Jackson

I had my first morning all by myself, well just me and God. Thats a song..."Me and God"...good song. Damon wanted to sing it at church if there was a soundtrack out. :) I just had to keep praying and I finally went to sleep. I finished my book that I bought on Thursday. Learning How to Breathe, by Tammy Trent. She lost her husband still fairly young and on vacation. I like 99.9% percent of it, and only disagreed with a few parts. Anyway, I bought a soundtrack that I want to sing...Blessed by Rachel Lampa, and another song called "I Wish You Were Here". I can't remember who its by, Mark Schultz maybe. Anyway, it is my Damon song. I am looking forward to seeing my beloved husband in heaven some day. I miss him so much and I think about him nearly constantly, but God is giving me grace to "breathe again". I still wish he was here, I wish I had him, but that wasn't the plan for my life. I had him for three WONDERFUL years, and I must remember and cherish those and walk forward with the Lord holding my hand each step of the way. Anyway, I am going to get off here, we are heading to the fire works display tonight. We would be, Me, Michael, Zacc, and Noah. Love and Prayers- Mrs. Damon Broyles

Oh yeah...btw, the reason we went to Jackson- to pick up the boys. :)

Vicky and Steak n Shake

Bound to be a good combination. :) She has the tendency to make a person smile with all of her antics. Breath of fresh air from everything going on.

Today was a pretty good day, I still think about Damon almost non stop, but who wouldn't. My husband was so amazing, the more I STOP and take time to remember all of the wonderful huge things he did, and all of the wonderful little things he did...I am just so in awe of the man I had the pleasure of calling my husband. I am so thankful for the all the time I had with him. The every day pleasures of holding his hand, planning our menu for the week so I could TRY to fatten him up. HAHA. If you really knew Damon, you will find the comedy of that comment. :)He loved me so much, and I LOVE him. I am so blessed to have had him for a husband. I keep saying that, I know, I say it A LOT. But it is TRUE. Man he was amazing. Thank you Jesus for Damon and the legacy he left for ME and so many others, and may this situation touch as many lives as you see fit. I miss him, but I rejoice for him. I want him back, but I know he is free from this world and all of his health problems.

Well, I think I am going to try to read some more. I love you Damon Broyles!!!

Friday

Today is Friday, though I guess ya'll already knew that. I miss my husband already today. I keep going through his notes for me and he would sign them "looking forward to many more years with you and Jesus" or something similar. At first that hurt, wondering why we couldn't have had many more years. Then I realized...Damon DID want many more years with me, but God had a different plan. It wasn't that Damon wanted to leave his life with me, God was ready for him in Heaven and Damon's work was finished. God also knows my pain. The Bible says (and I don't know where and it won't be word for word) precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Damon's death is precious to the Lord, because he WAS a saint. He was upright before the Lord, now Damon and the Lord are in communion with one another. Damon served the Lord by faith, having not seen Him, and now he can see Jesus face to face. He has received his reward. God also knows how my heart has been broken and will bring this around for my good. I keep saying God sees the end from the beginning, and I am sure it seems like I talk about God a lot, but that was Damon and I's life. We LIVED and I still LIVE to serve God. Nothing else in life matters, I shouldn't say it doesn't matter. God first, then everything else will fall in place as it needs to be. God will put the desires in my heart that I need to have. To serve others, to share HIS name, to love my family wholly and purely, to be an Christian example, so on. Even down to how I dress each day and act at work or wherever I may be. My heart for God will motivate everything about me, minor or major, to be like Him. I aspire to be like my husband, my husband wanted to be like Jesus. Thus I will be like Jesus, if I DO what I need to do before Him. Damon had a Bible with him almost anywhere and everywhere he went. I truly believe Damon was God's GREATEST gift to me (aside from the Salvation, Sanctification, and Baptism of the Holy Ghost I have received) in my life. I learned so much with him. I learned what is was to be a wife and what it meant to serve. Not out of a master-servant relationship, but because he loved me and wanted to make me happy and I in return wanted to make his every want/wish/need come true. I love Damon Broyles, I will ALWAYS love my husband. I can't possibly express how truly deeply in love I am with him. I am STILL in love with him. We had a whirlwhind romance. It all happened so fast. We met (online) and married within approx. 10 months. I remember the first voice mail I got from him and I heard his southern drawl, SHEWEE it was cute. Though my time with him will never feel like enough, I am so thankful I was blessed with the opportunity to love him and be loved by him. Those he is in the Lord's care now, I still consider him MY Damon, MY Penguin, My Groom.

