11/30/2006

SNOW DAY!

Edited to say that I was wrong..I was enjoying my ignorance but what you are seeing here isn't real snow..it is white so that threw me off...NOW it is really snowing. The kids like this better because the little ice things that were falling earlier actually hurt when they hit your face lol...go figure snowflakes are really soft and float :-P
It is really snowing!! I feel like a little kid lol This is SOOOO cool!! My first snow day!!!

11/29/2006

Let It Snow

Oh the weather outside is frightful
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE TONIGHT... BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON THURSDAY BEFORE ENDING LATE IN THE DAY OR DURING THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. LOCAL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY... ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM.
IN ADDITION TO THE ICE AND SNOW... WIND AND COLD WILL COMBINE TO DROP WIND CHILLS TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 ABOVE ZERO LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.


But the fire is so delightful


And since we've no place to go Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Can you tell I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited!! My kids are thrilled and I promised to wake them up as soon as I see the first snowflake:-P WOOHOO I am gonna see snow!!

11/27/2006

I have a teenager!! HOW did that happen???

11/25/2006

Food, Fun and Fellowship

I just had my third Thankgiving dinner this year and I think I am officially finished with turkey products for another year:-) My friend is an amazing cook so I think I overdid it on the food cuz I am STILL stuffed! To be honest I wasn't sure how I was going to feel this year since it is my first away from my family and without my dh. Instead of being lonely I was blessed to be able to celebrate TWICE! Thursday I had people I barely know over for almost 9hrs and THAT was interesting to say the least lol Then today I was honored to be included in a friends Thanksgiving Day with her family. I also got to experience my first Bedlam game with diehard OU fans and OU WON!! That was actually fun and the best part of the whole evening was during this game....oh yeah I am going to tell the story:-P My friend was starting to get stressed towards the end of the game and kept moving around and at one point they showed an old play on TV and she thought it was one from today's game and started jumping up and down cheering...oh my gosh THAT was funny;-) I am STILL laughing! My kids had such a great time too and not one time have they mentioned Florida....So I made it through my first holiday as a single Mom and it wasn't that bad...ok it was a little rough but it wasn't lonely...For that I am BEYOND thankful.


Thank you Father for friends that help make this easier...for friends that remind you that there really IS good in this world...for friends that lift your spirit and ALWAYS point me back to You because You are the only one that can give me peace...thank you for answering my prayer...you knew what I needed and you provided....just like always...thank you Father for loving me that much...

11/24/2006


This is the final picture of the tree and my beautiful children. Putting the stuff up without their Dad felt so weird and so wrong. I think if I can get through the holidays I will be ok but right now it just feels like someone is missing. The person that hung the lights is gone...I still have a stocking with his name on it...oh gosh so many things that become "tradition" are just gone...just like that...gone:-( The kids didn't even seem to notice and just got caught up in the excitement..Father I pray that I can just be like my kids and get caught up in the excitement and be thankful for all that I have and not what I am missing because this hurts...

11/22/2006


I can't believe the holiday season is already here! This last year has been full of many many changes...exactly one year today I held my MIL and watched her take her last breath. That is a memory I don't think will go away. This year I also took my first plane trip EVER and visited a place I had never been and I did it all by myself:-) This year I made a huge decision to leave a 17yr marriage that wasn't healthy. This year I moved half way across the country with my 3 children to start a new life. I have had many ups and downs and days where I didn't know if the pain would ever go away. In that time I have learned a lot about me. God has stretched me in ways I didn't know I could be stretched. I have made new friends and started a new job. I have been humbled and blessed beyond measure. I have found a church that I love and that loves me and my children. I have had to admit to myself that my kids saw and knew more than I ever realized and then find the strength to put them in counseling and go myself. I have had to be honest with myself about my own issues and figure out ways to change them. It has been a hard road but I am still thankful for everything. I am thankful for Jesus and the fact that He died for me...He got what I deserved so that I could get what He deserved...THAT my friends IS love:-) I am thankful for my children that I love with ALL of my heart. I am beyond thankful for a dear sister friend that has stood by my side and listened to me cry and never judged me... "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!" (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10)...I am thankful for a job that I really enjoy and the teenagers that make it fun. I am thankful that all my bills are paid because man is not my provider..God is:-) I truly am thankful and never take for granted that I have a roof over my head and a warm bed to sleep in or that my children never have to go to bed hungry. I am thankful that I had so many invitations for Thanksgiving Day that I didn't know who to say yes too! I am even thankful that I turned them down so I could cook for some people that didn't have anywhere to go. I am thankful that I am able to bless others in the same ways they have blessed me. I am thankful for so many things and each day I am striving to remember how thankful I am and not focus on all that is wrong in my world. God has a plan and I just need to REST:-) Relax in God's promises, Exalt the Lord who IS enough, Stand still in victory and Trust God's timing. Letting go is hard but I am finding it is worth it:-) Happy Thanksgiving!!

11/21/2006

Christmas Trees

It is that time of year again to think about putting up a tree. The top picture is a picture of my "old" tree...It was a HUGE tree! I had to leave it behind when I moved because I just couldn't fit everything in the Uhaul...I figured I would buy a real tree this year but with my oldest sons allergies/asthma I decided against that. So last night I went to look at real fake trees and remembered they come with a pretty price tag too:-) So I settled for a 6 1/2 ft scrawny looking tree...kind of looks like the bottom picture...I guess now I need to look for the blanket to put around the bottom;-)

11/19/2006

Church Again

I just realized I never updated ya'll on my church situation:-) Remember a couple of months ago I posted about my Church Woes? Well, I continued going to the AOG church and now it just feels like home. I can't imagine NOT going and I LOVE the preaching. I am getting so much out of it:-) I also love that the church shares property with the high school I work at...funny thing is I really didn't know the first time I went until the pastor mentioned the high school lol When I went outside I thought OMGosh that is the one I work at but they are on different streets so I didn't know....I told you I am directionally challenged! So the teens in the church are the same ones I see all week. I also just love the people. Today alone everyone wanted to make sure I had Thanksgiving plans and were all so willing to include me AND my 3 children that I was just amazed. I can't count the times back home we spent holidays alone BECAUSE I have children! I am the youngest of 7 and because I am the youngest I am the only one with LITTLE kids lol All their kids are grown and have kids of their own so they didn't include me because of things like... oh white carpet, houses that aren't child proofed or just wanting "adult" time...I am not as bitter as I sound but only share that to show you how TOUCHED I am that people would think to include me. I am so thankful that I have a "family" here...really really thankful:-) So I am overdo in telling you that I do have a church and I am grateful for the friends that I have made there. I am thankful for the little things like the phone calls when we miss a service to make sure we are ok and don't need anything...those things so touch my heart. I thought the holidays would be so lonely since my family is so far away but God has truly blessed me. God really IS good ALL the time:-D

11/18/2006

Nine Things

Because I really have NOTHING to blog about I will share with you MY nine things that are weird...just stopping at nine will be hard:-P

1)I HATE black ink...I mean really can't stand using it...lately all the things I have to fill out require black ink and that makes me cringe.

2)I love music and I listen to it LOUDLY..probably to drown out my own voice because I have to sing along.

3)I can't STAND Elvis...no hate mail please:-)...his voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

4)I get lost all the time. My excuse here is I am new to Oklahoma but I grew up in Florida and still got lost.

5)I don't really understand football but I am trying. I figured I moved to a place where football is a religion that I HAVE to like it.

6)I love things to be clean and in order BUT if they are in a closet or drawer I don't care..I mean really don't care.

7)We quote Seinfeld as a family;-) Sad huh?

8)I refuse to wear glasses so I can't see half the time.

9)I hate shopping:-D I know most women love to go shopping but not me! I hate it and GASP I don't care about shoes either...see I really AM weird:-D

11/16/2006



I am now the proud owner of MY first ice scraper:-) How cool is that??? I woke up to not only cold weather but icy windshields lol Winter is coming!! I can't WAIT to see the snow!! Sing with me....I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.....

11/14/2006

Runny nose? Tired of blowing? Apparently THIS is the solution:-)




11/11/2006

Veteran's Day

Yesterday started like any other day. I woke up and after sending the kids off to school I tried to call my bank back home...I kept getting a weird message with the "hours of operation" and I couldn't figure out why they would be closed on a Friday. It is a military bank but still! I went to work and there was an assembly and this student sang The National Anthem and it hit me like a ton of bricks...it was Veteran's Day! HOW could I forget? I have no excuse...I could tell you that back home Veteran's Day was a huge deal because I lived in a large military town but still I have NO excuse for forgetting. Half of my family made a career out of the military and once upon a time I wanted to join...they had this thing against asthma but I wanted to:-)...I get the reasons why people join and I am a proud American...but this year I didn't even vote because I haven't registered in Oklahoma...that was the first time since I was old enough to vote that I didn't. Oh the guilt:-( So today I have been sitting here reading and remembering about Vets and I ran across this post Ramblin' Educat: Loving Rome More I think this is wonderfully written and gave me chills...so I wanted to share it with ya'll

11/07/2006


I can be changed by what happens to me
I refuse to be reduced by it....
Maya Angelou

11/06/2006

The kids and I will be starting this tonight DivorceCare: Divorce Recovery Support Groups Am I ready? NO! I am doing this for the kids because I was thinking the whole cram it down and ignore your feelings method was working for me:-) God help me because I am NOT ready to face my feelings..I am not ready to admit how much this hurts...I am just not ready....Holidays almost seem like a cruel joke and now I have to do this. The things we do for our kids.....

11/04/2006

ROFL!

If you don't already read The Crib Chick Go NOW and read this post! I literally laughed out loud this morning..oh that was funny! I think that song will be in my head all morning!

11/03/2006

Help Save the McRib:-)


I am off work today and trying NOT to think so here is something to keep my mind occupied;-) As I was out and about this morning I saw a sign about the McRib...looks like they are going to discontinue it!! THEY CAN'T! I love the McRib and it is the ONLY thing at McDonald's that I really really like lol I do like the fries but as far as sandwiches go I am not a big fan...BUT once a year they bring back the McRib and the kids don't have to beg to go to McDonald's:-) So I am asking ya'll to PLEASE go and sign the petition to save the McRib....yes I really am trying NOT to think today lol First this website will tell you about the BPFAA and how this will effect them and their families...see you HAVE to do something!! The Boneless Pig Farmers are counting on you! You CAN make a difference!! Here is the petition McRib Farewell Tour II :-D

11/02/2006



This is my middle childs head lol Remember the one that just got the cast off???!!!! Yepthat one! This happened at church last night..I swear this child is going to give me a head full of gray hair!! Thankfully the guy that heads the Royal Rangers is also a nurse so he fixed him right up. This has been the longest week in the history of weeks...I have the next 3 days off and I NEED it!

11/01/2006

You can take the girl outta da hood but you can't take da hood outta the girl!

Geez what a week! Dh got here Sunday afternoon and left to go BACK to Florida this morning. Before he came he had wanted to live with me but I didn't want to fall back into the same routine if nothing had changed..I didn't come this far to go back to that...I deserve better and so do the kids. It took me a LONG time to realize that....Still I believe he thought I would change my mind because he came here withOUT reservations at a hotel OR a place to live. I didn't cave and after a couple of days of not convincing me to take him in he left to go back to Florida. He left this morning but not before the drama last night. Goodness in true redneck fashion we had a yelling match in the parking lot of my apartment complex. Yep I am officially white trash and have stooped to a new low. So that is the update...he is gone and our life will go on once again. This time he can't undo the damage. I tucked 3 crying children in bed last night and he can't take that back. Good thing they have a heavenly Father that will never leave them or forsake them:-)