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Birkleigh, Office Doors and Camp...Oh My!

I had to take my Shih Tzu Birkleigh to the vet yesterday. She thinks he has an intestinal infection. She ran all the tests, parasites, heartworm, lyme disease etc. Of course all of those were negative. My dogs are kept up to date on all vaccines and such. So she concluded that it is an intestinal infection probably from something he either dug up and ate or from a "bad" bug that he ate (her words). So he is very mopey and sleeps a lot. That is how you know he doesn't feel well. He is a very active dog. I feel so bad for him. He is on Antibiotics and a mild muscle relaxer to help with the tummy cramps. If he is not improved by tomorrow we have to go back and see her.

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Parents Outraged...You think???

Teachers Stage Fake Gun Attack on Kids

Tenn. Teachers Stage Fake Gunman Attack on Sixth-Graders During School Trip
The Associated Press
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. May 13, 2007 (AP)

Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.
The mock attack Thursday night was intended as a learning experience and lasted five minutes during the weeklong trip to a state park, said Scales Elementary School Assistant Principal Don Bartch, who led the trip.
"We got together and discussed what we would have done in a real situation," he said.
But parents of the sixth-grade students were outraged.
"The children were in that room in the dark, begging for their lives, because they thought there was someone with a gun after them," said Brandy Cole, whose son went on the trip.
Some parents said they were upset by the staff's poor judgment in light of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech that left 33 students and professors dead, including the gunman.
During the last night of the trip, staff members convinced the 69 students that there was a gunman on the loose. They were told to lie on the floor or hide underneath tables and stay quiet. A teacher, disguised in a hooded sweat shirt, even pulled on locked door.
After the lights went out, about 20 kids started to cry, 11-year-old Shay Naylor said.
"I was like, 'Oh My God,' " she said. "At first I thought I was going to die. We flipped out."
Principal Catherine Stephens declined to say whether the staff members involved would face disciplinary action, but said the situation "involved poor judgment

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3170381



I am speechless. I can't believe a school would do such a thing. Can you say lawsuit? Someones head would be on a platter when I was finished with them. Tell me what you think.

Deep fried what???

You know me and my quest for the unusual well I had to share what I stumbled on today. This is true. It can be verified on Snopes.

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Branson, Faith and Friends

Over the past few months, I have been on a journey of discovery. I have been thinking about my Faith and what I think and believe in contrast to what my Church thinks and believes. I have been raised Baptist but I have always been sort of a free thinker and not bound by tradition. Most of you know I believe in the unknown including the paranormal and psychics. In saying that, I want to make it clear that a lot of it is just plain Hooey!! However, I believe many things have an origin in truth. My quest has been to get past the hooey down to the truth. Not an easy task when you are surrounded by traditional thinking. However, through much prayer and faith I know it will be revealed.

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Checking in...

It seems like forever since I sat down to actually write a post for my blog. However, I don’t think anyone reads my blogs anyway!! It has been a busy few weeks. We have begun the process of painting our living room and kitchen. It is quite a large space with high ceiling in the living room. When the temperature first dropped down it was perfect, there was no rain just cold air. So we opened up the windows and painted away. That was 2 weeks ago. Last week the weather was wonderful it was very cold and rainy (even a little snow). I loved it, however; you can not paint with all that humidity. So I sewed some and cleaned. I also had a bit of a cold so I spent one cold rainy day on the couch. Before we began the painting project I had finished my work at home training for my second contractor job. It was some tough training and took several days. I enjoy my other certification, but this one may be too much for me. I love my work at home job. I get to pick my own hours and work when I feel like it. It gives me a way to earn a little extra money all in the comfort of my basement office.

This weekend I went to a local quilt show. It turned out to be bigger than I expected. There were some wonderful quilts shown. I went for 2 hours on Saturday with my oldest daughter and then I went back on Sunday to take my youngest. Both of them seemed to enjoy it. My best friend from Oklahoma City has a 12 year old daughter that entered her first quilt in the show. She did a great job!!

