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Wow long time no post, huh?

Wow it's been a long time, hasn't it? Let's see what's been going on, Jr is 8 now,growing up way too fast. He only has to visit Duke Eye Center once a year now, they say his vision in his left eye is as good as it gets. Basically his brain doesn't think that eye is there, that's the way I understand it, so there's no surgery or anything that can be done. Unless his brain wakes up or retrains itself...............

Did I mention baby girl started K? She's loving it and I have to say I love her teacher. Jr has the same teacher as last year and I really like her, she's great with him and I'm soooo very proud of him. He's improved so much this year. Having the extra help has been a true blessing for him.

Let me think, we've been to the beach a few times, I love it there. The business is doing really really well. I'm so proud of DH and all his hard work.

I'll try to post more in a day or two.Maybe some pictures or just a good update. Meanwhile I hope everyone has had a great few months.

hugs,

WendyK

Intertwined Sweepstakes

A Pig Pickin'?

First my son says "moma when will they start the pig pickin'?" This while everyone is eating.He still doesn't get why it's called that but since neither he nor I eat the pig well I won't say so much.

July 4th.....

We went to Atlantic Beach for our July 4th. It was a great time. We visit Fort Macon, watched fireworks, went fishing(at least the men did). We had a great time, just getting away relaxing and enjoying time with each other.

The kids had a ball at Fort Macon(we got our exericise walking it!) The flag on the right was waving at us at Fort Macon and it was HIGH. The kids loved it.

The image on the right is one of the kids posing.LOL They loved it all. We visited many of the rooms and they want to go back with a flashlight to explore the areas that we couldn't see well.
The image on the left is fuzzy but is one of the rooms and the kids loved them. If you've never been I highly recommend it to all. It's a fascinating place to see. We plan to go back on the next weekend trip to AB.

I'm so proud and hopeful....

Let me say this post is probably going to get me in trouble. So just know that's not my intention. My purpose for this post is to show my cousin just how very much I love him and how proud I am of him.

I have a cousin, okay so I have lots of them, but 6 of them(5males, 1female) have always been more like my brothers and sister than my cousins. One of them, well he's had issues. He will admit freely he's a recovering addict. He's had a hard road and life has thrown him some curveballs he wasn't prepared for and missed. Well today he's left our hometown and he's making his way to the other side of the state. He's a Cherokee Indian and has plans to start a new life on the reservation. I've been trying for years to get him to leave the area of our hometown. Don't get me wrong, I think our hometown is great in ways. It's a cute town, some of the people are awesome, I miss parts of it. But my hometown has it issues, and drugs are a major part of those issues. That's not to say everyone does them, it's to say that once you are part of that world the only way out is to leave the area for good. My hometown likes to pretend it's "forgiving" but I know from experience it's not. Once you've made a name for yourself it's not going anywhere, even if you change and prove it, the people will NEVER forget it. They will forever wait for you to fail again.

When I left 13yrs ago, at first I was really sad, I missed my few friends I'd managed to keep, I missed my family, I just missed the town, the area. But I soon grew to love my new hometown and I honestly could not imagine ever returning to the area I grew up in and being happy. I love the small town I live in, I love the people here.

So for years I've tried to tell my cousin to leave. It's hard but I truly believe once he's out of that area and the influence of his "friends" there and away from the family that he'll see what I mean.

He made the decision to leave and he's left. I'm so proud of him for making the move. It's hard. I know this. My mom knows this. I'm not sure about the rest of the family, how they feel about it. Personally I think it's the best thing he's done in years and that now he can start to live a life he was meant to live. I'm so proud of him and hopeful for his future. He's such a great man, he's funny, he's sweet, he's smart, he's good looking, and soo much more. He's got the world at his feet. I have complete faith in him.

He's starting a new life and I hope the old one will let him go. You know that old saying "Today is the first day of the rest of your life" well that's him, that's this time of his life.

I'm proud of him.

Okay I'm going now.
hugs,
WendyK

Wow, life changes

Well first let me say I'm sooo proud of my baby boy. While he is now labeled with "LD" in school, it's such a great thing for him. He's improving and getting the extra attention he needs to get where he should be in school. That's what I want, him getting help. He's excited about it too. I tell him often it means he's extra special, so he needs extra special attention!

Also he's now riding a bike without training wheels.

Isnt' he doing great? Yes I know he's not wearing a helmet, it's because he was allowed that once. Now he can't until his helmet comes in. We ordered it from the Bike shop in Atlantic Beach, he got to pick the color and was thrilled with it.LOL

We also got us, me and DH new bikes. I never imagined paying that much for a bike. But I have to say I'm thrilled to own an Electra Townie, in red.

You can't see it well in this shot but she's pretty. I'll be getting a few accessories as money allows. DH got an Electra as well but his is different than mine.LOL Both however look retro to us. Mine puts me in mind of the 1950s style of bikes. We are looking forward to riding around Atlantic Beach and just enjoying time together and away at the same time. We plan to read at home as well and will be getting the kids bikes for the beach as well, so they can ride on the road where the beach house is.

We had a field trip on May 1st and we had a blast. Me and moma and Baby Girl went with baby boy. We went to the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl park in Scotland Neck. There are some great pictures I'll have to post at a later date. Life has been busy and full. I still wish my mom would move closer to us, but I can keep suggesting and sooner or later I'll get them closer.

