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GIVE away!!!

2011-09-12T07:36:00.000-07:00

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Our little adventure

2011-02-12T16:25:00.000-08:00

Today we went on a walk and caught lady bugs. Michael and I love to catch things and watch them do their thing. I love that we can go on little adventures together and do fun things. The simple things in life are the best!

The happiest place on hearth!

2011-02-11T14:12:00.000-08:00

We have had a lot going on these past couple of months, so when things get a little too crazy we head to "the happiest place on earth." Michael calls it "Mickey's house." DisneyLand has made a lot of fun new memories for our family.

Michael loves going on rides and climbing so much, so it is the perfect place to let lose and just have a whole lot of fun!

This kid needs speed!! He is defiantly going to be the roller coaster king, that is when he grows a lot more! :) He loves going fast no matter what it is.

2010-07-16T17:31:00.001-07:00

A long time away from the blogging world would be an under statement, but here I am!! Just wanted to share my little guy is almost 15 months old and growing like a weed!! Frank and I are doing great and just lovin our family life!! Can't wait to catch up!!

Michael's first hair cut!

He did great, and looks so handsome!

Mini Flip books

2009-05-13T12:17:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple different themes. The first one could be a boy theme and the second one is a sister theme. Fun, fun, fun!!! :)

Mini Flip books

2009-05-13T11:58:00.001-07:00

I love these mini flip books I just had to show all of you. This is going to be one of my hubby's first Father's Day gifts. This is the books cover.

This is the inside of the book. I'm going to put pictures and journal on the squares and triangles.

My sister is making these to help pay for her missions trip this year to the Philippines. She is going to the city of Bacolod, that is where the Rosmarino family is. My sister has been called to go for a month and serve the Lord with her love for kids at their house. She is going in August, when I think about her leaving for a whole month I get super sad but then I have to remember this is what the Lord has called her to do. She is selling these super cute Mini Flip book's for $10.00, if you are interested in purchasing one please let me know. She can do just about any theme you could think of. Please keep her in your prayers.

Thank you,

Awwwww.......

2009-05-13T11:50:00.001-07:00

My hubby is so sweet. The first thing I thought was awwww.... that's so sweet. He really did take great care of me for the whole nine months I was pregnant. I checked off the ones I did #7 has a line through it cause it said DON"T do house work. HA yeah right. I can't do #5, but it was sweet to suggest it he knows how I love my baths!! I thank the Lord everyday for him!!

Michael's delivery story

2009-05-12T13:13:00.001-07:00

I woke up at about 12:45am thinking I had a really bad tummy ache. I thought about a hour later I wonder if I'm having contractions. I went to the computer and looked up "what is a contraction feel like?" I read all about what they were suppose to feel like, but they didn't hurt. It said to time them I tried but it was a little hard to do by myself. I finally woke my hubby up after being awake for an hour and a half. I told him I thought I was having contractions and could he time them for me. They got a little stronger, but still didn't hurt. He timed a few and started getting our bags in the car he told me they were 5 minutes apart and lasting about 40 seconds long. I took our puppy out to go potty and off we went to the hospital. We had a lot of fun on the way there, we were joking, laughing (in between contractions) and talking about our baby boy coming. When we got to the hospital I got into the bed an all hooked up, the nurse checked me and said I was at a 4 to 5. I got a big smile on my face looked at the hubby and said "sweet I'm half way there." Within the hour I had gotten the epidural, I convinced myself I wasn't going to stress out about the pain and just deal with it ( I HATE needles) but to my surprise I didn't even feel it!! So far so good!! The nurse came in and checked me again I was at a 6 or 7. I feel asleep for a little while and convinced the hubby to close his eyes too about an hour later the nurse came in and checked me again and asked me if I felt like pushing. I told her "I have a sensation in my bottom." She checked me said "you are ready to have this baby." Frank popped up and we got ready. I pushed for 20 minutes and the little man was born. He had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and that was the scariest few seconds of my life!! The look on Frank's face was a face I never want to see again!!! They got his lungs cleaned out and that little cry was the best noise I have ever heard in my life!!! Michael James McGuigan was born April 20th, 2009 at 8:20am. He was 8lbs 7oz and 21inch long. The awesome journey now begins!!

Michael James McGuigan is here!!

2009-04-24T21:13:00.000-07:00

Real quick I want to just update everyone!!

My little guys is finally here!! Michael James McGuigan was born April 20th, 2009 at 8:20am.

I will be back in the next few days to post his birth story. Thank you for all your prayers, we are the happiest mommy and daddy ever!!!

39 Weeks today!!

2009-04-15T16:02:00.000-07:00

Hip...Hip...Hooray!!! I am getting closer and closer to having a little (my doctor said he is predicting Michael to be about 8 1/2 pounds... but that was last week) baby boy in my arms. I stopped working last Monday and wow what a difference that has made!! I have gotten to spend lots of time with family and friends and catch up on last minute things. We are now just playing the waiting game. I'm enjoying resting and nesting, I have heard from MANY people to enjoy the resting cause after he gets here thats it until he's 18. I will keep everyone updated on his status. Have a great week!!!

Almost there!

2009-03-16T19:25:00.000-07:00

Frank and I went to a park to take our "belly pictures." I had the greatest time while my friend Bethany set up cute things for me to do and captured some really great memories.

Here are a couple pictures that were taken. I haven't gotten them all yet but I thought I would share a a couple that I got. I am almost 35 weeks along. I can't wait to meet my little man. I had a doctor apt today and he said if he had to guess Michael's weight right now he would guess about 7 pounds. Frank was 7 pounds when he was born and I was 6 pounds, so I was kinda hoping that would be the case with Michael. I guess we will see. :)

Valentines Day of relaxation.

2009-02-18T07:19:00.000-08:00

I know this is a little late.... but this house is running a little behind!! :)

Unlike last year and our three hour disaster dinner we decided this year we would stay home together and organize Michael's room. We had a lot of fun cuddling and just hanging out the two of us. Frank brought home flowers, chocolate, a super soft teddy bear, and a really romantic card. It was a perfect day!

4D Pictures

2009-01-27T07:29:00.001-08:00

This was probably one of the coolest things I have ever seen in my whole life!! My child in 4D. It was an awesome experience to witness my baby moving around in my belly up close. We got pictures a cd with pictures, a dvd, and a bunch of printed pictures. When I got home last night I watched the dvd and I just couldn't believe that was my baby moving around in there. Then when my hubby got home we watched it again and you should have seen the sparkle in his eye. When it was over he said "babe, we really are having a baby." I looked at him and laughed and said "really you couldn't tell by the baby bump that use to be my belly, and all those kicks you feel." I was teasing but it was so funny!! Here are some of the 4D pictures of our baby Michael.

Here is my little boy. So comfy and cozy in there.

We saw him open and close his eyes and his mouth several times, that was very neat!

I can't wait to see you in a few short months! Love you baby boy!!

Christmas morning

2009-01-16T07:28:00.000-08:00

Here I am Christmas morning with the best gift my husband and I could have ever given each other.... Michael James McGuigan!! Things are really good here, we are both working a ton. The Lord is so good though cause we have a lot more time with each other than we ever have in our almost 10 years of being together. Both are job hours are really similar so it is such a blessing!! We have put almost all of the baby furniture together and are excited about nesting. Please continue to pray for us!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Where has the time gone?

2009-01-13T13:05:00.000-08:00

Hi guys!!!

Life has been a little nuts latley.... I thought it might calm down a little but it doesnt look like its going to slow down anytime soon. :) Here is a little update whats going on in our neck of the woods. I'm 6 months pregnant, and I have started to nest and it is soooooooo much fun. I'm still working and plan to work up until April Lord willing. We are just taking life one day at a time. I have so many pictures and will update soon!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Give away!

2008-12-04T16:12:00.000-08:00

Hey Girls Kristi at Kristi71.blogspot.com/ is having a fun give away. Here is what you have to do.

Kristy, from Kristy..., is hosting a giveaway. Simply post the giveaway on your blog and let her know that you have done so. You can read about her giveaway by clicking here.

Half way there!

2008-12-03T07:18:00.000-08:00

I am officially 20 weeks today. I'm so excited and have really loved this whole process. I am still thanking the Lord everyday that I haven't gotten sick yet. We are having so much fun when we go to stores picking out a cute outfit. I haven't had any weird cravings yet but I will sure tell you what they are when I have them. For a while we couldn't have any seasoned chicken cause the smell of it would well.... make me not feel so good.

This is me and my mommy on Thanksgiving. I have a lot to be thankful for!!!

Me and the hubby on Thanksgiving. I can't wait to see him running around chasing and playing with Michael, he's going to be such a great dad!!! Love you sweetie peteie!!!

This is a picture of my and my sissy at Thanksgiving. I am defiantly showing now!!

Now that I am 20 weeks I am feeling Michael moving soooooooo much!!! I think there is a sports player in my belly. :) He hasn't started kicking to where we can feel it on the outside yet. Poor Frank every time I say he's moving and kicking he wants to feel it. I have reassure him that it will happen soon. Here is a little of what I have learned is happening in my 20th week.

You will notice that your baby is more and more active (often in the evenings), and may even be able to see some movements. The growing uterus is pushing up against your lungs and pressing your tummy outward. Your navel may pop out and stay that way until after birth. The baby is about 10 in (25cm) long. Sebum from the sebaceous glands mixes with skin cells and begins to form the protective vernix, which clings to the lanugo all over the baby's skin, especially on the hairier parts and in creases.

I love learning all kinds of different things about his growth and what he is doing in there. I pray that everyone is having a great week and just remember it's half way to the weekend so smile!!!!! :)

It's a baby..............

2008-11-10T21:25:00.000-08:00

Yesterday my mom, bruder, mother in-law, Aunt and cousin's went with me to find out the sex of my baby. I tell you what... that was an unreal experience.

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I got to see my baby on a big screen and it was the best feeling ever. To see this little baby inside of me moving around and waving was so awesome!!! IT WAS THE BEST DAY EVER!!!!!!

Sooooooo.......... we found out we are having (drum roll please) a baby.......... BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so over joyed I can't even begin to put it into words. Our son's (oh... how I love saying that!!!) name is Michael James McGuigan. We are so excited and just want to thank everyone for all your prayers and support!!!

Talk about a crazy day!

2008-11-07T15:33:00.000-08:00

So...... today started off like any other day. I woke up, took Dash (my doggie) potty and then jumped into the shower. I got ready for work, had some breakfast, kissed my hubby goodbye for the day and headed off to work. I got to work and sat down in my office and started going through my emails, started entering my purchase orders. Things were pretty busy all morning and I had a lot of work ahead of me for the day. Its is now 9:30am and something is starting to smell bad, almost like paint or lacker, then it started to smell a lot like gas. Of course I was the first one who smelt it, not surprising with my super sniffer!!! Then in the next half hour it got worse and i started to get light headed and when I stood up I saw spots. I told my co-workers that I was going to walk to the post office to mail some stuff and to get some air. I was walking by some of the building in our complex and a couple guys asked me if our bathroom and office smelt like gas and chemicals and I said "YES, I couldn't stand it so I'm walking to the post office." One of the guys quickly said "NO you cant go there cause they are doing construction work under the sewer and its worse over there." Then another man came walking up and said "they are pumping gas and chemicals into the sewer and its leaking into all of our buildings." I told Erica (a co-worker) I couldn't stay much longer with the baby and all I just couldn't be taking in all those fumes. She called our boss and he told me to go home, as I was leaving I saw everyone in our complex and across the street outside of their buildings. It was a bad smell!!! Maybe a half hour later Erica called me said the smell was a little better and I could come back if I wanted to. I was heading back to work when she called back and said "never mind don't come in the fire department just came and is telling everyone to go home." As soon as I left and smelled some fresh air I was feeling just fine. I now have all day to do what ever I want so I thought to myself what should I do and then a smile came to my face and I thought of the perfect thing!! I'm went and surprised my hubby at work. I got a full tour of the Cath lab and what he does and where he does it at. I met a whole bunch of his co-workers and saw some I already knew. Then we went to xray where he use to work and saw some old friends. Then we got to go have lunch together, it was so much fun!! I came home and started to clean the house from top to bottom. I'm having family over this weekend. Guess what?????? We are going to find out the sex of the baby this Sunday. EXCITING..... I know I'm so excited I can barley stand it!! I will have lots of pictures to share with you all Monday. I will announce our baby's name too!! Im so EXCITED!!!!

I hope everyone has a very blessed and safe friday!!

Im 15 weeks!