J (my 12 year old) went to Solo and Ensemble on Friday and she came in first and got a medal for her trumpet playing. She had also entered a story in a writing contest for the state of Arkansas and was in the top 105 of 56,000. She will get some type of award for that too. Way to go J!! Last week we had parent teacher conferences. Both girls are doing very well in school we are proud of them. They both seem to enjoy school. I am glad because I did not like school it was 12 grades of misery for me!! LOL

I have a pretty busy week ahead of me. It is supposed to be warmer (not too happy about that) but I will be able to paint some more. I am ready to get my house back together. Home Improvement projects really get me out of sorts. I like order and tranquility and when things get out of place, it makes me a little uneasy. I am also going to have lunch with a couple of different people this week. It is funny because I can spends days sometimes weeks just piddling around the house alone. No one calls me or e-mails then suddenly I have several invitations. I guess it is feast or famine.

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Goodbye dear friend.

Four Feet in Heaven

Your favorite chair is vacant now...

No eager purrs to greet me.

No softly padded paws to run

Ecstatically to meet me.

No coaxing rubs, no plaintive cry

Will say it's time for feeding.

I've put away your bowl, and all

The things you won't be needing;

But I will miss you little friend,

For I could never measure

The happiness you brought me,

The comfort and the pleasure.

And since God put you here to share

In earthly joy and sorrow;

I'm sure there'll be a place for you

In Heaven's bright tomorrow...

by Alice E. Chase

Spenser
October, 1989 – March 5, 2007

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Pet Peeves

I was thinking about my Pet Peeves, everybody has them. There is even a web site devoted to them http://www.mypetpeeves.com/ . I thought I would share some of mine with you. Leave me a comment and tell me some of your Pet Peeves.

A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that can instill extreme frustration in an individual. Typically each person has several pet peeves that aggravate her or him more than the average person. Another person may not react as negatively or at all to the same circumstance. Pet peeves are typically of common occurrences and a person may encounter their pet peeve very often. Pet peeves involve complaints about specific behaviors, rather than general complaining. Often a pet peeve will seem illogical to others. For example, a supervisor may have a pet peeve about people leaving the lid on the copier up and react angrily, be annoyed when others interrupt when speaking, or by messy desks of their subordinates. That same supervisor may witness employees coming into work late, and not feel any annoyance whatsoever.
Source: Wikipedia

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A relaxing weekend

I finally got to take some time for myself. The kids spent the weekend with Grandma so Mike and I had time together. It was a much needed break.

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Quilt of Holes

May all our quilts be threadbare and worn, allowing Christ to shine through!

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Taco Soup Recipe

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The light at the end of the tunnel?? Maybe

Remember the light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train.

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Sunday update

My dad got some results back on the tests that were run yesterday. In spite of being on IV antibiotics for the past few days, he has developed pneumonia. The Doctors changed his antibiotic to see if that will clear it up. They ran another panel of blood tests today to check out a few more things like an infection in his blood or something else underlying. Maybe they are looking for Leukemia, I do not know. My dad did not ask. ( I have a feeling that is what they are looking for. ) The good news is that during the CT his lymph nodes could be seen and they are not getting bigger. The doctor has to compare them with previous scans to see if they are shrinking. Hopefully the rounds of Chemo that he was able to take was enough to begin to kill the Lymphoma. Thank you once again for your prayers and kind words.

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Back to the hospital

Tuesday morning at 4 a.m. the phone rings, it is my father. He is running a fever of over 103 degrees. He has the chills and is unable to get his temperature down. I go get him and take him to the ER. The doctors run tests to check for pneumonia or some other bacterial infection. About 7 a.m. he gets admitted. They can find no sign of pneumonia or any other common infection. They put him on IV fluids and antibiotics. He spent a week in the hospital just a week prior to this. He did not even have time to recover from that stay before he is back in the hospital. He is growing increasingly frustrated. His fever breaks and comes back every day. It is now Saturday and we still are not sure what the problem is. The doctors tell us Lymphoma and Pulmonary Embolism causes fever in itself. However, the on call doctor this morning thinks he should be improving and orders more tests including a new CT. It is 4:30 in the afternoon and we are still waiting on the test results. Arrrrgggghhhhhhhh!! It gets so frustrating. My Dad continues to get weaker and weaker. He has lost about 10 pounds and has no appetite. It is hard to watch such a strong man become so weak and helpless. So my life continues to be in chaos. I did manage to get some sewing done on Friday afternoon. I made my daughter a tote bag for her school books. They are not allowed to carry backpacks into the classrooms so many of the girls are using tote bags. I will post pics of it tomorrow on my 360 blog. (We made a frayed pocket on the outside and we are waiting for it to run through the dryer and get frayed) Thank you for your prayers and messages I have been feeling kind of isolated lately. Coming home and seeing that someone has left me a message has been especially nice these past few weeks. Thank you.


