Tagged

Ok thanks alot Danny and Tina .....I've been tagged twice. So here it goes.....The RANDOM eight....

1. I'm the oldest out of 6 kids.....4 girls and 2 boys.

2. I was known as the QUIETEST kid in school. For those that know me now this is probably quite the shocker !!

3. My favorite color is PURPLE.

4. I used to drag race when I was ALOT younger (high school) in my 1976 Chevy Camaro. Kids now adays would call it "street racing" you know like "The Fast and the Furious"?? I never lost a race so there are alot of BOYS out there that have to say they got beat by a girl !!! HA, HA,HA


5. I was kissed by SHAMU at Sea World in Aurora, Ohio when I was 15.

6. I was a Runway/Print model for 10 years out of my life.

7. I've sang for my Lord and Savior since I was 5 years old.

8. My dream has always been to own my own horse ranch.....I LOVE HORSES !!!


The Rules:

1.Players start with 8 random facts about themselves.
2. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts.
3. Players should tag 2-8 other people and notify them they have been tagged.

I tag.....Rhonda, Doug I would tag more....but I think everyone else I know has been tagged atleast once. HAVE FUN WITH THIS !!

Just Sitting Here

Just sitting here thinking of the word "AMAZED". So my good buddy Webster says....amazed: to fill with wonder, to show or cause astonishment. So now I'm sitting here contemplating on amazed. How amazed I always am at what God is capable of doing. Why do I ever try to do things on my own? You know what I mean? Analyzing everything that life throws at you....then you replay different ways of solving your problems, when all along God is speaking to you so SOFTLY to wait on him. He has the answer for you, you just have to WAIT. Maybe I should be thinking/contemplating on the work WAIT????? Wait....Wait....Wait.... I would just rather be hit in the head with the answer sometimes. You know....just crystal clear answers. Ok, sorry got off there for a moment.....reeling back in now....Amazed......So here is what I've found and I find this so very cool. "Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. Habakkuk 1:5
Soooooo there you have it......even in the old testament God is saying STAND BACK AND WATCH WHAT I CAN DO !! I love this.... So here i sit amazed at what God has already done and that he promises to do so much more before the end of my days. This is so very cool.

Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, "We have seen remarkable things today." Luke 5:26

Soooo.....

Soooo......life is generally busy as ever. But God never seizes to amaze me in every way. Just looking at nature right now and listening to the pouring rain/thunder yesterday. It's just so entirely cool. I've been ever mindful of everything/everyone around me lately. Words that come from my children's mouths. Just everything. I'm grateful to God for the life He's given me and the family/friends that He has blessed me with. Soooooo....if you are a part of my family or one of my best friends (Tina/Rhonda). I just want to say that I love you all so very much and I look at what God is doing in our lives and I'm amazed and excited about the spiritual growth and the adventures ahead. Sooooo....ROCK ON !!!

Tired???

Is anyone out there as tired as I am?? I mean physically/emotionally/mentally etc. Just all around TIRED !! So this is what I do when I am extremely tired......get into the word and look for strength from the ONLY ONE that can give it to me !!

Psalm 8
1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:

7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Kings ???

Ok so let me say.....I've been reading my one year bible everyday.....I'm in the middle of the "Kings". All I have to say is....are there any kings out there that have ever done anything other than "what is evil in God's sight" ????? OH MY GOOOOOODNESSSSS. I'm amazed at how many times the bible has recorded and it says that king so and so did what was evil in God's sight. He gave them chance after chance after chance and they still got it all wrong. So at this point I'm looking at life (my life) and saying "what would God say about me" ? If someone was recording what happened in my life for others to read THOUSANDS of years later, what would it say?? HOW CONVICTING IS THAT?!?! WOW !!! I've got alot of work to do !! Anyone else out there that can relate???? So that's where I'm at right now....how about you???

Birthday Wishes

Thank you all so very much for all the birthday wishes !!!! If you didn't already know.....I turned 40 today. I'm totally ok with this number.....it's just another number. But, I've been surrounded by my family/friends (via, email, texting, voicemail and even good ol' US Postal Service) as well as here at home as I'm typing this. My oldest son is WHAILING on the guitar in the living room......PS2 Guitar Hero II......so the classic rock-n-roll is VERY LOUD in here. I would have it NO OTHER WAY !!!! Are you kidding.....if it's to loud, you're to old !!! HA,HA,HA. Well, I'll blog more when I get time. Gotta go get some ZZZZZ's before work tomorrow.

