Moody!

I am a woman of many moods. How do I know this? Is it the fact that I am a woman and by my very genetics is a given? Is it because I have an incredible level of self awareness? Is it the frightened
looks on loved ones faces when a new mood emerges? Nay....it is not any of
of those things (Do you think that the use of nay "dates me") It is because
I have a mood ring.
Not just any mood ring. This is a bona fide mood ring from the early 70's. Not the cheap imitations that surfaced a few years ago when they tried to revive the trend. This ring was forged in a simpler time. No computers...no Wii....no cell phones....no gameboys to amuse or hypnotize us. This was not only jewelry but it was TECHNOLOGY! My friends and I all had one and we took very seriously the rings ability to gauge our moods and therefore predict our future. (Besides Quija boards were a no no for good mormon boys and girls.) For those of your who aren't familiar with the mood ring I will explain: First you put the ring on your finger and wait until it changes color.
The color black means: anxious, excitable
green means: sensitive
blue-green means: relaxed, calm
blue means: happy, love
amber means: nervous, tense
amber green means: troubled, uneasy
After you detemined your mood you were then free to make important
life decisions based on the power of the ring. As you can see today I am
relaxed and calm. Whew I'm glad about that!
I found it the other day while cleaning out my jewelry
box. (otherwise known as going down memory lane) I found a forgotten
cache of rings. It is an interesting and odd assortment. It's like a
time capsule of being a teen in the 70's. So dear readers
you are in luck this week. This is only the first installment on a series that
should keep you entertained all week. What....you don't care about my
rings?? Watch it my mood ring is turning amber!

My daughter loves photography and anything that has to to with pictures. When she was little she would take

the family photo albums and stare at a picture for the longest time which for a girl we called the whirling dervish is pretty amazing. She was the child I knew would appreciate the thousands (my kids would say millions) of photos that I have snapped over the years. I knew that no matter what happened to me she would carry on my tradition of tormenting others with her camera lens. What I wasn't prepared for was just how good she would be at it. Now I can sit at the computer (photo albums are so yesterday) and stare at her pictures for the longest time. Your photos rock my world, peanut. Thanks

This is my son.
He is serving a 2 year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Guatemala . He is serving a mission for 2 years and I will not see him for 2 years except for the occasional pictures like this one. I will.......I DO miss him terribly but I could not be prouder of him. I could not be more in awe of his strength, dedication and character. If you want to know more about what he is doing and why a 19 year old boy has devoted 2 years to sharing his testimony of Jesus Christ or even how I can let a piece of my heart live in a jungle in Guatemala go here. http://lds.org

Heartbeats

A piece of my heart lives in this country. Look toward the North and you will see the spot. Yup.....that's where it is. Some days I have a hard time keeping my brain from joining that piece of my heart. It's easier to deal with if I don't think about Guatemala at all but who am I fooling...there is no chance of that. So here it has popped up right on my blog where I shall see it often. Who lives there and what are they doing there???.......a picture and a post tomorrow. Tonight my heart with a piece missing is tired and wants to go to bed.

This is a picture of when it cold outside and your webcam has too much gamma or not enough gamma or just the right amount of gamma. I don't understand a gamma thing about the photo editor on this web cam. But I know I am cold and 68 degrees does not seem as warm as it use to. Maybe I should stop chewing ice and adjust my gamma. Does anyone know what that even means?

GRUGGLE

I was looking for a picture of something that started with a "G" ( I won't tell you now since it will ruin the element of surprise once I actually do find it on this crazy piece of machinery) and I could not find what I wanted but was intrigued by a photo file simply known as gruggle. Well what the heck...doesn't my site need more gruggle? I downloaded and anxiously awaited my dose of gruggle. Couldn't help but smile. Turns out it was exactly what I needed today. Who knew?

Yay Megan Yay!

Yay Dave Yay!

You did it! Congratulations!

