Bottle cap necklaces and jewelry for sale

Hi all,
I have lots of pic of the bottle cap necklaces and jewelry that is for sale on my jzaccessories.blogspot.com. I have also set up a paypal account there so you can purchase straight off the blog and feel safe doing it. Lots of friends are buying these for Christmas presents, great stocking stuffer and gift exchange.





You can special order too.



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Also can do them for boys

My new bows for sale

My new way of posting Pictures. I'm excited to show you all the cute bow...... Cute models too! Go to my other blog jzaccessories.

Our Anniversity Trip to the Gaylord Texan

First I want to tell you sorry for taking so long to post. There really isn't a good enough excuse to justify being 2 months since the last one, except a little addicted to facebook-yoville and farming, a little depression going on and little busy being a nanny to 3 Lil munchkins..... SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!

This past weekend I spent making hair bows and headbands to sale on my blog and at the Aspasians in Sept. Check them out on my jzaccessories blog. I'm working on a new way to display my pictures, very time consuming but looking great!!! you let me know what you think, if it was worth 4 hrs of my time.

Well we celebrated our 27th Anniversary on July 17, WOW!!!!!!!!!! can't believe 27 yrs. We have had our ups and downs, some very hard years..................... but we are on the up right now. Our marriage and our friendship is the greatest it has been in years..........I praise GOD for that. Our kids are gown and doing their own thing, we are trying to think about ourselves for once and spend time together. It has really helped out. We set aside Friday nights as our date night, together alone.....

So we thought since we haven't been anywhere for our anniv in yrs and didn't get to go any where except MO for our 25th, we thought we deserved a weekend away. A friend told us about the Gaylord, to check it out, they had specials going on all summer . Well they had anniv special, pay one night and get the second free. There was 2 room specials to pick from one for 159 and one for 235 with a private balcony over looking the insde of the Gaylord.. At first I told the gal the 159...then I got to thinking, why not go all out and get the view....... WOW am I glad we got the view....BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.















Well worth it don't you think? It was amazing you could hear the water falls and sometimes there would be music playing. We would leave our balcony door open and just lay on the bed and relax..... It's all enclose in a huge dome so it was cool in there. We left twice, but wanted to hurry and get back where it was nice and cool.

I booked a murder mystery dinner for Dee's birthday. He had been wanting to go to one for a long time. It was at the Riverwalk cafe there in the Gaylord. It was fun, food was OK, deserts was wonderful..... . The murder involved 5 people and the murdered saloon/call girl, had the sheriff, judge, preacher, preacher wife w/her talking hand, and another saloon girl. First they told us about each other and how they knew the gal, then the sheriff went around telling how each one could of murdered her, then each one went around the tables and we could ask them questions, then we wrote down who we thought did it.After a 10 min break the sheriff told us who did it, how and why. Dee guess the preacher's wife and the talking hand, but he was wrong.


We had a great time, just wish we could of stayed longer. Will tell you more about it and post more pictures later.

New Pictures of my MDO class

I have posted new pictures of my MDO class. If you would like to see them here is my blog, josphoto.blogspot.com


Enjoy!!!!



Blessings
Joella

I have jewelry for sale......

I have posted on my other blog, jzaccessories.blogspot.com, the new jewelry I have made for sale.

Check it out!!!!

Let me know what you think!







Prayers & Blessing to you!
Joella

Summer is here "FINALLY"........

...but I'm still spring cleaning. I have been spring cleaning for 3 months now, not really sure when I will get done, maybe by winter. I need to get done ASAP so I can have a yard sale. I am so sorry it has taken so long to post, but I've been extremely busy, with my preschool, my nanny job, trying to make things to sale,help my best friend raise her 2 boys while she is trying to work and take care of her very ill father, and oh yes can't forget.... my own family. This post will probably be all over,I am sorry about that, hope you can follow. But that is how I feel "all over " the place. TOO MUCH going on in my life. I have marked several things off my TO DO LIST and only have 3 more rooms and a bathroom to do. I got new furniture for my living room and new decor. We really love the furniture it's sooooooooooooooooo soft. We bought a love seat, Cuddler(2 person recliner) and Dee a new recliner. I have redecorated my bedroom and bathroom walls, getting ready to do Zac's bathroom.

