Charlie's in a new home

I put the pets up on Craigslist, there were quite a few reasons for giving them up, money, stress, etc.

Someone adopted Charlie last night. I'm glad. The guy seemed really nice, and owns another Yorkie, so he knows about the breed already.

A nice lady is coming to get Frappie this weekend. She owns 2 other lionheads and spoils them, so I know Frappie will do well with her.

Giddy is One Years Old (smilebox tribute)

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Scrapbook for Gabey's big 5... 11/18/08

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Selling some household items on Craigslist

I'm listing a few things on craigslist cleveland....
if you live in the area. Just plug in the item number in the SEARCH box, and it will take you right to my sale.
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/

904479366 Misc. Videos For Sale
904474662 Laptop Bag- great condition, black and silver
904471893 Slider Happy Birthday Wooden Puzzle in Canister unopened
904467288 hajer 6000BTU window air conditioner
904460447 Soap Opera Days of Our Lives book and Guiding Light card game
904446796 Ladies or Junior size 14 and L clothes... price varies
904436881 MegaSaucer and Umbrella Stroller
904335624 Thoroughbred series books by Joanna Campbell --- 5 books
904334319 The Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant- 9 books
904332859 American Girl Short Stories- 6 books- HARDBOUND
904283839 Infantino sling, and Snuggli for sale
895328014 Corell Ivy Coffee Cups, and Saucers 8 piece set
894227889 AAA Explore America Hardbound book
894225950 Bob the Builder Vibrating, Talking Toy
894221813 Handmade Coat Rack- Alphabet
894216978 Lighted Makeup Mirror
894194165 Broil King Ultra Large Griddle
894164701 China Cabinet and Buffet Hutch

One Fall Afternoon

we went for a walk around the block the other day, and it was just amazing how each tree had a different pattern. so beautiful!
Thank you Lord, for your amazing creation.

Human Being on Life Support

An unborn baby is a human being on life support.

if u would like to help

We used so many credit cards, and stuff for last year, being with Gabey in the hospital, and medicine and stuff. Those haven't been kind.

Also, the medical bills from Fairview and Cleveland Clinic have just kept building, and a lot of them are in collections now.I know I haven't asked recently, but if anyone wants to donate to our paypal... at the donation button on the side of Gabey's blog....
http://gabey-leukemia.blogspot.com/
we would be so grateful.

God is good, and we will plug away.

A personal writing from a man I respect deeply

"Please excuse me if I don't feel like smiling at this point and assuring everyone that all is well -- God is in control -- the sun still comes up after the election loss, and numerous other well-meaning, but to me at least, inappropriate platitudes. Understand that I realize the truths contained above, but all is NOT well with America. I am convinced that our beloved nation has been changed forever -- not just because a liberal Democrat has defeated a less-than-exciting moderate Republican, but our America is being sucked into the quicksand of immoral socialism. With some forty percent of Americans already dependant upon the US government by receiving government assistance in a variety of ways while paying no federal taxes, the strain on the tax-paying class comes ever closer to becoming intolerable. Capable people who learn to become totally government-dependant and then teach their children and grandchildren to do the same, will NEVER wish to become productive again. You can write that in stone. When a nation has more people on the receiving end than those on the producing end the system implodes. We are already perilously close to that point. That's the sucking sound you hear.

Mr. Obama has promised to nominate Supreme Court justices which agree with his pro-abortion bias. He has received much support from the nation's number one abortionist, Planned Parenthood. I'm sure he will return the favor. He has also promised to install the FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act), which had been beaten back several time by pro-life Republicans in recent years. This radical FOCA law will strike down all existing reasonable restrictions on abortion such as parental notification and parental consent for the minor girl who wants an abortion -- 24 hour waiting periods in which a girl/woman must be given scientifically-accurate information about the human life within her and then is required to wait 24 hours to think about it -- restrictions like abortions paid for by tax dollars, etc. The result will be that all hard-fought pro-life laws will be struck down and the number of abortions will mushroom. If we were compelled to witness just one abortion and the resultant destruction to an otherwise beautiful human baby we would all be in tears, and many would faint at the horror. The election of Mr. Obama has guaranteed the deaths of additional multiplied millions of American babies. Further, pro-life American Presidents have refused to allow liberal members of Congress to send large financial grants to nations around the world for abortions (again, funded with our tax money).

Ever since Cain killed Able God has punished the shedding of innocent blood. The Bible tells us God hates it. Reading through the Scriptures you will see numerous instances when God sends His righteous judgment upon a nation guilty of this sin. Nevertheless, America, this week, has chosen to pronounce open season on the unborn. For what they hope will be better financial times they have made their choice to sacrifice the lives of others. Mr. Obama has also said he supports homosexual couples adopting children. Reading the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations you will see the unspeakable horrors associated with the judgments of God, with mothers cooking their children to stave off starvation. While it is true that God was still in control during those grievous times I doubt that desperate Israelites found much consolation in being reminded of His control, or that the sun still came up, etc. etc.