2008-10-28T10:37:00.000-07:00

My growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). It's busy moving amniotic fluid through it's nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in it's lungs begin to develop. It's legs are growing longer than it's arms now, and it can move all of it's joints and limbs. Although it's eyelids are still fused shut, it can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, it's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but it is forming taste buds.

I fell in love yesterday...

2008-10-15T17:26:00.000-07:00

With my baby's heart beat!!!

Yesterday I had a doctors apt to hear the baby's heart beat for the first time. I was well... we all were super excited. It was a full room with my hubby, me, the baby, my mom, my sissy and the doctor.

My doctor said my baby's heart beat is strong and sounds great!!! All my blood tests came back normal and healthy so that was all good news. My doctor was a little concerned that I lost a pound since the last time I was in. I have to tell you I was happy about that, but I let him know that I am eating and drinking. I think that because Im eating more often and not huge portions is what is going on.

Look at the daddy to be he is super excited to hear his baby's heart beat. We are just so crazy excited!!! Everything is really going good. I haven't gotten sick and Im starting to feel my energy coming back.

12 week update

2008-10-09T15:05:00.000-07:00

Here is an update on the baby. This week it is baby lime! HaHaHa.

The most dramatic development this week: Reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, it's toes will curl, it's eye muscles will clench, and it's mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. It's intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into it's abdominal cavity about now, and it's kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over two inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

I'm love learning about the growth of babies. I get a lot of info from a book that my sweet cousin Ashleigh told me about "The complete guide to pregnancy and child birth" and a website.

Happy Thursday!

I'm 11 weeks today

2008-10-01T07:25:00.000-07:00

Isn't it awesome how the Lord has made our bodies work to create another living human being. I'm having so much fun learning how my body is changing and what is going on inside there. Today I am exactly 11 weeks so here is what my body will be doing for the next week. :)

If you have felt nauseated during the last weeks, (oh yes I have) the sickness may gradually lessen from now onward. (praise the Lord there's a light at the end of this tunnel.) The amount of blood circulating through your body has stared to increase, and will go on increasing until about the 30th week. You should be discovering what childbirth classes are available, since they often get booked up early. Your baby's testicles or ovaries have formed at this point,(oh I can't wait to find out if it's a boy or girl) as have all it's major organs. These will not develop much further, although they continue to grow inside the uterus. The baby is relatively safe from the risk of developing and congenital abnormalities from the end of this week.

So there you have it. i love one of the websites I go on because the baby is always the size of something and this week it is the size of a kumquat. My sister was calling baby poppy, baby peanut, baby grape, all kinds of things so this week its baby kumquat.

Happy October!!!!!

A suprise weekens get away!

2008-09-29T14:55:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited this weekend we are going for a suprise weekend get away. Of course Frank knows where it is and what we are doing because he is planning the whole thing, but to me it's all a secret. Im so excited I can't wait!!! Im bringing my camera and taking a whole lot of pictures! I don't know what we are doing but Im pretty sure it's something outside cause I was told for the day event to wear shorts and shoes. When I get back I will share pictures and details on what we did. :)

Happy Monday!!!

HELLO!!!

2008-09-22T07:28:00.000-07:00

WOW... I feel like I have been gone forever!!! The new job is going pretty good, it has its ups and it has its downs. I'm really good at it because its all about multi tasking and being organized. The sales world is a whole different world not one that I would stay in forever! I tell you after I get home from work and make dinner (if Im up to it) I just want to take a nap. For me that was so foreign. I now understand listening to your body when it is telling you to do something. I sit when I need a rest and I take a nap when Im feeling tired. Im just about 10 weeks now and Im seeing my body change its really cool!! Frank and i are having so much fun reading about the development of our baby and having lots of fun in the baby section of target. i can't wait to find out if its a boy or girl i have something really special planned to tell Frank. Praise the Lord I still haven't gotten sick so you know Im loving that cause I just hate being sick!!! So... other than that life is good we are hanging in there. Until next time God bless.

Blogging Break

2008-09-08T20:44:00.000-07:00

I'm going to take a break from the blogging world! I have started a new job and Im just needing a little extra time for myself. Im doing good with the pregnancy, but Im super tired. I have my first doctors apt. this Thursday and Im very excited!!! My mom's surgery went good, the doctor did a great job. Sunday was a ruff day but the Lord is helping her through it. Please keep her in your prayers!! Have a great week!!

What year are you?

2008-09-02T09:47:00.000-07:00

What year are you? Try this quiz and find out what year you are!

You Belong in 1982

Wild, over the top, and just a little bit cheesy. You're colorful at night - and successful during the day.

What Year Do You Belong In?

Please help before I turn into a cracker!!!

2008-08-27T10:52:00.000-07:00

Well.... Morning, afternoon and evening sickness just isn't any fun at all!!! I'm actually doing a lot better than I thought I would be since I have such a sensitive tummy. I am getting Nassau's very easily, my nose is already super sensitive so now it's just out of control. I feel like I have eaten so man crackers in the last few days that I'm going to turn into one! :) Does anyone have any methods that worked for them, I'm willing to try anything!

Life hasn't slowed down yet

2008-08-21T09:41:00.000-07:00

I guess I was waiting to post a new blog when things slowed down and well.... it doesn't look like that's going to happen anytime soon. I don't know if I would know what to do it things actually did slow down. Frank took his last test and he says that he feels really good about it. Last night my in-laws came by and had dinner then we went to their house to pick up a car full of stuff. My mom and sister came home last Wed. so because I was having with drawls from my little bruder and I just wanted to spend some time with my family, I went up to my moms for the weekend. We had such a great time! On Friday we went out to dinner to Babes a place we knew my dad would pick if he were still here with us. We finished my little bruders thank you cards from him 1st birthday and watched movies and did lots of shopping! :) This week I can really see the Lord getting ready to do some great things in my life. Its a little scary cause I don't know the outcome of what's all to come but Im going to try my best to know that the Lord knows and I just need to remember he will be faithful. I have a doctors apt. tomorrow to get a referral to go see an OBGYN. That apt. has been set up for Sept. 11th, please pray that everything will go good and that there will be no problems and possible an earlier opening than what I have now. My mom, bruder and brother are coming this weekend to stay with us. We have a cousins 1st birthday party and my brother is getting ready to move back to the O.C. Life here at the McGuigan is constantly on the go and for now thats just how it is, and it wouldn't be the same any other way.

Update on the pregnancy- Im not feeling too much different. I'm not too big on cheese right now, and Im super tired at about
3:00pm to 5:00pm. Other than that Im having a ton of fun reading and learning about what my body is doing right now. If anyone knows a few good book to purchase any suggestions would be great. I have attempted to buy a couple books and when I got to the book store there were so many I couldn't decide. M hubby suggested I ask my blogging family and friends. What a smart guy huh!!! :)

My mom and sissy are back!

2008-08-14T07:02:00.000-07:00

My mom and sister flew into LAX at 8:10pm last night. I was so excited all day long I just missed them both terribly. The last two weeks have taught me a lot. I had a few things going on that I need to talk to my mom about and well... I couldn't. I know that I can handle things on my own (I mean without my mommy) but I also was shown by the Lord how much I need her! I love being able to call her and just get her thoughts on things.

Here was the sign I made for my mom and sister. When they came walking up we were so excited to see them because they had been gone for so long but I had a surprise for them. When they walked up this was the sign they saw.

Then I flipped the sign and this is what they saw. At first my mom just didn't get it (probably cause she was so excited to see her baby boy). I made her read it again. My sister said "oh my goodness."

This is what I saw. HA HA HA I got them. They were so surprised! So YES YES YES we are going to have a baby. I found out yesterday morning and I don't think it has still fully processed until this morning when I got to tell my cousins and Aunt's. Frank and I are super super excited. I had this really cool thing planned to tell him. I was going to do a scavenger hunt and he would have to follow the clues to find the test, but my bruder woke up three times that morning (he cut two teeth) so I was soooooo tired. I couldn't not tell him. I put the test in our space saver and it has glass windows so when he went into the bathroom he would see it. As soon as he saw it he was like "what is this" "hey this says" "Tiffany are we." Thats right he couldn't finish any of his sentences. I finished all his sentences by saying "yes your going to be a daddy." That is how it happened.

*Please pray for us this weekend, its a bit of a ruff time for us and our family. My father has been in heaven for 7 years tomorrow and we miss him so much!! Especially at this exciting time.

The scariest moment ever!!

2008-08-08T14:06:00.000-07:00

I'm so glad you couldn't see me a few hours ago because I was a reck. It was one of those times I needed my mommy super super bad to calm me down and she's not here right now. I just about lost it when the Lord knew and had my cousin Misty call me. She was just calling to see what time we were going to hang out tomorrow but little did she know the Lord was going to use her in another way. She listen to me cry and ball my eyeballs out and did just what my mom would do. She said "lets pray", as soon as she was done I felt a sense of calmness come over me. Thank you Lord for my cousins who are always here for me!!! So.. you wanna know what happened? Im sure you do so I will tell you.

I got a call at 10:45 this morning from a lady I didn't know saying "I have your dog Fanny", at that moment for whatever reason I couldn't process what she was saying why and how would she have my dog? I then said to her "what do you mean you have my dog." She then went on to tell me her daughter saw her running in the street and was almost hit by a car so she pulled over went to Fanny and she laid down. The lady picked her up and called my in-laws house because thats the first number on her tag. (we haven't changed it yet we were waiting until we moved and from there life just got busy, tonight they both will be getting new tags!!!!) The poor lady just trying to help got to talk to my father in-law who told her his life story because he wanted her to understand why he couldn't come get Fanny. In his own way he was trying to help but kinda scared her, he's pretty intense like that. She called my cell phone number. (which was the next number on the list) I kept pretty calm when I was talking to her just because I was shocked out of my mind. She told me she had to pick her daughter up from piano lessons and then she would bring Fanny right to me. I hung up with her and then broke down. It was just Fanny where was Dash? Was he at home? Did he run off with her? My heart sank, my tummy filled with knots. I called Jaime and asked her to come home so I could just go check and make sure he was there. She was home in a split (big dog lover) and I rushed over to my house balling my eyeballs out still. I opened that door and there he was jumping and happy to see his mommy and he had no idea how happy I was to see him. The lady and her daughter brought Fanny to Jaime's and she jumped into my arms, I took her home where her and Dash were too happy to see each other. So... I bet you are wondering how did she get out? That's funny well not funny but this morning as Frank and I were walking to our cars for work I said to him "honey you need to put that 2x4 down in front of the gate so the dogs can't get out. Frank said "I will do that this weekend." We leave the doggie door open so they can go potty but Fanny never goes out there she likes her potty pads in the house. I never ever for one second thought they would actually get out. For some reason at the bottom of our gate its flimsy. Thats what I get for thinking. Im doing ok now but I'm sure when I tell Frank I will fall apart a little and then next Wed. when my mom comes home fall apart a little again, but for now Im doing good.

The little girl told me she just got two new puppies so I got her a doggy scrapbook kit and made the mom a thank you card and will be sending that those to them on Monday. Thank you Jesus for keeping my kids safe.

Gotta love the toilet

2008-08-07T10:48:00.000-07:00

I remember as a child always needing to talk to my mom, ask her a question and complain about something. She didn't like it when we would bother her in the bathroom. I can't imagine why. :) Never the less you know we did cause we needed our mom right then and there it just couldn't wait. I remember her saying that should be the one place she can just get away and have some privacy. Good luck with that right, well now I know why that is. I think this story is the best yet. I guess the good old saying "what comes around goes around" is in full swing, and I don't have any children of my own yet. I have to go potty and I think I close the door well I guess I didn't and who comes in with me... that's right my little bruder. Im trying to pee and he's opening the cabinets and pulling the toilet paper off Im trying to finish and keep him away from the toilet paper. I think he thinks he is a kitty cause thats usually what he goes to first. He's doing all this with one hand cause he has a remote control in his other hand that Frank gave him to play with so he wouldn't want to play with the ones that go to the tv in the living room. I finish get up pull my pants up and Im getting ready to flush and that little turd threw the remote controller in the toilet. I so didn't see that one coming and out of instinct I just grabbed it. Yuck I just stuck my hand in my own pee. I guess it's better than someone else's pee but still. I was so grossed out I washed and scrubbed my arm until my flesh started peeling off. Ok well maybe not peeling off but it was super super red. While this all is happening Frank is laughing telling my bruder good job little guy, and you know the little guy is laughing too. I guess all there was to do now is join in on the laughing so I did! Mom Im sorry that I never gave you the alone time you needed in the bathroom. I will try my best to give it to you now!! :)

You know just what I need!!!!

