Happy Mother's day to my adopted Mom

Mom Norva,
I just wanted to take some time and tell you what you mean to me! I love you and I am so very grateful to God He gave me you to step in and be my mother! He couldn't have chosen a better woman to take the place of my Mom after she passed away! You are very special to me in a way no one else can be! Father God sure knew what he was doing in putting us together, didn't He! We even met the year my Mom passed away, 2 months later and you and my Mom would be just 6 months apart in age. You waited 14 years for me to get my act together, and I am still getting it together! The Lord has done an extreme makeover on me inside and out and I will NEVER be the same again! I don't ever want to go back to the way I was before the retreat last October! You are a very loving, warm, caring, compassionate, ….and yes very patient Mom and for that I am extremely grateful!! Thanks for adopting me! Love ya!

Love your Daughter forever! Jacque

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

Please keep my friend Debbie's 22 yr old daughter in law in prayer! She had several mini strokes and 1 major massive stroke on Monday morning and is in the critical care unit of the hospital. They are not sure of anything at this point, not sure if she has any brain damage! She has given the thumbs up, wiggled her right toe and squeezed her husbands hand! God is the great healer and physician, through Him all things are possible! Thanks and God bless everyone!!

You can follow her progress at www.caringbridge.org/visit/katieschrum

A NEED TO VENT

I just have to take this time to vent on some subjects that are really bothering me!! This world is just a sad state of affairs we live in today!! We, as a whole DON'T VALUE life, young or old, born or unborn!! We don't value the sanctity of marriage and family!! We don't value leadership and positions of authority!! We SURELY DO NOT value our Father God or the Lord Jesus Christ, let alone the church as a whole!! All this world seems to care about is ME ... ME ... ME ...ME ...ME!! I AM TIRED OF LISTENING TO ALL THE FOUL MOUTHED PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO USE SWEAR WORDS EVERY OTHER WORD!! I know it is out of lack of respect for themselves or anyone else!! BUT the "F" or the "B" bombs are just completely INAPPROPRIATE and UNNECESSARY and need to be ELIMINATED from EVERYONE'S vocabulary!! I work as a Customer Service Representative, the one you call when you are having trouble with your services. IT IS NEVER APPROPRIATE to call us names, swear at us, scream at us, or say foul things to us because you are in a bad mood, having a bad day, or having problems with your services!! That DOES NOT make us want to help you!! It makes us want to ignore your request or problem and hang up on you!! I believe the old saying goes, you get more from using honey than vinegar!! If you are respectful to us and don't yell or call us names, you get get a lot more accomplished!! If you can refrain and wouldn't say it to your mother or your Pastor, DON'T SAY IT TO ME, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!!! I will give you the basic respect you deserve till you abuse it or me, then I am done with you!! THIS GOES DOUBLE & TRIPLE FOR ALL THOSE OUT THERE THAT CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS AND CLAIM THE LORD JESUS IS THEIR SAVIOR!! WATCH YOU MOUTHS!!

* Stepping down from my soap box now, thank you for listening! *

Casting Crowns Concert

This is me and my oldest sister Debbie right before we left for the concert in her dining room, her son Dan took the pic.
This is Caleb Chapman, he and his brother were the opening act at the concert. They are Stephen Curtis Chapman's sons. He spoke on the death of his sister Maria ... so moving and how they are coming out to be blessed!!
This is Kutless, they were the 2nd opening act



The rest are of Casting Crowns singing group.









People being blessed by the concert! The entire concert was so anointed and I am so blessed to have won tickets!!


Me and Deb at the concert, intermission.

I WON TICKETS

Sorry I have not posted anything recently!! My sister keeps telling me I need to update you all!! Since I started my new job at the beginning of November, I have just been so busy with work that I am just to tired when I get home to do much else! My only 3 days off are filled with catching everything up! I work Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, 4 ... 10 hour days! I am spent on those days when I get home and on Thursday all afternoon I go to my ladies prayer group (I hate missing this). So I only have only Thurs morning and Saturday to get things caught up, of which I am doing laundry as I type this! ;-) And Sunday of course is for church and my church bowling league!!
So what has been going on lately ..... hummmmm let me think!! OH YEAH!!! I won a pair of tickets to go to the Casting Crowns "Until the whole world hears" concert this Saturday!! So this Saturday I will be getting ready and going to downtown PGH for my very 1st EVER concert!!! I am soooo excited!! I can't wait!! I have been trying to post the Casting Crowns "Until the whole world hears" video from YouTube, but for some reason it says it is posting it, but it does not post??? I will TRY to remember to post how it went next weekend!! (No promises, I may forget) Talk to you all later! I pray you all have a great God blessed day and weekend to come!!

A verse for the day

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom & knowledge of the Holy One is understanding! Proverbs 9:10 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you, if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer! Proverb 9:12

Christmas 2009

These deer practically came right up to the window!
This is my sister Debbie and her husband scott's 96 yr old grandmother.
Goofie nephews Aaron and Andrew....can't say anything else!
My nephew Dan.

Dan being Dan! Enough said!

Katie and her son Andrew blowing up a whisling balloon.



Santa Andrew


Me!

My sister Debbie trying to fix a transformer.

That would be Andrew's head Dan is trying to rip off!