Not Me Monday!

This week I did NOT blame an unusually high cell phone bill on my younger sister. I did NOT call her and accuse her of excessive downloading of ring tones. I did NOT after further investigation determine that it was in face ME that was using excess minutes! Oops!

I did NOT want to punch a lady in the head at the wedding I was photographing on Saturday. I was NOT totally annoyed that she kept stepping into my shots.

I did NOT wake up Sunday morning in a panic because I thought it was Monday and I was late to work.

I did Not almost cry when The Hulk took two steps unassisted! It had NOT crossed my mind that he may never walk.

I did NOT write this post really late at night rather than sleeping. I would NOT do such a thing...

Clickin Mama

Picture Weekend

Wow this has been a busy picture weekend. I had lots of sessions this weekend. I did three family photo sessions yesterday and then had an evening wedding to shoot. Then today I had another family session. My camera got quite a workout and I'm exhausted. I won't schedule that many sessions for one weekend ever again! To much for me. But even though I'm tired and didn't get much of a weekend I am enjoying editing the pics. Here are a few that I love from one of my sessions yesterday....

Cooking With The Hulk

The Hulk is really turning into my little cook. If you turn your back for a minute he finds his way to the pantry and begins to gather his ingredients.




He is dedicated to trying new combinations. Right now he is really interested in macaroni, brown gravy, Special K and lentils. Yes brave and bold. That's my little chef!



And like a real chef he does have to sample his work as he goes. No waiting till the end. He also believes that the dog should sample the food too. He isn't opposed to sharing his finds and creations with animals as well as humans.



Clickin Mama

Flash Back Friday

When I was a little girl I was always fascinated by my Grandma's journals. She had these big orange journals that she always wrote in. One journal for each year. She wouldn't write a lot in them, just little notes about the day really. But I always loved them and wanted them. And when I was about 8 I wrote her a letter and asked her if I could have them one day. After she passed away that letter was tucked inside her journals and sure enough I got them. They now sit in my home and I love them as much today as I did when I was a little girl.

But as much as I love them I rarely open them and read them. So I have made a decision that every Friday is now flash back Friday. So each Friday I'm taking one of the journal out and reading a little bit. Since so much of my family reads my blog I thought they might enjoy Flash Back Friday too. So here are some snippets of what was happening during this week in 1979.

June 6th

Loaded corn all day, 3 loads, windy and warm. 90 degrees

June 7th

Loaded milo today, 3 loads, Jr. brought Sara out this morning, Adair is teaching Bible school. I took her home in the afternoon and had my hair done.

June 8th

Loaded milo today, 4 loads, cloudy and cool today. Adair came after Sara after dinner. Picked 14 boxes of strawberries.

June 9th

Light rain all day. Charles worked in the shop on mower and engine. I made two pie crusts and froze them. Also mended overalls for Charles and cleaned out refrigerator.

June 10th

Church this morning. We ate lunch at Dairy Queen. Junior, Adair, and Sara also. Then we came home and picked berries. We had a nice visit.

June 12th

Charles a Hiawatha in afternoon. He mowed the yard this evening. Mowed back pasture this morning.

Clickin Mama (And Grandma)

Detoxification

I've been feeling kind of yucky lately. I credit my crazy blood sugar for a lot of it. Just really tired, achy, and overall blah! So since I'm working really hard right now to get my blood sugar in check I decided to pull out all the stops. I really want to get back to feeling good all the time. Summer is too fun to waste feeling yucky.

So after talking it over with my chiropractor I've started a detox process. Hopefully this will help get some of the toxins (heavy metals, etc) out of my body. This in turn will hopefully help lower my blood sugar and increase my energy level.

I'm using the Ion Cleanse Foot bath to help detox. I go in to the chiropractor two times a week to do it. It only take about thirty minutes and is very relaxing. It also gets a bunch of disgusting crap out of my system! I've gone two times so far and I am starting to notice a difference. I do have more energy and my blood sugar always comes down for about 48 hours afterwards. I'm hoping that by the time I get done with the 10 sessions it will be staying down. But we will see. I'm willing to try about anything at this point. If only I could afford that lap-band surgery. That's what I really want! But until then detoxing it is.

