I am not good at titles!!!

So anywho I don't really have a title for today. GOD is good as always. I have been feeling lately that I need to do more for GOD. I mean I give him the glory for everything in my life but I feel like could be doing more. What do you ask? I really don't know but I just love him so much and want others to know him. I have been praying and seeking him to guide me. Maybe its just me and my feelings. My hubby and I are on different pages on this. He feels like we are doing what GOD wants us to do. I have things I want to do but haven't and feel like I don't know how to do some of the things I have a desire to do. For instance I want to write a book about marriage but I don't have eloquent language skills and get stuck while trying to write. I feel like I repeat my self over and over. I know there are people who don't have the best writing skills that write all the time. Maybe I am scared to do it. I do make excuses a lot. Like there are to many things going on, to many distractions. I will be praying until I hear from GOD.

Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures soon!!!!

GOOD IS SOOOOO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!


Big news, for us anyway. GOD is soooo good. We closed on our house today. I wrote about us buying a new home back in Aug or Sept. We had it built. We weren't suppose to close until Feb 1. We basically had $4,000 not returned to us from a bad business deal. (we were going to use that for closing) Well we closed with no money down and actually got @ $400 back at closing. God is good I will post more about this after Christmas and hopefully some pictures. I hope everyone has a great Christmas and remember Christ is the reason for the season. Remember him in all you do!!

BIG NEWS

Ok I will give a hint. I am not pregnant. We have decided to wait until at least 2 more years before we seriously consider having a child so that announcement won't be for a while. Other than that I can't say anything right now.

I had my annual review last week. I had been considering going back to get my degree in accounting. 2 yrs ago I started back to school full time and worked full time and I just could not do it. So if I go back it will be at a slow pace. The 1st year I will only take 1 class each semester because it is the hardest accounting classes to take and I will need to devote all my time to that. I have to really study to get good grades and comprehend things. I am not the one that never picks up a book and gets an A. That would be nice but not going to happen with me. But I would not be able to go back until Aug 07 and only if we have a 2nd car by then. So we will see. My boss really encouraged me that it would be the right thing to do and it is paid for by the company.

Sixer is doing great and is getting bigger. I am hoping he will not be so hyper as time goes on. We need to get him fixed, hopefully that will help a little. We shall see. Anywho the weather this week has been great. 2 weeks ago it snowed and was in the 30's for a while this week it is in the high 60's. Is it just Oklahoma or do other states have weather that changes from week to week. I'll take it while it lasts. This weekend it may be in the 70's and next week it is suppose to be in the 40's.

Sorry Faith in Florida it has been a while since I last updated. I have to confess I post on my blog at work and don't really get on the computer at home. I have been really busy at work so that is one reason I have not posted in a while. Plus I lead a very un-happening life. So not much to post about. Plus I have a big announcement that may take place before Christmas so you will have to keep checking back to see what's going on. So I guess I do have some excitement in my life. I am a procrastinator also. I need to get my pictures put on a cd so I can post some and I have not done that.

Does anyone know where I can get some dishes(plates, bowls) for a good price not over $30 for a set of 16 pieces. Target is too high but they have cute stuff, Walmart doesn't have as cute as I like but they are cheap, TJ Maxx doesn't have 2 sets of the same dishes. But I guess i can mix it up. I need to check Ross. If I have to order online I can.

Ok I will try to update more often even if nothing is going on with me.

STARBUCKS

I went by Starbucks on my way back to work at lunch to get a regular cup of coffee. It is freezing here so a nice cup of hot coffee sounded great. Something told me it would not be as easy as that. I order my grande coffee no room for cream she goes over starts to fill it up and low and behold STARBUCKS has NO COFFEE MADE!!!! How do you not have any coffee made? They have 2 or 3 (what look like to me) brewing stations and all of them are out of coffee all at the same time?? Somebody is not doing a good job of keeping it up. I need my caffeine and a cold coke will not do it for me. Ugh. She offered me something I can't remember the name of it but she said hot water and espresso. I said fine but then I would have to wait while they make everyone else's drinks. Which was like 5. If they just had some coffee made she could have poured it and I would have been on my merry little way. So I stand there for 2 minutes and realize I have to get back to work. I do not have time to wait on water and espresso. Besides they still had not made any of the other 5 drinks. I know this is trivial but still I wanted a cup of coffee.

Anywho it was in the 60's I think this morning when I woke up and currently it is in the 30's. It is suppose to snow and sleet tonight and tomorrow. Gotta love Oklahoma whether.

HEAVY HEART

My mom called me Sunday to tell me she had seen in the newspaper a girl I went to high school with had passed away. Well she is a woman now, 30 years old. Although I have not spoken to here in years I was sad to hear this. I was best friends with her cousins. They were very close so I knew her pretty well back in the day. Things change so much after high school. I only saw her a couple of times after she graduated. I am not sure what happened to her. Her funeral was today at 2p.m. It is 3 hours away where it is being held so I could not make it. It's just wierd to think of her so young and now she is gone. I haven't been able to stop thinking about her and her family. I pray that they seek GOD at this time. He can give them comfort. It is so awesome to know he can wrap his arms around me when I am sad and let me know I will be ok. I will make it through difficult times. No matter what he is always there. I don't know what her relationship was with GOD I just hope it was enough to get her into the book of life.

Over the past couple of months I have noticed a significant change about me. I can only credit GOD for the change. Before when certain things didn't go the way I wanted or thought they would I would stress out and panic. I would always try to be strong for my husband if he ever paniced but would often break down and panic with him. But over the last couple of months and really seeking to know GOD and be more like him I have noticed I don't stress out or panic. Don't get me wrong thoughts come into my head but I fight them with prayer and scriptures. And when my husband paniced for a few minutes I didn't panic with him. There are some things going on right now that a couple of months ago would have stressed me out and tried to make me doubt GOD but today it doesn't not affect me like that. GOD had to put me in check on what is important and what is not, he is important, his kingdom work is important, the things we go through naturally can not compare to him. I just LOVE GOD so much. He is so awesome. It's not always easy but with him all things are possible.

IRS

After working in the accounting field for years I already knew why the IRS had a bad reputation. They are very difficult to work with. Especially when they are wrong. You have to go through so many steps to prove to them that they did something wrong. Well its even worse when its your personal records you are having to prove they or someone else did something wrong.

