tonights happenings

I made dinner and I think it was good. I made healthy buffalo chicken ( used olive oil to cook it in and no breading), made a marinade with hot sauce and olive oil and liquid smoke...in the words of Rachael Ray- YUMMO! I also made peas in cheese sauce, baked beans, and honey muffins.

Now I am watching deal or no deal, thinking about the fact I need to read my Bible, and searchout things for my family and us to do while they are here. As well as decide on a hotel in chattanooga.

Tomorrow I am running the sign in area for the Math Assessment Scoring session for all 3rd grader in Metro Nashvilles school district. I am soooo working for the wrong subjects. LOL. My best were History (which I LOOOVe and could SO teach it) and English. I was okay at science but refused to do the disection, and Math I was doing good if I didn't fail. The math mentors were talking 7th grade math today, and it was so far above my headI was swimming.

I asked my friend how he was doing today (a older guy my momma works with) and he had the FUNNIEST response. He said he was "cool as the other side of the pillow" IS THAT NOT FUNNY! Man...I thought it was. You know how you turn the pillow over in the summer when it is sooo hot and that side feels sooo cool.

My nephews were here this afternoon when I got home. Damon got a pickle, then Noah asked for one, then Michael...pretty soon Noah was almost done and was telling Michael about the pickles "guts" and showing him the inside where the seeds were. Boys!!

my wildflowers are coming up, along with my bulbs...I am so happy! Go flower bed!

Thats the extent of my day...see ya

Monday, a new day, a new beginning.

Happy Good Monday Morning people! Today is a new day. I am more committed to: not worry, eat right, exercise...well those are my main goals for right now.

Anyway...I dont have time to write much more for two reasons. A) my battery is going low on laptop, B) I need to go to work. So peace out you wonderful homies!

Knowledge

Do you ever wish that you could have known then what you know now? I do. Maybe that is why life has it's learning lessons. If we knew everything to begin with, without experiencing failures or pain, we probably would be worse off. I realize that I have made many mistakes. Many things i wish I could go back and change. One of those is a special friendship in Idaho. I had always been the girl most people knew, but few were actually "friends" or chums with. You know, the one that they hung out with after school or went to the mall with on Friday nights. So one day, I prayed for a friend. I wanted a best friend. The Lord brought Sylvia C. Hill into my life. She was truly a blessing and answer to prayer for me personally. The Lord cared even about me needing a friend, as Brother Dupre said..someone with skin on. We truly hung out, I remember one time that she spent the night and we were just talking about The Church and having ourselves a best friend moment. I remember going hiking/walking with her, going shopping and her wearing things that she never normally would have. I remember how she and I would talk of our future husbands and wedding day. Though I didnt even know of Damon at the time. I also remember the hurt I caused her, by the jealousy that she was loved more, when she came to live with my family for awhile. I wish i had handled things so differently. How I wasted that time in our lives. It put a wall in our friendship that took a long time to get over. Then Damon came into my life...and I fear that I didn't pay as much attention to her and put her on the back burner...another dumb mistake. I got married, a year and a half later, she got married...2000 miles apart, we rarely talked. What a friend I had in her. How I wish I had cherished and held on that original care free best sisterchick relationship we had. I miss her now, what we had. I need a girlfriend. I wish I had known then, what I know now. Currently I am trying to rebuild the bridges of our friendship, though it would have been much easier to just not have gone through all this to begin with. Yet as I said earlier, maybe I had to learn this tough lesson, to know what I do now. I am so far from perfect. But I am trying to live for the Lord. He will help me to learn and grow, and hopefully not re inact my past mistakes. Lord help me to walk down the mountain with my head held high. And walk through the valley singing Your praises, head still high. In Him, I have victory, IN HIM, I have confidence. dont ever take for granted the blessings in your life. And...I need to take my own advice on this one, so I am talking to me just as much as you. good night and the Lord bless as you bless Him.

Gaucho culotte things

Well, my sewing project...yuck! i bought the WRONG kind of fabric for a beginner, not to mention i learned some pretty good lessons. Almost everything that could have went wrong- did.Sigh... Oh well, I am going to just have to rip apart and cut some more stuff and start over. Cutting is my least favorite part, i really like the sewing aspect of it.

I have kinda been on a roller coaster of emotions lately. I need to learn how to live in the sunshine again. I just know that I want to please the Lord with all my heart.

