I took the header picture! :)

I took this header picture today. What do you think? I convinced my Dad and Brother to go on a walk in the snow. It was a great adventure! You can see the other pictures from our walk and making the snowman on my facebook.

Let it snow! Then clear by Monday.

I got up at my usual time today and started getting ready to make my pilgrimage to work. I was in the middle of brushing my teeth when my Mom handed me the phone. Not the best time to be handed the phone..... It was my boss. She was not sure if she wanted me to go into work and told me to wait till 9:00am and call her back to see if she wanted me to make the drive.
I hadn't looked outside yet and was now very curious. I should not have looked! Now, usually I love the snow! Perhaps if I had not been looking at the snow with the eyes of someone thinking that they might actually have drive in it the snow might have seemed a lot less menacing. Today the white fluff felt like it was threatening me.
My boss called me back at about 8:45am. The kids school had been canceled for the day and she had decided not to go into work. What a relief!
Monday if the show is cleared I will have a mini Christmas with the kids I nanny for and take a little time to open our gifts to each other. I'm looking forward to it. :)
So, today I am safe and warm in my cozy home. Plus I don't have to go back to work till Monday. :)

I will probably not write on my blog before Christmas so I will say it now.

MARRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
And God bless.

Look out! It's a SUICIDE TREE!!!

Something exciting always seems to happen when Dear Emmy calls.
This time I was sitting on my bed talking on the phone with her when I heard a loud crash coming from the living room. It sounded like glass shattering. While running to the livingroom I told Emmy something happened and I would have to call her back.

I was surprised to see our fiber optic tree was no longer on the mantle above the fireplace.
It seems that my family was just sitting in the living room watching a Christmas movie when the tree fell off the mantle taking with it several family pictures! What makes this even more interesting is that the tree was several inches from the edge of the mantel.
Tiny fragments of glass were everywhere. We are not sure exactly what happened. It's as if the tree just decide to jump!

It's only 20 days till Christmas!
I'm so excited!
I have all my Christmas shopping done.
Are you ready for Christmas?

I would like to know....

Dose anyone read blogs anymore? I know that like to look at other people's blogs to see what's going on with them, but as I can't tell if that many people are reading my blog I'm not sure it would be worth taking the time ( or at least trying to) to post more. my question to you is "Do you read blogs and how often? "

Hello Everyone!

My family and I are doing great. We are settled into our new house. I'm enjoying my job and it looks like we might have found a Church! It's about time......

Life is what you make it. What are you going to make out of yours?

Life is crazy and so am I!

Here are the latest workings in my not so boring life:

I have a new nanny job! I'm working with two children ages 4 and 5. They are very sweet kids and I love working with them.
I am going to shock you all! Are you ready for this? To get to my job from where live I have to get up at 5:30 AM! I don't get home till about 6:30 PM. I do that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. YES! I am getting up at 5:30! I knew about 5:30 PM, but did you know that there was such a thing as a 5:3 am?
The good news is that I then get the next three days off to recover. ;) One of the other benefits with this job is that I get paid for forty hours of work no matter what. unless I work over forty hours then I get paid time and a half! The family I work for just went on vacation last week so I got paid for not working. SO COOL! Also, on Mondays and Wednesdays for two and a half hours both the kids are in School and I get that time to do what ever I want, but I am still getting paid for that time. I like to spend that time calling friends and reading my Bible.
God has really blessed me with this job. :D

We are moving again! The plus side to that is that the house is closer to my brothers collage and to my work. I wont have to get up so early! ha ha! I am getting really sick of packing though.... so is my family. It will be a long commute for my dad but he doesn't seem to mind. He's a great dad!

What do you think of the new blog look?

News update from the funny farm.

My family and I have been in our new house for almost four months now!
We are starting to find our way around more easily. One of the first things I found was Starbucks! :)
Dad loves his new job! he says it is one of the best jobs he has ever had.
Mom is still and ever will be the heart of our home. She keeps everyone and everything going. I don't know how we could do it with out her..... That's a sad though. :(
Edward is taking Drivers Ed and he likes it. Edward's teacher says he is doing great and will one day soon be a wonderful driver.
I started off doing a nanny job here with three children, but that job is finished and I am back at the ever so tedious task of finding a new job. YUCK!
I made a friend here! That might not sound like a big deal to a lot of you, but as I have been here for four months and don't know anyone here it is a big deal to me.
We are still deciding on a Church, but getting closer to finding one. We have found that a lot of Churches here are a lot more..... relaxed with their services than we are comfortable with. ok, so we're stuffy! oh well.....

