Frustrations of Blogging Red-neck Woman
I hate that somedays I want more.....
the double wide is not enough.

I hate that I don't drink more....
I still remember today.

I hate that I know that this is not all there is.....
here is not my home it is my hotel until eternity.

Jet Set To Vancouver

We arrive home from our lil' visit to BC Children's Hospital for Mack and he is fine. We will return in January to recheck the growht of the bump/lump that is mainly cartilage. His wonderful Dr. Alverez is very confident that what he has is of no concern. He had a CT scan this am to assure us all. Praise the Lord for the blessing of healthy bumps!

A Meme for Book Lovers

Okay I've been tagged by the orgjunkie and I have not a clue as to what the heck meme is or tagging so I will wing it, here it goes.....

1. One book that changed your life: the Bible. I am saved by the living word of God daily. Brought back to grace, lifted out of self and restored, renew and refreshed by the living water that flows from the pages.

2. One book that you've read more than once: the Narnia series. I refuse to see the movie because I do not want to ruin the books for me.

3. One book you'd want on a desert island: Definitely my Bible! AMEN Sista!

4. One book that made you laugh: I cannot remember...I know that I laugh a lot I am just not sure that I read funny books other than childrens books. THis picture makes me laugh, not only because I CANNOT figure out how to turn it but also be cause my 3 year thinks she can read like her BIG brothers do!

5. One book that made you cry: You Are Special, by Max Lucado. A childs book I know but we are all God's children and the message it to all young and old.

6. One book that you wish had been written:the Oprah story, maybe an autobiography

7. One book you wish had never been written:A Million Little Piece! Memoirs or not it was bad!

8. One book you are currently reading:Pratical Sex Tips for the Christian Husband. The hubby is reading it too. We don't talk about it much..lol

9. One book you've been meaning to read: Sheet Music. It is on the same subject as the previous book. It is also written by a christian author.

Either kids books or sex books that is an interesting fact that I had not seen before. I wonder what that means......I should ask my therapist when I get one. I am not sure how the tagging works so I will refrain until next time.
END NOTE: I love the smell of a new book too! Laura you are not alone!

We are back from our summer of adventure... and summer is already 1/2 over YIKES!

In June we were in my home stompin' grounds, Fort St John, for 2 weeks. We being my 3 children and I, my gal pal and sister in Christ, Kim and her 2 kids, plus my sisters 2 girls that we picked up along the way, from Prince George. You know that you are in the true north when entering town there is a sign saying

-Sporting Goods! - Hunting, Fishing and Camping Supplies!-

with a big picture of a mule deer with a Boon and Crockett rack! Being from the north I come by the red-neck girl thing' honestly. The trip is 13 hours in total, 7 hours east to Prince and 5 hours north to Taylor, which is about10 min. out of FSJ. We swam in all sort of water, 2 pools, 2 rivers, 1 lake and a water fight buckets. We were fortunate to have great weather and wonderful hospitality. We ripped it up in the Goodlow area! Tore up the buffalo fields -quite literally we drove through a friends herd of buffalo..... it was pretty awe inspiring to feel so small. The raw desire to own land, have a garden and maybe a buffalo or two..... (okay that might be too far), but it did get me thinking about what I want and who I am in God's eyes and my desire to honor what he has designed me to be.
Back to the trip: My Mama took a break and decided on coming home to Kitimat with us...... we stayed a couple of days in Prince George, with my sister, Jan.
Jan and Jack are both amazing people, there is none better... they both are so great! Both work full time and have a home with 5 acres, a rent-a-dog and cat that is perpetually pregnant and 7, sometimes 8, sometimes 9 kids.... she used to have 3 kids & he used to have 4... now they have 7 in total.... they have it down to an art.... plus they are host to a sympathy squatter, who has been there since x-mas! His 2 children come for visits on weekends... but that story I will save for another day. Needless to say when we roll to town with our extra mouths to feed and heads to lay down there is a house full but they are gracious and good hearted.

So my mom was here for 2 weeks, one of which we went out to Kemano. Kemano is a 2 hour boat ride down the channel from Kitimat where Rick works at the power house. We were home from Kemano for ONE night and then off onto the start of our family vacation. Dropped my ma off in Prince George at my Grandma and headed straight through to Quesnel. I do not want to talk about that, I will just say cheep motel on the highway and a 5am wake up call... the up side is that we arrived in Vernon to Harry's place at a great time. His real name is Elroy, but we call him Harry for short. Harry calls Rick Harry also so it gets kind of weird from there.
Friday we went to the Resort at white lake which is between Salmon Arm and Sorrento. A nice quite little place that is until we showed up! 27 of us in 5 cabins and one camper. It was wonderful. 42 degrees! An ice machine, plenty of beer and soda, great food, and family what more could a person ask for. There were turtles in and ducks the lake and so the little ones loved that! Most all of the day was spent basking in the sun in the comfort of the floating toys. Good times! We spent until Monday at the resort and then it was off to Trail for the remainder of the 2 ½ weeks.
In trail we just hung out and at and lounged. I should say that the kid and I hung out and lounged, Rick did a ton of work around his ma's home as well as at the neighbors yard. He is such a good hearted man. We had no schedule and no plans. It was great. I was able to hit the best sales at the thrift and consignment stores...... I love a fabulous bargain.
On route home we stopped in at Sicamous to visit a couple of my uncles. Jake who lives in Sicamous works as a dock builder/designer. Check out www.envirofloat.com to see some amazing work that he has done. The other uncle is Ali, and he and his family were up the lake at the shack for the week. (shack... huge georgous log home!) So my amazing cousin Ashley, Ali's oldest daughter, took us up there by boat the next day. What a life! He has a beauty of a new Malibu boat that made me look cool and 21 again! No one was actually looking' at me with Isabelle and Ash in the boat anyways!

