urban legends and Tecumseh High School is on snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/campus.asp

of all the schools in the USA, go figure that THS and another High School close by get on snopes. I personally have never even heard of this "urban legend". The only part I got a kick out of were all the schools in Michigan! And one is my high school!

Oh MY................

Groomer Allegedly Cuts Dog's Ear Off, Glues It Back On
February 15, 2007

GIG HARBOR, Wash. -- Anni Sheriffius said she was trying to wash off what she thought was dirt on her dog Jasmine’s ear when the ear fell off. Then she realized her dog’s groomer cut off the dog’s ear and super-glued it back on.
The dog owner says she’s been crying every since she discovered that a dog groomer cut off her dog’s ear then super-glued it back on.
“And I saw the ear float away, and it freaked me out,” described Sheriffius.
She says she couldn’t believe what she was seeing when she saw her dog, Jasmine’s, ear fall off during a bath.
Sheriffius rushed her dog to the veterinarian, who told her the dog’s ear had been cut off and super-glued back on.
Jasmine, a Shi Tzu, had to undergo treatment for an infection. Sheriffius said she still has the ear in a plastic bag and has been crying for weeks at the thought of someone hurting her dog.
Pierce County sheriff’s investigators are looking into possible criminal charges against the unlicensed dog groomer.
“Once they tried to hide it and glued the ear back on, that’s not good for the dog. There are all kinds of things that can happen, infection, it’s cruelty to animals,” said Det. Ed Troyer.
The shop where Jasmine was injured in Washington, J’Rae’s Pet Grooming, appears to have shut down according to KIRO-TV.
“I’d like her never, ever to touch another dog. That’s what I’d like to see,” said Sheriffius.

2 Samuel 6:14

Undignified D. Crowder

I will dance
I will sing
To be mad
For my King
Nothing Lord
Is hindering
This passion in my soul

Chorus:
And I'll become
Even more undignified than this
Some may say
It's foolishness
But I'll become
Even more undignified than this
Leave my pride
By my side
And I'll become
Even more undignified than this
Some may say
It's foolishness
But I'll become
Even more undignified than this
Than this

La, la, la, la, la, HEY!
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, HEY!
La, la, la, la, la

It's all for You my Lord!

Recovering

Got back from Winterfest Sunday evening. It was awesome as usual and we have now finally recuperated and getting back on track. I now have to do some catch up on things. oh and please remember all those on the prayer list. Some of you may not know the person or the need, but please pray for them anyways. God knows!

helpful thoughts

In Happy moments-------Praise God!
In Difficult moments------Seek God!
In Quiet moments--------Worship God!
In Painful moments-------Trust God!
In Every moment---------Thank God!
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it!

Song that seems appropriate for the day to me! oh and Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Artist: Aaron ShustAlbum: Anything Worth SayingYear: 2005Title: My Savior My God

I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed, what God has planned
I only know at his right hand
Stands one who is my savior

I take him at his word and deed
Christ died to save me this I read
And in my heart I find a need
For him to be my savior

That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my savior

My savior loves, my savior lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God he's always gonna be

Yes, living, dying; let me bring
My strength, my solace from this spring
That he who lives to be my king
Once died to be my savior

That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my savior

My savior loves, my savior lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, My God he is
My God he's always gonna be

Life...........

is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, totally worn out and proclaiming, "WOW, What a RIDE!"

girlish figure up close but looking manly!!

Lately I've been thinking......

and boy have I been thinking a lot. The funny thing is many of things I have been thinking a lot about are things I would love to share on my blog. However, for some reason I haven't. Either it is too personal, or God has not led me to feel the need to express it in the blogosphere world. Hopefully soon I will have something to post.

On another note, prom fashion show is coming up around the corner and Nicholas will once again be showing off his girlish figure in tuxes. I will let you know details if anyone is interested in coming to the fashion show.


here is a pic of his "girlish" figure ;-)

loved it

Went and saw Phantom of the Opera yesterday at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo. It was great. I loved the company and the show. The costumes and the stage design was theeeee best. I am looking forward hopefully to some other programs that Stranahan Theater is going to be putting on. Stomp and Cirque du Soliel are the main two I have my eye on. The best thing about it is that it is soooo close to home. Can't wait for the next one!

too busy to blog??????

Never thought I would say it but I feel as if I am too busy to blog. I am a huge book reader and I have been on the same book for 2-3 weeks now. So unusual for me. Appointments for the kids, daily routine, hubby, and dogs, church, work, sports, LIFE! And their is only the four of us and two four legged canines. Couldn't imagine more than that. I should not complain, actually I'm not. Love the fact that I am BUSY! In fact I am going to be off to see Phantom of the Opera with my lovely friends this weekend. Yeah! well until the next stop for fresh air. have a good one!

