Isn't She Lovely

For those who don't know me well, I lost one of the most important people in my life on November 20 2005. My cousin by birth, Tahnee Ylonne Jackson was the sister of my heart. She was kidnapped and murdered and it has been really hard to deal with. She left two beautiful daughters (one of whom is featured in a layout here) and a host of other grieving family members. Thanks to the randomness of the web, we now have a long lost video (1999) of my cousin in a hilarious situation in Denny's of all places. Have a good laugh and enjoy this video......I know I did. Tahnee, I know you are laughing right along with us.......

I promise to do better

and what happens...I don't post for ANOTHER two months...lol...We have had a fun filled summer but have also experienced some great challenges....Fun things include our trip to Geauga Lake (I got hubby on the Dominator), two trips to Pymatuning State Park Beach, and our new kittens.

Challenges include losing two kittens and Lucien (I miss my big fluffy kitty), having our circuit breaker fail and not have power in my bedroom or my eldest daughters room for almost a month. My mom and grand mom both had serious hospital stays but the Lord is our strength and has held us in his arms.

We are trying to get a home biz selling urban apparel and shoes off the ground. We already have registered two domains www.milliondollakicks.net & www.milliondollakicks.com and a myspace as well (FEEL FREE TO PLACE ORDERS). The ebay store/auctions will be online hopefully soon.

Pray for us and our continued health and strength!

Been so long....

I have been a bad bad blogger...no updates, pictures nothing in SIX months. Well I pwomise to do better.....I have found some new blogs to link to....a monday menu plan that i am just DYING to get started on.

Now that I am working full time in a banking call center, it is more critical than everto get organized. I did a whole blog on being the contentious wife ("It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife. The contentions of a wife are a continual dripping. - Proverbs 21:9, 19:13, 27:15.) Thats not the Proverbs woman I want to be known as. Thats not who I am...and its not who I want to be. So I have decided to commit to changing our lives. I am going to change me and know that change from my household will follow.

I need HELP. I have tried Fly Lady....Large Home Logistics and neither quite fit with my family. So I am on a quest to get my house in order. I am encouraged that out of the last 8 Sundays my husband has attended church with us 5 times. He did not attend at all last year. He has changed somethings that disturbed me and seems to try to change when I impress upon him that I am serious about things bothering me.

anyone have any suggestions???