Okay I admit it...I have an obession (one of many of course)--I am truely addicted to flickr.com-- There I said it. I love to just surf the many beautiful pictures that talented photographers take. I thought this one is great for thinking spring--just stunning. The colors are just simply breath taking. I actually printed this one out--yes on my new printer--and going to frame it in my studio room. Looking at this just makes me happy. There are so many things in life to be happy about: just being able to get out of bed in the morning, brushing our teeth, and having many clothes to choose from to wear. Check out lifewithoutlimbs.org. Sometimes we "complain" about things--that frankly--we should just be glad that we have in our lives. We have good health most of the time, food to eat, roof over our heads, etc... Take time to reflect on the little things that we have in our lives even if they are the simplest thing such as a toothbrush and toothpaste. I am thankful for my Godly husband, Craig, and my 3 children (even though sometimes they drive me NUTS to the point of insanity) but they are all healthy and can run and jump around. I was emailing a recent new friend (a fellow believer in Christ) and she was telling me that their son got dianoised with MS at age 29 years old. I wish I knew what the Lord has in His great plans for this young man...I know that it is probably frustrating to him, his mom and dad having to adjust to MS. Please take a moment to remember him in your prayers--yeah that is the cool thing about praying--we can pray for people that we don't even know--but Jesus knows him by name and is with him. We live in a world that has many bad things right now: wars, death, diseases, and so many more that are too many to mention. Like I said take time to reflect about all the good things that are happening to you and your family and give a big thanks to the Lord.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
flickr obsession...one of many
the new printer
WWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUU!! Boy I am really excited!! We just got our new printer...our old printer was a dinosaur...have the things did not work anymore on it when we upgraded to a new computer that runs Vista. Okay HP--I am going to promote your newest printer for you...and free at that. This is the HP Photosmart 6380--LOVE IT. It prints out the most beautiful pictures...what a great tool to have. As many of you know I love photography and playing around with my camera...this is just a great printer...it has all separate ink carts. so if you run out of just yellow...then yellow is all you buy...no more tri-color costly ink carts. for me. Oh did I tell you all that I LOVE IT! Oh and it scans and prints out color or b/w photocopies too. WEE WEE I love our new printer. (just a footnote: don't look at me in the picture--pink is not the best color that I look good in.)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Igor the Rat
Okay I just hate rats!! They are dirty, foul, and why God created them--I just don't know. BUT you have to admit that Igor is really cute. He almost makes you want to cuddle up to him...NOT. It brings back some memories of my dad coming home and telling us about his pet rat named what else Rat. He kept it at the middle school that he worked at when living here in PA. but the funny thing was all his co-workers would stop and feed him too. It took my dad some time to figure out why Rat became a rather big rat. Here along with my dad feeding him once day...his co-workers were feeding him too and not just anything but sweets. He was white I believe too. But really why God created some animals I just have to sit back and wonder WHY?? Take for example flies--another dirty creature and it flys too-- eeuuwww. I would say squirrels but Violet would have a fit (oh sorry I forgot that you read the blog Violet...hahahahaha) but seriously folks--I have made a list of all the animals that I pray are not in Heaven when I get there.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Chase away winter blues...
I was surfing flickr.com and came across this winter flower mosaic...it makes winter blues fade away. They are such simple photos but make an impact on how I am feeling...I am really praying hard for spring to arrive shortly. I repotted all my plants inside today and got that "bug" of having my hands in the soil. I really can't wait for getting out in my gardens--vegetable and flowers. I am one that actually has a garden journel--yes I record by sketching out my gardens and that way I remember year from year what I planted. This way I can plan where I am going to put plants (yes I know I am one of those crazy people that is always moving things around.) I finally found the perfect spot for our vegetable garden--and I will not be moving it ever again. The plants did really well last year and had lots of sunshine. For a small space we really got alot in it. Craig (my favorite guy!!) says that we can even put more in that space--so look out veggie garden!! This year will be bountiful. We are going to plant more cucumbers though this year--ran out last year--gave too many away. I also can not wait for our black raspberries! This year we should have a bumper crop of them. Well think spring!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Hannah's Gymnastics Meet
Hannah did well at her meet this past Sunday. She came in 1st place for vault, 2nd place for bars, 3rd place for floor and 4th place for beam. She also placed 2nd place for all-around. We are so proud of her. She still needs to qualify for Nationals this year...she is so close. Hannah needs to have a all-around score of 33 to be able to go to Nationals--her score this meet was 32.30! So close. It would be great if you could remember her in your prayers. She is working hard and pushing herself. Here is a collage that we put together...we hope that you enjoy. On a serious note--please pray for my mom for on 2/19/09 she is scheduled for surgery to see if she has cancer --she has been blessed by God not to have colon cancer and now she is being checked out in other areas. I know that alot of people are praying and that it is in the Lord's hands. I love you MOM!! Poor Kevin got his braces on today...mouth will hurt for a couple of days. He looks cute--but then I am his mom...he takes after his dad--yeah I tend to think that my husband is handsome...I know, I know--I am such a sap when it comes to good-looking men....but just my men! I can't believe that Kevin is already in 7th grade and half way thru middle school--boy time sure does fly. He did well at the indoor soccer tounament this past Monday...however I did not take any pics because they never get in the dome. But the boys played well. Sarah Jane just went for the ride in the van the whole weekend to watch big brother and big sister....but never fear people--soccer season for little people is starting in spring. I myself cannot wait! Pretty tired of this cold cold weather...but I still love winter...simply waiting for the season to change. I can not wait to dig into the soil with the vegetable and flower gardens. Well going to retire with my 23rd book of the year. Last year I beat my record by 1--I read 351 books last year starting January 1st until December 31st. I must read 352 books this year. Happy reading everyone!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Put a little PINK in your HEART!!
