The Sparrow....

In retrospect to my last blog....I guess you need to scrape the bottom to appreciate the blessings when they come! I've always been grateful for everything that comes my way, but sometimes I guess we lose sight of what we should look at, when we feel we've been looking there for so long! I was getting the down in the dumps attitude, although one may say rightfully so; I KNOW I need to keep my eyes up and not looking around! My God states clearly, "Do I not feed the sparrows..." With this being said my Lord has provided and kept me afloat as promised! Now to keep my head clear and keep my eyes, mind, thoughts, and PRAISES going up to the 1 ALMIGHTY!!!! THANK YOU LORD for ALL you do for me and my family!!!!!!!!!

did u know....

I'm drowning!!! My life is slowly...actually rather quickly going under and there seems to be NOTHING!!! I can do about!!!!! I recently returned the work field and it doesnt seem to be helping in one lil bit!!! Everything just keeps hitting and hitting and before I can even gasp for my next breathe...BAM... I'm hit again!!!!! How can I be married and be the ONLY one who cares that our lives are going under...HOW am I the ONLY one who is even fighting to keep us a float?????? I really want to crawl in a hole somewhere and not emerge for a very LONG time! what good will it do??? nothing will change!

giveaway

I am super excited that I won and new cupcake scensty burner and 2 scents

through this great giveaway, can't wait to smell my yummy new scents!!!

Thanks Katie and Amber at Good Night Moon for having the great giveaway!!!!!

a lil distracted...

I know I don't keep up on here as much as the rest, and prob don't blog about things that bring you interest...

So here's a lil update....

I am loving life, I already had 3 of the greatest boys around and was recently blessed with the most adorable, absolutely most beautiful baby girl!!!! I now have 4 of the greatest kids alive!!!! ;-D
I'm just a lil bit tired and we're all doing quite a bit of adjusting, but life is good!!! I am truly blessed!!!

interesting info......US hot spots

earthquake hot spots in the US......

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/10/five-us-earthqu/

Food for thought........

wow..they stated that the earthquake that struck Chile actually moved the city 10 feet to the west.... also they state that it shifted the earth's axis. That change alters the rate at which the planet rotates, and rotation determines a day’s length. Which has now shortened our days by 1.26 microseconds. Although this is a minor change in the day's length in regards to us, other natural disasters can also cause this same shift. In 2004 the tsunami, cause a shortening in days by 6.8 microseconds. 

With all the natural disasters that seem to be becoming more frequent and stronger, what should we be worrying about and preparing for? Will this begin to affect our everyday lives? How much before we see a significant difference in our days?

Should we be worried????........

There seems to be more and more earthquakes or are we just becoming more aware?? or maybe they are getting stronger to make us more aware??? The latest ones beginning this week 3/8/10....

• M 4.8, Tonga
• M 4.8, Potosi, Bolivia
• M 5.0, Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
• M 4.9, eastern Turkey
• M 4.8, offshore Valparaiso, Chile
• M 4.5, Kuril Islands
• M 4.8, eastern Turkey
• M 6.0, Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands

why do we seem to be immuned to regions who get them regularly, are they not still affected??

AROMAS, Calif. (AP) -- Four small earthquakes struck Central and Southern California early Saturday, but there are no reports of damage or injuries.

The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude-4.1 quake hit the Ridgecrest area of Kern County shortly before 1:15 p.m. The same area had a 3.2-magnitude quake at 3 this morning.

Two earthquakes also struck the Salinas Valley along the Central Coast.

A magnitude-3.2 quake hit just before 5 Saturday morning and a second quake of the same magnitude followed two minutes later.

The quakes were centered near the town of Aromas and about 35 miles from San Jose.

A 3.0-magnitude quake struck the same area at about 10:30 Friday night.

The latest tumblor came after an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off California's northern coast about 133 miles west of Eureka Thursday.

Also, why is it that Chile's earthquake was larger than Haiti's; the US stated that they would send help there as well, but yet we STILL only hear about what we can do to help Haiti??? Just curious, I know people from both places and feel that they both should receive help requested, but why do we only hear of one???

Earthquakes reported this year 2010......

