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Theme: Clean

This is an Anne Geddes picture I found and I thought it goes perfectly with the theme. I love Anne Geddes!

I have a refreshing blog:)

I found a very interesting link on my sister's blog. It's for having your blog critiqued. The blog is Critique My Blog I sent my blog in and this is what was written about it:

"This blog written by Essie is entitled, Life...What More Can I Say, and when you think about it, isn't that what blogging is all about. It is a diary of your life...like it or leave it...what more can you say about that. Essie's blog is full of "themed" photography and her own thoughts and pondering about life and what is happening in hers. No bells and whistles, just a straight up blog. Refreshing to see every once in a while. Well done."

It's neat to get an outsiders opinion on my blog:)

Theme: Water

. Niagara Falls at night.

Theme: Empty

I posted this late last night so I didn't write much. But I've been asked to explain this picutre so I wiil:)
This picture was taken in Nigeria. The Nigerian houses near where I was don't have any running water so they get it all at wells or at the stream. So these buckets are all empty and are waiting to be filled at a well.

Theme: Drink

Last Easter a group of my friends went out for coffee... so this is my drink picture:)

Theme: Architecture

Things I have done

I found this on my sisters page and she found it on someone else's. Bold what you have done!

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa.
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk.
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe.
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured an ancient site
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played Dungeons & Dragons for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently well enough to have a decent conversation
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised (raising) children (child)
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life
151. Finished a marathon

Theme: Salty

I'm not sure why, but it reminds me of salt...

Theme: Soft

My nephew...need I say more? ;)

Theme: Antique

This is my late great Uncle Bob in September 1944. I think this counts as antique. He was in the *Air Force although I don't know his rank or anything but I really like this picture.

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Happy Valentines Day:)

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Theme: Broken

That is my car...It is broken and I am sad...

Parking Ticket...another thing that comes with a car:(

I woke up this morning and had a wonderful morning until I got in my car. I looked through my windshield and there was a yellow piece of paper under my wiper. I have never had one before but I knew it was a ticket. My crime? Parking between 3am-6am on the street. I have a problem with it though. There are no signs saying not to park there. I had no idea that I wasn't allowed. I figured when it snows you can't park there because of the snow removal vehicles...but that's common sense...who would think that between the hours of 3am-6am you can't park on the street...What random hours! So, now I have a $20 ticket...I don't think it's even worth fighting... I'd have to set a court date and I would probably be busy on that day anyways...I'll just mail them their stinkin' $20 and add a note telling them that there are no signs...Ok, I just needed to vent a little...I'm done:)

Would you laugh, cry or scream? I think I'd laugh...well I'm laughing now cuz they aren't my kids;)

Guess what Mom? We painted! I hope their Mom has a sense of humor.

I don't have to say anything else;)

You are a redneck if...

This brings back so many camp memories:)

"I'm My Own Grandpa"

"If thou canst read this, the damsel felleth off"

First Baby Photos!

Jessi posted these on her blog last week but I thought I'd share them here! These are the first ultrasound pictures of Paul and Jessi's baby!!!
This is the head and body!
That is the foot!
That's the hand!

Ooops

Jessi left a comment and reminded me that she isn't due March 3rd. It's March 1st... I just can't seem to remember that though =)

Aunt Essie:)

I am a horrible blogger...I haven't blogged for almost a month! But here is something that I have meant to post for that whole month!!!:
You may wonder why I am posting a picture of someone's stomach. That stomach belongs to my sister and my future niece or nephew is all snuggly inside! Yep, for those of you who didn't know, I am going to be an AUNT!!! (You must've been living on another planet to not know by now;)) Jessi is 17 weeks along!!! So that's my SUPER exciting news!!! Jessi has posted about it on her blog. Here's what a 17 week baby looks like:

I got that photo from google so if it looks way off let me know;)

I'm SO SUPER excited!!! Can't wait for the baby to come...Jessi is due March 3rdish:)

Eric &Carrie's Wedding

Wow, it's been almost a month since I last "blogged" Here are some pictures from Eric & Carrie's wedding last weekend. (August 12) There are more pictures on Jessi's Blog!

Kissy Kissy :)


Wedding Party


Sleepy Eric


Sisters:)


Girlfriends! :)


Aww... :-><-:

Spenny-boy the Cowboy is 17!!

