Happy Birthday America!

Hope everyone had a wonderful day with freinds and family! Be extra safe on the roads...something like 55% of all accidents are alcohol related on this day.

Ok, so back to my thoughts....
Been kinda MIA from blogging. Been kinda feeling like I am teetering on something big. Good big? Bad big? I don't know really. Just feel something a brewin. Last time I felt this way was before we decided to pick up and move back to Texas. I do believe we are right where we are supposed to be at any given time in our lives. Had we stayed in Chicago we'd be in a very bad situation right now...both without jobs seeing as our former offices have both since closed. But as much as wish I had peace about being here now, I don't and clearly things are not much easier. I won't even remotely pretend to be a Bible scholar, but I am reminded of the Isrealites and how God let them wander the desert for 40yrs, circling the place they were meant to be, but never getting to actually step foot on their promised land. They were probably just a stone's throw away. They probably just needed to take a right, but they didn't. They weren't ready, they needed to grow. They needed some purification by that dry desert sun. But oh my, 40yrs is a long time....

Fix-It-Friday

Been a while since I've done one of these...

{Before}

{After}

**all editing done in PSE7, action-free.
See all the other creative edits at I*HEART*FACES !

I miss the Trees

Probably one of the few things I miss about Illinois are all the REAL trees, not the shriveled up bushes and weeds likely found round these parts. Trees that have earned and commanded their plot of earth. Trees that have seen and will see many more years than I ever will or would want to. Standing so grand, arms lifting higher each passing year, so proudly introducing each new season. For when the trees declare it is Autumn or Spring, by golly it is so. And the colors. Wow. But even bare and covered in snow, they are never to be defeated. How steadfast they are, never wavering or slouching in the weights they bare...oh to be like a tree. Indeed, I do miss them.

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yeah, I really should learn to proofread, lol

Tune-rific Tuesday

Just cuz I can't help but chuckle when I hear this song, even though I generally dispise this genre of music.
"and truth be told I miss you,
and truth be told I'm lyin"
Greatness.

Although, IMHO...seeing as this is my blog and all....dudes should NOT wear skinny pants. Ok, actually, very, very few people should wear them. ICK. And I surely hope the shaggy hair fad ends soon...no, make that like Yesterday.

I*HEART*FACES {for the boys}

The theme for the Week 24 challenege is boys, boys, boys.
{kids entry}

Pop over to I*HEART*FACES for some more great testosterone filled photos.

Just in time...

for "Fodder's" Day 2009....a pic only his Daddy could fully appreciate and love.

This is what you get when you ask to see Wy's mad face....lol. Pretty fierce, huh?