What do you think of the new blog look, do you like it?

Jodee is doing OK, she will never be happy for very long. Some days I talk to her and she is doing great and other days she wants to leave, but I have some control over her because I told her if she moves out of the home I will take the phone..... and she loveeeeeeeeeeeees her phone, she says it's her life line, she would die without her phone. She had over 10,000 texts this last month. Yes you read it right ten thousand, thank goodness for unlimited texting. I will be going to MO at the end of this month to see her and the family. I only get to stay for 4 days, short trip.

Well I need to go for now, I promise I will post in a few days. I have 2 other blogs to update, check them out when you have time. josphoto.blogspot.com, jzaccessories.blogspot.com

THESE ARE PICTURES OF MY BEDROOM AND BATH



This plaque says: DANCE as though no one is watching you, LOVE as though you have never been hurt, SING as though no one is listening to you, LIVE as though heaven is on earth




My bathroom





LOVE: is the beauty of the soul

BLESSINGS grow old with me...the best is yet to come


My Living Room
the big colorful picture has FAITH- FAMILY -FRIENDS all written in the red squares




FAITH in Him
and through FAITH in Him we may approach GOD with FREEDOM and CONFIDENCE




All Things grow with LOVE

Family...all because two people fell in love


Together is a Wonderful place to be





The Living- new furniture

The Cuddler- I love it It's huge!!!


Dee's recliner- so he thinks!


Now I'm done with my family room, even shampoo the carpets!

Love & Blessings to all
Joella

My life has been in chaoes for the past 2 months....

As most of you know we have been having problems with my daughter who is adopted and has mental illness, is 20 yrs old who is living in MO unchaperoned, and off her meds since Oct. That explains it all. I really don't have to go any farther do I........

I have been hesitate to write about her, but I thought I would share now. I will spare the bad detail, not good. Sorry it's going to be long, grab a drink and some munchies...... I could write a book!

Her life has been a mess for almost a yr now, in and out of a mental hospital last year. She had been living with my parents, done some stuff and said some stuff so she messed that up. Then she was on the streets for a few day until a guy friend's mom let her live with them for 4 months, then mom decided to help by helping to get her an apt with one of her gay guy friend....who has mental illness too... Not a good match to be living together on their own. My Daughter decided to let her so called boyfriend live with her, he also had mental illness and was on probation. (my daughter can make some wise choices....not). Her and him got into a fight she left a couple days later to spend time away from each other, he left and stole her laptop, furniture, food and some other stuff. Then her and roommate got into lots of fights, he let his friends stay with him and had all kinds of people coming and going, doing drug, and God knows what else. I will spare the details, so they got their lease termination notice after being in the apt for 1 1/2 months. Police was involved and we was dealing with this mess from afar.... She call us at all hours of the night. I have been on the phone for the past month and half trying to find her help in both Texas and Missouri. Tex has better services than MO, but all her govn services is from MO and it like pulling teeth to get it switch. Since that guy at her the apt, she has had 2 other boyfriends. Thank GOD she is on the birth control shot!!!! So she left all her stuff in the apt and started staying with whoever would let her. I could go on for days but I will make it brief.......

There is not much help for mentally ill people, what a shame! My husband and I was tired of all the mess, all her phone calls of crying for help, but then not listening to us. So we decided to make an emergency road trip to MO over spring break and try to take care of some unfinished business with her..... I had 3 days to find her a safe place to live and move her in................. And guess what I DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD answered all our prayers!!!! Thank you all so much, my friends and family who prayed for us. We love you!!!!!!!!