My bosses took me out for administrative assistant day on Tuesday to Macaroni Grill. I got some kind of chicken in a balsamic glaze. YUMMY. Had sundried tomatoes on it too. Those are yummy! Then yesterday, my mentors that I work for (one math coordinator is the main boss, she has 7 math mentors- really excellent math people/helps under her) took me to The Cheesecake Factory. YUMMMMO! I wish I had gotten another entree, not because it wasn't good, but it wasn't exactly my taste. good none the less. That places portions are HUGE! The price kind of sends you into sticker shock, but when you see how much food you get...its not as bad. Seriously, the salads are ginormous. I got the bang bang chicken and shrimp, a thai inspired spicy dish with flavors of coconut, peanut,and something else. For dessert....oooh...are you ready...... white chocolate macadamia caramel cheesecake. *mmmmmmmmmm* they got me little presents too. It is nice to be appreciated. I didn't need all that stuff, but it was nice and a blessing.

Well, I hope everyone has a nice day. It's raining here and I am happy. Two of my bulbs have come up out of the ground. YAY. I have name the honoraray first sprouting bulb...Freddy! I think they are the Iris', I planted some gladiolas too. I need to plant my other stuff in the back yard. Getting late! My wildflowers are coming up too. Along with my Azalea blooming. Did I ever post the pictures???

Top o' the Monday morning to ya'

Good moooooooooooooorning people! I hope everyone has a wonderful day, and most importantly that you remember the One who made this day. That would be God of course!

The birds are singing, the sun is shining, its nice and cool but not frigid out, and from what I can feel- not a hint of humidity in the air. I have left over french toast in my tummy and a job to go to. life is good.

I am trying to find a hotel in chattanooga, the downtown area/waterfront district, that has good reviews and isn't astronomically priced. So far...I am thinking the Clarion.

Guess I need to get off here. Tonight I am hoping to start my gauchos. Rachel and Sara helped me shop for a pattern and material on Saturday while Damon and Brad tried to wrestle the suzukster. I bought material for a sarong wrap and a pair of gauchos, and possible amother sarong wrap. I am excited...but I am thinking it may just be worth it to spend a bit more and order them. Maybe i need to go to an actual fabric store...but walmart seemed kind of high priced for fabrics (without much to choose from) unless you bought from the value fabrics that were $1 a yard. Which is where I got my fabric from. It's really pretty though, light and moveable and hopefully durable. I will have to add a lining to them though. Not to hard, HOPEFULLY! I got a lot of experience with sewing all the stuff for the walk through Bethlehem, but those costumes were a bit different and a tad (note sarcasm) easier than an actual piece of patterned clothing. I am a real beginner, and hope i do okay.

See you later, Jesus loves you SOO much!

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Today...we uh...went to a side job. A side job that was in "da hood". I didn't know there was a hood like that here. It like the movies portray and everything! We were going to Silver Sands for lunch and there was a rapper on the corner with some biiig old speakers carrying his voice. I was amused by all of this. You know, for as scary as all of that was to a country girl, those people have more of a sense of community and helping their neighbors than those of upper class suburbia. We could all learn a thing or two.

Well, I am going to sign off now. would yall pray for damon and i, the Lord knows!

Pray for My Family and Me

I just received some pretty sad news today. No one has died dont worry...but at this time I cannot write any details. Just pray for the Lords will during this time. Up until the third week of June. Thank you. I appreciate all prayers! :)

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Damon blogged...check it out! My baby deserves some commenting! paintermanbroyles.blogspot.com

Not much going on, I started my new exercise routine last night. I don't wanna go again tonight, but I know I need too. I have lost some weight, so I want to keep it off and keep going.

Damon is building Honey a dog house. He has become quite the carpenter, and I am so happy for him that he is having fun building things. Especially when it means a deck for us and a house for my doggie.

Two months from Today my parents, Damon and myself, will be starting our first official day of vacation. I am really excited! Saving the money is kind of stressful, but better to save than to charge! We are going to Gatlinburg and have our cabin reserved already. Still have to decide on a hotel in chattanooga. Mom wants one in the waterfront district, I don't blame her, its my favorite part!

Hmm......i try to think of things that are interesting but I guess I have become boring. I am just thankful for another day that the Lord has given me, to love and serve Him and try to be the best example to the world that I can be. I don't know what to cook for dinner, I am defrosting chicken so we will see where it goes.

We got a new neighbor, he seems to be pretty decent.

I am buying the plants for our garden this weekend hopefully and some miracle grow, and some kind of repellent to keep my cats out of the flower bed. They seem to think it's their potty. I DON'T think so!! My nephews are chasing each other with water guns outside, crazy boys.

see ya later people

This is the day

that the Lord hath made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. Thank You Jesus for another day. I pray that you all are blessed this day, with your desires, dreams, and most importantly a desire to bless the Lord with your soul and with all that is within you to bless HIS name. I am feeling kind of happy...in the words of the mouse from BarnYard. WEEEEEEEE!