Learning patience is not easy!

As many of you know I have always wanted to be married and have a family of my own. I can still remember holding my brother the day he was born for the first time and telling my family "he's mine! I want to have this!" That desire is even stronger today.

When talking to a good friend today about being young woman with that same desire and waiting for "Mr. Right" to come along. I felt relief knowing I'm not the only one! (Not that I'm glad she's single though.) =)

I suddenly wanted to write to all the other single women out there waiting for the one God has for them to let them know they are not alone. There are other women out there is your same situation. Watching many of our friends, a good portion of them younger than us getting married. Listening to our friends talk forever about how perfect he is and all the wonderful things he does for her, but while being extremely happy for her a list of questions keep going through your mind.

"Why not me?"
"Is there something wrong with me?"
"Did I do something wrong?"
"Am I not enough of a Proverbs 31 woman?"
"Am I not feminine enough?"
"Am I not smart enough?"
"Am I not pretty enough?"


I jokingly told my friend that Sleeping Beauty's prince charming came to her when she was only sixteen! I have three options, to believe that my prince charming is running years late, that fairy tales don't exist or I should go take a long nap.

I know it's not easy and it gets disheartening, I struggle with it every day, but I will tell you the same thing my Mother repeatedly tells me. There is nothing wrong with you! It's just that God is still preparing you and the young man for each other.
So take heart, keeping hoping and the day will come when you get to call your all friends and talk endlessly about the great guy you have. ;)

L.O.V.E.

This song has fond memories for me.
My family has always loved to listen to Nat King Cole.
When I was little my Dad would turn on this song, pick me up, and dance with me. I still love this song, I still love to dance, and I still love my Dad!

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore

Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you

(trumpet instrumental)

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore

Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you

Have you ever noticed that every family seems to have sayings or phrases?
I thought I would list some that mean something to my family.

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain. - My Mom has had this on the wall for years. It's one of her favorite saying.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. - My Dad.

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance... I hope you dance. - One of my sister sent me this song as her wish for me.


These are saying that will make anyone in my family instantly smile. :)


He will be my pet and I shall call him squishy. - Finding Nemo,

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.... - Finding Nemo,

I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich! - 27 Dresses,

Say what? - This is all me!

Excuse you! - This is me too. lol

Power pills. haha

I thought I was indecisive, but now I'm not sure. :) Got this off Abbie's blog. :)

You are a buffet of manliness. - Don't ask!

Dutch Blitz!!! - Natasha and me!

Variety is the ice cream of life. - Natasha and me. ;)

Edie did it! - Since we ran out of animals and we couldn't blame it on the goldfish....

Hold me I'm scared! - I've found this works even if you not scared. Dads are great.

Stupid peace of hardware! - My brother says this when he gets mad at the computer....

McMamamy storie. - It's a family thing. It's really a book author named Patrick F. McManus.

I try to take it one day at a time but sometimes several days attack me all at once! ;)

Frogie jumper. - It's one of those things from your childhood you can never live down...

If at first you don't succeed try not to look astonished.

There was a little girl.... - Don't ask me! please....

Even it if you don't know what you're doing do DO IT NEATLY! - Mom saw this on a plaque and said it reminded her of me. hmmm.....

Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk by you again? - I have his on a plaque in my room. ;) hehehe

I'm tired just thinking about it.

This is just a brief list of some of the things our family has done the last few weeks....

* Put our house on the market.

* Sold our house in one week!

* Moved into a temporary place. The word "moving" is such a small word, but such a big task!

* Dad got a new job!

* I gave my two weeks notice at my job.

* Mom and Dad had their 24th anniversary!

* One of the kids put a dent and scratch on my new car! That is a story all in it's self....