Here is my story. Back this summer I got a letter from the IRS saying that I did not report all of my wages for 2004. So they said I owed more money. My first thought was what did I do wrong. After looking over my taxes for that time I could not find anything wrong. So I called IRS and asked them what this was about they said that I had wages from working in North Carolina that I did not report. I have NEVER been to North Carolina, I repeat I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO NORTH CAROLINA!!!! You would not believe what I am going through having to prove this. I spoke with the lady that I supposedly worked for. She did not have my name or a soc sec # even close to mine for that year or any year. I had so many days that I had to send in a response to the IRS trying to prove why I didn't owe that amount. I sent in my letter stating I have never been to, lived in or worked in North Carolina in my lifetime. So I had to sit and wait for a response. I got my letter yesterday form the IRS and guess what? They say I still owe the money. Now my boss is going to write a letter stating I worked in OK in 04 and there is no way I could have worked somewhere else. I am trying to get in touch with the lady I supposedly worked for in North Carolina to see if she will write a letter so I can send them in to the IRS. Other than that I have no idea how I can get them to believe me. Ugh!! This is so crazy and frustrating. Please pray for me.

NOTHING MUCH

I am glad to see I am not the only one not posting on a regular basis. Some of my regular reads have not posted in a few days. I am sure they are a busy as I am not but still. I am ready for the weekend. My friends babyshower is this weekend. Oh I need to get a cake. She is due Nov. 29th. It's a boy. That's about all I have going on for this weekend. I hope I get to relax a little. For the past 3 or 4 weekends it has been really busy for us.

Tuesday we are having a pot luck at work. I am making Taco Soup. It is really easy and yummy. Here is the recipe.

1 lb. ground beef
1 can black beans
1 can ranch style beans
1 can whole corn
2 cans rotel
1 pkg. taco seasoning
1 pkg. ranch dressing seasoning

brown ground beef, add to beans, corn, rotel etc. let it cook together til its hot. I pour mine over fritos and add shredded cheese.

I will also be making kitty litter cake. I have never made this but it is funny and suppose to taste good to here is the recipe with a picture to funny!!
CAKE INGREDIENTS:
1 box spice or German chocolate cake mix
1 box of white cake mix
1 package white sandwich cookies
1 large package vanilla instant pudding mix
A few drops green food coloring
12 small Tootsie Rolls

SERVING "DISHES AND UTENSILS"
1 NEW cat-litter box
1 NEW cat-litter box liner
1 NEW pooper scooper
1) Prepare and bake cake mixes, according to directions, in any size pan. Prepare pudding and chill. Crumble cookies in small batches in blender or food processor. Add a few drops of green food coloring to 1 cup of cookie crumbs. Mix with a fork or shake in a jar. Set aside.

2) When cakes are at room temperature, crumble them into a large bowl. Toss with half of the remaining cookie crumbs and enough pudding to make the mixture moist but not soggy. Place liner in litter box and pour mixture.

3)Unwrap 3 Tootsie Rolls and heat in a microwave until soft and pliable. Shape the blunt ends into slightly curved points. Repeat with three more rolls. Bury the rolls decoratively in the cake mixture. Sprinkle remaining white cookie crumbs over the mixture, then scatter green crumbs lightly over top.

4) Heat 5 more Tootsie Rolls until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake and sprinkle with crumbs from the litter box. Heat the remaining Tootsie Roll until pliable an d hang it over the edge of the box. Place box on a sheet of newspaper and serve with scooper. Enjoy! "Kitty Litter Cake"


Ok I can not figure out how to get my picture at the bottom of the page and I do not want it to be the first thing you see so click on this link kitty litter cake to see a picture of it.

Food for thought

I have been noticing a trend lately. It really bothers me. I have noticed out and about and on blogs what people are eating. Or not eating should I say. I see women eating salads and their husbands or boyfriends eating burgers, fries, pizza. It is so frustrating that most men can eat anything they want. They don't count fat, calories, carbs or anything like that. Women on the other had most of them have to eat very healthy to not gain weight. I grew up on junk food, anything fried was good to me. Now I am having to watch what I eat because I have started to gain weight. I have to limit my Dr. Pepper intake. It just doesn't seem fair. I want to be able to eat what I want and not worry about it but I can't. It sucks big time.

Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. You are worthy to be praised. You are an awesome GOD. I bow down on my knees and worship you today and everyday. Your love gives me joy, peace and comfort. You are King of Kings and Lord of Lords. I will not waver in trusting you. The enemy wants me to doubt you and I refuse to. You are a keeper of your word and I will trust you. The enemy wants me to fail but you will prevail. My trust is in you.

Goin me in Praising GOD today.

I have been really busy here at work. That's why I have not posted recently. I am very thankful that busy does not = stressful at my job. I have a very laid back job, no crazy people running around stressed out, causing others to stress. Sometimes I just have a lot to do.

I have read almost all of the testimonies on the bloggy tour of testimonies. If you haven't you should. There is a link on my sidebar. Most of the testimonies are people that have always known or had a relationship with GOD most of there lives. It's funny because those testimonies the people often say they had a boring or uneventful testimony but most of them are people who have begun a relationship with Christ at a young age. I feel like I am in the minority in the tour cause my is kinda crazy. However, they are all such a blessing no matter how you came to Christ. I am just glad there are others out there that love GOD as much as I do!!

In sad news we have had a loss in the pet world. Alan and Kara at flat nosed pups had to send there pug to doggy heaven. If you feel like it go leave them some encouraging words. Since I now own a dog I could not imagine what this is like for them.

Unusually Calm

That's how I am right now, that's how I have been for the last couple of months, that's how I pray I stay. Right now there are things going on in my life that before a couple of months ago would have me stressed out!!! (Recap: my husband and I prayed about buying a house a couple of months ago, having one built actually, GOD said yes. And I trust him) We knew before we signed the papers for them to start building that we would need our down payment at closing. The builder told us it would be done Feb. 1 possibly a little earlier. It is Oct 4th and the builder is saying it will more than likely be done before the end of November. Several business opportunities were presented to us, each one would provide the down payment we need. None of them have came to pass. But GOD be the glory I am not stressing. My husband and I prayed, we heard GOD and he said we could do this and we trust him with the down payment. I am the happiest I have been ever. Even with all that is going on I am in one of those I could just cry because I am so happy and I love GOD so much. He is the best thing, person whatever you want to say it is to happen to me. He is so loving, caring, merciful I could just weep with joy. Thinking about him is all I want to do, with him there is peace, love, joy, comfort and so much more. He is so awesome to me. He is KING of KINGS, and LORD of LORDS. He is so worthy to be praised. I just want to share him with everyone. The way I feel right now everyone can feel like this if they will just turn over there worries, burdens, sorrows, pain, hurt, bitterness, anger, hate but most important there life. Turn it over to him and you will have joy like you have never had before.

MY TESTIMONY

If you want to read other testimonies please click on the Bloggy Tour of Testimonies on the side bar. GOD reaches each of us in different ways but its always his way.

