I’m thankful for 13

Was it a nice recovering weekend for everyone? Have we all survived the blogger incident okay? There were a lot of ladies very upset.

Hopefully you’re all refreshed and raring to go this Monday morning. I watched the puppies over the weekend again. The last time to be sure. Especially since there were only 6 (not the normal 7) and by the end of this week, the puppies will be no more. They all go to their new homes. They grow up so fast! *sniff sniff*

I’m thankful for Windows Live Writer. If you have a PC, and you have Windows Live Writer, it will change the way you blog forever. Thanks to Jenni who introduced it to me. I now no longer post through blogger but through WLW. It’s the best, especially since it saves all my posts outside of blogger.

I’m thankful for blogger going down. (I know, weird) However, it allowed me all those extra hours in my day that I squander away devote to reading blogs, to clean my apartment thoroughly.

I’m thankful for the enjoyment I get from reading my bible daily.

I’m thankful my sister and mom live so close since I accidentally mailed them each other’s Mother’s Day gifts. I still don’t know how I mixed them up.

I’m thankful for being able to travel as much as I have over the past year of not being able to work. I never would have seen all the wonderful places I have, if I hadn’t had the surgery and it ruin my feet. (I’m keeping positive as best I can here.)

I’m thankful for you taking a moment to tell me if you like these 2 pictures, and being completely honest about it since lying doesn’t make me get better. If the 1st one is too bright for the eyes. The 2nd one is blah. If they both are subpar. You get the gist.





By the way, this is where I’ve been staying while watching the puppies. It’s gorgeous.

Philippians 4:12-13 
I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

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Have you ever

Today’s my last day with the doggies…and cat. Well, sorta. I agreed to go back over the weekend while she’s out. But this ends my week with them. It’s bittersweet.

Have you ever rode a 4 wheeler to and from school for 2 weeks straight?
- Yes, does this make me a hick? I did live on a farm miles from town. I was 14 and my parents drove my sister cross country to college so my brother rode his dirt bike and I got the 4 wheeler. And for the record: it’s 4 wheeler, not quad!

Have you ever almost passed out while shooting a shotgun?
- Yes, I was in a 2 weeks weapons training and we had fired nearly 100 shotgun rounds and I had a major celebration the night before that might have involved some ‘dehydrating beverages’ and missed breakfast. So add together the beverages, skipped breakfast, heavy emotions and pressure to shoot accurately in a line of men (can we say, only female?) that it all caught up to me.

I had to turn, get another’s attention telling him he had to take the gun before I dropped. He grabbed it quickly and they led me to a rock to sit and gave me water. They said I looked like death. –gee thanks.

I went to the restroom since my body wasn’t happy (er, sorry for the tmi) and took my time in there. I kept my ears in, from the noise of the gunfire and didn’t realize they were banging on the bathroom door to see if I was ok. Once I heard, I said I’d be out in a few. As I step out, I’m met by the fire captains/paramedics wanting to check my vitals. They feared I had passed out in the bathroom and were about to break down the door (since I wasn’t responding)…can you imagine??? Me sitting there as they barge in? I would have been mortified!

What tops it all off, they announced over the ENTIRE institutional radio, read: 500 officers and higher + all the non custody; that “We have an Officer down at the range. We need medical attention.” That just made me even more embarrassed.


this is my baby, Remington 870 pump action shotgun. It’s best if you steer clear of my home.

Have you ever had to say Orthochlorbenzalmalononitrile, Hexachloroethane, Chloroacetophenone and Oleoresin Capsicum and know what each one means and how it effects a body?
- Yes, All but HC are gasses that will absolutely make you miserable when exposed. And when I say miserable, I mean you’re physically, mentally and emotionally tortured. Some believe they’ll actually die. And yes, I’ve been fully exposed multiple times to each and every one of them…maybe that’s why I’m a little off. hhmmm

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And they call it puppy love

Who’s ready for puppypalooza? I’ll now explain all the puppy dropping I’ve over the past week or so.

Remember waaaay back when, I talked about how God was showing He’ll provide for me? You can catch it here. Well within that, my friend asked if I’d watch her dogs while she was away and I agreed.

Insert 7 puppies, 2 dogs and 1 cat. Whew! Are you exhausted reading that!? I know I am and I’ve been doing it the past 6 days. So add a little bit more exhaustion in there for me.

I’m going to puppy picture overload you, okay? Okay.

