tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80972593536610667212012-01-15T17:26:50.570-08:00Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.comBlogger6031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-46801666733987366402012-01-15T17:25:00.000-08:002012-01-15T17:26:50.583-08:00<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a6b314d7a45774e7a553d0d0a&amp;blogview=true&amp;campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow" height="303" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a6b314d7a45774e7a553d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" height="46" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size: small;">Create a <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows.html" target="_blank">free photo slideshow</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Hubby and I went to the Zoo today, just the two of us...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Journaling... </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-4680166673398736640?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-51484526377143391732012-01-13T21:08:00.001-08:002012-01-13T21:08:16.196-08:00<p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"></font>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Oigux8TH2Ts/TxENUMvVgmI/AAAAAAAEwxk/-f6A1G31pcM/s1600-h/IMG_0017%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0017" border="0" alt="IMG_0017" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LmtVYEuRuX4/TxENXj1LyNI/AAAAAAAEwxs/SKMrtrmCDFo/IMG_0017_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></font></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua">Waiting for the new year…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HDvOdqbJxwU/TxENZoVklJI/AAAAAAAEwx0/wx7jAKtfX5c/s1600-h/IMG_0018%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0018" border="0" alt="IMG_0018" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-d-EXqwVKtuw/TxENcoZAsAI/AAAAAAAEwx8/G22NwMOIMVc/IMG_0018_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></font></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua">Shooting Poppers…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2zOuXe5_his/TxENffvubsI/AAAAAAAEwyE/5AIezO_SK5A/s1600-h/IMG_0019%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0019" border="0" alt="IMG_0019" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zAMYFCx6dW4/TxENgPJjvJI/AAAAAAAEwyM/gBruX13Z51I/IMG_0019_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></font></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua">Counting down with Dick Clark…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lJy7b2EiVPI/TxENhODeLOI/AAAAAAAEwyU/zfG3S1Kqp74/s1600-h/IMG_0022%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0022" border="0" alt="IMG_0022" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ELA1KmG9H10/TxENkISESPI/AAAAAAAEwyc/z5c70X3upWk/IMG_0022_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></font></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua">Happy New Year…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0Zmi0WUosgw/TxENm-bAh5I/AAAAAAAEwyk/-tdgzqBWY6Q/s1600-h/IMG_0023%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0023" border="0" alt="IMG_0023" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6MEh8w4AYaQ/TxENoKfZ8aI/AAAAAAAEwys/0wO6xWjM8dM/IMG_0023_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></font></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua">Cheers…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rXdXqcdrtt8/TxENpnTvZZI/AAAAAAAEwy0/BUEBKQNaR_M/s1600-h/IMG_0024%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0024" border="0" alt="IMG_0024" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6_sfqnq0UWc/TxENtYYSKhI/AAAAAAAEwy8/5MXlCxQka9A/IMG_0024_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></font></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua">More Poppers…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Ctl__uYyHxo/TxENuY291pI/AAAAAAAEwzE/txH3i-nZG58/s1600-h/IMG_0025%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0025" border="0" alt="IMG_0025" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MjsvNC-xUWQ/TxENvD9rRaI/AAAAAAAEwzM/R1B9vpo_YRo/IMG_0025_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></font></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"></font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"></font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"></font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"></font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"></font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"></font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-5148452637714339173?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-85289474163631864482012-01-01T14:38:00.001-08:002012-01-01T14:38:29.855-08:00<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a6b794e5455334e54633d0d0a&amp;blogview=true&amp;campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow" height="303" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a6b794e5455334e54633d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" height="46" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">This <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/" target="_blank">free slideshow</a> customized with Smilebox<br /><br />Happy Journaling... </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-8528947416363186448?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-56035984660669781642011-12-25T21:01:00.000-08:002011-12-25T21:01:04.731-08:00<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a6b774d6a45354e44513d0d0a&amp;blogview=true&amp;campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow" height="303" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a6b774d6a45354e44513d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><br /><br /><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" height="46" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">This <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/" target="_blank">slideshow design</a> made with Smilebox<br /><br />Happy Journaling... </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-5603598466066978164?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-63850743328599699642011-12-01T10:56:00.001-08:002011-12-01T10:56:38.201-08:00<p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5VhGAfMmJE4/TtfN3gEZOAI/AAAAAAAEwlA/uQngjVjWEPk/s1600-h/IMG_0050%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0050" border="0" alt="IMG_0050" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Fm5jMJcCWmw/TtfN5MQPwBI/AAAAAAAEwlI/aUC1YJHOOEY/IMG_0050_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Visit Me at </font><a href="http://tmschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/12/question-of-week.html" target="_blank"><font size="3">The Motivation Station Today</font></a><font size="3">…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-6385074332859969964?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-42368187425185149932011-11-28T22:00:00.001-08:002011-11-28T22:00:52.286-08:00<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hD-w_hcmGro/TtR1AG2qOrI/AAAAAAAEwjg/jCP3sfL_UBU/s1600-h/8817_Garden_Snowman2.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="8817_Garden_Snowman" border="0" alt="8817_Garden_Snowman" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L0ldLjZ1JrQ/TtR1BYcOKSI/AAAAAAAEwjo/vNd6XukRMnE/8817_Garden_Snowman_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="207" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">If only I could blog from my car I would write more entries… Seems when I am driving to or from work is when I think of everything I want to write in my blog…</font></p> <p><font size="3">So what have I been doing…</font></p> <p><font size="3">The kittens chew through my laptop cord so hubby finally found a universal one at Best Buy and I have power again… Although my laptop keeps telling me it won’t run as fast with this cord that it does not recognize… the package says it works with Dell laptops… which it is as I have power… And we moved computers around instead of buying a new one to put the house internet on… Our main computer is eleven years old and crashed at least twice and runs as slow as can be… So we replace it with the boy’s game computer that is only three years old… Hubby had to order more RAM for it though so we are waiting for that to come in the mail… And hubby bought the new 2012 Norton that I need to put on it so we have been limiting our online time… the old computer and my laptop have Norton but my disc is from 2006 even though I have upgraded every year online… the disc was too outdated to put in the new computer… my subscription expires in a month for Norton anyway so just bought it a month early and now have an updated disc… it says able to use on three computers so we can maybe put it on son1’s computer too… And the kittens chew through the Ethernet cord for the computer so hubby had to plug in our really long one to get internet again on the family computer… Darn those kittens…….</font></p> <p><font size="3">Working mostly… I kicked Black Friday’s Butte… My sales goal was $46,000… We did $68,000… We did $46,000 before the door busters were over at 1pm… And working twelve hours wasn’t bad at all… Seemed more like one hour ten minutes as the last hour was the longest… I got in over 24,000 steps on my pedometer… Saturday was another busy day but I got off early at 3pm… Sunday was continue to clean up the mess day… And today too… I have a day off tomorrow… </font></p> <p><font size="3">With the time change by time I get off work now I’m able to see the sun set… And all the leaves on the trees are orange, red, yellow having just changed a couple of weeks ago… And the foggy haze makes everything even more pretty…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby has put up all the Christmas lights outside… and brought everything in from the garage to start setting up inside…It has been two weeks since his surgery and he still hasn’t gone back to work… He called again today and they have something they need him to do that he will do from home tomorrow… but that has been it… the owner still hasn’t called him yet though like they keep saying she will… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 has barely been here lately… He works 6am-5pm… And then hangs out with friends after work… and is with girlfriend all weekend… Leaving us to take care of his dog and fish… Hmmmm… He’s owned his dog for about six years and I have taken care of it for about three… He hasn’t brought up any more wedding plans lately… he has jury duty this week but only has had to call so far… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2 and son1 went back to school this week… Son2 already had foggy day today with a two hour bus delay… And son3 has a substitute this week and through December til winter break… It was back to homework today… and now the boys are showering to get ready for school again tomorrow… I need to remind hubby about Toys For Tots as usually this weekend is the weekend that the Marines are at the Mall and son3 is having a canned/dried food drive at school this week so need to get a bag together for him to bring… </font></p> <p><font size="3">We have been watching all our shows… How I Met Your Mother, Mike and Molly, Hawaii Five O, Castle, Glee, Raising Hope, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Bones, and Supernatural… Movies from Netflix: Super 8, Red Riding Hood, Jeff Dunham Controlled Chaos, Sanctuary Season 3, Cars 2, Soap Season 2… And we started watching Christmas movies: The Muppet Christmas Carol and Jingle All the Way… Getting an early start this year as we always run out of December before we watch all the Christmas movies… </font></p> <p><font size="3">And fighting ANTS! Ants in the bamboo plant in my bathroom, ants in the cat food in the boy’s bathroom, ants in everything in the kitchen… we had put borax and syrup in jelly lids traps around but alls it did was control the trails and feel as if we were just feeding the ants as they just keep coming… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Time to tuck the boys in and go to sleep myself… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SlroahCn3t8/TtR1Cj7tKuI/AAAAAAAEwjw/rxpcQ3rZwfg/s1600-h/snowmanbunnywinter2.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="snowman-bunny-winter" border="0" alt="snowman-bunny-winter" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Upd4249oDZE/TtR1EaeXJHI/AAAAAAAEwj4/15EnVAe_5Mw/snowmanbunnywinter_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">&#160;</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg340"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that everything passes. Nothing is eternal, even the sun will one day disappear. Remember this simple truth whenever you are suffering, - that the suffering too shall pass, - and it will become easier to bear.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg284"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that it's time to start living in the present. Letting go of the past is not easy, especially if you have wounds that have never properly healed. But, the past is past and living there may be preventing you from fully experiencing the present. Likewise fear of what may be looming around the corner can also prevent you from fully enjoying the present. Live in the moment and look forward to eternity with God, now that's a great present.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg356"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that beginnings are only possible where there are endings. Clear acknowledged endings are as necessary to intelligible life, as pauses between notes to intelligible music. Although endings sometimes feel like the end of you, take them for what they really are, - the end of a stage in your life. Here is to new beginnings!</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg354"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that if you cannot accept failing, you cannot succeed. Nothing truly meaningful is achieved on the first attempt, and if that's where you stop, then failure is all you will have. </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg354"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that if you cannot accept failing, you cannot succeed. Nothing truly meaningful is achieved on the first attempt, and if that's where you stop, then failure is all you will have. </font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling… </font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-4236818742518514993?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-12736064799115548072011-11-23T23:30:00.001-08:002011-11-23T23:30:55.716-08:00<p><strong><font size="3"></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3"></font></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-v-4u6e-sC8U/Ts3ynivbErI/AAAAAAAEwjA/SiSbggCGlyg/s1600-h/2477349rhsyipehwx%25255B2%25255D.gif"><font size="3"><img style="display: inline" title="2477349rhsyipehwx" alt="2477349rhsyipehwx" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-g8kI-SbgoSQ/Ts3ypAQe-9I/AAAAAAAEwjI/Jsducu5BF50/2477349rhsyipehwx_thumb.gif?imgmax=800" width="240" height="219" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">Are you ready for Thanksgiving… I think we are… </font></p> <p><font size="3">All the tables are stocked as high as they can go… All the signs are up… The doorbusters are tagged… Oh wait that is Black Friday… I just got home from work… We were so busy… Everyone needs shoes to wear for Thanksgiving… We were trying to sign and stock the floor for Friday… But we did it and cleaned up the mess and got off on time…</font></p> <p><font size="3">At home hubby has the pumpkin pies made… and he made muffins for breakfast… The turkey is already in the pan in the fridge waiting to go in the oven first thing in the morning… I still need to make the pumpkin bread in the morning… and all the side dishes… Son3 said he can’t wait to eat because it is all his favorite foods… </font></p> <p><font size="3">The dishes are all done, the house is vacuumed, last load of laundry is in the dryer… in the morning I will wipe down the bathrooms… as we have company coming… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Now it’s time for sleeping… the kittens are already asleep… and Holly too… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 and son3 are asleep but son2 is playing his Skyrim game…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-29t_67BB3z0/Ts3yqe2orXI/AAAAAAAEwjQ/vQqBpvt5AbM/s1600-h/1happy-thanksgiving%25255B2%25255D.png"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="1happy-thanksgiving" border="0" alt="1happy-thanksgiving" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sUFBrIkJOUM/Ts3yrefEE4I/AAAAAAAEwjY/RwXUPGFpcvE/1happy-thanksgiving_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="239" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg304"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you are needed, you are wanted, you are loved. 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It is always there, ready for you to embrace.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling… </font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-8860953610399318016?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-6321828078638534602011-11-02T14:28:00.001-07:002011-11-02T14:28:44.134-07:00<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a63314e4467304e7a453d0d0a&amp;blogview=true&amp;campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to play this Smilebox photo album" height="303" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a63314e4467304e7a453d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img alt="Create your own photo album - Powered by Smilebox" height="46" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">This <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/http://www.smilebox.com/" target="_blank">photo album</a> personalized with Smilebox<br /><br />Happy Journaling... </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-632182807863853460?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-10852356225035065472011-11-02T14:10:00.001-07:002011-11-02T14:10:44.900-07:00<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a63314e4467774e7a6b3d0d0a&amp;blogview=true&amp;campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow" height="303" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a63314e4467774e7a6b3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" height="46" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">This picture slideshow made with Smilebox<br /><br />Happy Journaling... </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-1085235622503506547?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-39103103159820421382011-10-20T11:17:00.001-07:002011-10-20T11:17:07.238-07:00<p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-idlWVquXE1g/TqBlmUkSy1I/AAAAAAAEwWw/JJIZSvmRP1A/s1600-h/Trick-Or-Treat-halloween-535310_1600_1200%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Trick-Or-Treat-halloween-535310_1600_1200" border="0" alt="Trick-Or-Treat-halloween-535310_1600_1200" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2pXnB02HLIU/TqBlobLPIhI/AAAAAAAEwW4/5dx2qiRz2lw/Trick-Or-Treat-halloween-535310_1600_1200_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p>We’re busy getting ready for Halloween…</p> <p><a href="http://tmschallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stop by The Motivation Station to see what we are planning…</a></p> <p>Happy Journaling…</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-3910310315982042138?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-42761644328159053092011-10-20T10:19:00.001-07:002011-10-20T10:19:41.719-07:00<p>&#160;</p> <p><strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-buvuGGCtt0Q/TqBYKI1b2JI/AAAAAAAEwSQ/K4qXsHFJ5gY/s1600-h/imagesb%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="imagesb" border="0" alt="imagesb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ff9QLRfBVpw/TqBYLL0EN5I/AAAAAAAEwSY/B1kULY8ptGk/imagesb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="229" height="228" /></a> </strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg328">On this day, God wants you to know</a></strong></p> <p>... that today you should take a vacation from worries. Take this moment to conjure up a fond memory. A time in your life when you were content and happy. Dwell on that moment for a while, let those feelings of contentment permeate your soul. Today is a good day to be content, so take a vacation from your worries.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg376">On this day, God wants you to know</a></strong></p> <p>... that there is a right time for each of the things you do. If you try to live counter to your personal rhythms, you will expend more time and energy to get things done. Body and soul suffer when you force yourself to wrestle against your own rhythms. Listen to your rhythms and follow them.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg327">On this day, God wants you to know</a></strong></p> <p>... that it doesn't matter what everyone else thinks. 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No sense in trying to be who you are not.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg353">On this day, God wants you to know</a></strong></p> <p>... that no matter what happens to you, you always have freedom of mind. That means you always have freedom to choose the path of virtue over the path of suffering, to choose being one with God over being alone.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg252">On this day, God wants you to know</a></strong></p> <p>... that it is also important to know what you do not want. Sometimes when you go through a period of great difficulty and struggle, it is so that you can finally realize what you do NOT want in your life. Then finally, at long last, you can embrace what you DO want.</p> <p>Happy Journaling…</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-4276164432815905309?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-32024991496533001302011-10-08T17:32:00.001-07:002011-10-08T17:32:59.441-07:00<p><font size="3">&#160;</font><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1H_u9UAhngE/TpDrqmZVPSI/AAAAAAAEwRQ/8mTTBqCCJck/s1600-h/314938_10150464393963998_526438997_10973847_1364439088_n%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="314938_10150464393963998_526438997_10973847_1364439088_n" border="0" alt="314938_10150464393963998_526438997_10973847_1364439088_n" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gMqiUqKbfDc/TpDrr2zXwBI/AAAAAAAEwRU/9Ku0_lnv6C4/314938_10150464393963998_526438997_10973847_1364439088_n_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Below are my facebook updates about hubby the last few days…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Oct 5th</font></p> <p><font size="3">Back from visiting Bill... He had to have an ultrasound done on his kidneys but they checked out fine, so just reaction from the surgery and it will work itself out in a few days... He was sitting in a chair and shaving when I got there... he called this morning to ask me to bring some tang/lemonade powder to add to his water as the hospital food all tastes yucky to him... lol... he is being such a patient with his wants/needs with the nurses... I walked with him up and down the hall; I made him go farther than they had told him to go the day before... and after getting him settled back in bed they gave him some morphine and brought his lunch... since any medicine they give him causes him to fall asleep, I left early again today... he'll call later when he wakes up though... they are saying maybe he can go home tomorrow...</font></p> <p><strong><font size="3">Oct 6th</font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">Cleaning the house while waiting for Bill to call... they won't let him come home til the bowels are moving... so I'm staying home today so he can concentrate, lol...</font></p> <p><font size="3">Bill just called... he didn't have a good night but this morning he has shaved and brushed his teeth... went a whole four laps walking around hallway... and the air is finally passing causing him to feel a whole lot better... so now just waiting to hear from the doctor if he can go home this afternoon... </font></p> <p><font size="3">Bill just called to tell me he'll probably be calling later to come pick him up but he doesn't know for sure but probably..........</font></p> <p><font size="3">I'm off to pick up Bill...</font></p> <p><font size="3">Oct 7th</font></p> <p><font size="3">Bill had a good night, even slept in the bed, didn't even need to be propped up... 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Freedom is much misunderstood as freedom from something, as outward facing. Such freedom is illusory. Real freedom is freedom from mental sins of desire, hate, prejudice. Real freedom brings peace, grace, bliss.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg93"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that when you ask for advice, ask from those who had achieved mastery themselves. Ask advice on relationships only from friends who have deeply fulfilling relationships. Ask money advice only from those who are wealthy themselves. Ask advice on kids from your parents only if you are happy with the way you've been raised.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-3202499149653300130?