I started going to church as far back as my memory will take me. My mom was a evangelist so my sister and I were in church 8 days a week. As soon as we came home we ate and rushed out the door to get to church on time. Sitting on the pew is usually where we did our homework for the night. We were of the Penecostal denomination. It wasn't the one where you don't cut your hair and can't wear pants. There are so many different ones I couldn't tell you if we were called something inparticular or not. It's odd to go back this far in my memory and think about all of this. It's for the good though.

I knew as a child that there was a GOD and that he did good things for people. I remember very vivid one night I was @ 4 or 5 my stomach was hurting. It was hurting so bad I just remember asking my mom to pray for me and to make the pain stop. Other than this I don't remember ever really knowing about JESUS. I am sure I learned in Sunday school but I never had a personal relationship with him. When I was around the age of 8-9 my mom stopped evangilising. I do not know what happened. I would like to ask my mom about it, I think I know but I am not sure I want to actually hear it. Anyway after she stopped we stopped having to go to church. In my teens I started drinking and getting drunk. My mom would often go off on the weekends and it would be my and my sis. She was out of high school at the time. My mom and dad divorced when I was 2 I think. My dad was not religious at all. He had issues. He was in the Vietnam War and my mom and his parents, well basically every one that knew him before he went to war said he was different when he came back. Even though my parents were divorced they argued when they seen each other. Mostly because my dad was drunk. He started drinking and smoking weed when he got back from War. He became an alcoholic. It was hard sometimes. I remember one year for Christmas he was in rehab and that's where we had to visit him. After him and my mom divorced he lived with his parents. Only 1 time do I remember that he rented a trailer for a little while but eventually moved back with his parents. He had issues but he was still a great dad to me.

Ok anyway the weekends my mom was gone my sister and I would have parties. Then she got married when I was in the 11th grade so it was just me and my mom. This is when I started dating black guys. No one in my family knew. I was hiding it. So after high school I go off to college and start drinking even more. I honeslty did not want to talk about GOD at that time. I knew he was real and I was doing wrong and it scared me yet I refused to change. My 2nd year of college I met "Dos" my future husband. He is a year younger so he was a freshman and I was a sophomore. He was a smoker. Weed Smoker big time. I swore I would never do that because I saw my father do it and thought that was what made him like he was.(it wasn't until later that I realized it was the war also) So when I found out that Dos smoked I told him it was me or the weed. He chose the weed and I gave in. I was smoking and drinking. 2 weeks after Dos and I met my father passed away from cancer. When he died I received $10,000 from his life insurance. I spent all of that on weed. I kid you not. I was getting high everyday, smoking 2-3 times a day. The college we attended was just a 2 yr school so I went back home after my sophomore year. I did not finish school. Instead I got low paying jobs, working 2 jobs to be able to move out of my moms but in with a roommate. During this time I was still seeing Dos. One night I got a call from this girl telling me she was seeing and sleeping with Dos also. I broke it off. I wasn't perfect either though. But we got back together. The summer after his sophomore year he told me he was living with his mother but she did not have a phone. I knew something was going on but could not prove it. He was living 2.5 hours away from me. He would come and see me on the weekends. I was still smoking and drinking a lot. The day before Thanksgiving 1998. I was sitting at my desk working when I got a call from the receptionist saying I had a phone call. When the call was transferred it was the same girl that had called me about a year before saying she was seeing Dos. This time she told me they were living together. I was crushed. He called me soon after she did and I told him I never wanted to see him or talk to him ever again. That night I went to my cousins so I could get high. I did not want to be at home. My mom called me @ midnight to tell me Dos was in town to see me. I decided I would stay out even later, so I eventually came home @ 3 a.m. Not much longer after that Dos shows up again. This time he looked different to me. He told me he got saved and he was changing his life. I believed him. Even after all the lies he told me because I could see GOD on him now. I however was still hurt. He wanted me to come back to his moms and meet her and eat Thanksgiving with them. I told him no. He said he would call me. He did Thanksgiving day, the day after Thanksgiving and I agreed to go to OKC to meet his mom on Saturday. I was still being stubborn. Saturday morning before I drove up there I did 2 lines of coke and on the way up there I smoked some weed. I was good and high by the time I got there. I sat and talked with him and his mother and I could see the joy and happiness that they both had. I was unhappy and had been most of my life. I knew that could change though. That day in my mess I accepted Jesus as my LORD AND SAVIOR. That was the best decision of my life. 2 months (Jan 99) later Dos and I got married and we have been living for Jesus ever since.


PS please do not pay attention to my grammar I did not check it all that well.

ALSO AS SOON AS I CAN GET MY HUSBAND TO WRITE HIS TESTIMONY I WILL POST IT. IT IS AN AWESOME ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.

WEEKEND

Not much going on this weekend. We are helping our friends move tonight. Other than that we have no real plans. Just another weekend. I do hope I can get some rest this weekend. I have come to the conclusion Sixer (my dog) does not like to sleep. He gets up really early and just wants to play all day long naps are rare. If he does it is just a power nap @ 15 minutes then he is good and doesn't want to sleep anymore. I would like to leave him outside for a longer period of time but I am afraid to do that. He loves being outside but they Pugs can't be outside in warm weather. I don't know what temp they are really talking about. It is in the 80's right now but it is cooling down so we will see. I don't know how long I can leave him outside either. I will have to do some research. Anyway have a great weekend!!!

REALIZATION (Sometimes it hurts)

I have often tried to tell my husband how catty (is there even such a word?) we are. He didn't want to believe me but I think he sees it now. He works in a drs. Office full of women. I kept telling him women have such a hard time getting along and it's hard working with women because they can turn on you in a minute. They have attitudes for no reason. I was telling him I was so glad I wasn't like that. Then GOD started dealing with me. He put a mirror in my face as I interacted with people at my job and I saw how ugly I was. How could I someone that professes to love as CHRIST loves be like that? But in reality I was just like the women I was telling my husband about. Sure I was trying to place the blame on the people I work with but it's not them. Yeah they do stupid stuff and say annoying things but that should not affect how I treat them. But guess what it does. I have been praying to GOD to help me with this. It does not matter what someone else does I can't let it bother me and make me treat them in a UNGODLY way. There are no excuses!!!! It's embarrassing to know that I have been acting this way. It's shameful. Not just to me but to speak GOD to people at my job and not show him. I have been misrepresenting. GOD please forgive me. I never want to misrepresent you in any way. I must learn to be CHRIST like at all times. I mean the name of my blog and our ministry is LOVELIKECHRIST.

I am really trying

to wait until lunch time to eat but I am hungry. I ate 2 pieces of toast with jelly this morning but I am getting really hungry. I am trying to keep myself busy so I will tell my self I don't have time so I have to wait.

