Wise words....

I don't have much time before my little people arrive for daycare/Preschool but I received a couple of emails this week with messages that I thought were important....

"Everyone is hungry for a kind word. Feed them."

AND

"Watch your thoughts, they become words
Watch your words; they become actions
Watch your actions, they become habits
Watch your habits, they become character
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny"

I just loved those 2 emails. Life is tough these days. Be kind to one another. And especially for the sake of children who are watching us....be a person of good character....they will, in all likelihood, become what they live with. Fill your homes with love and joy and may they see you work through the hard times with a faith and trust in our Lord! It's going to be okay!

I love you all....sorry I'm such a blog party pooper these days! I could use an extra day in the week and a few more hours in my days! I'll be back with pictures...someday!

Congratulations to granddaughters, Madison AND Grace, who tried out and were selected for Miss Jennifer's Elite Dance Team! We are very proud of you both.

Happy 76th Birthday to my dad, David Hood! He was born September 29, 1932.

Prayer Request for my mom who undergoes knee replacement surgery at Grant Hospital tomorrow, October 9th. She will be in the hospital for 4 days. Her goal is to be up and running by Thanksgiving! She has a great attitude going into this and I'm sure she will do wonderful! (even though she is a self professed "whimp" I would never give her that title!)

And last but certainly not least...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUSBAND....MIKE!!!! His birthday is TODAY, OCTOBER 8th!!

He took a vacation day so he is hanging at home with me and the kids. I had hoped to send him off golfing with our son in law but the weather didn't cooperate!

love to all....

I'm running out of weekend!!

I know I promised pictures but I'm running out of weekend and still have laundry, lesson plans and porch windows to paint! Don't give up on me!

Our Redskins soccer team lost in a non league game last night to Bloom Carroll. It was a great game! We brought Andrew home with us. He and I are heading to the mall for a little mall cruisin.

Guardedly (is that a word?) eager for the Browns game today. There has been a lot of talk about how strong they are this year but I sure didn't see it in Pre Season. We still love them!

Have a great Sunday! Pictures coming sometime....

I'm Still Here!

I don't have time to post right now but I promise some updates this weekend! I've had some frustrations trying to upload pictures and I had to stop for a while.

We have been to more of Andrew's soccer games...they are 6-0! We went to Taste of Coshocton County...the United Way kick off...where we ate wonderful food and watched Madison dance as part of the entertainment. We went to the first Tri Valley home football game last Friday and going to another one tonight. I have been preparing for my new batch of daycare children...all boys...and preparing their Pre-K lessons. Granddog, Libby, was "fixed" last week and is being introduced to an electric fence this week (does that qualify for cruelty to animals!) We will bring her a present this weekend to make her feel better. We watched some beautiful fireworks last Sunday. They were postponed to Labor Day weekend from our rainy 4th of July. We had a front row seat in my parent's front yard! Millers and Hassemans joined us from Coshocton. Ginger and nieces, Courtney and Katelyn, sold glow bracelets to benefit our Light the Night Cancer Walk funds! I sold 19 from the front yard! I had a big "Back to School Pajama Party" for my Summer kids...it was fun!

Okay....that's a few of the things that have, again, had me to pooped to post!

I'll be back with some pictures.....sometime soon!

Happy Anniversary Dad and Mom!

It's been 54 years of wedded bliss today...August 22, 2008! 54 years of great food...54 years of fun....54 years of challenges....54 years of family....54 years of friends.....54 years of homemaking....54 years of stuff(most of which is still in the basement and dad's garage!)....54 years of tv....54 years of music...54 years of fashion....54 years of life together.

I'm so blessed to have been there for 53 years of it!

Have a wonderful day! We love you!

Down in 3 Days...Frazeysburg High School

My Dad graduated from FHS with the Class of l950. My mom graduated with the Class of l954. I always loved walking through the hallways and looking for them on the class pictures hanging high on the walls.

I went to Red Raider Basketball games in this gym as a child. I liked sitting on the stage bleachers. Oh and I loved coming to the gym to watch the high school Junior and Senior Class plays on the stage! What a treat!

I attended Jr. High in this building when Frazeysburg consolidated with Dresden, Nashport, Adamsville into the old Jefferson High School building.

Recently, it has been used as the Intermediate building for 5th & 6th grades. The 4 new elementary schools will welcome K-6th and the students will join together in the beautiful Middle School for 7th & 8th grades.

I love our new schools with all their updates but this was still very sad to witness. Someone told me they located the old cornerstone and it contained a time capsule. I hope they make the contents public.

I think the school was built in l918 then added on 30 years later. I'm not sure of my facts...correct me in comments and feel free to add to the memories!


Day one demo....




Day two demo....

Day three demo......

Frazeysburg High School...Red Raiders!

It is being demolished as we "speak."

Mike and I just rode up and took some pictures. I will download and upload them later.

I would love to have some of the old bricks but the area is surrounded by 8 foot fencing.

I went to 7th, 8th and 9th grades in that building. Recently it has been the Tri Valley 5th/6th grade building.

I remember going to lots of school plays and high school basketball games in that wonderful gym.

It is sad to see.....

Happy Birthday Val!

It's a girl!

I was so surprised having convinced myself that Chad was going to have a little brother. I went to the doctor 31 years ago today....3 weeks past my due date...and the doctor said I was having contractions. He sent me to the hospital to "keep them going." It took 6 hours once they got the induction medication going...it was really an easy delivery and she was so cute weighing in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces, 19 inches long.

She has been a blessing every minute of her life.....

By the way....the other names we had picked were Barbie and Amy Dawn....I'm glad Mike's choice won...she doesn't look like an Amy Dawn and she looked just like a Barbie doll but what grief that would have caused for a lifetime! She is our Valerie...perfect name...perfect(well, most of the time)daughter!

Birthday girl and her family. Happy Birthday Valerie!