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-3346634160206641452011-10-05T07:01:00.001-07:002011-10-05T07:01:39.517-07:00<p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TxpuuiZ_UTc/ToxjPFfZ4CI/AAAAAAAEwP4/UW_EGaUlvbc/s1600-h/8%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="8" border="0" alt="8" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ENKWGE1CUX8/ToxjQK_eFOI/AAAAAAAEwP8/JbsxMa9l7RE/8_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="196" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Below are my facebook posts from the last few days of hubby’s surgery updates… After two nights of sleep I’m starting to feel a bit better today… I was exhausted… So I hope to be back later today with a proper post… I’m having a bit of trouble with the start up menus on my laptop as half of them have disappeared along with half my programs although I see them in other folders so they are hopefully still there just can’t access them from start up… I did back up all my photos to a flash drive just in case… but as long as I can still get online I don’t want to mess with it just yet… may just take it to the Geek Squad so I don’t make it worse… I think it is because I have been hard closing my laptop because it has not been shutting down properly… according to some research I did… I’m getting an error message of 0x8007000d… Off to start my day and get son3 ready for school… It’s still raining… Love it…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Oct, 3rd</font></p> <h6><font size="3">Surgery went well... It was done by 11:15am... recovery took longer as he had missed his blood pressure medication causing a rapid heart rate... so I wasn't able to see him til 1:30pm... then it was still 5pm before he was completely settled... and then 7pm before they got him settled in a room under observation for the night... I finally got home to the boys who had done a great job all day taking care of each other and getting Jacob to school, homework done and Frank made dinner... We're now settled for the night and I'll be back to visit Bill in the morning after getting the boys to school... The doctor said he got all the prostate and the lymph nodes and he feels good that all the cancer was got... Bill barely woke up all day with all the extra medication for the rapid heart rate so tomorrow I'll let him know how the day went...</font></h6> <p><strong><font size="3">Oct, 4th</font></strong></p> <h6><font size="3">Brought Bill his bags he had packed before surgery and some sunflowers to cheer him... He was awake when I got there and had had clear liquids for breakfast... he said he was awake on and off throughout the night so he watched a bit of TV... he is still in the observation room... his heart rate and blood pressure are fine now... however they are keeping an eye on his blood count and still may need some blood before he leaves... and they are watching his kidneys which should improve as he drinks more... he did sit up for a bit with his feet over the side of the bed... and he had soft foods for lunch... I was going to visit til 2pm so I could pick up Jacob from school but they gave Bill some Vicodin and he was falling asleep so I left early at 1pm instead... Thank you for all the wonderful messages, emails, comments, good thoughts and love!!</font></h6> <h6><font size="3">Bill just called!!!!!!! after I left him and he had his Vicodin nap, they got him up and walking down the hall and shaving and when <br />he was talking to me on the phone he was sitting in a chair... now he is getting back in bed to get ready for dinner and watch TV...</font></h6> <p><font size="3">Oct, 5th</font></p> <h6><font size="3">Bill called again last night to say good night... He had a visit from his brother Barry and Mel... and then another three hour nap... which allowed him to be awake for some TV time where as I was going to bed... I'm feeling much more rested today... And it's Pouring outside!! I love it! Two boys out the door this morning and one to go... I have to go to work for an hour or so to make next week's department schedule, then to visit Bill and pick up Jacob as it's early day... </font></h6> <p><strong><font size="3"></font></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg13"><font size="3">On </font></a></strong><strong><font size="3">this day, God wants you to know</font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that when the sun rises, it rises for you. Yes, for you. Just for you. Only for you. You are it, everything, the whole universe with all the billion galaxies and stars. The separateness you feel is only a mask you have put on to enjoy this human form. Under the mask, your shape is All. How far can you now feel your Self expand? To your parent?... to your child?... to your friend?... to a stranger on a street?... half way around the globe?</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg72"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you are to trust yourself. If you do not, then you will forever be looking to others to prove your own merit to you, and you will never be satisfied. You will always be asking others what to do and at the same time resenting their help. Trust in yourself starts with being ok with the consequences of your decisions.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-334663416020664145?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-60098090655857494062011-10-02T18:27:00.001-07:002011-10-02T18:27:57.267-07:00<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dDCHCuLDQxM/TokPe6ayb_I/AAAAAAAEwPg/p9IRNbcDVU0/s1600-h/Cute-bear-15%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Cute-bear-15" border="0" alt="Cute-bear-15" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZZd007EXbRw/TokPfza82yI/AAAAAAAEwPk/ZecoLDUXqEY/Cute-bear-15_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Tomorrow is hubby’s surgery to have his prostate removed due to prostate cancer… Surgery is at 8am and will last about four hours… I worked this weekend and I am now on vacation for a week… Hubby will be in the hospital for about three to four days… I had planned to blog every day to share our ups and downs over the last couple of weeks… but instead I was busy at work and then home to dinner and spend the evening with hubby and the boys… I went through the crying stage and the mad stage… now I’m in the acceptance/numb stage…&#160; My goal now is to just get through tomorrow…</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg147"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that it's ok to be there for yourself. Amidst all the expectations, demands, requests, take some time to ground yourself in God. Take some time for yourself.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg106"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that your ability to receive is equally important to your ability to give. Have you ever brought a special gift, working hard just to get it, only to be refused by the person you were giving it to? That didn't feel right, did it? Our relationships are greatly enhanced when we become not only generous givers, but generous receivers as well. When we know how to accept gladly, wholeheartedly, embracing the gift as an extension of the giver. It takes both giving and receiving for care and generosity to flow unimpeded.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg95"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that your task is not to seek for love, but to seek and melt all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. God loves you with the very air you breathe, the very light that touches your skin, the very ground that supports you. Love is everywhere, - melt your barriers, and you will have love in abundance.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Dbhoj-Qdha0/TokPh_pJEzI/AAAAAAAEwPo/n_nyY9Otkzg/s1600-h/Cute-bear-22%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Cute-bear-22" border="0" alt="Cute-bear-22" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OPeG0TmbIRM/TokPjKARSFI/AAAAAAAEwPs/cojIkwsvExI/Cute-bear-22_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg46"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you don't go to find meaning in life, you bring meaning to your life. Meaning isn't something out there waiting for you to discover. The meaning of your life is what you infuse it with - beauty or ugliness, happiness or sadness. It is totally your choice, and God wants it to be your choice because God gave you free will.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg200"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that when you create peace within your own being, it radiates out into the world. The world becomes a more peaceful place one person at a time.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg203"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that this world is filled with beauty. Allow yourself time to be nourished with the beauty of this world. Watch the sun rise, gaze at the ripples of water on the lake, listen to the songbirds, feel the breath of the breeze, glory in the colors of the sunset, feel the magic of the moon. This beauty is the air for your soul.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg160"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that there are no bad people, only people with bad ideas. Have compassion towards such people, and help them sober up from the influence of bad ideas.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EAsK1mK2mxA/TokPkVOZ6sI/AAAAAAAEwPw/wlsJKS5p7S8/s1600-h/Cute-bear-17%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Cute-bear-17" border="0" alt="Cute-bear-17" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Jvzj4jx1VBo/TokPm_DnL9I/AAAAAAAEwP0/Kp2FdcFjZeE/Cute-bear-17_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-6009809065585749406?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-77449287820803272562011-09-24T16:40:00.001-07:002011-09-24T16:40:07.738-07:00<p><strong><font size="3"></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3"></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3"></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3"></font></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7NuPoI31OVM/Tn5qRg545xI/AAAAAAAEwOg/SoLEuKxv4xk/s1600-h/IMG_0002%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0002" border="0" alt="IMG_0002" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-s8SUClzolRk/Tn5qSgiTZkI/AAAAAAAEwOk/pxA7hvt5Suo/IMG_0002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg9"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that humans learn only by trial and error, and that includes you. 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Do not wait anymore, reconnect with them today and express your love.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CzGh5HLmYoA/Tn5qTmSDbwI/AAAAAAAEwOo/26GoG8wukU8/s1600-h/IMG_0095%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0095" border="0" alt="IMG_0095" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5mcbkJ45E3s/Tn5qUh5r0II/AAAAAAAEwOs/Y9avvy8hnAM/IMG_0095_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-7744928782080327256?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-64448251522356626442011-09-16T11:39:00.001-07:002011-09-16T11:39:01.297-07:00<p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Tm-e822ROl0/TnOXvtQrVDI/AAAAAAAEwNo/jq6RVltkAoU/s1600-h/christmas-mats-country-snowmen-xl%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="christmas-mats-country-snowmen-xl" border="0" alt="christmas-mats-country-snowmen-xl" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6UqQq7jDK6g/TnOXwpN6CtI/AAAAAAAEwNs/t5FMzvh3Pxw/christmas-mats-country-snowmen-xl_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">One of my mornings where I wake up at 6am and can’t go back to sleep as my brain is thinking so I doze in and out having weird dreams… Up at 6:30am to get the big boys off to school and work, tried to go back to sleep and then up at 7:30am to get son3 ready for school… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby called the plumber this morning and he was here within a half hour and pipes fixed for $90 within an hour… Would have cost hubby as much just to get the tools needed to do the job… and less hassle with the plumber doing it… they were the original plumbers from when the house was built anyway… Now hubby has gotten the rest of the parts needed and has just finished installing the water heater… still less than what the installers would have charged and we probably still would have had to call the plumber as the installers wouldn’t have fixed the existing pipes to the house… now hubby has turned the water back on and just waiting for the pipes to clear so he can check and make sure the water heater is working…</font></p> <p><font size="3">So yay I get to have a hot shower before going to work this afternoon… son1 came home to a surprise last night of a cold shower and hubby and son2 had cold showers this morning… so glad my co worker asked to switch closing days with me as I would have had a cold shower this morning too… so hopefully the night at work goes as smoothly…</font></p> <p><font size="3">The doctor office also called this morning, so no, hubby did not make it to work today with all the water heater and then doctor calling… His surgery is October 3rd… and his pre op appointment is Sept 19th… So I will put in for vacation for Oct 3-9… I am originally off the weekend after his surgery so that works out perfect so I don’t have to switch weekends or have anyone cover my weekend for me… the only problem may be my closing night as the other manager may be out on maternity leave but with all the vacations and medical leaves lately we have all been covering for each other so someone can cover for me too… they will have a temp lead by then to cover for the manager on maternity leave…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby is here now talking to me so guess he is done and the water is back on… so need to do some laundry and dishes before I head to the shower and then to work… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-6444825152235662644?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-5438399144266164192011-09-15T21:34:00.001-07:002011-09-15T21:34:47.599-07:00<p><font size="3">&#160;</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zDWyx9Mg8Eg/TnLR0snsTTI/AAAAAAAEwNY/IRoYDliwMZc/s1600-h/sunflower-bird-house-note-cards-268-p%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; 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</font></p> <p><font size="3">I had lots to write last night but I was too busy watching Thor and now I can’t remember what all I was thinking…</font></p> <p><font size="3">The kittens are becoming such characters… Indy has a paper fetish especially napkins… she carries whatever paper or napkins she finds around in her mouth… and Maple has an ice cube fetish since she has discovered that sometimes we drop ice from the freezer when we are filling our glasses… so now she comes running even if we haven’t dropped a piece just to wait for a piece to fall… </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rkNJUdbwwSU/TnLR3u5nZpI/AAAAAAAEwNg/H1Gm0gc2rA0/s1600-h/3C6EFCE94B454BB1B2F606E99BB048E7%25255B2%25255D.gif"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="3C6EFCE94B454BB1B2F606E99BB048E7" border="0" alt="3C6EFCE94B454BB1B2F606E99BB048E7" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YLQzD_GC6Cs/TnLR5nIx0AI/AAAAAAAEwNk/apOZwT1XfrM/3C6EFCE94B454BB1B2F606E99BB048E7_thumb.gif?imgmax=800" width="208" height="219" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg111"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that YOU are the gardener of your soul. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of expecting someone else to leave you wilted flowers.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg133"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that your deepest connection to God is through your beloved. You are most open to God when your heart is wide open, and your mind is settled and worry-free. For most of us, this happens in the presence of our beloved.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-543839914426616419?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-89947429827579198202011-09-14T13:45:00.000-07:002011-09-14T13:45:10.223-07:00<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a59334d44597a4e6a453d0d0a&amp;blogview=true&amp;campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow" height="303" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a59334d44597a4e6a453d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" height="46" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none;" width="386" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Personalize your own <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/anytime-slideshows.html" target="_blank">picture slideshow</a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Smilebox is working a bit better than the last time I used it... However it still isn't quite loading the pictures in order...</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Journaling...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-8994742982757919820?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-50464878061336677302011-09-14T12:40:00.001-07:002011-09-14T12:40:47.290-07:00<p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8ywBoEgVlSg/TnEDI-tqs8I/AAAAAAAEwNA/JQnmZyqbSeM/s1600-h/welcome%252520snowman%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="welcome snowman" border="0" alt="welcome snowman" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3SPLH1G1pDY/TnEDJ7oHB0I/AAAAAAAEwNE/Qf_U2171KSc/welcome%252520snowman_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="173" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I’m so ready for Fall and cooler temps so I can turn off the air conditioner… 92 degrees today with mid eighties to low nineties into next week… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I am enjoying another quiet morning with everyone off at school and work and me having a day off… I have dishes piled in the sink and laundry waiting to be put away… bathrooms need cleaning… and I want to do a BIG declutter of the house that will take the next five years… but here I have sat on the laptop all morning… but I actually feel accomplished… as I have posted picnic pictures to facebook and my photo blog Not Just Roses… and scheduled my entry for&#160; 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You're chasing in the wrong field. What you are looking for is inside of you, not 'out there'. Take a few days off to become quiet and look within, and you will find it.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg182"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that this world was made for you too. Enjoy it, explore it, experience it. Don't hold back. It is God's gift to you. 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What is it that you want to learn tomorrow?</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-8178834218915465500?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-58572978288042244422011-09-10T21:16:00.001-07:002011-09-10T21:16:38.132-07:00<p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dUJgUsGPO9E/Tmw2HH3alsI/AAAAAAAEwJ4/vpF7iX8JZC4/s1600-h/castlemist2.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="castlemist" border="0" alt="castlemist" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-v9tsPJM4DVg/Tmw2JGqzxFI/AAAAAAAEwJ8/zV0HD4lKXxY/castlemist_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">We’re watching Paul… Quite funny… lots of sci fi movie quotes.. </font></p> <p><font size="3">We decided to go on our picnic tomorrow… to Wawona in Yosemite… </font></p> <p><font size="3">The boys were grumpy and tired from school, and even hubby was kind of of in a mood today, but he’s entitled… I was good and wanted to get some things done around the house so we would come home to a somewhat organized house tomorrow before going back to work and school… if you visit The Motivation Station for our GIT Challenge today and read the comments you’ll see what all I got done today… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 and girlfriend went to his two cousin’s babies first birthday parties today… I was up early helping him find gift bags, tissue paper and cards to wrap the presents… they’re still out and about for the day…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2 went off to his friends to play Monopoly… He was supposed to be home an hour ago as it’s dark now… he just called asking if he could spend the night when he knows we told him before he left no spending the night as we were going out tomorrow…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Son3 has been playing his video games all day… He is off to the shower now…</font></p> <p><font size="3">And if son2 would hurry and get home we could have some brownies and ice cream…</font></p> <p><font size="3">And then sleeping time… I’m tired…</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg144"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you can fool others, sometimes even yourself, but God always knows your truth. Uncomfortable, painful, even scary at times, truth is always better than lies. Remember, God always knows.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-5857297828804224442?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-78431672451038798642011-09-09T11:50:00.001-07:002011-09-10T18:40:18.414-07:00<b><span style="font-size: small;"></span></b><br /><b><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xDvWTiwBp4k/Tmpf9NXPWiI/AAAAAAAEwJw/FLunXSiUXiA/s1600-h/tagoffer1%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="tagoffer1" border="0" height="164" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_5hflgR5IQw/Tmpf-B6JvwI/AAAAAAAEwJ0/qoXg_087Dn0/tagoffer1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="tagoffer1" width="244" /></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I am feeling good today… Still yelling of course but to get everyone motivated to get some things done not just yelling out of frustration…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I did not get as much done at work last night but it was&nbsp; a good night… the system was down so no one has been able to make schedules yet… I also did not get as much scanned in the stockroom as I wanted… but we did get some clearance moved around on the floor to make room for tables of women’s fashion boots to go out today… tonight I’m hoping to get more scanning done in the stockroom and put out a table so we can put out the kid’s slippers… I’ll also have the manager on duty phone for three hours and after dinner have closing the store duties to perform… plus I wonder who I am closing with tonight as one of the other managers isn’t able to work as her husband had to go to the hospital…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Son1 sold his Jeep yesterday for $4500… $4000 for the down payment on his truck and $500 toward the $3000 he borrowed from a friend to buy his Honda many cars ago… leaving $600 he still owes the friend… he was refinanced and now will pay $340 a month which includes full warranty up to 100,000 miles on the truck and he got a lower interest rate than hubby and I got on hubby’s Liberty we just bought due to losing the Saturn when I was rear ended in an accident back on Fourth of July weekend… Son1 has worked 96 hours the last two weeks at his job… Girlfriend starts cosmetology school on Monday…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Hubby said he also had a bit of a talk with son1 about his plan for the next year and that we may need him to help out a bit the three weeks after hubby’s surgery when he’s home recuperating with his catheter… I am planning on taking a week off while hubby is in the hospital and his first days home… </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I haven’t really seen son2 as he is asleep when I get home and I say good bye to him as he is the first one out the door in the morning…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Son3 did homework with hubby last night as I was at work… so this morning I went through his backpack making sure all homework was done and covered another one of his books… as soon as he was dressed and done with breakfast this morning we studied spelling words for his spelling test today… as he is in the 350 club at school for GPA 3.4 or better he brought money for the snack bar as he gets a discount when wearing his 350 shirt and badge… he was up at 3:30&nbsp; this morning with a nightmare so watched Megamind until he could fall back asleep…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Hubby is off at work today… he finished writing up his training seminar and now must give it to his boss for approval… although he is also training them as they hired him because he is the copy expert…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The reason we have decided for hubby to have the surgery to remove the prostate is because it ensures the most chance of removing all the cancer… if they remove the prostate and find no cancer outside the prostate or none shows up in the years to come as it is very small and slow growing and not easy to detect at first then hubby will be cured and live out his life as intended… and understands the chance of side effects of incontinence and erectile dysfunction… </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I am also feeling good probably because I have the weekend off… We are trying to decide to go for a picnic to the mountains or to the beach… </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Hubby will be going grocery shopping today to get food for the week, stuff for a picnic and ingredients to make comfort stew that I will be putting in the crock pot tomorrow morning before we leave… check out the recipe at my entry at Our Krazy Kitchen tomorrow… </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I didn’t think I would have time to do this entry as I wasted an hour at facebook playing Yoville and it kept causing me to lose internet connection and losing all the work I had done on my RV before I had a chance to click save… But here I am almost done and still have a couple of minutes before I have to start getting ready for work… and I even already had breakfast, lunch, vacuumed, cleaned up the dirt where the kittens keep getting in my houseplants, cleaned up the boys bathroom after the kittens as that is where we keep their litter box&nbsp; and food and filled out a birthday card to go in the mail… </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><b><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg148"><span style="font-size: small;">On this day, God wants you to know</span></a></b><br /><span style="font-size: small;">... that when you focus on problems, you will have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you will have more opportunities.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Happy Journaling</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-7843167245103879864?