Magnitude 7.0 HAITI REGION January 12, 2010
Magnitude 5.9 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA February 04, 2010
Magnitude 6.9 CHINA-RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA BORDER REGION February 18, 2010
Magnitude 7.0 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN February 26, 2010
Magnitude 8.8 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE February 27, 2010
Magnitude 6.6 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE March 05, 2010
Magnitude 6.5 SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA March 05, 2010
Magnitude 5.9 EASTERN TURKEY March 08, 2010


You can visit this link and it will show you of the many earthquakes untold in USA, in the past week; in Utah,Oklahoma, and many in Alaska.........

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/N_America_eqs.php

How many of these are you aware of??????

DID YOU KNOW.........for our east coast residents...

If a massive collapse of Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands (off the coast of Africa) would cause a tsunami to radiate all the way across the Atlantic Ocean to the East Coast. We would have only 9 hours to evacuate a possibly 80 ft tall wave!!!!

Cumbre Vieja, the most active volcano in the Canary Islands, lurches as a violent earthquake wracks its upper slopes. A third of the mountain breaks away and plunges into the Atlantic Ocean, pushing up a dome of water nearly 3000 ft. high. They don't yet know it, but tens of millions of Americans from Key West, Fla., to South Lubec, Maine, have just 9 hours to escape with their lives.

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The tsunami's probable trajectory within 5 hours of the collapse of Cumbre Vieja.

The collapse of Cumbre Vieja unleashes a train of enormous waves traveling at jetliner speed. The first slam into nearby islands, then the African mainland. By the time they reach the East Coast of North America, the waves are up to 80 ft. high, and in low-lying areas, sweep several miles inland.

DID YOU KNOW......Also, for the ones along the Mississippi River and vicinity.....
While all eyes are fixed on California as the site of the next “Big One,” damage from a quake along the New Madrid Fault--which runs for 150 miles between Marked Tree, Ark., and Cairo, Ill.--may be greater. The hot, shattered crust beneath California absorbs seismic energy quickly and focuses it at an epicenter, says Gary Patterson, a geologist at the University of Memphis. But, he says, “the relatively hard, cold slab of rock beneath the central U.S. allows that energy to travel great distances.” A quake's impact zone is at least 10 times larger on the New Madrid Fault (Mississippi River) than on the San Andreas (California), and its shock waves reverberate longer.
The New Madrid Fault has produced the strongest earthquakes in the contiguous states: three tremors near magnitude 8.0 that struck from December 1811 to February 1812. Odds of a quake of that scale are small: 7 to 10 percent in the next 50 years. But factor in unprepared citizens and infrastructure and even a 6.0 earthquake, which has a 25 to 40 percent chance of occurring, would be a disaster.


So, are any of us actually prepared for what may or may not happen in our regions, in our life time??? Why aren't we being at least warned??   

Jessica Lowe's Giveaway........

The lovely Jessica Lowe is having a real great giveaway from Sasha's Inspirations on her blog at http://thelowefamilynews.blogspot.com/ .....but don't go bc I really want to win this!!! lol ;)

Venting

Seriously what is wrong with people???? My kids and I was in Wal-Mart today. While at the self check out, an item rang up wrong, so the front lady was calling to check on that for us..well while we stood there waiting for a response from this lady, the lady behind me in line decided she wanted to start pressing buttons on the register, knowing we was not done checking out...me and my oldest son turned around and gave her that look, of "what the hell are you doing?" She goes, "oh I just wanted to see what that would do"...Seriously you're standing in the same line, you wanna see what something does when you press it, do it while you check your own damn self out!!!!

ok I vented........

It has been a while since my last post. I've just been trying to figure out how people in this world think.........
I don't understand how people purposely hurt others for selfish reasons. or
How they can do things in the name of religion or evil.
Today I read about a Texas woman whom killed her 3 week old child, even went as far as to eat some of its brain and toes...all because the devil told her to? Really I don't get it!
What is this world coming to? I know it's not the first weird unthinkable thing....but it seems there's just sooooooo much of this crap going on anymore!

Ok I thought I was going to write a bit...but seriously this type of inhumane behavior just leaves me speechless and sick to the stomach.

so till another day..................

Good Days!

