I'm Back...I Think

Sorry everyone. I know I abandoned this blog awhile ago--shame on me.

I'm going to try to update it and get it going again.

Stay tuned...

Refurbished Wagon...Again!

Years and years ago, when Dylan was only about 4 years old or so, I purchased a refurbished wagon from some kind old man who had it for sale in his yard.

Well, over the years it took a lot of wear and tear and somehow one of the wheels broke off and it just sat for awhile in our garage loft. :(

Tim recently came across it and decided to try to fix the broken wheel (and whatever else was wrong with it).

Here it is...the finished product! Cayden is definitely enjoying his wagon rides!

Our New (Used) Piano

Tim's old minivan (the one that has not run for quite awhile and sat in our front yard for a couple of years!) finally sold! Dylan told a friend about it and that friend ended up buying it.

Well, we've been looking and looking and looking for quite awhile trying to find a used piano. We were hoping to find a "free" one on Craigslist, but that didn't happen. However, the Lord led us to find this blessing for the exact same amount Tim sold his minivan for! This also included the delivery for it since Tim and I are currently both unable to assist in moving a piano!

Payge and Kyle have both been taking piano lessons for almost 2 years now and have proven they are committed to it. Sadly enough they've been practicing here at home on a "keyboard", so this is definitely long overdue!

Oh and here is Shayne playing his acoustic guitar--they are all so musically talented!

Goodbye to some of the ferrets

Once upon a time, we had 8 ferrets, but 1 recently died from cancer not that long ago. So then we had 7.

Well, since things have still been incredibly difficult for us financially, we, regretfully, needed to try to reduce the expense load, and we found a new home for 4 of our 7 ferrets. Before the group of 4 went to their new home, I took a picture of Kyle holding all 7 ferrets.

He is such an animal lover!

What Amazing Talent!

Isn't it just amazing what one can do with Blue Tack, Cheerios, an Acorn Shell and a dried Flower Stem? Way to go Shayne--I'm just so proud!

Laura & Her Beautiful Family

Laura, Don and their triplet boys were here for the weekend and it was so great to see them! Aren't they a BEAUTIFUL family?!

I am TOTALLY ADDICTED!

Hi, my name is Angie and I'm TOTALLY ADDICTED to reading blogs.

Ok, there I said it and admitted it out loud and publicly.

"How did this happen?", I ask myself. When did it start? I cannot recall any specifics, but I think it began by innocently reading one blog (I can't even remember which one--see the power this has over me?).

Honestly, I was just wondering what "blogging" was since I'd heard of it for quite some time, so one day I decided to take a peek to see what all the hype was about. Well, I was immediately drawn in and within seconds I was hooked!

It's all a blur now, but I seem to recall as I was reading my first blog, that I stumbled upon the section called "Blogroll" (or on some blogs it's called "Links") and decided to click on one of the links that was listed.

Well, that's all it took. Did you know that innocently clicking on one link will ultimately lead to clicking on another and another? It's like the chip saying, "You can't stop at just one". It's true! I had no idea that this fantastic feature would be so enabling to my new found addiction. Geez, there are no warnings of this behavior posted anywhere! (And if there was, I never saw it, I swear!)

Did you also know that if you are using Firefox as your internet browser that you can open individual tabs which makes viewing multiple blogs so much easier and more enjoyable? I've also since discovered the importance of exporting/backing up my Firefox Bookmarks since I have so many saved blog sites (that I seem to be drawn to visiting on a regular basis) not to mention the incredible fact that it is has no limit to the amount of sites I can add and the fact that it grows daily with new blogs I want to visit at another time.

Are there other fools victims out there who have fallen into this blog reading entanglement? Surely I am not the only one! What does one do to curb this addiction or even overcome it? Is there any cure? Is there any hope for us and our moderately neglected households since falling into this devastating trap? Are there any support groups for folks such as myself?

Someone please tell me so I can try to obtain some sort of self-control and utilize it properly as I really need to return back to my previous responsibilities of maintaining my household and providing for my family since they do have to eat now and then, and it would be great if they could actually use clean towels if when they showered and then had clean clothes to put on afterward.