Home from the SUNNY SIDE of BC......Aren't holidays the greatest!!
Will update this thing soon. My awe and honor to those who blog regularily.

Never Argue with a Woman

One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing
and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake,
the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book.
Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, "Good morning, Ma'am. What are you doing?"
"Reading a book," she replies, (thinking, "Isn't that obvious?")
"You're in a Restricted Fishing Area," he informs her.
"I'm sorry, officer, but I'm not fishing. I'm reading."
"Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could
start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up."
"If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault,"
says the woman.
"But I haven't even touched you," says the game warden.
"That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you
could start at any moment."
"Have a nice day ma'am," and he left.



MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads. It's likely she can also think.

Proverbs: "Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who trust the Lord will be  happy" (Proverbs 16:20).  Seems to be coming across loud and clear.......
Wrapped up in GOD is my srength, security, and satisfaction..... Wrapped up in GOD is all I need for life and godliness.....Wrapped up in GOD I'm a happy camper!

Three men were sitting together bragging about how they had given their new wives "duties".

Terry had married a woman from America.

And bragged that he had told his wife she was going to do all the dishes and house cleaning that needed done at their house. He said that it took a couple days but on the third day he came home to a clean house and the dishes were all washed and put away.

Jimmie had married a woman from Australia.

He bragged that he had given his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes, and the cooking. He told them that the first day he didn't see any results, but the next day it was better. By the third day his house was clean, the dishes were done, and he had a huge dinner on the table.

Jeff, the third man, had married a Canadian girl.

He boasted that he told her that her duties were to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed and hot meals on the table for every meal. He said the first day he didn't see anything, the second day he didn't see anything, but by the third day most of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his left eye - enough to fix himself a bite to eat, load the dishwasher, and call a landscaper!

Just a passing fad.....

I am amazed at the fact that so many of us parents encourage, endorse and support the fads of today. Weather it be webkinz, peek-a-poohs, brand name wheeled shoes, or organized rec. programs....

I know that being brought up a generation ago we were poor and I knew it. Okay we were poorer than that, wrong side of the tracks, tailer trash..you get the picture. So today, I want to give my children everything;
I struggle to let them earn IT
I detest the wining tactic they use to speed up the process to obtaine IT
I hate when they do not appreciate IT
drives me crazy two days later forget-neglect-loose or break IT
& to top it all off they ask for the next IT! .... I am the maker of my own crazy cycle and I must like the ride or I would have got off by know! Then I am brought back to the cabbage patch kid craze of my youth.... Oh the days! I remember that my parent were somewhat accomidating .... to a reasonable extent, "if it don't take the beer money than okay, she can have it." lol! I was loved!

Still figuring things out.....

I thought by year 8 I would have a handle on things in the married life department, but whoaaa, I do not!... Rick is still a huge mystery to me..... God love him ... Point of the story is
~DON'T START SMOKIN' , IT WILL KILL YOU....OR YOUR WIFE WILL!!!!!!!~

Twice in one day you would think that I have nothing better to be doing....

Big daddy comes home from Kemano tomorrow. That means that I have a whole house to clean, plus I have to get gussied up so he know that I have missed him.......which is true, I have missed him... some of the time. It is the hardest thing as well as the easiest thing having Rick home for a week and then gone for a week. The best of both worlds.

Coffee'd with Kim this am (surprise)and we both started a blog, again thanxs to sista love. I am quite surprised at how stupid proof some of this stuff is. atta-boy computer people. I figure if I can figure my way around this anyone can. I am wanting to get the pics to go with it next so with mothers day just around the corner, HINT! HINT! Rick that is your cue... digital camera....go buy my own I know. While at coffee with Kim & sista Love we were talking about independance vs interdependance. And how we refuse to ask for help in order to maintain the apperace of strength or image. I am right in there not asking for help, doing it all by myself, so that I am maintaining the apperance that all is "fine"! I need help....

wow!!!!! I am bloggin' ! Thank goodness for sista Love or I would be stuck in the dark ages. I am movin' on up into the fast lane with this whole bloggin' thing.

Where to start.....A funny Rick story.....lol....
Only my hubby would witness a moose suicide.....Yes, a moose suicide!....Yesterday out in Kemano he was coming around a bend in the road and startled a bull moose! Surprised, the moose turned for a quick getaway....it ran right off the edge of the bridge..... that just happened to be over a set of mountain waterfalls.....That is where the moose plunged to its untimely death. So now how do I ask "How was your day dear?" anything after yesterdayjust sounds ordinary.
Only in Morettiville!