I'm so lucky to have these "peeps"

Not just for scrapbooking anymore!

Tonight I used my cricket to make signs for the PTO. Sweet huh? It made it so super easy. This thing has endless possibilities! I'm so glad I got it. I have yet to use anything on page, but I will...soon. Don't they look great? I love that it can cut letter so big. And look how smart I was to use the negative pieces on the 2nd on and not waste paper. That O gave me a hard time though.

It is really thunder booming out! It's supposed to freeze and ice over. Texans can't drive, so it will be crazy out tomorrow on the interstate, and in town. Makes me very thankful I work only 3 miles from home. I haven't forgotten about pics from the SS exchange, i promise. I'm just lazy! Ok, not lazy. Tired and busy. Will do it soon.
Stella, are you reading this? I saw on Sherri's board you were in FW. Are you still here? If so give me a holler, maybe we can meet for dinner, I'd love that!!!!

Christmas Spirit

Yup, that's my baby girl under a tree. Poor thing, she was a very good sport about it all. We decided this year to get a real tree. Once purchased we of course had to get it home. We were going to tie it to the roof, but I frankly I didn't have the patience for that. I laid down one of the back seats, told Savannah to scoot over and wa-la! It fit. She wasn't very comfortable for about 8 minutes while we drove home, but she made it through.

Crying

that's what i've felt like doing all day. it's so not like me. i mean i'm a sentimental crier, movies and such, but to in general just cry? no way. i don't do public displays of emotion. all day, i'll i've wanted to do is sob uncontrollably. but i haven't. what good would it do? it's pointless. it doesn't fix anything, it certainly doesn't make me feel better. it'd just make me feel crappier, cause i'd get a headache. i wish it would just go away, but it hasn't. i've been trying to shake it all day. and it's still here. part of me says, cry. then the feeling would go away. my other part says, stop being such a baby and suck it up. for those of you who don't know me very well, suck it up is my motto. suck it up and pray. that's what i say. can't change anything any other way. so i'm sucking, i'm going to try and busy myself so i don't think about the undeniable, uncontrollable urge to break down.

Yup, that's me!

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Nightmare

i had a nightmare light night that Savannah was hit by a car. and no one cared, but galynn. the car of girls who hit her ran off. i called 911 but they said all their ambulances were in east texas and they "might" be able to see her if we brought her in. bring her in, i screamed? she was ran over, thrown up in the air and landed on her head, and you want me to move her! she woke up slightly and said nothing hurt, so I picked her up and began walking to the nearest ER. Along the way i ran into galynn and her husband and they helped. i saw my mom too, but she was too busy smoking to help. after this i woke up. i immediately rolled over and put my arm around Savannah(who was of course in my bed!) and snuggled with her. I hate dreams like this. i used to have them abut misty all the time. i hope i don't start having them again. anyway, i just needed to get it out before i forget. tomorrow is turkey day folks. yippeee~!

It's just another manic monday......

The devil created Mondays. i have no doubt. today i went to work at 8:15 and i left at 7:45. gotta love it. ya, right. it makes for a LONG day. super long. we did around 45 transactions which is alot, with 10 new loans. crazy. it's only going to get worse the closer to Christmas it gets. long hours, cranky people, stressed out angel. oh joy.

in case you haven't noticed, my shift key is busted. i'm going to be flying lower case for while. i'm hoping the tax return god will bless me and i can get an imac.

Jason gave me my Christmas gift early. he rocks it rocks. i love it. i can't wait till my scrap room is clean so i use use it more.

I CAN'T WAIT TILL THANKSGIVING!

I LOVE THANKSGIVING.

I LOVE LOTS OF PEOPLE

AND LOTS OF FOOD

I LOVE A HOUSE FULL OF PEOPLE

THE NOISE

THE LOVE

THE FRIENDS

I LOVE IT

I CAN'T WAIT

My son was invited to a sleepover.......a girl's sleepover.....

