WOW!!!

So wow it has been 10 months since I have blogged, but between my computer crashing and fixing it my self, John quitting his job resulting in us having to move the first time , then having to move again ending up in Tennessee (which by the way we are in the Smokey Mountains and it is a fun and Gorgeous place to live) , then John getting a new job with me still working the new company there has been no time for anything but Chaos. So what prompted me to take some time today is my oldest daughter Alexandra started Kindergarten!!!!! She was mostly excited me on the other hand mostly an emotional wreck (luckily the teacher gave me a package of tissue when I dropped her off). I picked her up and she had a FUN day (her words not mine), the hard part was getting her to tell me everything that she did , it was like pulling teeth I had to ask her 20 questions to get to the answers. Well at least now I know I can handle it now off to help her with Homework!!!!

AMBER Alert

There is an Amber alert in my area, for a 12 year old girl and her sister they are traveling with their adoptive father. Now the part that bothers me is the 12 year old girl is 9 months pregnant!!!!

Does this bother anybody else ? I'm wondering why is an 11 year old girl having sex, when I was 11 I was most definitely not thinking about SEX, this is becoming more common and accepted by society. Where have OUR VALUES gone, why does common society not have any RESPECT for itself anymore.

11/11/09

Another news story today they found the body of a five year old girl, they have the man on trial who raped and killed her (did I mention she was five). Then to rap up the story the girls mother is also on trial for solicitation of a minor, what does this mean ~ SHE SOLD HER FIVE YEAR OLD FOR SEX....................... does this bother anybody else oh and the man she sold her to.... her boyfriend the man on trial for killing and raping the little girl all I have to say is SIIIICCCCCKK and WRONG!!!!!!!!

Mourning :-(

Last night at 9:30 PM I went to go do my normal check

on MOM and pups, I did the normal routine~ I counted

all the pups checked out Mama then on to checking out

the pups to see if they were warm enough~ all were good

except one SHE WASN'T MOVING

I picked her up and she was

COLD ~ my HEART♥ dropped this little

puppy was gone, I tried to prepare myself for this~ I

tried not to get attached, but when the time came I find

I wasn't as prepared as I thought

~HESTIA ~

I hope you find your way,

I hope you have PEACE

and even though we did not get to

know each other for long. You

are MISSED.......

AMEN

Pupppies are here!!!!!!

As of September 25, 2009 we have a new MAMA to join our Family!!!

Willow is the proud Mama of 11 pups

by 7:30 on Friday morning she already had five, She was

all done and exausted by 3:00

We have 8 girls and 3 boys

She did a GREAT job all appear to be healthy and growing fast!!!!

PAPA's Visit!!!

My DAD came to North Carolina for a few days

Which just happened to be over my Birthday Weekend

It was one of the best Birthday gifts I could have gotten,

It was a GREAT Visit!!!

This is at a local park, It is The Burlington City Park

During the warmer months they have rides for the kids

it is fairly inexpensive and a GOOD time....

The girls had a Great time with their PAPA, they were sad

to see him go and now miss him Tremendously, we are hoping

to see him again soon.

It's Been Awile!!!!!!!

My CAMERA broke>>>> here are a few shots

I got with borrowed camera's

This deer was right in our yard it was so COOL to see.

My girls L♥VE playing dress up!! I only wish I lived

closer to my Grandma I remeber when I was younger Loving to

play in her closet with my cousins dressing up in all her

clothes, shoes and Jewelery It was so much FUN!!!!

Alexandra is growing so fast she is FINALLY starting

to grow some hair for me to fuss with.

When we are inside we tend to watch a lot of movies.

Ronnie at this time started taking forever to eat

(I am talking hours) We had to let her move her plate

into the living room so that she would finish and not

be alone, Cowboy not being used to it sat here

completely hunched over watching her

hot dog with deep intensity.

4th of July was kinda boring around here

I got sick so we didn't really see any fireworks

but I got the girls these DARLING out fits

so I had to get a few pictures!!!

A couple pictures of the DOGS!!

After one rainstorm we saw this right outside our back door

This is the first time I have ever seen a double rainbow, The

top one is really faint, but it really is there!!!!

♥My BUFFY the VAMPIRE SLAYER♥

I know it has been a while for a posting, the SUMMERTIME is crazy, it seems we are always on the GO GO GO ► but anyway I was going threw my online photo albums I came accross this picture of ≈Alexandra≈ and FELL in L♥VE with it, we are very much BTVS fans and seeing this completely made me smile ☺ , so I thought I would share........