Picture

He was so perfect for me.

Pictures of My Penguin

Feeling His Love

It may sound weird, but I guess I can almost feel Damon's love for me. I haven't felt this before. People have told me, you will still carry his memory with you and hold all those things in your heart. But I guess I haven't felt that way until today. I knew I was thinking about my husband, and all the love we shared, and how I would sorely miss him...but it was like I could feel the feeling of him loving me today. I found out some good news, another thing he had done, that I didn't know about that was another step to insure I would be taken care of if this ever happened. I would rather have my husband ANY day than any kind of arrangements he made to take care of me financially...but it just further shows how much Damon cared for me. I ask Jesus daily, to tell Damon I love him. It was good to get out of the house today. It seems like I do better when I am busy and surrounded by lots of people. We went to the Christian Book Store and I bought a accompaniment track, two CD's, and a book by Tammy Trent. I can't decide if I want Rachel to spend the night tonight or not. Only because I am probably gonna be calling on her after mom leaves and Brad might like his wife and daughter home for one night. I am glad my nephews had a good time at camp. I hope everyone will blog now. PUHLEASE. I still need to clean the house. I lost motivation again. I need to vacuum really bad and sweep and clean. Is anyone else having a bigger than normal invasion of ants? I don't EVER remember having as many as I have had, as I do now. I think there might have been one time they seemed to come from everywhere. So i guess I can't say I "never" remember this many. But they are everywhere! They were even in my Fridgerator! Good grief. I sprayed those little buggers. I feel bad, because ants are hard workers and work in unity and you know, they aren't ugly. But I don't like them in my food. That is just gross. I got on the scale today....I have lost a bunch of weight. That is nice...I guess. Sigh. anyway, see ya later. I love you Damon Broyles

Thursday

I had a good evening last night, I wasn't sad. I thought about Damon and even laughed over a few memories. I didn't dream too much, until I woke up one time in the night, then had two dreams. I need to get out of the house, but what do I go do? I have no idea where my life is heading. One moment I feel one way, the next I feel another. I can't go to work, too many memories and I am off anyway. Mom has to fly home this saturday. I will fly home for awhile after I get some more things taken care of. I will need some company after mom leaves, just so you know. Pray for me this morning, I am thinking about my husband a lot and missing him. He is in heaven and happy, but I miss him.

Company

I have company tonight. The house feels fuller and happier. I am thankful to the Lord for keeping me going, there are some really sad times, but those don't last ALL the time. It doesn't help to think on the things I can't change, so I need to work on the things I can. Such as: My reactions, my attitude, how I handle my "new kind of normal" (that is the book I am reading, it is actuall called A New Kind of Normal), purposing myself to be a woman after God's own heart as David was a man after God's own heart. Damon was a man after God's own heart too. I love everything about that man...EVERYTHING. He was an amazing person, and remains that way in my memories and in my heart.

I remember how Damon would say my name. I remember the flowers I got for Valentines and how he was so proud of himself (as he should have been!) He was always so excited when he did something great (which was more than he realized) or got something new. That boy, I love him. I feel like the most blessed woman in the world to have known him and to have been his wife. He was truly a special creation of the Lord. I know we are all special, but Damon was so different from the general populus. I know, I'm partial. :)

A Tribute To My Penguin

With Tammy's help we are setting up a memorial for Damon. The domain name(or whatever you call it, she would know) is ready. It is www.damonbroyles.com
Tammy is doing all the work, I just supplied pictures and thoughts. Since I am clueless about so much of this. Anyway, the different design elements won't be up right away but you can go comment.