2008-08-05T06:59:00.001-07:00

Just when I need it!!! It has been 4 1/2 days since my mom and sister headed off to the Philippines for their Missionary trip. I am watching my 1 year old brother for my mom while she is gone and we are both missing our mommy and sissy very much. We have been watching home videos 3 or 4 times a day. We look at pictures throughout the day but I just needed more. I was told they wouldn't be calling and most likely they wouldn't be able to email. I prayed Sunday night "I just need to hear her voice Lord, even if it's for a few seconds." Well..... yesterday as I was talking to my cousin my other line started beeping I almost didn't answer it because I didn't recognize the phone number but it was a number in the desert so I decided to take it, the number was so close to my moms cell phone number. It was my MOMMY!!!!! We got to talk for about 30 seconds and as soon as my bruder heard her voice he started smiling and getting very excited. I got to tell her how great he's doing and not to worry. I told her he's sleeping and really fast told her all the things we were doing, she told me they landed fine and she was watching a 5 pound baby. She said devotions were going great and they were being so blessed. Then the dreaded words came "sweetie I have to go" that's where we both lost it started crying kept telling each other to pray and we loved each other. Then the called was done I was so sad cause I'm use to talking to my mom 2 or 3 times a day, then I remembered I asked the Lord just to talk to her for a few seconds and that's what I got and I was so great full for those few wonderful seconds.

Look what I left for sissy...

2008-08-04T07:03:00.000-07:00

WOW.. WOW... WOW... YOU MOTHERS ARE AWESOME!!!!!!

I have been having a awesome time with my bruder! We have been having lots of laughs and making great memories, but this by far has been the best one and made Frank and I laugh so hard out loud! Now their are still 10 more days to go so there could be better laughs but this by far is the best so far.

We are ending the night with a bath, then we play for a while and then in his own cute way (usually winning) he lets me know its time to go nite nite. This night was a little different cause he skipped his second nap so at 7:30pm he got a bath, played in the water for a little while (cause the pool wasn't enough :) and then I went to get his clothes got him out drained the bathtub and started to get ready to wrap up the evening. I put him down about 8:30pm and thought to myself I would love to sit down for one moment, but there was so much to be done. I needed to get everything ready for the next day, do dishes, get a couple loads of laundry done, I needed to get my scrapin room up and running, rinse the bath toys off, seal the grout on the tiles in the front bathroom and finally clean the million of toys all over the front room. I got the whole list done in about an hour. That was the fastest hour ever!! The last thing I had to do was rinse the bathroom toys and seal the tile, when I went in the bathroom it was stinky. I looked in the bathtub and well it seems that someone (can you guess who? Just think who was the last one in the bathtub?) left me a present in the bathtub. I told Frank to come in the bathroom and we were laughing so hard.

I couldn't believe that he went in the tub. I dont know why I was so surprise though cause I have lots of cousins (no names) and a sister and brother that went in the tub. Im sure I did too. I got the tub cleaned up bleach the tub and sealed the grout. I went and sat down by the hubby at about 9:45 and said "ok I think Im going to hit the hay." We headed off to bed I laid down and said "wow what a day huh I wonder whats next." I spoke way too soon and I will never say that again. My bruder woke up and was ready to play, yes that was his second nap or at least thats what he thought. We played until about 11:00pm and then I gave his a bottle and down he went. Things are never dull in the McGuigan home or at least they wont be for the next week and a half! :)

Dog update. In our house our dogs are our kids, because we have no kids yet. Dash is loving having bruder there but is getting a little ok a lot jealous! I have to remember to play with him too and spend some time with him as well. Fanny is kinda just staying out of the way, she is being really good and being a little more cuddly so that is a good thing!

Happy 1st Birthday!

2008-07-29T19:24:00.000-07:00

I forgot to post pictures from my bruders first birthday. So... even though it was July second better late than never!!!!
La La, Sara, and the birthday boy!

This is me very, very tired!!!! We didn't go to sleep till real late getting ready for the party and then got up really early to set up for the party.

Isn't this little girl the cutest girl ever!!! This is my cousin Misty's daughter, she was having so much fun with the hat and I got some super cute pictures with her playing with it.

This was the birthday boys first birthday cake. At first he seemed a little confused on what to do with it, but he figured out it was ok to dive in real quick!!

After a long 1st birthday the little man passed out in his sissy's arms. Those are the moments I cherish with all my heart. The times when he curls up in my arms and just lets me love on him. Happy first birthday bruder!!

More reasons to be thankful!

2008-07-29T19:04:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from our camping trip. I had a blast and just loved loved having time with my family. Thank you Lord for blessing me with my family!

Blessings instead of Complaints

2008-07-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

This post was inspired by my cousin Sara @ sarasmee.blogspot.com/. Thank the Lord for family and there wisdom. As I was reading her posts I realized after all this complaining I have been doing I should make a list of all the things I am thankful for.

My faith and salvation- Thank you Lord for keeping me strong and never leaving me!
My wonderful husband- What a rock! He is the best gift the Lord could have ever given me!!
My family- All the love and support they give me.
My doggies- All the kisses I get wether I want them or not. :)
My church- All my brothers and sisters in christ I have come to have relationships with
My home- not done yet but its getting there.
My in-laws- My mother in-laws support and love, my father in-law the love he shows in his own way.
Blogging- I truly love the friends I have made in the blogging world and appreciate all the prayer, and support!!!
My job- Even though it can be tuff at times it is a blessing and puts food on the table.

These are just a few of the things I am thankful for. Happy Tuesday!!

The saga continues....

2008-07-27T19:30:00.000-07:00

I'm so thankful to have a home with my husband and dogs, but the ongoing things that are still going on are wearing on me! Things were looking up, the sink got fixed, the washer got hooked up and the tiles were taken care of. I did some laundry and well on the second spin cycle is just isn't spinning. We all know its suppose to spin on the spin cycle so now we have to go back to Best Buy and give them our receipt and get a new one. That makes me happy but I just want to do laundry!! The tiles I don't think the guy who is doing them knows really what he is doing cause he didn't seal the grout and its cracking and just coming out. Our dishwasher is not draining so we are still waiting on our landlord to find out when he is going to get that fixed. Please pray for our neighbor because when we got our air conditioner fixed his is not working anymore and his living room was flooded. He's getting his air fixed this week, but the poor guy and his dog went the whole weekend without air and it was pretty warm this weekend. Im staying positive and I know that the Lord is helping me get through this challenging time. I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Quick update

2008-07-25T07:39:00.000-07:00

As of last night we have a working air conditioner. It made things so much nicer last night when Frank was putting together our coffee table and computer desk. He wasn't all sweaty and miserable. We also got new carpet in the guest room, my brothers friend named it the "pee room", not anymore it smells like a new room. Today or tomorrow the washer, kitchen sink and the tiles in the bathroom are going to be fixed. We are slowly making our cardboard filled home feel like just a home. My mom is coming to spend the weekend with us to help me baby proof my house. Hold on hold on not for me, but for my little brother. He is going to be staying with my husband and I for two weeks while my mom and sister are in the Philippines for their missions trip. I pray everyone has a happy and blessed weekend!

6 quirky thinks about me......

2008-07-22T12:48:00.000-07:00

Ok, I've been tagged by Kristi over at http://www.thimblethoughts.blogspot.com/ here are the rules.

1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2.Mention the rules.
3.Tell 6 quirky, yet boring unspectacular details about myself.
4.Tag 6 other bloggers by linking to them.
5.Go to each persons blog and let them know they have been tagged.

Here I go.

1. I don't really like pizza but if I must eat it because my husband loves it then I eat it with ranch! I know your say yuck but trust me just try it once. I have had a lot of people tell me how gross that sounds and they tried it and are now hooked, they can't remember what pizza was like before they dipped it in ranch. :)

2. I DO NOT like my head petted. My husband thinks it is the funniest thing ever. He will do it to me just to get a rise out of me. I love going to the salon and getting my head messaged and tugged on but Im not an animal don't pet me.

3. I love veggies!! I know you may not think thats quirky but I would rather eat all the veggies at dinner time than anything else!!! My mom had it easy when it came to that when I was a kid. :)

4. I like to have everything in its place. I don't freak out if they aren't but I will put everything in it's proper spot and I do get made fun of for that. This moving thing Im trying to just take it easy and realize it will all be put in its spot in time. I won't lie though it is driving my NUTS!!!!

5. I love cleaning. Mostly other peoples houses but I love to clean mine too! I just love the smell of cleaning products and just fresh stuff.

6. Last but not least, I love sour stuff! I love sour candy, sour fruit (i dont mean sour as not good but sour flavor) like the skin of plums, green granny smith apples.

Here are the six people I tagged.

1. Just Laugh- abcand123okinawa.blogspot.com/

2. Ummm....So ya - sarasmee.blogspot.com/

3. Heart & Home - heart-and-home.net/

4. Seasons of Life- myseasonsoflife.blogspot.com/

5. Inside the Fish Bowl - nolanites.blogspot.com/

6. Our Life in the Country - teemcountrylife.blogspot.com/

Have fun!! :)

How's the moving going.....

2008-07-22T08:15:00.000-07:00

It's going! I guess I can give you a few more details than that but I was just trying to keep you from getting a head ache. Here goes. I have to start off by saying that my husband and I did do a walk through with the landlord. We started moving in last friday night. My family came down to help us move and my awesome mom painted our bathrooms. I don't know how she does it in two days she painted both bathrooms without taping anything. As soon as we get a little more settled in I will post the pictures of the rooms.

Here is the break down.

1st- We bought a washer and dryer at Best Buy and they were delivering it on Sunday. Te delivery man showed up on time and tried hooking the washer up. He found that he couldn't because where the hose hooks to the line there was a leak. Sunday from 3:00pm to 11:00pm we had a plumber at our house trying to fix it and well couldn't. He hooked up the cold water but because where the hose hooks up to the spout is 15 years old (i know nothing about this kind of stuff) and i guess in poor condition it needs to be completely fixed. So.... we are waiting on that.

2nd- My mom was painting and made a scary discovery. When I did the walk through I thought that the tiles were just dirty and that I was just going to have to clean them. Well boy oh boy was I wrong. My mom was painting bare foot and stepped on the tile and found that her foot was wet. She pressed on the tile again and found water coming up from the tile. That is a problem even to me someone who knows nothing about these kinds of things. To make this as short as possible there is a major problem the plumber found, he took the toilet off and found there is a major leak. Again I know nothing about these things so Im explaining this as best as I can. There is suppose to be a wax seal when you take off the toilet well there wasn't there was wool. Then he called us in there to look and it looked like there was a tree growing into our toilet. So all that got fixed and he is suppose to come fix the tile as soon as he knows there isn't a leak anymore. Which Im giving him no more than a week. Cause remember there is black mold on the tile!! Not healthy at all!!!

3rd- The sink in the kitchen doesn't have a flitter in it so when you turn on the water to any pressure other than extra low the water sprays everywhere. When we did the walk through he turned it on but not high and so I just thought cool it works. Doing dishes with the pressure being low just doesn't work!!

4th- Yesterday I turned the air conditioning on to 75 degrees for the dogs, well when I got home the house didn't feel cool at all. So I turned it off and we went to my husbands parents house to fill our cars up with more stuff that we didn't take over the day of the move. When we got home it was 83 degrees so we turned the air on to cool the house. Frank noticed too that the house wasn't cooling off but we just kept running it to see if it needed to warm up. Keep in mind our first place didn't have air so we know nothing about this kind of stuff. We left it on until about 11:00pm and then I told Frank to just turn it off and turn on the fan. Wouldn't it be great if thats where the story ended. It would because that would have meant I got a good night sleep, but there is more. We headed to bed about 10is and from then to about 11:00pm someone rang our door bell three times. The first time we didn't hear it but I woke up to the dogs barking. I got them back into bed and calmed them down then I heard the door bell ring and woke Frank up. He went and looked out the peep hole and saw nothing, then again it rang and he went outside and still there was nobody. We were so upset to think someone thought this was funny to ring the doorbell and take off. We both didn't sleep well at all bring upset and a little nervous. This morning I woke up to this note on my door. COULD YOU PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING YOUR AIR CONDITIONING AS IT HAS A EVAPORATOR LINE LEAK AND IT IS FLOODING MY STORE ROOM. I ALREADY SPOKE TO PREY YOUR LANDLORD. THANK YOU, ED CHAVEZ UNIT B. Im just so not happy to think that I was flooding someone's room, I know it wasn't my fault but still how horrible. If your good at CSI stuff then you can put it all together but if not I will connect the dots for you. The ringing of the doorbell was the guy in the unit behind us trying to tell us his room was being flooded. The doorbell ringing stopped because I asked my husband to turn off the air because it didn't feel like it was working. Today the air guy is coming out to look at the unit and he's going to fix it.

