Well!

Okay, since I'm lazy and don't want to type up my own version of my blood test results, and what all is wrong with me.....I'm going to copy my moms! :) Clever, aren't I!

"Man, I'm glad I took Cara to the doctor. Turns out she has Mono and a staph infection in her throat/tonsils! She is on good antibiotics for the infection and just needs rest, rest, rest for the Mono. I would have sworn she didn't have mono....Oh well, Now we know that she doesn't "just have allergies", which we have been saying all along, just couldn't convince anyone to look into things more. I guess her sinus infection is better in a way, but she still has alot of "gunk" in her sinuses. Whatever that means. So anyway, under doctors orders she can sleep in as long as she wants, and can only do light duty with school work and chores, which has her all bummed out (not really). And no sparring at karate (which really does bum her out), since apparently when you have mono, your spleen is enlarged and you can't get hit hard. Actually she probably should take a few weeks off karate completely, I'm sure. Where she got mono, I have no idea. I know it wasn't from kissing boys. :-)So other than running Cara around to doctors and CT scans, etc., I've been packing up (and cooking up) for 9 people to go camping for a week. I'm sooooo tired. One more load of last minute laundry and I can head to bed. To the Redwoods we go....."

Okay, so, we're back from the Redwoods, now. Duh! If we weren't, I wouldn't be posting on my blog, because I wouldn't have Internet......oh skip it! Anyways, it was a glorious vacation. So what if it rained a bit toward the end......it ROCKED! And now we're home; sigh! Oh, well. Of course, my stupid enlarged spleen and my stupid Mono hindered me a little bit----I couldn't ripstick...er...sit on the rip-stick and go down a hill whilst sitting on it-----but it was still fun! We went to the River one afternoon. The next afternoon, we visited Scotia. We went to Ferndale one day. And we went to see Up in 3D the last day, because it was overcast and rainy and we couldn't go to the River. That was cool too! I'll post pictures later when I'm less tired and feel better. (btw, the best part of camping, besides family time----it's the FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Definitely!

It's been one of those weeks....

where you just have sit tight and hang on for the ride. It started out fine. Sunday was a pretty good day, despite the fact that I was a bit sick, and Joe and Jack were sick also. Jack, Joe, and Dad stayed home from church, because of that, but I was singing with a group at church, so I went. But it was good---I remembered the words to my solo part, and didn't screw the song up! (that's a good sign!) But the car had problems that day too, and had to go to the shop, so that put damper on the day. And of course, I got more sick as the week progressed, and it of course went into my sinuses...and throat. And since I've never felt all the way better for about two months, Tuesday I went to the Doctor; not just any Dr. though! This was one of the best Doctors there are in the world. Dr. Fayran rocks! He's a Christian, is very, very thorough, and didn't tell me it was just allergies! The other Dr. I've been going to is......well, not so much! Anyways, I got more drugs now, and today I'm got a CT-Scan and some blood work done. Needless to say, it's been rather busy around here lately! We leave to go camping in Humboldt tomorrow, so that adds a bit more of a rush and bustle round abouts here. 'Cause we're busy, busy, shockingly busy, you've no idea what we have to do'.....come on! Please, tell me you've heard the veggie tales song?! sigh! If you haven't....you fail! That song is awesomely good! Wait? Is 'awesomely' a word? Oh, well spell checker says it is, so I guess it is! Good!

It's really not been that bad of a week though, despite the fact that I still don't feel completely well, and I missed Karate class last night. We did get to watch 'Night at the Museum' which was funny! And tonight, which happens to be pizza night, Coletty might come over!
(It's tradition! She comes over usually when she's in town, back from college.) :) YAYS!

By the way, did you know that you can dye your hair with Kool aid? Yup! You can also dye your hair with food coloring. And you can make lip gloss with Kool aid! Though personally, I might just eat the lip gloss, in that case! Did you know that Garlic is very, very, very, good for you in so many different ways? It's true!