I don't know what to write. I have so many thoughts going through my head. I don't want to say or do anything wrong and I want to please the Lord even in my time of mourning. I just want to make it to heaven. I just want to make it! I want to see my husband again. Heaven is about serving God and making it for Him, but it is okay to look forward to seeing Damon? People keep telling me the things that seem important now won't matter then. It is so hard for me to wrap my mind around. Life will be so different from the life we have known that I can't understand it. I just know I miss my husband and that I love him more than I can even describe. God will never give me more than I can handle, so I know I will be okay, eventually....

Damon's Wife

Hope nobody is getting tired of me blogging. I wish more people would blog. I am having an interesting Day today. I don't know how to feel. I miss Damon, in all the little things I miss him. The places we went...seeing the neighborhood with the different memories of places we went together.

Brother Pruitt

I bet (not in the literal sense of the word) that Damon was sure happy to see Brother Pruitt today! From what I hear Brother Robert J. Pruitt passed on at approx. 2:45 am this morning.

I Need Prayer

Please pray for me if you read this. I am missing him. I know it is normal, but it just hurts.

One More Time..

...for the night. I am blogging a lot these days. As I said earlier, I started to read a book, the book I bought last night. It is called A New Kind Of Normal by Carol Kent. Aside from most of the scriptures not being in the KJV translation and a few other things, it is pretty good. I do better if I keep busy. Yvonne came over today and we looked through pictures, I need to send an online order to walmart. My family tells me that it is good we took so many pictures. I wish we had taken more. Judy came over and she seems to be doing good, still has her sadness, like all of us...but altogether good. His family is calling to check on me, which makes me feel good too. While looking online today, I realized I wasn't the only young widow. Some have even been even younger than me. I need to clean the house. It is starting to get to me. I have to go on how Damon would want me too. I don't know where I will live at this point, but will probably visit Idaho for about a week and then come back. I am hoping to fly out the beginning of next week. I have a new saying...My hero made heaven.

Try to Read

I am going to try to read a book I guess. I bought it last night. I need to read the Bible today too. I read some, but not enough. I am aching today, on the inside. I think these days after everything is over are harder than anything else. Tomorrow my aunt leaves, it will be mom and I. I need prayer for direction in my life. I want to stay because everything we have is here, our memories, our stuff...all of it. Yet, I want to be around my family. I am so torn. SO torn.

So Careful

I want to be careful before the Lord, in what I say and what I do. I know I am going through a hard time, but I don't think it's and excuse to get away with feeling or saying any old thing I want too. Life will go on, without my seet Damon. My life has been forever changed by that one moment in time. One moment and everything is different. I guess the song homesick just keeps playing through my mind...
Today will be one week since he met the Lord face to face. Only God knows my pain, and only God knows the victory this will hold for me. He sees the end from the beginning. I love you Damon.

Today

I need prayer today, I had bad dreams...dreams about Damon... I know I can do all things through Christ. I WILL make it through this, but right now I am hurting. I miss him.

A Good Day

I have had a much better day today. Don't get me wrong, I have thought about Damon A LOT, but today has been a lot better thanks to the Lord. I was thanking the Lord tonight for letting me have the privilege of having a man so wonderful as my husband for over three years. Many people don't have what I had, and I am suprememly blessed to have had the husband that I did and still carry him in my heart. Always.

I am trying to fill my days, and I do better with people around me...so if yall could blog it would really help :) And you can talk to me about Damon, that actually helps too. I am scared people will forget. Forget the legacy he left, forget to call me and talk to me...that may sound needy. I just need people, so if you want to visit, feel free. ANYTIME. Rachel and Sara came to see me tonight and we went to dinner along with the rest of my family minus my dad who flew home tonight.

Continue to pray for my Dad, even amongst the grief I see rays of hope, but he needs the Lord to keep him. Pray for my mom, she is sick. Pray for me that I have good dreams and continue to feel the Lord's comfort. Pray for Damon's family. I appreciate all of the support and everything everyone has done for me and the family. Just continue to blog and talk, I have been missing it since so many are away at camp.

Pray for my Dad

if you read this, please pray for my dad. My mom called me this morning and says he's about to lose it. He blames himself for not being able to help Damon (he was right next to him the whole time I guess), he HATES my cousin for what he has done to the family and my grandmother (mommas mom) because she has supported Jason. He wants mom to get rid of the car that Deendee (her mom) gave her, and never wants mom to ask to speak to deendee again. She doesn't know what he will do when he goes home tonight. Please pray for him. My mom said I need to talk to Dad, I need strength. A lot of it. I didn't want to lose my husband, but I did, and now I need to make every day count in honor of his memory and in honor of the God we BOTH served/serve.