Today was a good day!!! It was a friend of mine 2 little girls birthdays. So we headed out to Topsail Island, with 10 kids, and only 3 adults.......chaos?....not really, quite enjoyable!! They ranged from the ages of 14 to 3 and there was 6 boys and 4 girls. Then we went back to her place and cooked out and the boys had water balloon fights and finished celebrating the girls birthdays! Which meant by the end of the party we had an additional 5 kids. Then I came home to sell my kids bedroom set, just in time for their new ones to be delivered!! YEAH!!!!
Also yesterday my great nephew was born, so adorable!!! So now I have a great niece and nephew! They are going to have their hands full! Many prayers sent to them!!! ;)
Lots of smiles for the day!!! ;););)

Great day!

Today was a good day!! I got sooooo much accomplished! I just had this calm, relaxed, serene, great day!!! I went none stop from 7am to 10pm, I'm sore and sleepy but still feeling great! hehe I love when you can accomplish everything on a to do list, and then some and not feel rushed or anxious throughout it all...........

GEEZ!

It has been one of those days ,weeks, months.....hopefully not year! It just seems there is constantly something, no time for a break; just one that's going haywire right after another!

I hope it begins to look up REAL soon! I can't take much more!

Gotta love em.....

it's been a while since my last blog...so I thought I'd bring you this cute lil something my 5 year old did this morning.
He's eating breakfast, french toast, and while he's eating he decides to read the back of a pop tart box. To his surprise....they have SUGAR!! lol He goes "mom look at all this sugar in these things, that's why I get crazy", then after reading the rest of the chart, proceeds to say..... "umm mom these things have sugar AND fat in them..you can't buy these anymore they're not good for us!" How crazy is that?!?!!?!??
My kids, although they love love love their sugary snacks like the rest.....are constantly telling me what's good for them and what's not and REALLY DO PREFER real fruits over the sugar goods and chips....
Gotta love em! and I do!! hehe

ok so here we are at IHOP last night..the beginning started out just as the rest of my week. We was seated then a couple was seated and then a family of 6 was seated. Well, I look up and happen to notice a waitress was at the party of six (which is 4 kids, all probably under the age of 6, and 2 adults) taking their order, so I was staying calm and nice, thinking ok she just didn't notice us due to our seating, she'll turn around to leave their table and come to ours. NOPE! She proceeds to the other table seated after us, the couple, which I then realize they already have their drinks. SO at this time I'm getting frustrated, my day had been crap..btw NEVER, NEVER go to Meineke. SO the host comes to seat more people, and I get his attention asking where our waitress is and why is it people seated after us have already been waited on and have their drinks. SO FINALLY, we have a waitress. She takes our order, don't worry I was polite! Our food finally comes...we all ordered some sort of breakfast with the exception of the youngest. Thank goodness he only had chicken and apples. My oldest was trying to be a greedy and was offering trades of food, bc he just wanted everyone elses food. Well, to a five year old he doesn't hear trade he hears, oh you're going to share your food with me..lol So when he didn't agree to the terms of the trade, the oldest proceeds to eat ALL is own food..the nerve of him..lol Well, the five year old noticed, and begins to get upset bc he wanted his toast..mind you he had already been not feeling well. SO when what he wanted was getting eaten, he began to cry! food in mouth and all....so guess what happened...he began to choke..I'm trying to calm him down, then you hear that LOUD underlying deep inside burp that comes right before it all comes up....So, yes, we're are in the middle of a restaurant, that already is looking at us bc he's throwing a tantrum for his brothers piece of toast, and here it all comes...I grab the basket his food came in, hold it to his mouth, he throws up his chicken, clean his face and we all proceed to finish our meals. Is that a STRONG stomach or what..lol
Well that was the ending to my crazy day yesterday! Also, my stomach isn't that strong in all situations, there are some that'll take me out and have me puking right along with ya!
Hope everyone's week/days went better than mine!!
Have a great weekend!

what do you think it is that causes the world to open up and say "you, I am spitting on you today!" ? I seriously feel like that is what happened to me this week..... each day I wake up thinking this day has to be a better day, and somehow it seems to top the day before! It gets worse and worse... nothing goes as planned, stupid people seem to be taking over the world, and dealing with ignorance beyond my imagination! I seriously can not make it through another week like this!


