Why I say....WHY!?!?!??!

Let me start by saying....I love ALLLLL my "kids". NOW...having said that...why is it that the ONLY one that tries my patience is...THE BOY!! Noah is killing me! His newest "thing" is .....hold on...pretending he is a raccoon. How so you might ask. Well, whenever he gets a drink of water he feels compelled to slap, slap, SLAP the water. You know, sort of how raccoon's clean their food...grab and dunk, grab and dunk. I'd been noticing for several days water in STRRRRANGE places (side of the fridge--that's weird!! the WINDOW--that's really weird) and had been blaming the dog! (I know..totally a commercial huh?) I couldn't understand HOW Jasmine was getting water in those places. Bless her heart..she wasn't. I'm just glad I hadn't mentioned it to her. (Yes, I talk to my animals as if they were people...welcome to my life!!). I finally catch him doing it, tell him to stop, and he looks at me like "Whut" (yes....whUt). This, my friends, is why I'll not be adopting..if I can't control an animal....what would I do with a kid?? M and I joke all the time about "Can you imagine if Gia was a human...ROTTEN." Okay....now that EVERYONE knows FOR SURE that I've lost...I'm off!

Ma and Hailee will be here shortly. Kat and Sara after that. I have to be at lunch at 1130 AND it's 1000. Hope everyone has a great one. Oh, and remember, if you have friends that DON'T have kids but DO have animals...know that they basically have a permanent 2 year old and they DO understand your "pain"!! LOL

Sunday drive through the mountains.

These pictures were taken between about 20 minutes "into" the mountains from Natural Bridge. This is where we generally go four-wheeling.

Picture time

I finally downloaded all 300+ pictures from the phone. I won't bore you with ALLL of them..only some of them!!

These are my bears that I made while I lived in Minot, North Dakota. Also pictured are 2 of the 100 ornaments I made for the trees at work. Indoor view of the tree

The tree from the front porch.

The tree from the side porch.

A Sunbeam, A Sunbeam........

Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam. That's right....Jesus DOES want me for a Sunbeam. As of January 4, 2009 I will be the Sunbeam teacher. I will have an assistant (when did that start??). Her name is Cindy (don't remember her last name..I AM still new.) She is a few years younger than me and is a sweet, sweet soul. I'm looking forward (with a bit of panic) to my new calling.
Today during Sacrament I got to hold Daniel. He is one of eight, 3 months old...and we have a connection. That's right.....crazy Kellie story time!!
On my 3rd or 4th time back to church I sat with this family. There are SEVERAL of them and well, I still am not good with names....at all. So "she" looks at me and says, "Sister Hayes right? Kellie?" to which I reply,"Yes." and we get all excited because she has remembered my name. Now it's my turn....."Suzy right?" "Yes" Me, "I've never known your last name." "Wassum"
Okay....waaaaaaaaaaay back in the day I knew some Wassum's from Marion. What's the chances right? So I ask her if she knows "Charlie Wassum". WOW..she did!! She starts bouncing up and down, grabbing her husband, pointing to some gentleman a few rows up. (Daniel was being blessed that day so all the family was there.) I then go on to describe two little girls with white blonde hair. Turns out Charlie is her brother-in-law. YES YES....why do you know them? I go through the whole story..we were in the same stake. Well, she tells ALL of them that I knew them a long time ago and I have a whole lotta Wassums looking at me (the two little girls were there who have grown up into beautiful brown headed sisters). Pretty cool. As Michael says, I can't go ANYWHERE without running into someone that I know. Could be worse!!!!
OH--finally put my tree up. 1600 lights..yes sirree bob!! And it's NOT a pre-lit tree. That my dear friends is a LOT of lights!!! It looks good...I love it!!

Need to get on the ball....or TREE!!

Okay...so how horrible of a person does it make me that I STILL haven't put up my tree? Yeah, that's what I thought...pretty bad, huh? Just pure laziness.
I'm supposed to be in the shower (I had really intended to Ma) but stopped by here first. Just stopping by.....HI....
The neighbor (Wes) is having a roof put on...how happy was I at 0700?? Oh yeah...real!! I'm even happier that my dogs bark every, oh...39 seconds because of the weird noises coming from across the street. Seriously (back to the tree again), the weather is affecting my lack of tree. If it's warm enough to do a roof..then it's NOT December. I know, I know...but in FLORIDA it's never cold so that's doesn't count.
Okay...there's my rant for the morning. LOL
Hope everyone has a good one. Can't wait to see Ma and Bug and Kat and Lil' Miss on Tuesday. AND then to see Boy on Wednesday. I'm so excited!!!

