Ok, Gina tagged me, and since I've never done anything like this, here it goes:

 

6.  I HATE odd numbers, especially the number 13.  Now...if the number ends with 5, it's ok.  Why?  No idea.  For example, if the TV volume is on 11, I have to change it  to either 10 or 12.   However, I am not afraid of Friday the 13th, I'm not superstitious, just OCD :)

 

5.  Every time I get a headache, I think I'm having an anurism...Headaches just scare me.

 

4.  My biggest phobia is of killer whales.  Ask anyone who knows me well...I get teased about it a lot.  I have nightmares about them at least once a week.  I've dreamed that they have tried to eat my children--I woke up scared to death and genuinely worried that a killer whale will get them.  (even though I live nowhere near an ocean, or an ocean that you would find a killer whale in).  My theory is that my mother let me watch Orca (she worked in a movie theater) when I was around 7 years old and it scarred me for life.....

 

3.  I hate it when people are over competitive.  Even with sports or games, but especially with material things or with children.  It repulses me actually.

 

2.  I love to watch Star Trek: The Next Generation and play video games....translation: I'm a nerd and proud!!

 

1.  I am on a secret mission to win the heart of my little niece, Emily.  She pretends not to like me, but I KNOW she does!!

 

Ok, there you have it, I tag Janelle, she's the only one I can think of that reads my blog other than Gina and Sarah :) 

 

 

Hello and howdy!   Lots and lots going on this week!  International day is on Tuesday and Cam is doing Portugal for her country.  It should be really cute.  We've been working on it over this weekend, so we should be done by Monday night!  Cam also has a piano recital on Thursday night, which should be fabulous!  I'm excited to hear the other kids and just for the good fellowship.  So I will have a busy week...

 

I'm putting a few pics of some finished projects!  I'll post more as I finish projects, I also made a cool hat for my cousin/brother-in-law, Aaron.  It's grey with a black stripe, it turned out nice and he liked it which made me super happy :) !   Ok, done for now, will blog more later! 

The other day, Cam was reading out of her history book and while she was reading this, it really made me think....She was reading about Freedom of Speech and Press and here's what the book says:

 

"However, before I use these freedoms, I must think carefully and ask myself these questions:

 

1. Have I thought about what I am saying, or am I just speaking angrily or selfishly?

 

2. Do I know for sure that what I am reading or what I am saying is true?

 

3. Do my words help other people do what is right?

 

4. Do I use my freedoms wisely?"

 

Wow.....good guidelines, wouldn't you say?  I just thought that this was striking :)  Have a blessed day!

Hello Hello!!!  I'm loving this new theme look, not very original, but hey, I like it!  I haven't blogged in almost a year....and so much has gone on...kinda :).  

 

Everyone here is thriving and well!  That in itself is a true blessing and I thank God for that daily!  God is truly so good to me..even when I don't realize it, He is good.  On my birthday last year I had gone to dinner with Matthew and on the way home, I felt something....it was hope.  I was thinking about the holidays and all of a sudden I realized that I wasn't dreading Christmas!  I was actually excited about it...this is big news for me because I haven't felt like that for quite awhile, especially since my dad passed.  So I really had felt like the Lord gave me a true gift on my birthday:  HOPE!  It was such an odd experience driving home, I can't explain it, but I took a breath and felt such an overwhelming sense of peace and then hope.  I thanked God right there and have been so grateful since! 

 

Another new thing for me is knitting...I know, dorky!  But I have to say that knitting is truly a passion for me!  It's amazing to just make things.  I love making hats and scarves.  I also have made socks!  It is really an outlet of nervous energy for me--stress management.  I get excited thinking about new projects and shopping for yarn.  It sounds so boring I guess, but it's just great fun for me!  I love LOVE the look on someone's face when you give them something you have made!  Especially if they don't know you made it...then you can tell them you made it.  It's so funny...the face is :"YOU made THIS?"  haha!   Anyways, if anyone is in need of a hobby, you might wanna try it.  This year, my goal is to make a sweater that is actually wearable!  We'll see....I'd love to make sweaters for Camryn to wear. 

 

Well, I hope everyone had a really nice and peaceful Christmas (haha, not possible, I know it!! Especially if you have kids!)!!! 

 

Chrissy!