Christmas Traditions

As time goes by Christmas Traditions naturally change. When we still lived up on the mountain, we would always go to the Hartselle Christmas Parade every year. We would park on Main Street and go into Johnny's, which is now Willie Burger's, and eat and then walk up and down Main Street and window shop. When we moved here to Speake we started going to the Moulton parade but that lasted for only for about 2 years. We have went to Calvary Assembly's Now and Then plays but that hasn't really caught on very much either. We went again last night and I hope that it will start being a tradition. I really enjoyed it very much.

Family traditions are very important for me but not for my guys. Which makes me sad. I would love to have something that we do each year together come rain or shine. My guys are just not interested. I can hardly get them away from their TVs, computers and gaming systems. I will not give up though. I'm stubborn and will continue to try.

Teresa's Day Out

I got to spend time with momma today. I also spent Tuesday with her. Tuesday we went to Marx Optical to get her eyes examined. She definitely needs glasses. (I think she should wear them all the time) but she doesn't think so. I did convince her to wear them while she reads and drives. She was just going to buy herself reading glasses but she really needs them when she drives also. I don't often win battles but thank goodness I won this one. We went to the mall so she could spend the gift certificate that she won at the fashion show. They had it at church to benefit the Cancer Society. We then were going to eat at the $5.00 Buffet but hat to eat at the Catfish Buffet instead. It now cost $8.50 each to eat instead of the original $5.00. It's exactly the same with the exception of maybe more fish on the buffet and of course the higher price. Today she drove me to Hartselle to the bank and we then went to Wal-Mart and Cato's. She bought herself a beautiful sweater to go with her new tan dress pants. We then came back to her house and she put away the few groceries that she had bought. We then headed to Moulton. She bought my lunch at Western Sirloin. We had the broiled lemon peppered fish lunch. She had a baked potato and I had the fries. We then went to Moulton Wal-Mart and then back home. Grand total I spent $0.00. Priceless. lol. I owe her at least two lunches when Mike goes back to work full time.
I hope that Automatic goes back to 40 hours soon. It is so hard to make it on 32 hours pay each week. If it weren't for Brandon and Nathaniel helping out we definitely would have already gone under. I don't feel too bad taking their help since they both still live at home and have no bills. My car doesn't run so I don't have a way to go to work even if I had a job. My hands are kind of tied right now. Enough of that. Things ARE going to get better and I have to remember that there are a lot of folks a lot worse off than us. I need to quit feeling sorry for myself. : )

Good Folks in this World

I had taken Mike and Nathaniel to the Doctor's office yesterday afternoon. When we returned home we saw that someone had left a note on our door telling us to look on top of my car. They had left a box of food. We recognized the handwriting when compared to the Missed you last Sunday postcards that Mike had been sent. No doubt in my mind that it was left by the Pastor and his wife.

Mike has been cut down to 4 days a week for several months now. He is the only one in the family that is employed. He was out of work most of last week and yesterday because of sickness. No work equals no pay. Trust me, it will come in very handy and we WILL pay it forward as soon as we are back on our feet.

Less than a week till Halloween!

Less than a week till Halloween. Momma went as Raggedy Ann last year and I was Raggedy Andy. I think that the only thing she needs changing with last years costume is different socks, makeup, yellow hair and a shepherd's staff. Oh, and a side kick that needs to look like a sheep. ; ) Guess that's me. lol. Do I need to go as a white sheep or as a black sheep? Definitely the black sheep of the family. I'm so baaaaaaad. ; ) Since we moved from the mountain we do not have any trick-or-treaters here at Speake. I kind of miss it sometimes. I hate company and all but the kids did look really cute and seem to enjoy our all chocolate treats. I know we did!

I was really hoping to get in at least one week of camping before winter but it is not looking promising. Keep your fingers crossed for us. I am going to try to keep the basics in the camper so if the mood strikes, I will only have to put in our personal things and the food. Hope that Mike enjoys it because basically he absolutely HATES camping. Brandon and I are fortunate that his family is getting into camping and therefore has peaked his interest in going. If it was just because of me and Brandon I really don't believe he would have ever bought a camper.

Till next time.

Yipppeee! A Camper in our Yard

Mike, my hubby who hates camping, actually went and bought a used camper for us to camp in. Yes it is small, yes it is older, yes it needs some TLC but still he bought a camper! It came at a very good price and even though we couldn't afford it, it was still at a price where we couldn't afford not to buy it. Does that make sense? I have a headache right now. Mike's niece and her family and Mike's siblings are starting to get into camping so I think that is what made Mike want to buy one. Who cares why? We have our own camper! WE as in HE. But again who cares? Let's go camping!

