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i saw this on Cheryls Blog and thought that it would be a fun post for today. enjoy!!!

1. I am EXCITED TO SEE MY PARENTS AND SISTER IN ABOUT A MONTH.
2. MY HUBBY knows me best.
3. I feel LONELY SOMETIMES.
4. The most important thing in my life is FAITH.
5. I always carry NAILCLIPPERS.
6. I think TO MUCH ABOUT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I CAN'T CONTROL.
7. IÂ’m at my happiest when SURROUNDED BY THOSE I LOVE.
8. On a Monday morning, you can find me SCURRYING TO GET READY FOR WORK.
9. My favorite food ingredient is IRONICALLY CHOCOLATE, SUGAR AND SALT
10. My eyes ARE HAZEL LIKE MY DADS.
11. My favorite material possession is MY BOOKS OR PHOTOS.
12.. To relax, I like to READ (BATHS ARE GOOD TOO)
13. The town I live in is STILL NEW TO ME.
14. My worst habit is PICKING AT MY FINGER NAILS.
15. My guilty pleasure is CHOCOLATE.
16. When I look at someone, the first thing I see is EYES AND TEETH.
17. I wish I WAS PREGNANT.
18. I could live without ZITS.
19. I wish I had ALL MY FRIENDS FROM WASHINGTON HERE WITH ME.
20. My life is CONSTANTLY CHANGING, LIKE CHERYL SAID OCCASIONALLY STRESSFUL BUT FOR THE MOST PART WONDERFUL.

Send in your answers to this fun little quiz, or post it on your blog (just let all of us know about it, so we can go read it!). As always, it's a cool way to get to know each other a little bit better (or perhaps learn a little TOO much about each other; LOL!)

Hurting in Huntsville

if anyone is a news watcher then no matter where you are in the country you may have heard about the tragic accident here in huntsville. i found out about it at around 11:00 this morning and the tv's at work were on the rest of the day so that we could be updated on what was going on. news like this is so hard to take even though i didn't know anyone in the accident personally. while i don't have children i can't imagine putting my child on a school bus and then not seeing them again. there were a number of times today that thinking about it made me start to cry. i just ask that you keep the families of these three young girls in your thoughts and prayers as well as the rest of the students that were involved. there's going to be lots of grieving people here in huntsville and they will all need your prayers.

Prayers (update)

my mom is going on for surgery tomorrow and i just wanted to post something asking for your prayers. while they say the surgery isn't major i think that any time they cut on someone or have to put them under to so something that it's considered major. please be in prayer with me for my mom as she goes in tomorrow. i'll keep this posted as i know more. thanks friends.

at around noon my dad called and said that my mom was in recovery and at 5:30pm on my way home from work my mom called and said that she was on her way home and she was just calling to hear my voice. i love when she calls like that. she said that she was doing well and not to sore. she's tough, my mom, she'll be back around in no time. thanks to all for thinking about us and your prayers.

for all those scrappy scrapbookers out there.....

......here is my attempt at scrapbooking. we are having a baby shower for one of the girls at our church this weekend. when i asked her if she had some type of guest book for people to sign in, she said that there was only one page in her baby book for something like that and she's already used it up. then she said that she had a journal too but she was saving that for a family shower. when she said that these mini scrapbooks came into mind. i wanted her to have something but not another book that she had to keep track of. just something small that she would slide in the back of her baby book but still remember the day and all who came. now i'm not much of a scrapbooker and my scanner didn't scan the pages all that well but i thought that i would show all those scrapbooking nerds (like cheryl says) what i did. this isn't that whole book either. it was just a couple of pages in it that i had the patience to scan. i loved the mini book kit because they gave you the cute book and all the pages and embellishments to go with it. it was fun to put it together. because some of the scans came out blurry i wrote what some of them say under the scan.
this one says love bug
happy baby
my lovely little boy
bundle of joy
sweet dreams and precious boy

Three Things Thursday

first let me say that i am glad that it's thursday because it is actually my friday at work. now on with the show.

tonight we are going to our churches thanksgiving dinner celebration. my TTT is three things that i am excited to eat at this dinner.

1. turkey. of course.

2. cranberry sauce.

3. pumpkin pie (one of which i've made and it's the first time making it.)

Dear John

i just finished reading Dear John by: Nicholas Sparks. and while not giving away the book for those of you who plan on reading it at some point, i will just say that it was a good story of true love.

Weekend Update

as of 3:00 on friday my hubby and i are home owners. yeah! it's been almost 5 years married and it's our first home. it needs a lot of work and you will see as i'm able to post pictures. not much more happend on friday. our weekend was very uneventful accept for buying the house. saturday was a lazy day. m- watched football, i got some christmas shopping done, and we attempted a night out with his brother for his brother's birthday, but ended up going to the mall for dinner and to watch my nephew play in the play area (which he loves). sunday after church we went over the the house and i attacked the ugly wall paper in the kitchen while m- went to home depot to get the locks changed on the house. when he got back we spent another couple of hours on the wall paper and then called it quits. to look at it you wouldn't think we got much done, but i've been told that removing wall paper is a slow process so i'm trying to have patience. while i know that we're really going to like the house once we get it fixed and all i can't help but think about the move the money pit and just hope that's not what we go through.

Ruby Falls

they are finally here. the our pictures from last weekend. we had a fun time in tennessee. these are pictures of ruby falls. hpoe it brings back good memories -c. i posted these for you. :)
the second picture is my favorite because it shows the falls are you are walking behind them and they say that when you look up it's suppose to look like diamonds falling down. that would be a pretty amazing thing, for diamonds to fall down a water fall, or a diamond fall but that's not really the case. still beautiful though.

Random Pictures at See Rock City

i love gnomes