today i worked from 9:45 till 3:00, thanks to my kind and thoughtful co-worker Jen who always there for me when i need her to close the store or just there for me when i need help at work.
it was rather queer (who says queer anymore? in other words: oddly strange. this is going to be another blog entry) while i was dusting, i gt to thinking about a friend of mine who i haven't seen for awhile and right after i thought about her, she came in the store! we laughed because she's been thinking about me too. she told me that she's been wishing that if she come to shop that i'd be working so we can meet up again- it's been 4 and a half months since we chatted, you see. later on, i got to thinking about Kristin and i wished that if she's in town, i was hope that she'd stop by the store... wasn't even done thinking about her and i heard her voice at the door!!! i heard her laughing, she exclamined "oh my God, Lovely, i was hoping you'd be here!" for sure thought i was just dreaming! and it was really her! so so hyped to see her. she was in town indeed with her sweet hubby just horsing around Billings and celebrated their anniversary. 16 years of being married!!!! i think that is rear to see couple being together that long these days. to me, that is a pure blessing! Happy anniversary, you guys!!!!
while she was in the store i got her to sign my own copy of SS Digital 5- her first publication, she was shy about it. shy about signing the magazine. it's a wonderful feeling to know someone published that you really really really know in person. and Kristin is not only someone i know but she's a great friend of mine. so go look for that magazine and buy it: check her stuff, page 100, okay?



reading my favorite blogs today and i was stunned by their God-given talent in photography. thinking of dedicating Gabby in the church soon and if had the money to do it or if i was uber wealthy, i totally would hire Joy U or Jamie or the photographer that Carrie hired for their wedding to... to take pictures of Gabby in her white gown and the dedication ceremony... gosh, you must see their work!!! it's stunning!!!
while at work, i got to really checked out the home decor by MM and i can proudly say that i am still a huge fan of Mellette. hmmm, i wonder if she has a blog that i don't know about.
now, i feel the desire to create.
so CREATE it is!

today: May 7: 2006 at exactly 8:02 P.M.........in our new home........ down in the finished basement, on the floor at my working area, our 4 months and 7 days old, Miss Little Gabby turned from her right side to her stomach!!!! poor baby she's been working on that baby maneuver for a while now and tonight, she finally achieved it!!! how exciting it was! now that she discoverd how, she'll be doing it more everyday and will be getting such an expert on it.







and yesterday, Jennifer my co-worker ordered another cake. she loved the first one, that she ordered another one. i handmade (again) each (50 that is) edible purple flowers for the bouquet. that was a smart move because the night before last, Gabby was being impossible. so unlike her. so to make the story short, i was awake 24-7. i started assembling the cake on friday night May 5th and i finished it literally the next day- saturday May 6th. i wish i was exaggerating but i'm not. however, i think the cake turned out amazingly beautiful. Jenn and her girls came over to pick up the cake, and when the girls saw it , they were gasping and squealling from excitement-made me so happy.
well, in case you're wondering, i slept well. though i didn't get to bed till midnight 'cause i was working on something, still i had a good night. Gabby slept well too. figures huh?

have you seen? have you seen the Simple Scrapbook digital 5? i have been waiting for that not because i'm going full blown digi scrapper but my friend Kristin is in it. so proud of her!!!
today, i had the chance to work from 2 to 5- short shift eh? and as soon as i got in the store, i quickly looked for it, there it was... the Simple Scrapbook Digital 5.
as i flipped through each page of the magazine, my heart would skipped a bit. she's toward the end of the mag- page 100: she did such an awesome job.
she's been my digital mentor. i'm not a digital expert like her but she has introduced me to the digital world. someday i'm gonna bug her for some brush tutorial- i'm sure it's easy but i need someone to show it to me.
here's to Kristin! cheers!!!

which book are we going by today?

i have had this book since 2005, induced by many many reasons why it took me this long to finish, and finally i couldn't put the book down. today is the 2 anniversary of Thomas Hamill's Great Escape in Iraq. Escape in Iraq written by Thomas Hamill himself. it's a great book. such a tremendous testimony of how Mr. Hamill refuse to let go of his faith in God in the midst of life threatening situation.
he originally wasn't gonna talk about his captivity but i'm glad he did because it ministered to me.
i was particularly stoked when i got to these pages 258 & 259:

........ which included talking with the U.S. Air Force SERE (survival, evasion, resistance, escape) specialist for a few hours each day for 3 or 4 days. there were five different guys i talked with. they wanted me to tell them everything............ when we finished they said, ' we don't how you did it. you aren't a soldier, and you haven't been trained. we have a book we go by, we train by this book, you don't have the book, yet you did everything right in line with its instructions" and Mr Hamill replied
" God got me through this, I followed His book. He got me through this from day one through twenty-four".....some of them got teay-eyed when i mentioned that i believed God had taken care of me.

that really ministered to me. if Mr Hamill was in that life and death predicament and God took of him, why do I? why do we doubt God in daily basis? so we tend to read another kind of book: maybe book about: if God won't take care of me, i will take of me... or book about: if God won't find me a wife or husband, i will find me a spouse... or book about: i'll neglect the gathering of the church, work more and i'll provide my own provision... and other books not worth mentioning about.
this is today's food for thoughts. think, SELAH.

you have to check and read Escpe in Iraq to know what kind of situation he was in, when he was captured and how he testified that God had taken care of him. and just because Mr Hamill was able to escaped in Iraq, i know that God had not stopped taking care of Mr Hamill as God is taking care of us everyday.

so, which book are we going by today?

luck, dumb luck or guy cop?

well let me say that it's been almost 3 years ago since i first got pulled over. while i was driving on Saint Andrews, in my head, i could clearly hear Joe telling me "it's 25 here". however, today was impossible to drive 25. exactly 6:10 PM at Saint Andrews (i remember because i looked at my speedometer as soon as i saw Da Cop), there was no way i could slow down, he was coming from the very opposite direction. then quickly he turned on HIS LIGHTS (i hate those lights) and made a U- turn. then he slowly approached my vehicle with his partner and they had their hands on their weapon, (keep in mind that they can easily hear Gabby screaming her little body out) and really what were they thinking, that i was gonna shoot them with a screaming baby to death? (sure it's the procedure) then he asked me why he stopped me and he even answered for me: "you just wanna get home with this baby"? now, how cool was that?!!! but of course, he had to see my license (nahhhh he just wanted to see my picture) and my insurance. then he said "you're going 38 in 25"..... i know. i know how fast i was going, he just caught me in 38. then he made this call and stuff then he said "next time though, it's 25 here". sounded just like Joe.

i'm always pretty good. it'll be another 3 years again before i'll get away again. tehee!!! though honestly, i always think when the cop sees me, i think they always think "stupid dumb slope head, can't read the darn sign" and that's probably why i can get away.

got home with a screaming baby, told Joe about it and he said with the eye of a tiger: "you got lucky". i don't know about that. luck, dumb luck or guy cop (i heard they're nicer)?

and yea babe, no tickets!

...........thanks Gabby!!!