* I got a new nanny job. God is so good! :D

* While my family was looking for a new place I stayed home alone. I had never done that before. haha

* Moved into our new home. unpacking everything yet again.... It took two truck loads!

* Opened new bank accounts. Banking here is very different. We don't like it as much.

* My brother found and got into a local collage that offered exactly what he wanted. The collage where we were didn't offer it.

* I drove the local highways and freeways! I'm getting pretty good at it to if I do say so myself! :)

* painted our yellow kitchen tan.

* painted the red wall in the living room a beige color.

* My "adopted":) sister's Mom needed a local place to stay. so we had our first gets here last night.

* We're trying a new Church every Sunday. We're still looking for a Church we like.


Just think, This isn't even everything!
Thanks to everyone who helped us do it all!

oops....

Today when I was walking Ok, skipping down the stairs at home I tripped and mildly sprained my ankle.
Mom had me sit with my foot in the Hot Tub to relax the mussel in my calf that was in spasm also. Then we watch a movie while I put my foot up. (The movie was Ever After) It's not to bad I just feel really stupid. It seems like I can't even go down a flight of stairs without hurting myself! What a wimp! ha ha

It's been two whole weeks!

It was this day two weeks ago and about the same time that I first got to see my new home.
I can remember sleepily going from room to room exploring, but I still don't remember going to bed that night....

I got my mind set on you

I used to listen to this song when I was little. :)

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

But its gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
Its gonne take plenty of money
To do it right child

Its gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
Its gonna take patience and time, ummm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right child

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

And this time I know its for real
The feelings that I feel
I know if I put my mind to it
I know that I really can do it

I got my mind set on you
Set on you
I got my mind set on you
Set on you

But its gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
Its gonna take plenty of money
To do it right child

Its gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
Its gonna take patience and time, ummm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right child

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

And this time I know its for real
The feelings that I feel
I know if I put my mind to it
I know that I really can do it

But its gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
Its gonna take plenty of money
To do it right child

Its gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
Its gonna take patience and time, ummm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right

Set on you
Set on you
(repeat)

Out of my comfort zone....

We finally finished painting the kitchen! It was a bright shade of yellow that we have now painted a nice tan. Normally I like yellow, but this yellow was like looking directly at the sun! Plus it didn't go with anything Mom had to go in there. It was driving her nuts! Now we have to paint my Brother's room. I think he would really like to get Scooby Doo of his walls. :)

Yesterday I drove all the way to the Mall. Do you know what that means? I drove a highway and a freeway! Aren't you proud of me? :D The only thing now is that I'm still gripping the steering wheel! Help!!!

I don't feel good...

At about 11:00 last night I got really sick to my stomach. I tried to eat some crackers to settle it but it didn't help. The more I moved around the worse it got. It kept getting worse until I couldn't move without feeling like I was going to be very sick!
My brother was so sweet! I was having hot and cold flashes so when I heard My brother in hallway getting some watter I called to him. He put some extra blankets on me and made sure I was taken care of. He is so great!
When I woke the next I felt a lot better. Just still a little queasy.

He is the Son of God and only he can save!

John 3:16-18 (King James Version)

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

And some people don't believe that Jesus is the Son of God! It's pretty clear that not only is he the one and only Son of God but the only way to escape from being condemned is to believe in him!
Only God can open their blind eyes.

Psalm 146:8 (King James Version)

8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

Isaiah 35:4-6 (King James Version)

4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 42:6-8 (King James Version)

6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

We are Saved by Grace!

This is my Mom's favorite song.

Saved by grace.

Some day the silver cord will break,
And I no more as now shall sing;
But oh, the joy when I shall wake
Within the palace of the King!

Refrain

And I shall see Him face to face,
And tell the story - Saved by grace;
And I shall see Him face to face,
And tell the story - Saved by grace.

Some day my earthly house will fall.
I cannot tell how soon 'twill be;
But this I know - my All in All
Has now a place in heav'n for me.

Refrain

Some day, when fades the golden sun
Beneath the rosy tinted west,
My blessèd Lord will say, "Well done!"
And I shall enter into rest.

Refrain

Some day: till then I'll watch and wait,
My lamp all trimmed and burning bright,
That when my Savior opens the gate,
My soul to Him may take its flight.