It is raining today a great day to be home and do nothing at all. But I am working instead. Fun!

One more day and its the weekend. I think we are going to see Gridiron Gang with the Rock this weekend. I love movies based off of a true story.

Not much else going on, boring really.

I read a lot of blogs through links and such. I found Barb at A Chelsea Morning she is asking how we met our honeys so I thought I would join even though she has no idea who I am. This may be long but it is very interesting. It may give more than what she was asking for but once I started I had to tell the whole story.

I first saw my husband in Aug of 96. I was inside the lobby of our dorms. The walls to the outside were all glass so I had a view of the walkway to the front doors. I was actually sitting there talking to someone that liked me. I was a little interested in him but not a lot. All of my attention was taken away when I saw Dos (my husband) for the first time. I honestly just starred at him while this other guy was talking to me. Luckily I since I could see Dos I could see that him and another guy were talking to one of my best friends. So later that night I asked her who he was and she told me. She said she had her first class of the day with him. Well I just had to meet him. So she talked to him and told him about me. We meet at the dance our college had every Wed. night. We danced together and then went with my friend and the guy she liked to drive around. We talked for a while that night and started talking often after that. One thing led to another and we started dating. Neither one of us were saved and living for Christ we went through a lot of tough times for 2 years. We both cheated on each other and we both found out. I was a year ahead of him in college so I was back home and he was still at school. He ended up calling me from her parents house and it showed up on the long distance bill. She then called me and told me they were seeing each other. I broke up with him immediately. Of course that didn't last and we got back together. About 8 months later while I was at work I got a phone call. A very familiar phone call. It was HER again. This time they were living together. (they lived 2 1/2 hours away) This was the day before thanksgiving 98. I immediately broke up with him again. I told him I never wanted to talk to or see him again. He kept calling my job that day and I refused to talk to him again. When I got home that night I went to my cousins and decided I needed to take my mind off of what was going on so I got high which before all of this was an everyday thing anyway. My mom calls me @ midnight to tell me Dos just showed up at our apt. I told her I didn't want to see him so I stayed out until 3 am. As soon I as got home there was a knock on the door. I never in a million years expected to hear what he was fixing to say. On the way down to see me and while he was getting high he had an encounter with GOD. He describes it as being similar to the road to Damascus with Saul Acts Chapter 9. He cried out to GOD that night and truly repented for his sins and GOD forgave him and saved him right then and there. So when he told me this I could see it. I could see the change in his demeanor, his face, his eyes all told me this was true. Even in his sin GOD saved him and I could see it. He proved it even more by pouring out a bag of pot that he had. My husband was a big time smoker. Everyday all day. So by him doing this it also confirmed what he was saying. I still told him I didn't want anything to do with him and so he left and went back home but still called me. To shorten it up less that a week later I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior and 2 months later we were married. That was 7 1/2 years ago. We still love the LORD and if it was not for him we would not be together.

WEEKEND

This weekend went by so fast. Of course when you don't want it to it will. Friday night we did absolutely nothing. Saturday Sixer got something in his paw and it is swollen and he will not let me touch it. I have to take him to the vet. Also on Saturday I watched as OU got cheated in there game. I know a lot of people might say it's because I like OU that I feel this way but ESPN and a lot of other people say that as well and if that would have been different teams and I watched a replay of that I still think it would have been one team getting cheated. Anyway we also went to the fair Sat. night. The one reason I wanted to go was to get a cinnamon roll and guess what by the time we got to the stand they were CLOSED!!!!! They have the best cinnamon rolls that I have personally ever tasted. I was soooo disappointed.

Sunday morning we were awaken at 6am by the loudest thunder. It was crazy. It sounded like it hit something. It lasted about an hour then it just rained all day long. We just sat around the house doing nothing all day long. Boring weekend.

Yea it's Friday!!! I hope the time at work goes by fast. The fair is here so it will probably rain all weekend. We may go this weekend or next. Not sure. I think I would rather go see Gridiron Gang with "The Rock". I really need to color my hair because the gray is coming in with a vengeance. I refuse to keep gray hair at 29 years old. Not a lot going on. I hope the weekend doesn't fly by as it normally does. We are watching the OU game tomorrow and I am making nachos. We'll probably watch some of the other big games as well. I LOVE FOOTBALL SEASON.

Another reason I don't like living away from my family in AR

My mom called me last night. My nephew who is 6 yrs old, the baby, broke his wrist at football practice. 3 other kids fell on him wrong or something. Living 2.5 hours away I can't just run down there anytime I want. If I lived down there I could have gone to the emergency room with them, helped my sister with the other kids or something. Ugh. He broke it in 2 places, the dr in the ER last night said he needed to go to an orthopedic surgeon. So this morning my sis took him to one. They said he did not need surgery but she had to take him back at 1 so they could put him to sleep and reset it and put a cast on. I haven't heard from her yet. She said the Dr. Said it was a common procedure. Again I wish I was there.

My husband and I went to AR this past weekend to see my family. My niece's 10th b-day was Saturday. Time is really flying. My niece was born 7 days after my father passed away. So it's been 10 years since his death. I still miss him like crazy. But I love thinking of all the memories I have, I know they will never die. I also spent time with my grandparents. (my father's mom and dad.) I have lived 2 1/2 hours away from everyone for 7 years. I miss getting to visit them more. We use to spend every summer at there house. My dad lived with them after him and my mother got divorced. My dad had issues. He was in the Vietnam war and my mom and his parents all say he was not the same when he came back. He was an alcoholic and drug addict. He still held a job, the same one for 20 years so he wasn't incompetent to do things for him self. But I really don't think he liked being alone. I think that's why he never moved out from my grandparents. Anyway I can really tell my grandparents are getting old. Don't get me wrong they are doing great for there age. My grandpa is 86 and my grandma is 82. They still live on there own, walk on there own, cook for themselves. My grandpa still has a garden that he takes care of every year. I know one day they will be gone and that saddens me. I have spoke with them about GOD and they watch a minister on TV that they really like. They both can be pretty stubborn I just pray they have truly accepted Christ. I send out a newsletter every month and they say someone reads it to them (neither can read). I always put in there the prayer of salvation so I really hope it touches them. I pray it touches everyone that reads it that is not saved.

