Today is Tuesday, June 8, 2010...and it's already been SO HOT outside!!! I think that this summer is going to be a HOT one again!! And the humidity...man...it's like a sauna out there most days!! Last year it was this hot as well...and we had a VERY COLD winter!! Snowing two and three times in one winter in Crosby, Texas is a record...and we LOVED every second of it!!!
Now it's summer time and the pool is finally swimable...so we will more than likely spend every afternoon in the pool!!
Stay cool...don't get over heated this summer...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Cool Website...
I was on PW's site looking at her Homeschooling page and she has a site listed called www.FreeRice.com and if you go there and take the vocabulary quiz...for every right answer...they will donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program (www.wfp.org). I took one and got all of them correct...so by the time I had to stop...I had donated 680 grains of rice to WFP...
I just thought that this was way cool!!
Go check it out!!!
I just thought that this was way cool!!
Go check it out!!!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
It Takes...
It takes a minute to have a crush on someone...
It takes an hour to like someone...
It takes a day to love someone...
But it takes a lifetime to forget someone...
This hits home to me for several different reasons...two of them are...
One, missing my dad a lot here lately... He's been dead for 17 months now, and at times, I find myself picking the phone up to call him during the day to check on him... Then I realize that when I call the house, the machine will pick up...not him... He was such a strong man... Always busy out in his workshop building something for one of the girls or just tinkering with his tools until he couldn't stand it any longer and have to go inside because he hurt so bad. Damn cancer!
Second, a sweet little angel is in the hospital as I type this fighting for her life. Madi has made such an impact on EVERYONE she comes in contact with! She was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 4 years old. Two years later, her old brother Austin was her bone marrow donor. The transfusion took, but she now suffers from Graft Verses Host Disease. Madi has one of the worse cases of GVHD. She has not been able to attend school for more than 5 years now...and she is only 11 years old! Her mom is a teacher, so she homeschool Madi. Summer of 2009, Madi was hospitalized for 77 consecutive days! She continues to have problems daily with not being able to swallow, hurting when she moves and so many more things.
GVHD is a common complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in which functional immune cells in the transplanted marrow recognize the recipient as "foreign" and mount an immunologic attack. There are two types of GVHD. The acute or fulminant form of the disease (aGVHD) is normally observed within the first 100 days post-transplant, and is a major challenge to transplants owing to associated morbidity and mortality. The chronic form of the disease (cGVHD) normally occurs after 100 days. The appearance of moderate to severe cases of cGVHD adversely influences long-term survival.
Please take time to pray for this family as they surround her with all the love they can at this time. Please pray that the doctors can get her oxygen levels stabilized and her carbon monoxide levels to where they should be and not "taking over" her body...
It takes an hour to like someone...
It takes a day to love someone...
But it takes a lifetime to forget someone...
This hits home to me for several different reasons...two of them are...
One, missing my dad a lot here lately... He's been dead for 17 months now, and at times, I find myself picking the phone up to call him during the day to check on him... Then I realize that when I call the house, the machine will pick up...not him... He was such a strong man... Always busy out in his workshop building something for one of the girls or just tinkering with his tools until he couldn't stand it any longer and have to go inside because he hurt so bad. Damn cancer!
Second, a sweet little angel is in the hospital as I type this fighting for her life. Madi has made such an impact on EVERYONE she comes in contact with! She was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 4 years old. Two years later, her old brother Austin was her bone marrow donor. The transfusion took, but she now suffers from Graft Verses Host Disease. Madi has one of the worse cases of GVHD. She has not been able to attend school for more than 5 years now...and she is only 11 years old! Her mom is a teacher, so she homeschool Madi. Summer of 2009, Madi was hospitalized for 77 consecutive days! She continues to have problems daily with not being able to swallow, hurting when she moves and so many more things.
GVHD is a common complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in which functional immune cells in the transplanted marrow recognize the recipient as "foreign" and mount an immunologic attack. There are two types of GVHD. The acute or fulminant form of the disease (aGVHD) is normally observed within the first 100 days post-transplant, and is a major challenge to transplants owing to associated morbidity and mortality. The chronic form of the disease (cGVHD) normally occurs after 100 days. The appearance of moderate to severe cases of cGVHD adversely influences long-term survival.
Please take time to pray for this family as they surround her with all the love they can at this time. Please pray that the doctors can get her oxygen levels stabilized and her carbon monoxide levels to where they should be and not "taking over" her body...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Karson...
Last night I was on my way to take Behr (Karson's dog) out before bed and I noticed a piece of paper on the bar with Karson's stuff that was fold and worn... I opened it thinking that it was going to be some homework that she's been carrying around in her clipboard (yes, she has a neon lime green clipboard - to keep her organized...LOL), anyway...I opened it and it was a letter to my dad.
As most of you know, my dad passed away on December 24, 2008 at 6:19 p.m. Me, Mom, Bryan (brother), Angie (sister), Aunt Judy, MeeMaw, Keith, and Uncle Ronnie were all there with him when he drew his last breath... That is something that I will never forget as long as I live...
I read the letter that was written to him and it brought tears to my eyes...just as it is now... It said how much she missed him. And that we were going to the gravesite to "see" him in the next few days to take him something...we had new flowers to put on it... It talked about how she wished he could have seen her open her gifts Christmas morning... She told him that she got a couple of Webkinz, some Wii games, a new purse with $100 bill in it, some clothes, etc. She told him all she got for Christmas the Christmas he passed away... I have the sweetest daughter anyone could ask for! And she's just as sweet as the day we brought her home from the hospital...