5th- When we looked at all three bedrooms while doing the walk through one room smelled like cat pee. If any of you know what that smells like you know it isnt pretty, but take that smell and times is by 100. I thought the room smelt bad and just needed to be aired out. When we started moving in I asked my husband to get a Rug Doctor so we could clean the carpet. I was hoping this would solve the problem.. boy was I wrong it actually made it worse cause it brought the smell back up to the surface. I called our landlord and he set up an apt. for a carpet person to come out and check it out. He didn't even need to lift a corner he said it was bad. They ended up ripping it out right then and there and sanitizing the concert. Just to give you an idea of how bad it was there was so much cat urine that it couldn't soak into the carpet and the pad it was sitting on the concert. I almost threw up from the smell, it was really that bad! The carpet guy said that is the worst carpet he has ever seen.

Needless to say this has all been an eye opening experience. I would like to think that the Lord is pre-pairing us to buy a home one day. We are still unpacking and trying to stay in good spirits! If you think of us at all throughout your day please say a prayer for us! We know that is where the Lord wants us to be but we need his strength to help us through this. That is how the moving is going! We are super excited to have our own place but we will be even more super excited when this is all over!!!!

We have a winner

2008-07-21T09:06:00.000-07:00

Good morning to all. We have a winner and her name is Leah, from The White Woods. Thank you so much for participating in this giveaway. I will do another on in month or so. Im sorry I couldn't take a picture of the process again but my camera is packed still. :)

Congrats Leah!! :)

Give away!!!

2008-07-14T10:23:00.001-07:00

Happy Monday to all!! Here are the rules to the give away.

1. Enter a comment telling me what one of your favorite crafts is and why.
2. Be sure to leave an email if you don't link back to a blog.
3. Post a little blurb on your blog telling others about the contest.

I will be picking a winner on July 21st. These aren't stamping up stamps but they are so cute!! I bought a set for me and a lucky winner!!!

Coming next week.

2008-07-10T12:32:00.000-07:00

I just want to start off this post by saying "thank you Lord!" Thank you for guiding me through this time in my life that I thought would never get here, and now that its here doubting it would work out. My flesh is so weak and Im such a worry wort. The Lord has shown me in a few different ways to trust in him. I am so thankful that I can run to him and ask him for forgiveness and know that my sins are washed away. I know that he loves me no matter what a nincompoop I can be.

This weekend I am going camping with my family and their church. I am just so excited!! Frank (my hubby) wont be joining us. He is still prepairing for the last test he needs to take. He says he's being a stay at home dad! :) We have two dogs!! :) It gives me a chance to really spend some one on one time with my mom, sister and brothers Im super excited!! I will have a lot of fun pictures to share next week.

We start moving in our new place on Monday, we wont be moving all our stuff in until next Sat. I will take lots f pictures to share and make you feel like you were there. Ha Ha ya like thats what you would want to be doing on a Sat. lifting heavy stuff and being bossed around by me. :) I mean told where to put things. Hee Hee.

Attention!!!! I'm going to have a give away on Monday!!! Im preparing you because I was told by a few people last give away they were on breaks and weren't able to participate. So..... Monday I will be doing a post on the rules of the give away and posting a picture of what it is. Until then have a blessed weekend!!

Home

2008-07-07T11:49:00.000-07:00

Here is our new home! We are so excited and feel so blessed by the Lord. Our plates are so full right now it's overwhelming. We both have so much going on but we are going to just pray the Lord help's us through it all. Frank just started his new job and absolutely loves it!! Since the program he was in was teaching them to be x-ray tech's, he wont be using much of that anymore some but not much. He has to basically learn all new stuff. He still has one more state test to take so he is studying like a crazy person. Me on the other hand have nothing going on, ha yeah right! I have so much going on I can't think straight. This week I need to buy paint for both bathrooms and two of the bedrooms. We aren't painting the third bedroom right now with hopes it might be a baby's room in the near future. :) My husband is so busy with everything I told him that I would do that painting. Im not good at painting but I don't think Im bad. This weekend Im going camping with my mom and her church so I will be gone Friday, Sat. and Sunday. Im leaving for her house Thursday night, and have to prep all our food for the trip when I get to her house. I need to buy the paint today or tomorrow, plus since we are starting to move next Tuesday I have to start packing. Oh Lord help me where do I even start. Everything is hitting all at once wouldn't you know. Please pray for my nerves I get stressed out easily and intern get sick, so I pray that I can just give it all to God and trust he will lead us in the right direction in everything.

Contest

2008-07-01T13:29:00.000-07:00

Enter to win a great christian novel by Francine Rivers. All you need to do is go to http://Robin-rohinezenest.blogspot.com/ and follow the directions. Here is a little bit about the book in Robins words.

And speaking of good books - I am going to have a contest! I have a copy of Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. In my opinion this is one of the best Christian fiction books ever written. I remember when I first read it - we were staying at a bed and breakfast in Bozeman, Montana with my brother and his wife. My sister-in-law went to the Christian bookstore and we eached purchased a copy of this book. We went back to our room and laid on the bed and we could not stop reading. We read all weekend long. Our husbands were thrilled.

Francine Rivers calls this book her statement of faith. It's the first Christian novel she wrote after writing many "bodice-ripping" books. It is a parable of the Book of Hosea from the Bible. It tells of the incredible and unfailing love God has for us his people. It will change you.

Priceless!!!

2008-06-26T12:44:00.000-07:00

An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard; I could tell
from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was
well taken care of.

He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head;
he then followed me into my house, slowly walked over to the couch
looked up at me with big brown eyes, laid down and fell asleep.

An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out.

The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot on the couch and again slept for about an hour. This continued off and on for several weeks.

Curious I pinned a note to his collar: 'I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.'

The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar: 'He lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3 - he's trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?'

(Ok so the dog isnt old or tired he's actually my doggy but I couldnt get the picture uploaded that I wanted to use:)

Is that for me?

2008-06-26T08:36:00.001-07:00

Well for the past year I have had a blast playing with my Aunt Mishels camera. I told Frank that I would love to have a camera like hers but never really thought he would get it for me. Well... Monday when I got home there it was sitting on my night stand waiting for me to rip the box open and start taking pictures. I was so excited you have no idea, he said this was my thank you gift for sticking by him through this whole process. Isn't he so sweet!! In high school I took 4 years of photography and loved every moment of it, that class I was always sure I would get a A+ in!!! I don't really like to read a lot but this manual and my cricut one have been the best books ever!!!! :) I can't wait to share all my pictures I take with my new camera.

Details

2008-06-24T09:33:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was just a super super awesome day for us!! Thank you so much for all your prayers and support!! Here are some details about his job. Since most of you don't know how much of a scardy cat I am, I will just come out and say it. Im a BIG time scardy cat and don't like to be alone. I was praying so hard for the position that Frank got yesterday for that reason. The hours are from 7:00am to 3:30pm. That is soooo perfect cause I work from 7:30am to 4:30pm. I never ever wanted to have to sleep alone. I know there are many women who do it, my cousin and my Aunt do it. The thought of sleeping alone scares me so much!! I think it all stems from when my father passed away. The feeling of being safe at night kinda just left me. I know that my husband is here to protect me but he sleeps so hard that Im scared he wont hear if someone breaks in. I know.. I know I should worry about these kinds of things, but Im human and I do. That is one of the bonuses the hours!!! The other is that it is Monday through Friday and then they take turns being on call during the weekends. That is just awesome!!!!!!! We spent about 8 years of our relationship not ever really spending holidays together and he always worked weekends. Have I said lately the Lord is good? Well..... he is he is he is!!! On top of all that this is a promotion, its not the job he was going to school for, it has to do with what he went to school for but its a couple steps up. They actually need 5 years of experience to even apply for this position, but they saw something in him. The Lord is good! He starts training Monday so that is really cool. Im just so proud of him and trusting the Lord had us in his hands the whole time!! Our next adventure that will start today is finding a place to call home!!! We have been looking and calling but now we can actually start going to places and get serious about it. We are looking at a place today, please pray for us and that the Lord will help us pick the place we are suppose to be in. If todays place isnt where we are suppose to be then just close the door!! Thank you again for all the prayers!!!

WE HAVE A JOB!!!!

2008-06-23T10:54:00.000-07:00

WE HAVE A JOB!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! Im soooooo excited I can't even express to you. The Lord is soooo good!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for all your prayers!!! Oh my goodness Im jumping up and down right now, Im crying, Im still talking to Frank. I just had to tell you all!!!

Busy busy week!!

2008-06-20T10:36:00.000-07:00

Wow this week flew by so fast. I had something to do each day this week I cant wait for it to be Sunday! I have some super super exciting news!!!! Frank has an interview on Monday at 10:00 am. We are just really excited and trying to prepair as best as we possible can. He has never interview for a job before so he is a little nervous. If you can keep him in your prayers that would be wonderful. I have so much to do right now I shouldn't even really be on here , but I just wanted to say "thank you" to those of you who have been praying for Frank and I. Today we are going to a Dodger game and tomorrow I have my bosses 30th birthday party so I have to get back to cleaning and getting ready before Emma wakes up. Have a blessed weekend and try to stay cool!!

What kind of Cereal are you?

2008-06-17T11:13:00.000-07:00

You Are Raisin Bran

You are the type of person who wants in all in life...

And to the surprise of some, you usually do have it all.

If something only serves one purpose, it's of no use to you.

While people may assume you are greedy, you really are just seeking balance.

Unsurprisingly, you want your breakfast to be both healthy and tasty.

Like with all things, you won't settle for anything but the best.

What Kind of Cereal Are You?

Missionary Trip to the Philippines

2008-06-12T10:48:00.000-07:00

Aren't these dish clothes beautiful!?! I tell you I love them so much! They work a lot better than just an average sponge! Plus you can wash them and re-use them thats the best!! My mom and sister will be heading off to the Philippines in August with their church for a Missionary trip. We have been raising money for their trip in all kinds of ways. I have gotten really creative trying to help out. We had a recycling drive for them and a penny drive. That was a lot of fun. So many people that have come over to my house ask me "where do you get those dish clothes?" I told my mom you should think about selling them at church or at there garage sale along with the hand made cards. They were and are a hit!!

Here are a few that are going out soon. I have tried a few times to make them and I have to admit its just not my cup of tea. You put a scrapbook in front of me and supplies and watch out. :)

Oh Wow!

2008-06-10T10:51:00.000-07:00

I just had to share this with you guys. This morning Frank (my husband) got a call from Debbie (the lady who hires for the Cath Lab) and she wanted to tell him she was so sorry for taking so long to call him. She was waiting on the hospital board to make sure she has the budget to hire another person. She said she heard he passed his test with flying colors. She also told him she would be calling him next week to for sure let him know what happens with the board but as it stands right now there is no reason why she wouldn't be able to hire him. Then she told him that after next week they can set up an interview. OHHHHH MYYY GOOODDDDNNNESSSS!!! Im so excited I don't think you even understand, although I know some of you do and know what this means for us!! Praise God!!! Thank you so much for all the prayers please keep them coming!! This week and next week are going to be really crazy. The hubby is excited and very nervous but nervous in a good way!!!

What flavor are you?

2008-06-09T13:09:00.000-07:00

You Are a Cherry Jelly Bean

Sweet yet strong, you have a distinct personality without being a weirdo. You're the most normal of all flavors - but you're never boring.

What Flavor Jelly Bean Are You?

And the winner is......

2008-06-06T10:25:00.000-07:00

I have viewed a couple give aways and how they do it. This seemed like the easiest way, next time I want my husband to pick the winner. I tried getting him to do it this time but he said 5:00am was just too early for him to wake up just to pick a winner. Can you believe that? I mean come on if it was a game for the XBox 360 you know he would have been up!! Oh well I still love him!! :)

Ok here I go getting ready to pick!

Deep breath... who will it be?

And the winner is DEBY!!! Hooooorrrayyy for Deby!!!! Deby I hope this set of stamps helps you make lots of cards for lots of people! Deby if you would like to email me at Tissyno@gmail.com and send me your address or where you would like this fun stamp set sent to I will get it in the mail on Monday!!

Have a blessed weekend all!

Mission Creek Hike

2008-06-04T10:37:00.000-07:00

For Memorial Day weekend we decided to go out to the desert and visit my mom. We had such a great time being all together. We did a lot of fun things and had lots of laughs!! We went on a 7.2 mile hike and had a blast.