So many decisions

I never thought my life would turn out like this. Of course there are a lot of things in life that I never saw coming, both good and bad. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. I know I didnt word that just right, but it is what is going through my mind as I write this. I have had a very rough day, but after I called Tammy I felt a bit better and have even eaten a bit more today. I know hard days are going to come and go, but I am so thankful for the easier times. I am really trying to operate my life in the way the Lord would have me too and how I think Damon would be happy with me. There are so many things to consider now that I never would have thought. What to do, where to live...sigh...I just wish he was here. I love him so much. I know it was his time to be with the Lord, I KNOW that, however I miss him and love him and think about him. I am not sure what to type, or how to ask questions...I just need the Lord to lead me and guide me. I need lots of prayer, we all do. The Lord has helped me a lot, I want to give Him thanks for that. I love You Jesus and thank you for your strength, I REFUSE to let you down. I WILL Serve you, I WILL trust you, my heart WILL sing your praises.

Pray

Pray for me please, anyone, pray.

How do I feel?

Today has been a hard day. Sister Maudie said the grief would come in like waves and it would roll out the same way. It seemed like yesterday I really did okay, I had my moments of sadness but it was like I couldn't comprehend. Today, my heart absolutely aches. I don't know how to feel, what is destroying me and what isn't. I know it was Damon's time to go,but that doesn't make it any easier for me. He is still gone. I know he is in Heaven, and that is comforting, but I still want him by my side. I refuse to let this over take me and steal my victory, yet I am so broken hearted. I don't know what is okay to think and what is not. I have all of these emotions, yet I don't want to give a foot hold. There are times where I think it will all be okay, then there are times where I just can't seem to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I miss him. I refuse to give up though, you hear me you stupid devil! I REFUSE! So get outa my way, I have heaven to make, and I want to make it even MORE now! I hate the stupid devil! Oh I hate him.

The 1st Time

My dad said, for the first time today, "I love you too". When I was little I couldnt say love I guess, so my word was "mim". He would say mim you too, or you too, but never "I love you" too. My dad is going to church in the morning. He is really heart broken right now, as all of us are, and my sadness seems to come in waves. For a while it seems like I am okay, then I will remember something that Damon and I did together and it makes me sad again. But, two miracles have already come from all of this...If I could have had my way, I would want my sweet Damon...but I know he would tell me how happy he is for me. I hope Jesus let him see the multitude of people he touched and affected. He was the brightest light for the Lord I have ever seen and I am so proud and in love with my husband, forever and always.

My last day with him

it may be weird for me to be blogging so much, but its like some kind of help for me. To talk about Damon. I slept okay, I kept waking up and had some dreams about Damon. The song homesick has played in mind throughout the whole night. I am out hereon the porch with the computer, like Damon would sometimes do. My stomach hurts so bad right now. I am trying to go through things to find what I should put in his casket. I found a lot of pictures that bring back memories, memories of how great the love we shared is. But it also reminds me that he is gone. So needless to say I am really hurting right now, and the aching won't go away. I need to write him one last love letter. Who knows, maybe it won't be the last, but it will be the last one to go into his hands. I cant even express what I am feeling. I can't grasp it myself, and maybe that is good. I keep rethinking how he died, I wish I wouldn't. I really really need help from the Lord. I am more homesick than ever before.

