WOO HOO ALMOST DONE!

Checking My List

Mom  -Done,Dad- Done,Sister-Done, Nephew-Done, Brother-In-Law -Done, Aunt -Done, Cousins #1-6 Done,  Friends -Done,Employees-Done

Brother - Still looking    Brother's Girl Friend- Still looking   Grandparents- Still looking

WOOHOO! Three to go and it is still November. I am so excited. I shop all year so don't be too jealous of me. I have had my sister's presents since last December with the after Christmas sales. I am also going to New York for three days in December so I will lose four shopping days so I have to get ahead. Well, yes I know I can shop in New York and believe me I will, but for me :)

Tonight I went online and with special codes from upromise.com and online sales I was able to buy my mom three complete outfits for under $70 and that included shipping. Granted I spent an hour plugging in different codes and removing and adding various items to get the best deal. Then I went on over to Sports Authority from the upromise website where I knew I had seen some Ohio state items for my brother in law and they were 25% off until midnight and shipping was free. On top of the savings on my purchase I also get between 2-4% credit on my upromise account towards my awful student loans. GO ME! They said Monday was the cyber sales but Wednesday was for me.

Now maybe I can keep my concentration on what Christmas is all about. CHRIST!

 

 

 

 

 

Tags: life, Christmas shopping

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

( My brother brought his new girlfriend to our family gathering. Hope this is who the Lord wants for him, she is so nice.)

 

Tags: life, love, thanksgiving

I knew it was a little too quiet

All you parents know that if it is too quiet there is trouble. OHH! That is so true.

Last night my nephew and I were cooking and washing dishes. He put Dawn dish soap on his hands and rubbed his hands together until they were white and foamy. He then kept trying to put all the soap on me. He left the room and I continued to cook but realized he was too quiet and that he had not rinsed his hands. I quietly tiptoed into the living room as the cat was running from him. You guessed it , he had smeared all the soap on his hands onto the poor innocent kitty. I immediately start fussing and tried to catch the cat. Dawn may be ok to clean ducks but ducks do not bathe themselves like a cat does. I saw a veterinarian bill coming for ingestion of soap. I snatched the cat up and took him into the bathroom. I knew I was in for a battle. If you have a cat then you know that cats and water do not mix. I took a wet washcloth and started to wash him down. The cat did not even cry or meow. He put his head on my arm and seemed to be enjoying his washcloth bath. I rubbed him with more water and he purred as if thinking me for the massage he was getting. How strange! That is about as long as it lasted. When I went into round three , he definitely was very vocal and when I put him down the the cat took off and munchkin did too. He was scared. I think I would run too if I were either one of them. A mischievous kid and kitty wanting revenge, hmmh. Munchkin did say, " I think kitty might want to kill me." My reply, " Well not kill you but he may want to slap you around a few times though."

Lesson learned again, quietness means trouble.

Regret, not taking a picture because cats are so funny looking when they are wet.

Tags: munchkin, life, cat

Healthy Living

Well I am trying again to be healthy. I know , I know it is a roller coaster for me. Well I did really good for two days but tonight I messed up.  I really wanted a soda so I stopped at the 7-11 and got one. The really really bad part was that the doughnuts had just been refilled and I fell for the temptation. A chocolate one and an apple fritter.

What frustrates me the most is I keep thinking, Mind over Matter and the Matter keeps winning. AHHHHH! I will try again tomorrow. The holidays are going to be so hard.

Tags: health, life

Christian Parents Beware

I am not one to go around telling people what they should and should not do as Christians. We all live our own lives and have to accountable to God one day. I am letting this time be an exception. There is a new movie coming out in December called The Golden Compass. Parents beware and do some research. I researched it myself and it is not something I will see.

Here is the snopes website... draw your own conclusions:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

 

Tags: movies, christianity

A Brand New Week

Tomorrow starts a brand new week. I think we almost hit rock bottom last week and I am going to be positive and optimistic of the coming week.

Dear Lord,

Thank you for being by my side last week through all the turmoil. Thank you for the ability to spend more time with my father. Thank you for the friends who stood by my side with calls , emails and comments. Thank you for sending your son to die for us to assure those of us who choose to accept Him in our hearts everlasting life in Heaven.

Praise your holy name.

Stay with me as I start a new week. Give me the strength and courage to face everything that comes my way with dignity and a Christ-like mind.

Please help me as I have fallen in the stress of things the last two weeks in my healthy lifestyle habits.  Remind me food is a nourishment and can not medicate emotions. You are all I need.

Surround me with your everlasting peace.

Amen.

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On a different note but on the fresh start theme. I went to the grocery store last night and bought the new Dawn Simple Pleasures. I have to tell you the air freshener on the bottom of this bottle is awesome. I smell it the minute I cross the front door and it only gets better as I head to the kitchen. I bought the Water Lilly and Jasmine. Oh it smells wonderful. That scent reminds me of newness and freshness. Hmmh, isn't that how Christ works? He takes the old and washes it clean and leaves us refreshed and new. WOW!

http://www.dawn-dish.com/en_US/dawn/simplepleasures/home.do

 

 

 

 

Tags: life, new start

When it rains it pours

Well, that is how I am feeling right now. Sunday was the beginning of a bad week and everyday has had it's own challenges.

Do you want hear about it?  Good .

Dad was supposed to go home Wednesday but had another attack that morning. Dad was supposed to go home today but doctor wants to monitor him another day. We will see about tomorrow.

