Do you remember it? Hold fast, don't loose heart, once again God will pull you through. If you slip and reach ropes end, you'll find the hem of his garment. so don't let go.
It seems you're doing a bit better after the difficulties you've had to deal with lately. I just want you to know that I love you very much and I'm always here if you ever want to talk or anything. I love ya big sis!
I love this picture of y'all!! You are Sooo beautiful, Melinda!! You and Scott look wonderful together!!!
I wish I could meet him - and see you - soon!!!
I love and miss you soooo much!
Hello Family... since that is the only people who read this. :)
May 1st and the beginning of a fun summer! I consider summer starting in May instead of June 20th! It has been a little rainy here in Massachusetts but the sunny and warm. I have been laying out to get some sun and I will probably start tanning in a few weeks so I get a golden color skin cuz I love being tan and I cant hold a tan cuz I have very fair skin.
I am buying a car and I get to pick it up Tuesday afternoon. Its a 2002 Pontiac Grand AM SE.... silver with tinted windows, spoiler, sunroof. Its a great car and I love that it looks so sporty. I will take pictures and put them up for you to view.
I am starting school again to get certified in cosmetology/esthetics/nail technology. I am wanting to have my own salon in a few years so I want to have the certification to do everything. It will take 18 months to get everything done. The only thing is that I cant take time off from school to do anything so I am trying to figure out when to start. I want to go to Kentucky this summer for the first time in six years so I am trying to figure out when to take some time off to go before starting school. I am thinking that the end of July might be a good idea but its also Scott's birthday on the 29th so I dont know what he wants to do for his birthday. I am also getting married in November which isnt such a big deal because its on the weekend but we are going on a cruise for our honeymoon in January so I might need to take a month off.
I think that its for now but I will update more often cuz I work all the time and cant really talk on the phone much.
Mom and Dad - I LOVE YOU!! I miss you tons and I am very homesick!
Kimbrena - I miss you sooo much and I cant wait to see you this summer. Please give Brea a kiss for me and a hug for Andy.
Brandy - Hope things are working out for you. Miss you.
Hey sis! Steven and I are doing awesome, things are working out well for us, thanks! ^..^ Wishes I could be there to see you and Scott but life goes on, and I'm sure we'll get to see each other before another six years come back around... with lots of love! -that North Carolina girl ;)
you updated! :D
wow! isn't that one of your favorite cars for a long time?? awesome!! :D Sounds sweet! ;)
I wish I could get some tan of some sort. All I do is burn. *sniffles* hehe I think I could burn if I'm out in the moonlight for very long without some sort of protection ;P Andy teases me because I go from white to red.. maaybe tan for a day.. then white. haha it's just not fair!! ;)
Wow! That'd be so cool if you had your own salon! Does that mean I could get free manicures?? ;) hehe, j/k :D
I can't wait to see you this summer either!! It's going to be awesome!! :D eeep!
I'm looking forward to so much this summer.. especially camp, 6 flags, and of COURSE seeing you again! ;) and going up to Kentucky again to see momma and daddy.. I'm hoping this is going to be a fun busy summer this year!
Last year the only thing I did during the summer was stay inside as much as possible.. being pregnant down in the GA heat was not fun!! I was pretty much reclusive.. like a vampire ;) hehe
mann I'm so tired I'm just goign to sit here and ramble on your blog I think.. so I am going to make myself go to sleep!! and hope your little neice sleeps in tomorrow like she did today!
she's getting so big and sends her auntie Melinda much love! :D
Hey sis! Whats up? When are you gonna be in Kentucky-- do you know yet? I'd love to be able to see you!!! *hugs* Steven and I give ya and Scott lots of hugs.. oh by the way I think I'm pregnant... I'm so tickled!! :D
mama and daddy - miss you tons! cant wait to see you in august and spend the week with you! love you! thank you for everything you are, have been and will be to me!
kimbrena, andy, and lil brea - i miss you so much and cant wait to see you. i hope that life is treating you well with the baby! kimbrena thank you for being there as a support for me the past couple of weeks when my life was going so wrong!
brandy and steven - hope you are doing well and hope that moving to NC is working out for what God wants in your life! hope to see you soon!