11 Reasons WHY i L♥VE living in North Carolina

1. The people are so NICE !!
2. It is WARM Weather for most of the year
3. They use COOL terms Like: KIN, YONDER,and Y'ALL
4. Around the Corner usually means at least 10 miles
5. My GIRLS are going to be SOUTHERN BELLE's
6. Everything is Laid back, there is no hurry or hustle bustle.
7. The cost of LIVING is a lot less and there is a lot of local markets to shop at!!
8. I can see the STARS at NIGHT!!
9. In the SPRING and FALL the Tree's are filled with BEAUTIFUL colors (purple,pink,white,red)
10. There is some really COOL places to VISIT and SIGHT SEE 
11. They sell SWEET TEA at every single food resturant in TOWN

We have been here for 1½ years, and so far it is all G☺☺D!! We are living a COUNTRY life we have a Ranch style farm house with 3 Bedrooms (meaning there is a GUEST ROOM ~Visitor's WELCOME). Our house is on 2½ acres of land so there is a lot of free space to run. It is DEFINITELY hot here during the days with all of that humidity(which I am now used to)☼, but cools down at night leaving open availability to do a lot of FRONT PORCH SITTIN' and PICKIN' 

Gardening

This gardening GIG is a lot, I never thought much about it, I thought oh YES lets start a garden this year, there should be nothing to it, WROOOOONGGG in so many ways.  First off I started with way to big of an area ,my thinking behind this was " I should make my garden the size I ultimately want it to end up being  so I never have to move my fencing"(exact quote) . . . . . . . .   BAD IDEA #1.

Then I decide to ROTOTILL into VIRGIN ground, by my self, with a rented machine, I tilled for 3 days and only got a ½ inch into the ground. . . . . . . . 

BAD IDEA #2

GOOD NEWS:  Our neighbor knows a guy we will call him MR. GEORGE, who has a tractor with an attachment that can till the ground WOOO HOOOOO !!!!!!

Now me being the procrastinator that I tend to be sometimes(always something more pressing to do YOU KNOW: Laundry,dishes,Blogging,watching T.V.) Waite's to HOE the ground and plant. . . . . . . 

BAD IDEA #3

We had 2 weeks basically of straight rain, so here I am 4 days before memorial day (My deadline to have the seeds in the ground) trying to HOE this CLAY filled ground, it is sticking back together with itself and makes for some HARD WORK ☼ LUCKY I am not affraid of  hard work so. . . . . . . . . HI HO HI HO IT'S OFF TO WORK I GO !!!!!!!!!!!

What is on my MIND

86% of Americans believe there is a GOD our nation was built on the foundation of his commandments when our nation started they would have prayers in school and most everybody lived in the path GOD wanted us to follow (hardworking, and happy) but now we don’t say the pledge of allegiance in school anymore, post offices are being forced to take down posters that say “IN GOD WE TRUST” . Court houses are banning the 10 commandments from being displayed (probably because all the people residing there don’t follow them Example: Judges and lawyers ). What does all this mean to me:

Society as a whole is immoral we are not taught to fear GOD anymore which leads to chaos.

 We are not teaching our children about GOD and morals anymore. Mother’s are not raising our children anymore. Most parents are not even at home to teach there children or even know anything about them.  Most children are in daycare where the providers don’t teach them, then they move on to school where we are not allowed to have GOD, where do our kids find him.  If the parents  are around they are  trying to be there kids friends and not the adult, then things happen like the shootings at Columbine or Virginia Tech and who does society blame not themselves, but the guns that these kids had, is that the answer, to outlaw guns so we can no longer protect ourselves, I think not.  We need to bring GOD back to our classrooms and back to our lives. I recently received two emails from my father in law that I would like to share:

 

Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton , Colorado , was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful. They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologist, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a portion of the transcript: "Since the dawn of creation there has been both good &evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers. "The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used.. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart. "In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder, I would be their strongest opponent. I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy -- it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best.

Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty air.
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question "Why?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through legislative creed.
And yet you fail to understand,
That God is what we need!



"Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational
systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs -- politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts.

"As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America , and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA -- I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your
own heart before casting the first stone!

My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!"

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Thought you might enjoy this interesting 

prayer given in Kansas at 
the opening session of their House of Representatives back in 1996.  It seems 
prayer still upsets some 
people. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open 
the new session of the Kansas House, everyone was expecting the usual  generalities, but this is what they heard:  

Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask 
your forgiveness and to seek your direction and  
guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those  
who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we 
have done.  
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed 
our values. 

We have exploited the poor and called it 
the lottery.  

We have rewarded laziness and called it 
welfare.. 

We have killed our unborn and called  it 
choice.  

We have shot abortionists and called  it 
justifiable.  

We have neglected to discipline our 
children and called it building self esteem.. 

We have abused power and called it  
politics.  

We have coveted our neighbor's possessions 
and called it ambition.  

We have polluted the air with profanity and 
pornography and called it freedom of expression.  

We have ridiculed the time-honored values 
of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.  

Search  us, Oh, God, and know our hearts 
today;  cleanse us from every sin and set us free.  
Amen!  

  
The response was immediate.. A number of 
legislators walked out during the prayer in 
protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian 
Church,  where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 
5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls 
responding negatively.. The church is now receiving 
international requests for copies of this prayer 
from India , Africa and Korea . 

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on 
his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story, 'and 
received a larger response to this program than any   
other he has ever aired.  


With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep 
over our nation and wholeheartedly become our 
desire so that we again can be called 'one nation 
under God.'  

Parks, Ducks, Rock walls, gardens and everything in between

PARK TIME FUN, FUN, FUN

DUCK POINT

(How many ducks can you find?)

This is the first rock wall 

that I personally have ever built

(Technically: FIRE PIT)

ALL DONE

(I will not do that again)

EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN