Birthday party pictures

Rita turned 41...I am still 26 (just ask Bro. Randy)

Julian Beever

Julian Beever's pavement drawings....just a few of my favorites. Just remember that they are drawn on a flat surface.One of my favorites...his self-portraits.

Waste of Water.....
Time Square in Time Square



Is this the real thing?

If you want to see more you can go to his website. Here.

Face Time With The Kids Challenge

Sometimes when we home school we spend all day with our children but we fail to spend FUN quality time. I have joined the “Face Time With The Kids” End 08 Great challenge. It is all about spending some real, quality time with our children.
Check it out:

http://happytobeathome.net/august-challenge-face-time-with-the-kids/
This week I plan to try to do something fun with them....today I want to go to the park and tomorrow I have a fun craft for us to do. I will try to post pictures if possible.
Needless to say I almost missed this months challenge but I would like to keep it up. Feel free to send me some ideas or join me in the fun.

(Those who can pray , please pray that I can find my camera. I bought a new one but allowed some children that hang out at my house to use it. I have not used it but maybe 3 times myself and now it is misplaced. All of the testimonies of God helping the saints find things that have been lost makes me think that maybe I should make this a matter of prayer.)

Homeschooling

For all you homeschooling moms...

I found a really cool idea that I thought that most of us could incorporate into our homeschooling.

Check it out.



http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4336/webpage.html

Roxie

I am thinking about adding another girl to our family....what cha think?

The Rescuing Hug

The Many Stories of The Rescuing Hug~~~~~
A Sister's Helping HandWho can measure the special bond of twins?by Nancy SheehanReader's Digest - May 1996Pages 155-156Condensed from Worcester Telegram & GazetteNovember 18, 1995
Heidi and Paul Jackson's twin girls, Brielle and Kyrie, were born October 17, 1995, 12 weeks ahead of their due date. Standard hospital practice is to place preemie twins in separate incubators to reduce the risk of infection. that was done for the Jackson girls in the neonatal intensive care unit at The Medical Center of Central Massachusetts in Worcester.
Kyrie, the larger sister at two pounds, three ounces, quickly began gaining weight and calmly sleeping her newborn days away. But Brielle, who weighed only two pounds at birth, couldn't keep up with her. She had breathing and heart-rate problems. The oxygen level in her blood was low, and her weight gain was slow.
Suddenly, on November 12, Brielle went into critical condition. She began gasping for breath, and her face and stick-thin arms and legs turned bluish-gray. Her heart rate was way up, and she got hiccups, a dangerous sign that her body was under stress. Her parents watched, terrified that she might die.
Nurse Gayle Kasparian tried everything she could think of to stabilize Brielle. She suctioned her breathing passages and turned up the oxygen flow to the incubator. Still Brielle squirmed and fussed as her oxygen intake plummeted and her heart rate soared.
Then Kasparian remembered something she had heard from a colleague. It was a procedure, common in parts of Europe but almost unheard of in this country, that called for double-bedding multiple-birth babies, especially preemies.
Kasparian's nurse manager, Susan Fitzback, was away at a conference, and the arrangement was unorthodox. But Kasparian decided to take the risk.
"Let me just try putting Brielle in with her sister to see if that helps," she said to the alarmed parents. "I don't know what else to do."
The Jacksons quickly gave the go-ahead, and Kasparian slipped the squirming baby into the incubator holding the sister she hadn't seen since birth. Then Kasparian and the Jacksons watched.
No sooner had the door of the incubator closed then Brielle snuggled up to Kyrie - and calmed right down. Within minutes Brielle's blood-oxygen readings were the best they had been since she was born. As she dozed, Kyrie wrapped her tiny arm around her smaller sibling.
By coincidence, the conference Fitzback was attending included a presentation on double-bedding. This is something I want to see happen at The Medical Center, she thought. But it might be hard making the change. On her return she was doing rounds when the nurse caring for the twins that morning said, "Sue, take a look in that isolette over there."
"I can't believe this," Fitzback said. "This is so beautiful.""You mean, we can do it?" asked the nurse."Of course we can," Fitzback replied.
Today a handful of institutions around the country are adopting double-bedding, which seems to reduce the number of hospital days. The practice is growing quickly, even though the first scientific studies on it didn't begin until this past January.
But Heidi and Paul Jackson don't need any studies to know that double-bedding helped Brielle. She is thriving. In fact, now that the two girls are home, they still steep together - and still snuggle.

Thanks to all who have made my country free...

its my family

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

Would Anybody Like to Join Me...

I would like to start a team to do the Woman Challenge....check it out and let me know what you think. http://www.womenshealth.gov/woman/

I created a team called the "COG Sisters" come join soon.

Congratulations 2008 Seniors

So much for THAT camping trip.....

I guess God had other plans for us .......due to the terrible weather we had to cancel our camping trip. But I am still partially packed so DOES ANYBODY WANT TO GO CAMPING???? I have camping fever !!!

Camping Anyone????

We are planning our annual camping trip to Fall Creek Falls........just wanted you to know that you are invited.

The Fabulous Four Have Been Elfed........

Check it out........http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1446235713

Barry has FINALLY painted my bedroom........

I have finally picked a color for my bedroom, bought the paint and Barry is finished painting it. You wouldn't believe what it cost me to get this done. (A pound cake and two Sweet Potato Casseroles..... ) LOL. Wait that's is not all.......there is more!!!! I no longer own a water bed!!!!! I have wanted a regular bed for years but Barry was convinced that he could not sleep on one. I bought a soft-side water bed mattress thinking I would ease him into this one but he never would even try it. Arrrgggg.

I was at a friends house that was preparing for an Estate sale. I called Barry and ask him if I could buy this bed and he must not have had his coffee yet (no wait that is when he is grouchy) any way, he agreed and I bought the bed before he had time to change his mind.

The cool part is that I listed my (old) bedroom suite on Huntsville Trader and sold it for $50 less than I had to pay for my (new to me) bedroom suite. COOL!!!

Here are some after and before pictures. (they loaded backward...) I am not finished ......I haven't found a comforter set that I like enough to pay the price for. Give me your ideas. If I can I will post a picture of the material that I am trying to use.

The little monkeys on the night stand are one of my prize possessions. Christmas present from my kids last year. I was impressed that they KNEW that I like Butler Monkeys. These are monkeys that wear clothes. That is what my main theme is but I just happened to have other jungle items (thanks Mom).

NOTICE: There is no Mustang paraphernalia in the bedroom any more. I also moved out the massive C.D. collection that you see in the curio case of the dresser.

My Family

http://www.ourstickfamily.com/family-stickers/

We Must Conquer our Decisive Battles

This is the main thought that I received from the revival...we need to handle our battles in a way that we will not have problems with them again. CUT THEIR HEADS OFF!!!!

I have always heard that you are what you eat.

Arggggggggggggg

Why can't I leave well enough alone? Now I have messed this page up and can't fix it.......

Mater's Pizza and Pasta

This is a Better Boy Pizza from Mater's Pizza. This was our favorite pizza place in Boaz. They shut down a few years ago and we just found the original one today. It opened in Gadsden in 1978 and now covers a half a city block.
Could we count this as a field trip????? Anyone game?http://materspizza.com/