Today at the UPS Store

Hello I'm at work and at the moment it's kind of slow. (.... and of course no sooner had I typed that when customers started coming through the door.) We are in the middle of a huge copying job for Bryson Middle School. Would you like to see what we are doing???

Sam set up a table for us to lay everything out on while we are working. :) It was very sweet of him.

Hmm... let see. We have four differant colores of card stock that all have the samething on them. We get to make up LOTS of little piles with one of each of the four colors.

Then we combine them with the 22 page handbook that prints off in sets of 25 and put them into a small box.

So far we've got 550 sets done so that leaves 950 left to do. Well, Sam just got back with more boxes so back to work we go... :) Never mind I get to go home!!!

My mother has tried time after time to teach us that it is very bad to stick signs on people... :) We still do it anyway. This is the one Sam put on me this morning... It says, 'Smile. It makes people wonder what you are up to!'

(Mommy it's all Sam's fault.... :) well mostly!)

~At last!~ :)

WOW!!!

I hardly know were to start... First off, let me say that we serve a great and mighty God!!! He truly knows whats best for us and can work things out beyond our wildest dreams.

What was the others news?... Well on the 27th of June Trevor called me and told me He had just talked to my father and we were officially courting! He went on to tell me about the piece of land He had bought from his Dad etc... Wow! :0) I was in an over joyed shock!!! You know the feeling don't you? It took several days for the surprise to wear off and I started to realize just what 'We're courting' meant. :) I can see him every week!... More than just once a week!!... We can talk and be looking at each other!!!... We can spend time together with our families!!!! :0) You get the idea.

(Trevor has a great smile and a even better heart.) :)

Trevor has been coming up to Faith with me on Sundays and spending the afternoon with us there. Then there is eating dinner at least once a week with our families. :0) At times it can get a little tiring... Oh, but it is so worth it!! My siblings have been taking great delight in doing "their job." (Trying their best to always be sitting in between us, listening very intently to our conversations, and then snicking around the house after he leaves about everything we said or did.) It's fun just watching them get to know him a little bit better. (Although at times they can be right down annoying and I really wish they would just go find something else to do and let us be in peace.)

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I got a puppy!

His name is Duke. He recived a bath and flea collar Friday so hopefully He'll be a little less itchy. He is a sweet little guy and is learning fast.

:) Although he still thinks he should be allowed inside like everyone else and tries quite hard to slip in when your not looking.

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:) You know how when you are talking to someone and at the end of the conversation they say something like 'I hope it all works out like you want it to.'? I have plans and goals for the future but I am OK with the Lord stepping in and fixing them for me. :) I know his plans for me are far greater, higher, and without doubt out of this world better then any of mine. :) Trevor and I get to continually reminding each other of this.

:) I hope everything is going well for you. Have a great day!!!

~Good Morning~

I opened the front door Tuesday morning to go to work...

:) Instead, I checked the clock to make sure I still had time, grabbed a camera and went for a quick walk. It was simply too beautiful a morning to pass up a little time outside. My dad enjoys gardening. He also prefers plants that produce food. The flower beds around the house are made up of fruits and vegetables. :) Dad likes them being near the house where he can keep an eye on them. ( He always finds the first one ripening and watches it so he can eat it before anyone else finds it.) These are the pictures I took.

Here are the grape, muscadine, and scuppernong vines.

:) Don't they make you want to try one!???

These are the strawberry plants in front of the house. We have three strawberry patches altogether. The other two are in the garden and down by the lake.

Sheppard has headed up and greatly helped dad with most of the planting. He has been doing a lot of reading on herbs, forest gardens, etc. This is his small herb garden by the house. :) (And therefore close to the kitchen.)

Here are his tomatoes. The tomato plants he got are Cherokee purple, Green Zebra, and I think a Hungarian...? Well a Hungarian something-or-another. If you know what the rest of name is please let me know. They tried the Green Zebra and the Hungarian one last night and they all really liked them. (which he made me try... I greatly dislike tomatoes!!!)

The blueberry bushes were move from the front yard to the dam, you can't see them very well in the picture but they are quite loaded down with berries.

:0) That means blueberry muffins are on the way!!!

With all of Dad and Sheppard's planting, JEB caught the planting fever and made an addition of some watermelons and sweet banana peppers.

And on a whole new note...

My cousin's youngest little boy has been staying with us for almost a week now.

Hayden (3 years old)

His brother Hunter (who is 4) was born with half a heart and under went heart surgery last week. Everything thing went really good and he is recovering faster then they had thought he would. The doctors said he might need to stay in the hospital up to six weeks but, are now talking about sending him home this weekend. :)

:) Watching Lance 'look after' Hayden has been fun. He has not ever spent a whole lot of time with a little kid. :) He really does not have a clue what to do with them.

:) Oh boy-oh-boy, do I have more news... but for now it will have to wait for another day. :)

:0) Have a great day!!!