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Today was a good day, with the exception of missing the Youth Convention. I helped Damon at a side job, and worked my hands to bone...so to say. I told him I would help him if it meant he would take the money and go to Men's retreat. Not that he doesn't want to go, we just need to extra money in order for him TO go. Anyway, we painted approx a 1000 sq ft space (minus the huge walk in closet and the little closets, deduct whatever that sq footage is from 1000 and you get the total) in about 8 hours. Not bad, I rolled and he cut in. I rolled quite a bit. I was proud of myself. I asked the Lord to help me not touch the ceiling (not that I normally do, but I didnt want to make a mistake as we werent doing the ceilings) and these were 9 foot ceilings too, anyway...I didn't touch once. YAY JESUS.

Damon and I were talking about Kids today. What are dreams are, so on. It was nice, it is nice to stand beside the man God gave me..wherever we are. Working, on vacation, at church, so on. I am blessed.

If y'all have a minute, you could send a prayer up for me. They are always helpful. :) Well, it's 6 mins till 10 pm...and my eyes are sleepy. Night.

carry your candle

Let's carry our candles out into this dark world today. Jesus makes so much of a difference. With Jesus you can be happy, with Jesus you don't have to carry pain all by yourself. With Jesus you have a shoulder to lean on. Cool Huh! So carry your candles so people can see what you have, and want it for themselves.

Johnny Cash's old home burned down. Too bad, I am sure it was a landmark and showcase of history for all who came to see it.

It is windy, storm front is coming in. I am glad it has warmed up and is raining, because as I said I just planted all of my landscaping stuff. It needs rain. Wind, i could do without...don't want to have the little guys blown down. They say lightning too. :( Although I like storms, I don't want to see my little plants torn apart. As of the news this morning,the big stuff is about a half hour away.

I made dinner from left overs last night. I added a few new ingredients, but it was YUM-O. I split the bread rolls in half on a plate then made a rue (equal amounts of butter and flower, that you cook for a minute or so till it's creamy...for those of you who didn't know. Though most probably do) and used chicken broth to make a gravy, which I added some of the leftover gravy from sunday. Then i sauteed some leftover ham, so it was nice and toasty. Added some brocolli and a small cube of velveeta, then topped all of that with the gravy mixture and let it blend for about 5 minutes. Then I topped the rolls with that mixture, YUMMY. Damon ate his whole plate. Go ME!! I then made peanut butter cookies, but he didn't like them. He said that he probably doesn't like peanut butter cookies. Because I tasted them and they are good. My recipe that I have used for years, with the exception of chocolate chips, I added some milk chocolate chips this time. Oh well, now I know he doesnt like PB cookies.

I need to get ready for work, I have 18 minutes and I am still if my jammies, with only my teeth brushed :D.

I still have my bruise from giving blood :(

Oh yeah, pray for Damon and I tonight...we are doing the devotion (as i really wanted, Damon has taken on pretty much the whole thing) and want to find the Lords will. I am really proud of Damon, I love him. Its nice to study the Word together. He has some really good thoughts and I pray that the Lord would just use and bless him tonight.

A good thought for the day

April 10, 2007

Compete Or Converge

READ: Ruth 4:13-22

[Ruth] bare a son. . . . and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. —Ruth 4:13,17

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Walking through campus one day, a seminary professor came upon a custodian reading the Bible during lunch hour. The professor asked what he was reading. “Revelation,” the custodian said. “I’m sure you don’t understand what it means,” said the professor condescendingly. “Actually, I do,” he replied. “It means Jesus wins.”

In the face of life’s challenges, it’s important to remember that ultimately God always wins! And since His plans are always in the victory lane, it’s infinitely wiser to converge with His will rather than compete with it.

In the story of Ruth, God providentially set the stage for Boaz to rescue Ruth and Naomi from a life of poverty and the shame of not having an heir. Ruth could have been bitter about her status as a young widow, and Boaz might have thought that as a foreigner Ruth was not worth his time. But they recognized the hand of God in their circumstances and converged with His plan to provide for her needs. The best part is that their story doesn’t end there. Salvation for the world was yet to come through their descendants—first David and then Jesus (Matt. 1:5-16).

We can compete with God’s plan and pursue our own agenda. Or we can converge with God’s plan and join the winning side. The choice is ours. —Joe Stowell

Choose not a path that God can’t bless,
For it will end in sure defeat;
But choose God’s path of victory
And with His plans you won’t compete. —D. De Haan

God’s plans always lead to victory.

bloggin on the new deck

Yes folks, thats right. I am blogging on our new deck. I know, I know...you are all anxiously waiting for the pictures. Right?? due to the amount of sarcasm in that statement, i won't be posting the pictures until it warms up. Mainly because I want to take the pictures when it warms up and the flowers are there happy smiling selves. :) Though this deck thing (how it turned out) was really unplanned, i am happy with how it turned out. Except for the fact, we are renters and won't get to take it with us when and if we get our own house. Hopefully we can get a break on rent with the amount we spent fixing it the outside up. I planted the bushes and flowers and bulbs and set up the edgeing stones and mulched. Looks fabuloso.