GOD please show me what to do

I just talked to my sister a few minutes ago. She lives in AR. And is about 2.5 hours away. This weekend is my niece's b-day she will be 10 yrs old. Wow how time passes by so fast. Anyway I was asking her if she was doing anything for my niece's b-day. We usually get together when someone has one with food, cake, ice cream. Good family quality time. She started telling me how broke they are. Neither her nor my BIL have a college education so in the area they live in that means low paying jobs are all they qualify for. He works as a mechanic at the local school bus garage and she drives a school bus. My BIL last year was able to drive a bus to earn xtra money. This year the school system won't allow that. My sis said that means they bring home $400 less than they use to. This makes me sad. I feel guilty that I am able to buy a new home while my family struggles. My husband and I have a ministry account and we help those in need when we have money in there. At the moment we have given it all out. Sometimes its to family members sometimes it's to others. She said they make $40 to much for food assistance. They have 3 children and only have $150 to spend a month on food and household supplies like tissue, soap etc... I want so bad to be able to take care of our family. My husband's family struggles also. But I don't know what to do besides pray for them. If I have the financial means to give I would but then I think about us building a house and our mortgage payment will increase by at least $500 a month. Should we not do that so we can use the $500 we would be paying to a mortgage to actually help our family? Should I feel guilty at all? It's a struggle when you see someone in need. It hurts my heart. GOD please if it's in your will give me the means to help those that need it financially, spiritually and any other way I can.

NOTE
I found this note I had written to GOD and myself.

Although I want to give my family natural things I hear GOD tell me first I must give them spiritual things. My flesh is in constant struggle with my spirit. It tells me I need certain natural things to be complete and happy and my spirit tells me that's not true. That then makes me think if I can give my family and friends natural things they will be happier, but telling them about GOD and salvation is the best gift I can give them.

Acts 3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

RECIPE -- Ziplock Omelet

I haven't tried this yet but I can't wait to make my husband an omelet and see how it turns out. I don't know if anyone else has tried it or not but my friend at work tried it and said it is as easy as it sounds.

- Crack 2 eggs (large or extra-large) into the quart size Ziploc bag (not more than 2) shake to combine them.
- Put out a variety of ingredients such as: sausage, bacon, cheeses, ham, onion, green pepper, tomato, hash browns, salsa, mushrooms, etc.
- Each guest adds prepared ingredients of choice to their bag and shakes.
- Make sure to get the air out of the bag and zip it up.
- Place the bags into rolling, boiling water for exactly 13 minutes.
You can usually cook 6-8 omelets in a large pot. For more, make another pot of boiling water.
- Open the bags and the omelet will roll out easily. Be prepared for everyone to be amazed.
- Nice to serve with fresh fruit and coffee cake; everyone gets involved in the process and a great conversation piece.

Imagine having these ready the night before, and putting the bag in boiling water while you get ready. And in 13 minutes, you have a nice omelet for a quick breakfast!!!

WRITING

I love to write poetry. It has progressed over the years. I started writing in middle school about my best friends, then in high school about how much I disliked boys that hurt me, college more friends and boyfriend poetry. Then I got saved. This is the first poem I wrote after I accepted Christ into my life.


FAITH
IN A WORLD FULL OF GREED
DISHONESTY AND DESPAIR
NEVER LOSE FAITH
GOD IS THERE
WHEN YOU FEEL ALONE
AND LOSE SIGHT
THE DEVILS STRONG BUT HE
WON'T WIN THIS FIGHT
GOD IS THERE TO GUIDE
YOU THROUGH
PRAY FROM THE HEART
HE HAS ROOM FOR YOU
PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS
AND GOD TO COME INTO YOUR HEART
HE'LL GUIDE YOU AND SHOW YOU
ITS THE RIGHT START
GOD WILL HELP YOU
FIGHT THE TEMPTATION
BUT MAKE THE EFFORT
AND PRAY FOR SALVATION
IF YOU THINK YOU'RE LOST
YOU'LL ACT LIKE IT TO
BUT WHEN GOD'S ON YOUR SIDE
YOU'LL FEEL BRAND NEW
THINGS CAN GET HARD
AND BE PRETTY ROUGH
GOD IS THE ANSWER
HE'LL MAKE YOU TOUGH
NO MATTER YOUR TROUBLE
OR TRIBULATION
LEAVE IT TO GOD AND HE'LL
SHOW YOU, YOUR DESTINATION

One thing I can't do is sing but I would love to turn some of my poetry into songs. One day I believe that will happen. Not with me singing of course but someone else.

I have came a might long way
I have been a born again bible believing Christian since Nov 98. I have learned a lot and know I have plenty more to learn. If the situation I am in would have happened a couple of years ago, no make that a couple of months ago I would be going crazy right now. I want to share it with out getting to personal but I don't want to seem vain.(if that's even the right word) I know a HUGE testimony will come of this that's why I want to post what I am going through now so when GOD does what he is going to do I can post our testimony. A little over a month ago we invested $X,000.00 in a business venture, it is borrowed money. Our return would be $X,000.00 a month for as long as the company is in business. It was presented as a great freight business. Everyone needs to ship something every now and then right? So we borrowed $X g's then invested it. Mind you we did this with out praying!!! Big mistake. Why didn't we? Um don't have a good answer for that one. Anyway a week later we were looking at new houses in the town where we sold our house 7 months ago. We found a housing addition building new homes. We were in the town to visit friends and decided to just go looking around. We decided we would fast and pray and ask GOD if it was ok to buy a house (we live in a apt now). After much fasting and praying GOD said it was ok to buy a house. After him saying yes I of course started having doubt and trying to think to much. Our first step was getting approved for a loan. We filed bankruptcy and it was discharged in Feb 03. Not the best to have on your credit. So I was fearful we wouldn't be approved although I know GOD said it was ok for us to get a house. Well it came back and we were approved with a 6.75% interest rate which is right where we need it to have the right house payment. So we picked out a floor plan and got to pick out colors, cabinets, floors all the good stuff cause ya know we will be getting that xtra $X,000 a month right. Well now the trucking business isn't going so good so who knows when or if we will get that $X a month. Keep in mind we have a monthly payment on the $X we borrowed to invest. One thing we did learn is more about the trucking business. So now we have decided to get some trucks and start a company. Well in order to do that we need some more money. After PRAYING about this one we are stepping out on FAITH and TRUST in GOD and we are using some credit cards to get started. We close on our house FEB 1, 07. By that time we need to be able to pay off the charges we put on our credit cards and have a down payment for closing. A few months ago I would be going crazy with this, having to pay back $X,000, putting money on our credit card and having to pay it off and having to come up with a down payment to buy a house. BUT I completely TRUST GOD. I know what he is capable of. I know some people are going through something a lot worse than this but this is what I am going through at the moment. I just put everything in GOD's hand that he will bless it and do all that I can do here on earth and I know it will all work out cause that's the kind of GOD I serve.