Oh and sorry all for making you think I got a puppy. That’s a big N-O! I’m a love ‘em and leave ‘em kinda gal. I’m happy letting others own pets. And remember my thankful post yesterday? uuumm, yeah, nuff said.

ps….as I write this they’re all passed out on the deck…it’s the cutest thing you ever did see.
Momma puttin’ up with a lot.




My friend’s most adorable little girl.


She adored the puppies.




Can we all guess who this is????


I don’t know why, but I like this picture a lot. Maybe because who took it or that it isn’t posed. Who knows.




Remember, I said they were asleep on the deck. Here they are.


This little guy was smooshed in there.


I carried them one by one into the shed where they sleep and they promptly fell right back asleep. Oh man, I loved that!


Are we all in love? There are 2 in particular that have captured my heart. The all brown one on the left and the one w/her head on the other’s back. They’re the sweetest and they let me love on them while the others just want to bite and scratch me.

I actually agreed to go back over the weekend while she goes away again, so it’ll complete my puppy fix for the many years to come. Many.

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I’m thankful for 12

Was your weekend nice? Did you send your Mom a card? If I say I didn’t, would you all hate me? I called…

Actually her gift was going to be late and she knew this since she picked it out, so I figured I’d add the card to the gift when I mail it. Smart, right??? Economically speaking, not so much; loving the Mother speaking. But I love you Mom!

I’m thankful for my Mom. She really has been the bestest Mom I could ever ask for. We’ve gotten through some tough times together and I loved getting to know her more during it all. She is a strong and loving woman and I hope I can be 1/2 the woman she is when I’m older.

I’m thankful for being able to talk to my Mom whenever I want for as long as I want. I know she’s there and I always love our conversations.

I’m thankful for puppy love…

I’m thankful for my sinus rinse, Allegra-D and eye drops (seriously). I’m allergic to everything…e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g  Keep this in mind for tomorrow’s post. (I’ve been tested, so I can medically back it up. I promise I’m not a hypochondriac)

I’m thankful for my love wanting me to be his first call, text and Words w/friends game. Silly? Probably, but he said he wanted me to be his 1st’s with his iPhone and that made my heart smile.

I’m thankful for getting a brand new $200 tire for free by the company that sold us the original tire that needed to be replaced.

I’m thankful for God always patiently waiting for us to come back to Him and seek after Him. I know I’d be lost without Him in my life.

I’m thankful for knowing God is making changes in my life. I’m excited to see what He has in store for me in the near future.

One of my favorite sets of verses.
1 Peter 5:8-11
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Inside the Sistine Chapel. Jesus giving Peter the key.

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Have you ever

Today is going to be the start of a very very crazy week..it has a little something to do with these little guys…

which I promise I will tell you all about in the next few days. Pinky promise.

But for this very moment…

Have you ever driven down the road, spotted a dollar bill on the side, flipped a U to go back to get it, and as you picked it up see it’s actually a hundred dollar bill?
- Yes, I was so excited. And yes, I went back thinking it was a dollar. Wouldn’t you?!

Have you ever been walking down the street and looked over in the grass and spotted 2 20 dollar bills just lying there, crumpled up?
- Yes, Promise it wasn’t someone’s yard. I was in Honolulu, walking past a high rise condo at a busy intersection. I split them with G-man.

Have you ever been in the middle of playing baseball with your family and see something green against the fence, walk over and see it’s a ten dollar bill?
- Yes, I was 8…it was the start of my findings. My Dad didn’t believe me until he came over to see for himself. My brothers and sister were upset they didn’t see it first. little sis one upping the siblings…Score!

Have you ever been lounging out at the pool and as you get up to leave, see a grown man completely naked jumping into the pool, then getting out and sitting naked on the edge?
- Yes, Horrified much? As G-man walked over to tell him to get dressed, he jumped back in and put his shorts on. Not exactly what I expected to see that day.

Have you ever seen this giraffe?
- Yes, At the Santa Barbara Zoo. Don’t know her story, but clearly broke her neck at some point. Ick!


Also, I wanted to welcome my new followers! HI, thank you, welcome. Ya’ll are awesome, just sayin’.

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Adorable faces Friday

I have to leave you with these faces for the weekend. Stories on them to come.

How can you not say, aawwwww??

Have a wonderful weekend my dears! I’ll be back in full swing Monday.

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