Refrain

God will take care of you.

This song was sung in a Church we tried out today. My family and I didn't like the Church to much. I don't really like it when a song repeats over and over as if it is trying to brainwash you into believing it so I took out all the repetitiveness and this is what I got from the song.

Be not dismayed whate’er betide,
Beneath His wings of love abide,

God will take care of you,
Through every day, over all the way;

Through days of toil when heart doth fail,
When dangers fierce your path assail,

All you may need He will provide,
Nothing you ask will be denied,

No matter what may be the test,
Lean, weary one, upon His breast,
God will take care of you.

No matter what happens God is always there for us!
He never said it will be easy but he did say he would never leave us! God is so good!

Dance! Sing! Love! Live!

Dance
Like no one is watching.

Sing
Like no one is listening.

Love
Like you have never
been hurt before.

Live
Like each day is your last.

Random Stuff

The price of gas here is at least $4.00 a gallon!
That is crazy!

Today is gorges outside! right now it's 68 degrees! Are you jealous? lol

This house is so big That I have been here almost a week and found a bathroom I didn't know about! hmmm... What else have I not found???

News from my newest adventures.

We are in our new house!

We left town on Saturday with a lot of help from Jon. Thanks again Jon. He worked really hard! We couldn't have done it with out him!

It was a long ride. Our truck had trouble taking any kind of an incline and would slow down to about 25 mp. The other drivers didn't seem to like us very much to say the least. Dad and I nicknamed it "the gutless wonder".

We made it to the house at about 10:00. By the time Dad and I got here I was so exosted that I don't even remember getting into bed!

At one point on Saturday when I was very tired I told my Dad that I wanted to go home! Then after I thought about it I realized that we were completely out of the apartment we had rented and I didn't know where my new home was! I had not seen the new place yet. How sad! I didn't know where my home was.

My days are full of unpacking boxes and more boxes......
Things are coming together though.

We are now settling into the new house and doing well. We are all very tired though. Unpacking is soooo not fun! We are all a bit overwhelmed by the size of the house. One of my favorite things about the house is the master bath. It is so big you could put a bed in it and live in there! And that is not an exaggeration! The bathtub in there is so big that I call it "Mom and Dad's indoor swimming pool".

As some of you may know I had not seen the house before I moved here. I had not even seen the area. I followed completely on faith. It was not easy but I praying a lot about it and felt that it was what God wanted me to do. So I left everything that I knew and everyone that I know to follow my family and the leading of God. He has truly blessed me! It looks like I might already have a new nanny job! Mom and Dad were talking to some people about me a few days before I came here and they said they are looking for a nanny. They had just one important question about me for my family, Is she a Christian? lol

The Parents of the children that need a nanny stopped by our house today to talk to me about taking the job. It was sort of embarrassing though, I was in my sweat pants and didn't even have any makeup on! Oh well. I guess the Lord is just keeping me humble..... Anyway, I talked to them a little about the job and they offerd me more pay than I was getting at the last nanny job. I wont have to work as many hours and they like the fact that I am a strong Christian! Plus it will be the same days that I was already working! Cool! I'm going to their house Saturday to talk to them more and meet the children. There is a 2 year old girl they just adopted in November from China. There are Two boys one is 6 and the other 9. They are a strong Christian family. WOW! God is so good!

God is taking care of his child!

God sees it all!

My life is but a weaving
between my Lord and me;
I cannot choose the colors
he worketh steadily.

Ofttimes he weaveth sorrow
and I, in foolish pride,
Forget that he seeth the upper,
and I the under side.

Not till the loom is silent
and the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
and explain the reason why.

The dark threads are as needful
in the Weaver's hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
in the pattern he has planned.

Have: Faith, Hope, patience,

Remember to: Rejoice,

Through tribulation you receive experience to Glorify God!

Romans 5 (King James Version)

1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

Romans 8:24-28 (King James Version)

24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Romans 15:4-7 (King James Version)

4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

James 1:2-4 (King James Version)

2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

The Dollar Store and a nanny....