I have often wondered why certain things happen. How could GOD allow certain things to happen? I thought I would get the answer when I got to heaven but then my question really wouldn’t matter.
To look at the world we live in and to see the things that happen sometimes it can be scary. Murders, Rapes, Wars, sickness and death. I often wonder why are people raped or killed or afflicted with sickness. I thought it is so unfair to those people. Especially the innocent GOD fearing people. How could GOD allow things like that to happen? Then I thought of a true story. One that I have heard many times. One that thousands or more like millions of people have heard over and over for years. It is the story of JESUS. He lived a perfect life on earth for 33 years. I don’t know about you but it’s hard for me to live perfect for 33 days. He did not give in to temptation, he loved everyone, even his enemy’s. He gave GODLY advice; he was not bitter and did not hate those that hated him. He was pure, his heart was pure, his motives were pure yet he suffered. He did not deserve the pain of the beatings he took, he did not deserve to die nailed to a cross but he did. If he died like that who are we not to suffer and feel pain and heart ache? We are defiantly not better than he is. We don’t want to suffer; we don’t want anyone to suffer. As for me I can’t question why anymore. All I can do is seek his comfort and peace and his everlasting love.

I don't deserve him or his love but he gives it to me anyway!! Worship him today, love on him today, glorify him today.

THE BLOOD
HIS ARMS STRETCHED OUT OPEN WIDE
THE PAIN ON HIS FACE HE COULD NOT HIDE
HIS CLOTHES STAINED CRIMSON RED
A CROWN OF THORNS UPON HIS HEAD
EACH WRIST WAS NAILED AND ANKLES TOO
HIS SIDE WAS PIERCED, BLOOD AND WATER RAN THROUGH
THE PEOPLE PERSECUTED HIM THAT DAY
AND HE SAID FORGIVE THEM FATHER
THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY SAY
BEFORE HE DIED HE LET OUT A LOUD CRY
ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACTHANI
AFTER THAT THE VEIL WAS TORN IN TWO
THE EARTH QUAKED AND THE ROCKS SPLIT TOO
KING OF THE JEWS IS WHAT THE CROSS SAID
SOME LAUGHED SOME CRIED UNTIL HE WAS DEAD
THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD KILLED A REGULAR MAN
BUT THEY DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS I AM THAT I AM
By Chandra Harrington
copyright 2001

RECIPES
If any of you have any good casserole recipes with ground beef I would love to get them. Our best friends mother is terminally ill and they just gave her 24 hours to live today. I will be making food and taking it over there while they are going through this rough time. I would appreciate any recipes you have that are good as left overs also. You can leave them in the comments or email them to me at lovelikechrist@hotmail.com. Thanks so much and please remember this family in your prayers.

CRICKETS
We have a lot of crickets trying to invade our apartment. They are soo loud. It's hard to sleep because of them. It is so annoying. They some how end up in our apartment. We also have locusts I think this what they are and they are extremely loud too. So when I get to work this morning guess what's outside my window chirping like crazy a cricket. Ugh.

This is Sixer at his best.
These bones help me keep my sanity.
Isn't he soo adorable.

This is the 1st weekend we got Sixer. Not a great picture of me but then again I don't like any of my pictures. Hubby and me.
What a handsome man my hubby is.

This is why I don't have a lot of visitors. I run out of stuff to talk about. My life is unadventurous. I haven't done anything fun, I haven't bought anything good. Hmm. And that must be why I don't post often. So I will post pics of Sixer my adorable pug and Dos my adorable husband.

I LOVE AUGUST!!!!

I bet your wondering why I love August. That means football is starting back up. I love me some football. Right now its just scrimmages but thats fine by me I will watch them. The OU team had what some say is a setback with their "star" quarterback getting kicked off so now they had to beg the quarterback that got to play one half of the very first game last year and got benched to move back to the quarterback position. He did not get a fair shot last year at making it for quarterback. I hope he has a great year and shows that he has what it takes to be the quarterback. I like OSU (Oklahoma State) also. I did not go to either but since I live in OK I will support both. My pro team is the Cowboys. Hopefully they will be better this year. Anywho thats all for now folks.

HAIR
I am having a good hair day. Yeah for me. My hair is straight and thin so anytime I can get it to do something and look good I am excited. I think the saying goes Fashion foward? I am not, I am behind. I try to get my hair to be poofy on the crown of my head. When I say poofy I don't mean high as in older styles but just poofy. I really don't know what you call it. Anyway I got it to be poofy today just the way I want it. If my camera would download to my computer I would show ya but it won't do that for some reason. I am getting my hair colored tonight. I guess they stopped saying dyed. I just turned 29 in July and I have A LOT of gray hair. So dye I must. When my hair was light brown almost blonde you couldn't really see the gray but now that it is dark and when my hair starts growing you can REALLY see the gray. My sis is 6 years older than me and if she did not COLOR her hair she would be COMPLETELY gray. Ugh. No offense to anyone that is grey headed but I don't want to be grey. To me it makes you look older than what you are. So tonight I will get my hair colored and trimmed. Yeah no more gray!!!!

I have read several blogs that say they make money off of their site. Does anyone know how this works? X-tra money would be great.

You probably have to have a lot of visitors, which I do not. You probably need to be able to be witty and funny, which I am not. Oh well maybe I could make a little bit anyway. Maybe that way I could be a SAHW. (STAY AT HOME WIFE). Since I am not a mother I can't be a SAHM.

I am sitting at work right now resisting the temptation to go get a candy bar out of the breakroom. I only have an hour left. I need some major will power right now. We'll see if I can do it.

I feel like ever since I got Sixer all I say is "No Sixer", "Stop Sixer". I know he is excited to see me when I get home but I can't get him to stop biting me or the couch. He does not want to sleep through the night. He gets up between 2 and 4 am and does not want to go back to sleep. Maybe he will grow out of this. I hope so because I am not getting much sleep anymore. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

FINALLY!!!!! I got my pictures of Sixer on CD. The 1st two are recent and the last 3 are the from the first day we got him. He is growing so much. Its hard to believe I have had him since June 9th! He is a stinker. He is going through a biting faze right now. Hopefully that will end soon. He is really hyper too. I thought pugs were lazy I guess I was wrong about that. Anyway here he is finally.

I meant to log on yesterday and post but I must have gotten busy and forgotten. My husband and I were seeking GOD about some very important changes in our lives. I don't want to make moves with out praying about it first. I also went without TV last week. I have to admit it was great. I got so much done. I am a TV junkie but its a bad habit. And I usually end up sitting there for hours and get nothing accomplished. So I am going to try to make it a habit of NOT watching TV as much as I was.

We are starting our bible studies at home again. It starts tonight. It is such a great time to fellowship and encourage others and also be encouraged my self. I really need to work on our ministry website. I am not good at that stuff but I need to do what I can. Peace, love and happiness.