Woo hoo...hoo hoo hoo

Guess what I got today!!!
NOT pears from elves (Ma)!!!!
NOT a million dollar check!!!
I got my cross-stitch!! Ordered from horizons something or other. Two books...15 temples (to include DC and Atlanta) and Sayings from Songs in Primary. Very excited!! Now I get to go craft shopping which is ALMOST as good as school shopping!! Thread, cloth-if I wasn't tired, I'd head down to the Bonsack Wal-Mart and get some but alas...I am tired.
OHOHOHOH>>>have a funny. When I leave work at night, Larry the Security Guard comes in. He is a riot. He retired from South Florida Sheriff (Key West to be exact) so he's seen a LOT. Well, Monday at school was "What do you want to be when you grow up?" day. Larry has a grand-daughter in the 2nd grade....SECOND GRADE I SAY!!! When it's her turn, she tells the teacher and her class..."When I grow up, I want to be a POLE DANCER". Yes she did!!!! So, her mom was in a parent/teacher conference something like....an hour later!! Turns out the child has no idea...."Well Mom, it's like a ballet dancer only they get to use the pole (barrre) the whole time." AWESOME!!! Things like that CR...ACK me up!! I only have dogs..rock on!!!
Another story:
The zone leaders came by work yesterday to visit one of our residents who is LDS. One of the residents who is ALWAYS at my desk (Jack) starts looking them up and down. "Who are you?" he asks.
"We're missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints."
"So, you're not here to TAKE her, right?"
"No sir, we're just visiting with her."
"I can usually spot you boys right off. You two don't look much alike." (FYI..one is Mexican, the other is about 7 feet tall!!) Jack continues, "Well you boys are a fine example for your church. Your parents must be really proud."
Almost cried I did. Have I mentioned that I love my guys?!?!

Okeee Dokeeee...

Wellll....it's been an interesting weekend. Let's see....my "sister' Summer had her baby!! Yippee...a little boy who she will hopefully NOT name Waylon...ewwww!! We're voting for Mason. I think it's fairly safe to say she'll NOT be doing that again any time soon...after an emergency c-section and coding, I feel safe saying she's done with the whole birthing process.
Went to the Christmas dinner. Had a good time. They loved Michael's cheesecake. The missionaries came over afterward and hung out for a few. Went to church today, spoke with the bishop. Came home. Kat came down for a "quick" trip. Pretty awesome. We got some "sissy time" in...which is always wonderful!! We went to the Yeary's for a bit..played Phase 10 and Rock Band--we are SUCH dorks!!! (you'll notice a theme...i'm a dork and proud to be one!!)
Ready for another week of work.

Is Comic Sans ANYWHERE!!!!!

First things first..I really wish I had more choices on the whole font aspect of this...with that said....
What a great night at work!! Seriously, I finished the mice I was making and started making angels. The guys really dug them. I had several residents stop by the desk and thank me for making them. Apparently they really enjoyed it when Activities put the first 50 up. I had a few extra men hanging out with me tonight--just watching. That's cool. Sometimes it's really hard to work there....emotionally. I've been there for almost a year and most of the residents haven't had family or friends visit them in that time. We have WWI, WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam Vets here. Heroes left unattended from all over the United States....until the dork that is Kellie arrives!! That's right. For a bit we were playing 50's music every night--then someone stole the CD player..thanks!! Now we just hang out and talk about whatever.....tonights topic was "Pets"...too long to write but I was laughing so hard. Ma called in the middle of it...sorry for the hysteria..oh, that's right..you totally joined in!!!
I'm still trying to get Michael to go with me on Saturday...wow, he is REALLY set on not going. I'll give him a few more weeks of resistance then I'm gonna pull out the big guns......TEARS...that's right. I'm gonna CRY!! Sneaky pete aren't I...muah ah ah ah ahhhh. Some might call me rotten but I refuse to believe. Either way, I'm actually very lucky and know that. He's totally supportive of me going back to church. I get tickled whenever I get things that I've ordered from lds.org (I'm addicted)...he tells me that my "Jesus stuff" is here. I remember hearing stories where people were made to feel like they had to choose and I'm so glad that my Michael isn't like that. He's really an awesome person..love him!!!!
Okay, it is 2:11 a.m. and I still have some of.......yeppers...ALMA to read!!!! Feels like I've been there for FOREVER and I'm only on chapter 21!!!!!
Hope everyone has a great.....rest of the night??? And a wonderful tomorrow (today???)!!!

Yes he can....

Yes indeedy...a cook is my sweetie...mostly desserts.

Watching the news...I hate people. Looks like they found remains approx. 1/2 mile from the Anthony grandparents home in Orlando....a small child. I think of all the people who want kids and can't have them and then all the one's who just throw them away--literally. I hope there is a special hell for those people. Not nice of me...judege not and all that....but it makes me angry.

