Monday Memory

Since I have been wrapping presents for the boys today, I thought I might share with you a Christmas memory. If you know me well, you know I NEVER peek at my Christmas presents. Even growing up, I wasn't into sneaking around finding out what my Christmas presents were. EXCEPT.........
This one year when I was about 14-15 years old. Atari just came out and I wanted it so bad. My mom and dad kept telling me that it was way too much money to spend on a game. Now it wasn't like they wouldn't spend that much money on me anyway. I told them it was the ONLY thing I wanted for Christmas. They had me so convinced I wasn't gonna get it. So one day when they weren't around, I went into the entry room next to our living room and dug through the packages. I carefully opened what I would be the size of box an Atari came in and to my surprise there it was!! But instead of being so excited about getting what I wanted, I had such guilt that it ruined it for me. Of course, when I opened it on Christmas, I acted surprised and I was truly thrilled, but it ruined the anticipation and excitement of Christmas for me! I swore to myself that day I would NEVER do that again! And to this day, nearly 25 years later, I have NEVER peeked at a Christmas present!! LOL!

Until next time.....

God Bless~

Shop til I drop!

Well I am off to go see just how much of Big D's Christmas bonus I can spend!! For the last 13 years, we usually go shopping the weekend he gets his bonus. So we are leaving in a little while to do our Christmas shopping!! I can't share my shopping list just in case the boys decide to see if Mom blogs about it! LOL! Maybe the crowds wont be too bad this weekend. But it is sure gonna be cold!! Do you have a certain time of the season to shop? Are you one of those that shop all year round?? Or are you a mad dasher???

Hope all of you have a nice weekend!!!

Until next time.....

God Bless~

Wordless Wednesday - AMAZING!

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Tuesday's Tid-Bits

Christmas is a race to see which gives out first - your money or your feet.




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God Bless~

Wordless Wednesday - My Suprise Yesterday

Tuesday Tid-Bits

A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.





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Monday Memory

Since this week is Thanksgiving week, I thought I would talk about one of my most memorable Thanksgiving. Being raised as the baby of the family, most of my Thanksgiving with my family revolved around being seated at the dreaded "kids" table. I know alot of kids go through sitting at the "kids" table syndrome, but what I couldn't understand was here I was having to sit with nieces and nephews (no offense guys! you know I love ya!) when in my mind, I had the BIRTH right to sit at the table with my parents like my adult siblings. See being raised with brothers 19 and 18 years older than me and a sister 12 years older than me has A LOT of advantages, but it also had A LOT of disadvantages when it came to a 12 year old at Thanksgiving! LOL! Anyway, I will never forget the first time I was allowed to sit at the "Big" table. It was my first Thanksgiving with Big D and I was 18 years old! How sad it that?? LOL! I mean I love my family, but give a little sis some respect!! LOL!

But in all truth, I would NEVER give up my wonderful memorizes spent at the "kids" table with my nieces and nephews!!

Until next time.....

God Bless~

Congrats Emmitt!

Wow! What a Dancing with the Stars season it has been! The men STOLE the show this year! I have watched previous years but this year I was addicted. I believe it had to do with the GREAT lineup of celebrity dancers they had this year! The best line up yet, in my opinion. From the first show, Mario Lopez, from "Saved by the Bell" was a strong contender.



Joey Lawrence, well he was just as great if not at times better than Mario!




And it was evident that Jerry Springer was hanging on by his fan base only! LOL! I throughly enjoyed the humor Jerry brought to the show. But his 3rd show dance, he danced to "Tennessee Waltz". As soon as I heard the song start, I knew I would be unable to keep from crying. That song has a very special meaning to my family. It was the first dance my parents danced too. I held strong and didn't cry UNTIL the end when Jerry hugged his daughter. He came to the show just to learn the Waltz so he could dance with her at her wedding. I just bawled! It made me miss my daddy so much!



But in the end, there can only be one winner. That winner this year is Emmitt Smith, a Dallas Cowboy Football player. Let me tell you, I never dreamed that a bulky football player would be so light on his feet! Emmitt had such charm and charisma on the dance floor!! Congratulations Emmitt!!



Dancing with the Stars is touring this year. It is possible it is coming to your town! Big Daddy bought tickets for us to go in January. It is held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville Tennessee. I can't wait!!

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God Bless~

Wordless Wednesday - Raider Pride!

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Tuesdays Tid-bits

A friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg even though you're slightly cracked.




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Ok Ok!!

Ok Ok...I surrender! I have had 4 people in the last week ask me if I quit blogging. It's not that I have completely quit, but my life is just too crazy to even find the time to blog. From September 24th through October 30th, I didn't have a computer. My laptop crashed and the motherboard was fried. It was the third time this year that has happened to my laptop. But Dell gave me a system exchange. So I went from using an Inspirion 9000 to Inspirion E1705. Since getting my new computer, I have been very busy with work and family life. I will try to do better. I will try to get into a blogging routine.