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-6925513181721614982011-09-08T12:28:00.001-07:002011-09-10T18:39:59.913-07:00<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-r0mlUq2Js4A/TmkXZkA_RyI/AAAAAAAEwJo/bKAsovKqx8o/s1600-h/country-days-smooth-sailing%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><img alt="country-days-smooth-sailing" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4JLfQpiFxIM/TmkXarDA0xI/AAAAAAAEwJs/ayst3TTmyJg/country-days-smooth-sailing_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="country-days-smooth-sailing" width="244" /></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Got the boys off to school and son1 is off at work… I thought hubby was going to work as he was dressed but found out he was working at home writing up a training seminar to give to his fellow associates… </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">So instead of a quiet morning, I am having a grumpy morning… not that I don’t want hubby here but part of this whole part time job he has that is frustrating me is all the at home time instead of at a job time… so I either get used to him being home and then find out he is off to work or think he is going to work and then find out he is home because he doesn’t think to tell me his plan for the day… Yesterday I almost forgot to pick up son3 even though Wednesday is my normal day to pick him up cause I get so used to hubby being here, I forgot he was gone at work… </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">After having two days off since I called out sick on Tuesday I had got myself calmed down and had planned to get my mind back into a work mode for my own job this morning… But then hubby being home threw that all off… as he needed help getting into the hospital website so he could email the doctor which caused us to discuss more doctor/cancer stuff&nbsp; which gets me all upset all over again… he does now have an appointment to talk with the doctor on Monday instead of next Friday on making a plan of what comes next… I understand the whole not jumping into a hasty decision but at least having a plan in place would be enough waiting time instead of just going home for two weeks to think about things… anyway no processes can begin til four weeks from the biopsy and then two weeks to prep hubby’s system for surgery… so the earliest surgery could be would be October 4th anyway… but then at least I could plan work/kids/ emotions if there was a date in mind… we’ll see what we find out on Monday…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">My plans for work today are make the schedule, check email, walk my department, see that all the processes were done while I was gone, print out reports, cover the manager on duty phone for three hours, scan the stockroom in between calls, go to dinner, work a bit more in the stockroom, close the store and go home…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Son3 was still mad at me this morning and did not want to go to school cause he did not want to have to tell anyone that I said he could not do choir… I really want him to join something but my boys always pick the things that are the most committed and last all year… choir is also new this year so I don’t want to be subjected to the unorganized of it being new with all that is going on in the house… plus it is part of their GPA so if he has to miss a performance due to hubby’s doctor visits he will get a poor grade… besides he is still not the best student and needs to get into the likeness of reading… his grammar and spelling still need a lot of work… and choir would cause him to miss class time to go to practice twice a week… </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I posted my question of the week over at The Motivation Station today… </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I scheduled a post for Our Krazy Kitchen for Saturday… a comfort stew that I am planning on making on Saturday…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I am off this weekend so we may go for a picnic on Saturday just a matter of where…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Time to get my shoes on and start getting ready to head out the door for work…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Happy Journaling…</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-692551318172161498?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-34957951513938666232011-09-07T22:12:00.001-07:002011-09-10T18:39:16.159-07:00<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5GcLGfeOqFQ/TmhOfaL08CI/AAAAAAAEwIY/Bo6kI8FIJzo/s1600-h/670100bigthumbnail2.jpg"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="670100-bigthumbnail" border="0" height="225" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8LIcJZMgUvU/TmhOgdCHxpI/AAAAAAAEwIc/CcJ0mITACVw/670100bigthumbnail_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="670100-bigthumbnail" width="244" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Nothing on TV and no one can decide on a movie… Hubby is watching some nature show and the boys are showering and getting ready for school… Our water heater has decided to start leaking so we will probably be ordering a new one from Sears in another day or two… </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Lots and lots going on here… Hard to put it all into words… So many emotions and I don’t even know what thought to settle on and deal with first…</span><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-w4CXWVO9jDw/TmhOhrvIlQI/AAAAAAAEwIg/XUaqht1Qbd0/s1600-h/kittens_wallpapers__322.jpg"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="kittens_wallpapers__32" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--t9-fhYW70g/TmhOiXLNNoI/AAAAAAAEwIk/c2L7L33wR4M/kittens_wallpapers__32_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="kittens_wallpapers__32" width="244" /></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Son3 is no longer playing football… he hurt his arm in a tackle in practice and it kinda shook him up so that he wouldn’t play in the first game and then told the coach he was quitting… the coach was very nice and told him to try again but son3 was sure so the coach told him he could try again next year… So now he is wanting to join choir but it is the entire year and during class… I think he would be good at it but so far he can’t tell me one reason why he wants to do it or what he thinks it will be like… so I’m thinking no for now… he’s mad at me…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Son2 has his list for everything that needs to be done for senior year… first thing done, Senior pictures today…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Son1 continues to plan for his future… he and girlfriend/fiancé just celebrated their two year anniversary… fiancé should be starting school soon… she finally got a payment plan of $500 a month instead of $1500 a month for cosmetology school… so two years of school for her plan… and she is working full time… son1 is still working full time too… all of his previous plans of finding a career are null… except for work helping him get his truck driving license… and the neighbor said he would let him know if any union/journeyman jobs became available… and he has decided to sell his Jeep to acquire the down payment needed for the 2011 Ford truck he just bought on Labor Day… </span><span style="font-size: small;">payments for </span><span style="font-size: small;">the next six years… he did mention to us that the Jeep was using $100 of gas a week and that he wanted to buy something for around $5000-$7000… but since he gets a discount from work and the car lot approved his loan guess he got caught up in the moment… and this is his idea of planning for the future… hope he still thinks that over the next six years as he is still making payments… meanwhile he still as other bills to pay off and the engagement ring he added recently… all while still living in my front living room… I’m mad as to how he thinks this is ok… I haven’t looked at the new truck nor am I barely speaking to him to show my disappointment not that he can see past his nose that I’m upset as someone told me recently…&nbsp; </span><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cF40vc-_sqo/TmhOjg_o0sI/AAAAAAAEwIo/zxHYUNkBB-s/s1600-h/wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_.jpg"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-00" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8_0_Nap_f8c/TmhOkvYTenI/AAAAAAAEwIs/8F2SNUolgaE/wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-00" width="244" /></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Two weeks ago we found hubby has prostate cancer… as he has been monitored for several years now, they caught it early enough… but he still has it… I cried for twenty four hours off and on still going into work for half my shift as I was the closing manager… We went to talk to the doctor a week ago to discuss the next step we thought… but the doctor just wanted to make sure we read the book he recommended and to answer any questions and confirm the diagnosis he had already told us… I was very frustrated with the talk… We had already decided on surgery but he made it sound as if we were rushing </span><span style="font-size: small;">into</span><span style="font-size: small;"> it </span><span style="font-size: small;">too quickly and we had choices and decisions to make… he also told us to get a second opinion which was really at the same hospital in a different city two hours away because they did the robotic surgery that we don’t have here… so now we are home for two weeks to have more time to work through emotions, ya think, and decide for sure that we want the surgery… hubby has always known that he would want the surgery as his dad passed away from prostate cancer because he did not have the surgery… so the doctor and I had words…&nbsp; I told hubby he needs to talk to the doctor without me, told him the doctor would not like me coming along, and make sure he likes him enough to treat him… so a week into our two week wait hubby is going to email the doctor some questions to help him make his decision… I think I have moved to the anger phase now…</span><br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-X1haoFvR-Ok/TmhOmxL5caI/AAAAAAAEwIw/MDXEm35b4Hw/s1600-h/wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-01" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pjn21hC9DCw/TmhOoqBX8FI/AAAAAAAEwI0/vZMCwlcUGZc/wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-01" width="244" /></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">i called out of work yesterday as I had a bit of an outburst as I was trying to get ready for work, even made it to the car but hubby directed me back in the house as I was in no condition to go to work in my mood of rage… With hubby's diagnosis it has just magnified everything else for me… and I was so angry about what son1 did… especially with worrying about our own finances with hubby still working part time and no benefits for the six weeks he will be recovering from his surgery… his new boss is sympathetic of his situation as her husband was also diagnosed with prostate cancer however in the past week or so they are getting divorced for other reasons… I am trying to take my work one day at a time… we survived back to school and are still recovering… Lots of people at work are having bad news lately too… such crazy times right now… and I tend to worry about others too and try to think how lucky we are and then at the same time I feel selfish thinking I want special treatment for my troubles right now too… never time to just stop and deal, days keep going, life keeps going on…</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Hubby put in a Star Trek movie: First Contact… Son2 has already gone to sleep and son3 is calling to tuck him in… Hopefully I’ll take more time to work through my thoughts and emotions in my blog now…</span><br /><b><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg146"><span style="font-size: small;">On this day, God wants you to know</span></a></b><br /><span style="font-size: small;">... that God doesn't want your obedience, God wants your love. Servants give obedience, children give love. You are a child of God.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Happy Journaling…</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-3495795151393866623?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-62523260252924202232011-09-07T12:03:00.001-07:002011-09-07T12:03:06.574-07:00<p><font size="3">&#160;</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-L43I5DIQgJw/Tme_4zJG71I/AAAAAAAEwIQ/p2aqZTMOGqY/s1600-h/gbyb.png"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="gbyb" border="0" alt="gbyb" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0FjHBkFPgo4/Tme_6EzXeEI/AAAAAAAEwIU/X8iv8nU8x9E/gbyb_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg52"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that the great advantage of having nothing is that everything becomes a gain. Losing everything is at the same time the scariest, as well as the most liberating experience you can have. When you have something, - anything, you've got to protect it from disappearing. And so worry becomes a resident in your heart. When you've got nothing, your heart overflows with gratitude for every offering you receive.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg63"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that your remedy for anxiety is the question: 'Will this matter in a year from now?' All too often you get so involved in things that you look at life through a microscope. Amplifying manifold, an invisible speck becomes an insurmountable mountain. Put down the microscope and imagine yourself a year from now looking back at today: 'Does this really matter?'</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg121"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that when an impossible must happen, put it on God's to-do list. Well, if you can't make it happen, and no one else can, there is only thing left to do, - finally look up and trust in God to make it right.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg143"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that circumstances don't make you, they reveal you. 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Create!</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-497845208068425319?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-50079156227408924752011-08-14T09:11:00.001-07:002011-08-14T09:11:12.856-07:00<p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Taking a minute to talk about my other blogs…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Every Thursday I host </font><a href="http://tmschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/08/thursdays-with-linda-back-to-school-and.html"><font size="3">The Motivation Station</font></a><font size="3">… We have been motivating for almost two years now…</font></p> <p><font size="3">With Summer ending, back to school here and Fall on it’s way I have started a new theme for </font><a href="http://tmschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/08/thursdays-with-linda-back-to-school-and.html"><font size="3">Thursdays with Linda</font></a><font size="3">… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-k5FO3TtLrpQ/Tkfzdm8S32I/AAAAAAAEwDg/5VcvVK5A9lA/s1600-h/question_mark_2158%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; 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Always remember that one little act of kindness can tilt the balance of an entire situation. One little act of kindness can ripple out in countless ways that you many never know about.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wryBL6yPAo8/Tj1m6_QsjOI/AAAAAAAEv_M/Eoju-nsnmfk/s1600-h/IMG_00922.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0092" border="0" alt="IMG_0092" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9oyvTzGEXPs/Tj1nEJKf_MI/AAAAAAAEv_Y/CgiXWzRul-Q/IMG_0092_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-t4WSa5_LEB0/Tj1nJaqqr9I/AAAAAAAEv_c/cL0Z9Ci89g8/s1600-h/IMG_00932.jpg"></a><strong></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg96"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Pain is the reaction of the body, and as long as you have the body, some pain is inevitable. Suffering is the contraction of the mind, and unlike pain, is optional. Don't add suffering to pain, - relax your mind and the suffering will pass.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-t4WSa5_LEB0/Tj1nJaqqr9I/AAAAAAAEv_c/cL0Z9Ci89g8/s1600-h/IMG_00932.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0093" border="0" alt="IMG_0093" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Sx5RyFDH6YE/Tj1nKt_3kyI/AAAAAAAEv_g/A6iUyttB2t0/IMG_0093_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1arj2REgIVg/Tj1nNs3xoPI/AAAAAAAEv_k/K28TGzFr_34/s1600-h/IMG_00942.jpg"></a><strong></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg131"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that family is not a name for a group of people, but the quality of relationships between them. Relationships grounded in mutual love, trust, caring and forgiveness. In all the ups and all the downs of life. Look closely, - who is really your family, and who in truth are just strangers in for the ride?</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1arj2REgIVg/Tj1nNs3xoPI/AAAAAAAEv_k/K28TGzFr_34/s1600-h/IMG_00942.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0094" border="0" alt="IMG_0094" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ylfC1s-BIIA/Tj1nQfOaQJI/AAAAAAAEv_o/aygdg7VYmKY/IMG_0094_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><strong></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg118"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that all those little things that annoy you, are God's way of watching out for you. You never know when an untied shoelace saves you from an onrushing car. On September 11th, one man was saved because he had to get donuts for his team; another because he developed a blister on his foot from wearing new shoes.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg107"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rEFKDw9xKnY/Tj1nTiG4PmI/AAAAAAAEv_s/oz-sdcmopJ8/s1600-h/IMG_00952.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0095" border="0" alt="IMG_0095" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1Dnp2Hk3jrs/Tj1nW0o2-SI/AAAAAAAEv_w/asUX-iE4Ksw/IMG_0095_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a></a></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that every day you are choosing either to be grateful or to be disappointed. You can worry to no end about what you don't have. Or you can marvel at God's breathtaking gifts: the morning dew, the sun, the clouds, the trees, the flowers, the birds. Could you create any of these? These miracles of life are always around you, ready to be celebrated, ready to be welcomed into your life.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uOmqcyKBU8U/Tj1nZyJ7X5I/AAAAAAAEv_0/sgBexQHT7WM/s1600-h/IMG_00962.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0096" border="0" alt="IMG_0096" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HLE8WI5ptLA/Tj1nblo4NXI/AAAAAAAEv_4/oJj9UqmYDMY/IMG_0096_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-8466144861413561636?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-29281222748051495912011-07-27T22:17:00.001-07:002011-07-27T22:17:56.931-07:00<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-e9c1EbtGFv4/TjDwDBTQ0KI/AAAAAAAEv8c/PbXM7btHOiE/s1600-h/IMG_0001%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0001" border="0" alt="IMG_0001" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-f7LaobM_0Q8/TjDwFu9NV-I/AAAAAAAEv8g/zm4nt8uKfVk/IMG_0001_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Only two weeks til school starts… son3 has barely gone in the pool… he prefers to play his video games… Just as well as I’ve barely gone in the backyard… I haven’t trimmed the roses, cleaned the pool or watered the plants… although the sprinklers are on a timer too…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-owMdnFobrdU/TjDwJ1oYKuI/AAAAAAAEv8k/oEQJLbehgn4/s1600-h/IMG_0002%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0002" border="0" alt="IMG_0002" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NGQRzAreAK8/TjDwLq8tgCI/AAAAAAAEv8o/luhseAsayt0/IMG_0002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I had three days off for the boy’s birthdays… I had so many plans of things I wanted to get done… I knew they wouldn’t happen… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dZEdUlSVpaM/TjDwNaUEvuI/AAAAAAAEv8s/HcCy9_oTUOA/s1600-h/IMG_0050%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0050" border="0" alt="IMG_0050" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-duoMAmAoIjY/TjDwPOuz4fI/AAAAAAAEv8w/0QHfWaVJ8BQ/IMG_0050_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Maple is a big stinker… She gets into everything… Even when Indy gets into something, Maple takes over and ends up getting blamed for it… She scratches the furniture, scratches my carpet trying to get into doors that are closed, she runs into rooms she is not supposed to be in when you open the door, and she can jump on the kitchen counters now… She is sleeping behind me on the couch now… Isn’t she too cute, when she’s sleeping… </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-69pnUxgickU/TjDwTUcNvVI/AAAAAAAEv80/Bnhu6DDr_Fk/s1600-h/IMG_0051%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0051" border="0" alt="IMG_0051" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-svbdumLhckI/TjDwVkEv7uI/AAAAAAAEv84/0HzVyRL1Fww/IMG_0051_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Holly hates the kittens and the dog… She hisses at all of us… Even when I try to pet and hug her…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7jFqzEi_J08/TjDwX5vAM8I/AAAAAAAEv88/h3-Kno5L_QU/s1600-h/IMG_0054%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0054" border="0" alt="IMG_0054" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zbICx98spnI/TjDwbbcm2mI/AAAAAAAEv9A/AhZ1j-TcDFU/IMG_0054_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">The boys were on a coloring kick a couple of weeks ago…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OclXEDaCU5A/TjDwdntQEGI/AAAAAAAEv9E/Tj66-gnjN08/s1600-h/IMG_0056%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0056" border="0" alt="IMG_0056" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-q45b6CYd8tk/TjDwkPxdRzI/AAAAAAAEv9I/NCKYi1lxDW8/IMG_0056_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son3’s…</font></p> <p><font size="3">It’s been four weeks since my car accident… AAA called today to let us know that we didn’t have to pay our deductable, so if we had already paid it when we picked up our car, they would reimburse us… We said we haven’t picked up our car yet nor have they called us with an update… she was surprised as she thought we had our car, so she called the mechanic and called us back saying the shop had sent the paper work to AAA saying the car was a total loss and not worth repairing, however she had never gotten any paperwork… so she is researching as to what is going on… and yet how can they give us an estimate for repairs and then three weeks later send a report saying it is a total loss… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-S6ARNhWZqhk/TjDwmCrPmsI/AAAAAAAEv9M/SnxT4rirsGA/s1600-h/IMG_0057%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0057" border="0" alt="IMG_0057" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZpK-Nul_ypY/TjDwosq0snI/AAAAAAAEv9Q/QYORupCmk0A/IMG_0057_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Girlfriend’s…</font></p> <p><font size="3">I worked Thursday through Sunday… Friday we got Carl’s Jr… I felt like a special treat… Teriyaki Turkey Burger…Sunday I had to close so son3 opened his presents in the morning… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vSzDk8BItn0/TjDwqdy4D-I/AAAAAAAEv9U/psxBxAZHWXE/s1600-h/IMG_0058%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0058" border="0" alt="IMG_0058" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iVtQhNSXwLs/TjDwtQPfmUI/AAAAAAAEv9Y/uBSHaN6vdUs/IMG_0058_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2’s…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Monday and Tuesday&#160; I took vacation days… Son1 also had Monday and Tuesday as vacation days… So Monday before hubby went to work son1 opened his presents… Monday when hubby got off work we all went to Home Town Buffet, girlfriend too… It was so good… the food is better since they remodeled… Then when we got home we had birthday cake for both the boys… Tuesday we went to Transformers Dark Side of the Moon… Not son1 though he had seen Captain America on Friday… Transformers was so intense… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-B2Py7pykwRs/TjDwv5FVK4I/AAAAAAAEv9c/mDGlLGnVazQ/s1600-h/IMG_0059%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0059" border="0" alt="IMG_0059" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ubIR9V8BtQA/TjDwxA547GI/AAAAAAAEv9g/oHsENZ2h1sg/IMG_0059_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2’s…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Today I had to go into work for a minute to put the hours in the schedule… I had a ton of hours… Found out we have an audit visit on Tuesday… I don’t even have enough associates to use all the hours I got… Son2 came with me so he could look for back to school clothes… He got five character shirts and three plaid button shirts… they were all 50-60% off… we also found five character shirts for son3 and a windbreaker jacket that were all on clearance and then an additional 40% off… also got son1 a Captain America t-shirt and hubby a Marvin the Martian t-shirt… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HElu4DC39co/TjDwzddQNjI/AAAAAAAEv9k/9Oghr1baOms/s1600-h/IMG_0060%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0060" border="0" alt="IMG_0060" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kEnkOEoR7Lc/TjDw1izE2YI/AAAAAAAEv9o/dEx5OQeIvq8/IMG_0060_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1’s…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Movies we’ve seen lately: Just Go With It, Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, it was actually kinda cute; Hall Pass, Owen Wilson, not good at all although I watched it til the end; Rango, Johnny Depp, So Good, we watched it twice… Tonight we saw Season of the Witch with Nicholas Cage, it was interesting and strange and a bit scary… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kK7AnGcR9m8/TjDw5qLUdMI/AAAAAAAEv9s/WmVY8-PsFps/s1600-h/IMG_0066%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0066" border="0" alt="IMG_0066" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VbOiGdqBVRc/TjDw8HSs1rI/AAAAAAAEv9w/G0Q6kQfeeX4/IMG_0066_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2’s…</font></p> <p><font size="3">We’re watching How I Met Your Mother season 4 that we got son1 for his birthday… So funny!