A day in the woods :)

Saturday afternoon we went to a friend's party out in the woods.  

I took my little booger along, PJ.  He was a hit of the party.  LOTS of attention from everybody is what cute little puppies get.

He also made lots of new friends!  The kids just loved playing with him and pulling him around and he enjoyed chasing them!  

However, he found out that kids don't run out of energy like us grow-ups do.  They just keep going and going and going....

And going and going and going and going and...

You get the point.  

He was EXHAUSTED.  He took several long naps during the afternoon.  After chasing the youngins around for a while he had to just come and climb in momma's lap.  

Not that I minded. :)

Ian, the boy in the blue enjoyed him too.  Ian has autism and is so sweet.  He loved introducing EVERYBODY to PJ.  He just couldn't believe he was only 8 weeks old either!

Needless to say, we had a good time. PJ had tons of fun and the kids had tons of fun and it was just a good time outside enjoying the beautiful weather. 

God is so good!

My first flowers :)

Yes, my first bouquet of flowers ever received from someone.  I have gotten flowers before but they weren't exactly GIFTED...just given because they were left over from valentine's day.  

However, this valentine's day, I arrived at work to find that the most beautiful bouquet had been delivered...for ME!!  
And not only that, but they were from my sweetie!  
It was FABULOUS!! 

I couldn't help smiling from ear to ear and it kept a smile on my face for the rest of the day.

The roses were beautiful. I swore I never wanted to see a rose again after working valentine's and mother's day at a flower shop, but these roses were so different...not your typical rose.  So perfect :)

There were also some of these....don't really know what they are, but they add so much color to the arrangement!!  I'm such a fan of that florist!!  

And then...my man knew just what I like.  Daisies.  My favorite flower.  Ohhh it was so perfect <3

Now I'm just having fun taking pictures of these beautiful flowers. :) What else is a girl to do? :)

Have you noticed yet that I like smiley's??  :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Well, this valentine's day gift REALLY made me smile :)

God Bless!

-Bex

Happy Valentine's Day!

Tonight my sweetie invited me to go to his church's annual Valentine's banquet.  It was great fun, great food and great company.  

My favorite part about it was that it brought the whole concept of Valentine's Day, LOVE, back to the ULTIMATE lover.  Jesus Christ, who gave His own LIFE so that we could live in freedom and peace.

There are SOOOO many Bible verses about God and His love for us. 

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.  

Psalm 145:8

For God so loved the world that He GAVE His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish forever but have eternal life. 

John 3:16

Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:39

There is a song that we sang in Church this morning AND at the banquet tonight and I'm so glad we did.  It's one of my favorite songs! The lyrics are so powerful and so true.

He is jealous for me, 

loves like a hurricane, I am tree, 

bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.

When all of a sudden 

I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory

and I realize just how beautiful You are

and how great Your affections are for me.

And Oh, how He loves us

Oh, Oh how He loves us

How He loves us all

Yeah He loves us, Oh how He loves us

Oh how He loves us, Oh how He loves

We are His portion and He is our prize

drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes

If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking

So Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss

and my heart turns violently in my chest

I don't have time to maintain these regrets

when I think about the way

He loves us, OH how He loves us

Oh how He loves us

How He loves us all.

YES, He loves us, oh how He loves us

OH how He loves us

Oh how He loves.

I hope that if you don't know Him or His love, you will come to know that.  It's the best thing that can ever happen to you .  I pray you will find His love. 

<3

My new baby

Just the other day, we finally got to bring our Pooky puppy home to stay.  

Mom got to meet him for the first time.

He warmed right up :)

Once he left the other puppies his personality started coming out right away. He get sooo excited when I come home.

Let me stress the ME part of that. 

He cried all monday night cause I didn't get home til later.

He doesn't like anyone if I'm not there.

Ok, well maybe that's exaggerating just little...but it is true that he wouldn't stop yelping when I wasn't there monday night. 

I must say though:  he lived.

He also yelps when he has to go into the crate at night. He doesn't like not being able to get to me.  The first night he yelped ALL NIGHT. 

I'm thinking this is good training for when I am a mother of a human child.  I have heard the first 2 weeks you might as well not think about getting enough sleep.

LORD HELP ME IF THIS LASTS TWO WEEKS!!

The first night, he didn't hardly hush all night. 

The second night it was better.

Last night he went to sleep and I didn't really hear him at all, all night. 

But when the sun rises, he has to GO...if ya know what I mean.  

So I get up, put a jacket on and slip the crocs on at the door. Thankfully it's AFTER the sun has lit up the sky...I'm not a fan of getting up when it's still dark...actually, scratch that...I'm not a fan of getting up in the morning at all!!  

12:30 is more like it. 

But life demands I don't do that, except on saturdays.

Oh but wait...I have to take him to his vets appointment this saturday morning.

DANG IT!!

I guess this is all just part of being a mommy.

I must admit though, at the end of the day, it's all worth it :)

I'm already in love with this baby <3

Bedroom cleaning Step 1

This.....

This pile of mess.....

Yes, this....

This is my bedroom.

Here are my excuses:

Excuse #1) I am hardly EVER at home because of school, work and other events in my life.

Excuse #2) When I AM at home, I never have the time to do anything except do homework, occasionally clean the dishes, and check my facebook....