New York

WOW..... what can I say about New York. We had so much fun etc that I think I slept the WHOLE DAY away this past Sunday. (Roman to) Anyway, we went to see "Legally Blonde" a musical on broadway. WOWOWOWOWOWOW !!! It was amazing.....SO MUCH FUN !! Very funny !! The band played in Battery Park on Friday....IT RAINED THE WHOLE DAY !! It was very disappointing (the rain I mean). Everyone was pretty much soaked the whole day. We still visited Ellis Island. In all my visits to New York I've never visited Ellis Island. So that was so very cool. The imigration building is very FASCINATING. Oh I forgot.....before getting on the ferry to go over to the island. I experienced an issue with the police. VERY EMBARASSING I MUST SAY !! There was a security check before getting on the ferry. At which they had signs up that said to unload pockets, take off jackets, belts, etc. and a big sign that said "NO KNIVES". Anyway I went along in the line watching everyone unpack ALLLLLLL their stuff and as I'm standing there I realize I have something in my purse that could cause a stir......my box cutter knife. I use it at work everyday to open/cut down boxes of new merchandise etc. So I'm like...."Oh my gosh". I look at my friend Missy...call her by name and she looks at my face and says..."what's wrong?". I proceeded to tell her I had my box cutter in my purse....."oh crap" she says. Of course I'm surrounded by teenagers that are hearing everything I just said .... they are now watching how I'm going to handle this whole situation. So I proceed to go through the check out, of course they stop me and ask if I have a knife, I inform them it's not a knife..... it's a box cutter (like that really makes a difference if you've ever seen my "box cutter") Anyway.... moving on.... They take my "knife" and escort me to the policeman on duty. He opens up my "knife" , then asks if the razor blade comes out (after he tries it a few times)...."sure could I show you?" he says "ok". Then says "I'll keep this and you can have your "tool" back. "Cool" I say and proceed to turn to walk away and there stands my friend .... the band director right next to me. (really he is a friend, we went to school together) He looks at me and I say...."what are you over here for?" He says, "I just didn't want you to have to do this alone". Cool. Roman on the other hand didn't even know....didn't see anything at all until I told him what happened.....how funny is that??? So that was all the excitement I needed for that day. Very funny stuff. I"m sure I'll never live that one down for a while. The next day (Saturday) was alot better. Except that Roman woke up sick. So on the way to his room to pack him for our trip home (we were checking out of the hotel and then touring the city before coming home) I met up with our band director in the elevator. He puts his hand on my shoulder and says " We need to talk" I was like "I know, Roman is sick this morning....I'm going up there to check on him and pack him etc." Jeff proceeds to say ....."So, tell me about the service elevators". OH NOOOOOOOO.......WOOOOOPS ! (you see the night before, me and one of my friends and 2 of the girls one of which was her daughter didn't want to wait for the main elevators and there weren't any others around and I just happened to have SCOPED the service elevators out the night we got there.....you know in just such an emergency?) So I was like..."woops sorry for that, that probably wasn't the best "chaparone" thing to do" So, there again a little embarassing, but ENTIRELY HILARIOUS. I'm glad that he saw the HUMOR in it. Not sure who else knows....evidently teenage girls don't keep secrets very well......WHO KNEW??? Well anyway the rest of the day we went all over the city very cool stuff. We even visited ground zero. Something, of course, I had not done before because the last time I had been there was 2000 and the towers were still standing then. Roman was such a trooper....he was so miserable but didn't want to miss a thing. By the end of our touring he was feeling much better. At the end of our city tour we all met up at Rockefeller Center and went to the "Top of the Rock". 70 floors up to the top of Rockefeller Center to look out at the nightscape......SO AWESOME!!! Oh yea....there was a security check point there to....did I take the box cutter out of my purse you ask????? Uhhhhh.....NOT ME. Who would have thought I would have to do that again??? Good thing this time they weren't really looking and didn't care. Very cool. So.... that was my trip. We had alot of fun. I think next time we need to make a girls trip....you know....with my best GIRLfriends. SHOPPING ..... Chinatown ..... Chanel 20 dollars. Are you feeling up to the challenge?????