welcome laney to blogspot

good morning!

woke up this morning bright & early at 6:50AM. whew! stayed up, showered, had some breakfast made by my sweet husband & off to work i go in an hour & a half.

today will be a good day! :)

it's really encouraging to know my blog inspired other people to make a blog :]

my friend erika, is going to make one sometime, and a girl that a don't personally know made one because she "fell in love" with mine. her name is laney & you can find her blog here.

yesterday, i emailed LS's parents, just letting them know i was going to be sending him a package and a letter this weekend. i'm going to give him this book called "a book of promises." it's kind of a little book of a million different verses for "what do do when you feel.." it's a geat book! michael's mom bought one for us for christmas and i always find myself referring back to it when i feel a certain way.

once again, it's snowing in alabama! :] just flurries, but everytime i see the beautiful snow, it reminds me how precious our God is and how beautiful the things he does are. something as teensie as a snowflake encourages me to not take life for granted because it is absolutely beautiful.

i got a text this morning from my friend lindsey that said:

"Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise-the fruit of the lips that confess His name. And do not forget to do good and share with others, for what such sacrifices, God is pleased."

Hebrews 13:15-16

I know Him, do you? :]

if not, i would LOVE to share Him with you!

everyone please keep LS with you in your prayers today. we know our God is a great God and someone who can perform miracle after miracle! :)

"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says: I'm Possible! :]"

-audrey hepburn

you lovelies have a wonderful day & remember:
welcome laney to blogspot!

xoxo!

update on LS

LS update!

[as of facebook update]
LS's mom said he did really good this morning and that his hallucinations are still there but are decreasing. He was transported this morning to Emory by ambulance for an anesthesia evaluation, then transported to Winship Cancer Center for sedation and radiation, which he did great with. He was transported back to Scottish Rite and to his room. As of when I got the message this morning he was still sleeping and they went ahead and changed his port. His mom said while he was in the hall waiting to leave on the ambulance stretcher he wanted to pray with the ambulance man. LS asked him if he wanted to pray with him and his dad and the man said yes. So LS lead them in prayer.

You can visit his caring bridge site here

This boy has been on my heart, in visions & dreams so much lately. I can't wait to do something for him. He has such a good attitude, after all he has ALREADY been through. Please keep him in your prayers.

LS you are blessed and highly favored!


♥
xoxo

snow day #2

snow day in alabama

yes, i said it.

snow. bunches and bunches of snow!

i know, some of you up north may think i'm crazy.

update on LS
LS didn't have a very good morning from what i hear, and he is having a lot of pain. due to all the morphine he is taking he is having severe hallucinations. please keep this sweet boy in your thoughts and prayers!

:)have a great snow day!

♥
xoxo

LS

i'm a slacker, i know. :(

i haven't really had much time to blog at all.

and i am so, so sorry for that!

thursday

michael was off work & we got to spend the day together, thank goodness. it feels like we don't hardley have any time together. after all, he does work monday-saturday from 9:00am-7:00pm [that's if he gets off when he is supposed to, which rarely happens.] and as you can see, he normally has thursdays off, but a lot of times he goes in for a haf a day unless i am off work too. but, i am very thankful michael has a job. a great job at that. but as i heard him telling someone at church last night "i'm so thankful for my job but when the Lord opens up the door for me to go somewhere else with better hours i will be running!" haha, so cute.

[so Jesus, thank you for the oppurtunities you have brought michael, and the ones i know you will continue to bring him; us!]

