Duggar Family Welcome Baby #19!

I want to congratulate Jim Bob and their family on baby #19 who arrived by emergency c-section yesterday evening.

Josie Brooklyn Duggar wasn't due until March 18, but came into the world 14 weeks premature after Michelle was admitted to the hospital over the weekend for gallstones. Apparently she also suffered from a condition called pre-eclampsia where her blood pressure was higher than normal.

Why would I post about this? I have been a loyal watcher of this family since they were on TV back when they had 14 and were adding a new addition. I love watching their show and to me unlike the Gosselin family, they haven't let the TV cameras and being in the spotlight change who they are.

The 18 kids names all start with the letter J; Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer & Jordyn-Grace. And no I didn't copy and paste that. ;) This includes 2 sets of twins.

I wish Michelle a quick and speedy recovery from the birth and her gallstones. I will pray for Josie and that she continues to do well and is home soon.

I can't believe I did it! =O

I got my 2nd holes done! :) Just 6 weeks of cleaning them left to go. ;)

Well this week got off to a bad start back home and trust me I clouldn't wait to get away from my parents. Two weeks away will fly by, but at least it won't be torture being at home with them.

So yesterday we met up with my aunt over in Albemarle, which is basically an hour away each way. So we ate lunch and let the dogs stretch their legs and potty and such. Then went our own ways. ;)

On the way to Gastonia, my aunt asked me if I still wanted to get my ears pierced and I was like yeah. I was told by my other aunt that I wouldn't do it probably because I hated needles as a kid. Ok, that was when I was a KID! I was 4 the first time I got them pierced, gimme a break! So she was like well lets go get it done today. I was like alright!

So we unloaded the car and dropped KoKo off at home. We told my grandma that we were going over to the mall, but we would be over. Hah! ;) So we went over to Claire's at the mall. I wasn't sure how BADLY it was going to hurt. Everyone told me it wouldn't hurt as bad as the first holes did. Well lets re-wind a little bit...

I got the first holes done at age 4, after I asked for them. They got infected, and I was probably allergic to the post also, so the first holes were messed up anyways. Well they closed up and so when I was 17, I had them redone and kept them open for the past 11 years. I wear earings in them daily.

But back in HS I wanted to get my 2nd holes and have been debating it on and off since then. Well finally this year I said to hell with it, I told my aunt she could take me to get my 2nd holes for Christmas.

So flash-forward to yesterday, the lady that did my piercing had gotten her 3rd hole done like last week and she said it hurt! I was like GREAT! What I needed to hear! :shakes head: But she then said her 2nd hole didn't hurt as much as the 1st and 3rd. So I felt better. ;) hahaha She also commented about my ear lobe and I didn't catch all she said, but I was like are you trying to tell me I have big ears?! LOL No apparently I have good piercing ears or whatever. So she made me laugh, which got my mind off of the impending pain. So she was like you want me to count or just do it. Initially I said just do it and then I said count. LOL

So the first ear is done, and it honestly felt like some one just grabbed my skin and pinched it lightly. NOTHING! Second ear, it hurt a little more than the first, but it was also on the side that hurt to have the 1st hole re-done. So it was NOT bad at all.

Marci you need to take Julie and get her first one done, and you need to get your 2nd holes. hehehe

So that's that. I hate the cleaning part. They are a little sore today, but not bad. I slept comfortably last night and tried not to lay on them. Kind of hard when you prefer sleeping on your side. hahaha

So that's it. Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate it! :D Christmas is in 15 days! Yikes! I still haven't 100% finished my shopping......

I love/hate this time of the year! :(

Sadie at my grandparents house on Thanksgiving day.

I am beginning to HATE this time of the year. I just hate it because of all the spending you do on other people. For me its stuff that I think they will like but they will probably never will use!

A few years ago I made these little boxes for all the girls in the family. (aunt's, mom and grandma) Well I know 2 of them are sitting in a closet and never have been out or used. Its like did you not see the meaning of it?! My grandma has her's in her kitchen because her was a recipe holder. I know she uses her and I smile each time I walk by it. Cause its something I took the time to sit down and make.

So this year, what was my idea again was to make my gifts. Well I was going to knit these little dish cloths, but again I doubt they will ever be used! They will be stuffed away in a drawer! :rolls eyes: I am making reed diffusers instead, cause its something I KNOW people will have sitting out and such.

So what's the problem? Oh my mother wants to put her touch on it! She picked the damn scent, I wanted lavendar she got lemon bermena (sp?)! I wanted heart shape glass containers, she got the diamond shape, what she wanted! Then all these other little touches that I would've never thought of! Its like people will look at this and I think they will think it was her idea, she did it and my name is on it!

I am out of time to do the dish cloths and for one thing I have no clue where the stupid book is that has the patterns! ARG!

I just hate that my ideas become her new project and has to put a damn spin on everything! :rolls eyes:

So thats my vent. I can't wait to get out of this house for a good while, man! Seriously!