</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QisIjorW9p8/TjDw9zWP1_I/AAAAAAAEv90/xUvADPRUmQU/s1600-h/IMG_0013%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0013" border="0" alt="IMG_0013" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-74lWyoUg5Jw/TjDw_iEFLVI/AAAAAAAEv94/7Tlv2v6yEYc/IMG_0013_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Maple in the box that son3’s video games came in for his birthday… The kittens claim every box and bit of wrapping paper that comes in the house… Son3 has slept for the last three nights without his bedroom light on… our agreement since he’s ten now… we still leave the hall light on for him though… </font></p> <p><font size="3">It is now after 10pm… time to get everyone to bed… and watch my latest episode of True Blood season 3 and put my laundry away… Back to work tomorrow…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling… </font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-2928122274805149591?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-76302084667357508282011-07-27T20:17:00.001-07:002011-07-27T20:17:39.778-07:00<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MsCW-Vt4ESM/TjDTert9ICI/AAAAAAAEv6c/Cv2LinmcJgM/s1600-h/IMG_0003%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; 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If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, there must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, there must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, there must be peace in the home. 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God is waiting for your Asking, waiting to reach out to you.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hV9JMfIr8eA/TjDN_tYf8tI/AAAAAAAEv5U/iVr4D15Mfww/s1600-h/IMG_0076%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0076" border="0" alt="IMG_0076" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wcVmxiOraSI/TjDOBgy3HtI/AAAAAAAEv5Y/Zs1VqONUIhk/IMG_0076_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg15"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that happiness has nothing to do with pleasure. You feel pleasure when you want something and you get it. Or when you don't want something and you remove it. Pleasure is always relative. Happiness is absolute. 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Each time on a whole new level you together open in love and discover the truth of your beloved anew. There is no limit to the beauty of your beloved. If you think you've reached the end, stop generalizing.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-M2vzhVml3TY/TjDOmpVPbjI/AAAAAAAEv6M/-e5Es-72fC0/s1600-h/IMG_0085%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0085" border="0" alt="IMG_0085" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Ai4kIP-fZAs/TjDOrXbO00I/AAAAAAAEv6Q/zqSPZT2Zd98/IMG_0085_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg73"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. You have to agree that you are less and that someone else is more to feel inferior. If you don't agree, you can not possibly feel inferior. You might know something less, or you might be able to do something less, but you ARE unique and hence simply incomparable. Do not buy into being reduced to an object of comparison.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5zUW85FPECY/TjDOuWLqfAI/AAAAAAAEv6U/gx59aZaEVC8/s1600-h/IMG_0086%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0086" border="0" alt="IMG_0086" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--ej3bO1T9X4/TjDOxjKKuSI/AAAAAAAEv6Y/xMCseWFFERc/IMG_0086_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-1022697734365442572?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-42365041793048862512011-07-20T12:44:00.001-07:002011-07-20T12:44:44.494-07:00<p><font size="3">Son1 and girlfriend got engaged over the weekend…</font></p> <p><font size="3">They went camping with her family and friends…</font></p> <p><font size="3">So son1 came armed with an engagement ring…</font></p> <p><font size="3">He had planned to propose to her four wheeling in the jeep to the top of a summit over looking Shaver Lake…</font></p> <p><font size="3">She didn’t want to go four wheeling so she stayed behind at the campsite…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Before dinner the younger couples all went for a walk and came across a bridge…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 seized the opportunity…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Only one other person in the group knew he was going to propose so they were able to take pictures…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9ZflZ8L2Fqc/Ticvhkl1dzI/AAAAAAAEv20/WE9coAsYgm4/s1600-h/268494_10150255753084819_818339818_7205759_8256289_n%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="268494_10150255753084819_818339818_7205759_8256289_n" border="0" alt="268494_10150255753084819_818339818_7205759_8256289_n" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-n24eIG3Xy4w/Ticvlp29sQI/AAAAAAAEv24/x8KPw8o8_uE/268494_10150255753084819_818339818_7205759_8256289_n_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Girlfriend has no idea… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-t4vpr5IyvM0/TicvnVq30eI/AAAAAAAEv28/NkA6j9DSLUU/s1600-h/282100_10150255753284819_818339818_7205761_2448427_n%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="282100_10150255753284819_818339818_7205761_2448427_n" border="0" alt="282100_10150255753284819_818339818_7205761_2448427_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Jz8wyVsWkB4/TicvrK_Q0SI/AAAAAAAEv3A/ulWwpQGnWKg/282100_10150255753284819_818339818_7205761_2448427_n_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 had the ring on his finger and whispered in her ear his proposal…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7JVUc6C7_dE/TicvsrHPt0I/AAAAAAAEv3E/la5JKip9Yjk/s1600-h/285498_10150255753489819_818339818_7205763_8340370_n%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="285498_10150255753489819_818339818_7205763_8340370_n" border="0" alt="285498_10150255753489819_818339818_7205763_8340370_n" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WVDJPmFShBk/TicvtwmuHdI/AAAAAAAEv3I/0dr_eBmYDoI/285498_10150255753489819_818339818_7205763_8340370_n_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Girlfriend crying…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sqktB1lSbUA/TicvvoqpULI/AAAAAAAEv3M/QSXnEC_B5TY/s1600-h/282427_10150255753604819_818339818_7205764_16977_n%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="282427_10150255753604819_818339818_7205764_16977_n" border="0" alt="282427_10150255753604819_818339818_7205764_16977_n" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AZIWDtSk97Y/Ticvyusr1pI/AAAAAAAEv3Q/07jO5MYWKpc/282427_10150255753604819_818339818_7205764_16977_n_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Wiping away the tears…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tGzylrnDa5c/Ticv0qds-iI/AAAAAAAEv3U/UgjYPft8qzA/s1600-h/268057_10150255752969819_818339818_7205758_5117424_n%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="268057_10150255752969819_818339818_7205758_5117424_n" border="0" alt="268057_10150255752969819_818339818_7205758_5117424_n" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Zb69JE8p-tY/Ticv2evp4II/AAAAAAAEv3Y/sPnnadJliVc/268057_10150255752969819_818339818_7205758_5117424_n_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Couple…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--Ktim50sjCw/Ticv32nUI9I/AAAAAAAEv3c/g7X1qE15SMk/s1600-h/282733_10150255753719819_818339818_7205765_222761_n%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="282733_10150255753719819_818339818_7205765_222761_n" border="0" alt="282733_10150255753719819_818339818_7205765_222761_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_hNs9rAeFZQ/Ticv6HF077I/AAAAAAAEv3g/IRLYbonWNM4/282733_10150255753719819_818339818_7205765_222761_n_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-meuuEO3Lahk/Ticv9TvKw3I/AAAAAAAEv3k/Ta0FjTzrgPw/s1600-h/IMG_0006%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0006" border="0" alt="IMG_0006" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-k0NWHZwSO_8/Ticv-5jy3cI/AAAAAAAEv3o/0UjBRkUSOtA/IMG_0006_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Pictures in the backyard from when they came home on Sunday… after they went over to friend’s to BBQ and have a bit of engagement celebration…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iFq0csY0BhQ/TicwBykCBbI/AAAAAAAEv3s/2_VOfC5QIhc/s1600-h/IMG_0007%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0007" border="0" alt="IMG_0007" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0xsVUYiuMQk/TicwEe86AaI/AAAAAAAEv3w/gsZKf6mZTXA/IMG_0007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Pretty…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--fkOLXglXb0/TicwHSMGh9I/AAAAAAAEv30/OhvE92N556M/s1600-h/IMG_0008%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0008" border="0" alt="IMG_0008" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ctffDXVWuCo/TicwKISttHI/AAAAAAAEv34/kmfhKRfWOkw/IMG_0008_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Congratulations…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-4236504179304886251?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-3012855842161468542011-07-16T22:53:00.001-07:002011-07-16T22:53:23.294-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FGT9RSMU1cU/TiJ4bGV7CjI/AAAAAAAEv10/YKuybB3elIU/s1600-h/IMG_00612.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0061" border="0" alt="IMG_0061" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-udXqux3in5I/TiJ4eW5hEAI/AAAAAAAEv14/8OZKiWFs5BQ/IMG_0061_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">Today was a nice quiet Saturday… I have the weekend off and I am trying to relax and enjoy it… I have been a bit grumpy this week… Ok a lot grumpy if you count Wednesday when I lost it and went off on poor hubby… don’t you just love mood swings… I would say it’s just being a woman… but then son2 has them too… so gotta love those hormones of life… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Today I was up early with a bit of a headache so had some quiet time on the laptop playing frontierville… hubby was up next and made breakfast of scrambled eggs, hash browns, corn beef hash and English muffins… the boys were up for breakfast and then I did a bit of online ordering for hubby and my vitamins and birthday shopping for son1 and son3… their bdays are July 25 and July 24… hubby and I then showered and got dressed and went on about a five mile walk… we walked to the new neighborhood park they built that has a loop trail behind it… the trees are all brand new so no shade on the trail for a few years yet… but it was nice to be able to just be together and talk without the boys interrupting… the boys stayed home to watch My Little Pony… supposed to be all the rage among girls and boys at the moment… all new cartoons though not the ones from when we were kids… Now I’m making dinner and we have Battle Los Angeles to watch tonight… </font></p> <p><font size="3">&#160;</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YalS495ZexQ/TiJ4f797FNI/AAAAAAAEv18/sYsSSe17neI/s1600-h/IMG_00652.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0065" border="0" alt="IMG_0065" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pgZIyJVKeY4/TiJ4hbjPUXI/AAAAAAAEv2A/4-Lnt9PmN9o/IMG_0065_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Only three and a half more weeks til school starts… the boys have done nothing but watch tv and play video games… son2 did read two books; Eragon, Eldest and is now on the third book in the series; Brisingr… Son3 has picked out books to read but that is as far as he has got… I’m reading The Ignored by Bentley Little… Not as freaky as some of his books but still out there… they did color too for a few days with son1… I’ll have to post their pictures… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rA_HOWOvjys/TiJ4jf67ixI/AAAAAAAEv2E/7OTAqyrkdeM/s1600-h/IMG_00662.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0066" border="0" alt="IMG_0066" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nJ1UPXNgOjY/TiJ4l2u5UOI/AAAAAAAEv2I/hg0-rbVt37w/IMG_0066_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 is off camping this weekend with girlfriend and her family… AND he is going to propose, tonight I think… he picked out her engagement ring at Roger’s Jewelers… he had also bought her promise ring there too so they have a deal that if you bring back the last ring they will use it toward the down payment on the next ring… so he got over $300 credit toward the engagement ring… the hard part was getting the promise ring from her without her suspecting… so the jeweler said to tell her that it was time for her annual cleaning and maintenance… she handed it over Thursday night without a thought… now we are just hoping that she isn’t disappointed in the promise ring being gone for sentimental reasons… son1 went to the jeweler on Friday morning to pick up the engagement ring and have it sized… and then met girlfriend for camping Friday night with story being that he can’t pick up the promise ring til Saturday morning and they would be camping… they are camping at Dinky Creek and has plans of taking her up to the fire look out where you could see Shaver Lake and the surrounding valley and proposing… I’m sure she will say YES as she gave him a picture recently of the rings she likes as they had planned on getting engaged once they had been together two years… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Time to eat dinner………</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-v9ebBFrScKg/TiJ4oLdM-tI/AAAAAAAEv2M/y9A7Vs31YLc/s1600-h/IMG_00672.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0067" border="0" alt="IMG_0067" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9zXwQXw5wT8/TiJ4sN7vQsI/AAAAAAAEv2Q/12WXk2yXKsY/IMG_0067_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Dinner was good… Turkey burgers, au gratin potatoes, macaroni, chicken strips and other leftovers… I didn’t much care for the Battle Los Angeles so I checked out the pinning at Pinterest… Then we had sherbet or ice cream… I had Arbor Mist in my Sherbet and watched a couple episodes of Angel… Now it’s almost 11pm and time for bed…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CLjNg4ZvKfQ/TiJ4usnMPYI/AAAAAAAEv2U/X-JJ9XGdTN4/s1600-h/IMG_00682.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0068" border="0" alt="IMG_0068" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YxwRSp46w9U/TiJ4vytmhsI/AAAAAAAEv2Y/8U-rM7lbBkE/IMG_0068_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Tomorrow hubby and I will be going to Target, Dollar Store and Harbor Freights for toilet paper, cat food, laundry soap and more birthday shopping…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FaIGNRenSWI/TiJ4xouggfI/AAAAAAAEv2c/bPxVL4P4xSM/s1600-h/IMG_00692.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0069" border="0" alt="IMG_0069" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l4qQhUYZ0nI/TiJ40E_8XlI/AAAAAAAEv2g/LJ6CCxJZDqY/IMG_0069_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg25"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you can't rid the world of sorrow, but you can choose to live in joy. Sorrow is with us not because we are bad at stopping it, but simply because it's part of being human. What matters is not whether good or bad things happen - both will, but your relationship to them. Just think back over the last 24 hours, - what had you taken hard that you could have taken lightly?</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg83"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that it is the day of deep peace for you. Deep peace of the running wave to you. Deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the flowing air to you. Deep peace of the shining star to you.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg48"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that when people tell you nice things, stop shrugging them off as if they are nothing. The sincere compliments you receive are your jewels, - collect them in your heart, - they highlight the beauty of your being and empower you during challenging times. Never say 'oh, it's nothing' or shrug your shoulders when you hear a sincere compliment. Pause, breathe it in, and really feel its m</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg126"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you cannot let this day pass without telling the people you love that you love them. Do not take for granted the people closest to your heart. Nothing is permanent, celebrate them now.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg145"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that when what you are doing is not working, do something else. Anything else. You'll only get the same results if you do what you have always done.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-301285584216146854?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-11276313976806049062011-07-11T17:41:00.001-07:002011-07-11T17:41:53.383-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Z1j5P_nJA8g/ThuX1hj6C3I/AAAAAAAEv0M/36l96PHilfo/s1600-h/IMG_0050%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0050" border="0" alt="IMG_0050" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uHuOZMpGuGk/ThuX3upOtbI/AAAAAAAEv0Q/o8FSgSX6Row/IMG_0050_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">Pictures are still from when we went to Monterey in June but on the Pacific Grove side…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DbFDNvpd7WI/ThuX6jA-usI/AAAAAAAEv0U/D6NNJYUTY5U/s1600-h/IMG_0051%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0051" border="0" alt="IMG_0051" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AQkGa-D0hgA/ThuX8PHxF5I/AAAAAAAEv0Y/2wPYGapqaWo/IMG_0051_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I was up at 4am this morning and at our store by 5:30am to pick everyone up… we got to the Merced store and we were working by 6:45am… the time went way fast and I don’t feel we helped much as they were still counting when we left just after 1pm and they still have tomorrow to finish counting… we were back at our store by 2:30pm and I was home before 3pm… I am so tired… I will be in bed on time tonight… and then back at work tomorrow… we're putting out the women’s winter boots tomorrow…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zcTrJd0gi84/ThuX-1or2dI/AAAAAAAEv0c/xcpKtjQE664/s1600-h/IMG_0052%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0052" border="0" alt="IMG_0052" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DJxPz3wMmDM/ThuYFd77sBI/AAAAAAAEv0g/c5iojY4p4PM/IMG_0052_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby had an uneventful day at work today… found a large business section that will take him all week to pass out coupons and business cards… plus tomorrow he has to work on a business card project for a client from home on our computer… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WYtdBbwnQ9c/ThuYH1qUyxI/AAAAAAAEv0k/r-H4D3UxPzc/s1600-h/IMG_0053%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0053" border="0" alt="IMG_0053" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Sc57NP1Sg1M/ThuYJwsX41I/AAAAAAAEv0o/oRjIptap9rI/IMG_0053_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2 and son3 have lounged all day… and did one chore each since I have been home… son3 is now in the shower after much protest… I can’t remember when he took a shower last and going in the pool with chlorine doesn’t count…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 was home and then out again to run errands… he’ll be off camping with girlfriend’s family this weekend…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YGEcU0ErUc8/ThuYLfBD9kI/AAAAAAAEv0s/N9pYwk6sU5Q/s1600-h/IMG_0056%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0056" border="0" alt="IMG_0056" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0L1AjN10St0/ThuYNFvQ87I/AAAAAAAEv0w/Z6WodIB45SQ/IMG_0056_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I am making chicken and pasta with marinara sauce for dinner…. and garlic bread… with more episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Dinosaurs and Angel…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tS_6UT4R_EE/ThuYPFPwirI/AAAAAAAEv00/xiODFrB4mb0/s1600-h/IMG_0057%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0057" border="0" alt="IMG_0057" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-U_Chpyu-R9I/ThuYTtkTTvI/AAAAAAAEv04/V7sJRN3wB1s/IMG_0057_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg194"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that sleep and rest are all part of the divine order. Don't make your waking life and responsibilities so important that you neglect the very real benefits of sleep, rest, and dreaming. The night is your time of restoration. It is essential. God made both day and night for a reason.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-1127631397680604906?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-52828829754935690502011-07-10T21:50:00.001-07:002011-07-10T21:50:03.472-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1vZ8n_SY8KM/ThqARbl4VDI/AAAAAAAEvzE/2NjDwxy6odo/s1600-h/IMG_0035%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0035" border="0" alt="IMG_0035" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1pXXQa_EUuI/ThqASxhMl9I/AAAAAAAEvzI/BBpT0gWfw20/IMG_0035_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">I’m so tired… I can’t keep staying up til midnight every night… just cause the boys are on vacation and they stay up every night, they can sleep in the next morning… I have to get up at 4am tomorrow, to get to work and pick everyone up to go to Merced to help them with inventory… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-f83x9RbUliM/ThqAVmSEhrI/AAAAAAAEvzM/Wkp11lYTwhQ/s1600-h/IMG_0036%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0036" border="0" alt="IMG_0036" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xoB2xr0fiZE/ThqAYEpvUjI/AAAAAAAEvzQ/Ia85KzakSNw/IMG_0036_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">It was a fast but long weekend… I did get some things done at work and we were a bit busier today than yesterday… I was manager on duty a bit of each day which makes for a lot of running around… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CJVOYN2QUBU/ThqAbh0WVwI/AAAAAAAEvzU/XkqXKgyeJ44/s1600-h/IMG_0039%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0039" border="0" alt="IMG_0039" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ajnPd5RVTCE/ThqAe57B8JI/AAAAAAAEvzY/j5FIyiuXJjU/IMG_0039_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 was off at girlfriend’s yesterday and again today, swimming and bbqing and just relaxing… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2 spent the night with his friends last night, just hanging out and playing video games…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Son3 has been swimming in his pool and playing video games… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Xo2QxtZ9MCM/ThqAgaZHNtI/AAAAAAAEvzc/AZlaGjbelgc/s1600-h/IMG_0041%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0041" border="0" alt="IMG_0041" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-awAAPghbhuw/ThqAi_ZKjCI/AAAAAAAEvzg/rmvi7PR6imI/IMG_0041_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">We’ve been watching season 3 of How I Met Your Mother, season 2 of Dinosaurs, and season 4 of Angel… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PEixeEcEtDE/ThqAkon8-wI/AAAAAAAEvzk/wbei6zMn5Kc/s1600-h/IMG_0042%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0042" border="0" alt="IMG_0042" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-C3e71YHkym8/ThqAnGt4HqI/AAAAAAAEvzo/ICLj7_neC0U/IMG_0042_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">My house is still a mess… laundry needs to be put away… kitchen needs cleaning, counters and floor too… bathrooms need cleaning… paper piles piling up again… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SlfpNZMzLYs/ThqApuxY67I/AAAAAAAEvzs/62GCXtKCYmQ/s1600-h/IMG_0043%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0043" border="0" alt="IMG_0043" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Cn8_YfhvwBE/ThqArzpD5gI/AAAAAAAEvzw/4eyqyRVJnsA/IMG_0043_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2 got 3 Red-Clawed Crabs from PetSmart yesterday… He had set the tank up a couple of weeks ago and was just waiting for hubby to take him… I thought getting two kittens was the answer to him having a pet… But now we have crabs too… They hide so I haven’t been able to get any pictures of them… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_NDf4PTKq60/ThqAvOgcOtI/AAAAAAAEvz0/-Kx8j58rqNo/s1600-h/IMG_0044%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0044" border="0" alt="IMG_0044" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-viF94IkgX-I/ThqAyAsq_QI/AAAAAAAEvz4/M-SZTn7VDg8/IMG_0044_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">The kittens are getting rambunctious, must be bed time… They sleep all day long except for first thing in the morning and at night when we are heading to bed… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Kwpj4V8FiuQ/ThqA3o_oBKI/AAAAAAAEvz8/hCDkY2j1XFQ/s1600-h/IMG_0045%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0045" border="0" alt="IMG_0045" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3SO7tVbDk5Q/ThqA5GyFJjI/AAAAAAAEv0A/83bHxnxtcVE/IMG_0045_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I’m nervous about driving tomorrow… why did I volunteer… oh yea I have the biggest car for everyone to fit… I wrote down the directions to get there, it’s pretty easy and the others have been there before… just would have been easier to just be a passenger.. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-U-31loKYgf0/ThqA6hq7h0I/AAAAAAAEv0E/XVwQSAq6jVY/s1600-h/IMG_0046%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0046" border="0" alt="IMG_0046" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fJIjUyWMTBs/ThqA92OOc7I/AAAAAAAEv0I/NKQ5SCT02FU/IMG_0046_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">The boys are bickering… only five weeks of summer vacation left… 10 year old brothers are very annoying to seventeen year old brothers… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Time to get everyone settled to their rooms… Me too…</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg60"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you are unique and precious. When you try to value yourself for being the best in something, you are bound to fail. Even Olympic champions are the best only for a few years. You are precious to God not because there is no one better than you, but because you are a unique creation of mind, body and spirit, - there is no one like you, - and that is exactly what makes you so indescribably precious.