A JOYFUL NOISE

The song below has the song of the week for me; I've listen to it a lot this week; it's been encouraging to me. This week has been tough for me. I've struggled with an ear infection for over a week now and I haven't had one since I was very young. I've forgotten how painful it is and how it can affect your whole body. the ringing and buzzing makes me dizzy and in turn has made my stomach problems even worse. I hate to complain, but com'on, you gotta let me complain when I don't feel well! Work is stressful and at times I feel like I'm walking on pins and needles. It's hard and a bit personal to explain now; there are many times I feel alienated from my coworkers and not sure my communication style is at all effective. Just a lot of stress and wondering. I've come to realize that I need to really focus on God much more than I have been over the past few weeks in order to really be able to conquer these feelings of frustration, wh...

My Mom and Dad brought their first grandchild her first BIKE.....and to add to the excitment, it was a DORA bike! Needless to say, she was a happy camper!! She's growing up too fast!

So, I realized today that I had not been updating you all on a regular basis, as I should. Of course, those who know me WELL know what a procrastinator I am. Ok , so I'm actually not procrastinating in posting, I just have been terribly busy--too busy to even have excitement in my life to share! Ha-ha! Work is crazy as ever. Once we get one thing squared away it seems as if another projects needs attention! I can hardly wait for May 24 to come around. Why? I have May 24-May 28 off from work! We are planning a trip to NY to see relatives then and I am looking forward to it; I think my sister and her family are going to be there. Grandma hasn't see her newest great-granddaughter yet; oh what a treat it will be for her! Speaking of which...... Caitlyn is growing and doing well! She's a happy baby and I love being able to spend time with my nieces as much as possible. Miranda wouldn't let me take a picture of her on our last visit, but here's a recent pic of Caitlyn ...

This is a week late, but I thought I'd share this photo of my older niece starting her first Easter Egg Hunt (I tried to post a video but since my folks have dial up, that didn't work well!). Miranda LOVED her first Easter Egg Hunt and as you can see she LOVES Dora! Her eggs were Dora and Diego related and she had a blast finding her eggs that her dad "hid" around our yard. They were here for Easter weekend and it was fun to see her hunt for eggs. The visit was good with them as all visits were, but I noticed a bit of change in Miranda (pic above). She's 2 yrs old and 10 months---almost 3! How hard to believe; she's growing up way to fast and has a mind of her own. She is intuitive and inquisitive--in my opinion more so than she should be at her age! But I guess that's good. The last time we visited her which was a week before Easter, she asked me ONCE "what happened to your eye?" and I simply said "yee-yee's eye (yee yee i...

Just happy to be held! Big smiles: Happy face: Contentment

Have I told you how much I love my newest niece Caitlyn??? I LOVE BOTH of my nieces so much and they make me smile! They are both growing up so fast and so much!!! Thank God for wonderful nieces whom I can spoil endlessly!!!

This pic was taking a few months ago of me and one of my best friends, Alexis! I miss her so much and we hope to catch up again in person one day soon. She lives just an hour away from my sister so I'm sure there'll be times I can go by to see her. I can hardly wait when we have our JMU renunion! It'd be Alexis, Christinia, Zak, and myself part-tee-ing at her new place!!! yay!!!! (ha-ha...not partying too hard though!) Thank-God for GREAT and WONDERFUL FRIENDS who comes into your lives and encourage you! I LOVE YOU GIRL!