We always have so much fun when we are together! Laura (my sister) wasn't able to go because she had to work so that was a big bummer! As you can see my "little little" bruder is having blast!! He loves being outside and to be on the move. I can't wait till he can walk and run, then he can just let lose.

Frank and I love being in the outdoors! I kinda feel into a period when I had Vertigo that I didnt want to do or go anywhere. He use to tease me cause I would say "Can't you park any closer I don't want to walk so far." So now that I have gotten out of that lazy period in my life if he parks far away or there is some walking involved I just laugh and say "I love to walk." It's true now!!!

My other little bruder brought an air soft gun with him because well... because he is a boy and we were going to be in to great out doors and he thought it would be a good idea. It was fun for him and Frank cause they were a little bored. Until that is we got to the tables and they were throwing rocks like they were shot puts. It was funny cause Dash was running after then trying to play fetch. A couple times it wasn't funny though cause he beat the rock to the ground and almost got hurt. Back to the gun. We were walking back and my husband SHOT ME with that air soft gun. It burned. He says he didn't mean to and I believe him but oh man did it hurt!!

I just love this picture! My hubby and my bruder just look so cute!! My hubby is going to be a great daddy!! I can't wait!!

Can you tell we are mother and daughter? If so how can you tell? I get people say we sound alike or that they can see it in our faces. Then there are people who just don't believe me at all. I have had to walk away from someone once cause they didn't believe me and there was no point to argue with them. I know she gave birth to me!! It says so on my birth certificate!! :)

So tell me what you would have thought if you were on a walk and you saw this sight. After a while we had to come up with a new way to hold the little guy cause everyones necks were hurting from the pack and putting him on their shoulders. So this is what the boys came up with. So let me set up this picture for you and you can kinda see what I mean. Here are two guys running with a baby one has a gun (air soft) and there are two ladies running about 10 feet behind them. What would you think was going on. My mom and I were laughing while we were running (thats kinda hard to do by the way especially when your out of shape) thinking of all the things onlookers would think if they saw us.

Then we had to say nite nite to the little guy. He fell asleep on Franks head. It was the cutest thing ever!! Good times at Mission Creek!!!

YIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-03T15:29:00.000-07:00

Frank took his test at 12:30 got done at 2:00 and got a 97% on his test. God is so GOOD!!! We are so excited for what the Lord has for us and our family next. Thank you for all your prayers! I will keep you posted on the next test.

Pray Pray Pray

2008-06-03T06:53:00.000-07:00

Today is the day it is finally here. Frank takes his first state exam at 12:30. If you think of him this afternoon please pray for him. The test takes about 3-4 hours depending on the student. He seems to be a little nervous but very excited! Thank you so much for all your support, prayers and love.

Just a side note... Dog parks are heaven sent!!!! We wanted to do something fun with the dogs last night but we didn't want to burn them out on the park we love so.... Frank looked up "Dog Parks" and what do you know we have one 4 minutes away from us. We could walk to it that's how close it is. We were a little nervous about Dash and how he would do, Fanny we knew would be great. So we decided to just give it a go and if Dash didn't do good we would just leave and try something else. To our surprise he was GREAT!!!!! He did so good and was so playful with all the dogs, they both did awesome. Thanks mom for having big dogs and preparing Dash to be friendly!

Pictures are all loaded up so now I just have to get the stories going and do some blogging! Have a great day!!!

Give Away!!

2008-06-02T13:05:00.000-07:00

I have so much to post about you don't even know but for today Im going to make it short and sweet so I can get all my pictures all sorted. So I have never done this but Im going to try it. So....... here goes I have a give away. Gives me some ideas of what you would do with this stamp set. I'm going to pick a winner on Friday morning and post the winner! Its the number one hostess set chosen. (Sorry the picture isn't good.)

God is Great!!!

2008-05-29T09:37:00.000-07:00

The Lord knows just what we need just when we need it! I spent Friday to Tuesday in the desert at my moms house. It was a blessing!! We had so much fun on all the adventures we went on. Throughout next week I will be posting pictures and story's to go along with them. My sister came to my house Tuesday after she got off work and we got to spend a much needed night of sisterly fun!! My mom and bruder came out Wed. morning and we went on another adventure. I can't wait to share with you all the fun things we did. Its so nice to know that I only have to work for two days and then the weekend is here. I have some exciting news I have never done this before but Im going to try it. On Monday Im going to have a giveaway post. Im going to put up the post on Monday and do the giveaway on Friday. Im so so so excited to try this.

So.... during this 6 day vacation I had we added a new addition to the family. After lots and lots of prayer and still more prayers cause I love to doubt myself we have gotten Dash (our puppy) a friend. He knows her very well its his bio mommy. There was just so much going into this decision and we feel that the Lord wanted her with us. We have been reading like crazy about adding another dog into the family and have so much to learn. If you have anything you would like to share I would love to hear it. Here is something we are praying about cause we havent decided what to do. Dash sleeps with us. I know I know a lot of people think this is a bad thing, but I just loved cuddling with him and once he learned how to jump up on the bed it was over. I do admit I never made him sleep on the floor cause well... I love him cuddling up to me. Frank wont admit it to anyone but Im here to tell you he loves it too! :) Now we have two dogs and yes we have a california king bed but I just dont know if I should let them both sleep on the bed or not. I have read that you cant let one sleep on the bed and not the other. Then I have read that you cant make the first dog start sleeping on the ground cause you got a new dog that could make him resent the second dog. What I have done the last two night is they start on the ground and then Dash has jumped up and then Fanny wants up. She sleeps right at the foot of the bed and doesnt move so it hasnt been a problem at all. She has some issues from her past and I just want her to feel loved and wanted!!! Frank said that we should get something that is level with our bed and then put her little bed on it, so that she is close to me cause thats what she wants just to know Im there and that should be good. If you have any suggestions please feel free to comment. Overall things are going great and we are all just having a blast with each other. We are going to take Fanny (that was the name she was given almost two years ago) and Dash to the duck park and the dog park today that should be a whole lot of fun! Please pray for us!!!!

A quick favor if you think of me on Sat. can you please pray for me. I have a rather large stampin party with for sure 16 women and Im a little shy of speaking in front of people I don't know. We are making the flip books and two cards. I will be posting the cards next week. Thank you!!!!

Off to my Mom's

2008-05-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

I Can't tell you how excited I am to have the next 6 days off. As my husband and I were taking Dash for a walk yesterday he asked me "can you even remember the last time we had 6 days off together?" No I can't actually because it has been a long long time! So we will really enjoy our time off together!! We are heading to my moms house in about a half hour. I really wanted to sleep in this morning but had lots to do to get ready. I got up at 7:30am so I did get to sleep in a whole hour more, which is awesome!!!! I got up got packed and ready, dropped Dash off at the groomers, went to the bank and the post office. So now I am just waiting for my hubby to get home from his study group and we are off. Have a blessed Memorial Day weekend!!

So proud of you honey!!!!

2008-05-19T20:25:00.000-07:00

My husband has officially graduated from the x-ray tech program. Last Wed. night they had a dinner for the techs and some family members. It was a great evening. Of course my husband didn't even want to go, but they HAVE to or they don't get their certificate and if you don't have your certificate you can't apply for a job. My husband doesn't like to be the center of attention (unlike his wife :) so if he didn't have to go he wouldn't have. He didn't go to his college graduation and he has told me many times if he didn't have to go to his high school graduation he wouldn't have gone to that. I'm glad that they make it a requirement to go! I am so proud of him and I'm so excited to see what the Lord has in store for us in the future. We would still love for you to pray for us. Again thank you so much for all the prayers and support. When we get an update on the details of a job I will let you know!!

These are FUN!

2008-05-16T08:46:00.000-07:00

I haven't done one of these before. I know people usually get tagged to do them but I just decided to tag myself!! :)

1. Who is your man? Frank Simon McGuigan 111
2. How long have you been together? Almost 9 years
3. How long dated? 4 years
4. How old is your man? 31
5. Who eats more? He does of course
.6. Who said “I love you” first? I'm pretty sure I did, in a moment of emotions I just said it. I meant it, but was scared to say it.
7. Who is taller? He defiantly is! Except when I put my heals on then we are almost the same.
8. Who sings better? He says me, I say him.
9. Who is smarter? He is defiantly way more book smart!!
10. Whose temper is worse? Um probably mine he is a very calm person.
11. Who does the laundry? For the most part I do, he always wants to help but I like the way I do it! :)
12. Who takes out the garbage? We both do, but he takes it out to the street.
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does
14. Who pays the bills? I do!
15. Who is better with the computer? Frank is much better with the computer, Im happy to say I am getting better!!
16. Who mows the lawn? We have gardeners. I use to do it when I lived with my parents and didnt really like it. His parents have always had gardeners.
17. Who cooks dinner? For the most part I do but he does every once in a while.
18. Who drives when you are together? He does, unless he is tired then I do.
19. Who pays when you go out? Whoever has there card handy
20. Who is most stubborn? Defiantly me!! Thats my job!! HAHAHA
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I try to cause I dont like being unhappy.
22. Whose parents do you see the most? His
23. Who kissed who first? I did!
24. Who asked who out? I did! Do you see a pattern? :)
25. Who proposed? He did
26. Who is more sensitive? I am, but he is sensitive too.
27. Who has more friends? I do
28. Who has more siblings? He does
29. Who wears the pants in the family? We both wear pants, he is the head of the house hold if that was the question you were asking.
30. How did you meet? We met when we both worked at Vons. I worked in the service Deli and he was a grocery clerk.

Have a great weekend!!

Thank you!

2008-05-12T15:24:00.000-07:00

My husband asked me to make him some "Thank you" cards for some of the people he has worked with for the last year. Of course I was so happy to help him out!! I started to make the cards, first I did the girl cards. I wanted to stay simple but cute. I made the girl cards and then thought hey I will just do the boy cards in blue and there you go. Well.... even though they were blue they were still a little too girly for my taste. I did a little more thinking and playing and came up with some better boy "Thank you" cards. I will give you a list of all the products I used and a tutorial for each card. I hope you enjoy!!

Stamps: Much Appreciated and So Many Scallops
Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Confetti white
Inks: Purely Pomegranate
Accessories: Scallop punch, purely pomegranate ribbon and dimensionals

Cut the card to be 5 1/2" by 8 1/2". Score your card at 4 1/4"

Cut a piece of purely pomegranate paper down to 2 1/4" by 5 1/2"

Use adhesive to a attach the strip of purely pomegranate paper onto the confetti white card. Next wrap your ribbon around the card and tie where you desire.

Stamp your "thank you" on the card, next stamp your flower on a piece of confetti white paper and use the scallop punch to make the flower. Attach some dimensionals onto the back of the flower and place it on your card.

The Blue card is all the same directions just use the Blue Bayou colors. See easy and cute!!! Have fun!

Ok here is the "Thank you" card for the boys, much better I know. Especially since it's a boy giving to a boy. Or man giving to a man... you know what I mean.

Stamp: Much Appreciated
Paper: Chocolate chip, Certainly celery, Bashful blue, and whisper white
Ink: Chocolate chip
Accessories: 1 3/8" circle punch and dimensionals

Cut the card to be 5 1/2" by 8 1/2". Score your card at 4 1/4"

Punch out three circles of each color, bashful blue and certainly celery

Cut out a piece of chocolate chip paper down to 4 1/4" by 1 3/4", cut a piece of certainly celery down to 4" by 1 1/2", and cut a piece of whisper white paper down to 3 3/4" by 1 1/4".

Use your adhesive to attach your circles on your card. Then attach your certainly celery piece to your chocolate chip piece. Stamp your thank you onto your whisper white paper. Put dimensionals on the back of your whisper white paper and attach that to the certainly celery paper.

Now use your adhesive to attach the chocolate chip piece and center on top of the circle punches.

Now you are done and you have a simply buy manly thank you card. Happy stamping!!!

Happy May

2008-05-01T07:57:00.000-07:00

Today is the first day of May and from today till the end of August things are going to be super super busy! With birthdays, new jobs, moving, mission trips and everything in between life is going to be a lot of fun. At least thats how Im viewing it right now. We will see as everything happens but at least right now Im staying positive right?! :)

We have at least 10 birthdays I can think of off the top of my head from now till August. I have a lot a lot of family! Im not exaggerating either, I really do have a ton of family. With all the new babies in the family we are celebrating 3 first birthdays the rest are 2 and up. Its going to be a fun time!