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg86"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you are exactly where you are meant to be. Trust in God that everything is exactly the way it is supposed to be. Just as a child has to pass through a tiny channel on its way from the womb into life, so are you on your way to God.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-5282882975493569050?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-9330228357841024352011-07-08T21:43:00.001-07:002011-07-08T21:43:56.262-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-umRz4dcGFsU/ThfcOY1zfeI/AAAAAAAEvyU/ug2imkycamI/s1600-h/IMG_0023%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0023" border="0" alt="IMG_0023" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-f7jibOEP--I/ThfcQhw1j-I/AAAAAAAEvyY/I8FEX6xZJZA/IMG_0023_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">Friday… Home from work… Hubby made dinner… I have had a wine cooler and some Arbor Mist… We are watching lots of episodes of How I Met Your Mother… Girlfriend and son1 are here too…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JYcoTeMhjnM/ThfcSzDw59I/AAAAAAAEvyc/WiSxtnrjllQ/s1600-h/IMG_0027%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0027" border="0" alt="IMG_0027" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BrXVQI0UKEE/ThfcT1o_L8I/AAAAAAAEvyg/M6vheXwQ48E/IMG_0027_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I have decided that why I don’t like Thursday is because it is my Monday cause today I was just fine… can’t handle my mood swings… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SMxOPbnrPJU/ThfcV4fuw-I/AAAAAAAEvyk/3aMuvCzX8no/s1600-h/IMG_0028%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0028" border="0" alt="IMG_0028" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fePIY4PCkR8/ThfcY0H6RJI/AAAAAAAEvyo/aG0GEolrCgA/IMG_0028_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Actually I was contemplating calling out today… I only have one attendance point for the year, we get twelve… but of course I went… spent most of the morning talking with associates on my team… work stuff and personal stuff in between… so I didn’t get much work done before lunch… after lunch I made the schedule and finally for the last hour of the day I finally got motivated and opened boxes for an hour… and made a list of what I am going to get done this weekend at work… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TLIkWFx80n8/ThfcaQe2eII/AAAAAAAEvys/SW0KzRoGyGY/s1600-h/IMG_0031%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0031" border="0" alt="IMG_0031" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HFPFP9b5jF0/Thfcb1hB2cI/AAAAAAAEvyw/DoCDkamRq6k/IMG_0031_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">We are still watching How I Met Your Mother… I’m watching more than typing… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZAte15-TJXs/Thfcd6RKZlI/AAAAAAAEvy0/_LnP0FLdxbQ/s1600-h/IMG_0033%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0033" border="0" alt="IMG_0033" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hn0fVsdYlfs/ThfcfCqjvZI/AAAAAAAEvy4/wzViNJd8bjc/IMG_0033_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">And sharing some more pictures from our trip to Monterey last month…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gxAMzyqBJtU/ThfchNjT3zI/AAAAAAAEvy8/ZKeOXtuA2yg/s1600-h/IMG_0034%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0034" border="0" alt="IMG_0034" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1tomV4U4bFw/Thfcif53WTI/AAAAAAAEvzA/VxwdmNA1sd8/IMG_0034_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg64"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. There is no need for you to go it alone. There are people who love you, and who are ready to give you much needed support. There are even more, - way more than you can possibly imagine, people who CAN love you if you give them a chance. Make 'share joy, half the sorrow' your motto for today.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-933022835784102435?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-13153979288945258582011-07-07T12:06:00.001-07:002011-07-07T12:06:33.797-07:00<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NmibNsbA-9I/ThYDTO8nOgI/AAAAAAAEvxk/CsbmRtkEZus/s1600-h/IMG_0001%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0001" border="0" alt="IMG_0001" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jI5vqhWY2To/ThYDVpf0xYI/AAAAAAAEvxo/m0QsA6ov5QI/IMG_0001_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Thursday already… of course it’s Monday for me, as I work the next six days in a row… I close tonight… I don’t have to close this weekend though, so that’s good… On Monday I have to go to Merced to help them with inventory… So I volunteered to drive the van as there are five of us going… We have to be there at 7am and it’s about a 90 minute drive, give or take… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Sharing some of our pictures from when we went to Monterey last month… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2Q-of6_i07E/ThYDYZ5ag2I/AAAAAAAEvxs/MvvImjeiSAw/s1600-h/IMG_0002%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0002" border="0" alt="IMG_0002" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3S-M2plma8Q/ThYDb1c6WUI/AAAAAAAEvxw/BM5hkrFXwZY/IMG_0002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">The boys have been on summer vacation for four weeks with five weeks to go… They have done Nothing but lay around and play video games or watch TV… Son2 did read Eragon and has started Eldest… Son3 read a chapter of a Star Wars book and that was it… He hasn’t realized yet that reading can be fun and isn’t just homework… Son2 was in Middle School when he discovered reading was fun… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I just finished reading Nora Roberts In the Garden trilogy… So Very Good and it even has a ghost in it…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-roT1KZwq4rI/ThYDdLPHnzI/AAAAAAAEvx0/ThOphiwTxDg/s1600-h/IMG_0016%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0016" border="0" alt="IMG_0016" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-slVIzLNTlFw/ThYDfjs82hI/AAAAAAAEvx4/A-Oc0-wPe3c/IMG_0016_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby and I are still not liking his new job… He did bring in one $400 job and got $23 commission for it… And now that the owner is back who hired him, he got his mileage check… He has only been there six weeks, feels longer… Will see what kind of feedback he gets now that the owner is back… I still don’t like that they don’t give him any resources or have any equipment to do the job, since it is a trial position to see if they can bring in the work before they buy the necessary items to do the jobs… Big Catch 22 going on here… and that he is part time, just over minimum wage and he is having to do the work from home and carry son2’s cell phone… Hubby is not a cell phone kind of person and I am not going to get him one just for him to use for work… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4cQSeoy7MS4/ThYDh3ETgSI/AAAAAAAEvx8/1q88FM7C5ZE/s1600-h/IMG_0017%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0017" border="0" alt="IMG_0017" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8xnqv-1Pemc/ThYDlA4qhYI/AAAAAAAEvyA/fXQSyFzz6Lo/IMG_0017_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I am still liking my job partly because the things that do annoy me, I knew they were going to before I applied for the job… I just wish I could feel accomplished when I leave work each day… but it is a never ending battle to get anything done… Always a mess to clean from customers and always boxes coming in of new shoes… plus every day reports and processes to do… and never enough time in the day… Tonight I have to put the hours in the schedule but won’t have time to actually make it until tomorrow as I am the manager on duty til 6pm… then dinner… then have an hour to do something… and then time to start store closing procedures and go home… </font></p> <p><font size="3">And maybe I would feel more accomplished at work if I felt more accomplished at home… My house is a mess… partly from the kittens as they are in toddler stage and getting into everything, so I have boxes and paper and whatever will entertain them all over my family room so they will stay out of my stuff.. And Maple is such an ankle biter… she is under my chair now, attacking my feet… and they both chew on wires, they chewed up my printer wires… so we have wires and blind cords all rolled up as high as they will go… but yes, they are so cute… </font></p> <p><font size="3">So my bathrooms need cleaning and my kitchen is never clean as it is the main walkway through the house to get from each room… I have kept up on the laundry but not put away… Hubby hasn’t been back to any of his projects in the yard since he’s started working and that it is in the 100’s now… another aspect he doesn’t like of his job, as he has to be outside walking/driving from business to business, sweating in his long sleeve dress shirt and tie… </font></p> <p><font size="3">So hubby and I are in a rut with our jobs, when we were so looking forward to change and new possibilities… And it’s nice that we don’t have to worry about school and homework with the boys at the moment but since our parenting is lacking with all that is going on, they boys are not helping out around the house at all… I’ve made them lists that they ignore or when we ask we have to ask several times before they even start to budge, including son3 who is going to be 10 and asserting his independence at the moment… Restrictions need to be applied to get them to act but I’m tired… and hubby will apply them on his day off but then not act again til he has another day off… because even when he is only working 4 hours a day, it is all about work with him… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I co-host a Motivation Blog and I can’t even find my motivation at the moment… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NDigvjfhkxU/ThYDmi8ImMI/AAAAAAAEvyE/kxsm7tR2oZQ/s1600-h/IMG_0021%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0021" border="0" alt="IMG_0021" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JsjzzmTbNIs/ThYDnvd7woI/AAAAAAAEvyI/_qtxldhRFvg/IMG_0021_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 is also busy as ever… I had to get up at 5:15 this morning to take him to work, his Jeep is in the shop to have some gears put in for the 4 wheel drive since he replaced the rear differential… So I had a nice drive in the Nissan Sentra rental car we have, I’ll tell that story in a moment… Son1 still has plans on joining the military… he has found a friend of a friend that is a teacher and has been tutoring him… even texts him questions every so often just to keep him on track that he has to answer back… he and girlfriend have also been looking at wedding/engagement ring sets as part of their plan was to get engaged if they stayed together for two years, plus him joining the military is a factor in that decision too… she will start cosmetology school in the fall… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Rz1T4JAJDpo/ThYDq4PRwEI/AAAAAAAEvyM/wAQX6r3aTA8/s1600-h/IMG_0022%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0022" border="0" alt="IMG_0022" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--SSEoRdp-1M/ThYDtOcVFSI/AAAAAAAEvyQ/1XpWeCFzXHw/IMG_0022_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">So back to the rental car… when I was coming home from work on Friday in the Saturn, I was involved in a four car accident… the car in front of me had just stopped at the light and I stopped behind her as it is a bit of an incline at that intersection so I remember thinking ok don’t roll back… I then heard a Big Bam but as I looked in my rear view mirror I wasn’t able to see anything because my seat broke and I was now laying down, thinking I need to stop the car as it wouldn’t stop rolling back and forth hitting the car in front of me… I realized later that I did have my feet on the brake and clutch all the time as the car was still running so it didn’t stall out… the lady behind me had been pushed into me because the van behind her did not see us stopped and slammed right into her… a young man who had borrowed his parents car without permission to give his younger sister a ride… we called the police who called tow trucks and asked if anyone needed an ambulance… when the ladies’ family behind me arrived they took her to the doctor’s as she was a bit shaken and banged up…we all exchanged information, the young man who caused it was very polite and stepped right up to take responsibility although he has a big lesson to learn now, and the girl just a bit older than son1 who I hit took control as she was a manager in retail on her way to pick up supplies so she was actually on the clock, she got a bit teary eyed after the first initial shock but with my support we were all able to remain calm and take care of each other… I was able to use her cell phone and call hubby… </font></p> <p><font size="3">The car was towed to storage for the weekend… the accident happened at 4:45pm and I was home before 6pm and on the phone with AAA by 7pm… we picked up the rental car on Tuesday, the Saturn was sent to the repair shop, who called yesterday to let us know that it would cost $4111.02 and that they would begin working on it… the front/rear bumpers, hood and driver seat were damaged that I know of… I was fine at the time of the accident until the adrenaline wore off and then the muscles in my back and neck were a bit sore, but I could still move around just fine… I even did my work as normal at work of opening boxes and no aches or pains showed up… No problem sleeping either… I researched whip lash online and it said it could take up to six weeks for all the muscles to recover and to take ibuprofen… I can already move my neck all the way around now… just still have a burning sensation in the middle of my back and back of my neck like a sunburn would feel… it goes away when I take ibuprofen though… still feeling better every day though and glad that nauseous feeling went away… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I’m back… Had a bit of a chat with son2 and son3 about chores and responsibility and how they affect others in the house when they don’t do them… and that computers and TVs will be taken away if things don’t change… which means the boys are up now… son3 already had breakfast, now son2 is looking for breakfast and we are out of milk this morning… and almost time to start getting ready for work and everyone will be wanting lunch… </font></p> <p><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg159"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></p> <p><font size="3">... that your soul is always in communion with God. When you feel lost, or afraid, or sad, - feel into your soul to find the strength of Divine presence.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-1315397928894525858?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-39977790961217661202011-07-06T20:59:00.001-07:002011-07-06T20:59:00.319-07:00<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9WnG-xPVVd4/ThUuUTy2i2I/AAAAAAAEvwk/cAYkWbu-x1E/s1600-h/IMG_00095.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0009" border="0" alt="IMG_0009" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hM6Knd6He5Q/ThUuWisgwmI/AAAAAAAEvwo/jOBjiHC9PeE/IMG_0009_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 is hooked on How I Met Your Mother… And has all of us hooked on it too including girlfriend… We just finished season 2 and now are starting season 3… Barney is so funny… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tb_hUFPoz78/ThUua0zsxrI/AAAAAAAEvws/iNoBbFECx6Y/s1600-h/IMG_00065.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0006" border="0" alt="IMG_0006" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-L3OSPQ4SErk/ThUuctguqeI/AAAAAAAEvww/3DtwO_b8eGQ/IMG_0006_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I had the weekend off for the 4th… Put the pool up for son3… Had to work on the 4th, but that’s ok as it’s time and a half and holiday pay… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JwGoDcTYckw/ThUufwvXXOI/AAAAAAAEvw0/B42mebSOyHY/s1600-h/IMG_00042.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0004" border="0" alt="IMG_0004" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sHn9FnOGgqk/ThUuikqkhyI/AAAAAAAEvw4/rq1sEbQ15zM/IMG_0004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Aren't the kittens so cute… of course they are asleep… all children are cute when they are asleep…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YU7Goe4VuFs/ThUukh_3PrI/AAAAAAAEvw8/tsBpwuQdcmc/s1600-h/IMG_00045.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0004" border="0" alt="IMG_0004" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LJhn7YtPFWs/ThUuoNcQfXI/AAAAAAAEvxA/53gwE3BMI_I/IMG_0004_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Maple says peek a boo… who wants to go on a picnic… they are so curious… she knocked the nylon cooler over and crawled in… son2 had to lift the lid to see her inside, the bag was on it’s side…&#160; we are constantly closing them in closets and rooms… then have to follow the mew to find them again… </font></p> <p><font size="3">&#160;</font><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AMQx13lHdAI/ThUusxyJxpI/AAAAAAAEvxE/7AS4pVVK-fE/s1600-h/IMG_0009%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0009" border="0" alt="IMG_0009" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UHPiGYiVXdI/ThUuwTLMYQI/AAAAAAAEvxI/5UX2Thf1eMg/IMG_0009_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby made his burgers on Sunday… </font><a href="http://www.ourkrazzykitchen.com/"><font size="3">Visit Our Krazy Kitchen this Saturday for my entry at Simple Saturday…</font></a><font size="3"> I made potato salad, corn on the cob, beans, french fries, and salad… </font><a href="http://tmschallenges.blogspot.com/"><font size="3">And visit me at&#160; The Motivation Station tomorrow, for Thursdays with Linda…</font></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6dn-bDFVcZw/ThUuyPsN4VI/AAAAAAAEvxM/Dh2K75zcQDw/s1600-h/IMG_0035%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0035" border="0" alt="IMG_0035" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l7L45FGDGaI/ThUu0gmvxZI/AAAAAAAEvxQ/UmvFfpJJ-Qg/IMG_0035_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 bought some fireworks that we lit off on&#160; Sunday and Monday… and we were able to see the water park fireworks from our driveway… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YJ8tRElfgeY/ThUu4JXV2HI/AAAAAAAEvxU/2zKQdtFL3A0/s1600-h/IMG_0003%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0003" border="0" alt="IMG_0003" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tYiYDJFpCOs/ThUu6gVkHmI/AAAAAAAEvxY/bR5jK2kvowA/IMG_0003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son3 chilling in his pool…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3N6N2ByHOKw/ThUu-Ja6Z0I/AAAAAAAEvxc/3sky9nVQWj8/s1600-h/IMG_0016%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; 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What angers you in another person is an unhealed aspect of yourself. If you had already resolved that particular issue, you would not be irritated by its reflection back to you.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg206"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that life is not meant to be a speedway. Slow down to savor the gifts that God has already showered you with.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg208"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that it is okay to play! When you work too much without interspersing some play into your day, you lose your vitality. Play keeps your heart light and your spirit lively.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg180"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that it is more than okay to live your joy. Whatever makes your heart sing is what God wants for you! Of course it's okay to be happy! Of course it's okay to fulfill your heart's deepest desires! 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Think back over the last day, - what could you have taken with delight that you just skipped over?</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg4"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that every relationship rests on three legs: accepting, supporting and challenging. That's really it, isn't it? You want your relationships to be grounded on accepting each other as you are. On supporting each other through the inevitable ups and downs. On challenging each other to become more, to grow, to flourish. Which one of these is the more difficult one for you, and how are you going to practice it in the next 24 hours?</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-4703224768810104028?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-31532511796459325312011-06-13T18:25:00.001-07:002011-06-13T18:25:12.212-07:00<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-x2Ep_8myXP4/TfayF5s5NMI/AAAAAAAEvh0/LWT01BllLhA/s1600-h/IMG_0010%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0010" border="0" alt="IMG_0010" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AOZAnQg5eck/TfayH9XuPsI/AAAAAAAEvh4/RCoV0TcjGbM/IMG_0010_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">It was my birthday yesterday… I had to work but hubby put up decorations, bought some cakes, had the boys sign cards, brought home deli chicken for dinner, and bought me a treat or two…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FpIVbGM8Gz0/TfayU0U7nBI/AAAAAAAEvh8/o7qwb-sk_aw/s1600-h/IMG_0012%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0012" border="0" alt="IMG_0012" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-e5gVk455fTc/Tfayb2eWyFI/AAAAAAAEviA/y893D6RZOE0/IMG_0012_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Won’t say how old I am now…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jFemDkyIbxk/Tfaymwz5ohI/AAAAAAAEviE/euZb4yaqk0A/s1600-h/IMG_0015%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0015" border="0" alt="IMG_0015" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kth2o_vSWnw/Tfay7-B5nPI/AAAAAAAEviI/7ludpkA0sLA/IMG_0015_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 was generous with the hugs…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Oux0FhW36qw/Tfay-nmtZMI/AAAAAAAEviM/WH7Gg7Ks8nQ/s1600-h/IMG_0016%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0016" border="0" alt="IMG_0016" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DQP6wljkFYI/TfazMLHOLUI/AAAAAAAEviQ/k5qjqM7jhS8/IMG_0016_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">And in a silly mood…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hn6ft71c5hE/TfazUMYrvXI/AAAAAAAEviU/GOqY8_4Bw1I/s1600-h/IMG_0017%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0017" border="0" alt="IMG_0017" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RL4bqRlaf44/TfazgiaDm2I/AAAAAAAEviY/GUcZl5ExYNA/IMG_0017_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Girlfriend, son1, son3 and me…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UFGu22-Qosk/TfazmtgWbHI/AAAAAAAEvic/-6dJdJINOmw/s1600-h/IMG_0018%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0018" border="0" alt="IMG_0018" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BXW5RncD6vc/TfazycFfq0I/AAAAAAAEvig/a4D5rcdc57o/IMG_0018_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Making a wish or two…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-73dFYYeCR6c/Tfa0Ax-CIPI/AAAAAAAEvik/tNyFoQluNYA/s1600-h/IMG_0026%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0026" border="0" alt="IMG_0026" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--gJfBAEC-CE/Tfa0MmlvFkI/AAAAAAAEvio/laWeIn8C-QY/IMG_0026_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby and son2…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Maple wasn’t going to miss out on the festivities…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-usmrko_pMQQ/Tfa0Swg3ZmI/AAAAAAAEvis/sA2a9Nzhevg/s1600-h/IMG_0019%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0019" border="0" alt="IMG_0019" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4djpDOT8xhI/Tfa0YUAkMLI/AAAAAAAEviw/xeydgk3AUXQ/IMG_0019_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">And helped with the opening of presents…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pZ6MGmBgN2k/Tfa0jQq2HnI/AAAAAAAEvi0/FYUmJWkBKwo/s1600-h/IMG_0028%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0028" border="0" alt="IMG_0028" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nwB7-32vOjk/Tfa0vMoW5oI/AAAAAAAEvi4/368cP3BEN7w/IMG_0028_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">All my Happy Birthday cards and I got 62 Happy Birthdays on facebook… not that I counted…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ee2ElVNTnSk/Tfa4ECEb98I/AAAAAAAEvjA/C5hYuQ1li60/s1600-h/IMG_0034%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0034" border="0" alt="IMG_0034" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZbjG8a3lU8c/Tfa4Kk-_OnI/AAAAAAAEvjE/2nNfGg-AabU/IMG_0034_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Very cute tiny gift boxes…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_QWRpwfV3TE/Tfa4Mgu_UVI/AAAAAAAEvjI/oBNRH98lXNw/s1600-h/IMG_0035%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0035" border="0" alt="IMG_0035" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WVUyboF8w2A/Tfa4O70aVpI/AAAAAAAEvjM/S1KCTbyxfGM/IMG_0035_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">My own flash drive so I don’t have to borrow hubbies and son2’s…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qNcl7wUXOlI/Tfa4Q3T5nQI/AAAAAAAEvjQ/UUkG_vnme-k/s1600-h/IMG_0038%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0038" border="0" alt="IMG_0038" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--u7RRUWHy44/Tfa4Sp3h-II/AAAAAAAEvjU/Wr9i4Ig9Cho/IMG_0038_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">A perfect key chain that says:</font></p> <p><font size="3">Trust in the Lord with all your heart; Trust in the Lord from the start; Trust in the Lord every day; Trust in the Lord to guide your way…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-84Wis40Q304/Tfa4UZNfJcI/AAAAAAAEvjY/KC9zN8HJjzA/s1600-h/IMG_0036%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0036" border="0" alt="IMG_0036" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-t_fr-OM7inI/Tfa4V1w7cLI/AAAAAAAEvjc/8rJNNlRR_i8/IMG_0036_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">And a very pretty purple bookmark that says:</font></p> <p><font size="3">“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AnsY7BYnB9c/Tfa4XfQqmrI/AAAAAAAEvjg/vAWDZDrDvy8/s1600-h/IMG_0040%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0040" border="0" alt="IMG_0040" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NQvuFkMOYtQ/Tfa4debXaVI/AAAAAAAEvjk/p7T2SZ_7U9c/IMG_0040_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">And a battery for pedometer that I have not worn for months now…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Birthday to me…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-3153251179645932531?