The big day

Tomorrow I bury my husband. The Lord has held me up these past few days. I know He will continue to do so, but tomorrow will be the last time I see him this side of Heaven. As I go through things here at the house, trying to find something that would be meaningful to put in with him before he is buried, I get more sad. There are times I think "God, how can this be your will?" but then I look around and see the lives this is already touching and I have no doubt in my mind it was his time. That fact doesnt make it any easier. It is easier in the sense, I don't have to worry about where my husband went. As I think back on the short time I had with him, I realized I have never met anyone with a purer heart. He was so childlike and sincere. So unfiltrated by this world. So beautiful, and lovely, and kind, and caring. I had true genuine love. I will never ever forget my husband, he was and is the man of my dreams. He was my heartbeat. He was and is my hero. I can't say I am not struggling and having all sorts of thoughts. I am. I know I love God, and God had a reason to take Damon. He didn't want him to suffer anymore, and in the process of giving Damon the eternal breath of life, his passing from this life to the next has opened doors, already. Doors of salvation. I am so so so thankful I had a man like Damon. I am thankful I had Damon, not just a man like him, as there will never be another. EVER. God made him special, oh so special. Pray for me, tomorrow I have to really let go. You know, I know he is gone, I know he is in heaven, but tomorrow I shut the door and I can't physically see him anymore. I laid on his chest tonight. It still felt good. I will never forget the sweetness of his love, the gentleness of his kiss, the strength in his hands, and kindness and holy desire towards me as his wife in his eyes. I hope that is not out of line to say. I have to make it to heaven, I have more of a desire to go than ever before. I can almost see him saying *as he jumps up in the air* "woo hoo, I made it Kasey, I made it!" I love you Damon, I love you so much babe. I won't let you go in my heart.

Rough Morning

I am having a rough morning. My stomach is really upset and I miss him horrendously. Yesterday was better than this. I am feeling awful. I know God is with me, but I am hurting really really really bad right now. I want Damon. I want him.

My Sweet Damon's Obituary

Richard “Damon” Broyles, 30, of Old Hickory, Tennessee, was promoted to glory in Pigeon Forge, TN on Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Visitation will be held at Phillips Robinson Funeral Home in Old Hickory, TN on Thursday, June 21 from 6-8p.m. and Friday, June 22, from 2-8 p.m. The Memorial Service to honor and celebrate his life will be held at THE Church of God, 6065 Mt. View Road, Antioch, TN at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 23 with burial to follow in Hermitage, TN. Damon fought with asthma his whole life, but was unable to fight this attack that would take him from this life to the next. He was born to Richard and Judy Broyles on November 14, 1976 in Nashville, TN the youngest of three children. He grew up in the Nashville, TN area and graduated from Mount Juliet High School in 1995. He started working for the Metropolitan Nashville Public School system in the late nineties as a painter and had worked there up to the time of his passing on. He married the love of his life, Kasey, on March 20, 2004 in Nampa, ID. He loved God first and foremost, THE Church of God, his wife, Kasey, and his family. Damon was a hard worker and recently been promoted to a Lead Man position for Metro School‘s Maintenance Department. He was always staying busy. He loved spending time with his wife, and their dog, Honey, or as he called her his princess. He loved his nephews and teaching them how to do different things, or having their help as he mowed a lawn. Damon liked working on anything and loved Ford trucks. He was a third generation painter and truly liked what he did. He was as professional and excellent a painter as they come. He loved his Mom and Dad and his sisters Fancy and Yvonne. He had a pure heart for his Jesus and loved him with such a sweet and childlike way. He was an example to all who met him, and exemplified what a true godly character meant. He never met a stranger and was willing to give you the shirt off of his back. Though Damon is in heaven, and walking the streets of Glory with his Savior, he will be sorely missed by his wife and family. My sweetest Damon, my one and only penguin, I love you babe, with every breath in me. I will never ever forget you or the true, genuine, and sweetest of loves that we shared. You are my hero and my knight in shining armor. I love you, your bride, Kasey.

Times

I will post the times of everything on here for anyone who wants to come.

Visitation at Phillips Robinson Funeral Home, Old Hickory, TN
Thursday 6-8pm
Friday 2-8pm

Funeral at THE Church of God, Antioch, TN
11:30am (that is when Damon took lunch)

Burial to follow at Hermitage, I can't remember the name of the cemetary.