Last night Jonathan gave me an invitation to Loren's party. Loren is one of his "girlfriends". I asked if we wanted to go and he said yes. I told him I would pick up a gift today and daddy would drop him off.
"But, momma I want to pick out Loren's present."
HUH? Never in 8 years of buying birthday gifts has Jonathan actually picked out the gift, or even wanted too. When I asked him why he said he wanted to make sure it was special. Umm, okay. When I get to the party to pick him up, he is the only boy except the the girls' brother. Loren comes up to me and says
" Can Jonathan stay the night at my house? I am having a slumber party after the bowling is over".
HUH? (yes, again!) I tell her I have to think about it. Then Jonathan comes and asks me! Holy Moly! Then Loren and her friend pull Loren's mom in to the corner gigging.
"What are they doing", I'm thinking.
So Milla(loren's mom)comes over and says, the girls just asked me if Jonathan can stay the night. I tell her that Jonathan and Loren already asked me too. We laugh, we talk, and we decide that Jonathan can go over there for the evening and I'll pick him up at 9. Can you believe this? I thought this was over.
Later Jonathan was sitting at a table alone. The girls were running and playing trying to get his attention. I called him to me, and asked him if want his was doing, and if anything was wrong.
"Mom, I was watching the biggest college football games in history"
Oh. Maybe I don't have so much to worry about after all........

the mezaoic era is the age of reptiles

that's what my 7 year old taught me today. i know right. the only other time i've heard that word is on friends, when ross talks about his work. i love friends. they are coming out with the whole series in one box set.(HINT HINT JASON). it would be great if i got it for christmas. anyway, i'm getting side tracked. tonight we are driving in the van and this is the conversation we have:

elize: aunt angel, jonathan got dumped today
me: dumped? what do you mean dumped?
elize: (groan) you know, dumped by a GIRL!
me: jonathan, you had a girlfriend?
elize: yea! he had 7, all the girls like him
me: 7 girlfriends? why did you get dumped?
elize: because he won't play with them, or eat by them at lunch and he only cares about football
me: (HUGE EXHALE of relief), well that's ok, you don't need girlfriend, you're too young
jonathan: i know, i don't like them, but they always stare at me at lunch though.......

and so it begins

Tuesday

I woke up the morning with an awful(and I mean horrible) migraine. Throbbing, pain so intense you can't speak, vomiting( you wanted to know that right?). I called in to work, I couldn't go in that early. I ended up sitting under the shower head with hot water pouring down on me for about 30 minutes. I took some drugs(alieve), and laid down. After a few hours it had sub-sided and I went to work.

At work I found out that even though our corporate office messed up on our monthly store numbers, they refuse to fix(for what reason i don't know). Therefore we do not get an award that we earned. My DM is HOT about it. No one else really seems to care. It would be to much trouble to fix, they say. Thanks for that morale booster.......

Tonight was our first executive PTO meeting. It lasted longer than I thought it would, but was so worth it. We have a lot of stuff going on, or that we are trying to get going on. It's the school's first year, so there are lots of kinks to be worked out. The ladies are wonderful and I think we'll really be able to do a lot this year.

bible banger

i hate that term. i think it's disrespectful and ugly. i never wanted to be called that, so i don't share my faith. most of my friends are not Christians so i didn't/don't want to offend. i am pretty active in my church though. i attend life group on wednesday, i teach and attend service on sunday mornings. or at least i did. i've been in a spiritual funk lately. this past wednesday was the first time i'd been to life group in about 6-8 weeks. i got lazy on sunday mornings and would only go to teach my kiddos during the second service, but hadn't been attending the first service for myself. today i woke up bright eyed at 8:15, so i went to first service. 6-8 weeks of no spiritual growth, and no one noticed. except me. and God i'm sure. what does that say for what kind of Christian i was(am)? that i can go almost 2 months with out much faith based interaction and no one noticed. that is sad. it makes me sad. i truly believe that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. i believe that he died on the cross for my sins(and yours). i believe that he will rise again. so why don't i say it? shout it from the roof tops? i am not ashamed. if people ask i will tell them i am the daughter of a king, but i don't put it out there. i have my church friends and my non-church friends. and that's not right. i want to be just one one angel. i want people to know by my actions that i'm a believer, i don't want them to even ask. i went to a leaders meeting tonight at church. i didn't really want to go. i figured i'm on such a roll with LG and service, why not? i am so glad i did. it truly gave me the kick in the rear i was needing. i was able to express my concern about something. that made me feel better. what made me feel even better was that i was approached by 3 people thanking me for expressing my concern, and validating how i felt. i wasn't alone. a light bulb, had been switched on, a door opened. i felt relieved. in an instant i felt like i was no longer alone. it all fell in to place. i needed to be back in LG, i needed to be at first service, i need that God time. "people" say you can "believe in God" even when you don't go to church. and that's true. there is a difference between just believing in something and actively pursuing a relationship. just believing in God will not get you to heaven. i am so thankful to be back on my walk with Christ. to feel whole again. it truly makes a difference. i feel like a little piece of my broken heart is unbroken, like a void has been filled. you don't even realize how much you miss Him until he has you back and safe in His loving arms. until he reaches out and says, welcome home my child, I've been waiting for you

PTO VP

Yup that's me! Can you believe it. I can't say it was a fair race b/c I was the only one running. They had to vote for me. There was 3 people running but, 1 didn't show up(you must be present to win..hehehe), and the other decided to run for a different office. So it was me. I'm excited. the school is great, for the most part. I love Jonathan's teacher. There just needs to be more parental involvement. There needs to be more "Angel" there.