But again, let's not go camping. It is 56 degrees outside right now. Too cold for even me. I'm sitting here watching the Tenn/NE game. The Titans are having to play in snow. You know how us southerner's are in snow. The score is Tenn 0 NE 38. Not really a football watcher but since we had DTV cut off I watch what I can.

I unhooked the water hose and put it away and made sure the vents were all covered. It is supposed to be our first frost of the season tonight. Brandon put up plastic over our kitchen window and I will do the rest that needs it tomorrow. Mostly it is just the ones that have the air conditioners in them. The others have storm windows. Any way it looks to be a very busy week for me this week.

Oh by the way, did I mention, Mike got a camper! LOL.

Area Pastor says Don't Come to church!

Okay, so I heard that he didn't say it so mean. He supposedly said if you are sick or have anything contagious to stay home and not come. I have very mixed feelings over this. I would think that most folks would have the common sense to stay at home if they had anything that was catching. If I was a Pastor I think I would have enough faith in my church group to have enough common sense to make this decision for themselves. But that is only my opinion. I would be wary of scaring off anyone who had just started coming to the church or would hear that I told folks not to come if they weren't 100 percent healthy. Once again, only MY opinion. What's yours?

Rainy Tuesdays......

Lately it is rainy Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays... you get the picture. Man I am missing the sunshine. I want to ride my scooter. It is sitting there just wasting. Might as well sell it. Least it would help with our finances now.

Nothing much has changed here. Brandon hasn't been called back to work and it is not looking like that is going to happen. Mike is still on four days a week. Meanwhile we are still chugging along on our finances with "I think we can, I think we can". Where is that stimulus that was promised to help. I can't see it here. They are predicting more layoffs into the new year. We have lost our satellite, would have already the phone but Brandon is paying the bill. We still have wildblue but only because we signed a two year service agreement and we have one year left. We have cut down on groceries, we stay at home with the exception of going to Wal-Mart once a week. Mike goes to work mostly on his motorcycle except the last two weeks because of the wet weather. I am about to go insane. AUUGGGHHHH! I feel better now. lol. Not really but I'll deal.

Interesting Times

Economy better? They say it is, I think otherwise. Brandon is still without a job, not looking like they are going to call him back. Mike is down to 4 days a week now until at least November.

I AM SO FRUSTRATED with our "Leadership" of this country. I DID NOT vote for him then, I sure wouldn't vote for him in the future. Most of the people I talk to didn't vote for him. How in the heck did he get elected? He scares the living daylights out of me. It seems to be his way or his way. It seems not to matter what the people have to say. He has so many people that I feel that is following him blindly just because he "represents" change. If this is change I want no part in it. I have to accept what is happening but I sure in the heck ain't happy about it. (I know I have bad grammar but I'm 46 and I can talk the way I want. lol).

Sure the car makers are doing better but I bet you as soon as they quit giving the cash for clunkers away things will go back down hill and will be worse than when they started. These folks who have gotten their new cars and then loose their jobs, what will they do then? He will probably bail them out just like he is the ones who have to have the fancy houses that they can not afford. Mean while I sit here with a car that is broken down that we haven't had the money to fix and have no idea when we will be able to afford it. Sure I would love to have the free money and get a new car where I can go get groceries, got to the doctor and just putter around in when I feel like it. But I know that I cannot afford the payments and that we are lucky that Mike is still getting 4 days a week. If it weren't for Brandon pitching in we would be drowning worse than we are now.

AAAUUUGGGGGHHHHHH!!!! I feel a little better now. Thanks for letting me vent.

Today Is a New Day

Or.... it was. This is one of those days that I really don't feel well. I move as the spirit moves me as the old saying goes. It is already afternoon. I haven't accomplished that much today. I realize that everyone has their off days and this is definitely mine. I guess everyone deserves a day off every once in a while. I will still do my have to's but that is all.

Tomorrow evening is Danville Baptist's block party. I have been to two so far and I have enjoyed each one of them. Those folks are always so polite even when their guest are not so polite. I know that they have to be "prayed up for patience" and have Jesus in their hearts to be civil sometimes. I always say thank you to folks anyway but I especially tell them how much I appreciate what they are doing and how much fun I have had. It starts at 6 pm so everyone is welcome and please come on out!

