


Of course, that's why she made it, but it was so pretty, I just had to have it for my blog. So Andrew removed my name and in its place put the title of my blog. Isn't it just lovely?

Thank you, Andrew!! I just love it.

~Kristi

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Thumbs Up!

Harrison got a good report at the Dentist today. YAY! His only problem is that he grinds his teeth at night and his two top front teeth are literally grinding away. But the dentist is not worried. He said that once he loses those baby teeth, that should break the habit because there will be nothing there to grind. Other than that, the dentist says he has good strong teeth. He hasn't had to have any pulled yet so that's a good thing. On two separate occasions, Justin and Hannah both had six teeth pulled on their very first dentist visit. I'll never forget that. They were so pitiful. I cried all the way home with both of them. LOL

I took the kids to SONIC today for lunch. That was fun. It was raining, but it didn't matter because we could sit in our car. :)

When I left the house with Harrison this morning, Miss Calli (the neighbor's cat), was sitting in a small wicker planter on our front porch. It's only big enough for her to sit in, and she fills it up. When we came back an hour later, she was still in it. When we left for SONIC she was still in it and when we came back another hour later, she was still in it and stayed in it, I know at least two more hours. I suppose it was warm there. And definitely dry. I don't know when she decided to move out of it, but she finally did and we haven't seen her since. What made it so funny is that there was dirt in the planter, so it wasn't like she could even lay down inside of it. She just sat there on the dirt. At first we thought she was stuck, but she was just being lazy. LOL

Harrison and Hannah were excited about their Patch classed tonight. Last week was their first week back, but tonight they were back into the swing of things. They gibbered and giggled all the way home. It was so sweet. If your church does not do Patch the Pirate, you can
click here for the radio broadcast.

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My Yesterday

Harrison has a dentist appointment this morning. He'll be getting his teeth cleaned. Doesn't that always feel good?

He did better with his schoolwork yesterday because I had Justin to get all of his (Justin's) things out of the bedroom the night before so that he wouldn't wake Harrison while getting ready for school. Harrison slept until 9:00. Which was great! The other two are up at 6:00, dressed and had devotions and in their chairs ready to work by 7:00. So I had a couple of hours for just them and I'm hoping we can keep this schedule, for a while anyway.

I babysat for Brother Randy and Sis Kellie last night. Their children are hilarious. They can say the sweetest little things. I can't really give an example right now, but they are just the cutest kids. I love to just sit and talk to them. Anyway, they wanted to go out on a date and I was happy to watch the younguns. Plus, they brought pizza. Good kids.....good food......what more can you ask for?

Well, I hear my hubby pulling into the drive. I'm going to greet him at the door. See ya!

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

OOPS

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Under His Wings

I was thinking about Susan Godfrey and what she and her husband are experiencing today. Unless God proves the doctors wrong, their baby will have been born this morning, passing on within a couple of hours due to Potter's Syndrome. I've prayed earnestly for a miracle. And I have prayed for His will. Whatever that may be. But I was thinking how much more pain and sorrow they would feel if they did not know the Lord. Thankfully, they have a shelter during this storm in their life. A shelter under His wings.

Under His Wings
Under His wings, I am safely abiding;
Though the night deepens and tempests are wild,
Still I can trust Him; I know He will keep me;
He has redeemed me, and I am His child.
Under His wings,
Under His wings,
Who from His love can sever?
Under His wings,
my soul shall abide,
Safely abide forever.
Under His wings, what a refuge in sorrow!
How the heart yearningly turns to His rest!
Often when earth has no balm for my healing,
There I find comfort, and there I am blest.
Under His wings,
Under His wings,
Who from His love can sever?
Under His wings,
my soul shall abide,
Safely abide forever
Under His wings, O what precious enjoyment!
There will I hide till life's trials are o'er;
Sheltered, protected, no evil can harm me;
Resting in Jesus I'm safe evermore.
Under His wings,
Under His wings,
Who from His love can sever?
Under His wings,
my soul shall abide,
Safely abide forever.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Psalm 91:4

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Monday, September 11, 2006

Smooth Sailing

Today was our first day back to school. What a morning! We started out with a few rough waves, but it was smooth sailing once we got in the groove of things.

