In Case Of Snow

MAKE COOKIES!!!



We are making Molasses Sugar Cookies tonight!

Dishes for CRT

What do you think?

I've been tagged Purple

Dark Purple

To others, you seem a bit dark, mysterious, and moody. In truth, you are just a very unique person who doesn't care what others think. And you really enjoy your offbeat interests and friends. You've decided that life is about living for yourself - simple as that.

What Color Purple Are You?

The Separation

"So many children have been lost through war, famine, slavery, kidnapping, crime, disease, accidents, suicide, miscarriage or abortion. When a child is gone, the only joy left is the memories and faith that we will see them again, and we will."
-Akine

Check out this incredible child prodigy Akine. Click on some of her paintings and read her comments, it gave me chill bumps. The one about babies especially was moving.

"Right after my eleventh birthday I visualized my self portrait through the view of a canvas and through the eyes of the spirit. I hoped to express the joy of co-creating, and the awe of feeling God's love and wisdom."

Akine's Art

To Meet His Maker

Little Hudson died early Tuesday morning. He lived for 6 hours after they took him off of the ventilator. His parents took turns rocking him the entire 6 hours. I simply can not image what they went through and are going through.
Please keep his parents Paige and Alex in your prayers.

Weddings, Weddings

My cousin Linda got engaged Friday night! Her youngest brother is getting married April 14th, and her other brother is getting married July 21st. She has not set a date yet but they are thinking either early June or late August. Very exciting!

Little Hudson

This little baby has bleeding in his brain and a heart condition. His parents are having a very hard time, please continue to pray as the doctors and parents figure out what is best for this little life.

2 lbs. 7 oz

A coworker of mine and former classmate came to my cubical yesterday afternoon. His wife is pregnant and he started asking me about when my nephew was born, what happened and how far along was she when she had him. I asked if his wife was okay and she's fine, but very close friends of theirs were on the way to the hospital and were just told by their doctor that they had to take the baby. She was just 26 weeks along. They got one more phone call a couple hours later that the baby was born by cesarean and that the mother was fine. For some reason this family and little baby hit me hard. I remember all of those scary feelings when Aiden came to see us early - and I thought about some other people in my family who know of little baby's that didn't make it. I thought about them all night and when I saw my friend this morning they still had not heard anything more which made them nervous. About mid-morning the heard that Hudson Stock (first and middle name) made it through the night and is stable. He's hooked up to a ventilator but doesn't have any problems other than just being very little. They still don't know quite what happened. These friends were just at their house the night before and she said how good she felt. She had pain and went to the doctor and they found she was dilated to 10 cm - and for whatever reason the doctor said the baby had to come out.
So, I guess I'm asking for prayer. For another little life that came into this world sooner than we would have wanted. I don't know this family - but for some reason this little boy is heavy on my heart.

Ellipticalling

I have bought my first piece of exercise equipment. I liked one at Sears but didn't like the sales people and was able to find the same model, cheaper, with free shippping online - I'm such an online shopping junkie. Let's see if I make it worth the purchase... :)

Tagged

When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought? my heart is beating normal this morning.

How much cash do you have on you? about 40

What's a word that rhymes with DOOR? Smore!

Do you label yourself? yep

Bright or Dark Room? Dark - I like the drama

Why is there always a missing question? Because there are too many questions.

What does your watch look like? silver with a rectangle face - no second hand

What were you doing at midnight last night? asleep on the couch with my hubby and The Two Towers playing on the tv

Where is your nearest 7-11? about 3 miles

What's a word that you say a lot? my files are right...

Who told you he/she loved you last? grant

Last furry thing you touched? Caslon - she just got back from the vet - he cleaned her ears and she's not happy

How many rolls of film do you need developed? film - yea don't have any - I think G has a roll in an antique camera he's working on

Favorite age you have been so far? 25 - got married

Your worst enemy? myself

What is your current desktop picture? the white rose (except for my temp computer - it's "Aqua Blue" says G)

What was the last thing you said to someone? I don't have it (the remote)

The last song you listened to? Fear - Sarah McLachlan

What time of day were you born? i think the morning

What do you do when vending machines steal your money? I try to rock it - if that doesn't work put in more money and get twice the treat.

Do you consider yourself kind? usually

What's your life motto? Enjoy every moment you have

Name three things you have on you at all times. wedding rings, watch, underwear

Can you change the oil on a car? nope - I can check it though

When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it? I think about a year ago

There's no one left to tag - but this was fun!

Christmas #2

We have more pictures I'll post - but here's the family.

Control

About 4 months ago at work we did evaluations of ourselves, our boss, and a preselected group of other people. We got our results today which was interested. My favorite bit if feedback was in the comments section where it asks "If this person could improve on anything what would it be?". Someone wrote "Take Charge. Caslon does a good job but if she wants to advance in her career she needs to take control." I read this out loud to a group of us who were sharing our results and my boss was there as well. When I read it I followed it with "If I took any more control of my job I would be fired!" and my boss leans in and says "Yes you would!" We all laughed because the whole thing was funny. Obviously this person doesn't know me very well, and even my boss agrees with me that I have enough control.

WRONG, Try Again!

We got a toy computer for our nephew for Christmas. When we put the batteries in it and he started playing with it we all noticed the strong Chinese accent of the woman speaking on the computer. We also thought it was unusual for a toy, to say "Wrong, try again" when he hit a wrong key. I guess we are used to "sorry, try again" or just "try again". Plus we struggled to understand what some of the letters where that the computer was calling out because of the accent (note this says English Learner at the top of the computer).
Our nephew didn't care... this was grey and looks like everyone else's computer which is why his mom asked us to get this particular one. He thought he was all that having his own lap top just like everyone else.
Plus saying "wrong, try again" became entertaining when said with a chinese accent at the right time....