I mean... please. I HAVE to check my facebook SOMETIME!!

It's essential to my well-being!

Excuse #3) Because I am so busy, I'm usually tired...and exhausted when I arrive at the house, therefore I feel like doing nothing less than going straight to bed

and being lazy.

SO, I change into my cozy PJ's and leave the clothes worn that day right there on the floor where they dropped. 

And I don't pick them up.

That's just how the cookie crumbles!!  

Then before I know it, it looks like that.

SO. Now that I have told you about my 3 TOTALLY reasonable excuses, I must now begin my DRA (Dirty Rooms Anonymous) procedures.

1) Admit that I am a slob.

yes...Bex...Me...Myself...I.

I am a slob

2) Ask myself what things I might do to fix this problem.

Ummm....clean the room?

yes. 

3) Think about the things I might do to prevent this from happening over and over.

Already tried it...

never works. 

Pick up after I get home?? Are you kidding??

Ok, well maybe I am a hopeless slob. 

But atleast I'm trying. 

The thing I'm gonna use to get this thing cleaned up is the key:

Start Small.

First thing I did, (just because I had the few minutes and it was bothering me) was to take the unnecessary posters and pictures off the wall.

See, I have a record of being a wall slob too.

I eliminated most of the wall slobbiness a while back, but I have some new pictures I want to put up so I did it again. 

I moved all the posters I like and don't want to get rid of, into one section of the wall, behind where the door comes in. Then I took the other stuff I don't need on the wall down. 

So there, that is step one. 

Now onto step 2.

God Bless!

-Bex :)

Straitintire!!!!

Last night, my dear sweetie and I had a once in a lifetime experience.  It was the celebration of my birthday present from him.

George Strait, Reba McIntire and LeAnn Womack!!  

Best show I've ever been to...and it wasn't even a big show! They just sang!

The difference between these and other "country" music stars these days is for one, that they sing COUNTRY music. It's not pop, it's not rock, it's country. Pure and simple. They don't have to put on a show or use all these fancy screens and props, all they have to do is go out there and sing. 

And it's totally worth it!

LeeAnn Started. That woman can SANG.  

Yes, SANG. S-A-N-G.  Taylor Swift SINGS (and not very well at that.) 

LeeAnn's not the most popular, but she is a super star in my book. Such a talented lady. 

And then...THE queen.

REBIZZLE!!! (as Barbara Jean calls her...)

And GUESS who was there?  Melissa Peterman, Barbara Jean herself!!!  I don't have any pictures...I was too busy taking video....funniest thing ever. I love that woman.

But yes...Reba. The woman looks dang good for her age.  I don't even know how old she is, I can't even guess cause she doesn't look it!

AND...she can SANG too. She ain't called the queen of country for nothing!

Reba's last song. She was "Taxied" out to the stage in a cute little retro taxi and had on a scarlet dancing dress. Can you guess which song she sang?

That's right, Fancy :)  

The best rendition of Fancy I do believe I've ever heard. 

Then there was an intermission.

I got my King George T-shirt, then Jojo and I decided to walk around the civic center just for kicks. About halfway around through all the drunks and numerous people in line for beer, we came upon a large crowd gathered around something. Get up to it and turns out some crazy drunk woman was throwing punches at another crazy drunk woman and a security guard had the first crazy drunk woman on the ground in handcuffs.  (whew!! So many crazy drunk women!!)

There were many more crazy drunk people than I usually like to see in one place. Really, I don't like seeing ANY crazy drunk people, but they'll always be there. 

THEN just as we got back to our seats, the lights dimmed and then BANG!! THE KING.

He's such a cowboy. I love it. :)

He doesn't put on a show, he's just there. And somehow it's better than anything I've seen. he doesn't need to put on a show, he's just George and he sings. That's all he has to do.

The stage was in the middle of the auditorium and there were 4 corners with mics.  Did he walk around the stage and sing and point and wave and everything?  No!  He goes to one mic, sings a few songs. Next mic, sing a few songs. Next mic, sing a few, next mic, next mic, etc. etc. etc. It was great! 

His band was fabulous too. The average age for them all was probably over 55. No young guys here!  There was one younger guy who played the keyboards.  The best thing about having all those older men is that they know what REAL country is.  Over half of them were wearing cowboy hats too and all but the backup singers were from somewhere in Texas. Pure country. 

George was the best out of everyone there. I would pay to go see him all the time if I could. His show is worth every penny.

I'm so glad I have the best sweetie in the world who buys us tickets to go and takes me and we have the best time. I'm such a blessed girl!!!

God Bless!

-Bex :)

A new beginning

Hello and welcome to my new blog!  I had another, but I had posted a special blog about my most favorite pet ever, my dog Spooky....then just hours after I posted it, he began having seizures and by the next afternoon, he was gone. It was very traumatic and hard.  It was too hard to post something else after that crazy event, so I wrote one last post. About the experience of that whole thing. Then I renamed it "The Spooky Blog".  

But I still want to blog, so I made this one!!

SOON and very soon, we will be welcoming another member to our family.

A very SPECIAL new member since the passing of Spooky.  

His own son!

See any resemblance?

:) Probably not yet. The puppies are still only 4 weeks old.

Ain't they cute? 

I agree. 

BUT, we can't take little Takoda home yet. A couple more weeks! :)

God Bless!

-Bex