We went to visit her case worker on Monday morning and she gave us a list of residential homes to check. The first 2 we drove on by, not too nice, made me sick at my stomach, 3rd one was on a beautiful farm in the country, OK place, but the guy told us he wouldn't take her even if he had an opening, because she is a young attractive girl and he knows how his guy are, and told me to watch out where we go, OK that scared us both... Oh I forgot to tell you I was doing this all alone just me and Jo, no husband help at all..... He told us to try his sis-in-law place she had mostly women...tried her no opening, but try this other place....so we did, they had an opening and it was a beautiful place, but.....most of the people was old and she would become bored and not stay, Jo said that was OK she would make it exciting and have wheel chair races. :0) She told us about one other place who deals with mental illness and keeps young people .....This was our last shot. We went in there and told the guy what we needed, he told us to please have a seat and he would show us around. Finally he came out of his office told us he had a couple opening and showed us a double bed room (for roommates) and he had one girl that just moved out over the weekend and thought there was stuff left in the room but it would be open in couple day. we went down the hall to the room and Jo got very excited when we walked in because the rm # was 22, her dads favorite #. We walked in and the room was completely empty and cleaned up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO we talked a little and both Jo and I like everything he was saying.I told him I came from TX and I needed her moved in by Wed. He said all he needed was paperwork from her psychiatrist and she can move in Tuesday. So we went straight to her dr office and they faxed it them that evening. We moved stuff in Tuesday, bought stuff she need Tues, did 4 heavy duty loads of laundry at the laundry mat, got to my moms at 11:30pm, and had everything put up and room organized on Wednesday by 1:30 with not much help from ADHD Jo, she couldn't focus. The place was an answered prayer, ..........has own big room (we are calling it her apt) w/ TV,bed, tall dresser,bookshelf,night stand and still room for a love seat and small dorm fridge. She has a microwave, dishes and food to cook,a walk-in shower , we bought duck shower curtain. She can decorate the apt the way she wants, she has cleaning service, free laundry mat & beauty salon, 3 hot meals and they will make sure she takes her meds. She can go anywhere she wants any time, she just has to sign out and tell them where she is going and be back by curfew, if not staying all night with someone. People can come visit her and hang out with her, she even ask if her friend can stay all night, he told her he would have to see how both act before he says yes. She has it made, everything she was needing, a safe clean place to call her home, someone to make sure she takes her meds,good food to eat, and a little freedom.

Talked to her today, She is doing good and likes her place. FOOD is good.

I will get her address and if you like to send something I know she would be very surprised to receive encouraging words from you all.

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!

Now maybe most of my stress and illness will go away and Dee and I can go on with our life and enjoy it!!!!!

Here is a picture of my beautiful daughter, See why we have been so worried about her.



Luv you All
And again THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Blessing to you and your family!
Joella

If you only had today......

This is something I got off of a site I get emailed to me
about dealing with your love ones that have mental illness.
As I was reading it I was thinking about my husband,
my son, and the children I take care of and teach. 
Life in general


If you only had today.....


You have choices to make.

You can be your best or your worst.

You can help others or ignore them.

You can be a victim or you can
choose to stand up to your loved one.

You can express your thoughts and
feelings or you can stuff them.

You can get stressed out or you can
stay as calm as you can possibly be.

You could let your loved one continue
to manipulate you, or you could set
limits on what you're going to take
and what you're not going to take.

You can keep getting called names,
getting blamed, getting criticized, and
getting humiliated, or you can tell your
loved one that these are unacceptable
behaviors and you will no longer tolerate
unacceptable behaviors.

On the other hand, you can also choose to
enjoy the beauty of the day.

If your loved one is not acting out, you can
be grateful for that.

If they are clingy, you can be understanding.

If they are angry, you can be tolerant.

If they are fearful, you can be compassionate.

If they are controlling, you can be patient.

If they are stressed or anxious, you can be
calm.

Whatever your loved one is, you can choose
to be the opposite.

This day is made up of your own choices.

Remember that it is your loved one who is
sick, not you.

You can be the opposite of whatever they are.

You can choose to exhibit the opposite
behavior that they do.