Tonight was our district par-tay(as we have been refering to it). It was a BLAST. I think everyone had a great time. Me, Thomas, and Roy(my DM) did some shots. The ASM from Mansfield was a hoot! She brought her brother who about got us kicked outta the place! I think Sam and Sister made some pretty good money off of us. Some bailed early and some didn't show, but a great time was had by most!

Just when you think that you're going to pull your head above water, something pulls on your legs, and your drowning.......again.

I got this in my e-mail today.......Yea, he rocks

Angel,

Your beautiful, Your beautiful, your beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face, in a crowded place, and asked to marry you.
I'll always be with you.




Jason L. Hallock
Vice President
GR Morris and Associates
PH: (877) 457-9995
FAX: (877) 457-9998
www.gr-morris.com

3:35

went to lunch

got some christmas gifts

no cleaning done yet

don't care that there is no cleaning done yet

10:43 a.m. check in

just got out of bed

gonna do some online shopping

starving,

looking forward to lunch

A day off

Yup, that's what I have tomorrow. I don't know what I'm going to do. I have lots I want to do, but I don't want to make any real plans. I know I want to sleep in. That's about it. I have no days off. I work Monday-Saturday with Church on Sunday. I can't fathom what I'll do with a whole day off. One thing I can be sure of it will go by to quickly. Here's a list of the things I'd like to do tomorrow, We'll see tomorrow night how many of them(if any) get done.

**Sleep in
**Go to the Mattel outlet store
**Do some Christmas shopping
**Clean/Organize Jonathan and Savananh's room
**Move my SB stuff into this room(yes, it's still in my room)
**Clean and rearrange my room
**Wash/fold/hang/put away all laundry
**Go to lunch with my sister
**Go to Hobby Lobby/Mike's/Joann's
**Finish shopping for my Secret Santa
**Wrap some Christmas gifts
*****SCRAPBOOK!*****

I'm tired just looking at that list. I'll need another day off just to re-coup!

exhausted, tired, and wiped-out

What a busy day! We have been re-arranging like crazy. Just about everything and everyone that could be moved was! We put Savannah in with Jonathan, Misty and her girls in Savannah's old room, the computer(and hopefully by the end of the night) my scrap stuff into Misty's old room. We are also moving the TV from my room into the living room, and taking the TV from there and putting it into my room. Wheew! Makes me even more tired thinking about it. Why you ask? Privacy! The bonus room that Misty and her girls were in doesn't have a door. Their room was always open to anyone who walked into the house. They didn't have a closet either, so they used mine and Jason's. Also, the computer and the TV with the DVD player was in our bedroom. It pretty much made our room the central hang out of the house. Which is not a bad thing, but we just wanted our own space. So, now Misty and her girls have their own room(with their own closet!), and since the computer and the DVD player are not in our room anymore Jason and I will have a little more privacy as well. I still have to move my scrap stuff in here, and clean Jonathan and Savannah's room, but the bulk of the work is done. It was hard, but I think everyone will be happier in the end.

AKA

Also known as

i am known as lots o things

most good some bad.....

if asked my friends and loved one to describe me in 1 word

you would mostly likely hear:

honest

blunt

opinionated

yup, that's me

i have only recently begun to learn when to keep my mouth shut

it was a hard lesson

people don't always want to hear what I have to say

BUT

if you ask

i will tell

I am

Veracious

WAY outside the box here!

i don't do artsy

i don't do circles over the eye

everything about this page is not me!

notice all the A's are orange

sweet!

Who am I really?

i am a bunch of things. anyone who knows me, knows that. i chose just 5 for this layout. some good, some bad. this was the first challenge from the beyond appearances clan

http://beyond-appearances.blogspot.com/

they are similar to the effers, but are only on dare 7,

so i *may* have a chance to catch up!

I used

american crafts paper

doodlebug stickers

heidi swapp jewels

and my black zig marker

that's it!

lots of things out of comfort zone on here:

my handwriting

outlining my letter stickers

cutting those darn flowers by hand

making the pic just a little slanted

(so hard for me!)