Washing machine broke. Have about two weeks worth of dark clothes piled up. I have been wearing lounge outfits and the clothes you have that you never give away but don't prefer to wear either.  Went to laundromat with twenty dollars in quarters while babysitting my nephew since he has been at the hospital so much. Laundromat no longer takes quarters only bills. I have no cash except the twenty dollars in quarters. Have to go to my sister's house and do one load at a time. Did I mention that it ended up being seven loads of laundry? So I was there for hours while still having to see my dad and do some errands.

I am in charge of family movie night tomorrow night at church. Do you think I have had time to do anything to prepare this week with all that has been going on with my dad ? NO.

Went to Wonder bread store to get Twinkies for Family Movie Night. Guess What? They didn't have any. I should have known.

Went to two stores looking for big bags of popcorn. Do you think I found it? NO.

My brother is covering my day off at my store since my dad who normally covers my day off is in the hospital. He calls. His van is overheating and needs a car. My mom needs her car in case my dad does come home. I have a lot of errands to run to somewhat prepare for movie night and I need mine. Then it dawns on us , he can take my dad's car because he is not using it. Then we find out he has not updated the inspection since May, yes MAY. That is not all though. He has just decided to tell us his ignition is broke and he can not take the key out . Ok , is that not asking for someone to steal it or what?Then again the thief probably looks at it and knows it is not worth touching.

Now I probably could keep going even on minor details. I am going toprepare myself to not have any gas tomorrow in my car because my brother never refills what he uses. Oh by the way, since my sister works at the hospital and her car wasn't being used she allowed me to use hers for my errands so that my brother had transportation. That leaves me with another dilemma though. I had to refill her gas and since my brother left me with no gas I have to fill mine too. Isn't that double jeopardy?

I will stop now in case you are as tired as I am. But please stop the rain...unless it is in the form of good news. I will proclaim it...

Let it rain with glory Lord let it rain with honor. Let it pour with your love, Lord. Let it rain.

Let  It Rain by Michael W Smith

The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad
Let the distance shores rejoice
Clouds and thick darkness surround him
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne
A fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side
His lightning lights up the world
The earth sees and trembles
The mountains melt like wax before the Lord
Before the Lord of all the earth
The Heavens proclaim His righteousness
And all peoples will see His Glory

We want to see Your Glory, God!
Do you want to see His Glory?
Lift your voices, lift your hands!

Let it rain, let it rain.
Open the floodgates of Heaven

 

 

 

Tags: stress, life, rain

Another good chuckle

If you know me at all , I am the type that finds the dumbest things amusing when I am under stress. Well I guess I should say first, please uplift my father and my family in prayer. He is in the hospital with potential heart problems. He is currently in ICU. It has been a rough day. We do know the EKG was fine and his electrolytes are fine but his heart keeps racing and his defibrillator keeps jolting him into a normal beat. The defibrillator is normal too. So for now we are in limbo. Well not limbo because God is in control.

Back to the amusing item. I was pumping up my nephew's air mattress. I read the side of the mattress and the warning label said... Only Use Under Competent Supervision. Competent Supervision not Adult Supervision. Right there and then I knew I could not pump it up. Wow is this a new way to avoid lawsuits for the manufacturer. If something goes wrong and you are an adult they can quip back that you were not competent. I know I am smart but a lot of times I am not competent especially under stress. Anyone else find that comical or am I overstressed?

Tags: life, stress, laughs

Cute Email

Received a cute email today and thought I would post it. If you have read it sorry.

SUMMARY OF MY LAST YEAR ON THE COMPUTER
 
     I have to scrub the top of every can I open.

     I don't have any savings because I gave it to a
 sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the
 hospital for the 1,387,258th time.

     In fact I don't have any money at all, but that
 will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill
 Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for
 participating in their special e-mail program.

     I don't have to worry about my soul because I
 have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St.
 Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.
     I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are
actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or
feathers.
      I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even
 though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day
      Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers
get answered only if I forward an email to seven of
my friends and make a wish withinfive minutes.

     I no longer can buy gasoline without taking
 someone along to watch the car so a serial killer
 won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas.
 
     I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the
 people who make these products ar e atheists who
 refuse to put "Under God" on the cans.
 
    Also, I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can
 remove toilet stains.
 
     I don't use Saran wrap in the microwave because
 it causes cancer.

     And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a
 cup of water in the microwave anymore since it will
 blow up in my face, disfiguring me for life.

     I no longer check the coin return on pay phones
 because I could be pricked with an infected needle. 
 
     I no longer go to shopping malls because someone
 will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me..
 
     I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx
 since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.
 
     I no longer shop at Target since they are French
 and don't support our American troops or the
 Salvation Army.

     I don't answer the phone anymore because someone
 will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a
 phone bill with calls to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore,
 and Uzbekistan.

 I don't have to buy expensive cookies from
 Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.

     I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a
 big brown African spider is lurking under the seat
 to cause me instant death when it bites my rear-end.

    And thanks to your great advice, I can't ever
pick up a $5 bill I find in a parking lot because it was
probably placed there by a sex molester waiting
underneath my car to grab my leg.

     I can't drive my car anywhere now because we're
no longer supposed to buy gas from any gas stations.

     If you don't send this e-mail to at least
 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove
 with  diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 PM
today, and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your
back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this
will occur because it actually happened to a friend
of my next door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second
husband's cousin's beautician...

Have a wonderful day!

 

Tags: funny emails