friday

we both worked, i went with my mom to get her hair done, which looks fabulous! i'm even thinking i want the same color put in my hair. but i hate having to keep up with color in my hair. it grows so fast! which makes me totally happy. then friday night we finally went to see the dear john movie that i have been counting down the days to go see. do you know what happened to me!? before we left i started feeling sick, and about half way through the movie i felt so sick i wanted to go home. so we didn't even get to see the entire movie. bummer huh? i thought so too. ugggh. but from what i am hearing, the movie doesn't even do the book justice. which makes me feel a teensie bit better :)

saturday

we had SNL [saturday night life] at our church. which of course, Jesus rocked our socks off. but when does he not? walking into that church is just asking for Jesus to blow your mind. not that you even have to ask, he pretty much does what he wants;] which is more than fine by me! he shows up and shows out at our church, but that's just the way i like it :)

pray for LS

okay, a new thing i'm going to give you updates on is a group i joined on facebook called "pray for LS" he is from Georgia and he was diagnosed with T-cell all leukemia on 12/1/09 the doctors said that the next 6-8 months will be a very tough ride for him, but his family and friends are praying and believing in a complete and total healing for LS. i'm not exactly sure how old he is but he looks to be about 13-15 years old, i'm really not sure. and i know i want to do something for him, but i'm not sure yet what i want/am supposed to do. i have had him on my heart lately and i don't even know him. i got an update from his mom [she sends them out to everyone in the group on facebook] this morning, which is weird--because last night i had a dream i was doing something for the children who had cancer.. coincidence? i think not. hmmm.

her update said:

good morning everyone:) LS got a new drug last night to help raise his white blood count so he can finally heal and quit having pain. nothing else has changed. he is still in a lot of pain, especially in the mornings. the thing i wanted to share with you about this morning, i hope stays with you all day.. LS stood up this morning, around 5AM to go to the restroom and was experiencing the extreme pain so the nurse gave him more morphine and other meds too, at the same time, to help. he became very weak from that but managed to get to the restroom & when we headed back to bed he asked me for a towel too put on the floor and his hoodie. he also asked the nurse to remove him from his meds which is hooked to a pole so he could move around. i didnt know what he was thinking because he could hardley stand and the pain was so bad he was shaking. he asked me to step out of the room for a minute because all he wanted to do was get on his knees and spend time with Jesus. It touched me so. He wasn't able to kneel, but i told him Jesus wouldn't mind if he prayed in the bed:) the nurse came back in and saw the towel on the ground and asked if he had gotten sick and he said "no mrs gina i was trying to get on my knees and pray." and gina also reassured him that Jesus would hear his prayers in bed. LS told her he felt closer when he prayed on his knees. he prayed from bed and all is good:) LS's mom.

how sweet is that? everytime i get an update, i will update you on this precious boy.

if you would like to send cards, or gifts to LS send to this address:

LS

7315 Ashley Trace

Cumming, GA 30028

also, in huntsville, AL close to where i live. there was a shooting at discovery middle school where a 15 year old boy shot another 15 year old boy. what is this world coming to!? this boy did not survive the shooting and this family needs your constant prayers. pleasepleaseplease

have a great super bowl sunday!

tootles lovelies!

♥
xoxo

day 3: my dogs!

10 more days until valentine's day
1 more day until dear john hits theaters
1 more day until our 5 month wedding anniversary
day 3 of our "what/who do you love?" blog!


my, my, my, how it has been one of those days!
where nothing goes right, it seems like you can't be happy if your life depended on it, and no one, i repeat no one can make it better [if anything, they make it worse.] uggh! something extremely hurtful that i have been trying to deal with for the past few days--all the time people tell me how my relationship with the Lord has grown and how i am a light shining for Him in the things i do. then, out of no where you hear that [one person imparticular] they are only saying those things to your face. how christian-like is that? or that you aren't on fire for God because you don't dance every service, or sometimes you may even sit down before worship is over. well, i know how bad that hurts, and i want YOU all to know, i would never judge your realtionship with the Lord based on HOW you worship him. we all have different ways and i BELIEVE that is certainly okay! it's your heart that Jesus looks at.

but just so the enemy knows, i am fully relying on God and trusting Him in everything i do, and the path my life is going. [which is a good one, i believe :)] btw, i had to look at the tattoo on my wrist in order to spell "believe" the right way, and i just did it again. ohh my!

day 3: what i love today
zekey and xoe :)
my sweet, sweet puppies.

i am such an animal lover. but i seriously love dogs! my family has always been well-stocked with animals since i was a little girl, haha. i have only had 2 dogs that were really "mine" that i had to take care of when i wasnt living in my parents house. [zeke & xoe] but of course i have rescued [pookie & pp, yes pp.]