If they are sad, you can be an encourager,

If they are mean, you can be kind.

If they are isolating, you can be outgoing.

If they are too quiet, you might initiate
conversation, or you might choose to
respect their silence.

If they are in a bad mood, you can be in a
good mood.

If they are in a good mood, though, instead
of being the opposite, you might want to
join them (as it may not last)!

If they are negative, you be positive.

If they have a bad attitude, you have a
good one.

If they are defensive, you choose not to attack
them.

If they feel weak, you choose not to take
advantage of their vulnerability.

If they are afraid, you choose to be consoling.

If they feel hurt, you choose to be loving.

If they feel as if the world is against them,
you choose to be supportive.

If they feel like crying, you give them
your shoulder to do it on.

If they need a friend, you be that friend.

The point is, all the things you would want
them to be for you, you be for them.

Especially if today were all you had.

And if you wake up tomorrow...

You do it all over again.

And you do this...

One day at a time.

That's how you cope with living with
someone who has borderline personality
disorder.

Because trying to do it any other way is
just too difficult.

It is, isn't it?

There are too many emotions involved.

Too much hurt.  Too much anger.

Too much fighting.

You might even think I'm crazy for
suggesting the things I suggested above.
But I believe it can be done.

Do you?

Or do you think I'm crazy?

Do you have the kind of relationship
with your loved one where these kinds
of things are possible, or do you have
the kind where you totally disagree
with me, and these things could NEVER
be possible?

This touched me today when I read it. The site that
deals with depression,bi-polar and anti social personality
disorders. You see I have a daughter that has all these
mental illness and we are having a rough time with her
these past 3-4 months,she has been off her meds for over
5 months and she has good days and not so good days,
more not so good these past couple months.She has really
learned some tough life lessons.Oh did I forget to tell you
she is in MO and I'm in TX,it makes it 100 times harder
to help. I have been on the phone this past week trying
to get her in-patient hospital help in MO.  Guess what
I can't find it, the health care system stinks for adults
with mental illness and I don't know what else to do.
So when I seen an email from this site this morning I
opened it up,(most the time I store them in a folder
to read later).I opened it up and this is what I read.
It helped me feel a little better.

I hope all this is making sense,my brain is fried,
It's shut down from overload.


I need to post on all three blogs and play catch up.
My photo blog will have some new photo of my kids I
teach and ones of this special little baby girl Presley
that just turned 1.  I babysit her and her brother and
sister.  You need to check it out.

This post is really going to be random.......

My last post was about cleaning, well I did that and
got a lot done still have 3 more rooms and the garage
to do. But I took a break for a couple weeks. I got
done what I really needed done. Dee's dad and his wife
came for a visit and stayed for 2 1/2 days. It was nice,
we drove by and showed them where the show Dallas was
filmed at Southfork and where JFK got shot, was to cold
to get out,we'll get out the next time they come.
They left and then 3 hours later some of my girlfriends
from work came over, we ate and watched a chick flick
"The Women"  it was good. After that we played
Rock band 2 for about 30 minutes. I laughed so hard.
We are going to do that again soon.

I played Rock band with the boys I watched and got
addicted to it. So we bought it for Valentines day.
I will post pictures on another post,they are good.
Zac, his girlfriend, Dee and I played one night for about
2 hrs.  Then Dee and I played for 3 hours one night after
Zac left. This is unusual for me I hate to play video
games. It fumes me when Dee and Zac plays them all day,
I would refuse to play with them.  It has been my stress
reliever this past week. We play it with the boys when
they got home from school.  Zac even let Summer
play it, so she thinks. She has the guitar or drums
playing them,but they are not turned on.

Zac has a girlfriend YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not too sure
how serious,he won't talk to me about it. I'm just excited
he is paying attention to someone other than the X-box.
She is a really sweet girl.  I like her. The 1st time we
met her was the night his grandpa came, poor girl.
Two House's teasing her, she took it well.  She just laugh
a lot and fit right in.  I hope it works I'm ready for Zac
to have a life and care for someone else than just himself.
He needs a life!!!!

