Elizabeth's Blog (9)

Well, it finally happend. Stephen was "let go"..he 'lost' his job. Most of you know he was a youth pastor. He (we) continued to work at the church post 'e'..(almost four years now) Some things changed that is true, but we still managed to do the job..we just did it differently. The pastor decided though that he could get more people for his money....doing more if he fired Stephen. We are pretty much devastated. Trying to keep a roof over our head and not get too depressed. We continue to pray an… Continue

TODAY IS OUR YOUNGEST SON'S 13TH BIRTHDAY. WE HOPE IT ROCKS FOR HIM, BECAUSE HE ROCKS. OUR LOVE!!
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For quite some time, I have wanted to see a wild bear up close and get a good photo of it. For our anniversary God and Stephen gave me the gift of wild bear. Stephen looked up places (within driving distance) that we were likely to see wild bear. God gave us the gifts of mom (Stephen's) being well enough for us to travel, money from a relative (much needed) and bears...We saw ten all total. We were only 10-15 feet from the first one we saw though we didn't get great pics. We were only 5 feet fro… Continue

Stephen and I just celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary (on the 30th). We were able to take a day trip to Cades Cove. Seeing wild bear (and getting pics) is something I've wanted for quite some time. God and Stephen made it happen. We had a blast and saw 10 bear. I'll post pics and hopefully a video or two before long. I am so very thankful for Stephen and all the years we've had together. I look forward to the next 26. :-) Continue

Stephen's mom is in the hospital. She had surgery to remove a tumor on her kidney on MOnday. We spent all day Monday at the hospital and then I stayed the night. I've been there most of the day and every night since. Today I was so exhausted that I am spending a night at home..before starting over again.. She has had many problems. The latest is now she has a distended bowel and a kidney stone. If she doesn't pass the kidney stone tonight, they'll go in tomorrow with a stint. At present, they ar… Continue

The basic design for the tatoo is on Mandy's Page....the variations are in my photos, though I may do a slide show of them too. As I told Mandy, I esp. like the kaleidoscope ones, though you will find my comments/thoughts at the bottom of each picture. I wanted the design to have as much symbolism in it as possible. I also wanted to keep it fairly simplistic since it will be tatooed on. It can be customized, made to be any size (large or small) and changed up in any way you desire. For example:… Continue

I have a lot to update on, however, I HAD to update about my lastest appointment. You see...I went in to have my hair colored pretty much the same two colors I have been using (for the past two times---a pinkish red and a purplish red). Only, this time, I wanted more of it and all over, not just the top layers. Well, my stylist thought if she bleached just a little of it and added a purple color over it, it'd darken the bright, bright pink and have a purplish tint on the bleached area (mainly be… Continue

I am exhausted, I don't feel well, my heart hurts (emotionally) and I'm extremely sad. Just keeping it real and even that, at this point, is an effort. We had to take my beloved chow, Sadie Rose to the vet. She had gotten more and more aggressive. In fact, she'd bitten everyone in the family except me. Yesterday, she was given a graham cracker as a treat, but left it on the floor. I bent down to get it for her and she basically attacked me. To her credit, with her bad eyes, she probably didn't… Continue

Stephen and I got to enjoy exploring some 'side roads' on Saturday. We'd been wanting to explore them for a while. While we were gone, the boys got some chores around the house done. Whoo Hoo. We were proud of them. Stephen and I had a great time, and saw some pretty interesting things: an old damn, old bridges (including a covered one), chimneys, old and interesting barns, and, of course, horses.

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