I will try to post some pics soon.

Fish of my own to Fry

When I took Mags out for a walk this morning a beautiful sight awaited me. The moon was full up in the sky with several large rings of light around it. I wanted to take a picture of it so I could always keep it but Mike's camera got the moon but not the ring. I will just have to keep the picture of it in my photo album in my mind.

Made a very early morning trip to Wal-Mart this morning. I had to buy men socks of all things. Trying to make a long story short, my house must be haunted. Mike's socks mysteriously disappear. I realized last night that Mike didn't have any clean socks even though the day before I had washed all the dirty clothes. So, I washed the pair he had worn that day but as usual I forgot to hang them up to dry. (My dryer keeps trying to catch on fire every time I try to dry anything so I have no power going to it right now). So here I am at 5 am on my way to town. Fog was awful this morning so it was a fairly slow go. I had forgotten dog food, garbage bags yesterday plus Mike wanted some things so it wasn't as if I didn't need to go anyway. I just wouldn't have chosen to go that early. The good thing is he has 6 pair of new socks now. : )

We didn't work on the fence this morning since Nathaniel didn't feel well, and Brandon was so tired. No biggie for me because I have fish to fry on my own. I do need to make time to go and weed eat the grass in momma's ditch bank. Did I mention that I HATE to weed eat. Momma told me not to worry about it but I told her right quick not to say that because I wouldn't get around to doing it. I noticed she didn't repeat it. lol.

Oh well off to do my fish frying now......

Snips and snails and puppy dog tails

Our dogs are asleep and all is quiet in my world for the moment. We have 5 dogs and 1 cat in the house and one unofficial dog and one unofficial cat in the yard. They are strays that has adopted us. It's as if the neighbor animals tell all new comers to go to the house at the curve. She is a sucker for half-starved animals. She will feed you. And like an idiot I do. Their is no telling how many I have taken in since we have lived here at Speake. I guess a lot are dropped here because of being so close to the Bankhead Forest. Its really a shame what folks do to these little fellers. Oh well off my soapbox.

Today is Wednesday and once again they didn't direct deposit Mike's pay check. That means tonight I have to get really inventive with supper. I have no clue as what to cook. We are out of everything just about. I told Mike I am so tired of Pintos and Cornbread and Chicken Dumplings I could scream. It would be so nice to be able to go and buy what we would like instead of what we can afford. Lately I have been spending about $55 each week for groceries for a family of 4. Talking about having to be inventive. By the time I buy Mike's meds, cologne, stickem and denture cleaner, dog and cat food (not cheap by any means), tp, washing detergent, dish detergent there is hardly any left for food. I buy flour canola oil, sweetener, tea, flour, meal, pintos, and a $10 bag of chicken, bread, Ramen for me and the boys to eat during the week, eggs, bologna, and I'm scraping to find more money to pay for the stuff. The boys buy most of their luxury stuff they want to eat like spaghetti and meatballs, ravioli, deli sandwiches, chips etc. which helps out a lot. If they didn't they wouldn't be getting any. The sad part is we don't owe many bills just our monthlies but still I am having a hard time making ends meet. We do have lots of monthly meds to buy and doctor/ex-ray bills lately but even so. What I am doing wrong I have not a clue. Mike makes over $13 an hour and I should be doing better job than what I am currently doing. It's not as if we go buy new clothes, go to the movies, or do anything fun. We pretty much stay at home. I really need to keep praying to God to help me improve in balancing our budget and stretching our dollars.

Please don't get me wrong, I know that it could be so much worse. I don't mean to sound ungrateful for what all God had done for us. He is so much more good to us than we deserve. I just get frustrated at myself because I know that I should be doing a much better job than I am.

One funny note though, I haven't been buying any Paper towels lately and I miss them very badly. Mike came home Saturday afternoon with some tp and Paper towels and I felt like he had bought me home a bouquet of flowers. lol!