Fasting
My husband and I are going on a fast from television, however I have decided to fast from blogging. It has become addictive and I have to go read blogs everyday. I know I don't post everyday but I read them. So I am fasting from writing and reading blogs. I will start it today and end it on Monday. You will not hear from me until then. We are seeking GOD for answers and fasting is one way we commit more time to him by restricting what we normally do. So I will be back on Monday.

I don't know why it bothers me and it probably shouldn't but I wish when I smiled to someone in passing and said hello they would at least smile back. Maybe it was because it was 5:30 in the a.m. and she was at the gym working out and was still sleepy I don't know. That's not the first time it has happened. People do it all the time and kind of give me this whatever look. Is it just me or does that bother anyone else?

I have the feeling I want to laugh and cry all at the same time. Am I pregnant no I don't think so, am I on my period? No. Why do I want to laugh and cry then? I want to cry because I am a sinner saved by grace, It is a happy cry. Why do I want to laugh? because GOD is so good to me and I don't deserve it but he cares for me any way and provides for me and loves me. It's not a laugh of haha that's funny but of the same reason I want to cry, it is for happiness.

My husband and I use to think that communicating with GOD everyday was not necessary in our walk with him. We called on him when we wanted something, said a quick thank you when we got something but for all the living in between we left him out. Our direct line to GOD went dead, no dial tone. Now that has changed we communicate with him everyday about anything, it isn't just when we need him. Some people call it excessive, overboard, holly rollers, JESUS freaks but thats ok by us. We love GOD and we feel his love for us. Call us what you want but GOD is too good to use only when we want something.

I have changed my template and now you all can comment. I have some links on here but I will be adding more. I love the new look, the other was just a bit out dated don't ya think?

Sometime today I am going to change my template so hopefully the comments will be working. We will see how this turns out so come back tomorrow and see how it went.

My family came down from Arkansas this weekend. It was my mom, sis, b-I-l, and there 3 kiddos. I don't have any children of my own but they are the next best thing. The are growing up so fast the oldest just turned 11. He only weighed 4lbs and 4oz when he was born now he weighs a lot. Too much for his age. I really hope my sis and b-I-l take it seriously and do something about it. My sis and her husband aren't little so the kids may be bigger but the kids eat constantly and way too much. They are not mine and I can't tell anyone how to raise there kids so I will just pray for them. The kids make my sis feel guilty and so when they say there hungry although they may have ate 30 minutes before she feeds them again.

It is amazing the mind control the enemy can have on people. My family has generational curses of fear and anxiety. Most of them don't view it as the enemy or see that those thoughts are curses and they can over come them by seeking GOD for help. They just think that is how they will be for the rest of their lives. I pray that GOD uses me to help them and if not me then someone else. I am not perfect but I am striving for perfection everyday.

MUSIC
My husband made fun of me this weekend. I listen to mostly gospel music and I am not a big fan of country but I do like some country songs and singers. I absolutely love the old gospel music that I grew up with like Old Rugged Cross, Are you washed in the blood and others. Well my mom got me a Alan Jackson cd of old time gospel music. The music you don't here today but it is what I grew up with when I went to church as a child. I love this cd. So he made fun of me for it. He does not like country music at all.

This week is my montly visit week. I have never had bad periods and sometimes they only last a day. Well its Thursday and I have not started. I think my husband is panicing. This morning he asked if I thought I was pregnant. I don't think I am. We just had a conversation yesterday about how my periods are light, I don't really cramp and I might not have one some months. But he still asked me this morning if I thought I was. I have never been pregnant before so I don't really know what it feels like but I don't feel like I am. I would be suprised if I was.

I need some help with my blog. It is a old template and I want to change it. I am template and blogger challenged though. It tells me if I change it I may lose some of my links and the tag board and such. I am afraid if I change it I will lose it and not remember how to set it all back up. I don't think anyone can leave comments as it is now. What to do????

I really am going crazy. My poor little Sixer is scooting. He started it Sat. while we were in AR visiting my family. So Sat morning my mom and I take him to a vet down there. They expressed his anal glands and he was good to go all day. Then Sunday he started scooting again. Monday morning while we were getting ready for work he was scooting and whining. I dropped him off at the vet before work. The lady vet called and said she expressed him but nothing came out and that we need to try and treat him for tape worms. I spent $48 on that visit. We got home Monday night and he is scooting again. So Tuesday morning I call the same vet office but ask to talk to the male Vet. and he says I see she treated him for tape worms, he doesn't have tape worms. So I just payed for the treatment and he doesn't even have them?????? He is just irritated on his bottom put some hydrocortisone on it. That is what the male vet says. So at lunch I pick up Sixer and take him to a different vet clinic. They expressed him and said the vet got something out of it and one gland was swollen. I asked specifically should he scoot any more. They say no. So of course when we get home he scoots and I think some stuff came out because there was a horrible odor. But he is still scooting. I feel so helpless. The people I depend on to help me fix him have been no help at all but they sure took my money. I don't know what to do. I have already spent $80 this week on vet visits because of this. I can't afford $80 a week. I don't know what to do at this point. Any suggestions?

I LOVE TO PLAY JOKES ON PEOPLE.........

I have always loved to play jokes on people. I was not the class clown by far but I think in high school and college people thought I was crazy funny. Over the last few years I feel like I have toned down a lot. Sometimes I am afraid it will get on peoples nerves. So sometimes I think people think I am boring. So I have decided to be me. This morning my co-worker emails me and tells me to call Bill because he wants to pay the company with a credit card, which is one of the things I do. So I am getting all prepared to take his credit card #, exp date, etc... So I call the # and it is a sex-aholics anonymous recording. I personally thought it was hilarous so I of course had to do this to some people too. 1st my husband, I email him and tell him someone left a message on my cell phone and wanted him to call them, I gave him the #. He calls and says you have to call this #. He didn't get that I played a joke on him. :-( I then email one of his best friends and tell him Dos (my husband) is trying to get a hold of him and to call him at the #. He emails me back and says "I hate u". Then I emailed one of my good friends and told her to call me at work but since she doesn't know my work number I could give her the #. After she called it she emailed me back and said I was stupid. So I don't know maybe they are joke maybe they aren't. But it was funny anyway.

Not much is going on today. My husband and I got up at 4:30 and went to the gym. It really does feel good to work out in the mornings but it is so hard to get up that early. I got in a good sweat. I don't usually sweat so anytime I do I am proud. How lame is that? I am not a workout- aholic and if you seen me you could tell but I am getting older and I can't eat whatever I want to. That sucks because I love fried food and junk food. I grew up eating brownies and drinking Pepsi for breakfast if that tells you anything. So over the years I have learned to eat healthier. I am not dieting but trying to eat better.