Looking for a pet?

Many people are looking for pets, and if you are one of them I would like for you to consider rescue adoption. Your local humane society would be a great place to find a new family member too, but if you are not able to find one that is suitable for you and your family then I suggest this website I have listed.
http://www.petfinder.com/
Just type in what you are looking for and your zip code. You will then be directed to a plethora of animals to be adopted. This is where and how we found Cheyanne our newly adopted siberian. I will link this site on the side so that perhaps you are not looking for a pet now but in the future you are, or someone you know is looking for one later on and you can let them know about an option of where to look.

I guess I am it!

Russell tagged me and it is for 5 things you might not know about me.

Here goes:

1. I am half Irish and half Macedonian. I am first generation American-Macedonian, hee-hee. Born in Dearborn and have only lived in MI. My dad (who spoke no english), sis and me learned our ABC's with Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.

2. I believe in Jesus Christ, God, and the Holy Spirit. I believe in Baptism, the bible, that it is okay for women to have a "role" in the "church", and to have instrumental music with worship.

3. Ran away from home at the age of 17/18. Removed all my braces by myself. Not a time I am proud of but it sure helped me be who I am today which I am proud of.

4. On class night my senior year, I was a guest performance on a mock David Letterman show. We, a group of us girls, were these whistlers that had outfits over our heads and they were made so that our belly buttons were lips that puckered and whistled to music. I had big red lips drawn around my belly button. We had to stick out our belly buttons to a whistling song. It was great we had a whole routine with choreography and everything. That is the night I also won class gossiper-my trophy was a plastic play phone. Not something I should be proud of, but good to look back and say-"hey, I have really come far!"

5. During my childhood I was in brownies, girl scouts, gymnastics, and ballet. I was also a safety patroller at Patterson Elementary, which was big stuff back then. Cool thing is that both my boys were also safety patrol.

on the same page

I really like the idea that everyone in my church family is on the same page as me. I like the fact that I am reading the same scripture in my bible as everyone else is in the church. Just think about it. All those people are being spiritually fed daily with the same scripture that I am being fed with. Perhaps they are even contemplating the same thoughts and/or asking themselves the same questions that I am. Possibly re-enacting the scriptures in their minds or perhaps they are also trying to really get a glimpse of what the words on the page are trying to show us. Those are some of the things that I am doing. Right now I am contemplating about salt. (yeah of all things-salt!) But if you have read your bible then you understand what I am talking about. If not ask? I know that my reading today was not that scripture but today is where I have had time to delve in deeper about salt and the scriptures. Where will the same page take you?

the dogs playing and then a rest period

pics, pics, & pics

City walk at Universal/Islands of Adventure
Cocoa Beach Pier
Vincent eating a pizza with balsamic vinegar on it-he said it was really good and I was so surprised that I had to take a pic or else I would not have believed it myself
Me and the boys standing in line for Poseidon's Fury. That had a cool thing where you walked through a tunnel of water-reminded me of the parting of the Red Sea with Moses
Vincent and Nicholas with Islands of Adventure in the back ground

more pics

The bird is taken in a McDonald's parking lot. We were running thru the drive thru and it was next to us. We took one of those alligator boat ride things to see the "real Florida". It was fun Vincent drove the thing and it was an hour ride. Kota and the boys made faces and jokes the whole trip. You can also see how brave Nick is about a dinosaur popping out of the jungle. :)

Christmas Vacation Pics

We went to Cocoa Beach and the Space Center. Shopped at downtown Disney where we also went to see Cirque de Soleil-La Nouba. AWESOME! The palm tree picture is at a church we went to for a Christmas Eve service. Most of the vacation you can see that Kota drove his brother around Universal. Kota tried to unhinge his jaw and wrap it around a rice krispy. I wonder if they are as good as Vincent's? I've got sooooo many pics, it was a great vacation!!! Lots of good fun, laughter and new memories!

Call us crazy if you want......

But meet the newest addition to the family....here is almost 3 year old Cheyanne (b-day is in February). She is Shadow's new playmate. We got her from a rescue home. Isn't she sweet!