The Bible reminds us in Ecclesiastes, "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:... A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance..." Dear friends, this, in my heart, is a time to weep and mourn for America. To admonish someone for being broken at this time is, it seems to me, as inappropriate as to tell a grieving woman who has just lost her husband to "cheer up, the sun still comes up, and God is still in control."

Jim Jones "
(a member of Cleveland Baptist, and a kind hearted Christian man)

What kind of SICK person thought up partial birth abortions!!!!!????

I can't even put the picture here, right to life has actual medical drawings of the partial birth abortion procedure!! I'm crying! What, because you don't pull his HEAD out, you can kill him and it's OK???

http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/pba/PBA_Images/PBA_Images_Heathers_Place.htm

http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/pba/Partial-Birth_Abortion.jpg


I am ABSOLUTELY AGAINST any form of abortion, and will be voting for pro life candidates. I DO not understand how people can care more about the PETA, and things like that, and NOT care about humans. We have digressed so far, we value animal life which has no soul MORE than human life. And don't get me started on how we value MONEY more than anything else in life.

AND what is the argument for partial birth abortions? oh, he's not a human until i pull his head all the way out?? WHAT in the name of all that's moral and right can be the justification of that?? They started out justifying abortion because they made the excuse that life doesn't start at conception, it starts at birth, but HOW can they argue that anymore? Premature infants are surviving, and flourishing, under Dr's care. Why is this even having to be discussed? What kind of people are we?

We are sacrificing our babies, just like the heathens of old, but not to a god we think of as a god... we sacrifice babies now to the god of convenience, to the god of immorality, and selfishness.

I am DONE!! I can't type anymore. I am sick, my heart is GRIEVING!

Lazy Bunny

I laughed so hard when I saw Frappie laying like this!

Giddy my Love

i feel so badly, but i guess most moms skip out on chronicling their second baby's milestones, and stuff.i've taken tons of pics, but i didn't get to update my calendar with the cool things he's done.

he turned 1 on the 15th (oct)he's 20 lbs. and so solid. i don't know how tall he is.
he's got 3 bottom teeth, his fangs and one front tooth, with the other on it's way.

he's been walking since 10 months.... now, he climbs, and does a goofy trot.
he is really good with his hands, and can color a little, he holds his bottle, and helps change his shirt, and knows how to play with gabey's toys.
he's so smart, i'm so amazed at him. he'll show me what he wants, and guide my hands. he'll go pound on his door if he's poopy, or wants a nap. he just started doing that. i love it.

he isn't extremely verbal (except for screaming, lol), but he says mama dada baba and uses w y and others in his babble. he grunts for things.he's really good at catching on to games, and loves being thrown around, he's my little toughie. loves being upside down, and only cries for a minute when he gets hurt.

he's got a great sense of humor, and loves goofing off, and gets a kick out of our laughing at stuff he does.

he's so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes when i look at him sometimes. i can't get over how perfect he looks.

he eats everything in sight! he loves putting EVERYTHING in his mouth. and he's always begging for my food too.

ahhh. my little bitty giddy. my love, i just wanted to write down some cool stuff about him to remember.





this was giddy's one year birthday outing to the mall... here he is enjoying mc'D's fryfries



daddy warming up his hands at Boo at the Zoo









in the dog's bed, with M&Ms all over his face!

filling in the good parts of yesterday

i wanted to focus on the good parts of yesterday, so i wouldn't just remember the crap (and such a lot of crap there was, literally, lol.)so here it is....
-giddy is beautiful! i love looking at him, yesterday he had browns pj bottoms on and brown socks, and he looked so cute stomping around. yesterday, as always, giddy was a clown and fun to watch.
-charlie was so soft and cuddly after his bath, and his bangs are starting to grow out, so i tried putting a clippie in it, and he looked so cute.
-i got out the thomas train yesterday after straightening the living room, and watched giddy and gabey play in it. they were having so much fun, and at one point we tipped it over, so it was like a little cave. i got some good pictures.
-at one point, when giddy spilled crayons all over the floor, i started to get upset, but instead, got out a coloring book, and colored with them for a little while. giddy eats the crayons which is gross, but he also can color already.
- we had a nice drive to pick up jeffie from work (and it's always good to have him with me)
- chrissy came over and watched the kids for a few hours, and jeffie and i went to CiCi's for dinner, and wandered around Petco for a little while. that was a big boost. (i'm sure chrissy knew how much i needed time to breath)
- when i got home, gabey was playing with jeffie, so i had about 10 minutes to just play with giddy! he is such a joy to play with. we got a new game where we put a tissue on his head like a hat, and he tries to do it to me too.
-jeffie ran out after the kids went to bed, and got me a starbucks frappie from the grocery store. :)

my day so far (venting) Times are approximate

7:30 gabey comes into bed, and i let him, because i've already sent him back to his own bed once, and had to sit with him. head still hurts, shoulders still sore.

