Dog/Cat Diaries

My brother emailed this to me a while ago and I just thought it was too funny.

Excerpts from a Dog’s Daily Diary:_
8:00am  Dog food! My favorite thing!

9:30am  A car ride! My favorite thing!

9:40am  A walk in the park! My favorite thing!

10:30am  Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!

12:00 pm  Lunch! My favorite thing!

1:00pm  Played in the yard! My favorite thing!

3:00pm  Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!

5:00pm  Milk bones! My favorite thing!

7:00pm  Got to play ball! My favorite thing!

8:00pm  Wow! Watched TV with my master! My favorite thing!

11:00pm  Sleeping on my master’s bed! My favorite thing!

Excerpts from a Cat’s Daily Diary:

Day 683 of my captivity:  My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape.. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the floor.  Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet.  I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a “good little hunter” I am. The audacity! There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of “allergies.” I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.

Day 684 of my captivity:  Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow — but at the top of the stairs.I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released –and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded!  The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. The captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe……. for now….

More about me

My SIL forewarded this “survey” to me in an email, since I don’t have a lot of time with the computer, I thought I’d put my answers here.

1 . WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?   not that I know of
2 . WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?    this afternoon

3 . DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? yes, everyone tells me how nice it is and my husband keeps saying he’s going to make it into a computer font4 . WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?  Turkey

5 . DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Yes

6 . IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?   probably
 7 . DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?   no not really8 . DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS  Yes

9 . WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?   only if my hubby did it with me10 . WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?  Right now I’m on Honey bunches of Oats with almonds

11 . DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? not usually12 . DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?  physically,yes fairly strong I can bench press 105-110 lbs

13 . WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?   mint chocolate chip -no wait superman -no wait blue moon -no probably rainbow sherbet (yes I know that’s not ice cream) 14 . WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?   teeth/hair/eyebrows

15 . RED OR PINK? so totally pink
16 . WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?  my teeth
17 . WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?  Joshua and Nana & Papa18 . WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?  Grey PJ bottoms, grey “socks to stay home in” socks
19 . WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE ?   a sub and cookie from subway

20 . WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? cars going down the road outside my window21 . IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?  raspberry
 
23 . FAVORITE SMELLS?  homemade bread baking & the smells that come with rain

24 . WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?   my husband
 
25 . DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?  yes, Lindsey is fantastic
 
26 . FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Sports? shot put and discus, that’s why I’m coaching this year

27 . HAIR COLOR?  Brown
28 . EYE COLOR?   Light blue with a hint of silver (according to my hubby)

29 . DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?   no, tried at one point but my eyes are too sensitive30 . FAVORITE FOOD?   Chocolate

31 . SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?  Happy endings32 . LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?  We are Marshall

33 . WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?  red and black plaid

34 . SUMMER OR WINTER?  actually spring and Fall but I guess winter over Summer
35 . HUGS OR KISSES?  depends on who’s giving them
36 . FAVORITE DESSERT?  chocolate eclair39 . WHAT BOOK( s) ARE YOU READING NOW?   I just finnished “Free to Grieve” my Maureen Rank and “Empty Arms” by Pam Vredeveld -have read them before and would highly recommend them
 40 . WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?  I’m on a laptop
             
41 . WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV last NIGHT? who has time to watch TV?
42 . FAVORITE SOUND?  My children saying “Dadeee”

43.  ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?  ya, no idea

44 . WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?  Germany

 45 . DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?  My husband says I’m a flippin Genious (check his blog)

46 . WHERE WERE YOU BORN?  Grand Rapids, Michigan

Fleur

A friend from church had a link to this quiz on her blog, apparently I am a Canna. It says: “You stand up for what you believe in, even if it gets in the way of what other people think. You are proud of yourself and your accomplishments and you enjoy letting people know that.” I’m not sure how accurate that is but…the flower is pretty.

I am a Canna What Flower Are You?

If you want to know what kind of flower you are, click on the box.

Things that go bump in the night…

I was up late tonight working on a scrapbooking project when I hear a thud from down the hall and then “ouch”.  So I go down the hall to investigate.  Turns out Sam had fallen out of bed in her sleep …onto Lauren’s legs. (Lauren’s bed is a trundle that we keep partially under Sam’s bed at a right angle so that we have more floor space) It obviously wasn’t too bothersome because she didn’t even fully wake up.

Golden Birthday

As we were tucking Erica in for bed tonight she was asking when Joshua’s golden birthday would be.  We explained that your golden birthday is the number of years of the day you were born so that would mean that in 8 years it will be Joshua’s golden birthday because he was born on the 9th.  She proceeded to explain that she thought that maybe on your golden birthday in Heaven God takes you up on his throne with him and you get to be King or Queen for the day and wear a paper crown like you get at Toys R Us.  That kid is always thinking.

