Friday Absolute Favorite!

Okay, I am giving in to the Friday Favorite thing. There is a lot of things that I really like and some that I love, but this.....I really love!!! Bart Millard from Mercy Me (a christian group) has a CD out called "Hymned Again". It is a must have. It just makes ya happy! No matter the mood, it just makes ya Happy! Click on the boxes at the top of the blog and hear 4 different songs from the CD. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.....as our preacher says....if you aren't moved after listening to these songs....you can't be moved!!!! Don't forget to support your cubscouts and/or troops. See previous post on how to do this!!!

Help the Troops and Cub Scouts

So Turner wanted to join the CubScouts.....Cliff wanted to take him to his first meeting to do the sign up thing. I gently reminded him to ask certain questions (you know how I am....gentle and all). I just didn't want to be left in the dark about anything. So they went and got home 2 hours later...said there was a lot of paperwork involved.....okay. Then a little later I start asking questions....I won't drag this out as long as Cliff did....so long conversation short....apparently Cliff volunteered to be the Den Leader!!! Because he doesn't already have enough going on............well, anywho......we are selling popcorn like items for the scouts and the Troops. So please order popcorn OR you can make a donation of $25 to the troops and this company will send stuff to the military troops serving our great country. So basically if you don't buy something or donate the money....you are telling the US Military "No" and the Cub Scouts of America "No" and they could be the ones defending you in a few years.....but there is no pressure.....I'm sure Turner won't cry himself to sleep many nights if you don't buy something.......................anyway look at the "Check it out" section of my blog and type in Turners code: TEZXRA3 so he can get the credit for the sale. Thanks for suffering thru this blog. Go to: www.orderpopcorn.com Pictures of him in his cute uniform to come..........

Enough Already!!

I know you all are sick to death about seeing Maggie!! Yes, I have other children....and I love them too! I promise this is the last milestone I will publish for a long time. I do have a milestone of the boys too!! They are actually playing nice together. What they are playing, I do not know....some sort of Spiderman (the "misunderstood" spiderman) on a motorcycle and Spiderman mutated with Batman kind of thing....but who cares....they are not fighting. Woohoo!!

Whoa, Nellie!!

Ever want to know what country folk give their babies to play with? Well, I just wasn't going to buy Maggie a baby "walker". She just needed to slow down and smell the roses. I guess I thought my little boycott would slow her down. I think it is a pretty reasonable request from a mother of three.....well, Nellie didn't think so. I apologize to all of my PT friends, anyone who can appreciate nice floors, and those with sensitive ears! What your are about to witness is....pitiful!



P.S. I bought her the cutest baby stroller walker you have ever seen last night!! I love havin' a girl!! (love my boys, too!)

Jacob Milo July 1997-July 2008

Do dogs go to Heaven??? I think so. This is....was my Jacob. Most people called him "Jake." His mommy called him Jacob Milo Jingle-heimer Schmidt. He was my first born, my sweet boy. I loved him very much. My heart hurts. Jake left us to be with Jesus on July the 8th 2008. He had a very short illness-cancer of the spleen and possibly the liver-that was diagnosed on the 7th. He left behind his dad and mom, three brothers (Turner, Hooch, and Rhys), and a sister (Maggie). We miss him. Jacob was a sweet boy with a wonderful spirit. Some of the things that Jake loved were: peanut butter, bananas, cheese, "Bic-Bic's pound cake (I pretended like I didn't know this!), and his family. He loved his family. Jake was one of those quiet folks that only said things that needed to be said. He loved everyone......well, except the home health nurse that was sent to our house after Turner's heart surgery. For whatever reason he did not like her getting close to Turner. He would just stand there between them. It's hard to move a 100++ lb dog who does not want to be moved! Needless to say after two days, we had a new nurse. Jake didn't seem to mind her coming close and taking care of his little brother. I miss him. He was so smart. He helped potty train his little brother, Hooch, when we first brought him home. He was the best big brother anyone could ask for. He didn't mind all the kids using him as a horse or a jungle gym. He just didn't care. He was our protector, our confidant, our friend. We miss him. I got Jake when he was seven weeks old just before I started OT school. It was not the best of times. I know God gave me Jacob to help me through those valleys in my life because my walk with God was NOT where it needed to be. I am so thankful for the time I had with Jake. I am so thankful that his suffering was short. I am so thankful for two wonderful veternarian clinics that helped me through these decisions. Jacob was a wonderful dog.........I wish you ALL knew him the way we knew him. There is a hole in my heart and my life that will never be filled. As hard as I (and my oldest son, Turner) are taking this.....Hooch is taking it worse. In six years he has never gone outside by himself.....he has never eaten alone.....he has never used the bathroom by himself......he has never slept alone...............he has never gone to the vet alone........he is really sad. My heart hurts for him. I know it may seem silly to go on and on about a dog.....he was my friend, my sweet boy, my baby for 11 years. I miss him.

Are you there Sheri? It's me, God.

I've been thinking a lot lately (that is never good for me or my family) about life and purpose. I often wonder if I am really fulfilling my God-given purpose for my life. How do we truly know? Does He let you know somehow? Well, I don't think I am in that spot right now. I look around me and see weird and tragic things taking place in my family and friends lives and think "What am I doing here?" Then for a split second I think "Are you there God? It's me Sheri." Then as quick as that question comes the answer follows. He has always been there and always will be here. It is me that strays from the path. I just forget sometimes. I get so frustrated with my kids when I get on to them for...oh, I don't know....keeping their hands to themselves....and their answer is "Oh, I forgot....." I wonder if thunder is really God banging His head against a cloud when we do something so completely ridiculous while saying, "What Am I Going To Do With You?!?!?" He has given me all the tools I need to get through life and sooooo much more. A wonderful husband, three beautiful children (and I'm not kidding--they are BEAUTIFUL), a great church (a God-fearing/loving church), an awsome Sunday School Class, I teach the special needs class at church.........why do I feel like something is missing?? Yes, I know I am neurotic and selfish. I just need accountability (is that a word?-sounds weird). I have been reading some awsome blogs lately....some awsome spiritual blogs (thanks Steph for yours and all the other links--you are amazing). They have taken my journey and my thoughts deeper. I am not as elegant as they are when writing my thoughts. My husband calls it "snowballing". No one really knows what I am thinking or saying half the time---just not a writer--Sorry! Thanks for enduring my "snowballing"................

Sit Ubu Sit

Look at me!! Please ignore my big brothers in the background-- it's all about me!

If she is close to someone or something, she tries to pull up to standing!! She wants to keep up with her big brothers.....Lord help us!