Wow! Mike and the boys are on a roll. They did a wonderful job making my hot water heater cabinet. Brandon fixed my garbage bin so the the garbage men won't have to reach so far down to get the garbage out. He also staked it down where they won't push it in the ditch anymore. (Accidentally on purpose in my opinion).
They are in the process of putting up the new fence to go around the boy's trailer. The front porch is up. They still need to put on the porch roof. They need to put in new windows, work on the floors, lots of cleaning, did I mention LOTS OF CLEANING, and check the plumbing, underpinning and what ever else that they see. It will be a while before they can move in. It's a work in progress for sure.
I have several prayer request. My uncle is having a rough time with his health so I ask anyone reading this to please remember him, our finances is in rough shape right now, so please remember us, the US economy and our leadership definitely needs prayers, and anyone involved in ministry. Everyone having health problems, financial, or relationship problems.
I had so much fun yesterday. Momma, Brandon and I went to BK and got us Spicy Chicken Crisps, and went by Foodland at their coke machines and bought some pop (as my Yankee kinfolks calls them). We went to the Courtyard Mini Park thing beside the Methodist Church and ate lunch then played several games of Dominoes. The sweat bees kept buzzing momma (I told her it was because she was too sweet lol). We left and went to the park by the fire station at Speake and played several games of Rummikub. I love to do stuff like that. Guess I'm just easy to please. : )

Hot Water Again! Yipee!

After over 3 months we finally have hot water again. Between procrastination, finances, and dread we finally have hot water! I fixed my own washer so two broken things fixed and uncountable more things to go. Don't get me wrong I am very thankful for the two things that have been fixed. BUT my car has been down over a half of year so hopefully finances will get better and we will get it fixed. Our kitchen floor in front of the sink needs replaced along with the linoleum in every room of the house. Our cold water at the bathroom sink needs to be fixed along with the drain. For some reason the hot water in my kitchen sink is barely working after the replacement of the water heater. My dryer needs to be fixed. Our mower needs to be fixed. We need to do endless amount of things to the boys mobile home. It needs windows, flooring replaced, lots of cleaning and lots of cosmetic work. Power put in, toilet replaced and lots of other things. Not enough money to get these things done. Now for the positive things.

We are in good health, Mike still has his job at Automatic, Brandon is getting unemployment at the moment. The house, vehicles etc are all paid for. I have my scooter that we can sell if an emergency comes up. And most of all Jesus loves us and is with us even when things seems to be following apart all around us. This is the most important thing of all. All in all I have a wonderful life. : )

My first CMA meeting

I went with hubby to his CMA meeting last Thursday evening. I really enjoyed it. The folks were very welcoming and loving. Made me want to join but I still need to pray about it and see if it is what my Lord wants me to do. Mike got put on the "hot seat" and was interrigated on his drag racing down Hartselle Main Street on the previous ride back from Little River Canyon. The "supposed" drag race was with the Chief of Police of Sommerville lol. The esteemed Road Captain of the Redeemed Riders and same Police Chief of Sommerville pleaded being "punked" and having Never been "punked" before what was he supposed to do. The verdict came back that the good Chief of Police was the guilty party and had to put $20 into the Redeemed Riders fund. :) All in loving good fun. They said it was hard to believe that the Chief let a Kawasaki beat his Harley. His excuse was he didn't know when to start the race. Mike told him when the light turned green lol. What fun was had by all that night.

IWON Team Challenge

Miss Attitude Herself : )

Momma's Patriotic Hat... a sure winner. ; )

Memorial Week Senior Citizen Fun and a Pet Peeve

You should have seen my momma this morning. She looked so cute! They were supposed to decorate a hat in a Patriotic theme. First place is $100, 2nd place a t-shirt and she couldn't remember what the 3rd place was. I think the $100 is hers. She did such a great job. I love her hat because it is fun. Very imaginative. Just like her. lol.

Now to a pet peeve of mine. We live just a little way from the Bankhead Forest. Every Friday evening our road is inudated with campers, horse trailers, atv's all headed that way and on Sunday afternoons in the reverse. People stop and put their trash into our garbage bin at the end of our driveway. I think it is the same people that are doing it each time. It smells of booze and cigerette smoke. They are no better than us to pay to have it picked up. We pay $15.00 a month to have our garbage picked up once each week. Plus we don't get to "party" every weekend. We stay here and mind our own business. One day they may get a little surprise if I catch them. I have saw them in the past put it in our neighbor's bin but they removed theirs. I don't blame them. We may have to eventually do that. In the meantime they better watch for me when they dispose of their trash in our bin. They may get a surprise. A not too pleasant one at that. Bwahhh hhaaaaa.