Find something positive, Kellie. Hard to do right now. I've had a headache for 2 days and that really affects my moods. Went to sleep with it, woke up with it, meds not helping. I think doing the ornaments put my back out of whack. Of course, I could've smiled to hard and put it out of whack!! LOL OKAY...positive....positive...Thanks Ma for sending any extra one's my way! I think I can convince him to go. Between Amy and myself we should be able to bully him!! Of course, I'm pretty impressed Amy is going with me....and not being negative!!
I'm thankful I get to see my Bug in a few weeks!! I miss her so much. Hailee is growing soooo fast. Kat has such beautiful kids...of course they take after their Mom so why wouldn't they be beautiful!?!? I'm thankful that Kat lives closer to us now. We're all in the same time zone!!! I'm so proud of my brother and sister. They both are such awesome individuals....not sure if I tell them that enough. Getting weepy so I'm gonna stop...wow, my headache is going away. Positive thinking people...IT WORKS!!!

Shoooo weeee....

Let me say that....8 hours of making Christmas ornaments is TOOO much. That's what I did at work tonight. Making the guys some ornaments....those "crystal" thingies...wow--just too much fun. Not really a lot going on...Michael is making a pumpkin cheesecake for the church Christmas thing this Saturday. It's gonna be yummmy. Wish he'd go with me..I'll keep working on THAT!! Any extra prayers anyone has hanging around would be appreciated!!! That's about all for today. Tired..reading a few chapters..(Alma is REALLLLLY long!!)..and going to sleep!!

Just because

Dad and Kat

Kat and the girls

These are from the cabin in West Virginia. Dad and MamaLu have a little getaway there. Pretty cool.

I'm a dork.....Shocking, I know

YEAH..got a comment from Chris!! I also realized that even though she knows what we look like...I haven't put anything about US!!
Michael and I are in Ronaoke. We've been here for 2 years. Michael is a respiratory therapist and works 3 nights at a nursing home and 1 night at a hospital. I'm working at Virginia Veterans Care Center which is a state funded nursing home for veterans only. I work 3-11 Mon-Fri. I have several boyfriends here--I love 'em!! They are rotten men but it's pretty cool knowing I can make a hero smile. I'm the evening receptionist but hopefully will be getting my Bachelor's soon....well, as soon as I decide to apply!! (I already owned up to being a dork!!) We've been trying to remodel our home. We bought a 1921 house...shoo weee!! We love it but I SAY! One room at a time--and that time can be moooonths. We like to hit the trails on the four-wheelers. Hopefully in Sept 2009 we'll be in Richfield, UT for the ATV Jamboree. Wish I knew some people in Utah to visit!! LOL
I'm getting ready to get back into cross-stitching. I'd like to start and CONTINUE a journal......again. I found some cool temple patterns..sorry back to cross-stitching...that I've ordered.

SOOOO....I decided to try out my downloads last night. My poor, poor puppies. I'm singing my heart out...even if I don't know the song. I'm beltin' em out...look out Tina Turner. (I've calmed down A LOT but I'm still sorta LOUD!!!). OKAY..so my little Emi says her prayers. No, seriously, she lays on her back and puts her front paws together and says her prayers. Don't you know that rotten little dog laid on her back and kept putting her paws together while staring at me. "Please stop mama, please stop mama." I got hysterical. When I stopped singing, she rolled over and curled up. I started singing again.....PRAYING!!!! Yeppers, there she goes in a slooooow roll....pleading look in her eyes...and paws..prayingprayingpraying.
I love her.

Thinking...

Sitting at work....thinking. This can be bad or good. I think today will be......good. Sometimes that can be a hard decision to make...good or bad. Recently "good" has been winning most days!!
I downloaded a million and eight...okay maybe not...songs from the church website. I sing to my puppies at night before I read my scriptures. To quote the missionaries I "have little Mormon puppies." Anyway, I'd like to know more than the 15 songs I was "raised" on so...download!! I can't help but know that ending my nights with scriptures and prayer is what has made so many hard things very easy for me.
Thinking about Christmas dinner. REALLLLY wishing the scriptures could help there!! LOL
I'm not sure how many people will be there, what days they'll be there, OR what they want....HOWEVER, there will be food on Christmas Day at my house--lots of it!! I know Ma will be there.....helping!! My brother I hope. The Yeary's after work.
It looks yucky outside. Bad day to wear a skirt....that's never a good day though. Not sure who made pantyhose but they must've HATED women!! Seriously!! And the sizing chart is a liar!!
Wow..just read this...today must be an ADD day...oy. Oh well...that is what happens when I think!!

The Family...

Ma and David....last year...I really need new pictures!!

Kat and the girls this summer at Dad's.

A pretty recent picture of David.....

Hailee---Kat's oldest.

Sara and Emi...Kat's youngest.

My man with our pumpkin....he's my baby.

This is me and Michael in October..ignore the fact that I had to hold his head still for the picture. We were in the Yorktown, Va area hanging out at a pumpkin patch.