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All right, all right, I know I should have posted sooner, but really, I have been busy lately! We did have a wonderful visit with my sister's family and we still can't wait until they finally move out here whenever that will be. Samuel told me that they needed to move to Texas to get a new house because their house in MS is old. He also said that he wanted to live close by so that he could come over to play. I thought that was cute. It really was hard doing school while they were here. Samuel kept begging me to come play with him every time I came out of the room I was doing my schooling in. When I finally did get to play with them, they wore me out. On Friday morning I was suffering from what my sister called the niece and nephews syndrome. I had this awful headache and an aching back and an historical moment happened that night! I actually asked my Dad to adjust me! I never voluntarily ask for an adjustment, but, hey, when you're desperate you'll ask for something to relieve the pain.
But, alas! Me poor brother Jesse is very ill and has been since yesterday morning. The poor boy wasn't able to hardly keep anything down and he can hardly speak because his throat hurts so bad. Mom took him to the doctor this afternoon and it was determined that he has strep. I really feel sorry for him because I know what it feels like to be so miserable. I got really sick with strep at my sister's house last March, and it was terrrible! I don't know what it is, but it seems almost uncanny how about every time we stay at her house we seem to get sick. Course, later Julie found that in the room where I was staying that there was a lot of black mold in the carpet. So, they have since taken up the carpet.
Well, part of my reason for not posting in so long is that I've been studying to retake the ACT in about two weeks. My math teacher and I have been going over some algebra to refresh my memory. I was supposed to go today for another tutoring session, but Jesse was too sick for Mom to leave him to take me which was okay with me because we were able to work out another time this week.
Church went great yesterday! I really enjoyed Brother Tom's sermon. He is at the moment preaching through the book John and we are studying Isaiah at our Bible studies. It really is an interesting study! I made peanut butter-chip cookies to take to church and they went over well. Oh! And dear Sister Ruth brought her mouthwatering fried okra! Oh, it was heavenly, and she also told me to take home any leftover okra. Mmmmmmmm....
Well, dear reader, I'm sorry if I've bored you, but hopefully you were able to find something at least partway interesting in this post. :) God bless!

Whew! I feel burnt out!!!!

Dear Blog reader, I really must apologize for not writing on here in so long. Things have been so busy as of late! Usually if I did have some free time I'd want to relax on the couch and watch Hogan's Heroes. Oh, did I tell you? Mom and Dad ordered me the complete first season of Hogan's Heroes! It is so funny! I hope to get the second season at some point.
Well, school has been going okay. I'm having a semester exam in French tomorrow. French is fun to learn, but not so fun to take tests over. Ah, c'est la vie! I also have an exam in l'histoire americain(American History). Along with all that I have to go to math class and if I have any extra time I really need to go dress up and go out applying for jobs. Oh, well, that's life.
Justin came this weekend for a visit! James and Julie are also up here visiting. At this moment they're at the Taylors' house so it's rather quiet around here. Getting back to Justin, it was great to see him and talk to him. Though, talking to him about the Memphis meeting made me wish even more that I could have gone. Maybe next year...... :) Anyway, it was great to see the Taylor childring. I was out on the lawn on Saturday playing light sabers with the nephews. Benjamin claimed that he was Dart Vefer(as he pronounces it) and I thing Samuel said he was Luke. I wonder who I was? Laya? I think they said I was Patty cake (Padme). :D They sure like Star Wars that's for sure. Ah, the joys of aunthood! There's nothing like being the center of admiration in a small child's life, course, with that comes the responsibility of setting a good example. Well, talk to you soon!!!

La la sol la sol la sol la la mi fa sol la sol la....

I believe that was the alto syllable line from Eternal Day at the beginning. It kind of came to my head so I was just typing what I could remember from singing it. Well, while my mind is on Sacred Harp, I thought I might tell you a little bit about the Sacred Harp singing we went to at the Episcopaleon church last night. It sounded really good even though it was very slow. What they need is someone from the Southeast to come show them how it's supposed to be really sung. Course, they're learning. I actually did get up and lead one with Kathy. It was one called Shawmut. The song talks about repenting and presenting an humble contrite heart before God. What was interesting was that the last time we had gone there Mom, Jesse, and Joe(Taylor) were visiting with one of the ladies from that church after the singing when they usually offer refreshments. The lady up and said that she knew that some people thought the ACLU was an awful organization and later said that she was a member of the ACLU board of Lubbock. Mom said that she and Jesse and Joe all looked at her rather stunned but didn't say anything. It is kind of interesting that someone claiming to be a Christian would be a member of an anti-Christian organization. Oh, well, ta ta for now!

