25 Random things about me and 3 pictures

1. I might still suck my thumb sometimes (by accident)


2. I am twice the age of my oldest daughter


3. My BFF in third grade was deaf and had the mouth of a sailor!


4. My brother and I used to try to make our sweet mentally retarded neighbor say bad words. He wouldn’t do it, saying Jesus wouldn’t like him to do that.
5. My brother and I had the sick bat cave under our grandmother’s bed as kids


6. I used to throw up in my sleep and on my brother as we spent most weekends at Grandma’s on her sofa bed! hahahahahahahah


7. I accidently used an uninstalled brand new toilet in a church utility closet. I thought it was just a really small bathroom and thought it was gross to have the choir robes so close to the toilet!


8. I am named after my mom


9. I am the youngest of five


10. I like to roller skate, not roller blade


11. I work where I went to high school


12. At three years old I got out of bed and tried to climb down our second story balcony (neighbors called the fire dept)


13. I would like to write a book


14. My grandmother taught me the the Lords Prayer and Hail Mary when I was six


15. I don’t hang out with flakey people (Probably because they didn’t call me back)


16. I’d like to become fluent in Espanol!


17. I enjoy reading historical fiction


18. Biggest Looser is one of my favorite shows


19. My other grandmother and I had a cigarette together when I was 12


20. My husband IS my hero


21. I once drove a car that started with a light switch


22. I am sort of limber


23. My grandmother taught me the phrase, "It's just air" I like that


24. Speaking of shakes, I love fiber shakes!
25. _____________________ Did I forget something?
    This is what's left of my childhood home. I played hard.

My grandmother, that I spent most weekends lived right across the creek! Lucky me! :)

This is was our neighbor's home- where our retarded adult friend lived that would not say bad words and said we shouldn't either because Jesus wouldn't like that.

Mixed Bags!

We are busy denying and preparing to take our girl to Michigan. It's a mixed bag. On one hand I've put off the car rental and hotel resvervations until today...on the other, been trying to think in terms of how to help her pack the maximum....I haven't set up skype. But I have vacuum bag sucked some of her stuff. I haven't sent a letter, but I'm already writing them in my heart.

I'm excited for Jamie. She's going to discover even more than ever. It'll be kindergarten all over again, in a sense. They learn SOOOO much that first year. I'm excited about her growth and independence. I'm excited she's going to live in a dorm with another girl. I'm excited she loves the Lord and wants to go deeper! I am excited about who she is what she will become. Jamie, Jamie, Jamie we're excited! Love from your mixed bag of nuts.

Grateful

Few things fill the heart like connection. Sometimes we connect with food, a good friend in conversation, my favorite connections are the one without words. Sometimes it’s a melody. Sometimes from a kiss or the precious baby we hold for dear life.

Today I was so blessed. I had one of those precious, precious connections. It had no audible words, only the sound of tears, the hum of our hearts as an amazing truth played loudly in the back ground on an excellent sounding stereo. We got to hug and cry and through two WHOLE songs! As I held I cried and prayed and thanked GOD for the opportunity and prayed I wouldn’t ruin it in any way. As she held, she cried. She didn’t say why. She just held for dear life and wouldn’t let go. I can only imagine why…. For a minute I felt like God. Not in an egotistical way, but the love God must feel for us. For nothing, NOTHING can separate her from my love, nothing. I just love her. I believe in her. I see her as perfect, unblemished and for a minute I understood how God sees us. I felt God-ly. I felt blessed.

I am still reeling from the precious, precious, innocent high God gave me today, in two songs, a pair of arms and a couple of people willing to be broken for a minute.

Well? What do you think of my new look? please comment!

Merry Christmas! Click on the picture and HOPEFULLY it'll be big enough to read! We love you! PS-this is actually not the final draft...Rachel and Jamie added a LOT more pictures on the real one but I can't find it. Maybe later. Hearts, bubbles and loves!

CcCcCcCcold!

I went to sleep last night wondering if the cold was what made Laura Ingalls (from Little House on the Prairie) where a cap to bed at night. I thought it was to keep their hair from getting too mussy. I think now it was more practical than that. I was so cold last night, that the beanie on my dresses seemed like it would look better (and feel better) on my head. So Jimmy boy came in later and found me asleep with the beanie on. He took the picture and texted it to me. I hope everyone stays warm and cozy tonight.

bits and pieces ...

Sorry, been busy with Christmas preparations, working etc....plus the annual Christmas letter that I have really managed to pass on to the girls...good, very good. Plus we are taking family photos Monday. Does that mean an update to the Christmas letter? It's late I'm tired. Just a love note. Good Night! PS- here are bits and pieces of our Christmas newsletter. Loves!