I haven't had a cry in a LONG time...and I think that today is going to be that day... I love and miss you dearly Dad... I will always be your Peanut and a Daddy's Girl...
As most of you know, my dad passed away on December 24, 2008 at 6:19 p.m. Me, Mom, Bryan (brother), Angie (sister), Aunt Judy, MeeMaw, Keith, and Uncle Ronnie were all there with him when he drew his last breath... That is something that I will never forget as long as I live...
I read the letter that was written to him and it brought tears to my eyes...just as it is now... It said how much she missed him. And that we were going to the gravesite to "see" him in the next few days to take him something...we had new flowers to put on it... It talked about how she wished he could have seen her open her gifts Christmas morning... She told him that she got a couple of Webkinz, some Wii games, a new purse with $100 bill in it, some clothes, etc. She told him all she got for Christmas the Christmas he passed away... I have the sweetest daughter anyone could ask for! And she's just as sweet as the day we brought her home from the hospital...
I haven't had a cry in a LONG time...and I think that today is going to be that day... I love and miss you dearly Dad... I will always be your Peanut and a Daddy's Girl...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
...ME...
Well...
I have a birthday coming up...and it's a pretty big one...I'll be......drumroll please......
35!!!!
And I am so ready for it!! Karson told me last summer after she had her 9th birthday this:
"Mom, did you realize that next summer when I turn 10...you will be 35!!!"
She laughed...I turned pale as if I had just seen a ghost...LOL... Then...it hit me like a ton of bricks...BRING IT ON!!!
So...in 11 days from today...I will be 35...and I can't wait... I'm planning a HUGE 40th party...so everyone who knows and loves me will be there!! I think that for this year (if Jeff doesn't have Karson), that we will just go out to eat...and if he does have Karson...I'm sure I'll hang out at the house and then we will go out to eat after she gets home Sunday...
Ta ta for now...
I have a birthday coming up...and it's a pretty big one...I'll be......drumroll please......
35!!!!
And I am so ready for it!! Karson told me last summer after she had her 9th birthday this:
"Mom, did you realize that next summer when I turn 10...you will be 35!!!"
She laughed...I turned pale as if I had just seen a ghost...LOL... Then...it hit me like a ton of bricks...BRING IT ON!!!
So...in 11 days from today...I will be 35...and I can't wait... I'm planning a HUGE 40th party...so everyone who knows and loves me will be there!! I think that for this year (if Jeff doesn't have Karson), that we will just go out to eat...and if he does have Karson...I'm sure I'll hang out at the house and then we will go out to eat after she gets home Sunday...
Ta ta for now...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
ABC's of me...
ABC's of Me
A - Age: 34 – for 18 more days!
B - Baked good: Cookies
C - Chore you hate: Dusting
D - Dog's name: Behr
E - Essential start your day item: COFFEE!
F - Favorite color: Hooker Red!
G - Gold or Silver or Platinum: ALL!!!
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play: Flute
J - Job title: Purchasing Agent
K - Kid(s): One – Karson Syndee Kominek
L - Longest flight: California/Florida/Cancun
M - Mom's name: Sandra
N - Newest article of clothing: SHOES!!!
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Karson being born and tumor removal
P - Pet Peeve: Liars and Cheaters!
Q - Quote from a movie: From Steel Magnolias
“Hit her… Hit her MaLynn… Wack Weezer…it’ll make ya’ feel betta’!”
R - Right handed or left handed: Right.
S - Siblings: One older brother!
T - Time you wake up: 5:00 a.m.
U- Underwear: Any and all…
V - Vegetable you dislike: I love all veggies…
W - Way you run late: TRAFFIC!!!
X - X-rays you've had: Too many…
Y - Yummy food you make: Taco Soup, Italian Cream Cheese Cake, Cheese Soup, and many other things…
Z - Zoo favorite: Giraffes, zebras, monkeys…
A - Age: 34 – for 18 more days!
B - Baked good: Cookies
C - Chore you hate: Dusting
D - Dog's name: Behr
E - Essential start your day item: COFFEE!
F - Favorite color: Hooker Red!
G - Gold or Silver or Platinum: ALL!!!
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play: Flute
J - Job title: Purchasing Agent
K - Kid(s): One – Karson Syndee Kominek
L - Longest flight: California/Florida/Cancun
M - Mom's name: Sandra
N - Newest article of clothing: SHOES!!!
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Karson being born and tumor removal
P - Pet Peeve: Liars and Cheaters!
Q - Quote from a movie: From Steel Magnolias
“Hit her… Hit her MaLynn… Wack Weezer…it’ll make ya’ feel betta’!”
R - Right handed or left handed: Right.
S - Siblings: One older brother!
T - Time you wake up: 5:00 a.m.
U- Underwear: Any and all…
V - Vegetable you dislike: I love all veggies…
W - Way you run late: TRAFFIC!!!
X - X-rays you've had: Too many…
Y - Yummy food you make: Taco Soup, Italian Cream Cheese Cake, Cheese Soup, and many other things…
Z - Zoo favorite: Giraffes, zebras, monkeys…
Thursday, March 11, 2010
...ECLIPSE...
Okay...so I just watched the Eclipse trailer...and I can not wait to see it!! Yes...I am a 35 year old (well...in a few more weeks I will be) mom who loves the Twilight series books! And I was one of MANY who saw New Moon at the midnight showing...and yes...I will be one of MANY to see Eclipse that way too!
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