Congrats to all you moms to be. I haven't traveled down that road yet so I can't offer you any advice. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Sorry its been a week since I posted. I still can't get my camera to download pictures. It says its not responding. We have a digital camera that also records. I have some video on it that I thought maybe I should put that on a DVD then delete it and maybe it will work BUT now it won't show on my TV to record it to DVD. Ugh! I don't know what to do. I may need to take it back. So I promise as soon as I get a picture I will post it of my little SIXER. He is a doll. His potty training is going ok. He likes to bite and he does bite hard. I am trying to stop him from biting everything except his toys. He is really hyper when we get home and he plays all night until its time to go to bed. We started putting him on the couch which before we got him and when we were just discussing getting a dog my husband said he will not get on the furniture. And of course my husband was the first to put him on the couch and now he wants up there if we are sitting down. Not good. But he is so cute and I can't resist picking him up and letting him sit up there with me. As soon as I can get a picture I will post it.

I am really needing some pug owners advice. I am having difficulties with training Sixer. He goes to the bathroom a lot. He goes during the night, during the day and when I get home from work. I can't get him to go on the potty pads except he will pee on them. Is it possible to try and train him to go outside AND on the pads? is that too much for him? Will it confuse him? He doesn't sleep throught the night he gets me up 4-5 times a night. Is that normal for a puppy? He pees like crazy. A little drops every couple of minutes. I am tired from lack of sleep can someone please give me some advice.

Guess what? I got a pug!!!! It's a boy, his name is Sixer. I have taken lots of pictures, unfortunately my software is not responding so I can't down load them right now. He is adorable. I am having seperation anxiety and guilt. I hate leaving him and I hate that he sleeps in his crate all night and I have to leave him in it while I am at work. I can't wait until he is potty trained and he won't have to be in it all the time. He is having a case of diarreha so he is getting up all through the night and having to go potty. He had an accident in his crate the 1st two nights but hasn't since then. He has had only a couple in the house. I think his training is going ok. He is not sleeping through the night though. I don't know if there is anything I can do to help him to sleep. I haven't gotten a lot of sleep the last few nights. My husband is great with him. I knew he would be but since he didn't want a dog in the house for so long I was a little worried. But he is so supportive and loves him just as much as I do. Well as soon as I can figure out whats going on with my computer and camera I will post pictures.

Oh my Oh my Oh my!!! I think I am getting my pug this weekend. We have to go to AR to get him so I hope the lady does hold him for me. I have to admit I am a little nervous. I am afraid I will leave him alone too much. We get up at 4am and leave at 4:45 to go to the gym. and I will come back @11:15 at lunch and then back home after work @ 4:45. He will be home all day by himself in a crate (for training purposes). I have wanted and waited for this day for so long. I love my husband for us working out an agreement. For the longest he did not want an inside dog.

Please keep us in your prayers this has been a rough week for us spiritually. We are just trying to keep pressing on.

We are back from Atlanta. Why is it that vacations go by so fast??? It was fun. We didn't do a lot since Dos had basketball all day on Saturday and Sunday. We ate at the Cheese Cake Factory saturday night. It was yummy but expensive. Sunday night we ate at a soulfood resturant. It was really good. It was a buffet and they had dressing on it. OMG it was soo good. Just like my grandma makes. Our friends dad cooked us breakfast and made cheese grits. I stepped out of my comfort zone and tryed it, anyone who knows me knows I don't try need food. But it was good with sugar in it. So I guess the most I did on this trip was eat.

If anyone knows of a legitimate job working from home please let me know. I just want to make some extra money. I don't have to make a lot. Just some spending money. Everything I see is like a scam.

I think I am addicted to pug blogs. I look at them everyday and if its not updated in the am I check back after lunch and keep checking and keep checking. I think I have pug envy.

It is sooooo nice outside. I wish I was out there instead of being in this office. One day when I become a professional writer I can sit outside all day (when its warm of course) and write. GOD thank you for making that desire come true. I have complete faith that you will do that.

We are a week away from our trip to Atlanta. My husband is going to be playing basketball in front of a bunch of scouts, agents, coaches for the US and over seas. I pray that the Lords will be done. And if this is something we should not keep pursuing GOD please tell us. We want to do what you tell us to do. Keep us in your prayers.

I have been super busy at work training someone. I am not leaving but he is learning the accounting processes so he can do notes and flow charts. So I am behind on a lot of stuff right now.

I am still trying to come up with a cute name for a boy pug. I can't seem to think of one yet. I am sure one will come to me though. For anyone out there using blogspot/blogger for there blog I want to change my template but it says I will loose anything I have customized and i am not sure what that means. Right now you can't see the word comment so no one really leaves a comment but I want to know exactly what loosing anything I have customized means. So if anyone can help please email me.

I am not sure how many people have ever heard of prophets but someone told my M-I-L that when my husband and I decide to have children we will have twins. I haven't even decided if I want children yet or not. Its too much for me to think about right now.

I have got to start thinking of some dog names. My husband wants a male dog so it will be a boys name. But I haven't named a dog in years and I just can't think of one. Now that I know I will be getting a pug and know around what month it seems like it is taking forever. I can't wait until the day.

I have some questions about pugs if someone can answer them. What shots should the dog have before I get it from the owner? What shots will it need afterward? What kind of dog food is good for a pug? And if anyone has a dog that lives in an apartment what kind of pooper scooper is best?

So many times people speak negative over them selves. I know a lot of people don't think the way I do but I believe life and death is in the power of the tongue. People need to realize if you say I can't, I can't, I can't then they won't but if they say I can, I can, I can then they will. The women that say I don't want to have sex with my husband, or I can't have sex with my husband completely amazes me. They have to change there thinking and speaking. I bet most of those women were giving there husbands sex before or just after they got married. Too many times we let what society says control us. Society says that most women don't want to have sex after they have been married for a few years so thats what women end up doing. Since society said it then its ok. I know its hard to start speaking and thinking positive thoughts but you have to do that if you want your marriage to be happy and successful.

I can't wait until I get a PUG!!!

Sex is a big issue today among married couples. Usually its the man that wants it and the woman doesn't. Check out girl from florida's article today. It's the way women should be in marriage today. Too many women are not giving there husbands what they need. I do not consider sex a want. When GOD created us male and female he knew sex would take place and would be an enjoyment. Just because it is a pleasure does not mean its a want. If sex matters to your spouse it should matter to you. Think about that next time you ask your husband to do something he does not want to do but does it anyway because of the love he has for you.

My husband told me we can get a PUG!!!!!!!!!!! I will be accepting donations for our Pet deposit to the apartment. It is $300. I can afford the dog but with that it makes it anywhere from $700-$900 that we need. I am so excited though. I know I can get a PUG!!!!