Today I let my boss know that the ninth of April will be my last day with them.
A friend of mine will be taking over as the nanny. I think she will be good with the kids.
Actually she's someone I thought about suggesting to my boss but when I went to talk her about my friend it turned out that my friend had already been suggested to her!
My boss's Aunt was the Dollar Store talking to her friend that works there about how her niece had just lost her nanny. My friend who just happened to be there with one of her room mates at that time piped up and said she was looking for a nanny job!

God works is mysterious ways! He can even use the Dollar Store! wow!!!

What is true love?

I went to the park with my Mom and Dad today. Watching them I started thinking about all things they have gone through together! They have gone through a lot of hard and trying times. but no matter how hard the hard times get they are still completely in love with and devoted to each other! They a great example to others! It gives me hope.....

How long dose true love last?
How far can true love reach?
Can true love turn to hate?
Is there a place or way true love can die?


True love will last longer than time.
True love reaches all distances without fading.
True love will never change. It is constant and steadfast.
True love can never die. Obstacles and challenges will only make it stronger!


Think about how our Lord has loved us and how we are all to love each other. Unconditional love!

1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
John 3: 16

To be or not to be afraid of cooties.... ???

The two girls I'm a nanny for are very into boyfriends and girlfriends. they like to play that they have boyfriends. The kids often tease me about getting a boyfriend. Friday the four year old came to me and asked to see the picture of sissy with the cowboy. I put it up on the computer for her to let her see it. She intently stared at it tilting her head one way and then the other. She then pronounced that she would be right back and ran into her bedroom. After a lot of thumping and banging she came out of the bedroom with her sister's cowgirl clothes riding a large stuffed dog using the floppy ears as rains. Then randomly started this conversation.

Her: I want to be a cowboy's girlfriend and then marry him!

Me: Oh really.

Her: You can''t have a boyfriend because boys have cooties!

Me: Why do boys have cooties?

Her: Dad has cooties but it's ok because he washes his cooties.

Me: If all boys have cooties why do you want to have a boyfriend or be married?

Her: I want to marry a cowboy because he will wash his cooties for me and I will like his cooties!

Me: But what if he washes them for me?

Her: No! He only washes them for me.

Miss S. says all boys have cooties and stink. How do children come up with these things!

Two questions:
why are kids so afraid of cooties???
What really are cooties anyway?

I'm in high school???

Tuesday I went to an open house at Miss M's School. It was fun to see her school and meet her school teacher. Plus it seemed to mean a lot to Miss M.

I did have an interesting experience though while walking through the grade school. The halls were extremely crowded with children, parents, grandparents, and friends. While I was standing to one side of the hall waiting for the crowd to part long enough for me to get through, (which seemed like waiting for the parting of the Red Sea.) an elderly man that was passing by firmly took my arm and abruptly asked me why I was not in class?

At first I thought he was joking but quickly realized he wasn't! I tried to tell him that I don't go to school anymore, but he just raised his voice and got more upset. finally I had to change the tone of my voice to get his attention. I told him that I am not in school any more. I have not been in school for a long time and that I graduated several years ago!

He gave me a look of shock and surprised then released my arm. He apologized and said I just made him realize how old he is because he could not the the difference between a teenager and a young woman.

I felt sort of sorry for him so I told him that was ok. I would just take it as a complement.

My boss thought the whole thing was really quite funny!

So I guess I look like a teenager??? hmmm....

Conform or stand strong?

I am always shocked to see the many ways that the world infiltrates our lives to pressure us to conform. I went shopping yesterday to find some reasonably priced jeans but could not find any that was both modest and fit me properly! After walking through the entire mall and spending over two hours looking, I ended up paying $111.44 for only two pars of jeans! They were the only jeans that I could find that met my standards of modesty and at the same time didn't make me look like I had a bubble butt!

When looking at swimsuits I found that almost every store only offered bikinis or something that would resemble a gunnysack. In my opinion a bikini is nothing more than underwear and a bra that you can swim in and is legal to wear in public.

The world not only pressures us to conform to it's physical image of beauty through books, the media, magazines, friends, family and acquaintances but also by providing little or no modest affordable clothing. It seems that only after an exhausting and discouraging hunt can you find modest attractive clothing. Even then you usually have to pay a price for it with your pocket book.