Frank (Lord willing) will be starting a new and exciting job. Yesterday on my hubby's way to work he called and asked if I could pray with him. He was going to turn his application into HR and was just a little nervous, so of course I prayed for him and all the different emotions that go into turning in this application. When he got off work we met for dinner at Red Robin and he started to tell me about his day. The Lord is so good!!!! He was told by his boss not to turn in his application to HR but to give it to his bosses boss and she will turn it into the boss of the Cath lab. That is BIG!!!!! The process just skipped two steps and Frank was very excited! This has been the first time he has really allowed himself to get excited since hearing the news on friday that he could go home and tell his wife he has a job. Thank you again for all your prayers, please keep them coming!

We are looking for a new place to call our home. Our goal is to get out towards my mom, Aunts, Uncles and cousins. The housing market is a lot more affordable for us there. In Orange county the average home is going anywhere from $445,000 and up. The $445,000 is a bank owned home too so the price is somewhat lowered. We are praying about renting a town home, condo or house for about a year. We are also looking at apartments, but I would really like to have washer/dryer hook ups and a small backyard with some grass so my puppy has somewhere to go potty.

My mom and sister are going to the Philippines in August on a missions trip. Frank and I are going to watch my little brother (at that time will be just over a year) while they are gone for two weeks. We are very excited to play house with a baby!!! I have been watching emma since she was 6 months old so Im not nervous about watching him, but I leave her everyday and go home. I will have him with me everyday and then when I go home, he will come home with me!! So there will be no break. I'm really excited for Emma to have friend over (even though the concept of sharing isn't quit there yet) to play with. We have a lot of fun things planned while he is staying with us!

Hope everyone is having a blessed first day of May!

Trusting the Lord with everything!

2008-04-29T14:37:00.001-07:00

Trusting in the Lord is something we have been called to do. I have to admit at times I don't do what I should. Just ask my mom :) Life would be so much easier if I could just listen and obey! Throughout my husbands 2 year program with the hospital I have had a peace about him getting a job. Whether it is at the hospital he is at right now or in the desert. The Lord gave me a peace about that situation and has told me that he will take care of us and provide, and for the past 1 year and a half that is just what he has done!! So... why now would I lose my focus and doubt? I will tell you why because I'm human and not perfect. My husband had to remind me with our living situation that the Lord will provide and help us find the perfect place for us to live. It might not be our view of perfect but the Lord knows what we need. I have to admit it hit hard, my husband was right I needed to stop worrying and be faithful. That is just what Im going to do too!!!! It's not official on paper but my husbands boss told him last Friday "go home and tell your wife you have a job!" This was an answer to prayer. Frank has been a little on edge with where he wants to be in the hospital but he has been asked to take a high position and higher pay. We are so excited to see what the Lord has in store for us and our family. Please keep us in your prayers we are still looking for a place to start our family and for our current living situation. Thank you for all your support and love.

Flip Book tutorial

2008-04-24T13:03:00.001-07:00

Ok here we go please bear with me if I get a little too wordy. This is only my second tutorial and this one is going to be a little longer than the last. If you have any questions about any step in this that I don't clarify enough please let me know.

Supply List:

1- 11"x11" piece of thin chipboard
2- 5 1/2"x11" pieces of thin chipboard
18-3"x5" or 3 1/2"x5" Whisper white paper (I prefer 3 1/2"x5")
2- 12"x12" Designer paper
4- 12"x12" solid cardstock (make sure it matches your designer paper)
Ribbon- about 4 feet (it should be at least 2 inches in thickness)
Sticky strip or glue stick
bone folder
paper cutter
scoring blade
scissors

1. Cut your thin chip board down to size. You need one piece that is going to be 11"x11". You need two pieces that are going to be 5 1/2"x11". Don't cut your designer paper down you will need those extra inches.

2. Cut one of your designer pieces of paper in half. You should have a 12"x12" piece of paper so now you should have 2 pieces that are 6"x12". Now you are ready to attach your designer paper to your three pieces of thin chip board.

3. Your going to cut off all the corners of the designer paper. This will make your corners fold nicely. Fold over all four sides and attach with sticky strip.

4. Take your ribbon and put some adhesive on the back and attach it to the inside of your flip book. You can try and eye the middle or you can use a ruler and be exact.

5. Cut 2 pieces of your solid card stock down to 11"x12". These are going to be used as the fan folds on the inside. You are going to score at 1 1/2" from one side to the other. Then fold like an accordion and use your bone folder to flatten.

6. Attach the accordion pieces to the inside of the 11"x11" thin chip board. After you attached the accordion pieces to the inside attach the other side of the accordion to the 5 1/2"x11" piece. That will make the front of your book.

7. Cut one solid piece of paper down to 10 7/8"x 10 7/8" and attach it to the inside of your book. This piece should cover the accordion attached to the thin chip board. Cut 2 pieces of solid paper down to 5 3/8"x 10 7/8". Attach those to the inside of your smaller pieces which will also cover the accordion that is attached to the thin chip board.

8. Take your 18 pieces of whisper white 3"x5" or 3 1/2"x5" cards. You are going to attach these to your accordion pieces. Two on the outside and one on the inside.

Here is what the finished product should look like. I hope everyone had fun! If anyone has any questions or comments please feel free to let me know.

Oppps

2008-04-24T08:12:00.000-07:00

I told a few people that the tutorial for the flip book would be up yesterday in the afternoon. To those I am very sorry I forgot the ribbon and without the ribbon you cannot put the book together. I will do it today and have it up in the later afternoon. Thank you for being patient with me.

Im hooked on blogging!

2008-04-23T10:03:00.000-07:00

I am hooked on blogging, an I don't know if that is a good thing or not. My Aunt and my cousin told me once you start reading and getting out there looking at different blogs you are going to get hooked. Well congratulations you were right. :) There are so many fun blogs out there to read and these amazing women have all kinds of things to offer. This morning I was so excited to sit down with a cup of tea and just read for about 2 hours. I know what you are saying... how do you have 2 free hours to just sit? Well.... Monday and Tuesday I kicked butt at work and cleaned the house from top to bottom just so when I put Emma down for a nap today I could go on a blogging spree. Today I am working on laundry while she is sleeping, so Im not just reading and commenting. Ha Ha but that's mostly what I am doing with my two quit hours. Just in case you are wondering what I do for a living I will tell you. I was a preschool teacher/assistant director for 6 years. After getting a bad case of Vertigo my husband and I prayed for something else to come along. I was out of work for a little over a year and with a lot of praying a family friend asked me to watch their child full time. My husband and I prayed about it for a while and decided that the Lord was opening and closing all the doors for this to happen. I have been watching her for a little over a year now and I love it! I feel like the Lord is preparing me to be a mommy. I watch Emma for 9 hours a day and take care of their two dogs and their home. I really do love what I do. Well... I better get back to blogging.

Photo Book

2008-04-21T13:22:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I had my monthly demonstrator meeting and this is what we made. I know I know its sooooo cute right!!!! Well let me tell you it was pretty easy too! I know you don't believe me but I'm not fibbing it was pretty simple to make. I sent these pictures out to 4 of my VIP's that meet monthly and they have already booked a party and we are going to make them. This has got to be one of my most favorite things I have made so far!

This is what the inside looks like. There are 18 white pieces of paper total, so you could fill all 18 with pictures or you could add some journaling whatever you like best. I really can't stress enough just how cute they are. Happy Stampin!

So pretty

2008-04-19T07:47:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite birthday cards. Normally I use silver accessories cause I like silver better but I was trying to step outside of my comfort zone. Here is a list of all the products I used to make this card.

Stamps: Pick a Petal and Hug's and Wishes

Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White and Sage Shadow

Ink: Real Red, Basic Black, and a Basic Black double sided marker

Accessories: Gold brads, 1" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, double circle punch and Black gingham ribbon.

Happy Stampin!!!!

Life is good!

2008-04-18T09:04:00.001-07:00

This card is called "Life is good!" I'm going to make a list of all the supplies I used and a tutorial on how to put the card together. This will show you just how easy it is to put together a cute card.

Stamp set: She's all that, Weathered background

Paper: Old Olive, So Saffron, Whisper White, and Basic Black

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: 1/4" Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon, mini glue dots and snail adhesive

Here is the tutorial to put your card together.

Your going to cut your card (old olive) at 5 1/2" by 8 1/2". Score your card at 4 1/4"

Take the Basic Black paper and cut it at 3 1/2" by 4 1/2".

Take your So Saffron paper and cut it at 3 1/4" by 4 1/4".

Take your Whisper White paper and cute it at 3" by 4".

Now that you have all your paper cut out we will stamp the images on the paper and put the card together. Take your Weathered background stamp and your Old Olive stamp pad. Here is how I like to use my background stamps, because they are larger stamps I flip them on their backs. After I put my ink on them I lay the paper on top and press down, you can use a scratch piece of paper to lay on top so your hands don't get dirty. Put your Old Olive ink on your background stamp and lay your card (Old Olive) onto of the background stamp rub the image onto the paper. Next take your Whisper White paper and your Life is good stamp. Apply your Life is good stamp to your Basic Black ink and stamp your image on the paper. Now take your ribbon and make a bow and trim the extra ribbon on the bottom. A helpful hint to make it look super cute is cut the ribbon at an angel. Now we are ready to put our card together!!! Take your Whisper White paper and your snail adhesive and attach it to the So Saffron paper. Take that set and attach it to the Basic Black paper. Take that set and attach it to the Old Olive card. Last step (your almost done) put a mini glue dot on the back of your bow and attach it to your card. This is what your card should look like when your done.

I have only given a tutorial in person during a workshop so... I hope that it was some what helpful. If you have any questions or I didn't explain something enough let me know. Happy stamping!!!

Birthday Card

2008-04-16T10:15:00.001-07:00

Here is a super cute birthday card we made last month. It was very easy to make and I just love the colors!!! Im going to make a list of everything you would need to make this card. My next card I post will have a tutorial on how to make it.
Stamps: Big Bold Birthday

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Regal Rose and Certainly Celery

Ink: Regal Rose, Yoyo Yellow, and Certainly Celery

Accessories: Scallop punch, Regal Rose ribbon and dimensionals.

Happy Stampin!!!!

Happy Tax Day to me!

2008-04-15T19:49:00.001-07:00

I'm so excited my husband got me a present today. He told me it was "Happy Tax Day to me." I can't even tell you the emotion I felt when I started ripping it out of the box to play with it!

This is one of the first user manuals I have WANTED to read and learn everything this wonderful machine can do for me. Just in case you don't know what this machine is I will explain it to you. It is a scrapbooker and stampers dream machine! This machine is called the Cricut. It can basically cut out any die cut you want. For me and scrapbooking this is going to save me on letters like you wouldn't believe. I buy so many sticker letters and you know you never have enough of the letter you need. Well..... say goodbye to those days I can type in whatever letter I want and size and out it comes. There are just endless opportunities to this machine.

My husband got me the 12x12 machine. There are two different sizes, the 12x12 and 9 1/2 by 6 I believe is the other size. This machine can really do so many different things. I love the 12x12 size because I can put in a whole piece of scrapbooking paper. I love that it has a sensor in it and you can use all your scrap pieces. If your like me you keep all your scrap pieces of paper (that are worth saving) but always wonder what am I going to do with those. I now have a plan to use all my scrap pieces. Just wanted to share what a great husband I have!

Aunt Mishel theres just one more thing I NEED!!! :)

Wild about you!

2008-04-14T12:37:00.001-07:00

We made this card at one of my last stamp classes. It was a hit!! This card can be used for so many different occasions. I made one for my husband and he loved it. This is a list of products we used to make this card.

Stamps: Wild about you, Sanded and Polka Dot

Paper: Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, So Saffron

Ink: Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, and Versa Mark

Accessories: White eyelets, Blue Bayou double stitched ribbon, clear embossing powder, Dazzling diamonds glitter, mat pack, scallop punch, 1 1/4" punch, and goggly eyes.

You think you know somebody....

2008-03-26T09:29:00.000-07:00

I have known my husband for a little over 8 1/2 years and I never knew that he had never flown a kite. I was shocked and just blown away that there was something I didn't know about him. I sent him and my brother to good old Walmart on Easter afternoon to buy us some kites. My husband, brother and cousin Zach flew kites pretty much all day. Previous to that they got three kites stuck to the electrical lines and the kites were flying themselves.

They occasionally came in for food and to check on all of us, but they were more interested in flying those kites. Frank got a beautiful butterfly kite, Kyle got a dragon kite and they got Zach a spider-man kite.

We always have a great time when we get together!!!

Life is much easier!