OH, and I got to see kittens today!!!!! YAY! Of course, they were free kittens, so I can't get it, because a free kitten would actually be more expensive then one from the shelter. The shelter kittens already have their kitten shots and are either spayed or nutered, whereas the free ones don't and thus cost more. SIGH! Oh well.

YAY, WE LEAVE TOMORROW TO GO CAMPING!!!!!!!!! YAY, YAY, YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Long rambling post about nothing............

Warning: this post is a rambling random post about random things, that often do not make sense. It was written by a tired insane person.

Well, my past two weeks have been....interesting! Interesting in a good way, too, which is always nice! A week ago from last Friday, I attended a California Baptist choir, called 'New Song', with *Jane*'s family. They were, of course, amazing, and I enjoyed the concert immensely! They sang one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, called, 'Lord, I run to you'. It has now become one of my favorite songs!!!!!! I also auditioned after the concert, though that didn't go as well as I had hoped. I did have an anxiety attack before auditioning, because I was so terrified and nervous (not really). After that, we went over to Baskin Robins and had ice cream! I love that family! :)

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Last Saturday, I attended another CBU concert, though this time it was the university choir and orchestra, in which my awesome friend, Colette, plays the violin in! It was a really good concert too! There was a guy in the choir who had the most awesomest, amazingest, incredible voice ever!!!!!! His voice was SO good!!!!!!! This was his last year at CBU and in the choir too, which was sad. Anyways, it was an awesome concert, and I got to see Colettey, which was cool!

I have really been considering going to CBU after I graduate high school. But in truth, I can not afford four years at such an expensive University, and it would be unpractical, since I want to become a Nurse. There are plenty of Nursing programs a lot closer and cheaper around here and though I would love to get my nursing degree through a Christian school, I ain't rich and I have no intention of getting in debt just to attend a school. I was really happy when I saw on their site that they had an LVN program.....until I e-mailed them for more info on it, and I got a reply back that said they didn't have one. Gee, thanks! sigh. Oh, well.

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I have been very tired lately and don't really understand why. The Dr. calls it allergies, so whatever. Maybe that's what it is, who knows. All I know, is I am willing to give my 'allergies' to anyone who would like them. Any takers? Didn't think so. Along with my exhaustion, I have been weak and shaky feeling, spacey, and just haven't felt quiet right; which is really, really, really annoying! I also haven't been as hungry as I usually am lately, which is a horrid thing! :)

But, I'll live, I reckon.

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There has been a lot of lawn watering lately. I will turn the hose on and Becca and Jacko Bean will run around on the lawn while I squirt them. They have a blast, especially Jacko. He loves the water, that kid. I bet he'll be excited when the pool near us opens!

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AWANA has it's last night this Wednesday. In a way, I'm kinda glad. In another way, I'm sad. I will miss it, but it's always nice to have a break. At least Karate isn't coming to an end. That would be a very sad day! We now have four black belts, which makes it a bit harder, as you now have eight eyes watching you, and making sure you do it right. But I love it!

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Now that I sound like a dysfunctional, mentally handicapped wacko, I guess I've run out of random things to type up. So, I'll shut up now. :)

Lord, I run to You, no one else will do!

Lord, You said we'd face trouble, pain, and fears,

but to be of good cheer, be of good cheer,

For You have over come, over come the world!

I lift my eyes up to the mountains,

where does my help come from, it comes from You Lord!

You are the maker, of earth and heaven,

and there is nothing that's to hard for You!

So Lord, I run to You!

Not Me! Monday....

I'd use the Not Me! Monday icon thingy, but I don't want to link my blog to My Charming Kids' blog in order to do that. So I am unofficially participating in 'Not Me Monday!'. :)

I most certainly did NOT blog a Mothers Day post today and then did NOT mark the date on it as having written it yesterday, on Mothers Day! Because that is just so lame and cheesy and not cool! I definitely did NOT do that!