7:40 gabey wants to go in the living room, and i decide to try to let the dog out and get a bottle ready before giddy wakes up. walk in the kitchen, and find dog poop on the kitchen floor again. have to clean that up.
gabey is making too much noise, and i hear the baby starting to fuss.

7:45 clean up the poop, take the dog out, and stand outside in the cold so he doesn't get under the fence somewhere and wander off.

7:50 get bottle ready, gabey's asking for junk, dog is under foot.
give giddy his bottle, and repeatedly chase gabey from coming in, and distracting giddy... it's one of the few times, i have some quiet giddy time.

8:00 change giddy's diaper, and put clothes on him... change gabey's pullup, and put clothes on him. put some baby einstein on.

8:30 change poop from giddy's diaper, have to change his shirt because he got poop on it. changed gabey's pullup because he pooped.

9:00 change poops from gabey again, and hope he's done, so i put underwear on him.

11:00 get another bottle, and put giddy to bed for nap
put coat and shoes on gabey and shove him outside for some quiet.

11:05 gabey comes back screaming, because he fell and scraped his hands a little bit. won't stop, wakes the baby up, i put him in his room so he'll calm down.
try to keep giddy in his room for a little longer, binkie him, and lay him back down. doesn't really work.
11:10 smell poop again, and have to change gabey back into a pullup because he pooped his underwear.

12: give the dog a bath, because he stinks to high heaven, have to keep chasing gabey out of the bathroom while i clean the dog.
12:15 try to finish drying charlie off, put the wet baby in the high chair so i can clean up the dr. pepper he spilled all over the living room floor and sat in.

12:45 a little lull.... gabey is in a shirt and pullup, and is quietly playing with a toy.. giddy is in just a diaper, and is trying to sabotage the computer, i keep having to move his hand away from the mouse.

today is much better than yesterday. by afternoon yesterday, i was crying.

Cat and Dog Diaries

my friend posted this on our super-babies board! I was rolling!


WHAT PETS WRITE IN THEIR DIARIES

Excerpts from a Dog's Diary......

8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk Bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!


Excerpts from a Cat's Daily Diary...

Day 983 of my captivity...

My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I 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 carpet.

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.

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.

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. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now................


(i am so sorry, i just copied and pasted this from an email, and didn't notice the swear word, i deleted it. please forgive me.)

Going to Consolidate

If I can do it, I'm going to try to consolidate my blogs. I want to paste the posts here, and close them out.


I'm going to try to move them chronologically, so the posts go in the date they were posted. Wish me luck.

Gidzilla!!

Chilly Morning Dog Treat

We've really been enjoying having Charlie as part of our family. He's a very good dog, and is amazingly tolerant of the kids.

This morning, we followed our routine... baby wakes up, feed the baby, THEN let the dog out. He was a good boy, and is understanding the routine. He gets a treat when he comes back inside, so when we got back in, I gave him a treat. He ran with it. Then came back, and I actually gave him something else. I was surprised to see it dropped in the hallway. Then I found out why!!

In the living room, Gabey had dumped the snausages on the floor, and Charlie AND Giddy were both snacking away! That kid'll eat anything!

Chicken at V's Gourmet

This is a quick slideshow of a fantastic takeout place, called V's Gourmet Chicken and Ribs. A good friend owns the restaurant, and their whole family help run it.
Their chicken is the best ever! It seems to always be pretty crowded with people waiting for something tastey. They do catering, and things like that too.

The most wonderful thing about this restaurant though is their testimony! Paris and his family come to Cleveland Baptist with us, and are sold out soul winners. The family decorated their whole customer area with salvation material, and have a video running non-stop about Jesus. It's so awesome to go in there, and look around, and watch the video about Christ, and then to be able to eat the best fried chicken ever. Jeffie and I went on a mini date on Saturday, and got their meals, and ate them at a spot by the lake. It was really cold, so we only stayed for a few minutes and then went to Borders to spend the rest of the evening.

Pulled in Many directions

I've always been a focused person. I'm really good at taking care of one thing at a time, at paying attention to one detail at a time, one person at a time. Since becoming a mom, my brain has suddenly been called to be a multitasking brain. It has not handled the transition well. LOL!! I would love to just work on one thing at a time, but it's impossible. The kids, the pets, the house are all demanding my attention all at the same minute, just about every minute of the day. My only escape is into this computer, where I look away from everyone, and sink myself into the screen, and focus. I know that's why so many women get into blogs, and forums, and things like that. They need an escape that is absolutely essential to their sanity. The bedroom, the basement, the backyard are all insufficient, because it's still too hard to ignore all that's going around you, and a physical escape is something that children and pets will not stand for. The kids pile around you, the dog jumps on you, the bunny thumps. Somehow they tend to mess with you less when you're in this little computer corner. Maybe they think you're not "busy" so they have no need to bug you. LOL.

Fun Pumpkin carving simulation site

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/pumpkin_sim.html