Everyone you talk to has someone in their family that is
sick or just getting over being sick.  The little ones I
babysit has had their share of sickness.  The baby had
a respiratory infection about 3 weeks ago and her brother
had strep throat and then her brother and sister had ear
infections.  Well this week the baby had pneumonia and brother
had ear infection on wed and went dr today and has mono.
I sure hope I don't get it, I can't afford to get sick.
Spring needs to get here soon. We haven't had a full class
at preschool since Thanksgiving break. Couple day in Dec we
had them all and I think we did for our Christmas party.
Since we came back from Christmas break we have had all
12 kids just one day. Ready for spring break to get hear
(2 weeks) and maybe everyone can get well.

Well I guess this is all I have to post for now.

I leave you one more thing.  I got this email
from my preschool partner. She goes to bible study on
wed morning and this is what they studied the past week
and she wanted to share it with me.  It was so good I want
to share it with you.  Thank you Theresa, love you!
God knows exactly what we need!

Phil. 4:6-7 "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplicatioin with thanksgiving let you requests be made known to God. The peace God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Scripture Prayer...

Lord, I will not be anxious about _______, but I will place this cause before you, with thanksgiving. And I will receive your peace to guard my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus.

The speaker yesterday showed us something cool I thought, she said when your praying to God to take away your fears, to pray with your palms open and turned down, as this is letting them fall away, and when praying for God to bless you, to pray with your palms open and up so that you can openly receive the blessing from him. I loved that, thought it was very clever. If you need to talk or just need a hug, know I'm only a phone call away. Wishing you a wonderful weekend. I will pray this prayer for you also, just in case you can't right now. I love you.

Theresa


Blessing to everyone
Joella

Busy Spring Cleaning

Hope all is well with everyone. I'm ready for spring to come and Spring break, so I can rest. These past 2 weeks has been busy. I've been trying to clean my house it's messy and too cluttered. I'm a pack rat, just ask my hubby and son. Well it's really not a good idea to ask them unless you want to hear them grip, grip, grip. I guess y0u would call it "Spring cleaning". I have 2 rooms, 1 bath and one closet done. I really need to finish 2 more rooms and a bath before Friday. Not sure if I can. My hubby dad is coming on Friday, real short notice, like told us on sat he was coming in 6 days.

We have our valentine party tomorrow in our preschool class. It's always a whippin when we have parties. But so much fun when the kids get there and we see their eyes light up and they have fun. I'll have to fill you in on details and pictures . We are letting 2 yrs old make their own rice crispy treats and eat them. We did it last year and I laughed so hard I almost potty in my pants. They had rice crispy stuck everywhere.

Well I guess I need to go and do some more cleaning!

New to blogging

Friends and Family.

I'm new to all this blogging & facebook stuff, I know just enough to get by but not enough to be good at it. I didn't know about all the setting I need to fix. I found out the other day from my friend that she has tried to post a couple of time and couldn't get her comment posted. So I did some checking on each blog and I think I got it fixed now. So I want to apology if you had tried to post and took time out of your busy schedule to write and then it wouldn't let you. Sooooooooooo sorry! I hope I got it fix if not let me know, please be nice! You have to be nice to people who are not very smart, that would be me when it comes to electronics.


So did you watch the superbowl. What was your favorite commercial? My husband said his was the one for monster.com, where the moose head was hanging on a beautiful office wall and his back in was sticking out the other side and the guy's desk was under it , it says" You need a new job?" Well I need to try to get some sleep? Love to all!

Superbowl......... what's your thoughts?

Today is the Big Day........ SUPERBOWL ????? How many of you know what number it is with out asking your hubby or some fellow? Not I, my thoughts are who cares! I would like the cardinals to win just because of Curt Warner, but other than that who care. When my hubby used to work for Pepsi we would record it so we could see the Pepsi commercials. I do like the funny commercials. My hubby went to the store to get his chips, Brats, and soda. He said this is the only day of the year that you see more men in the store than women. That is so true. I never thought of that. Our church is even having a Superbowl party for the 20's & 30's yr old. I just think it's sad that so many people go crazy over a game.