I forgot to post anything for Spen's birthday...which was almost 2 weeks ago...I don't have any pictures of him from when he was little...but here are a couple that we took on Sunday I took the second one, he took the first one.

Squirrel Murderer & G2

I killed a squirrel:'( I was driving along and there was this squirrel in the middle of my lane and so I thought I'd just keep driving and if it were a smart squirrel he'd stay where he was. But no, he had to run under my back tire and get killed. That's how I know it was a "he" squirrel...He was slow in making up his mind and as a result he got squished:)

Ok, that was my story of the day. But something exciting! I have my G2!!! Yay! and I bought a steering wheel cover. It's a grayish purple-ish satin with black lace on top of it...I love it!

Prayer Request

My parents just recieved this from a man at our chaple. Please Pray

Dear Prayer Partners,

You may recall that I had previously asked for prayer for Sigurd Ericksson,
a friend of mine who with his wife attended the family bible hour with Dale
and I some months ago when Bill McRae was speaking on the Da Vinci code. At
that meeting, I felt Sigurd heard an excellent Gospel message and the clear
call of the Savior.

Sigurd's response afterwards was typical of his hard heart t/w God: "anyone
who believes throws their mind away."

Several weeks ago, doctors at McMaster University hospital discovered Sigurd
had a cancerous growth in the tube between the gall bladder and liver, next
to the liver: in an inoperable area.

Tonight after meeting we had a recorded call that the doctors have predicted
3-6 weeks for Sigurd to live.

Please pray that the Lord will give us an opportunity to visit him in
hospital (he is in much pain and sedated) and that the Lord will change his
hard heart that He may receive Christ at this 11th hour.

Thanks for your earnest prayers.

If anyone can give this request a wider circulation, I am sure the Lord
Himself will be honored by that.

With great concern,

Doug Stubbs

My Mum Is Coming Home!

My Mum is coming home today! I'm so excited!!! Her flight gets in at 8:40pm. I can't believe how fast six weeks have gone by. Anyways, I just thought I'd let anyone who reads this, if anyone does;), that I'm excited my Mum is coming home!

long needed update not at all in order;)

Ok, my sister left me a comment and pointed out that I am not working this week and I need to update my blog… So ...where do I start??? Umm…my cousin Mark got married the beginning of June and I went down to North Carolina for the wedding. I travelled with my Aunt Polly & Uncle Frank! It was a very fun trip and a really nice wedding! My Aunt Lois and Uncle Tom and my cousins Julie and Ben came up after the wedding and stayed here for a couple of weeks. (that’s Mark’s Mum, Dad and two youngest siblings) Umm… I worked all of June and everyday was pretty much the same. My Mum left on June 12 to go to Nigeria for 6 weeks and she’ll be back in 6 days! I miss her! I have been the only female in this house for too long!

I went to Guelph Bible Camp the first week of July to watch the director’s children and some of their staff’s kids. I had so much fun there! But I don’t feel like writing it all out at the moment… maybe later

I did something I have never done before...I failed my drivers test yesterday. I had a horrible woman test me. She was in a bad mood and I was really nervous at the beginning so I did a couple of things that I have NEVER done before right at the beginning and so she failed me. Now I have to wait 10 days before I can take another test. Oh well, I just hope that I have my licence before August so I can go to Ohio!!! (I’ll come somehow Jessi, even if I don’t have my licence)
Last Saturday my Dad, Caleb and I went and saw Pirates 2! SO SO SO good! If you haven’t seen it you should! And if you’ve already seen it…go again! I loved it! I want to see it again! Anyways, Caleb is having a friend over and I am in the middle of making Pizza! And I just realized that I don’t know if we have sauce for on the pizza…I wonder if Salsa would workJ I’ll think up something!
(Is that a good update Jessi;D)

My first car!!!

I have a car!!! I will officailly own it today after I pay for it! :) It is a white 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra and it has a blue interior. Here's what it looks like only mines white...this is just a picture I found on the web. I'll take a picture of mine soon!!!

"You have sprinkles on your toes"

Yesterday while I was at work I was playing "Superheros" with one of the boys I watch. He told me I had to have bare feet like he did. I told him I did have bare feet and he said "No you don't, you have sprinkles on them. I asked him where the sprinkles were and he said "There on your toes." He was talking about my nail polish;) It was cute:)