2008-02-28T10:51:00.000-08:00

I got this cool tote as a birthday gift and let me tell you it is AWESOME!!! I don't know what I would do without it. Lugging all my products around with a grocery bad was just not working anymore. I was blessed with this beautiful bag and it has been such a organizers dream!!! I like to know where everything is when I'm using it. This tote makes all that happen. I love being able to put all the things I need to make a card in there, take it to work and just have a ball.

This could only happen to us.

2008-02-15T09:24:00.000-08:00

Let me start out with this, you know those people who always pick the right lines to get into at a store. The ones that always seem to go super fast, well we are not those people. We are always the ones to pick the wrong lines and the ones that take the longest. We now laugh about it and say that God is teaching us extra patience.

Did everyone have a great Valentines Day? I sure hope so. We have a story that we will laugh about for probably the rest of our lives. As we were pulling into the drive way after our interesting evening Frank looked over and me and said "this could only happen to us." I will start off by saying I haven't been feeling so great about my appearance lately, just not as confident as I normally am. I wanted to feel really pretty and confidant for our romantic evening. I only had to work half day so I went and got my hair done (which for the first time I got exactly what I wanted and asked for!) and then went home and got ready for our date. I was going to wear nice black pants and a blue shirt that Frank loves but I was feeling pretty and decided to try on a dress I haven't ever worn. I put it on and felt very very pretty and knew that Frank would be very happy when I got home.
Needless to say when he got home he had a lot of very nice things to say. Back to the evening. We decided that we would eat at one of our favorite places. When we were driving up I noticed about 30 police cars and told Frank "look at all the police cars" he told me "they are probably having a fund raiser for the swat officer that passed away." I thought ok that could be, but I wasn't convinced. We got out of the car and started walking we looked up and saw a police helicopter flying around, just then a voice said "return to your vehicles and leave at once!" We got a little freaked out just after the police in the helicopter spoke and bunch of people started running and screaming. We both looked at each other and said "let's go." We had no idea what was going on but it didn't look or sound good. We got in the car and started exiting the parking lot, all of a sudden 20 cop cars pulled up very quickly they get out of their cars with riot gear on and started running. We were freaked out and still had no idea what was going on. We saw some girls running back to the car and we asked them what was going on, they told us that Ryan Shecklear was at tilly's signing pictures." For those of you who don't know who Ryan is he is a young skateboarder. He is very very popular and has his own show on MTV. We both definatly thought there had to be more than that to have all those cops there and a helicopter telling everyone to leave. We left the Long Beach Town Center and were talking about what we would like to have now. We went to the Macaroni Grill and the evening was looking up, little did we know it was about to get worse. We were told the wait was an hour wait so we waited it only ended up being a 15 minute wait we were so very excited. We sat down and ordered our drinks then our meals. We started talking about all our Valentines Days, it was super nice. Frank got his salad first and he was super super hungry so I told him t go ahead and eat it. He finished his salad and I still hadnt gotten my appetizer the waiter came to see how we were doing and I told him that my husband got his salad I was still waiting for my appetizer and if my food was almost ready I wanted to take the appetizer off. There was no point to eat both at the same time, plus Frank was done with his salad and 20 minutes had already gone by. The waiter said he would go find out what was going on. I have to say this Im not sure if it was his first day but he was an odd character. He lingered at our table every time he came to it and he repeated himself a lot!! My appetizer ended up coming right after i complained and it was gross! The waiter asked how it was and I told him Im sorry but I have had this before and it is gross. He asked me if he could get me something else so I ordered a salad. I think it was about 5 minutes later my food came to the table, but Frank's did not make it. I waited and waited while picking at my shrimp. Im not joking 20 minutes later (my food is now cold) the manager came over and said he was very sorry but what Frank ordered they ran out of 15 minutes ago. He said he was so sorry and Frank could pick something else and he would remake my meal and the dinner excluding the drinks would be free. Then the manager came back again and said "Im sorry but the second order you made we are out of as well please pick something else." We were happy about our meal being paid for but kind of confused why my diet coke and his sprite weren't included but oh well that was the least they could do. We finally got our food it was good, but we were just so frustrated by then it was hard to enjoy the meal. We made the most of it and decided to take our dessert (which was included in the meal) home and enjoy our it together. When we got the bill I noticed it was a little more than what we were told but we just both wanted to get out of there so bad that we paid the $12 something and took our dessert home. That was our romantic Valentines day dinner. Im so tired just thinking of everything that happened. On my way to work this morning I was praying that the Lord would give me a peace about last night, cause I was still a little upset with myself not speaking up and asking why I was paying more than I should have. I decided to call Macaroni Grill this morning to get the number for corporate. I appreciate the manager taking care of our meals that was the least he could do for us, but then we paid more than we were told and it just wasn't sitting well with me. The manager that answered the phone was thankfully the manager from last night, so I didn't have to explain too much more. I did tell him that I wasn't happy paying more than I was told I was supposed to. It wasn't the price I had to pay it was the principal of the situation. He again said how sorry he was and all he could think of was the waiter brought him the check before he added on the dessert. I understood that and actually would have been fine with leaving it at that, but he wasn't happy with everything so he asked me if I could come down there tomorrow so he could give me a bunch of free meals. I told him that wasn't necessary but he insisted. I accepted and told him I would come by tomorrow. When I got off the phone I did feel a peace about the situation not because we got free meals but because he understood what happened last night wasn't right and he wanted to fix it. So again I say "this could only happen to us!!"

Happy Valentines Day!!!

2008-02-14T08:51:00.000-08:00

I wanted to wish everyone a very happy and blessed Valentines Day.

On our way home from Arizona we saw this beautiful rainbow. There are actually two, one right above the other. I got some better pictures of it with my moms camera but i forgot to get them from her. It was a beautiful sight!

2008-02-11T10:27:00.000-08:00

This was a pretty good weekend. I decided to get in the kitchen (no matter who was looking over my shoulder) and make some good food. My husband was pretty excited to say the least. We both miss our apartment so very much!!! I use to cook all the time. He loved coming home on his lunch break and seeing my in the kitchen with my apron on cooking a meal for us. I love love love to cook and thats something I don't want to lose. For those of you who don't know my father-in-law is a control freak and if he hears anyone in the kitchen he is in there on top of you watching your every move. It doesn't sound as bad as it is, but its a very hard thing for me to deal with. Imagine being a wife and cooking your husband a meal (weather its comes out good or bad) and you have your father-in-law over your shoulder telling you what you should and shouldn't do. I love him so much and I do appreciate his input once and a while, but not all the time and I need to learn on my own. My husband and I have very similar taste buds. The Lord definatly made us for each other!! My father-in-law can not understand how we dont like certian things he likes. His personality is a hard one to get use to but Im working on it with the help of the Lord. I decided Im getting in the kitchen and Im making dinner and dessert and if he comes in there Im just going to keep going and be excited to make my hubby dinner. Of course I always include my in-laws when I made dinner and they do the same for us. I made my Aunt Mishel's Italian Beef dip sandwiches, home made macaroni and cheese, baby sweet broccoli, and my cousin Ashleigh's famous (in our house its famous) chocoalte dessert. Im not sure the name of it, but let me tell you it is awesome!

It was a hit! Everyone loved it, especially my husband. He told me later that night how excited he is for us to have our own kitchen and for me not to be scared to cook. He told me that is one of his favorite meals in the whole world. My father-in-law even pulled me aside while I was doing the dishes and told me "that was a great meal kid." That comment and my husbands made my month!!! I can't wait to have my own kitchen and cook us a storm!!!!

He makes my heart smile!

2008-02-06T14:09:00.000-08:00

This weekend we went to Arizona to spend some time with my Grandpa and Great Grandma. It was an interesting weekend to say the least. There were a lot of different emotions that went along with this trip. This March my Grandma will have been in heaven for two years. It was extra hard this trip cause my Grandpa recently got married and this now wasn't a home I was familiar with. Usually we would come running in the house looking for Grandma and Grandpa. Things have changed in a big way since my Grandma has been gone! Things were weird but I was polite and and I was a good grand daughter. We went and visited my Great Grandma and that was hard. She's all alone, only because thats what she wanted but never the less its still sad that she is alone. Please pray for her she has some big choices to make for her life in this next month. So with all the different emotions flying around this little guy always knows just what to do to make me forget about them for a time and just have fun playing with him! I am so in love with him! I am so amazed how the Lord knows just what we need and at the moment we need it the most!!!

A fun day at the park.

2008-02-05T16:00:00.000-08:00

Today I decided that we needed to get out and play! With everything that is going on right now in my life a "park day" just sounded great. Right now as we speak there is a man cutting holes in my bedroom wall and bathroom wall. My beautiful paint job will have to be fixed. After getting a very large gas and water bill my husband and I convinced his parents there must be a leak. So..... after a year of telling them that the kitchen tile isn't suppose to get "HOTT" when you stand on it they agreed and got someone out there to look. What do you know we have a major major problem!!! All the pipes are rotted and there are lots of leaks. All of the pipes have to be come out and new ones have to be put in. We are still praying about weather we are going to buy a house or rent an apartment and "save" for a year. I say "Save" cause it feels like we are always saving but Im not seeing anything come out of that. I know I need to just be patient and see what the Lord has in store for us, but I honestly just want to know now. I know he's working in my life and my husbands in a big way. Please give us extra patience as May gets closer!! Back to the park, Emma and I decided that we were going to go have some fun at the park since today the weather was nice. She had such a blast, now that she's getting a little braver she is climbing a lot more. Today was a fun day!

Getting closer

2008-01-16T15:09:00.000-08:00

May is only four months away. These past few months I have noticed my husband picking up my baby brother more and more. At first I thought it was he was just trying to help out (which he does all the time!) but then I started noticing him just going and picking him up for no reason. We had been teasing him cause my baby brother LOVES sucking on Frank's fingers. I will put mine by his mouth and see if he will go for it and no luck. Its the craziest thing in the world. I know the Lord is preparing him for father hood. It melts my heart to see a baby in his arms. We have been talking a lot more about kids and names and all that goes into being parents and it has been so much fun.

Being a sister is the Best!

2007-12-19T11:52:00.000-08:00

Yesterday my sissy came down for the day. We had so much fun. The trip was mainly to get our Christmas shopping done and I have to say we did a great job! She got all her shopping done except a couple small things. I basicly had all my shopping done. Frank and I are doing stockings this year. I have a couple things for him, but I really want to come up with something really cool. Im hopeing the Lord will bless me with that perfect thought soon! We went to the mall with Emma, had lunch and shopped till we dropped. Literally we dropped when we got home (we missed Emmas afternoon nap) I made a bottle for Emma layed down with her and you know when kids miss their naps and they are so tired they just want to cry and scream? Well thats what happened. She didnt care that I knew what was best for her. After about 10 minutes of off and on crying she passed out. So did La La since she has been working two jobs and one is at the mall and with the christmas season they are working her to the bone. She takes a nap whenever she can get one. Then we came home picked up Frankie and went and got dinner. That was our fun and exciting day! I cant wait to see my faimly this weekend!!

Our dream home!

2007-12-03T12:14:00.000-08:00

For those of you who don't know (all four of you! Hee Hee) we are house hunting. We came up to my moms on Sat. We had a blast went to my cousin Zach's music performance, went out to lunch with the Ferguson and Baker clan. Then Frank, mom, the girls, baby and I went house huntting. We went to go look at a couple different houses in the same community we had already looked at. We liked the two story the best. Then we went back up to Aunt Mishels checked out the new paint and furniture. I have to tell you its lookin beautiful!!!! So we hung out talked about all the different homes we looked at. Then at 10:30pm Frank and I drove back to Garden Grove. The next morning Frank said "babe you wanna go look at more houses?" Without hesitation I said" lets get ready." We got ready and got dash ready (yup we had to take the doggy" and we left for another trip out to the desert. We looked at a lot of different homes. There were two we really like but there was one that we both fell in LOVE with. We didnt tell each other how much we liked it until we were getting ready to go to the next home. I could tell her really liked the house when we were walking through it but it wasnt until we got outside did he really tell me how much he wanted this house! When we walked back to the office he said "maybe you should go get your camera." I knew in that sentence he was in love. For anyone who knows Frank, knows that sentence would never come out of him mouth unless he really meant it! I wont even tell you what I had to promise him just to get our family picrures taken. Here are a little facts about our dream home. Its in Beaumont (which is 20 minutes away from my mom) Its 3,157-3,468 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, living room, family room, kitchen and nook, 2 or 3 car garage. You have the option of turning the extra garage into a room and bathrom. I know it sounds like a lot and it is but its my "dream house" so thats ok. We are looking at a couple other ones but I just thought I would share with you I found my dream house! Please keep us in your prayers over the next 6 months. We will be looking at more homes, Frank will be graduating from his x-ray program looking for a job, I want to start an in home daycare. Lots of things we want to do pray that we stay focused and our eyes on what the Lord has for us.