Thought!

If only we had all the money spent this day and all the people who is partying today, and we could throw a party for the homeless or all the children who won't get to eat tonight or ones that will never have a party to go to or have one thrown for them and we would celebrate the SUPER-LOVE THY NEIGHBOR-BOWL PARTY. Now that's a party to celebrate. Do you think the Guys would go for that next year? NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




February is the month for LOVE..........


Tell me one small gesture that you did or someone did for you that showed love! I need some ideas.

On of my big ones is........

My mom gave us a 25th anniversary party in 2007

On Feb 9th my hubby and I celebrate our 30 year Anniv. of "going steady" as we called it back then.



"" " The Love that can last forever takes but a second to come about."

Random Quote I had found

I found my book that I had written down some great thoughts, saying and quotes I had found on the internet. I wanted to share this one with you.


Top 10 Predictions for 2009

1. The Bible will still have the answers.
2. Prayer will still work.
3. The Holy Spirit will still move.
4. GOD will still inhabit the praise of his people.
5. There will still be God-anointed preachings.
6. There will still be singing of praises.
7. God will still pour out blessings upon his people.
8. There will still be room at the cross.
9. Jesus will still love you.
10. Jesus will still save the lost.



This will be a better world when the Power of Love replaces the Love of Power!!!!!

This is a post I posted on my other blog....

I would like to share this with you it is worth posting twice...... There is so many people that's going through so much in their life right now and it's hard. It could be job situation, finances, spiritual, mental, family health issues, disease, loss of love one etc... list goes on. When I'm feeling sad for myself, without a doubt I always hear of some family that's going through worst situation than I am and it put my life back into perspective. I'm trying to stay positive and look at life half full. and I go back from time to time and read what I wrote about Life Lessons. Please enjoy and send me a comment back on your favorite saying or verses that help you get through the rough times.


After the holiday thoughts......

Christmas is over and the new year will be here in a couple of day. Most of us will say yeah! "2008 is over and 2009 will be a better year, I know it will because I'm going to change by doing"........... and the list goes on. If you haven't said it I know you are thinking it. I'm right there along with you. Or you feel you're not doing what you are suppose to be doing in life so you want this year to be the year of change. That's where I'm at! I feel in my heart there needs to be changes in my life but I'm not sure what. I'm not sure what GOD is trying to tell me or what he wants to do with my life.

You know there is different season in your life and that brings along changes, like when you turn a certain age or something big happens in your life like marriage, baby, new job, kids graduation, sickness, death, or becoming an empty nester etc.... my hubby and I are at the change of becoming empty nesters, the kids growing up. Don't get me wrong I kinda like, it just sometimes it gets lonely, why you think I babysit a lot... I LOVE LITTLE KIDS!!!!!! I'm at a point in my life where most of you would think it's great, my hubby and I are getting along great we are enjoying our time together alone, no kids to take care of. When I want kids I babysit, then go home to my husband. But I feel deep down there is still something I need to be doing. I have changed some thing these past 6 months. I cut back on working childcare at my church, trying to get my health back in shape. I have started taking care of 3 awesome children, no words can explain how I feel about them. Actually their mom is the one that talked me into blogging, you need to check out her blog, Gilesfamilyof5, it's in my blog list. I love that family, they are awesome, it's was a GOD thing (that's another blog at another time). Kele I need to brag a little. When I walk through their door I have one little girl screaming Mrs House(working on Joella).... and comes up to me with the biggest smile on her face, the sparkles in her eyes and gives me the biggest hug and kiss, the little guy is getting better he is starting to smile, he's a momma boy and loves his momma. Then I go into the living room where the other lil' precious baby girl is and all I have to do is say "HI", she lights up and gives me the biggest smile. They all melt my heart. So I know this family is a new part of my life and I'm excited to see where it leads me this new year. I also started these new blogs and hope to start working my new business of scrapbooking for others, taking pictures, selling jewelry, hair bows and my other thing. But I still feel there is something else. I know I need to work on my daily bible reading, get a better prayer life and work on getting in better health, but there is still something else. I know GOD will reveal it to me sometime I just have to have patience, ugh I don't like that word... Sorry this was long I can be long winded sometimes, but I try not to be. I want to finish with this little blog I wrote on my myspace in Aug when a lot of stuff was going on in my life, a change with my daughter. I hope it touches someone heart.