i got xoe almost exactly one year ago. i bought her for only $65.00 and to this day she is the most precious, loving dog i know! she walks right under my feet and i call her "my princess." she is such a nervous dog! everything scares her, so of course i can't tell her no :] she is just a doll. when i first got her she was SO sick. she had to spend a few days in the hospital and they didn't think she was even going to live. i would go and sit with her and the second she saw me she would cry! :( it was so sad. the nurses who would have night shift said she was NEVER in her cage because everyone was always carrying her around, so spoiled! she's all better now and is still mommys baby!

i got zekey not even a year ago from one of michael's customers. he was a bit more pricey than xoe! haha, and he was just born in may. he is so tiny and so sweet and he gets along with his big sister [xoe] so good! they love one another. he thinks he's about 50 pounds, when he's really about 4. he is a fiesty little thing too! he [just like xoe] is so so spoiled. he thinks he is a human, and has the same fiesty attitude as a little boy would when he doesnt get his way! he is such an adorable little puppy and so much fun. he just makes you smile when you look at his adorable little face with those HUGE ears!! :)

i love love love these pups! it's always good to have a FURiend to cuddle with on your sick days or a day like today; just one of those days. they never let you down! :)

loves lovelies!

♥
xoxo

day 2: fashion

good afternoon!:)

only 11 days until valentines day

only 2 days until our 5 month wedding anniversary

only 2 days until dear john comes out in theaters

and day 2 of our "what/who do you love?"

it's been an easy-going day at work, just me & mom for now :]

i'm more than excited for church tonight, loves it!

it seems like we hadn't been in a few weeks other than keeping nursery. we're busy bee's!

day #2 of our "who/what do you love?"!

i LOVE fashion!

these are all my sense of style, definately. i'm don't like to dress up over the top, but i love love love casual, but dressy! i'm a huge accessory person [ex. handbags, jewelry] as i have told you before, i am not a bargain shopper. of course, i would love to spend less money for the things i wanted but for some reason i don't have that ability. no matter how hard i try! haha. i'm sure my parents wished i had, seeing they bought my clothes for a number of years. and michael, well he just prefers not to see what i spend. haha :] i haven't done a lot of shopping lately, sadly enough. but it's definately for the better. being a newly-wed and helping pay for more than just yourself get's a little expensive sometimes in itself! but i'm sure you know that :)

also: i want to show you a few more of the cutsy things i found! :)

a hand sewn letter/envelope for valentines♥day!
& a cutsy weenyDOG!

speaking of..
it's lunch time! :)
hope you lovelies have a GLAMOROUS day! :)

♥
xoxo

day 1: MOM!

it's february! do you know what this means!?

we have to start our valentine's day count down, of course! :)

only 12 more days til valentines day!

only 3 more days til our 5 month anniversary/dear john hits theaters!

so here is a few things to get you in the spirit, because i'm stoked!

what we have here are:

some yumsy candies, adorable cuppycakes & heart gauges!

how can that NOT make you smile!? :]

oh, and a little something extra for our next picture; this is what i told mikey i would like when we buy a house and get another puppy [one day] :)

ohmygosh. is he not precious? but until then, i must take care of the sweet furbabies i already have. they are such sweeties. and they're still babies :)

so until valentine's day, each day i'm going to pick someone i love, and tell you why. feel free to share with me! i love hearing your stories too!

today i'm going to have to say my mom :]

my mom is very strong, independent, beautiful, & hilarious. i remember when i ever brought a guy home to meet my parents when i was in high school, it was my mom they were intimidated by. NOT my dad. haha, too funny. my mom is very strong-willed & she doesn't hold back on her words. i think she gives me my mouth. haha. i am so very blessed also that she has given me a job. although we knock heads sometimes i really enjoy working with her & having "hock chockolick" time at about 3:00 everyday. she is the best mom and i couldn't have asked Jesus for a better one. i guess that's why he hand-picked her for me :) i love you mawwwwm :)

goodnight :]]

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xoxo