Please keep us in your prayers!

2007-11-15T12:45:00.000-08:00

We need a lot of prayer right now. There are some things going on right now that I cant give details. I just need to ask for your prayers and support! We know that we all need to trust in the Lord and he will take care of everything, but right now emotions are high. I pray that the Lord will shut doors that need to be shut and open doors that need to be opened and to guard out hearts.

Wicked

2007-11-07T10:27:00.000-08:00

Last night my mom, sister and I went and saw Wicked. It was so so so much fun! The day started with a little drama but as soon as we gave it to God it got a lot better. Its crazy how the enemy works when your going to have a fun and blessed day with your family, but luckily we figured out what was going on and prayed, things got better really fast. I went and saw Wicked with my husband 2 weeks before and had a blast, but last night was a different kind of fun. First of all it was girls night out, and second when you get the three of us together its crazy fun!!!! The show was amazying and afterwards we went out back and got our playbills signed by the cast members and took pictures with them. It is definatly a night I will never forget. Thank you Mom and Laura for such a great birthday present!!!!!

The most amazing thing I have ever seen!

2007-11-02T23:38:00.000-07:00

I was in awe of how the Lord has created our bodies and the amazing miricle of how he brings life into this world. My little cousin Ashleigh had her second son and she made it look so easy. I am so very proud of her for trusting in the Lord and knowing that she could do it with his help. I was so inspired by her faithfulness that I want to have a natural childbirth. I cant tell you how much I love that little guy. I catch myself looking down at him and then I cant take my eyes off him.

I just want to praise the Lord for his perfect timing. Thank you for closing all the doors that needed to be closed. You knew exactly what we needed and when we needed it!

Welcome baby Merritt!

Im so excited!

2007-10-28T10:42:00.001-07:00

Last night i decided that i was going to start cooking more. Let me tell you why I don't, cause I want to! Frank's dad is a bit of a control freak and when he hears someone in the kitchen he has to go see what's going on. Then when he see's someone in there cooking he has to throw in his opinion. Which wouldn't be so bad but if you don't do what he says he gets upset or mad, kinda like what he says doesn't matter.
So lately I haven't been cooking cause I just don't need anymore drama in my life. Yesterday I just thought you know what I'm going to start cooking and thats that! I love it and I love cooking for my husband. I had so much fun cooking with my cousin Ashleigh and very good friend Bethany. I told Frank what I was thinking and he got so excited. I made the Enchilada's that we made that day. They turned out great!!!!! I made a dish of beef and a dish of chicken. Can you believe it Franks dad said he really liked it! We were all blown away. He wont tell you its good if he doesn't like it. What I mean by that is some people would say it was good even if it wasn't just to be nice cause the person went to so much trouble. Not his dad he will tell you what you could do to make it better, he had nothing to say. So dinner was a success!I'm so motivated to cook more! Thank you to Tammy for all your wonderful recipes!!! Thank you mom for my Longaberger apron its going to get a lot of use now!

I love my family!

2007-10-15T15:44:00.000-07:00

This weekend was a fun one! Our dear friend Bethany did a photo shoot at the beach with us. Boy oh boy did we have a good time! Frank even had a good time. He felt better when he saw lots of other family's doing the same thing we were doing. It was such a blessing to be all together!!! I thank the Lord everyday for the wonderful family he gave to me!

For some reason I cant post the picture of my family that I wanted to so heres another! Its a good one too!

Christmas cards for the Troops!

2007-10-12T10:01:00.001-07:00

This night was a success!!! We were able to make 310 Christmas cards. We all had so much fun hanging out and fellowshipping!!! The Lord is good and provided everything we needed. Everyone had such a good time that we are going to continue to make cards throughout the year! We have already started to make birthday cards and anniversary cards. After Christmas we will start on Valentine cards.If you would like to know more information on getting involved or to make a donation please email me at tissyno@yahoo.com. Thank you so much for all your love and support!!!
Love,
Tiffany

Christmas Cards for the Troops!

2007-09-18T10:12:00.000-07:00

Im so excited tonight is almost here! Tonight my mom, sisters, and friends are coming over for a night of card making. My goal is to make 500 Christmas cards. We are making the cards for the men and women in Iraq to send back to their families during the holidays. We will contiune to make cards for all occasions throughout the year. Im really excited to be apart of this project! For me this is so close to my heart I have two friends in Iraq right now fighting for our country! My cousins husband is going to be in Iraq next year. I love him so much and pray for his saftey every morining and every night! I have already started making him cards to send to his family when he is in Iraq. I think it is so special to give or recive a homemade card. If you would like to know more about this prodject please let me know. Thank you for all your love and support!!!

It's been a long time!

2007-04-21T09:52:00.000-07:00

I hadn't realized how long it has been since I have written anything. I have been crazy busy with life. My husband and I after a lot of prayer have decided that at the end of May he will quit Von's. It seems easy enough but when you really look deep into the situation its not as easy as it sounds. The Lord is really working on both of us to trust him completely. Right now he is only working 24 hours just enough hours to keep our benefits. He is also going to school full time and working at a hospital 2 days a week. He has no days off and its starting to show. In May he will be interning full time at the hospital for a whole year. Since it is an intern program they do not get paid for there work the program does give them a $300.00 stipin a month. He considered working at Von's Sat. and Sun. but that was never anything I agreed with. I now understand where he was coming from. He has never not had a job where he was being paid and he has been at Von's now for almost 10 years. He knows his job pretty well. Now he is going into a much more intense field a lot more demanding but at the same time way more rewarding in my eyes. The Lord has blessed him with a huge heart. I really believe that he (after his nerves settle down) will be a great example for the Lord. He has a gift to make people feel comfortable in times of stress and pain. I have always known it but I think he is now seeing it a little. When I had my spinal tap if that x-ray tech wasn't there to hold my hand and talk me through the procedure I probably would have knocked out the doctor who was sticking a very large needle into my spin telling me "don't worry its almost over." The hard part for him is that he has a wife and puppy to take care of and without his regular income that just wasn't OK to him. At the beginning of this semester he put me in charge of our finances. I wanted to show him that we would be OK. So I put together a presentation (it was like being in high school again) of monthly bills and stuff we could cut back on and so on. It was about a month later he came to me and we talked and he got a big smile on his face and said if I quit Von's I could go to family functions and we could do things together. I think he finally realized my point I was trying to make all along. Sat. and Sun. off for a whole year. Some people think I have made up a imaginary husband because they never get to see him. Everyone says "wheres frank?" and I always say "hes at work." We are very excited to see what the Lord has in store for us in the next year. We both know it wont be easy but with the Lord on our side we know we can get through it!

Happy Birthday La La

2007-03-05T20:21:00.000-08:00

Happy 22nd birthday La La!!!!!!!!!!!
La La turned the big 22 years! Man do
I feel like I'm getting old!!!! My baby sister
is 22 man oh man. We took Lal out to Ruby's
for her birthday lunch. We had so much fun!

Cousin's are so much fun!!!
Ash I loved hanging out with you all week!!
We are just a couple of goof balls!

Mmmmmm Aunt Mishel that looks so good!
I still can smell how good our food was.
I'm craving a shake wanna have one with me?

The two baby boy cousin's stuffing there faces! It really amazes me how much food
two teenage boys can eat!

I didn't know pirates liked princess's.

We are a family!

2007-02-18T10:13:00.000-08:00

Since I was at my moms on Valentines day this year we decided to celebrate the day of LOVE on Friday. I was so excited as Dash and I were driving home. I hadn't seen Frank for a little over a week and I had butterfly's in my tummy. I felt like i did when we were dating. So we had kinda talked about what we were going to do that day. Go out to lunch see a movie hand out and talk. When Dash and I got home we were greeted by my love and he helped me unpack the car, we put everything in the room on the bed. I like to unpack and get everything all situated but Frank said we had no time for that. When I turned around to put something on my dresser there were a dozen pink roses a box of candy(i am not going to eat that!) and a basket of lots of wonderful things! So I got my things together and started to walk out the door. Frank said aren't you missing something, I thought to myself for a second "nope" I said. Frank said "what about Dash." Now this day I was ready to spend with Frank but he had other plans I got all happy and said "what are we doing?" Frank said "you will see get dash and lets go." So we got in the car all 3 of us and proceeded on. I figured out we were going to Irvine park (that's our favorite park) we hadn't taken dash there yet. When we got out I took Dash for a short walk and Frank had a picnic all ready to go for the 3 of us. It was the best Valentines Day yet! We ate and talked about our week. Then we took dash over to the little lake and walked around it. We had so much fun!!! I think Frank is starting to think like a Daddy more. I love it I love it I love it!!!

Change is good!

2007-02-17T18:02:00.000-08:00

I haven't had bangs since I was about 10. I hadn't even really been thinking about cutting my hair. When I got to my moms house I just thought I would call the place where she gets her hair done to see if I could get a trim. When I got there I told the hair stylist I want it to be a little darker than my natural color and I think I want bangs. She told me she thought I would look so cute. So I went for it. She colored it cut 2 inches off the back and then went for the bangs I got sick to my stomach as she was cutting because to me this was a big step. Well she showed me how to style it and all the different ways I could wear my hair. When I got home my mom and sister loved it! When my husband saw it he had a lot of nice things to say!!!! So this change is good get ride of the old and start something new that's how I look at it.

Two Cutties!

2007-02-02T12:36:00.000-08:00

I was getting ready to print out all the pictures I am going to use for Dashes scrapbook and came across these two pictures! This picture was taken at Thanksgiving. They both had so much fun playing together. It was funny because I was so worried about Dash hurting or playing too ruff with my little Troy man. Ash was worried that Troy would be too ruff with Dash. These two guys are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!

Busy Busy Busy!

2007-02-02T12:30:00.000-08:00

I haven't been on in soooooooo long! This are very busy!! Please pray for me I will find out what is going on next week with my Vertigo. Things were getting better and then I got a sinus infection. It almost took me back to the beginning. I now have a scar on my sinus cavity. I see my specialist on the 8Th and I will find out if I can be released back to work. Another thing I need prayer for. My boss has offered me a directorship and its really exciting cause that's what i went to school for. I just want to do what is best for my relationship with the Lord and whats best for my family. Thank you for all the support and prayers. I found out that my heart is great! My doctor said my echo gram and my ultra sound of my Cardin was beautiful. So he cant pin point why I passed out again. I am starting to feel a lot better!

More Christmas pictures!

2006-12-31T15:21:00.000-08:00

So I guess for those of you who don't know I have Vertigo. That's why" My world is spinning!" You would think Disney Land probably wouldn't have been the best place for me to go for Christmas, but that's where you are wrong. My husband Frank thought if he could just get me on the Tower of Terror this whole Vertigo thing would magically go away. That was the only ride I didn't go on, cause sorry but that logic is not working for me at all! So I did go on some rides got sick and dizzy and dizzy and sick, but these pictures your about to see well..... they speak for themselves. The first few are nice and we are all having fun and then something goes terrible wrong.

First let me explain for those of you who don't know at California Adventure they have a Ferris wheel. On this ride every other box moves. So there are ones that stay still and ones that don't. I love roller coasters and fast rides this Vertigo thing is really getting in the way! So I thought I soooo can handle this it will move about but not so much that I'm going to get sick or fell bad. So we all decided to go in a moving box. The guys went together and the girls went together too bad we didn't give the boys a camera because I have a feeling that there would be similar pictures to show you of the boys! In fact I can guarantee it because I heard my husband scream like a little girl. I have no room to talk (just remember I have Vertigo so that's a valid excuse) because here's what happened.
No you are not mistaken those are real tears. I had no idea that ride was going to bring me to tears. I lost it big time. There was only one point of the ride (we went around twice) I broke down and was screaming let me out. My mom, Aunt Mishel and sister were trying to talk me through the ride but it didn't work. That was the worst feeling ever!!! My mom put her feet up and closed her eyes it made it worse for me when I shut my eyes. I thought I was going to die. Not from the ride breaking and plunging our box into the water below us (that's what Frank was freaking out about) it was simply my body felt as if it was just going to shut down from too much movement and I couldn't control it. It took a while to feel like normal again (for me normal isn't even normal) but after I sat down for a while with my husbands arms wrapped around me things were going to be alright.