Have you missed me???

Just wanted to touch base with all my blogger friends...


My computer bit the dust on Jan. 7, 2010...tried to have it fixed...it was a lost cause. :( But I did get a new computer and my blogging activities should increase tremendously now!

I've missed you all!!

Good Intentions

I had good intentions to start 2010 off on the right "blog" foot. I was going to blog regularly, comment regularly and find new and exciting blogs to follow. Those good intentions got side tracked when I learned of a dear friends death. My heart has been so troubled by Michelle's death. I think of her, Jamey and Brenna...and my heart breaks all over again. But, why? While I am here, freezing, wondering if the water is going to freeze, wondering if I will make it through the next few days without losing power, wondering if the roads will be passable for me to get to work...Michelle is sitting at the feet of Jesus!! PRAISE GOD! I have decided, after seeing Jamey last night, that I'm not going to grieve Michelle's death, but celebrate her life. That's the way she would have wanted it.

As I told Jamey last night, I had reconnected with Michelle through our blogs and Facebook. She was such a prayer warrior for us when Whit had her surgery. See, technology isn't always bad...I'm thankful that I was able to reconnect with her and to know what a wonderful life she was living for Christ.

I will continue to pray for Jamey and Brenna, Mrs. Sandra, Mr. Billy and Andy...that God will ease their pain through this difficult time and that they will cling to Him for comfort. For my dear friends, Kim and Brady...remember the good times, they were many.

It is sad that it takes something like this to make you step back and realize just how precious friendships are...whether they are old friendship or new friendships.

To all of my friends, I love each and every one of you.

To Michelle, I will miss you...but I will see you again!!

Camoflauge doesn't always work!

I having been sitting here at the computer, diligently working on my blog (that I have neglected for a few weeks) when I hear..."click, click, click" on the hardwood floor. I think, "Well, I need to go let the dogs outside". I go in the living room and Tink is ready to go outside and do her "business" before bedtime. I open the door and the Artic chill nearly knocks me down...Tink goes on outside and I turn to see where Tyson is. Guess what? No Tyson.

Me: Tyson? Come on buddy...you wanna go outside??

NO ANSWER.

Me: Tyson? Come on...let's go outside? ("Let's"...ha! Like I was really going to go outside and freeze my behind off!! hahahaha)

NO ANSWER.

So, I shut the door and go to investigate just where little cold-natured Tyson is hiding so I won't make him go outside.

This is what I found...

Snuggled up in the warm, comfy confines of Whit's CAMOUFLAGE comforter, I find Tyson...did he really think the camo would hide him??

Sweet Memories in the Making

Test question for the day...

Am I a sucker for:

baby blues?

these two?

blue tongue?

The correct answer...ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday EmmaRae!

Sunday was definitely a day to remember! We got together and celebrated EmmaRae's (aka RaeRae) 3rd birthday!

To start the party off...we had a Barbie cake, ice cream, chip and dip. The cake was GREAT (thanks Mrs. Kim) and I'm sure that anyone in attendance would tell you that we ALL ate entirely TOO much cake!!! :)

After the cake, we moved on to a much more important matter...THE GIFTS! If you have never been to a 3 year old birthday party, let me tell you...you fall in love with them all over again! Seeing the excitement on her little face and in her little eyes...well, it just melted my heart!!

She got several Barbies, some movies, clothes, make-up and a new pink tricycle! She was so excited!!

A few weeks ago we all gathered to eat supper with Mother and Daddy. Well, RaeRae discovered that Whitty had some new boots! Whitty and RaeRae's conversation...

RaeRae: Whitty, I lub ur boots. They so pretty!

Whitty: Well, thank you RaeRae...would you like to have some boots like Whitty's?

RaeRae: Yemp I would Whitty!

Well, that's all it took...Sissy (aka, me) was on a mission...no store, Internet site or Tractor Supply store was safe until I secured a size 7, pink and brown pair of John Deere boots for my little RaeRae...

I mean, does it really matter that it's Christmas and I haven't bought one (and folks that's the truth) Christmas present? That the bills seem to roll around a lot faster than the paycheck does? That the pantry is bare and the dogs are starving? NOPE!! All that mattered to me was the look on RaeRae's face when she opened her gift and realized, she had some boots just like Whitty's!! (I know what you are thinking...and yes, I'm a sucker for some baby blue eyes!)

More than me being a sucker for baby blues...I'm a sucker for my two favortie girls...pink boots and all!

Happy 3rd Birthday RaeRae! Sissy loves you to the moon and back!

Recipe Thursday!!

Since I consider myself a professional of this recipe (I made 8 pies during the Thanksgiving holiday), I decided to share it with you, my blogger friends!

I love pecan pie and this recipe is really simple! Hope you enjoy!!

Pecan Pies

(This recipe makes two pies)

2cup of sugar
2stick of butter (melted)
2cup of chopped pecans
1 cup of Golden Eagle syrup
6 eggs
2 unbaked pie crust


Combine all ingredients; pour into pie shell. Bake 1 hour at 325 degrees.