:)

Open Letter To My Mom

Dear Mom,

Happy Mothers Day!!!!!!!!
Thank you for always putting up with me, for loving me unconditionally, and for showing it everyday! Thank you for giving me tough love, and for spanking my snotty little butt when I needed correction! Thank you for being a Godly example for me! Thank you for choosing to stay home and be with me and the other kids and choosing to home-school us! Thank you for teaching me discernment and discretion, and teaching me how important it is to use both of them! Thank you for planting and installing good morals and wisdom in me/us. Thank you for all the sacrifices you have made for me, all the things you have done for me! Thank you for teaching me about God and Jesus Christ, and raising me in a God fearing home! Thank you for teaching me to follow Christ in everything and to live for Him! Thank you for teaching me to work hard and be diligent, even though I do not always apply what you've taught me! Thank you for showing me what a strong woman of the Lord is! Thank you for being you! Thank you for teaching me to value life, liberty, and justice!

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Many women aspire to be successful in many things; many women aspire to be like certain people; My desire is to be like you! To be a women of God like you is what I aspire to be!
I love you, Mom! YOU ROCK!

The True Power of Women!

If I cook great dishes, make them into literal works of art as I work them up in a commercial kitchen, and serve them to people I’ve never met, or will ever meet again, I am called a chef, an artist!

But, if I cook those same dishes for the ones I love most and I nourish my family in the realm of my fathers home, it is said that I am wasting my talent.

If I go to school for years, become a CPA, and manage books for other people that I have absolutely no ties with; I’m a career woman, I’m independent, I am a woman of the twenty first century!!!!

But if I, after years of studying, keep my dad’s books, I am then wasting MY life, all that training down the drain!

If I take care of a other people’s children, I become their nanny, I am then a childcare professional, I am valuable and important!!!
But, if I take care of and nurture children GOD gives me, then I am old-fashion. I am repressed by a sexist society of dominate males! I am told I am WASTING MY LIFE!

If I care for rooms, homes or offices that belongs to strangers; I’m a housekeeper, a cleaning professional.

But, if I remove dust bunnies out of my own home and make it clean and orderly for my family; It is thought that I am a house wife and am wasting my life with coupons and soap operas! (who has time for soap operas???)

What is the difference between the examples above? Why is nanny-hood OK, but motherhood frowned upon? Why is professional respected and domestic criticized? Why is going through a secular college an assumed event in every high school graduate’s life, but simply learning at home and continuing education in many mediums highly disregarded?

The answer is clear. Karl Marx saw it plain and simple. Feminism. If we as a culture can get Mom out of the home, make her feel that she has to bring in a paycheck or other wise she is useless, then we can easily destroy the family. When you destroy the family, you will then destroy the local church. If the churches are destroyed what is stopping the destruction of communities and countries?

Everything… EVERYTHING has a foundation. The foundation for society is family.
God gave us this order for governing:

Self-Government

Mother & Father

Church Elders

Government Officials ( Police\Judges etc..)

GOD HIMSELF

In the end we end up answering to God. This is the pecking order so-to-speak, plainly laid out before us. If we can destroy this order by neglecting self-government (personal responsibility), remove parental authority, reject church authority, believe ourselves above the civil law, then God help us as we place ourselves in the hand of an angry God. If you think God is not serious about His principles and precepts, I suggest you read what happen to the Israelites.

To sum it up, we as women cannot listen to the ridiculous lies of the Feminist society. Period. Our culture KNOWS the power of a strong, Biblical woman. The problem is, I don’t think we as Christian women realize the power we possess!!!

The power we possess is not a corporate power, not a power in the sense that we are as physically strong as men, but it is a deep power that determines the culture of tomorrow. The power Moses’ Mom knew she possessed. By raising that baby, she helped lead Israel out of slavery into the PROMISED LAND!! The power of Moms, who for centuries have rocked the cradles of the men WHO CHANGED THE WORLD!!!

The feminist idea of power has taken that true power away from us and we MUST get it back. No one else can do what God has designed us as women to do.

Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants,And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;Psalm 144:12

By Olivia Brodock, posted on the blog,

'Prairie Muffin'

Not Their Fault

I don't get it; what have kids ever done to make this world hate, dislike, and detest them? What have babies and children done to be so disliked and unwanted? To answer my own question.....absolutely nothing! It's the truth. Today's kids, yesteryear's kids...they haven't done anything at all to deserve such treatment, and such hard feelings. Yes, today's generation of children, is, to say the least, shocking. Their disrespectful manner to everyone and everything, their violent behavior which is so common now-a-days, their down-right, out-right rebellion toward everyone and everything is offensive and disgusting! But, can we really blame the children? Is it really their fault? I think not. Yes, they have to answer to their actions, but...
"If you suffer your people to be ill-educated and their manners corrupted from infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded, sire, but that you first make thieves and then punish them?""
(Thomas Moore)

Now, I'm not saying that children shouldn't be punished and corrected for their wrong behavior, not at all. Don't get me wrong; I believe in punishing, correcting, disciplining, and spanking children when they misbehave and commit improper, and unjust deeds. But....when parents refuse to punish their children, and teach them what is acceptable behavior and unacceptable behavior; when parents refuse to make their children listen to them and behave; when parents refuse to take their responsibility of raising their children correctly; when parents refuse to keep their teenagers in check and make them behave, and not get away with things just because they're older, or because they(the parents) don't want to get in a fight with their teenagers, how can you expect the children to act any different, when their parents won't educate them on wrong and right, and what they can and can not get away with?! If parents won't correct their children's manners, behavior, and actions, then how can they expect their children to behave properly, when they haven't been taught to; when they have been allowed to get away with everything under the sun without real punishment? If you don't give them boundaries, what makes you think that they will stay within boundaries? All they need is to be raised properly, to be given boundaries, to know, by experience, that they will be punished if they over-step those boundaries, that they will not get away with bad behavior; to be made to obey their parents or be punished, to be taught what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior. And to be taught, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting!

I'm a bit behind, but oh, well. Last Thursday, Cameron, one of the guys that goes to Karate, who is also my one Sensei's son, and my other Sensei's brother, was promoted to Black belt! So the dojo decided to throw him a little surprise promotion party, like they had when his brother, Sensei Mike, was promoted. I was still sick then, and a bit unsure if I had a cold, or another sinus infection, and not 100% sure that I wasn't contagious, but I sure wasn't going to miss a black belt promotion! Not me! And of course, the fact that I was pretty darn sure that there would be pizza and cake and ice cream made me even more determined. :) So, ignoring the fact that I was sniffling and snorting, and coughing, I attended Karate---without my Gi on. I wasn't going to miss Cameron's promotion, but I wasn't going to do Karate, and work out while feeling like crud, either. Anyways, he is now a black belt, and now must be addressed as Sensei. You kick butt, and rock and all that Jazz, Sensei Cameron!!!! I was right about the food, by the way. It would have been very enjoyable, even despite that fact that I wasn't hungry, but still was eating it, if I hadn't suddenly gotten horrific heartburn! That was one thing I hadn't planned on. Of course, the awful pain didn't stop me from eating a piece of pizza, and shoving a half a piece of cake in my face, along with some ice cream----all while moaning in pain, and ready to die! Yeah, I'm.....cool?.....like that! Okay, I'm stupid like that! But that's what makes me like myself so much; I'm such a dork!

I was thinking that I should really ask Sensei to give me my black belt party when I get my purple belt; because I have no intention of getting my black belt, or getting a higher belt then purple. I have no desire to get pummeled by five other people. I may be stupid and crazy enough to stuff food into my face when I have heartburn, attend things when I'm sick, and drink pickle juice, but I am not crazy and stupid enough to do that to myself! Besides, I am not as intense as Black Belt's are. I'm sorry, I do not get that into Karate! I am a dorky ditz, who does Karate for her amusement, her self-defense, and because her brothers are doing it, and she doesn't want them to get ahead of her in something. End of story!

Well, I'm babbling again, so its obviously time to end this post. But before I go, tell me I'm cute, adorable, and beautiful. Come on, come on, say it........say it.........

Ahem! I did not ask you to tell me I was a dorky goober, who is apparently brain dead!

You fail!