DANIEL IN HIS PAINTBALL GEAR

daniel is extreemly proud of his hobby/sport.
and because of such pride, requested i take some pics of him in his apintball gear.

ENJOY!
MICHELLE

DANIEL RANKS UP IN SCOUTS - HES A 2ND CLASS!

one of my all time fav pics of me and daniel.

thought this day would never come, and by some force, greater than myself, it happened!

daniel became an official 2nd class! took FOREVER but he did it! i was proud, could hardly contain myself.
altho, getting around wasnt so easy because i was only a week + out from gastric surgery. and still in a heap load of pain. i managed to make it up to the front without any guts spilling out to let daniel pin me, and take a few pics of us together.

son! you make a mother proud!

MICHELLE

MY 44th BIRTHDAY DINNER -JANUARY 26th

i LOVe having birthdays! seriously, i do.

my mother, on the other hand never made a huge fuss about hers, and ive heard the same sentiment acrss the board with allot of other females.
i turned 44 this year!
yeah, one year away from hitting 45, which is 5 years away from 50. and 50 away from a hundred.
do i like the numbers like that? not so much.
so WHY would i want to celebrate the fact that i got closer to them?

because i enjoy celbretory events about me. call me  concieted, if you will, but i like having a birthday, or a day, thats just about ME! im not wrapped into a celebration about a 'family' or a 'holiday' i get to have 1 single day about me, and im worth it!
so, every year on january 26th i get all excited and cant wait to go celebrate MY day...

the timing of its kinda sucks tho, cause im just on the heals of Christmas by a month and 1 day..so i almost get all my gifts at one shot, broken up, of course by several weeks, but all in the same season, and the same area of the calendar...WINTER.
but fortunately i wanted too cook, just long enough that i actually DO have a celebration apart from each other.

so, it was, this january 26th craig took the family out to celebrate and i, of course had pictures taken to commemorate the event. ENJOY!

APPETIZER. i figured at some point i was gonna have gastric surgery, i might as well, go out with a bang, if this was gonna be one of my last meals id have. turned out i had a few other chances to indulge, i didnt have surgery until the following march of 2011

MY meal, im still very conscious during this time to try to get in as much protein as possible, i basically took leeway for regular foods usually when wed have a celebration, like my birthday. otherwise i stuck to a mainly protein based meals.

My son, Daniel Alan Williamson

My sons best friend, Paris Griffiths. trust me, id have rather celebrated without him, he was an added person to a small social event that i really dont want to have to share with.

craigs dinner, typical. STEAK n APPLES for a side.

My Husband, Craig Williamson. Hes prolly the best man i could have ever hoped to have been blessed with. hes really a very good man.

Dessert. i dont believe i actually ate this. i dont remember eating it, altho i may have done so. looking back as i write this, i was unaware of fat content as a way of thinking. if i did eat this, im sure it was seriously very good!

i ADORE anything Monkey related. This was a spur of the moment idea too try to find at the store when we took daniel to go get me a gift. i was lucky, they had just one left!

yes, folks those are real tears you see. i got really emotional reading that card. its was from daniel. he didnt even sign it, but the message was loud and clear. as much as i think he DOESNT pay attention to my role in his life, HE DOES! and i was really touched by this as a gesture. all-in-all, it was enough, IT could have nee the only gift i got , because IT meant the most.

more monkeys, lol

and even MORE monkey stuff, lol

LEMON FLAVORED LIP BALM.  got it for 2 reasons, the shape, and the color yellow! its really nice flavored lip balm.

My fav gum right now.

wonder what THIS monster of a beat is?

A BRAND NEW FOOD POCCESSOR! that wouldnt get used until 6 months later...lol

My mother-in-law sent me these awesome chopsticks, i have them in my purse anywhere i go so if the need arises to eat with them, i have them handy!

Look, mom! i can use CHOPSTICKS!

Daniel avoiding the camera. lol

as good a shot as i can ever get.

my birthday out was a wonderful event. i look forward to celebrating number 45!

MICHELLE

MONDAY AFTER YOU - BY: Bob Perks

"Monday after you"

Bob Perks

A day that never ends would still not be enough time for me.

I grab hold of you and don't want to let you go, but still you must.

A weekend welcomed one moment, sadly passes by so quickly leaving me wondering if we really had been together at all.

But then the memory of you lingers there deep within my heart.  So fresh the sweet scent of you, that I quickly turn to see if you are standing there beside me...you are not.