A Life Lesson

As we live our life one day at a time we learn lessons. There is different lessons we learn at different part and ages of our life. All through out my life I have learned some valuable lessons, and each stage of my life as a girl, a friend, a daughter, a wife, a mom and a christian I have learned some very valuable lessons. Whether they were good, bad, sad or heartbreaking. You think you are prepared for any and can endure anything that comes your way. You are a good person, trying to live a good life and BAM some terrible life lesson hits you in the face. You sit back and wonder what lesson are you suppose to learn from that. Isn't it amazing the hardest and the most hurtful lessons come from the people you love the most. Whether it's from family, husband, your children or your parents. How you handle the situation and deal with it after it is over is the lesson you learn. Some of the situation and life lesson I have had over the past couple of year has been the hardest, especially these past few months and the last couple of weeks. I'm not sure that I really wanted the Life Lesson that I was dealt with. They have been some really hard lesson to handle, especially with my children (young adults so they think). If someone would of told me that I was going to have to go through these Life Lesson with them, I would of told them "you are crazy, not I". I'm not sure if I would of said "no way, I am not going to go through that with them." I probably I would of said I would rather not live. But you see it doesn't work that way. You have to deal with it and you can deal with it becasue you are their parent and know matter what they do and how you deal with the lesson you still love them. Along with your Life Lesson they are learning a Life Lesson too. How you handled it, the way you told them how you feel, approved or disapproved is a Life Lesson they are learning. Even though you may get mad at them or vise versa doesn't mean you don't love them and the way they handled it doesn't mean they don't love you. It is just one Life Lesson that isn't good and you have to go on with life.

There is someone great that helps me with my life lessons good or bad, my imaginary friend from above, he is awesome! He is there for me and helps me understand the lessons, good or bad. He is the one when it is bad that picks me up and help me through that lesson, give me a shoulder to cry on, a hand shake when it's good and gives me a pat on the back when I have learned from the lesson good or bad. When I need to talk to someone I talk to him, I know he will listen. I can tell you right now that he is wiping away my tears and carrying me on his back in this Life Lesson I"m going through now. And all of my blessed friends are giving him moral support and encouraging him to keep helping me, my husband and my children. I know I will get through it and I must go on becasue there is more Life Lesson for me to learn. I must turn loose of my children so they will learn their own Life Lessons good or bad, because they will have their imaginary friend from above to help them out if only they ask him. I have tried really hard to teach them that Life Lesson, whether they learned it or not is up to them. My imaginary friend isn't really imaginary, he is in my heart an soul, his name is JESUS.

There are 2 verses/saying that I have taped on my computer that helps me with my Life lessons. I would like to share them with you, maybe it might help you through some of your Life Lesson. The Will of GOD will never take you to where the Grace of GOD will not protect you! Happiness keeps you sweet, Trials keep you strong, Sorrow keeps you humble, Success keeps you growing, BUT only GOD keeps you going!

These are what keeps me going!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love Ya!
Joella


Pictures of the 3 that melt my heart!

Mikah, Jett & Presley

My First Thoughts

Dear Friends,

This will be the blog that I will be posting most of my pictures and thoughts from now on. I want to keep the other 2 blogs for my photographs and my custom accessories I am making. I think everyone should have a blog, come on get with the game, don't stay in the ice age. This is an awesome way of keeping track of your family functions and save it for your kids when they grow up.

I will share more with you in a couple of days

Love to All
Joella