Pray for Damon and me. We are giving the devotion this wednesday night. Damon says the topic a living sacrifice has been on his mind. So, I am trying to think/pray on what the Lord would have me to say in the devotion. I am normally the outspoken leader type role in our relationship when it comes to doing church stuff. disclaimer, I do not rule the roost so don't get any ideas in your heads. I am just saying I have the get up and go take on anything personality when it comes to church projects...I say all that to say this...:) that I really want him to LEAD this devotion. I want him to take on the main part of it and go with it. He has such a tender heart and a sweet almost childlike spirit towards the Lord. I love that about him. I am so blessed by God to have a husband like I do. I could never have picked any one better, nor could I have dreamed that my life would turn out like this. The heartaches and hard times of marriage, the being away from family, it is ALL hard...but to have a love in my life EVERY DAY that some people only get to dream of, well...THAT my friends is amazing. And I am thankful. I am not being mushy, I am being truthful. Marriage is hard sometimes, but when God is in the husband and wife, ultimately the marriage is in HIM and it is a beautiful thing.

The Easter dinner turned out wonderful, despite the fact my foot ached from having been on it almost all day on Saturday from cooking and working outside. I have to say it was a total success. And I have turned Damons family onto a new recipe from my family, waldorf salad. My deendee (grandma) made it. YUM-O. Has apples (cut small), mini marshmallows, golden raisins, walnuts, and miracle whip. You may say that sounds gross, but my friends you need to try. It is super yummy. I just had this thought, I want another Beverly Lewis book, I read all of mine. Back on subject. I found out what happened with my song Sunday (to those of you who were there that read my blog) I have some CD Tracks that I use track #4 with...well for some reason I forgot that fact that I use track 1 with this song and well...told them to use track 4. So, that is why I had a hard time. I normally sing it in the high version but somehow managed to sing the low version. I know the Lord had to help me, even though it started out horrible, because thats a lot of space to jump on a song and I don't think I can normally do it. So thanks Jesus.

Well, this is me, signing off. :)

muy frio

tell me how it went from 80 degrees on wednesday (i think) to 40 something on Saturday. BRRRRRRRRRR. At night its in the low 20's. This is april! It is so cold.

I should have taken before pictures. before pictures of the space where we are building our new deck and doing our landscaping. We originally started out building a small deck with some wood from Damons moms house, where he tore down a ramp. well, that turned into..we need a bigger space. which turned into lowes and lots of wood aka lots of money. BUT, we will surely enjoy it. I got all of my bushes and flowers to put in. The only thing I need to buy still are my herbs for my herb garden, my strawberry plants, tomato plants,grape vine, possibly a raspberry patch (the golden raspberries). I might try to do lettuce as well. I need to buy some miracle grow too. my grandpa used miracle grow a lot and his garden was amazing.

Anyway, getting off here now. need to pay a bill and start dinner for tomorrow. I am making the rolls today. I found a new recipe i want to try, they are cottage cheese rolls. I found the recipe in my taste of home magazine. I really like that publication. I subscribed and need to renew, I really enjoy the new recipes. Well, HAPPY EASTER! Jesus loves and died for all of us.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I just had a WHOLE post with ten -ish pictures and everything. GONE...i accidentally clicked something and NOW it's gone!!! grrr

HERE WE GO AGAIN!

Happy Birthday To You

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Gracie, Happy birthday to you!!




The people in the picture don't know who you are but decided to send you a wish as well....lol.


I decided to throw you a virtual party so I got some pizza-


I brought the cake too-


oh and we cant forget, enough coca cola for everyone!





May you have a wonderful birthday! Loves- Kasey

Crazy Kitty

My cat...*sigh* is so funny! He has been chasing his ball (with the bell in it) for about 10-20 minutes. He will pick it up and carry it in his mouth like its some sort of prize, weirdo.

Found a cool saying... "My life helps paint my neighbor’s picture of God."

You know, regardless of my failure...my weaknesses, I want to make it to Heaven and I want to take as many as I can with me. I want to be able to give up fleshly things, if need be. If it comes right down to it I want to be able to to stand for the Lord and make it, whatever it may be. I want to stand for the Lord every day. To show His Love. Some days I feel as if I am so off the mark, God help me during these times and every day. I love Him, He has done soooo much for me. Let me ever worship and praise You Lord. You are my Peace, my Sanity, my Happiness!

Have a good day!