I didn't realize that Harrison had a habit of mumbling or grunting to himself when he was working. I had the children at the table this morning and had given Harrison some things to do while I taught The Middle Ages to Justin and Hannah. The whole time we're talking and discussing our topic, I'm hearing Harrison critique his writing techniques or making a slight grunting noise. I told him several times that he needed to be quiet. A few times, I would just touch his arm to which he would always know what I meant. I taught him how to study his spelling words and sent him to the couch to study while Justin and Hannah were left working on finding some countries on the globe that we had discussed in our lesson.

I had to make a quick phonecall and stepped out on the front porch when a few minutes into my conversation, he stepped out and said, "Mom, I can NOT concentrate with Hannah and Justin in here talking and making noise!"

I just giggled and thought to myself how ironic that he would be upset over THEM making too much noise. LOL Oh me. Sooo funny.

Bruce and I took some baby toys that Hannah and Harrison have outgrown to our Sunday School teacher's baby girl. She was so thrilled. She got a Little Tykes car, the turtle sandbox, a club house, and a tricycle. It was somewhat bittersweet for me. Knowing that my babies had so many hours of fun with those toys and were no longer small enough to enjoy them. But I'm so glad that little Naomi will have fun with them. Naomi barely comes to my kneecap and is going to be a big sister. LOL Her older sister, Cheyenne, is one of my Hannah's good friends. They are very excited about the new baby on the way. Sis Tammy found out today what they were having, but I'm not going to tell until she's had a chance to get the word out herself. (You're welcome, Mrs. Tammy)

This week, especially, is going to be very busy for me so if I don't show up on your blog to leave comments, you'll know why. I just need to stay on top of things during school. Hope to hear from YOU though and I'll be checking in on your blogs when I can.

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Sunday, September 10, 2006

Bus Church Water Day.....2006

As I mentioned the other day, our church has changed Bus Church day from Sunday morning to Saturday morning. This weekend we kicked off the new program with Water Day. What a good time the children had! They were so sweet. Bruce and I were amazed at how the older bus kids watched out for the younger ones. It was really sweet and we were both blessed by the day. I took almost a hundred pictures, but I'll just share a few of them.

PREPARING THE ROUTES
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KNOCKING ON DOORS
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BROTHER GREG ON THE BLUE AND WHITE
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SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN.....
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SINGING TIME
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EATING TIME
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PREACHING TIME
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LET THE FUN BEGIN
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TYING WATER BALLOONS
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FILLING WATER GUNS
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SLIDING DOWN THE HOMEMADE WATER SLIDE
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WOOHOO
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WAITING FOR THE GIANT SLIDE
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FRIENDS
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CLIMBING THE BIG SLIDE
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MY HARRISON
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NATHAN ON THE KIDDIE SLIDE
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JUSTIN D
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THIS LITTLE ONE DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP HIS SHIRT ON. LOL
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MRS. JANET GETTING IN ON THE FUN
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MY JUSTIN
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MY BRUCE IN THE FISHING HAT
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WATER GUN WARS.....Looks a little too natural, doesn't it? LOL
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TWO AT A TIME, PLEASE
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AND THEN THE FIRETRUCK SHOWED UP
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Y'all, this was so funny. This poor little girl lost control
just as I was ready to snap the picture and ended up
flopping down the slide like a ragdoll. In case you're
thinking I'm terrible for finding it funny, she thought
it was funny too.
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ALANA D. COVERED IN SUDS FROM THE HOMEMADE
SLIDE. YES, SUDS. WE WERE SPRAYING THEM WITH
BABY OIL AND BABY BATH SO THEY WOULD SLIDE
FASTER. THEY WENT HOME WET, BUT THEY WERE

CLEAN. LOL
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BROTHER DANIEL AND HIS SON ISAAC.
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