Peaceful Saturdays

I always look forward to our Saturdays. Usually. Saturday is the only day of the week I can sleep in late and not have to rush and get things done. I am thinking that is a thing of the past. Mike has gotten really busy lately with the riding season coming into full force. The CMA's are getting busy almost every weekend. Today I got up at 5 am (at least this is a 3o minute later of a sleep in than normal) because Mike had to be in Hartselle at Quail Run Golf Course at 7. He also has a Mens breakfast once a month on Saturdays at either Summerbrook or Decatur Church of God of Prophecy. I am glad that he is closer to the LORD now. I can't get mad at him for being gone so much since he is doing things that helps spread the GOOD NEWS.

Mean while at the home front we are in that phase that we go through every so often. Everything is breaking. My cars brakes are shot, Mike's knee is giving him trouble, my hot water heater is still out of commission, my floor in the kitchen is still not fixed, we need a new sink cabinet, we have a water leak under the house. Our last water bill was $98. Brandon is on lay off from Automatic. Things will get better for us but I can't help but wish that it would happen sooner than later.

We missed the Daiken Festival in Decatur last night. We didn't know anything about it. Since I quit getting the Decatur Daily we have been missing a lot of fun things. Oh well, can't wait till next year.

Today Brandon and I are going to Momma's to play cards. Usually I loose but I do have a lot of fun. We play Crazy Old Fish Wars, Phase 10, Uno, Skip Bo and several other games. We have more games that we can play in one day. Guess we are going to have to start putting them on a rotation list. ; )

Fun, Food and Oopsies

The Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival was fun. We had a good time. There did not seem to be as many people there compared to the last couple of years. Lots of good music, food and entertainment. It was very educational. My favorite part is the Chicken Clucking Contest. Very funny!

After we left Mike and I went to John's Bar-b-que. It is a nice place to eat. They have just about anything that you want to eat there. They have everything from pinto bean plates to hotwings to seafood. I had the boneless hot wing basket. It was $5.99 It had plenty of food in the basket. It came with 2 hushpuppies, lots of fries and 8 wings. I hope we start going there. The one we went to is on Court Street. It is an old log cabin that was moved from Wren. It was restored to original style and then the back section was added on. They have antiques everywhere. You won't get board waiting on your food. You'll be to busy looking around at all the things on the walls.

Well we once again had a tornado just down the road. Two businesses on Highway 157 just outside of Moulton were damaged. Classical fruits was hit badly. The whole front wall of the building was pulled off and the pine thicket where the Strawberry Festival is held was damaged. They are working on clearing away the broken pines this week. The First weekend in May they are supposed to have the Strawberry Festival. It may be called off now.

Once again a friend of Mike's has died unexpectedly. Ronnie was just 42 and died from a heart attack. I know his 2 boys will really miss him a lot. Ronnie had asked Mike to plow up his garden for him. Mike never got a chance to do it. I'm sure Mike feels badly about that.
I hate finances. I wish that was one part of life I never had to deal with. Once again I bounced checks. I drive my self crazy doing that. I do have an excuse. Kind a sort of. I had a rotten cold a couple of weeks back. I felt horrible. I'm still not back to normal myself fully. Still that is not a great excuse. I have been back on my feet well over a week now. I could have caught everything back up. Maybe I have finally learned my 'lisson' and Brandon use to say.

Fridays Are Bonding Days

Today is Friday. That means bonding day for momma and me. We usually go to eat out and then to Wal-Mart. She wants to get her two digital converter boxes today. Her other coupons had expired and luckily they let her have two more coupons to replace them.



I want to get some grass killer and kill everything that I could possibly have to weed eat. I spent a lot of yesterday doing the first weed eating of the season for momma and me. A LOT of WEED EATING! I'm stove up. It is like this every spring. I get lazy over the winter and it nearly kills me when I get back working outside. I only had to mow one yard because my sweet husband mowed our yard for me the day before. I really LOVE it when he mows because he gets a lot of places that I am to chicken to get on the riding mower. I wimp out in some spots where I will be at a steep angle or I'm afraid that I will drag on something and tear up the riding mower. He is a dare devil where this is concerned. Guess it's a guy thing.



Tomorrow is the Chicken and Egg Festival in Moulton. Brandon and I are looking forward to it. Come join us! Should be fun for all.

Guilty Pleasure

Watching Ghost Hunters is my guilty pleasure. I know I shouldn't watch it
from the Christian point of view but I enjoy it so much. Hubby says as
long as I watch it for entertainment purposes only there is nothing wrong
with watching it. Hmmm. I need to pray more about it.