God's hands...is all I can say and think!

ughh!

I need a vacation, but they don't stay out of trouble long enough for me to even finalize plans!!
Should I just go, because hey, maybe we all just need to get away...or should I suffer the punishment of making them behave long enough to get the privilege?????

I don't care what anyone says, putting the kids on punishment, aka grounding, is more of punishing me than them!! Why does it work that way??

Living in the south and on the coast we definitely have our share of scares with hurricanes...but here's something most people don't think about....
Did you know..
New York City is actually ranked in the top 3 cities for most vulnerable to hurricanes. Of course New Orleans and Miami taking the top 2. Well, a long time ago, before our grandparents times... New York could maybe average a hurricane about every 7 years. The last big hurricane to hit New York, was in 1938, a category 3. This storm hit Long Island and ran straight north to Rhode Island and all the way into Canada. It's known as the worst recorded hurricane in New England. The storm was so devastating even for back then, people was drowning in the streets, damage beyond any one's imagination.

Could you imagine if one was to hit these day?!!?
All the streets as rivers as the tall buildings seeming like dams harboring the storm surge, all the glass busting out of the sky scrapers, and heaven forbid anyone was in the subways..........

this is for sure a scary thought...seeing how a hurricane hasn't hit since 1938, do you think they'd be prepared?

To see more in depth stories and simulated pics and what the possibility of this happening is..
tune into It Could Happen Tomorrow..on the weather channel!

Just don't understand.........

I really don't understand some people...actually most people for that matter...

Why do people really want to teach their kids to be vindictive or even to hold a grudge...especially at the ripe young age of 6?????
Ok to elaborate on this story....There's this little girl that lives in my court and she rides the bus with my kids and is in my youngest sons class. Well the other day, as they ran home from the bus stop my middle son some how tripped her as they ran. So she fell, and was understandably upset that her knees got dirty from the fall. (this girl plays as rough as the boys on any given day and usually out runs them in any race.) So of course an apology was in order, made and all was done, everyone seemed to have moved past the whole incident.
The following morning at the bus stop, which I always walk my kids in the mornings....this little girl, comes to the bus stop in tears. I had and still have no clue of why she came to the bus stop completely in tears.
Well she comes straight up to me, so I ask her if she was ok, she says no and begins to bury her face in my jacket while crying at the bus stop. I stood there consoling her, asking if she had just gotten in trouble while getting ready for school, if she wanted to talk about what was wrong ...all her answers was no. So after a few minutes, her mother begins to drive out the court on her way to work. Her mom stops and asks why she is crying, and she yells in this loud burst that she was tired. Then her mom looks at me, then each of my boys, and says "her pride is hurt from the fall yesterday"; completely out of no where. Then this little girl, turns her back to me and the boys. Her mom then leaves and I look at the girl, and say are you really still mad about that...she says yes. The bus comes and I give my boys hugs, and she turns to me, then gives me a hug before she gets on the bus....My son said once they got to school she was talking to him as if nothing happened.
So can anyone explain to me, that while I'm the one consoling this womans child, for what ever reason, as this woman rushes off to work, is she trying to cause a rift..when their obviously is none, where me and my family was concerned????
Also, this girl is usually at my home within 15 minutes of getting off the bus everyday, wanting to play with the boys, and has not shown up at the house nor the bus stop since this day???

What is this about?
Should I had just sat there and watched this 6 year old child cry until the bus came?
Maybe they're embarrassed at what they think the girl may have revealed to me? (I did notice that while she was on her way out of her house that her grandmother seemed to be having some intense words at her....) but I never mentioned this, if she wanted to talk about it, she could have, but that wasn't my business....right?

I don't know I just don't understand...............

Chaos!

I always thought the older my kids got, the easier things would get. Boy was I wrong!!! I can't seem to take them anywhere any more. If you know me, we go and go and go...so it's not like they're stuck in the house 24/7 and only get let out for special occasions. Is there ever a time that things get easier???

On a lighter note..It's Snowing!!!

I love to see it coming down, but lately can't wait for its' quick retreats either..lol
Hopefully we get a nice snow day tomorrow to relax; whatever that may be..lol, referring to my 1st paragraph....