We have the choice to ether conform to the image the world sets for us or we take on the world standing strong and keep to our Lords standards he has set for us.

Will you conform or stand strong?

Friday night out!

Wow! I tell people that I'm moving away and then the start inviting me to parties? hmmm... My Dad says it's like a famous painter, They usually have to die before they become famous.

Well, I had a great time Friday night! I was invited to two parties, bowling, and to go see a movie, but decided to go to the movies to see "Expelled". After that both groups joined up for dinner. We all laugh a lot!

Expelled is sort of a documentary of Religious prosecution in the present day. Ben Stein faces the arguments agents evolution vs. Intelligent design and the prosecution of people that speak out about Intelligent Design as a possibility of the worlds creation.

I found it very interesting and informative. Stein faced the issue will great precision and intelligence. Stein seemed not to be taking a side but simply collecting the facts that in the end make the answers very clear.

This is what world magazine had to say about Ben Stine.
Though audiences probably know Ben Stein best as the economics teacher from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the actor had a distinguished career preceding the classic '80s movie—just not in the entertainment industry.

Long before ad-libbing the world's most famously boring free-market lecture, Stein was a Yale-trained trial lawyer, a professor at Pepperdine University, an economist, and a speech writer for presidents Nixon and Ford. Even today, along with his acting, voice-over, and game-show-hosting work, he writes regular business columns for The New York Times and Yahoo! Finance Online, as well as numerous books and articles on various political topics. Of all of Hollywood's politically outspoken celebrities, Stein's impressive resumé makes him the likeliest candidate for most credible.

Bremerton???

Ok, It's time to answer some of your emails, phone calls, and texts...

We put our house on the market several weeks ago and had five buyers in five days with two back up offers. So we started looking in Bellingham but could not find what we wanted.Then my dad came home a few days ago and announced he quit his job. He really wants to get back to the peninsula or the south west corner of Washington. We miss the beaches,clamming, crabbing, fishing, flying kites and the smell of the saltwater. We miss the cry of the seagulls'. My parents are looking for the right place to retire, start a family ministry and enjoy their lives. My Dad decided it would be best to quit and spend the time looking for a job in the areas we want to live. We have spent the last several weeks packing most everything we own into a storage unit and moving everything else into a small three bedroom apartment five blocks from our home we sold. (Thanks to the help of some friends.)


Up date.......Dad has taken a job in Belfair. It is south of Bremerton, Washington. He is quit excited. It is a truly beautiful area and a great job. God has truly blessed us in this area.. We have already made a trip looking for a home. We are all tired from the traveling but it must be done. We are going to make an offer on a small home in a nice area thinking it will be a great place to retire and until Ed leaves home he can easily catch a bus to and from Collage. He is studding Computer Science. It would be a easy commute for my dad and there are many opportunities for fellowship at a good church. I should be able to find a decent job to keep up my car payments. There are rivers, lakes and salt water coasts everywhere. We think Port Orchard is our best bet to meet everyones needs, wants and ministry. It is a beautiful area to live.

Please keep us in your prayers.

God is so good!.

The family that I work for are going on vacation and taking me with them!
I'll leave this Thursday afternoon and will return on Saturday. I'll be staying at a very nice hotel in my own room all expenses paid. The purpose of me going is simply for the convince of the grandparents. My purpose, an extra person to help with the three children.
We will be taking the children to either the Zoo or the Science Museum. Then we plan to will go swimming and possibly take the girls shopping at the mall while the guys hangout.
The Grandparents wanted me to drive the kids back from the hotel so they could stay an extra day but as I am not comfortable driving on major freeways yet they rented a limousine with a personal driver to take the children and me home.
I'm so exited about the limo! Riding in a limo is just one of those things that I always wished I could do but never thought I'd get the chance. The children don't think it's that big of a deal, after all it's not the first time they've done it.
I will try to take lots of pictures.

I love my job!

Father Abraham's funny family???

Well, We are moved into the rental now thanks to the help of Jon, Phil and Adam! Thanks guys!
I don't know how we could have done it with out their help.
Now that it is all over my whole family is experiencing some pitiful and yet amusing side effects of stress exhaustion and lack of sleep. The upside is that it all makes for a great blogpost.