Snowflakes....snowflakes.....snowflakes.
I am seeing them in my sleep.
Big wedding coming up.
Friday!
Theme: Winter....snowflakes
So much to do before I sleep.
Snowflake dreams
Praying for NO real snowflakes on the big day.
Thrilled for my daughter...
love my future son-in-law!
Snowflakes.

Did you think I dis-ta-peared???

(Note the serious look...I have not yet mastered smiling at the right time on the webcam lol)

One of my children (I can't say I remember which one for sure) when they were little loved to say when things were mysteriously gone that they just dista-peared! I am sorry to say that for quite awhile I think I just dista-peared. I would like to say that there were hugely compelling reasons but it just sorta happened. Sure there were things like Christmas shopping and wedding planning, candy making and airport shuttling, package wrapping and movie watching but really the long and short of it is that me...Momshell......well just kinda dista-peared. I don't know if that means I am just not cut out for the blogging world or if now that a new year has begun I will reappear and stay for good. I guess it will be something to watch out for. Maybe the webcam on my new laptop that Mr. T so sweetly gave me for Christmas will keep me appearing on a regular basis. Maybe my blogging nap is over and I can resume this experiment with all of the joie de vive that it deserves. Stay tuned my loyal readers.

P.S. Thank you Joey for the kind words on your blog! You made my day!

P.S.S. Happy New Year everyone!!

Dear Faithful Readers, (all 2 of you)
I am sorry to have to tell you this on only my 6th blog ever but I am sick. Very sick. I have.....BLOGGER BLOCK. Now don't rush to your medical encyclopedia for more info and answers (although I am sure you will find them on the encyclopedia for morons...Wikipedia) it is not fatal. It is just....well.....boring and sad. Now I am generally not known for my lack of things to say or rant about but a curious thing has happened to me. I am freakishly verbally paralyzed by the thoughts of entertaining others (both of you) with my blog. Oh I know what you are thinking. You don't HAVE to entertain us. There are plenty of blogs that are people telling you what they cooked for dinner tonight or what clever thing their child said while sitting on the toilet....or what specific color ribbon they used on their glorious mantel display depicting not only a touching manger tableau but all 12 of the days of Christmas with Precious moments dolls. I have thought about writing about those types of things (hey I have snowbabies and a nativity from Israel and even a Santa from Bali and I have at least 12 different types of cereal I can feed my family for dinner) but I feel like I owe you (Heidi and Joey) much better than that. So I have pondered for the last few days and have come up with.......well........nothing but a bad case of bloggerblock. So I am going to give you all a chance to decide your own fate. Here is a survey of what I could post a blog about tomorrow or whenever you decide to vote. (don' t let me down you two...you have a 50/50 chance of winning.) In now particular order.
The poll is there to your left ===========>

It's snowing?

SNOW??
can't you see it?
LOOK CLoSely
closer.....
closer.....
I SAID....
CLOSER!
Do you see it!
Yes that is...
Texas snow! Missouri City Texas snow to be exact!
Fun Fact: The people who first settled here and named this hallowed ground were from Missouri. They were trying to get away from the cold and snow and decided that shorts melting heat and mind numbing oppressive humidity was just the ticket. Well, their first winter here there was some freakish winter snow storm that dumped a ton of snow on them. They decided to call it quits and go back to Missouri. Wimps! Hard to believe since this is the type of snow we get here about every 10 or 20 years. Believe it or not they will probably cancel school tomorrow. That's what the little peanut in the photo hopes for anyway. It may not impress you people up north from us but we will take what we can get and party anyway!
IT"S SNOWING! really it is....look closer....and for all you doubting Thomas' here is further pictorial proof:

Is the story above completely historically accurate?...........well I read it somewhere one time. And in the famous words of my mother in law.....I say a lot of things. You can either choose to believe me or you can choose not to.

Nerent

My son drew this and left it on my desktop screen. Pretty impressive don't you think.......For a 19 year old???? NERENT ( I hope it isn't a picture of his mother)