My stomach hurts a lot lately. Last night I think God helped me to sleep, I woke up a couple of times. But I had a dream with Damon in it and now I am upset. All I can think is that I have to live the rest of my life without the love of my life. I know God will help me through those days, but everything from grocery shopping to mowing the lawn doing all of this stuff without him. God knows I loved that man. How I loved him. We had a pure love, I still love him. I still selfishly want him back. I know no one would want to come back from Heaven, but if I could have him back asthma free, oh in a heart beat I would have him. I don't like asthma, oh I don't like it. Though I feel like that was his thorn in the flesh, like Pauls eyes were to him. Pray for the family. This is so hard. I miss my husband, I miss him so badly. I am up at 7:30 the time he would be at work. I picked a casket for him that I feel is perfect. It is all white and says Going Home. He was a pure heart, I don't think I realized how pure he was before the Lord until now. I mean I knew he served the Lord and loved the Lord and was right with Him. But my Damon's heart was so pure and child like. I will never ever ever meet another person like him, I got one in a billion. Thank you JESUS for letting me know and love and share life with so wonderful a man. I need to go now, please pray for me. I need them. I know I keep repeating that, but I do.

prayer

I really really need prayer...I am so sad. I dont even know if that's the word, devastated and heartbroken. I go to sleep and that feeling in the pit of my stomach goes away. I wake up and it is there again. I remind myself it was his time to go, but it doesn't make this sadness disappear or the realization of the fact he's gone go away. My husband is gone. I keep rethinking those last moments. I can't remember him like that. I can't even type what I am feeling, I know the Lord will never give me more than I can handle, but this is reall really really hard. I wish I could have him back. This house feels lonely, everything reminds me of him. I slept with one of his shirts that I hadn't washed yet. I don't know how to do this. I keep saying I don't know how i am going to get through this, then I think "with the Lord". It is true, but no easier at this point. I dont know what else to say.

I miss him

I am blogging mainly to let everyone know that I am here and making it, only by God's sustaining hand. I need things to keep my mind busy. Sleeping is what sounds the best. I know that it was my Damon's time to go, that is the only comfort I have right now, and that he is in Heaven. It happened so fast, SO fast. We were at Dollywood waiting to get on a ride and he mentioned we needed to go that he was having trouble breathing. It was ten minutes from the time he said he needed to leave before he had passed out. I can't believe this. I really do not know how to process this. I am heartbroken. I miss him so much, knowing that I will never get to hold his hands, or kiss his face, or feel the love he had for me through his eyes. No more grocery shopping or cooking buffalo chicken, his favorite. My life has turned upside down in 24 hours. Yet will I praise HIM. Please continue to pray for me. I don't even begin to know what to do next, the funeral, so on. There just seems to be an overlooming sadness, that my husband is gone. The love of my life. People are telling me it is normal and okay to want him back. I know I couldn't pull him away from Heaven if I wanted too. He would come back only for me, but his asthma is NO more now. If this cup could pass from me, I would take that option in a heart beat. Pray for me. I love him still and miss him with all of my heart, I never knew I could love any one person so much until I met Damon. God knows, and He will help me through all of this that I don't understand. Right now I really feel weak and sad and I don't know what else. Mainly sad.

There was a movie one time that talked about penguins and how they have one mate for their whole life, I believe even if the other dies they remain true to that lifetime mate. I told Damon he was my penguin, the love of my life. One of the last statements he said to me, was as we were walking past the bald eagle exhibit and he noticed a sign that said they mate for life as well. He mentioned this fact to me, and I thought about how he truly was and is my penguin.

I love you Damon Broyles, my penguin.

Vacation- Day 1

As I type I am sitting in a hotel room in Chattanooga. Its pretty nice, Best Western something. We are heading out to dinner and then who knows what else. Just a FYI! :)

On the road again...

Well we leave tomorrow. I have yet to clean the house or pack, but I do have a few things done for the trip that we needed to get taken care of. I have watered all of the plants, I even watered the lawn a bit. I sure hope we get some rain while we are gone.

Please pray for the safety of my parents house while they are gone. It's a long story, but it boils down to some people in our family that don't know the Lord. Something was said to my mom last night that could be constrewed as a threat and with them being gone we really need the protection of the Lord while they are gone. So please please pray.

I need to find an alternate route possible to get to chattanooga. Bonaroo is going on and is apparently in the way of us getting to where we are going. It may be crowded and it may not. We need to have a plan B. Well I need to get going. pray for our safe travel if you would. love and prayers to all in blog land.

me

-- Only an 8th Grade Education --

-- Only an 8th Grade Education --









What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...

Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?


This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal.



8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS -1895




Grammar (Time, one hour)



1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of "lie,""play," and "run."
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.



Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)



1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per metre?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt



U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)



1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus .
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .
6. Describe three of the most prominent b attles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name event s connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.



Orthography (Time, one hour) [Do we even know what this is??]



1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vei n, raze, r aise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.



Geography (Time, one hour)



1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco ..
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers. 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the incl ination of the earth.

Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.

Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?!

Also shows you how poor our education system has become! and, NO! I don't have the answers!

New Clothes!

I got a denim skirt at TJ Maxx for 9.99, woohoo! THEN (this is my favorite part) I ordered a skort from modestapparelusa.com. OH MAN. It is SOOOO awesome! You can move around like you are in pants but look like a skirt. LUV LUV LUV! (we all know I am not seriously in love with an item of clothing, but for the accurate description of how much I REALLY like it, I used it three times:) It is cool too, not hot. I washed it last night so it would get a little softer. I want to get some more later on, or maybe I could figure out the pattern myself. i been sewing a lot here lately (for me anyway) and I think I am finally getting decent. Even sewed some stretchy material and it ain't to bad if I do say so myself!! :) At any rate, for those of you who would be interested in an item of clothing like this, I highly recommend it!

I am going to a girls swimming party tonight, wooohooo. Tomorrow I need to CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN, and PACK PACK PACK. My momma and I had talked about renting Jet Skis while we were up there because our cabin that we rented is on a lake. Well, that was before we saw the rental rate. GOOD GRIEF, might as well buy one. I found one for around $175 a day before all the extra fees. But that wasn't the rental place on the lake I don't think. I believe the place we rented the cabin from said there was a rental on site. My parents are here in about 36 hours! WOOT

Word of the day, nerp aka no

? vs.?

Mi mamá y papá están viniendo en la noche de sábado, y quisiera cenar el esperar de ellos. Es yo mi solamente problema no sabe cuál servir para el postre. He decidido entre dos cosas, me ayudo hacia fuera en elegir uno. Del pudín o de la cereza (o cualquier otra clase del plátano zapatero de fruta).

Translation:

My mom and dad are coming in Saturday night, and I would like to have dinner waiting for them. My only problem is I do not know what to serve for dessert. I have decided between two things, help me out on choosing one. Banana Pudding or Cherry (or any other kind of fruit) cobbler.

No, I don't know that much spanish.:) I went here

So anyway, I am having BBQ for dinner, from a little hole in the wall restaurant we found on the way to hendersonville. I think both of those desserts should go well with it, but I wonder which would be better. Or, maybe one of you has a better thought, let me know.

Does life seem to goes by really fast for everyone else?? I seem to always be on the run, much like everyone else I would imagine.

Continue to pray for the Raines family. Today is the second day of viewing and the Funeral is on Thursday. Sister Raines looked really good last night and we had a great evening of talking and laughing. God knows what they need right now. Pray for Damon he will be singing one of Brother Raines favorite songs, "I'm not givin' up" .

luv n prayers
me

Brother Raines, a truly wonderful person

Brother Emmett Raines passed away last night. Brother and Sister Shaw, The Ridells, and Damon and I went to visit him at the hospital last night. Pray for Sister Raines, she is doing amazingly well. YES it is a tremendous comfort to know he is in his mansion by now probably, with the Lord, hand in hand. But, there is still the emotion of grief for his family. Sister Raines spent her whole life with this man, the man she loved deeply. You could see it in her. I cannot imagine. Loss of life is so hard. I woke up with them on my mind this morning, PLEASE pray for their comfort and peace and, well I just want them to feel the Lords arms wrapped around them. I have felt HIS sweet peace and I want that for them. Pray for Theresa, and Crystal, and Bubba, Holly, and Ashley, and the family that I don't know. I am not sure when the funeral will be. God knows our pain, and our sorrow, and our grief, and our JOY for Brother Emmett, that he made it! Sister Rachel R said last night, she was jealous of him. (she said it in a good way) "to see the things he's seeing and do the things he's doing" AMAZING. Brother Raines will always be a hero in my mind. His demeanor and character were among the sweetest I have ever met. There are people you come across in life that stick out and become someone you look up to. That are just different from most, for whatever reason they become precious in your sight. Brother Raines was one of them, his spirit reminds me of Sister Grandma Babe in Idaho. Just a truly amazing person.