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-1579024822907397402011-06-09T11:42:00.001-07:002011-06-09T11:42:30.421-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uEkFhHNC1Qs/TfETyTOot9I/AAAAAAAEvgk/p15-M1Igs-E/s1600-h/IMG_0014%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0014" border="0" alt="IMG_0014" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IMMHg1n8qBY/TfET-Vz4YkI/AAAAAAAEvgo/gRQXcmQ8pe4/IMG_0014_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3">&#160;</font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">Last Day of School!!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OVvvH-5VNWg/TfET_4fay_I/AAAAAAAEvgs/SykJBk4dNN4/s1600-h/IMG_0015%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0015" border="0" alt="IMG_0015" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vNxOQ_eVUD4/TfEUB7b08EI/AAAAAAAEvgw/SA01CeBjRww/IMG_0015_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son3 off to school this morning…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hu1Xf2Uiyx4/TfEUD5alfUI/AAAAAAAEvg0/szJGvo0irwA/s1600-h/IMG_0022%252520copy%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0022 copy" border="0" alt="IMG_0022 copy" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XzuPbg1x3jY/TfEUFN7SRQI/AAAAAAAEvg4/7EMtSeL_oro/IMG_0022%252520copy_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="110" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby and I went to his award ceremony this morning… and son3 got an award for 3.0 or better grade average…</font></p> <p><font size="3">All my worry of fighting with him to do homework… he stopped participating in the reading program for the last half of the year… I have to tell him how to spell every word when he writes sentences and remind him to put capitals and periods… we never did have the conference with the teacher after Christmas for our concerns… </font></p> <p><font size="3">And he got a B average for the year… Maybe I’m too strict… good thing I’m not the teacher…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Hope he remembers to turn in his library books he still has on the last day of school, that have been in his backpack all month and everyday I tell him to turn them in… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby is home today… He has a tummy ache and is doing training on the computer at home… Not that they are expecting him at work, as he just goes around town handing out pencils, candy and flyers looking for businesses who are in need of copy services… he keeps track of his hours, working four hours or less a day… we are hoping when the owner gets back from disability leave that we will feel better about this new job… that the manager just doesn’t want to deal with hubby as she has her own job to do and doesn’t know what all the owner is expecting as she created hubby’s position… I want to be excited about his new job and I am not… I don’t mind him having a part time $9 an hour job… but one that he can punch in and out at and not continue doing at home on his own computer, using our cars for travel purposes and only getting credit for working one or two hours a day sometimes, as they don’t need him… so we shall give it a bit more time… but I’ll be turning some of the job website alerts back on…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Yes, I passed my certification… I got to work at 8am, found out my boss was expecting me at 6am, would have helped if she would have told me that… the district guy came at 9am… and left at 11:30am… started good, got a bit stressful in the middle, left on a good note… we missed three questions out of 54… would have passed one if I would have faked it instead of being truthful… the second I expected to miss as the stockroom locating did not get finished… and the third was sizing which we would have passed if he wouldn’t have gone in two other areas for two different questions that weren’t sized after he had checked us off for being sized in the areas he checked for the sizing question… actually he was quite kind as several of the questions were iffy in passing and yet he passed us… and I would have agreed with him for the nos… he did say it was a training/coaching certification and not a crucifixion… I’m just glad to start doing my job now on a day by day basis and not a stressful is everything ready for the visit day… </font></p> <p><font size="3">After he left I talked with my associates and fellow co workers all inquiring about the walk thru… finally went to lunch at 12:45… printed out my reports… spent two hours doing the schedule for next week… back downstairs to post the reports… was going to open boxes for an hour but looked at my watch and it was already time to go home… thus the reason that I came in at 8am and not 6am… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Now I’m waiting to go to work as I close tonight… 2-3: check email; 3-6: manager on duty and open boxes; 6-6:45 go to dinner; 7-8: open boxes; 8-10: close store… at least that is my plan… I’m sure I will have lots of interruptions along the way… and work will fly by and I will get hardly anything done…</font></p> <p><font size="3">The kittens are even bigger and can get into more stuff… They can jump up on the kitchen counters now, and are trying to reach all the blind cords no matter how high I put them up, and are getting into the house plants, and keep knocking the dog food bowl over and bat the dog food all around the kitchen, and knock off all our papers off the tables and bat the pens and pencils around… they have lost my brand new roll of 100 stamps that I am still looking for somewhere in the house… But they are oh so cute…</font></p> <p><font size="3">I’m off to get a few chores done before I have to go to work…</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg161"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that there is no such thing as a problem without a Divine gift hidden within it. You have these problems because you need the gifts they carry within.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-157902482290739740?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-31517506465601602992011-06-08T19:35:00.001-07:002011-06-08T19:35:39.957-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l4cRA4JE4ak/TfAxcpLk_LI/AAAAAAAEvgc/FzZ2O26QIsc/s1600-h/birdhouse-coasters%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="birdhouse-coasters" border="0" alt="birdhouse-coasters" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1ho19tzUlxQ/TfAxekxzc3I/AAAAAAAEvgg/7SCqNh6_rYk/birdhouse-coasters_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">We&#160; passed! 94%! We missed three… Today was the fastest day… I’m exhausted… I work tomorrow night… So I’ll have the morning to write a longer entry… </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg187"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that when the night feels very long, remember that a new day is just around the bend. With each new day we are given new hope, new possibilities, new opportunities. Each new day is a miracle.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-3151750646560160299?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-30215965349434064472011-06-07T20:36:00.001-07:002011-06-07T20:36:17.267-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2FtmU20B6rM/Te7uIyyVmPI/AAAAAAAEvgM/k0uYEf5hTLw/s1600-h/castlemist%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="castlemist" border="0" alt="castlemist" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EthR7yGoSkU/Te7uLTaoniI/AAAAAAAEvgQ/2_IzouVZBDo/castlemist_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">It’s almost over…. or is it… only if we pass… we busted our buttes today… of course helpful that we got extra hours and helpers… we’re still no where near perfect… but maybe we will look like we know what we are doing… I still have three more people coming in at 6am as I only have two closers tonight… and then he is coming at 9am… I go in at 8am… have to get my numbers first thing and walk the floor… then walk the floor with him and my boss… 54 questions… can only miss 5… I already know that a couple or three are definitely no’s as we couldn’t get to everything… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 and girlfriend were here for dinner… we watched How I Met Your Mother from season one… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2 and son1 have gone for a walk and are working out on the weight system…. and drinking their power shakes… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son3 went to the water park today and had a blast… he went on seven water slides… and around the lazy river on a tube… and drank sodas… and forgot to have lunch that was provided… of course shouldn’t the teachers have had the kids all meet for lunch to check in at least… he just got a bit of sunburn… he’ll probably crash early tonight… he’s in the shower now… tomorrow he is bringing books to read for Read and Feed day…</font></p> <p><font size="3">I am tired… I still need to clean out my work apron… and go over my list one more time of the questions for the audit… by noon the visit should be over and I can go to lunch… then do my regular work for the month and start the schedule and go home on time… I worked a bit late yesterday and today… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I’m not worried or stressed… kind of scary…</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg55"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that true faith flowers from and through doubt. If you never questioned your beliefs, - you are just a puppet dancing to somebody's strings. If God had wanted your mindless obedience, you would've been created without mind and without free will. But you have both so you can come to God of your own accord. Just look at the lives of saints, - most of them had gone through a dark night of the soul, and that's why their faith was so strong. The path to true faith always goes through doubt. So ask those questions you've always been afraid to ask, and find the answers, and then your faith will become unshakable.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-3021596534943406447?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-86578932437872060652011-06-06T20:45:00.001-07:002011-06-06T20:45:36.165-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DZg2YiLajzY/Te2e0dh-KTI/AAAAAAAEvgE/jW2G6uPvW7U/s1600-h/country-days-smooth-sailing%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="country-days-smooth-sailing" border="0" alt="country-days-smooth-sailing" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-t-7zZd2UZ40/Te2e2eQ1h7I/AAAAAAAEvgI/K30zMx0BXps/country-days-smooth-sailing_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">One more day… til this visit… I’m feeling fine for now… although I did come home with a headache… but a cola and three ibuprofen and dinner and it is gone… I had lots of help today but we are so behind in everything… I had old supervisor and another supervisor… and our boss… a couple of associates from other departments… they will all help again tomorrow… plus I was able to add hours to my associates today and tomorrow… and I worked a half hour overtime today… and we were so busy… we would set a table and then it would be shopped and out of place two minutes after… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son3 just came in from the shower and brought a tooth that came out… and he says he has another loose tooth… I thought I counted and all his baby teeth were out… but guess I was wrong as this is like the fourth one since then… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2 is working on his painting for art class that was due days ago… with only three days of school yet… oops kittens running across the table and his painting… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 is no where to be seen… probably with girlfriend…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby is not liking his job very well… actually he had a good day and is doing the job… but not what he would like to be doing… he is mostly out the whole time being a sales man of pushing copies… he doesn’t even punch in and out but tracks his time and miles driven… of course the owner is still out on leave and the manager doesn’t really know what to do with hubby… told him he could still keep looking for a job while doing this one… </font></p> <p><font size="3">We watched a couple of episodes of Angel… the boys are bickering… son3 had me up at 3am with a bad dream and I didn’t really get back to deep sleep thinking about work… so tired and thinking of ice cream and reading my book… son3 is off to bed to watch his TV… and hubby and I will probably fall asleep to Twilight Zone again… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Did I mention only one more day…………….</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg112"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that today you have a cause for celebration. Today, you should celebrate what an unbelievable life you have had so far: the accomplishments, the many blessings, and, yes, even the hardships because they have served to make you stronger. Just as a gem cannot be polished without friction, nor can a life be perfected without trials. Take a time to acknowledge your life and to praise yourself.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-8657893243787206065?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-41237615472652981532011-06-05T19:18:00.001-07:002011-06-05T19:18:09.070-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Gg9COX92F8Q/Tew42BSzGPI/AAAAAAAEvf8/DhG0LlnkyNo/s1600-h/45c763d236532_17995n%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="45c763d236532_17995n" border="0" alt="45c763d236532_17995n" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-d2DkibY5-h8/Tew43qmgS6I/AAAAAAAEvgA/8A8mvuvpY5c/45c763d236532_17995n_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">Two more days til the visit… I’m actually doing fine today… we are working the best we can and that is all we can do… see what we can do the next two days… my boss actually told me today she was finding me some help from within the store… so have at least one extra associate tomorrow til she finds more… and my old supervisor will be helping… of course we have been torn up from the weekend again so will start from the beginning again tomorrow… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I have learned a few things… one being maybe we should have just done business as usual instead of trying to get ready for the visit the last two weeks… especially since we are more behind now anyway… and of course we probably wouldn’t have been all stressed out… also learned a bit more about each of the associates and how I will assign tasks… and scheduling… I can’t wait to be on vacation next week but then so much to still do at work after the visit… one day at a time…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Last week of school for the boys… son3 has game day tomorrow and is bringing the Pirates of the Caribbean Life game… Tuesday is the water park field trip… Wednesday is reading day, they are to bring books, magazines, comic books and snacks… Thursday is the last day and yearbook signing day… son2 has finals but a couple of classes he is already done with… like Geometry, he got the highest grade in the class and doesn’t have to take the final…</font></p> <p><font size="3">We had leftover lasagna and salad for dinner… son1 was here and borrowed season one of How I Met Your Mother so we watched a couple of episodes… so funny… especially Neil Patrick Harris….</font></p> <p><font size="3">Rain stopped for today… but clouds are moving in and windy with 70% chance of rain again tonight… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Need to get the boys and the kittens settled in for the night… and have some ice cream and watch Twilight Zone with hubby… we fell asleep last night while watching… </font></p> <p><font size="3">And as soon as this visit is over if not now… I am back on my weight loss… I have gained three pounds the past week on top of the eight pounds I gained at Christmas that I have been trying to lose to get back to my 33 pound weight loss… </font></p> <p><font size="3">The rain has started already and it is lightening and thundering…</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg120"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you will get back to solving all the wrongs in a moment, - how about taking a moment to treasure what is right. All too often we focus so intently on solving the problems, that we forget to zoom out and celebrate what is good in our life already.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-4123761547265298153?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-72526623707093092212011-06-04T17:32:00.001-07:002011-06-04T17:32:01.795-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yCDtjvwW2_I/TerOUkOkWUI/AAAAAAAEvfk/DcIuGol6fX4/s1600-h/Cute-bear-30%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Cute-bear-30" border="0" alt="Cute-bear-30" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-G2rC15IPvbA/TerOWaGq5pI/AAAAAAAEvfo/E6ty6C4j528/Cute-bear-30_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">I am off today… and it has been raining all day… all three boys have been on video games all day… girlfriend is over now and son1 is getting ready to go out to see Bridesmaids and dinner… I have lasagna in the oven for me, hubby and son2 and son3… now to decide what we will watch tonight…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby and I took a ride to his new job to pick up his paycheck… then we stopped at the Sears near there to check on their shoe department as they also have a visit this week… they are so tiny though compared to my store… I’m sure they will be ready as I only saw a couple of things that needed fixing and they still have four days in which to do it… hubby found another dress shirt while we were there…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Then we stopped at my store… hubby understands what I mean now when I say the customers just leave the shoes all over the floor and don’t put anything away… I only have three days til the visit and we have A LOT to fix… and hubby found a dress shirt while we were there too…</font></p> <p><font size="3">My attitude has changed once again however and I am enjoying my day off… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-t7Ghc7p1u1k/TerOYGLlzvI/AAAAAAAEvfs/DshHFV0og90/s1600-h/3123882f%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="3123882f" border="0" alt="3123882f" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YBvHqIOQsM8/TerOZu-bw4I/AAAAAAAEvfw/t_rsqbOQO5Y/3123882f_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Friday night I tried very hard to get things done in shoes but everything that could go wrong or take me away did… my full timer called out in the day… and one of my closers called out at night… the computers were freezing up and it took forever to print my reports and schedule… I was manager on duty from 3-6 and was called all over the store… After dinner I tried helping the closer in shoes clean up but I had to do store closing duties and had problems with one duty that caused me to get behind in that the store was closed and I wasn’t done yet… then I was going to help my shoe associate again as we stay an hour after closing and we usually get done with procedures a half hour before we leave but I was stuck as another department took until the last minute to turn in their department so it was time to go home… So I have heard God loud and clear that I am not in control, He is and I can only do my best… We have three days and all my associates are constantly working between helping customers and cleaning… plus old supervisor is helping for two days… I just want it to be over! and I don’t want him to come back for months so we can get on a routine and get things done… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-x0GF-I62LVU/TerOdb3c8VI/AAAAAAAEvf0/UsTTgYbGbY8/s1600-h/1277468985-TIN02NB%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="1277468985-TIN02NB" border="0" alt="1277468985-TIN02NB" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QUBpuNdOh-w/TerOf58me_I/AAAAAAAEvf4/yE-XyvOe8F0/1277468985-TIN02NB_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby’s work was so nice and clean… where is hubby…. Oh, he’s playing video games too now… </font></p> <p><font size="3">The kittens are still so cute… my distraction from work when I get home… Holly is still so mad… I don’t think she is ever going to like the kittens… she hisses at them and at us… she chases them down and swats at them and swats at us… I try to pick her up but afraid she is going to rip out my throat in one swipe of her paw… she sits off to the side of everyone and growls very quietly… or goes outside or just stays in the garage…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Still an hour til the lasagna will be done… and I am snacking… let me go see what needs doing around the house besides Frontierville on Facebook… </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg195"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that sometimes it may feel too hard to do it alone. Sometimes it may seem like you can't figure it out by yourself. Sometimes will and strength and courage are not enough. Sometimes in your life you will need to call out for help. Call on God. God will be there.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-7252662370709309221?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-77952147130390991282011-06-03T11:44:00.001-07:002011-06-03T11:44:57.184-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aKLv-44Ugf0/TekrmNZW8_I/AAAAAAAEvfc/22bTAMr68EI/s1600-h/fetchpbs%25255B2%25255D.gif"><font size="3"><img style="display: inline" title="fetchpbs" alt="fetchpbs" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qMmvUnGzr3k/Tekrpu0U2MI/AAAAAAAEvfg/A1ZQ6O9eoFM/fetchpbs_thumb.gif?imgmax=800" width="240" height="240" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">I continue to freak out over this visit… I don’t like it… I want to be calm and in control… I am starting to shut down… I want to go on with business as usual… he said some very negative things when he came for the training and these thoughts are making us doubt ourselves in everything we do… I lost another associate yesterday… two more will leave probably after the visit… nothing negative, just moving on to other jobs or positions… so many changes though in such a short time… my job is to keep the department motivated and positive… it has only been two months since I took the position… and I am just now getting frustrated with the position… and if we weren’t having a visit would I still be happy and enjoying it… </font></p> <p><font size="3">One of the concerns when I was given the position was that I couldn’t change my mind… I did that ten years or so ago and only lasted a week in the management position and backed out… the reason was no direction or involvement from management… everyone is so paranoid and just out for themselves it seems… and now I am seeing they still are… they all complain about no teamwork and yet they don’t communicate with each other… I do have a boss who is supposed to be involved in this visit but all she asks me is what’s the plan and doesn’t wait for an answer… when she interviewed me she made it clear that it was my department and that I was to run it and I would not get direction from her… I knew that… and yet I have no one I can confide in at work or vent on… I’m trying not to do either with the team as I don’t want to worry them… I’m there so they can vent and confide in me… the store manager says he has an open door and yet if you complain he says it sucks to be you… which translates to this is your job, quit whining and get to work… step up and take care of it… I understand that… and also if you don’t hear from management it’s cause you haven’t done anything wrong… no news is good news… so guess I must be doing something right…</font></p> <p><font size="3">And yet it feels so junior high… as you can’t say anything even teasing to fellow leads as they are so defensive, paranoid and looking out for themselves… I mentioned something to a fellow lead yesterday and of course she blamed someone else when I wasn’t telling her to ask my permission for what had been done but just to give me a heads up… but she got so defensive to my teasing it just hurt my feelings and I dropped it… to the point that I don’t want to talk to any of them either now… if I do something wrong I’m sure they will all be the first to throw me under the bus and I’ll just learn from my mistakes not because they want to help a fellow co worker… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I keep telling myself we won’t fail as we passed last year and we didn’t do anything extra as the supervisor didn’t really give us any direction nor was she there as she had manager duties to do… actually we are slowly pulling everything back together after the Memorial weekend… but there’s still the problem of everything I did as an associate then that the other associates still haven’t picked up on… but then fine I will get no on my old areas and have them do what they have always done… at least I am learning what everyone is capable of and what is expected of us… which isn’t that what the whole training is for anyway… and it’s only been two months so can I still play the new card… there is an online test to take after the certification on the 13th… the first day of my vacation, hmmmm guess I will be going into work for a bit… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Mostly I just don’t like how all this is making me feel… I can’t relax… I’m not getting anything done at home… I’m snapping at the family… Feel like the work team is pulling apart, especially with losing four associates, then pulling together… I feel like such a failure… and we haven’t even failed yet… I know all the motivating things to say to myself and yet I can’t shake this awful feeling… and most of all I know that God is in control… and my work for 2011 is TRUST… I want to put a smile on my face and go to work and enjoy each day… I read something yesterday that said, we already know what is wrong, we need to look at what is right… I need to have a good cry but the tears won’t come… I’m hoping by writing this all out, I can move on…. </font></p> <p><font size="3">I am off tomorrow… Then Sunday-Tuesday continue to get ready… Then Wednesday morning at 9am he will be there… Then by 1pm he will be on his way to the next store… and life hopefully will go back to normal… but since this is part of life why can’t it be normal now… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I close tonight and will be manager on duty…</font></p> <p><font size="3">All this stress is making me fat again…</font></p> <p><font size="3">I’m off to get ready for work… </font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg205"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that we all need the validation of love to feel safe, secure, and at home in this world. Don't withhold your love and appreciation. Love abundantly.