Happy Valentine's Day...I hope that everyone has a special day with their honey (however everyday should be like Valentine's Day with your sweetheart). Tell them that you love them for who they are. I feel very blessed to have Craig in my life. He is my best friend, a fabulous husband and father. I hope that we have many, many more Valentine's Days ahead of us.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
A few questions for you:
I am sitting here thinking....hmmm...what can I write about today....and I thought gee I think I am going to think up random questions for everyone to think about and then cut/paste into the comments so that I can read everyone else's answers (yes I am very interested in knowing everyone's answers). So please take the time to take this little quiz for me. I hope to see lots of comments from this post. My answers are in red after the questions. They are really silly but thought it would be fun to do on this very windy day...so enjoy!
Grab a book--turn to page 25 line 5
What does it say? She laughed at his expression. "I brung you some vittles," she said, and shoved the basket at him. Sam cleared his throat, accepted the basket.
What is the last TV program you watched? USA vs. Mexico soccer match last night
What did you dream about last night? I won 530 million dollars...yeah I know... it really was a dream!!
When did you last laugh? Last night in the kitchen with Craig and the kids (they were laughing at my dream of winning 530 million dollars)
What's on the walls of your kitchen? Lots of stuff...family pics, clock, painted cherry mirror
What's the most memorable experience (a good one)? the day I became Mrs. Craig Waterman
Would you ever consider living____________on mars or in a submarine--not
Pearls or diamonds? diamonds (it is my birthstone anyway)
What is your favorite TV show? it was Jericho...until CBS took it off for the 2nd time!!!!! yeah I still am banning CBS from the Waterman household--nobody better be watching that channel.
What are your favorite movies? you got mail, Narnia, 50 First Dates, but love to watch anything
What was your 1st car you owned? oh yeah I remember--my ford fairlane 500 army green and I only paid $250 for it...it brings back so many memories
If you were a crayon--what color would you be? black--you can stand out or fade into the background when you need to
What is your favorite dessert? really too many...but n.y. cheesecake, hot fudge sundaes, cornflake cookies, black bottom cupcakes--just to name a few
Favorite time of day? night time
What's your favorite flavor of pop-tarts? chocolate with vanilla cream inside
Favorite season of the year? fall
Favorite beverage? hot chocolate
and last of all...
What is the one thing in life that you want to achieve? to have all 3 of our children grow into responsible citizens and if they choose to marry--they would marry Christians of the opposite sex....I suppose this is 2 things and not one
Monday, February 9, 2009
Crazy People...just having fun for the camera
At my sister and brother-in-law's super bowl party the gang was just having fun for the camera. I really love the pic with all the girls
and their "Steve Urkel" pants on. They laughed for a good ten minutes straight! Everyone had lots of fun and of course good food...we hid the taco dip when Shannan arrived...to see if the threat still was in effect...my cousin Shannan said that if there was no taco dip at family gatherings she was not coming. We rolled out to the van with all the food that we ate...and of course I even loved watching the game (and yes I am one of the women that hate watching football) but the game was played well by both teams. Well I hope that everyone is enjoying the new look of our blog. We hope that you visit often.
Oh please remember to keep my mom in your thoughts and prayers--she is being tested for cancer...she has exploritory surgery on February 19. Also Craig's mom had her gale bladder removed today. She came home this afternoon and is on the road to healing.
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