Friday Nights, Saturday Cleaning

Damon and I had a date last night. WOOHOO! :) We went to Longhorn Steakhouse. Poor guy, he's been working a side job every night this past week and the week before. He's been doing all of this after his regular job. He didn't work Wed nights and last weekend due to the camping trip. I knew he deserved a great dinner. He said he wanted to go out to eat, so I suggested Longhorn! or is it Long Horn...hmm. At any rate, he got a nice juicy steak, too big, but cooked just right. I got the Lafayette Chicken, then we shared some fried cheesecake thing. YUM-OO They have the best ranch dressing! Well, it's a tie between Long Horn and The Cheesecake Factory. Both yummy ranches. After our dinner we drove to Lebanon to the Verizon Store to look at phones for me. I have a new every two contract. I get a new phone or a $100 credit towards a phone, every two years. I was looking at one I liked, except the new version is already out. Its a military rated phone, for shock, water, and dust specifications. It can be submerged in water for up to 30 minutes. At any rate, they closed at 8pm, we got there at 7:55. Who closes at 8 on a Friday night? I TELL YA!

Now to the Saturday part. We woke up around 9 ish. I had been up at 7am because Paul knocked on the door (our landlord, My BIL's Dad) wanting to talk to Damon. So after that I went back to bed, but then thought about praying before the day got started. So I prayed, and halfway fell asleep, and woke up and prayed some more. I dont like it when I fall asleep praying. I went back to bed until 9:17. Yes, I looked at the clock. Well, for some reason I felt this burst of cleaning energy! So I got up and cleaned the bathroom, then scrubbed, mopped, and scrubbed some more. Vacuumed, cleaned the kitchen and living room. I didnt get to dusting, but that is okay. I even put a load of laundry in. WOOHOO. I am glad I got the house picked up, Damon said we could make a harvest off the carpet because it had so much junk on it. Disclaimer** we aren't GUHROSS, just needed to be vacuumed :)

So now, I am typing up my blog and thinking about what I need to do. We are supposed to be at the church here this afternoon to set up for the Childrens Church party tomorrow afternoon. I need to pick up a few supplies and some flowers to put in the one side of the flower bed. I need to make something for lunch, AND get ready to go. Oh yeah. I got my hair cut. I have never had my hair LONG. Which is a goal of mine. So, it was about the longest its ever been right before I got it cut, which was almost to the middle of my back. BUT, I needed a trim because I hadn't gotten one since around Christmas time and it still had layers in it. I got it cut all one length, which took off about three inches. It's weird, that even though it's still considered medium length, it feels SO much shorter. :( I guess it will grow back though. Sure is nice to have it all one length (with the exception of the bangs- that I was sure I would like, even though every time I cut bangs I regret it about a month later- that I am trying to grow out) Anyway, enough of uninteresting stuff that has probably bored you by now.

One parting note, my DAD agreed to go to with my mom to camp! YEE HAW! He didnt go for the whole time, but he did go for last night and part of today. If you knew my dad, you would know how much of a GOD ANSWERED miracle that is! THANK YOU JESUS!

He Blogged

check my hubbys blog out! paintermanbroyles.blogspot.com I know there is some way to put that so it shows up a link. But I dont know how to do that, so you will have to copy and paste.

crazy picture for a smile!

No description needed. I will say this was for the Walk through Bethlehem, and he was a Roman Soldier.




Weirdo, JR is half in and half out. He is looking at me through the window!





Tell me...is this not the coolest picture!! hahahaha. That is my cat, JR, giving me "the look" she should have been a mother.

The Hiking Trip and Lake

These rocks might not look that big, but if you notice the two tiny people way in the back, you will understand why this was considered a moderate to extreme hike. THIS girl was TIRED!


The water was nice and cool, I was able to dangle my feeties in!






Honey and I in the lake. She didnt like the water, but was fine as long as she could sit on top of me as I floated.