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg66"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that there are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is. Don't wait for miracles, your whole life is a miracle.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-7795214713039099128?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-17989055979476352192011-06-01T17:17:00.001-07:002011-06-01T17:17:03.339-07:00<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JwSIZyliwOU/TebVxdEfjSI/AAAAAAAEvd0/Mk464RF6wYA/s1600-h/IMG_0002%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0002" border="0" alt="IMG_0002" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qAjgVY-XI_k/TebVy0PtcYI/AAAAAAAEvd4/4bKYU8nQQjs/IMG_0002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Guess who walked in the door at noon today… hubby… the computers were not working so he could not do his training… so he worked on the home computer making flyers/coupons and got paid for the rest of his day… of course I was not expecting him til 2:30… so I did not get my whole four hours of alone time even if he was closed in the computer room… he is now back from the bank and getting gas… I picked up son3 and no homework, yay, thinking no more for the rest of the year… son2 is home and making dinner but needing help as he doesn’t know where anything is in the kitchen… so who’s making dinner… son1 has come home from work, showered and is off to get dinner with friends… we teased that he just doesn’t want to eat son2’s cooking… and son2 who never gives me anything until the last minute made sure to give me his senior class photos information sheet… I understand they must be done during the summer but school hasn’t even ended yet… tell me next week… after the visit… I’m grumpy…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DDf6tWfHzxQ/TebV0TxbqiI/AAAAAAAEvd8/joFnjcc6kP4/s1600-h/IMG_0001%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0001" border="0" alt="IMG_0001" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0RNgSyfZySs/TebV1ujwGwI/AAAAAAAEveA/lCHj1_48bpQ/IMG_0001_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I did do all the laundry today… just need to put it away… and cleaned the boy’s bathroom… emptied the litter box… filled the birdfeeders… watered the plants… vacuumed… ran the dishwasher… cleaned out the magazines, all caught up to June now… wrote up my entries for The Motivation Station for tomorrow and next week… played Fronteirville and My Zoo… and watched Emergency…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zJcZcv987h0/TebV3SXestI/AAAAAAAEveE/v9Svcky_g4I/s1600-h/IMG_0013%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0013" border="0" alt="IMG_0013" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FS698nyJEJk/TebV420kXAI/AAAAAAAEveI/tFkDDPi8gvw/IMG_0013_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">When I first started my new position there was a contest that we didn’t win for the department category but I won for the lead category… so I won a $100 gift card… I didn’t do anything really and it was more of a drawing but for the whole region only 8 of us won… I finally spent it last week or so… I ordered everything online as it was Super Saturday so an extra 10% off, plus free shipping if you spend over $99 and add my employee discount… I got hubby a dress shirt for work, son2 a Buffy The Vampire Slayer graphic novel, two bath mats for the boy’s bathroom, me a shirt, denim capri and all the books above… I actually didn’t get the capri as they were out of stock and I gave the shirt to girlfriend as it was pink, not purple and very see through… she likes to layer with tees and tanks so she will be able to wear it more than me and she loves pink… </font></p> <p><font size="3">The books are:</font></p> <p><font size="3">The Knitting Diaries; Debbie Macomber</font></p> <p><font size="3">The Summoning; Bentley Little</font></p> <p><font size="3">The Ignored; Bentley Little</font></p> <p><font size="3">Death Instinct; Bentley Little</font></p> <p><font size="3">The Disappearance; Bentley Little</font></p> <p><font size="3">Key of Light; Nora Roberts</font></p> <p><font size="3">Key of Knowledge; Nora Roberts</font></p> <p><font size="3">Key of Valor; Nora Roberts</font></p> <p><font size="3">Blue Dahlia; Nora Roberts</font></p> <p><font size="3">Black Rose; Nora Roberts</font></p> <p><font size="3">Red Lily; Nora Roberts</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oULBgJfEQj8/TebV8DudDtI/AAAAAAAEveM/7fw9Gui4CBk/s1600-h/IMG_0017%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0017" border="0" alt="IMG_0017" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KrtCjfWdFeo/TebV9Xsyz0I/AAAAAAAEveQ/HJB9bfQ8VWg/IMG_0017_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">These are the bathmats for the boy’s bathroom… I’m waiting a bit til the kittens are no longer in that bathroom as they are making a big mess in there during the night… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DFwrv4J3hWw/TebV_hVBx0I/AAAAAAAEveU/Ma5zmVqYW1I/s1600-h/IMG_0014%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0014" border="0" alt="IMG_0014" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fqW7jZLdxG4/TebWB7VGO0I/AAAAAAAEveY/rnsrVYD3_4I/IMG_0014_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">And here are the kittens getting so big… at just three months old… That is Maple… she is son2’s kitten but she has bonded more with me… she sees me and comes running, meowing all the way…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pt7CfD29yUc/TebWEgnZD9I/AAAAAAAEvec/3lUrJtBNBvk/s1600-h/IMG_0016%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0016" border="0" alt="IMG_0016" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-apRjTdFQpsI/TebWF2qNBMI/AAAAAAAEveg/2wPZT3OVcoA/IMG_0016_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">And this is Indy… she is so laid back she is like butter, melting right into the floor with her kangaroo feet… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XPbK_0BnbOs/TebWIuLCkWI/AAAAAAAEvek/EIVVUJtGzSk/s1600-h/IMG_0019%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0019" border="0" alt="IMG_0019" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-o_djW_BBesE/TebWKZzhOTI/AAAAAAAEveo/LTwUvf-AXk0/IMG_0019_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">They are both motor boats with their purring…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sWYTOXU5tnY/TebWLx_1CvI/AAAAAAAEves/VSw9Uiyu5vo/s1600-h/IMG_0020%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0020" border="0" alt="IMG_0020" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CJc14fQ0FqY/TebWM9AKClI/AAAAAAAEvew/6_o22MXgnyk/IMG_0020_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Asleep sitting up…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3KwvPgbNJg8/TebWOxxoHdI/AAAAAAAEve0/jmNL6iMM1X8/s1600-h/IMG_0022%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0022" border="0" alt="IMG_0022" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fKqGLjPvpo0/TebWQRpz9nI/AAAAAAAEve4/eePdoK6csfg/IMG_0022_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">The Green Hornet and The Dilemma came from Netflix today… We watched Tangled again last night and then sent it back today… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-59jchkuySNQ/TebWSy3hxbI/AAAAAAAEve8/950pIC02lJY/s1600-h/IMG_0027%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0027" border="0" alt="IMG_0027" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9t3lPX-DQw4/TebWT2NcC5I/AAAAAAAEvfA/VrVXDDB4KbQ/IMG_0027_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I had a headache, it is finally going away… I have just been snacking all day, haven’t really sat down and had a meal of sorts… son2 is making chicken and rice so that will be good… I am feeling tired again this afternoon… today was supposed to be a recharging day so I would be raring to go at work tomorrow… everyone to bed on time tonight… we have all been staying up til after 11pm… and then I am automatically awake at 6am… even on my day off… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9kqw1NIio3E/TebWV2FDCWI/AAAAAAAEvfE/wwtV_GtJCXg/s1600-h/IMG_0029%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0029" border="0" alt="IMG_0029" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MKwjCTpFCTk/TebWW4OTbVI/AAAAAAAEvfI/TWPMMJQDcXs/IMG_0029_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Holly is still mad at the kittens and Danny is starting to tolerate them a bit as long as they don’t hiss at him…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XO8LyW_ykrs/TebWYxKvvrI/AAAAAAAEvfM/D0Q2J3VJ__Q/s1600-h/IMG_0030%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0030" border="0" alt="IMG_0030" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vmb0xYqYZtE/TebWajrXTrI/AAAAAAAEvfQ/aeBqyJoAcPE/IMG_0030_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Remember last year when I was growing seeds in egg cartons but they didn’t make it so I threw everything into the yard just in case… well they didn’t come up but I guess I also had thrown something out from Easter or some time as these came up and finally bloomed this week… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-c3-vQmwqPEY/TebWdtP0zGI/AAAAAAAEvfU/CjditMMGJfc/s1600-h/IMG_0031%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0031" border="0" alt="IMG_0031" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2yaOj9-EC90/TebWe8uA2AI/AAAAAAAEvfY/aLefzwbEiD0/IMG_0031_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2 is about half way done with making the chicken so better start getting other things ready so we can eat…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-1798905597947635219?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-67283850962919201562011-06-01T11:04:00.001-07:002011-06-01T11:04:13.295-07:00<p><strong><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gFaSPEVORcc/TeZ-3OxAlXI/AAAAAAAEvdM/AfBwcRoHJSo/s1600-h/wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-00%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-00" border="0" alt="wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-00" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rMtPiYfiugc/TeZ-5W1lLiI/AAAAAAAEvdQ/Fu0exR_BPeQ/wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-00_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">My Day Off… The boys are off to school and work… Hubby is off to work… I have worked the last six days and now to get caught up around the house… And write a nice long entry to clear my head… I laugh though cause once I have the house to myself and peace and quiet to write, I find I rather be up and about getting things done with no one in my way… and then when everyone is home I sit on the computer but have too many interruptions to write out an entry… so my poor blog gets ignored… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-V1jfxqfpvks/TeZ-7TXqsfI/AAAAAAAEvdU/e5PHltsNXl8/s1600-h/670100-bigthumbnail%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="670100-bigthumbnail" border="0" alt="670100-bigthumbnail" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-56G9WBOSIPE/TeZ-89iXybI/AAAAAAAEvdY/5xKRCoXUmGk/670100-bigthumbnail_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="225" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">The biggest thing on my mind at the moment is my certification at work next week… Hours are very scarce at the moment and even on a good day it is hard to have everything clean and perfect… and we just came off of a holiday weekend so everything was tore up on top of our already being behind… at the beginning of last month we used a 100 extra hours just to get ready for the training meeting which in his words after seeing the department were he was embarrassed to have our store host the meeting… when in fact we did look very good just not perfect… and of course last week we had to pay the hours back so were way under staffed and then the holiday weekend and this week at regular hours… so we are working very hard these four days but then the weekend again… so my team is a little down hearted… they want so much to succeed but knowing it will take a miracle… we have 54 questions on our certification and can only miss 5, getting a 90%… we are able to miss more than we did last year but last year he gave us a chance to fix things during the certification and this year he is not giving that option… and no one has actually said what happens if you don’t pass… we thought we had heard he would come back again in two weeks… maybe he will take pity as I am still new, at least in his mind as a lead… however I have been in shoes seven years, I know what is expected…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Of course on top of getting ready for the visit I am still doing all my new manager duties and my old shoe duties of opening boxes and locating stockroom, so I am stretched a bit thin at the moment and could snap at any second, if I wasn’t so tired… I’m not finding much time to open boxes, locate and help get the floor ready as I am at meetings, on the computer doing reports, making schedules, manager on duty, closing the store………… Which I don’t feel I am giving my all to my manager duties as my mind is on the visit… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Then this week the manager schedule came out for the month and it had me switched to close this Friday instead of Thursday as someone took a vacation day and switched with me without asking… Very bad communication between management at our store… so luckily I saw it and switched my schedule as I would have come in to close tomorrow and then had to close again on Friday… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Plus I had a full time associate quit without notice… which the other associates will pick up the hours but then they also have to cover the duties of that person… and I have two new people still learning the processes… and another two who may be leaving after the visit… and do you know I have been only doing this job for two months… so all of us are still adjusting to the changes… and I have lost my enthusiasm and I don’t like it… I knew all of this going into the job and I knew what I had to deal with… especially the drama with all the managers… I just feel like I was set up to fail from the start… and I was told I couldn’t change my mind and I don’t plan to… but I sure miss my old job right now… lol…. or probably just the comfort zone of it as I am still doing my old job, I just can’t enjoy it and my new job with all this pressure of the visit hanging over my head… but of course I knew that going in too… but man this will be the third time he is visiting me since I started in just two months… of course we probably won’t see him again til Christmas and then again next summer when we have to be recertified all over again…&#160; </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QkvIUfrEBls/TeZ_AHMZmcI/AAAAAAAEvdc/la873FcfT9k/s1600-h/wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-01%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-01" border="0" alt="wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-01" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_Og55_uAU7M/TeZ_C0SDrFI/AAAAAAAEvdg/Fcv5X5vZky0/wallcoo.com_Maday_Jane_2007_Kittens_Calender-01_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I want my one day at a time attitude and positive attitude back again… I took this position on my faith in God and knowing that he will be walking with me the whole time… why was it so much easier to trust him with finding hubby a job which he did after nine months… I want to have the same trust in that we will pass next week and not to worry but enjoy each day… I want to lift up my team not bring in negative vibes… I am not even excited about hubby’s new job as I am so worried about this visit… I lost it with him on Saturday as I was so stressed but he is used to it and just let me vent on him… of course I was saying negative things about his new job… but think I was just feeling a bit jealous as he only worked four hours on Wednesday, two hours on Thursday and had a four day weekend… as his new boss is out for surgery for the next six weeks… he works twenty hours a week and was back to work yesterday and today… but since he works 10-2 and has weekends off it still seems like he is still out of work as he is always home when I am, lol…. except for Wednesday which is my day off… but not next week as that is the day of the visit, so I had to rearrange my whole week… to work on Sunday even though it is my weekend off and work on Wednesday… but I am then off Friday and Saturday… but then have to work on Sunday which is my bday but it is my weekend to work… and then I am on vacation starting the 13th… but what if we don’t pass, will he be back and then will I have to cancel my vacation… I’m thinking no as we don’t have any hours, so my team can use my hours to get ready again as I am always off doing manager stuff and not very helpful anyway…. </font></p> <p><font size="3">I think the biggest thing is no matter what he says on the certification we will still be here after he leaves still doing our jobs as we are not going to get fired or anything… just human nature not to want to fail but shine… be better than the rest… not to mention that&#160; upper management doesn’t even respect the guy that is coming so they won’t even care what he says… of course I am sure if we don’t pass they will not agree with him but yet have to deal with it anyway as he reports to their bosses… so I’m stuck between doing what is right to get ready for the visit and answer to the bosses who are in the store and do what they need me to do too… and everyone thinks that everything is getting done every day when there are not enough hours in the week to get everything done that needs to be done every day… but then everyone was fine with my old supervisor when she was running it and I didn’t really see her do anything in the department as she was always off doing manager duties… but then of course she had me working in the department when she wasn’t there… I Don’t Have ME……. Deep Breath……</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AXykZd-qWQc/TeZ_FYIVR6I/AAAAAAAEvdk/nfo-hFo6Sbs/s1600-h/8%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="8" border="0" alt="8" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wYMY4ed22Mw/TeZ_GpbCXXI/AAAAAAAEvdo/-pKYAcBUtPE/8_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="196" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I was going to continue this entry throughout the day but it has become very long already just talking about work… so maybe several entries throughout the day…</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg128"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that your unspoken prayers will be answered. Yes, God knows you, God hears you, God loves you, God is there for you. You are blessed.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg154"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that today is a whole day for you to do good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a whole day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; and in its place will be something that you had left behind... let it be something good.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg82"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that God sees you as you truly are, - a holy child of light: I see you strong and whole. I see you blessed and prospered. I see you courageous and confident. I see you capable and successful. I see you free from all limitations or bondage of any kind. I see you as the spiritually perfect being you truly are.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg124"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that when whispers do not get your attention, bricks will fly your way. Don't speed through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention. Slow down and be present.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg210"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that when you do the right thing, it will feel good in your body. Your body never lies. When you feel stress in your body, something is out of balance in your life. Restore the balance, and your body and spirit will reflect the rightness of your choice.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-6728385096291920156?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-46986744893326345812011-05-27T21:50:00.001-07:002011-05-27T21:50:07.288-07:00<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Kopf9lZ_2FQ/TeB-umcV6BI/AAAAAAAEvck/bvcv6I4SYe0/s1600-h/Gnomeo-And-Juliet-Poster%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Gnomeo-And-Juliet-Poster" border="0" alt="Gnomeo-And-Juliet-Poster" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-n3LZPENAi5Y/TeB-wuwd9lI/AAAAAAAEvco/ejkU1NvlXeU/Gnomeo-And-Juliet-Poster_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="162" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">We just finished watching Gnomeo and Juliette… Silly but Cute with Good Elton John music… Actually his company made the movie and then presented it to Disney… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby is now fixing apple pie a la mode…</font></p> <p><font size="3">We had tacos, taquitos, refried beans, corn,&#160; and nachos for dinner… yummy… I am so full…</font></p> <p><font size="3">and so tired… my five hours of sleep is catching up with me… but I can sleep in tomorrow, then back to work to close… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Now we are watching Lost in Space… Son2 went off to watch the season finale of The Mentalist… </font></p> <p><font size="3">All the shows have ended for the season… more time to watch Netflix shows and movies… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Nw2aYg0kyHc/TeB-yglEnEI/AAAAAAAEvcs/JVVbfRdS9hA/s1600-h/Tangled_poster_nov-535x745%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Tangled_poster_nov-535x745" border="0" alt="Tangled_poster_nov-535x745" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0LE6Bylvcug/TeB-1A90A2I/AAAAAAAEvcw/rrMVrvLLcNk/Tangled_poster_nov-535x745_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="178" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">We also recently watched Tangled… Hilarious!! Still want to watch it again before we send it back to Netflix…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yi_eX4X1rFQ/TeB-3ReHX8I/AAAAAAAEvc0/c4s6y4PUV7w/s1600-h/gullivers-travels%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="gullivers-travels" border="0" alt="gullivers-travels" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-L3miNlJ6WqI/TeB-4gvf3kI/AAAAAAAEvc4/GqujlABpOns/gullivers-travels_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="166" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">We also saw Gulliver’s Travels with Jack Black… Cute and Funny, classic Jack Black… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dZ7YBf8rqy4/TeB-6zPYo-I/AAAAAAAEvc8/BivzB_zgUV4/s1600-h/Watch-Harry-Potter-and-the-Deathly-Hallows-Part-1-Online-FREE-Megavideo%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Watch-Harry-Potter-and-the-Deathly-Hallows-Part-1-Online-FREE-Megavideo" border="0" alt="Watch-Harry-Potter-and-the-Deathly-Hallows-Part-1-Online-FREE-Megavideo" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yD6lz0AAu28/TeB-76J9paI/AAAAAAAEvdA/eQ2Ybns6VA8/Watch-Harry-Potter-and-the-Deathly-Hallows-Part-1-Online-FREE-Megavideo_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="166" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Harry Potter was a bit slow but it is only part one setting up for the big finale… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tSB62NQnwWo/TeB-9-jJ1LI/AAAAAAAEvdE/byvNc67XQmc/s1600-h/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_On_Stranger_Tides-535x401%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; 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border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="87364829_f1b58435f6" border="0" alt="87364829_f1b58435f6" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hNMUxxfnURM/Td-t1O5YY1I/AAAAAAAEvcg/W_eazbh9CUw/87364829_f1b58435f6_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="168" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">I’m finding I really don’t like Thursdays… But once it is over they weren’t so bad and I’m just fine… I’m sure partly it is because I’m off on Wednesday and then I close on Thursday… then I always have the manager on duty phone and other manager duties to do… so between Wednesday and Thursday I get nothing done in shoes…</font></p> <p><font size="3">But back to work again this morning, so lots to do today to finish up the week and get caught up in shoes with reports, schedules and maybe some stocking, opening of boxes and locating the stockroom… plus I’m not off again til next Wednesday so hopefully I’ll get lots done…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Son1 is off to work this morning early so he can work a half day and then he and girlfriend are off to the beach somewhere near Los Angeles for the whole holiday weekend…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2 is off to school with his art project that he’ll be painting today… and he did finally order his yearbook yesterday… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son3 brought home all his projects from the whole year after school yesterday… and hubby walked to pick him up so I’m sure they were a sight carrying dioramas, project boards and an overflowing backpack… he had a homework pass but had brought home class work that needed to be finished that was only two questions but hubby said it took him over an hour as he couldn’t remember the story that the questions were for… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby now has a four day weekend as his new boss has surgery today and will be off for the next six weeks… he also only worked two hours yesterday as she had to leave for lab work… he has another manager that he will answer to while she is gone but since his position is a new position there isn't an exact plan in place yet… so next week once her surgery is over she can call from home and give better instructions to everyone… I have to remember to pick hubby up some new dress shirts after work today as he has had to borrow son2’s… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I was up til midnight after work last night, watching Bones to unwind… then up after 5am to make sure son1 was up… he was… was going to go back to sleep for a half hour or so but the kittens were getting into everything this morning… mostly my houseplants… Indy got sprayed with the water bottle three times for pulling on the branches… and then Maple peed in another one… they are being able to climb higher and higher finding new places to explore… They are on the dining table with me now, knocking all son3’s pencils to the floor and batting them around… I think they are starting to get tired now as they have been running around for over an hour, getting out their bees from being in the bathroom all night… Yep they are quiet now and laying down…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Time to get son3 up for school and get me ready for work…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg87"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that infinite possibilities are born of faith. Do you think that's air you breathe; that's earth you walk on? All matter is God's creation. And the source is faith. When you have so much faith that you become one of faith, infinite possibilities open to you.