Work is going great. DH is really doing outstanding. It's truly a blessing and joy. He likes what he does, I like the freedom owning our own business has given us. It's hard(er) work than working a 9-5 job or working for someone else but at the same time it's OUR business, so all the hard work we, meaning namely him, puts into it is for US. Not for someone else. All the profits are ours. Which is great. I certainly know I couldn't own my own business without him. He's the one who gets up and goes to work and I just happen to help when I can and how I can. I should do more and I plan to.

Life has been good. God has blessed us and for it we are thankful. We still haven't found a Church mostly because we don't believe there is one that would work for us and with us going to the beach about every weekend it's hard. I'm thinking of looking for one at the beach, actually. I would love to find a small town old fashioned church. So we'll see.

I hope life has been good for you all and that you will remember that every small step to God gets you just as close to him as each big leap of faith. Sometimes it's the small steps that have the lasting effects.

hugs to you all,

WendyK

Busy, Busy, Busy....

Wow life's been busy!!! We recently got us a place at the beach and I love it. We've already been there a couple of times. And plan to go more often. It's close to my parents place which is great. We don't have internet at the beachplace but there is a McD's close by with it and my parents have it there. I'm soo excited. I hope everyone has a great Easter Weekend and week.

hugs,
WendyK

New Family member

We have a new family member:

Jake.

Isn't he cute?

hugs,

WendyK

Book buying and other things...

Well, I've posted to all my blogs now.LOL I wanted to let my readers know that I've posted a question/discussion topic on my blogs at www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com and www.tarheelreads.blogspot.com about book buying and how it affects the industry and authors and such. I'd love it if you'd go take a look and post a comment.

Now for us, well things are going well. DH is working steady and so far we've been bringing in more than he was making working a "job". It's still a scary thing but we are fairing well. We are excited about it at any rate. And making a few changes to shopping habits I feel has helped. They were changes we needed to make anyway, so not at all bad.

The kids are growing likes weeds. Baby girl's birthday is March 9th and I think we are going to try for a cookout here at the house. We got the kids a play/swingset the weekend. It was a monster to take down and now we've got to get it put back together, but we were waiting for a bit warmer weather and time.LOL

OKay I'm running again. Hope everyone is having a great day.
hugs,
WendyK

Snowy Birthday...

Well Monday was my birthday, and it snowed Monday night. I'm going to post a few pics.

Elvis Aaron Presley...

This is one of my all time favorite images of Elvis.

Elvis Presley was born today in 1935. And for those who don't know I'm a HUGE Elvis fan. His movies were on all day today and while I wasn't at home, my fatherinlaw and daugther watched them. I got to see a couple tonight. But I still wished him a Happy Birthday.

This is another of my favorite images.

I hope everyone had a great day. By own birthday is coming up in a little over a week.

hugs to you all,

WendyK

Resolutions for the New Year...

I got this from a friend and wanted to share it:


Priorities For The New Year

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about 2" diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them in to the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. The students laughed. He asked his students again if the jar was full? They agreed that yes, it was.
The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognize that this is your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your spouse, your health, your children - anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed.
The pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on a smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job, your house, your car.
The sand is everything else. The small stuff. If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first, there is no room for the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, material things, you will never have room for the things that are truly most important.
Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.” Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter.
What a thought for the New Year. You can make all types of resolutions but if you don’t have your priorities in the right place it won’t matter. This year, should you decide to make resolutions, I would encourage you to make them in line with your priorities.


So make those resolutions but make sure you make the ones that will mean the most to you and your loved ones. Sometimes life can be too much and we need to take a moment to reevaluate just what is important in our lives. I did this at the end of 2008 and it's why I gave up my position as the Christian Fiction Coordinator and a reviewer at www.theromancereadersconnection.com. I have my blogs, www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com and www.tarheelreads.blogspot.com and this one. I'll be able to set my own deadlines, and if at times I need to put reading aside because my son needs the extra help with school, or I have my own writing to do, or our business needs attention then I can do it and not feel guilty for missing a deadline. I miss reviewing with the wonderful ladies at TRRC, but I've also found the stress relief soooo much better. It's such a pleasure now to read, whereas before it was becoming a chore. I read/review/discuss/invite authors to My Book Addiction blog from the secular section of reading, and I'll read/review/discuss/invite authors to my Tarheel Reads blog from the Christian Fiction section of the reading world. I'm hoping 2009 will find me in a much better place than 2008 did.

We lost both my motherinlaw and my DH's father's mother, both within a month of each other. We then lost my Great uncle passed away. It's been a strange, long, emotionally challenging year, 2008 was. I won't say 2009 can't be worse because it can. But thank the good Lord so far it's being good to us. My DH is now working for himself, he recently got an offer to occasionally work with a guy he's worked with for over 20yrs. That will help to off-set any losses we might have felt from now working a "job". We had figured up how many inspections he'd need to do in a week/month's time to make what he made at his "job" and so far he's worked more than that. He's much more relaxed, and we are both excited about it. This makes the kids more relaxed and excited. I'm scared but it's that good kinda scared you get. I really feel the Lord was leading us to this. My DH has wanted to be his own boss for years.

I'm thinking I might need to print off this post to remind myself often that the "small stuff" is just that it's small. There is NOTHING too big for God to handle and by letting it go, I'm allowing him to care for me as He longs to do.

I hope you all will find your own resolutions to be as enlightening and life changing.

hugs,
WendyK