Cranfest

Big plans for the weekend!!! You can click on the link below to see where I'm going this weekend!!

I hope it will be relaxing... I know I need a break from all the painting/organizing/ packing/moving, etc... but, I really want to get it done!!!! Hope you all have a great weekend!!!

Cranfest WEBSITE

Weird....

Only great minds can read this.This is weird, but interesting!



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so... did you get it?

Brave

The gate is wide

The road is paved in moderation

The crowd is kind and quick to pull you in

Welcome to the middle ground

You're safe and sound and

Until now it's where I've been

'Cause it's been fear that ties me down to everything

But it's been love,

Your love, that cuts the strings

So long status quo

I think I just let go

You make me want to be brave

The way it always was

Is no longer good enough

You make me want to be brave

Brave, brave

I am small

And I speak when I'm spoken to

But I am willing to risk it all

I say Your name

Just Your name and I'm ready to jump

Even ready to fall...

Why did I take this vow of compromise?

Why did I try to keep it all inside?

I've never known a fire that didn't begin with a flame

Every storm will start with just a drop of rain

But if you believe in me

That changes everything

-Brave, Nichole Nordeman

Big News!!

I'm moving into a new house! A teeny, tiny little house, but I really don't mind...

I've been super busy, painting and organizing stuff. It's gonna be great once it all gets done, but right now it feels like a mountain that I'll never get over!!

Also, my family got some new computers and switched things around and the grand total is that I dont' have a computer to use! Well, I have to beg time on Dad's office computer or the kids school computer. (right now, Lydia is standing over my shoulder "um, are you almost done? I have to get on there for school.")

So... until we move I may not be able to get on here much. Sorry! I'll update whenever I can. Hopefully, I can still manage to update at least a few times a week.

I'll do my best! I love blogging! It's my creative writing outlet everyday. You can sure bet I'm not going to give it up altogether!

*giggle*

MIAMI, Fla. -- A bold thief was grabbed by a grandmother after trying to run off with her purse.
85 year-old Marta Suarez may have looked like an easy target... But she wasn't.
Suarez is a former track star from Cuba.
When the would-be robber tried to run off with her money, she chased him down. An officer who was in the area saw the chase and took over.
The officer arrested the suspected purse-snatcher who was wanted for an attempted break-in nearby.

Krispy Kreme

I may have to admit that I have never had a Krispy Kreme donut...
Click on Donut Boy
Donut Boy



After seeing this report... I think I'll have to make it a point to try one!

On Aging

I deliver flowers to lots of people, in lots of different situations. It's quite an experience. You just never know what you're going to walk into.

The other day I drove to a retirement home and climbed a flight of stairs lugging a *heavy* vase of 2 dozen pink roses. I knocked on the door and a little old grandma answered the door. She was small, approx. 5'2", 100 lbs maybe soaking wet, 85-ish... I carried the flowers in to her apartment and set them on the kitchen counter, per the customers' request. The little "grandma" was just delighted.

"Oh, aren't they beautiful! Thank you so much!!!"

Then, with a sly look at me and a little elbow poke in my rib... "It really pays to get older."

I couldn't help giggling a little. "I'll remember that!"

"Oh, honey," she said "I wouldn't try it."

Uh... I'm not sure how I can avoid it....

Just Because

I love Sarah Beth!

Princess Bride

Inigo and the Dread Pirate Roberts are having a duel....

Inigo: I admit it, you are better than I am.

Dread Pirate Roberts:Then why are you smiling?

Inigo: Because I know something you don't know.

Dread Pirate Roberts:And what is that?

Inigo: I am not left-handed. (switches sword to right hand and resumes fighting)

Dread Pirate Roberts:You're amazing!

Inigo: I ought to be after twenty years.

Dread Pirate Roberts:There is something I ought to tell you.

Inigo: Tell me.

Dread Pirate Roberts:I'm not left-handed either.

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!??!

The band welcomes the home team

Friends

Little fans

Trouble

Leona Helmsley left $12 million big ones to her dog... nothing for the two grandchildren. I wonder how the dog will spend the 12 mil???

You can read all about it
here

New Profile Picture...

Old one

New one

Votes?

Memories of 9/11

Septeber 11th, 2001.

Yes, I remember where I was when I heard. I know what I was wearing.

I remember how it felt to realize the enormity of what was happening.

The tragedy.

The hopelessness.

I felt so helpless.

My first emotion was denial.

Then horror.

At that moment, as I watched the footage on TV

As I took in people screaming, crying,

The death

The despair

I knew that if I could have prevented this massacre

I would have

parade

Marching Band

Historic People

Children and their Cows

Sorry...

Our internet has been AGGRAVATINGLY slow all weekend. I do have lots of pictures to show but I just don't have the 3 hours it would take to post them all!

Our local festival was this weekend. Complete with vendors, amusement park rides, and, of course, a parade.

Being the "business-owning-community-supporting" people that we are, we were in the parade. And at the fairgrounds. And we (Dad) sponsored a "Dilly-Bar Eating Contest" and a "Hot Dog Eating Contest."

I have pictures of all that but I'll have to share them later. When the internet decides to work a little faster...

I have big plans for the weekend

I'm planning to catch up on my sleep.

Bake some cookies

Take some pictures

Watch a parade

NOT participate in an eating contest

I plan to get into a sewing project

Re-organize my room

Spend quality time with the babies

Clean the whole house

Make some life desicions

Sing at the top of my lungs

Learn some new songs

Mix a new CD

Watch a new movie (if I can find a decent one)

Read a whole book

Relax

Get lots and LOTS of writing done

Find a new Blogger background

Learn something about history

Get inspired

Think I can do it? All of it???

why do we try to squish everything into 2 days off a week?

No wonder I'm so bummed on Mondays

Sarah Beth...

...has discovered slides. She loves them!

Sisters

Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Steph, Kate, Lydia, Sarah Beth, Rebecca, Susie, Debbie.

Cross Country

Joe has joined a Cross Country Team. He loves it. I think you can tell in this picture.


He's blurry. That's because he was running so fast!



We are becoming Cross Country Fans!

America's "Day Off"

"Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. "

It's too bad that all the working class doesn't have Labor Day off. Labor Day has become a day to shop, which excludes retail shop employees from enjoying the day.

Personally, I prefer to spend Labor Day in pursuit of some project. Scrapbooking, Sewing, Cooking. The sort of things that I always want to do and wish I was doing, but can't find the time for. For me, that really is a "day off."

How do you spend Labor Day?

Update

Hi there! I hope you are all enjoying your Saturday!!!

I have 3 new links over in my "Favorite Blogs" section.
Christian Films a great source for Christian movies. This site is run by friends of mine.
SawyerFarm My bestest friend from WAAAYYY back!!
The Scribe's Chronicles my "little" sister's new blog!

Also, my friend Incomplete has a great post over on his blog that you should all check out.

Have a great weekend everybody!