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-5749936508361292095?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-50316810805951664382011-05-26T11:49:00.001-07:002011-05-26T11:49:22.525-07:00<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-C3AtQsPMQGs/Td6galuMyZI/AAAAAAAEvb8/tFGh_ekAutU/s1600-h/birdhouse1%25255B2%25255D.gif"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="birdhouse1" border="0" alt="birdhouse1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gmDoAf4dytk/Td6geaTeO2I/AAAAAAAEvcA/7cM9oR3f7Nw/birdhouse1_thumb.gif?imgmax=800" width="236" height="240" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Finally taking a moment to visit my blog… I have been trying to read blogs but Google reader is not working quite right and does not keep you logged in… I was behind over 600 so finally just marked all as read because it was not clearing them out as I was reading and then adding them back out after I cleared them… Still able to visit and read so I shouldn’t complain…</font></p> <p><font size="3">I have good news to share………………………………..</font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby started his new job yesterday!! The UPS Store… Part time for now, building to full time as business picks up… Mon-Fri, 10-2… perfect schedule for getting son3 to and from school… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I’m excited but not as excited as I thought I would be… Guess any change takes time even when it’s good news… I laugh at hubby though… for the last nine months he has been the perfect house hubby to the point of being underfoot… and one morning back at work and now it’s ALL About Work… to where he’s already back to his old habits in the house of being a working dad/husband… but then that’s a good thing to which we are very thankful… </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3X_b7zx_2aE/Td6ggZnEHvI/AAAAAAAEvcE/J6qdj_4V3_8/s1600-h/garden-birdhouse-david-g-paul%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="garden-birdhouse-david-g-paul" border="0" alt="garden-birdhouse-david-g-paul" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LjegY10o8bo/Td6giGf464I/AAAAAAAEvcI/uGaPDEPbQFI/garden-birdhouse-david-g-paul_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="189" height="244" /></font></a></p> <p><font size="3">I had the whole house to myself yesterday morning as everyone was at work and school… Blissful… Barely spent any time on the computer as I keep thinking of things to get done with no one here to distract me… laundry, dishes, even mopped the kitchen floor… just general tidy up with no one here to undo it right behind me… this morning the same as I close tonight so home this morning enjoying the quiet again… </font></p> <p><font size="3">I’m settled into my new job now except for the certification looming over my head for the 8th of next month… an annual thing now of all footwear leads being certified in the footwear department with the help of the footwear associates… 54 questions we have to pass with a 90%… ranging from reports to processes to sales floor standards to stockroom standards to associates knowledge with the customers… we know of everything but so very hard to have everything 100% at all times but for the 8th we will have to be… this week however we have no hours as we are making up for all the hours we used at the beginning of the month for the last visit… so most associates only have 4 hours this week… then this weekend is Memorial Weekend so we will be very busy… I’m still waiting to hear how many hours we will get for next week and/or have overnighters… but in addition to getting everything ready for the visit it will be a lot of recovery from getting so far behind this week… I keep telling myself one day at a time as I walk with God each day… </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mmiIY0tV4ic/Td6gjXicUII/AAAAAAAEvcM/xtHpUu-jJLo/s1600-h/AB10764%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="AB10764" border="0" alt="AB10764" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7rrKi2qQTXI/Td6gmAUx_mI/AAAAAAAEvcQ/p9XZi4jLv3o/AB10764_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="196" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3">&#160;&#160; </font></p> <p><font size="3">June 7th is son3’s school trip to the local water park… When son2 was younger they didn’t go to the water park until 5th grade so I’m not too keen on son3 going but go he will… will drill the rules into him before he goes and send lots of sunscreen, towels and shirts… son2 got a VERY BAD sunburn when he went… son2 had never been to a water park but had been to full size pools before… where son3 has only been in the 4ft pool in the back yard… although usually when he goes on any school trips he always spends all his time in the video arcade… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Then June 9th is the last day of school… and the visit will be over with us hopefully passing or then we will have to do it again… June 12th is my birthday… and then hopefully I will get my vacation approved for the week starting June 13th… </font></p> <p><font size="3">We celebrated girlfriend’s 21st birthday last Friday… still have the decorations up, hopefully hubby will get them down this weekend… mostly the balloons left that son1 was going to take to her… we had chocolate pudding cake with Hello Kitty decorations… she then celebrated with family and friends testing the drinking ways with son1 taking care of her as she had a bit too much… this weekend they are going away to the beach for the weekend to finish off the birthday celebrating… next month they will celebrate their two year anniversary and son1’s one year anniversary at his current job… then it will be time for son1 to follow through on his plan of joining the military…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Son2 has been finishing up his year as a junior… supposed to be buying a year book today, nothing like the last minute… tennis is done… got his team pictures that I need to scan in to share… tomorrow is the award night but he doesn’t seem to want to go… he is also finishing up on one last art project for art class…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Last night we went to son3’s Open House to see all his art work and reports that we, I mean he, did this year… the teacher was teasing everyone and congratulating the parents on their dioramas… I wonder what grade I got on my diorama… </font></p> <p><font size="3">The kittens are getting so big and getting into everything… we still put them in the bathroom for the night or when we go out… however the other day they some how opened one of the bathroom drawers that blocked the bathroom door and locked themselves in the bathroom til hubby and son2 were able to get them out… with hubby working now we may start leaving them out at night and then just putting them in the bathroom while we are at work and school… then work on slowly keeping them out all the time once the boys are on summer break… </font></p> <p><font size="3">Still two hours til I go to work but need to shower, get dressed, have lunch and tidy up before I go… </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vebdit6ZTc4/Td6gnhTCuwI/AAAAAAAEvcU/MPHSnbKzYKk/s1600-h/birdhouse%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; 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Do not spend energy arguing whose truth is righter, - just like all life springs forth from one source, so are all truths but a reflection of God. Accept another truth as another way of loving God.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg54"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that how bad things may look right now means nothing, - it's how good they can be with God's help that counts. In life you can absolutely count on one thing, - everything can turn around in one day, in one minute sometimes. 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Let your love radiate out to all you meet. Let your love touch the hearts of people you don't even know. Let your love reach to the far corners of the earth. Love is what is saving the world.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg183"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that although forgiveness is very hard, it is necessary. Holding onto anger and old hurts hardens your heart and hurts only you. Ask for help in letting go of the anger. Ask to see the situation through the eyes of compassion. Allow yourself to feel the lightness of forgiveness.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg173"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that there is a time and a season for everything. It may be a time of new beginnings, a time of growth, a time of reaping the harvest of hard work, or a time of rest. Trust this beautiful order. Everything in its time.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg28"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that doubt is the rust of life. Doubt holds you landlocked in paralysis unable to move either way. The time you spent doubting is the time you are not alive. So, rid yourself of the doubt, take that step one way or another, your heart knows what is best, but take it right now.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg0"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you can only give away what you already have inside yourself. True giving happens when you are overflowing from the inside, and cannot help but share. When there is so much love within you that it has to flow to others or you would burst open. There is no thinking involved, no willpower in such sharing. It just flows out. If you have to force yourself to be kind, to love, to feel compassion, you've missed the first step of filling in your own Self with these emotions.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg5"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that it's time to STOP going through the motions of living, and START living. Are you willing to do that now? Or are you going to wait until all life energy drains out of you and your loved ones who are trying to support you at this very moment? You were not born to follow rules and regulations. Living starts with dreaming. So dream, dream friend, and let dreams show you the path to your bliss.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg61"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you deserve happiness just because. There is nothing you need to do to deserve happiness. There are no 'minimal requirements' for you to fulfill before you can claim happiness. You deserve happiness simply by virtue of having been born. That's it. Nothing more is required. Be happy.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg39"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that it's time you stopped hiding from life, and said yes to the adventure of being alive. Enough of the routine already. Go on, have an adventure, - do what you always wanted deep within your heart. Do what brings you alive, and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg172"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that it's okay to ask for help. Sometimes we get overwhelmed with the details and complexities of our lives. Sometimes we need some help to get untangled, to gain a new perspective. Ask for help. Help may come in human or divine form. It may be seen or unseen. Ask, and ye shall receive.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg109"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that today you can help a thousand people see God's light. Feel God's light shining within you and take a step to inspire someone else to shine. As you share this vision today with just one soul, that reaches ten lives that touch a thousand.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg189"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that sometimes a break from your routine is the very thing you need. Try something new. Do something fun. Be adventurous. These breaks can bring renewed energy into your work and your life.</font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg171"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you don't have to be serious to be spiritual. Laughter is good! Levity is good! When you allow yourself to be joyful, that joy radiates to all those around you. God honors you and your laughter.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-1321968175377064740?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-58794343251441263272011-05-09T22:09:00.001-07:002011-05-09T22:09:12.339-07:00<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjHpVqV7sI/AAAAAAAEvWQ/hNyE9vd9CLs/s1600-h/IMG_0011%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0011" border="0" alt="IMG_0011" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjHtIkOV1I/AAAAAAAEvWU/QI6E32d8CDY/IMG_0011_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby did not have his second interview today… the person called out sick and she will call on Thursday to reschedule… so we continue to wait………….</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjHwURb9sI/AAAAAAAEvWY/UrM9kMtjWgs/s1600-h/IMG_0017%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0017" border="0" alt="IMG_0017" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjHyGBXyHI/AAAAAAAEvWc/6rBem336RNY/IMG_0017_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">The Chinese food was so good last night… we watched Toy Story 3, girlfriend picked… she and son1 had not seen it yet… it was the third time I saw it and I still cried at the end… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjH1d-eAVI/AAAAAAAEvWg/85iXohOgZ4g/s1600-h/IMG_0018%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0018" border="0" alt="IMG_0018" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjH2wM8MyI/AAAAAAAEvWk/pugdZpHUQRU/IMG_0018_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">We were still so busy at work today… we have two days to get ready for Thursday… I don’t know… we will have to perform some miracles… I am off on Wednesday… I was thinking of going in for four hours but not sure now if I should work overtime plus they know I am off on Wednesday… Can’t change Friday or Saturday because I close both those days… I’ll have to see tomorrow…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjH4rbpy_I/AAAAAAAEvWo/JRbz95Dg3A0/s1600-h/IMG_0019%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0019" border="0" alt="IMG_0019" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjH8CKfFlI/AAAAAAAEvWs/4undQZzm35A/IMG_0019_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">It was crazy weather on the way home… the last few days have been in the 90’s and then today the 70’s… with a bit of rain and a lot of wind… at one point on the way home it was raining sideways, dirt was blowing every where with leaves and debris and I thought at any moment a cow might fly by… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjH_HFBahI/AAAAAAAEvWw/OpO02ZtO_sw/s1600-h/IMG_0020%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0020" border="0" alt="IMG_0020" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIAzzLw4I/AAAAAAAEvW0/DVAM-na1yBA/IMG_0020_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Son3 is full back into homework… It was after 6:30pm by time he finished today… he had to draw pictures for his spelling words… draw pictures to tell the story of a movie that they watched today… and three math pages… they are already doing fifth grade work to get ready for next year… we had left over Chinese food for dinner and watched an episode of Lost in Space… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIFA03Q1I/AAAAAAAEvW4/qLrPbeBWRtc/s1600-h/IMG_0021%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0021" border="0" alt="IMG_0021" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIHCOwVzI/AAAAAAAEvW8/zCASheeG0m0/IMG_0021_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Now the boys are all in bed and the pets too… Hubby is watching the season finale of Fringe… I am taping Hawaii Five O and waiting for Castle to come on… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIJH6ya5I/AAAAAAAEvXA/KRwrbzhAWcg/s1600-h/IMG_0024%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0024" border="0" alt="IMG_0024" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIMDqz_DI/AAAAAAAEvXE/tZsDdSVdh5Y/IMG_0024_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I ate way too much this weekend… Arbor Mist, soda, Easter candy, ice cream, cake, Chinese food, steak, pork chops… I was down six pounds on Friday morning and up five pounds this morning… I so need to get back on my losing weight that I started last year… I keep saying after this holiday and then this holiday… or after this visit… or after hubby gets a job… or after son1 goes forward with a plan… I do know that if I say I’m gonna do it, I don’t do it… I sabotage myself that way… I’m so rebellious about it… I have to start thinking skinny again… and eating for one again with small portions and only when I’m hungry… of course right now I am thinking about candy… but I already had an orange creamsicle… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIODGpHcI/AAAAAAAEvXI/m6nOZvWbpvk/s1600-h/IMG_0025%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0025" border="0" alt="IMG_0025" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIPen1hJI/AAAAAAAEvXM/0n6ds1yZ4GY/IMG_0025_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Watching the end of Dancing with the Stars… Castle coming up next… Then sleeping time…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIS83Fh8I/AAAAAAAEvXQ/VxMg_CT85Jo/s1600-h/IMG_0026%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0026" border="0" alt="IMG_0026" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIUWMJl9I/AAAAAAAEvXU/QDsiTbqztjc/IMG_0026_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Like Indy and Maple all tuckered out from playing…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIWtbXzVI/AAAAAAAEvXY/-onfgVtp8Tg/s1600-h/IMG_0028%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0028" border="0" alt="IMG_0028" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIaH2pLGI/AAAAAAAEvXc/YDFafyBL96M/IMG_0028_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Maple trying to get Holly’s tail… Holly’s tail is always twitching…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIcNYslgI/AAAAAAAEvXg/bbBeKUlMOUs/s1600-h/IMG_0029%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_0029" border="0" alt="IMG_0029" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcjIdSLxn1I/AAAAAAAEvXk/OfCbz-Qed6o/IMG_0029_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Busted! Holly is still not happy with the kittens and swats and hisses at them… she also chases Danny and swipes at him… She’s always been moody so thinking she may not be accepting of the kittens… we’ll have to see…</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><strong><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/godwantsyouprod/index.php?source=news110_name_img3_msg135"><font size="3">On this day, God wants you to know</font></a></strong></p> <p><font size="3">... that you can be an echo of your past, or the glory of your future. Past is connected to future through the present. At this very moment, at every moment, you are choosing to carry on the past with all its troubles on your shoulders, OR to let it go and see bright future pull your forward. Choose wisely.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Happy Journaling…</font></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8097259353661066721-5879434325144126327?l=findingfootprintsinthesand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Linda :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05158420612788989484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8097259353661066721.post-86073023984593735692011-05-08T16:17:00.001-07:002011-05-08T16:17:15.213-07:00<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcckKwDgHAI/AAAAAAAEvVo/WiCfRqhgbTU/s1600-h/Happy_Mothers_Day_Toons12.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Happy_Mothers_Day_Toons1" border="0" alt="Happy_Mothers_Day_Toons1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcckOQ22UGI/AAAAAAAEvVs/gNm3NpOADfU/Happy_Mothers_Day_Toons1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="169" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I woke up this morning to Mother’s Day cards and blueberry pancakes… Girlfriend came over and gave me a manicure… we have played with the kittens all day and now they are napping… and I trimmed the roses… now we are waiting for the Chinese restaurant to open so we can order Chinese food… Friday son1 went to the grocery store with girlfriend and they bought tri tip, beans, corn on the cob and macaroni salad for everyone for dinner… then Saturday morning son1 and son2 finished building the fence around the front yard… son1 bought the wood… I cleaned the house on Saturday, while hubby worked in the yard, son1 and girlfriend went to the movies to see Soul Surfer and son2 and son3 played video games… I made pork chops for dinner and we watched a few Angel episodes… after the Chinese tonight we will definitely have enough leftovers for the week… and hubby got a cake for dessert tonight…</font></p> <p><strong><font size="3">&#160;</font><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcckQocXkmI/AAAAAAAEvVw/tES24guXNXM/s1600-h/IMG_00052.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0005" border="0" alt="IMG_0005" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcckSONwRtI/AAAAAAAEvV0/ENx_CGC7C-c/IMG_0005_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">The kittens are still so cute… They are even bigger since these pictures were taken… I have so many kitten and rose pictures I need to sort through and post… And letters I want to write… I’m on the computer every day but not enough time for email, facebook, blogging and sorting pictures and printing out letters to mail… I’m finally settling in to my new work schedule so next will be settling into a home routine around work… actually once hubby goes back to work, I’ll be able to go back to my routine… someone is always home and I can’t get done I want to without interruptions of some sort… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcckUNsAbII/AAAAAAAEvV4/dmOsUxz550Q/s1600-h/IMG_00562.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_0056" border="0" alt="IMG_0056" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcckWPZA2XI/AAAAAAAEvV8/2zutANubbqo/IMG_0056_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Hubby has a second interview on Monday with the UPS Store… This was Indy helping hubby with his homework of writing up a proposal to present on his second interview… </font></p> <p><font size="3">It may be a full time job with traveling… on top of my full time management job… we’ve always been here for the boys to the extreme I’m thinking… so guess it’s time for them to stand on their own for a bit while hubby and I have careers… so we’ve been prepping them just in case… especially son2 who will be helping out with son3… I’m finding bribing son2 with comic books is an easy fix… Son2 will be a senior next year… getting his driver’s license… graduating high school… getting ready for college… and helping with son3 one more year… they are all growing up… now it’s time for me and hubby to grow up too… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcckYkzM_jI/AAAAAAAEvWA/fjZPNfbKKhk/s1600-h/1273150830%5B2%5D.jpg"><font size="3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="1273150830" border="0" alt="1273150830" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xGvWzb6dcRA/TcckaFeKP6I/AAAAAAAEvWE/AfV9c0851Oc/1273150830_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="186" /></font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <p><font size="3">This week at work I have all the footwear leads coming to my store for a training sess