Hubby was so sweet tonight. He mowed our yard for me. Usually I do it but
this time he did it. Tomorrow all I have to mow is Momma's yard. I
also need to weed eat both places. Most likely only one will get done. I
need to do momma's really badly. She is still having problems from her hip
replacement. She is like Granddaddy and likes things done yesterday. If I
don't knuckle up and get it done I'm afraid she will.

I get so disheartened everytime I go to the grocery store. I had already
spent nearly $50 before I even got one item of food. I had gotten OTC
medicines, dog food, cat food, Motor oil (2 Qts was over $7.36!), paper
towels and toilet paper. By the time I finished buying groceries I paid
over $122. I still didn't get enough for the whole week. I only have
enough for 7 days of breakfasts, something for the work lunches, and only 5
suppers. I hadn't had anything to eat all day and it was already 3 pm. I
was going to go buy me some lunch at sonic or Burger King but I felt after
spending that much money I really couldn't afford to.

I heard on the news this morning that gas prices was suppose to be going
down again and food prices too. You could fool me. Gas is $1.93 at
Wiggins. I have cut out my daily paper and I only go to town once or twice
a week. Other than this I stay home. Good thing that I am a homebody. If
momma is going to town I will catch a ride with her if I need something.
Same with her. We always ask the other if there is something the other
needs or if they need to go somewhere. It helps both of us.

It's getting close to bed time. Pearl, Gidget, Drifter and Maggie are all
asleep on the bed behind me. (They are our dogs). I'm glad that they are
not BIG dogs. Drifter keeps growing taller though. His momma and Daddy
are smaller dogs. He must be taking after a doggy great-grandparent or
something. He may be the next Clifford. LOL.

Storm Damage

The last few weeks have been rough in Northern Alabama. We have had high winds, heavy rains, tornadoes and softball sized hail. We have had trees blown down in our pasture, a roof blown off an outbuilding. Our neighbors haven't been so lucky. The lady across the road had a tree blown down barely missing their pickup and garage. The family just down the road had a huge tree land on the back of their pickup and on top of their outbuildings. Momma had shingles blown off and a well house torn to pieces. There is a huge tree that has fallen in the school parking lot and several down behind the volunteer fire department. Still it could have been much worse.

We are supposed to have quiet weather through Friday with a 20% chance of thunderstorms both Saturday and Sunday. Hopefully we will have nice weather both Saturday and Sunday. The Chicken and Egg Festival is this weekend. The CMA's are planning to ride in the bike run. Mike will be riding the Good Lord willing. Brandon and I are planning on going to the festival. I wish Nathaniel would go but I don't think there is much hope in that.

If anyone is going to be near Moulton the weekend come check out the Chicken and Egg Festival. It ought to be a lot of fun! Hope to see you there!

Again?

Severe weather possible again today. Seems like we are living this every couple of days now. I had about gotten over my anxiety with severe weather until the tornadoes that came through Moulton and killed and hurt so many folks last year. While not on my 'doorstep' it wasn't that many miles away. Friday when I heard that it was on the ground on Hwy 157 my heart beat just a little faster. I knew it wouldn't affect this little community but I knew it was heading toward Decatur. I worry about my men folks at Automatic. I don't think Automatic lets the workers know when something bad is heading their way. You would think that they would let them go into a safe place when it is said to be heading toward you. It they do get hit one of the days and people get hurt there may be some things finally said about this policy. It is sad that in so many cases someone has to get hurt before any thing is done. Keep the Southeastern US in your prayers today that we get through safely.

About Me

My name is Teresa. I am a very down-to-earth gal from Northern Alabama. I'll be 45 on April 22, 2009. I am married and I have 2 sons. I love my family very much and I also love my Lord and Savior. I am very far from perfect but by God's grace I am forgiven.

My favorite things are my computer, my Sable station wagon, and my Yamaho Morphus.

We have 5 dogs and 1 cat in our family. We have a "stray" outside that might as well be ours. He looks like a boxer bulldog. He is as sweet as he can be. Someone has housetrained him and he loves to ride in our vehicles. He will get in one spot and stay there while riding. I don't understand why anyone would just abandon him after spending so much time training him. If you know of anyone who needs a great family dog please email me at mommatree@iwon.com.

My blogs for the most part will be boring. My English usage is terrible at times, but like I said I'm a down-to-earth girl who is going to write what she feels, sees, thinks etc... basically whatever comes to my mind. So you are forwarned. : )