It reminds me that life slips through our fingers like the sand we played in on the beach that summer.  Each grain, like seconds on the clock, follows the next until all that remains are remnants of stolen moments.

 

I try desperately to hold on, but the clock on the wall ticks relentlessly. I don't want to spend our life together
watching the clock, so I choose to watch you instead.

 

Clocks are for those who worry too much.

Watching you reminds me that all I really have is now.  Why then, would I waste any of it on what was or what might be?

 

I am grateful to God for everyday we have. Still, Monday is the most cruel of all days. It follows two days of "us" with "Monday after "you."

 "I wish you enough!"

J 

Bob Perks 

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© 2001 Bob Perks

ITS BEEN A WHILE

yes, its been some time, since i was here last.
i have found a blog that suits my needs better than this one, altho...
i can customize the background, header, and side bars with this blog. makes me want too come back.
only issue is..it (this blog) DOES NOT push my posts in a chronological order if i date them.
the other blog (www.ourstory.com) does.

ill be back and forth with both, i think, because im getting an idea for a web presence, i really have not seen much of out on the internet...yet.

i see a bunch of it n the BLOG world, but main web page presence pages? not so much.

SCRAPBOOK WEB PAGE DESIGNS.

making, like what you see here on my blog, a WEB PAGE...
web pages can have several DIFFERENT pages within them...
so, lets say, your an avid cook, and you want too share your recipes with ppl, a click of a link on the home page can put you into a web page that has a scrapbook "themed" feel that has something to do with..kitchen, recipes, food, etc.

or, maybe, you had a baby...and you want to display updates, pictures, video of your newest arrival.
again, a click of a link and your on the page about your precious newest family member.
and the page would be catered too the desires of your heart, with look, feel, and wit and whimsy appeal...all to your design taste.

im serious about this idea.
not sure how well it will be profitable for me, theres a ton of FREE blog templates that have the same dynamic, but i think..ppl might be interested in a WEB PAGE that they can update and have freinds,family, and others connect too...

if im lucky, i can find a SOCIAL NETWORKING program that allows me too customize it, and ppl can also have their own: MYSPACE/FACEBOOK/TWITTER place that will do everything all the social networks currently do, the difference: SCRAPBOOK THEMES for the sites appeal, and look.

i have been scouring the net, looking at ppls blogs. downloading FREE embelishments, getting ideas, thinking up ways i can make MY web page look like im trying too offer others the chance too have.

i have too have a program 1st tho, PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS.
i have a book on how too use the program.

then..i can do anything!
and ill be doing it!

on a side note:

daniel has decided for the 2nd day in a row, hes refusing too go to seminary. he says he could care less if i inhibit his use of the XBOX360...(thats a lie, he was trying too get me too give in last night over it).
it pains my heart, i feel ive gotten him involved with church...too late.

we used too go when he was smaller, but his peers at the buidlding we attended didnt do much with him, let alone even talk too him, because we lived in lower standard homes (trailers) and they didnt. daniels clothes were thrift store type, hand me downs, not old navy, or anything remotley name brand and trendy.
scouts was hard for daniel..and as a result, i think because he had so little support in cub scouts, hes not too interested in scouts today...

but, beyond that, he doesnt like church. and seminary, is part of that. we had him sign a 'contract' that stated if he DIDNT go too seminary, hed have ALL priviledges associated too the internet (includes XBOX360) suspended until he decided too go back again, upon which the rights will be reinstated.

he says to me now: "i dont care if i dont play on the xbox."

he says that today, this is day 2 of this stand-off, i give him till saturday, when hell be begging me too let him on.

i have a similar rule for sundays church attendance, if he goes he can play xbox. if he doesnt, oh well.

change of subject again...

in a week craig starts a new job. oklahoma detention center. phone support.
he says hell be the ONLY one in there working tht job.
ill be happy when we have money again, its been really hard not having any, altho, we have not neded anything even if we didnt have what we were used too having.

the Lord has blessed us greatly, and im going too say..its because we have been diligent in paying our tithing.
we havent had a serious need for food, and what we did get from the bishops storehouse has lasted as long as 6 weeks before wed need another "2 week" supply. reminds me of the story of the woman who was making the last bit of food for her and her son, when a man came asking too be fed, and she said she couldnt, or her son would die and so would she. the man told her too feed him, and her reward (blessing) would be her oil and flour would never diminish...she fed him, and was blessed with oil and flour for a long while....faith. its all based on faith.

so, even tho i grumble because we have had a lack of fund, our needs have been met exceedlingly!

thats it for now...
ill keep updated on any progress.

MICHELLE