I want to thank my 4 fans that have asked me about my blog. I didn't even think ANYONE read it! LOL!

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God Bless~

Wordless Wednesday - Messy Princess

Tuesday's Tid-bits

I am not sure if there is a Meme called Tuesday's Tid-bits. So if there is a Tuesday's Tid-bits, I had NO idea! I came up with this Monday when I read a little local newspaper called Southern Humor. They had a list of Inspiring Thoughts. I really liked all of them, so I came up with Tuesday's Tid-bits! On Tuesdays, I will be leaving little one thought provoking sentence! Here is my first Tuesday's Tid-bit:




You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future!




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God Bless~

Monday Memory

This is my first Monday Memory! Saturday all I did was think about special memorizes of my Mom. Saturday would have been her 74th birthday. So today my first Monday Memory will be about her! I have so many great memorizes about my mom and I have no idea which one to choose! So I guess I will tell you about the time my mom bought her very first car on her own! Now you might think she was in her 20s or 30s when she bought her first car...but NO! She was 65 years old!!!! She always had my Dad to go with her to buy cars. When she bought this car, she was living with us in Tennessee. She had went to Indiana to visit family members. When she would take these trips, we drove her half way meeting a family member in Kentucky somewhere. Well this time when she came home, she said she had a surprise and I didn't need to pick her up in Kentucky! She comes rolling in this!!



A White Buick Regal! She was so proud of herself! Boy was I surprised! She was able to enjoy this car a little over 1 year before she went to her Heavenly Home!!

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God Bless~

Friday's Feast

Appetizer
Measured in minutes or hours, how much exercise have you had in the last week?
Sorry to say zero! As much as I wished I was a health freak, I am not! =(

Soup
If you had to change your blog title to something else, what would it be?

Footprints of my Life

Salad
Name one television show you watched when you were 9-12 years old.

Charlie's Angels

Main Course
If someone gave you $50 to spend with the one condition that it had to be educational, what would you purchase?

Since Computer Geek is now in college, I would give it to him for him to use at TTU!

Dessert
Do you tend to prefer dark colors, neutral shades, or lighter/pastel hues?

I like alot of different colors for different reasons. I like certains colors for my house, certain colors for my wardrobe, etc.

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God Bless~

Wordless Wednesday - Missing Him!

Proud Moment!

I wanted to take time to share with you a very proud moment. Back in April of this year, Football Star entered this photo:




into the Tennessee Teen Talent. This is something our church denomination sponsors for our Teenagers. Football Star won the Tennessee level of the competition and was invited to enter into the International Teen Talent during the General Assembly held in Nashville, Tennessee this year. We entered his picture. August 26th we took Football Star to the Gaylord Entertainment Center for the Awards Ceremony.




We were so surprised when they announced his name as the winner of the Photography competition!! What an honor! During our teenage years, Big D and I never entered in the Teen Talent competitions growing up, so we were absolutely THRILLED with Football Star's success!!!

Congrats Football Star!! We are so very proud of you!

Until next time.....

God Bless~

Remembering!

Today marks the 5th anniversary of 911. I wanted to take this time out of my blog to honor all those that lost their lives on that horrible tragic day. I can't believe it has been 5 years! It seems as if it just happened a few months ago. Now after 5 years when American tries to move on, we are reminded again because all those wonderful people who volunteered their time to help clean up Ground Zero are getting sick and dying from respiratory problems. The families of those lost on 911 and all the sick Ground Zero heroes you are in my prayers!

I ask any blogger that happens to read my blog to take this time for a Moment of Silence to honor our 911 victims.

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God Bless~

Cell Phone vs Bible

Most of us have cell phones these days so I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones?



What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
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 as we traveled?
What if we used it in case of emergency?

This is something to make you go...hmmm...where is my Bible? Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't ever have to worry about our bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill!




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God Bless~

What an HONOR!

I had the EXTREME pleasure of meeting YellowRose a couple weeks ago. Our church was having its International General Assembly. We have been friends for awhile, so we took this opportunity to meet in person! The Assembly was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Let me tell you, she is as wonderful and fun in person as she is on the internet. Meeting her confirmed our Sisterhood! Big Daddy and Football Player was with me when we met. Football Player told me later that day, "Mom, I know why you like YellowRose so much. She is so fun!" Now when you impress a teenager that is saying something!! I just so wished that Computer Geek had the opportunity to meet her as well. Even tho the miles are between us, I am sure we will meet again! Georgia isnt that far from Tennessee! I definitely love this lady with all my heart!! She is the reason I started blogging! She is definitely a gift from God!

Until next time.....

God Bless~