Hmmm....whose the girl?

Hey! I don't know the picture of the girl looks vaguely familiar. It seems like I know her really well. Ah, well... The cloud picture is of a storm that actually produced a tornado farther north from us this past summer. It really is beautiful in the sunset! You should see some of the other pictures I've taken of storm clouds in the sunset. It's become my hobby to take pictures of sunsets and storm clouds. Course, I haven't seen a storm cloud in about three months. We have fire bans all over Texas because it's so dry. There have been several grass fires around here.
You know, it's kind of interesting how things work. I'm talking of the feminine mind. You guys are probably looking at the computer with a weird look. It seems like all guys say they'd love to understand women. Well, there was a guy that was being interviewed on Focus on the Family that just seemed to have quite an understanding, it was almost a little scary. He was talking about how little girls are asking their daddys if they think they're lovely. They may not be asking it audibly, but they're asking it. It's funny because that's what I used to wonder when I was little, was I lovely? was I pretty? When I was about twelve, I came into my parents room dressed for church in a new dress that my sister had given me. It was green and floral and I thought it made me look more grown up. My Dad walked into the room and looked at me sitting in a rocking chair waiting for Mom to see if I did my hair right and he said, "Stacey, you look pretty." That put me on cloud nine! Course, you guys probably think this a weird topic for a blog, but it was important to me. Oh, well enough sentiment I have to go! Talk to you soon and God bless!

Some more pictures!

Well, this will have to be quick because I've only got a few more minutes left on here! I took a picture of all the different sections of our singing and the top is the bass section. The next couple are from our visit to the cyclorama. The man in the framed picture is General Hood whom we're related to. The next picture is Dad asleep while holding David and then there's a close-up of cutie David himself! Well, I'll see about more pictures later maybe, but I've got to run! Thanks for reading my blog!!! God bless!!

A Confrontation with the Ground

Well, I must tell you that my confrontation with the ground didn't go so well, and I think it won. Jesse and I enjoy riding bikes around town as a form of exercise, and we have our favorite streets we like to ride on, especially ones with strange curves or that are rather bumpy. Yesterday we were riding along on a dirt road, well, part of it's paved but the majority is dirt between perpindicular streets. Jesse and I had avoided another such dirt road in the past because we had been chased by the two big dogs, so we'd never had much trouble on this street besides a couple of overgrown rats or otherwise known as chahuahuas. Well, as we were cruising along we all the sudden heard this growling and barking running behind us, so we started going as fast as we could when this other dog that looked like a minature Doberman Pincher started chasing me. It was chasing me in such a way that I was edging toward the other side of the road so I thought that if I jumped the curb maybe it would leave me alone. Let's just say that I jumped the curb but my bike didn't exactly make it. It's kind of funny because as soon as I hit the ground the dogs ran off much to my relief. I had to kind of sit there for a while because I had knocked my breath out. Then as I was starting to stand up this Mexican/Oriental looking guy came up and made sure that I was all right. Then he said, "They're nice dogs and won't bite, they just don't like bikes." Course, I was thinking "Well, how was I supposed to know." I was polite and said I was okay even though I had this humongous scrap across my elbow and up my arm plus some other bruises. Ah well, I'm okay even though I was walking around the house last night having my arm in such a way that I looked like C3PO. :D It kind of brought back memories to all those scrapes I used to get falling on the sidewalk rollerblading or falling off my bike or playing some weird game with Justin way back when.
Well, everything else is going okay, I'm just trying to get back into the routine of school. I was not ready to start back again. :( Math class also started back today, and everything went okay. It was interesting seeing one of the guys who hadn't been at class in a while. He had had some kind of surgery on his sinuses and his tonsils removed, and he said that after his surgery on his sinuses that everything tastes different because he can actually breathe out of his nose. I found that rather interesting.
Well, I guess I ought to go, kitties are getting rather hungry. God bless!!!