Clickin Mama

Washington Day Two

My second day in Washington started out a little rough. I was not staying in the same hotel where the conference was being held. So I asked the concierge at my hotel how to get to the other hotel. He gave me directions, told me what metro route to take, etc. Very nice except he was completely wrong! So I walked and walked and walked some more! By the time I got to the conference I was 2 hours late!

But the conference was wonderful. I went to three really good workshops. And the lunch speaker was very good. He was humorous and he had some great ideas that I'm anxious to try. I met up with about 10 other people from Kansas and also met some folks from other neighboring states. Did lots of networking and learned a lot.

As the conference day was ending I asked someone were the closest metro station was since I had walked so far this morning. They told me the Chinatown metro was about 3 blocks away. Hmmm that can't be right I thought. The Chinatown metro was the metro I got on at that morning and it is only 3 blocks from my hotel. But in fact they were right. My hotel was only 6 blocks from the conference! I didn't even need to ride the metro!!! How crazy!

So on my walk back to the hotel that night I stopped at the American Art museum and toured the portrait gallery! Loved it. Some amazing portraits! After that I hopped on a double decker bus and toured the city. That was a blast too. What a great cheap way to get around town and see the sites. After the conference and the sightseeing I was beat. But I did watch plenty of TV that night. I love me some Anderson Cooper. Oh how I've missed him!

Here are the day two pictures!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Clickin Mama

Not A God Of Confusion

Oh goodness this has been a whirlwind the past few days in the blogging community hasn't it? April Rose may not be a real baby but this whole thing has taken on a life of it's own. I've had over 1500 hits to my blog in just the last few hours. That blows my mind. I've had lots of emails and I wish I had answers for all of you. I just don't know! How I wish I could give you all answers. Here are just a sampling of the questions and comments that have flooded my inbox.

"Why do you think she did this?"

"Can she be charged for this? Isn't lying a crime?"

"I prayed for her and I never pray! I know God isn't real now because if he was this wouldn't have happened."

"When so many people want babies so badly and have lost babies why would someone take advantage of people's emotions like this?"

Again folks I wish I had all the answers to those questions. In all reality we will never get a chance to speak with the person that has caused these questions to arise. I have a feeling that "B" will not surface anytime soon. While I may not be able to answer your questions I have been in prayer about this so much and hope I can offer a little bit of peace to each of you.

1 Corinthians 14:33 says "For God is not a God of confusion but of peace."

I did receive an email from someone that said they had never prayed for anyone before "B" and April Rose and that this makes them feel like God isn't real because it has turned out to be a scam. But I say no to that! In fact I think that God is very alive in all of this. While I believe that God would be disappointed by activities of deceit and lying I do think that he is thrilled that so many people stormed the gates of heaven with prayer. Many people that have never prayed before or rarely prayed in the past have begun praying. Regardless of what you were praying for that is very powerful! God does not bring confusion but peace much as the above verse states. The peace that can be found in this situation is ultimatly what will prevail.

What peace do I speak of? How about the peace that prayer brings. Even in my frustration yesterday and today I found peace as I prayed about this situation. Anytime I sit in conversation with God I find comfort and peace. When I visited other blogs I had never visited until yesterday and saw they were feeling the same emotions as I, it brought me peace. I hope that as you visit this blog and realize that you are not alone in your feelings that also brings you peace.

I encourage each of you to continue to reach out to one another as you process all of this. Visit blogs, email one another, and most of all continue to pray for one another. While this situation shows us the risks of blogging it also shows us the benefits. Some really wonderful bloggers have come forward to reveal the truth, others have stepped forward to provide support. That is a miracle in itself and that too gives me peace!

Clickin Mama