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I can't believe that Thanksgiving is already here!!!! This year has flown by. It just seems like yesterday I was walking down the aisle towards my new husband and our new lives together!!

Daryl is still up at school so we won't be able to share Thanksgiving together but we talked about it and I am going to Ohio to spend Thanksgiving with my mom and the rest of my family. As Daryl put it best..we will have MANY Thanksgiving in our lives!

I hope that everyone has a GREAT Thanksgiving!!

Also too please say a prayer for our soldiers who are away and can't be at home with their families for the holidays!

Great Poem that I had to share

One of my e-mail friends who happens to be a cousin sent me this e-mail with a great poem that I had to share...

BirthCertificates show that we were born.

ADeath Certificate shows that we died

Pictures show that we lived!

Havea seat . . . Relax . . . And read this slowly.


IBelieve...

Thatjust because two people argue,

itdoesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do love each other.


IBelieve

...That we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.





IBelieve...

That no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every oncein a while and you must forgive them for that.



IBelieve...

That true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.




IBelieve...

That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.





IBelieve...

That it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.





IBelieve...

That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.





IBelieve...

That you can keep going long after you think you can't.





IBelieve...

That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.




I Believe...

That either you control your attitude or it controls you.



IBelieve...

That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to bedone, regardless of the consequences.



IBelieve...

That money is a lousy way of keeping score.



IBelieve...

That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the besttime..



I Believe...

That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down,... will be the ones to help you get back up!



IBelieve...

That sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry,.... but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.



IBelieve...

That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've hadand what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.



IBelieve...

That it isn't always enough, to be forgiven by others.

sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.



IBelieve...

That no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop foryour grief.



IBelieve...

That our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are,but, we are responsible for who we become.




IBelieve...

That you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life Forever.



IBelieve...

Two people can look at the exact same thing.... and see something"totally"different.



IBelieve...

That your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.



IBelieve...

That even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend criesout to you - you will find the strength to help.



I Believe...

That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.



IBelieve...

That the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.



IBelieve...

That you should send this to all of the people that you believe in, Ijust did.



'Thehappiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; theyjust make the most of everything.'

5 More Weeks

I have been so bad about updating our blog. I have some great news....DARYL GOT A PROMOTION with his job. He is going to be a Field Specialist..which means he is going to be a supervisor with Schlumberger.
Daryl has been working on making supervisor since we have been together(which is 3 1/2 years)

So your asking yourselves what does the 5 weeks stand for then? Well...to prepare for his supervisor position, he had to go to school for 6 weeks in Kellville, OK. He's been gone for a week now and he has 5 more weeks to go.

I am so happy for him and I appreciate all the hard work that he has done in the past 3 1/2 years cause one reason he was working so hard on getting this position is for us and our future.

I hope these next 5 weeks fly by.......

YIKES IKE

I survied my first hurricane since living here for 13 years. Hurricane Ike made landfall as a Category 2, at Galvenston and then continued upwards. I live 80 miles away so we didn't get any of the 100 mph winds or any of the surge BUT we did get 78 mph winds and LOTS of rain. Since living in Texas I have seen rain blow sideways but never from all directions, like it did with Ike.

Since I have never been thru a hurricane before..I did not know what to expect. I kept thinking it was going to be like the "Perfect Storm" with thunder and lighting..but as Daryl explained to me that there is no thunder and lighting in a Hurricane.

We were very fortunate and we only lost power for a day and we did not have any damage to our house. Our neighbors who live in the two story got lots of damage and they had some flooding in there house.

One of the reason that Ike was SO BAD was that is was like 571 miles across. Even my mom in Ohio felt the effects of Ike when it made it's way up there.....

Houston is starting to get back to normal...there are still 63,000 people in Houston still without power. CRAZY!!!

For Galvenston it will TAKE MONTHS even YEARS for them to rebuild but the people of the island are putting their backs into it and cleaning up to start the rebuild.

Check out this website.....

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_short_but_eventful_life_of.html

And Daryl and I want to thank everyone who kept us in their thoughts and prayers!

Locks of Love

Daryl and I aren't the richest people in the world but we try to give to some non-profit orginazations when we can. But there is one thing that I can do that doesn't cost any money and that is grow my hair out. Everyone knows how fast my hair grows and in fact it aggervates my hairdresser cause she will color my hair and two weeks later I am already having to have my roots done again...he-he Locks of Love requires a minium of 10 inches in order for you to donate..so I went to my hairdressar on Saturday and we measured it out and it was enough for me to donate...so after calming HER down and REASSURING her that this is what I want to do...it all came off. Here is a before picture.....(most recent picture of me with my hair down and long)

After(front)

Back

So if you can grow your hair and are looking for a orginzation take a look at Locks of Love.

http://www.locksoflove.org

1 Month

It has been 1 month since Daryl has quit smoking and I am so proud of him!! He has been smoking for about 11 years and he has talked about quitting a couple of times but never did it..but a month and half ago he went to the doctors and got a prescription for Chantex to help him stop and he hasn't had a cigarette for a month now.
Daryl has learned some things along the way too. He used to be "that guy" who would blow smoke in your face or smoke by you while you were trying to stop...well he got a taste of his own medicine when other people started to do that to him. And he is liking how he gave himself a raise since he is no longer spending $5 dollars a day on a pack....now he can afford to spend $11 dollars at McDonald's.

5 Year Anniversary

No it's not our 5 yr anniversary but it is Daryl's 5 year anniversary working for Schlumberger. Every year Schlumberger has a banquet for people who have been with the company for 5 plus years. Every year they have the banquet in a different city for the region and this year it was in Frisco, Texas.....So thanks to Schlumberger we got to have a mini vacation.(the banquet was on August 9Th..I'm alittle late in posting)

So we packed up the trailblazer and headed up 45 North to Frisco for our four hour trip. Daryl and I love to go on road trips cause we have a blast with each other.

Four hours later we arrived at the Westin in Frisco and it was a NICE hotel. We got ready and went down to the ballroom for the banquet. Well they had a photographer there and we got our picture taken..which came out very nice..but as Daryl calls it..it's our Prom picture since they were posing us like Prom pictures. The banquet was great and it was amazing to hear some of the people's stories and it was amazing to hear that some people had been with the company for 35 yrs....35 yrs!!!!!!!!, that in itself is amazing cause in this day and age people don't stay with companies very long.

Sunday morning we got up and headed 10 minutes down the road to visit Chris,Amy,Carley, and Campbell in McKinney. This was our first time going to Chris's house and we got to see their new floors....Chris and Amy the floors look great. We had a great time visiting with everyone and we enjoyed having lunch with them....Chris makes a AWESOME grilled cheese sandwich. Unfortunately we weren't able to stay very long cause we had to head back south, but we are planning on going to visit soon and stay longer.