ANSWER

Okay so I kind of lost track of the hint-a-day thing I was going to do.  So without further ado:

At our house we have  Lauren “crackers” (sorry once again having problems with the picture not wanting to show up right)

And we have  Samantha crackers,

we have  Mama crackers,

and apparently we have  fire crackers.

You see lately Lauren is in to hinting at what she wants.  For example in the morning if she is hungry and you ask her what she wants for breakfast, she’ll often say “I don’t want breakfast, I want something little or big” (translation: I don’t want real food, I want a snack).  Or if it’s snack time and you ask what she wants, she might say “something flat and round” (translation: one of mama’s sermon-worthy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies)  So the day she requested a “firecracker” I kept making suggestions hoping I might figure out what it was that she was hinting at until finally she said “um maybe something you eat outside”  ah ha! a firecracker (translation: the kind of crackers we have when we make smores at the campfire)  I was laughing so hard it took me a minute before I could explain to Brandon what I had deciphered.

Here’s a hint

Some very creative guesses on the food item test however, no one had the correct answer so here is the first hint: Lauren was the one who requested the “firecracker”.

My Joshua’s Birthday

Today is my Joshua’s birthday.  He would have been one year old.  I miss him.

 

I made this cake for each of the kids on their first birthday and so it felt right to make one for him too, however it didn’t feel right to have it at his party because he wouldn’t be there to stick his fingers in it, so instead we brought it up to the nurses at the hospital where he was born.  They thought it was very sweet.

It was kind of funny because while I was making it the girls started talking about eating it so I was explaining that there would be a little left over so they could still have a piece of cake on his birthday, because “who would blow out the candles?” if we had it at his party?  I believe it was Sam who suggested that we could all blow out the candles together, then Erica came up with putting a fan really close to the cake to blow it out.  The conversation moved on to poor Joshua because he couldn’t eat his birthday cake because he is in heaven. Then came, Ya but I bet God has a cake for him in heaven.  Right about then was when I explained that we were going to take this cake up to the nurses. To which Lauren said “Oh, can they fly?”  Too cute.

Saturday we took the girls to the floral shop so they could each pick out a flower to bring up to the cemetery (note to self, pick a cheaper location next year).  It was so cold I could barely get them to pose for a quick picture.  Then we were off to drop them off to Uncle Darrell and Auntie Lindsey so Brandon and I could have some time alone.

Brandon and I went and had supper at the hospital cafeteria and then headed up to the ninth floor to bring the cake to the nurses and drop off some stamping stuff for the nurses to make hand prints for anyone else who is in a similar situation.  We also brought along the scrapbook we have been working on in hopes of spending a little time reminiscing in “his” room.  The room was being used but the nurses all thought it was so sweet that we had brought the cake and stamping stuff and some of them asked to see his album which of course I gladly shared.  We ended up just spending some time in a different room, it wasn’t quite the same but it felt good.

Today we had the family over for a pot luck and just spent some time playing games.

I know that he is having a great time in heaven -though I have no idea what he is doing.  I love him dearly and I miss him, but I know that I will see him in heaven and we will get to spend eternity together. 

The other day when we were talking, Brandon and I were discussing how we both felt that Joshua died in the final stages of his birth and Brandon shared with me a mental image he had of Joshua’s birth …that while we delivered Joshua’s body safely into our doctor’s hands, his spirit was delivered into the hands of Jesus.  That is such a beautiful image for me.

One of the cards we got today had this verse:

Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.  And thus we shall always be with the Lord.  1Thessalonians 4:17 NKJV 

I thought that was especially beautiful too.

Thanks to all those who were praying for us today and this whole week.  I can tell you that more than once, I felt a strength that was not my own.

This is a Test

Okay y’all, this is a test.  I am looking for someone who can tell me what food item a “firecracker” is.  There is a correct answer and I will give hints each day as necessary until someone comes up with it.

Cell Phones and the Bible

A friend of mine sent this in an e-mail, I thought it was worth posting:

CELL PHONE vs. BIBLE

I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cellphone?

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?

What if we flipped through it several times a day?

What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?

What if we used it to receive messages from the text?

What if we treated it like we couldn’t live without it?

What if we gave it to kids as gifts?

What if we used it when we traveled?

What if we used it in case of an emergency?

This is something to make you go… Hmm… Where is my Bible?

Oh, and one more thing. ..

Unlike our cell phone, we don’t have to worry about our Bible being disconnected
because Jesus already paid the bill.

Makes you stop and think ‘where are my priorities?

And no dropped calls!