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Ready for the weekend

Thank you for all your prayers and well wishes. It has been a long 2 weeks. I am a homebody to the core and this running around stuff is killing me. I called my dad and checked on him. He sounded better it is going to take him a while to get his strength back. His girlfriend was at the house with him so I know he was in good hands. Bailey’s eye got a clean bill of health. I stayed home most of the day today, I cleaned house, took a nap and caught up on e-mails and blogs. I very much enjoyed my day. Tomorrow is Bailey’s 9th b’day party. (Her actual birthday is the 29th) I managed to get presents, order cake, send out invitations and wrap her gifts during this whole mess. I am looking forward to going to bed early tonight and sleeping past 6 a.m.!!

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(If you need an update on what’s been going on read my previous post)

Hospitals and Eye Doctors

In an attempt to fill everyone in I will start from the beginning. We managed to escape last weekend’s ice storm. The ice storm had some devastating effects on areas surrounding me. My friend in Oklahoma City has 4 children and they missed the entire week of school last week. I have been praying for her all week!! Many people in areas just north of me have been without power all week.

Last Sunday my 8 year old daughter poked herself in the eye. Now a poke in the eye hurts but usually while you are sleeping it heals itself. This was not the case. It was worse by morning.

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Busy week...Icy Weekend.

The first week back to school proved to be a busy week. Tuesday was my oldest daughters Spelling Bee and as I said in my previous post, she did not do as well as she had hoped. She came in 9th place. Even though she was disappointed, we are very proud of her. On Friday my youngest had her very first Spelling Bee she in 3rd grade. The Spelling Bee consisted of over 20 kids ranging from 3rd grade to 5th grade. Bailey came in 4th place. She was very pleased with herself and we were very proud of her.

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Prayer Request

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16

I received a call yesterday from my best friend of about 27 years. We live in different states so we do not get to see each other a lot but we keep in touch over the phone and via e-mail. She has had many health problems over the years and it seems like when one thing seems to be straightening out another problem arises. She is undergoing some testing right now for breast cancer. She is 39 and has 4 children. Please pray for her. I know a lot of prayer warriors are on my friends list and others visit my blog so I knew I could ask you to help me in praying for her and her family. I believe in the power of prayer and know that in times of trial God's glory can be revealed through the prayers of His children.
Thank you for your prayers and God Bless you

Back to Normal...almost!

Ahhhh the sweet sound of silence. The girls finally went back to school today after an incredibly long Christmas break. We had a lot of fun last week going shopping, visiting friends, and going out to lunch. Now, it is time for me to get back to my daily routine--starting with house cleaning. All the running around left me behind in my daily chores. So today I moved furniture and vacuumed, did laundry, dusted and all of the basic housecleaning stuff upstairs. Then, I started on my office/sewing room. What a mess it was. During Christmas my basement office becomes gift wrap central. I finally got all the remnants of Christmas out of here and I am ready to get back to normal. My schedule is still a bit busy this week. Not only was today the first day back to school but it was also my oldest daughters Spelling Bee. I do not agree with the decision to schedule the Spelling Bee on the first day back but apparently the powers that be don’t think things through as well as they should. But I digress; J was the winner of the Spelling Bee for her school last year and for the district competition as well. She made it into the county bee last year. This year’s win was not to be. However, she did do very well and made us proud. Friday my 8 year old has her first Spelling Bee so we will be cheering her on. Win or loose we are very proud of both of them for their effort and enthusiasm.

My goal for this year is to sew more. I have an incredible sewing/embroidery machine and all the gadgets I need but it seems I let too many things get in my way. I don’t make New Years Resolutions, but I will do my best to do more sewing and embroidery.

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