Here are some of them.

We are all walking into walls.

When standing still our knees will buckle and we will suddenly fall to the ground.

We will start a project and then can't remember what we are doing.

Going up and down the stairs becomes a really hard workout!

Singing songs and putting in new words is such as the one Mom and I sang. It goes like this...
Father Abraham had many funnies! Many funnies had Father Abraham! I am one of them and so are you........

We will start sentences and forget what we were saying. Like today when I was trying to ask my Dad for something. Hey Dad! I need... I need... I need... I need... I can't remember! Dad, I have needs I'm just not sure what they are but I have them........

Just think we get to do this all over again in a few weeks........

Stay tuned for more fun adventures of Father Abraham's funny family!

Happy birthday to me?

The girls had their room painted this week. They were having trouble adjusting to the changes so I planed a tea party in their room. The youngest girl and I went to Safeway and got some cookies and some milk then setup the tea party for when her sister and brother got home from school. She was so exited about the party that she decided that it must be someones birthday so she kept singing happy birthday to me all day. The down side to that was the only part of the song she could remember was "Happy Birthday to you". It was cute for a while but it did get old!
When the older sister got home she had a teddy bear from school named Patches that was taking turns being sent home with all the kids in her class. This week it was her turn so Patches got to have a tea party with us. Patches even got his own tea cup and cookies.
The girls had a great time and said that they though there room was cool! The older brother not wanting to participate went and worked on a project. He did enjoy the cookies and milk though.

Moving day.

My family is temporarily moving into a rental in Lynden on the 5th of April, Just till we find a more permanent place. Can anyone help us move on that day? Please!

Motherhood!

Flashes of Motherhood.

Yesterday I had happy meal boxes, kids toys, and a car seat in my car.
Welcome to Motherhood.

I asked the girls if they needed to use the restrooms before we left the house to go on a picnic at the park but it was not till we got all the way across the park to decide they really needed to go really really bad! By the time the girls make the trip to the restrooms they were all tuckered out and we decided it was time to go home. While walking to the car I couldn't help but laugh at myself. I was caring my purse a blanket a lunch pale Shesh (Summer's stuffed sheep that she takes everywhere she goes.) and I was caring Summer. To top it all off I looked down and realized that Summer was waring the muddy boots that she wore on the field trip to the cheese farm that I worked at about three years ago. I now had dirt and cow manure all over the front and back of me from Summer's shoes.
Welcome to motherhood.

Friday I was driving to the car wash with the girls when we saw some of my guy friends turning onto the same street. The girls started to giggle. A few moments after turning onto another street Summer let out a loud scream! Thinking that she must be in pain to scream like that I instantly puled the car over to see what was wrong. I was puzzled to see big smiles on both the girls faces. The guys drove buy and the girls explained that the guys waved at them and they thought that they were cute! Apparently they like guys in cowboy hats. I think they took years off my life with that one.
Welcome to Motherhood.

It seems like every time I tell someone one of the funny stories about the kids people say the same thing. Welcome to Motherhood. Kids are great for keeping us humble!

I love being a nanny!

Pleas pray for my Mother.

Yesterday morning my Mother called her doctor because she suddenly had some terrible chest pains, The doctor told her to immediately go to the emergency room. The symptoms she was having were exactly the same as a heart attack. Mom spent the day having tests done. They found that it was not her heart. Thank you God! Apparently if you have severe food allergy it can inflame the esophagus and it will push on your heart giving you the same symptoms as a heart attack. She did have a minor surgery as part of the testing. She is doing much better today but is still very week.

Our house is sold! We had six offers on it in the first week. God is so good! We're just waiting to see if it all goes through ok. We have found some houses we are interested in but nothing we're really exited about witch is not good considering if our house does sell we wont have a place to live. I'm not fond of that idea. God will take care of us though. Moving will be interesting. Dad Mom and I all have bad backs, so that just leaves my brother Ed to move everything. hmmm.....

last post.

Just so you all know the last Post is a recent Post. I started it months ago but just recently finished it but it cam up with the past date. oh well.