Hey Melinda, things for NC are working out great, looks like the move will be before fall so unfortunately I don't think I will be down there when you get to see the rest of the family :( *sadness* I'm sure with me closer that we could always plan something sometime! :) Take care
God had been so wonderful to Steven and I the past three years... he's taken us down some paths but I can say it was well worth it when you learn something from them. Trials definitely bring us to our Lord and creator that is for sure... anyways, as tough as leaving "family" as this is going to be it is going to be so worth it since we know this is where the Lord would have us to be. Post to me or call sometime-- take care laters!
thanks for your opinion brandy... but i didnt look that at all.. haha.. btw, how do you change my profile for me???? cuz i want my old mego back cuz thats what i chose?
Looks like my plans have changed, I wont be anywhere near KY in August.. :\ What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Id love it if all our family can get together so I can get a picture, remember the pic great grandmom george took of us YEARS ago, I'd like to get a more updated one of us at Thanksgiving ;) Maybe you and Scott can talk it over and we'll all see what happens... anyways I know you're gonna have so much fun in Ky!! TTYL!
its raining outside and i find it very peaceful cuz everything is being washed. i have always thought of raindrops being the tears of angels that are crying because some one on earth is sad or upset. you know what i like to do on a rainy day? cuddle under the blankets with my man and watch a movie or if he isnt around then read a good book. i havent read that much since leaving home but i am trying to get back into but i am so tired that i fall asleep when i try.
i am really homesick and missing my mom and dad. i am going home for the first time in six years come august but its just really hard because i am missing them like bad! :( i cant wait though cuz my baby sister is coming and staying at my parents while we are there and i am sooo excited. we have gotten so close over the past few months and its so nice because we hadnt talked at all since i moved away in 2002. i dont know why but we just never really talked. i get to see my little niece! she is the cutest baby in the world.. well until i have my own child! haha but she is sooo cute! its funny cuz all co-workers see her picture in my waitress book and they ask if brea is my child. i am like nope my baby niece! they all say that brea looks like me which is cute. but i am really homesick and want to be near my family so bad!!
wedding plans are going smoothly but stressful cuz two of my best friends (well who said they were) have decided they cant come to the wedding cuz their career is more important and they arent going to take time off for two days. so i am stressing about who to ask now and since one of my best friends is getting married in september i dont know she is going to and my other best friend teresa is married and i dont about her cuz she is trying to have a baby. i am sick of stressing about this wedding! lol
well i need to get a shower before work so i am signing off for now! love my family more than anything in this world!!!!
I hope the visit to family goes as well as you dream. It is hard being so far away. As for your wedding if they can't be part of your day then don't worry about it, it is their loss. Things will work out, they always do.
awww I can't wait until I can see you again!!! I know.. I hate that we never did talk much before but I'm SO glad that we are now!!
I'm SO excited about August!!! It's going to be the best time ever!!!
OO what kind of books do you like to read? that's awesome you're starting to more as you have time!!
I'm working on this HUGE series (Andy's favorite) called the Wheel of Time series, they're really awesome if you ever want to look into them! If you like fantasy... they're pretty intense!
Awwww!!! That is so sweet what you said about Brea!! You know, she is looking very forward to meeting her Aunt Melinda in a few months!! :D
I'm so sorry about your wedding!!!! :( That must really, really stink :(
Andy and I hope to have a real ceremony in a few years or so, I hope it won't be too hard!
Have you already picked out your dress yet??
Since the Pledge of Allegiance and The Lord's Prayer are not allowed in most public schools anymore
Because the word "God" is mentioned....
A kid in Arizona wrote the attached.
NEW School prayer :
Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.
If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.
We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.
We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.
It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen
If you aren't ashamed to do this,
please pass this on.
Jesus said,
"If you are ashamed of me,
I will be ashamed of you before my Father."