Hello My Friend,
Well, it's time for My Birthday again, so I thought I'd drop you a note.
Last year, and for many, many years past, they've had a real big party for Me, so it just seems like they probably will again this year. After all, they've been shopping and preparing for it for months now. And in the papers, on radio, and on the TV, there have been announcements and advertisements almost everyday about how, soon, it's coming! They truly do go overboard about it, don't they? But it's nice to know that at least on one day of the year some people are thinking about Me, a little, I guess.
You know, it's been many, many years now since they first started celebrating My Birthday. Back then they seemed to appreciate how important My Birthday was. Lately, it seems, most folks are missing the point of it all.
Like last year, when My Birthday came around, they threw a big party, but can you believe it? I wasn't even invited! Imagine!
The Guest of Honor, and they forgot all about Me!
They had been preparing for the festivities for months in advance, but when the big day came, here was I, left out in the cold! Well, you know, it's happened so many times in recent years, I guess I wasn't even that surprised. But, even though I wasn't invited, I thought, why not, I'll just quietly slip in, anyway. So I came in and stood off to the side.
Everyone was drinking, laughing and just having a grand time, when all of a sudden, in came this rotund fellow in a bright red suit, wearing a phony white beard. And here he was, shouting, "Ho, Ho, Ho!" He looked for all the world like he had more than enough to drink, but somehow he managed to weave his way across the floor while everyone cheered and cheered. When he collapsed into a big armchair, all the little children went running over to him, yelling, "Santa! Santa!" I mean, you'd have thought he was the guest of honor and that the whole holiday was in his honor!
Then he started telling those children the most ridiculous stories you've ever heard!. Things like, he lives at the North Pole with a crew of elves, and that every year on My Birthday he rides in his sleigh pulled by a bunch of flying reindeer, giving presents to children all over the world! I mean, I didn't hear a word of truth in anything he said! Imagine telling impressionable little kids such a far fetched story!
Look, I took all I could, but, finally I just had to leave. I walked out of the door, but, do you know something, I do not believe that anyone even noticed that I had gone. As I walked down the street afterward, I felt so lonely and forlorn I cried! I could only remember one other time I'd felt that low. Maybe you don't think I cry ...
Oh, by the way, that little manger scene you put up in the corner of your living room, now that was really nice! It's real sweet of people to commemorate My birthday like that. But did you know that today, in some places, authorities won't allow manger scenes in parks, or on sidewalks, or any public places anymore! And just forget about putting things like that in schools! I'm not talking about far-off countries! I'm talking about right here in America.
Imagine! What could be more innocent that a manger scene to remind people of My Birthday? And yet they ban it! They've actually passed laws against it and made it illegal! You know, I sometimes wonder what this world is coming to!
One nice thing about My Birthday is that people give each other presents. And that's ok, I don't mind at all, just as long as it's being done in My Name. But something that amazes Me is how, on My Birthday, most people give gifts to each other with never a mention of My Name, except, when they're cursing about this and that! And to top it all off, usually the presents they give are all kinds of stuff they don't even need!
Let Me ask you, wouldn't you find it rather strange if when your birthday came along, all your friends decided to celebrate it by giving each other presents and never gave you so much as a thought?
Another thing that really bothers Me, is this "Merry Xmas". They have taken My Name out of Christmas and replaced it with an X. How would you feel if I sent you a birthday card that read, "Happy Birthday X" Pretty degrading isn't it?
Someone once told Me, "Well, it's because You're not around like other people are, so how can we give You a present?" You should know My answer to that one, "Then give gifts of food and clothing to the poor, help those who need it. Go visit the lonely!" I said, "Listen, any gift you give to your needy fellow man, I'll count as if you gave it to Me personally!" A personal friend of Mine, name of Matthew ... he wrote that down many, many years ago.
Reminds Me of what happened just a few days ago to a friend of Mine, a sweet older fellow. He lives down in the inner city. He's been trying for years to join a big church downtown, it's close enough so he can walk to services. But it's a very exclusive church for the 'proper' kind of folks. And I guess the people at that big church don't consider My friend as being 'proper'. They just don't think he's good enough to be a member. I found him just yesterday sitting on the church steps with his head in his hands, and I asked him what was wrong. He told Me about it, and I put My arm around his shoulder and told him I knew just how he felt. I've been trying to get into that same church for years, and they've never let Me in, either!
Well I want to tell you, there's an end even to My patience. So I'm going let you in on a secret. Now this is something I've been planning on for quite sometime. The way things are going, I'm planning on having My own party! How about that? It's going to be the biggest, most fantastic feast you could possibly imagine! It might not happen this year, I just can't say right now. But I'm sending out the invitations right now. And I know you'll want to come. There's going be room for billions, for everyone who wants to come! Some really famous old-timers and celebrities are going to be there, and I'll reserve you a seat of honor right with them! I want to tell you that this is not the first announcement I've made about this party, my old friend Matthew that I told you about, he wrote that announcement down too! So hold on to your hat, because when everything is ready, I'm going to spring it as a big surprise! A lot of people are going be left out because they didn't answer my invitation.
Let Me know right away if you'd like to come, and I'll reserve you a place and, write your name in big gold letters in My great big Guest Book!
Much Love,JESUS
Oh, and P.S. Enjoy My Birthday! In My Name, that is!