Marci your package got mailed today. :) Don't open till next week when Hanukkah starts. :D

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

I want to wish everyone out there a Happy Thanksgiving! This year will mark my 29th one! YIKES! Its probably not as memorable as my 1st Christmas was for my parents. But still, enjoy stuffing your face with turkey and all the trimmings!

The holidays have already began for me. I love this time of the year, but I also hate it. The 20th marked 11 years since I lost my grandpa and he died the week before Thanksgiving and it was a tough first holiday without him there. His funeral was on Monday and Thanksgiving was 3 days later.

I hate it in the sense that my parents go over-board with everything. I looked at what they have bought for my niece and its RIDICOLOUS! I think yesterday my mom got her 2 or 3 DS Nintendo games alone, I think she has 4 in total now. I am SO against her having a DS because I don't believe her reading has improved and it was a requirement. This is exactly why Gaia knows she asks for something she'll get it and then some.

I did get my brother's present yesterday. :) I know he'll like it. hehehe All I can say. ;)

As for my parents, right now they won't get a thing. I am sick of them using and abusing me (as I put it) and get nothing in return except for being yelled at and such. I am tired of it and it either has to change or......

So thats it. Have a great holiday tomorrow. :)

How many more shopping days?!

Little Caroline dressed up for the winter days and nights. ;)

33 days left until Christmas! Yikes! I dunno how many more I have to get Marci's Hanukkah gift to her. Hum....I know I hope to get the shopping done tomorrow. :)

So Thanksgiving is on Thursday and so what is going on other than stuffing my face, I dunno. :) I do know I am probably going to stay the night on Wednesday so I don't have to get up at the butt crack of dawn on Thursday to go back to Charlotte. Arg! When the hell will we ever eat at home?

Friday I am planning to go paint pottery and take full advantage of the 15-40% off they are offering on each thing you do. I already have a 15% thingy to use, but I plan to do something for some one for Christmas. I dunno yet. :) I can't find anyone to go with me, so it looks like it will be a trip alone sort of deal. :(

So that's it. I am off here. Congrats Marci on completing your marathon!

MIA....Sorry!

Its November and pretty soon all of us who celebrate Christmas will be putting up these things.

I love but hate this time of the year. I hate how still in North Carolina the weather is 60's and sometimes 70's, when it should be getting colder. We did have a cold spell last week, but it was raining and we had a HURRICANE along with the back end of a NOREASTER! Ok! This would've been great if it had snowed, cause we got 6 inches of rain, that equals how much snow????? I WOULD HAVE LOVED IT!!!!!!!

I have started the process of getting stuff together for gifts for people. I made 2 blankets for 2 people. I swear at the moment, the animals will be the easiest ones to shop for and even that list has grown....Sadie, Ko-Ko, Angel, Tilly, Violet....etc! Cats and dogs!

So this year I have made the little gift tags for my mom and some other people. I was planning to make them anyway, but at Project Linus 2 weeks ago, we were making them and I was shown how to do them and cut the paper myself. :) I was excited when I got home and started working on it. I have probably made about 100, and now making the ones for my gifts.

As for my Christmas cards, they are still in boxes still waiting to be completed. Ugh! I do a card exchange on a message board and never know how many I will need to do and its just MAKING them that becomes a chore this time of the year. Especially when I bought them back last month! LOL

So anyways thats it for now. Marci I found the perfect Hanukkah card for you! :) So thats it. Looking forward to Thanksgiving next week. Yum! TURKEY! GOBBLE GOBBLE!!!!

Groundbreaking Ceremony in Shanksville....

The official groundbreaking ceremony was held today in Shanksville for the Flight 93 National Memorial. This is for the permanent memorial this is set to be opened by September 11, 2011.

These 40 passengers and crew took their destiny's into their own hands and decided to stand up and fight back against the 4 men who had plans to fly the plane into the US Capitol. Unlike the other flights, they had enough time to do something, and they were aware of what was going on and knew what fate what coming. They tempted fate with their actions and they knew chances were they wouldn't survived, but they fought until the end when their plane crashed into a field outside of Pittsburgh. 20 minutes flying time from Washington DC.

All our lives were changed by the attacks of 9/11. For me, it didn't help with my fear of flying. But if I didn't get back on an airplane after the attacks, I know the hijacker's would've won. But God forbid if anyone (including me) is in this situation again, I would hope I would have the same courage they had on 9/11.

Thank you, Jason, LeeRoy, Lorraine, Sandy, Wanda, CeeCee, Debbie, Christian, Todd, Alan, Mark, Deora, Marion, Tom, William, Georgine, Patricia, Joseph, Patrick, Ed, Jane, Colleen, Andy, Jeremy, Lauren, Donald, Linda, Richard, Toshiya, Hilda, Waleska, Nicole, Louis, Donald, Jane, Mark, Christine, John, Honor Elizabeth & Kristin.