Help Needed

Why do bad things always happen to good people?

Lisa at Clusterfook is beginning her 3rd battle with cancer. She has 2 children. She has family. She has friends.

We want her to take her kids to Disneyland. A great vacation, to make great memories. We need your help to make this dream come true. We need to raise some money for this family.

Go over to Miss Ann and see what she and her fabulous friends have been up to. Even a $1 donation will help. We can spare a $1 or $2. Skip your Diet Coke for two days, use your Starbucks allowance today to help someone else. Help someone create memories for their children that will live on.

Please, help Lisa and her family and keep them all in your prayers.

Take a Moment

Take a couple of minutes today, tomorrow and the next day to send some prayers to Southern California.

Wildfires are the worst nightmare of most people living in the West Coast of the United States. They are so unpredictable, dependent upon fuel, wind, the whim of nature. It sometimes seems, like now that Mother Nature is getting back at us.

While we send prayers out to those families and individuals who have lost everything, or are being threatened with the loss of their entire worldly goods, please do not forget to send a prayer to those who are also putting their lives on the line...the firefighters!

Being raised in Washington State I am very familiar with the amazing jobs these brave individuals do. I have seen areas burned black and a green circle around a home where the wildfire fighters saved the house. I have also seen way too many times when the firefighters have been killed. Whether it was the fault of the firefighters or training issues, when they hit close to home, people you know, it becomes all the more personal.

So please, say a prayer for the people in Southern California, and don't forget the firefighters who are risking their lives.

My Daughter is a wonderful mother..

I had the honor of having dinner at my daughter's house this evening. She lives about 1 1/2 hours from my house, but only 45 minutes from where I work. So I try to swing up to her house at least once a week to visit for a little bit.

Spend some time with her and with GK #2. Her hubby works out of the state Monday thru Friday and Not A Grampy works nights. So it is nice to have time with just us girls. (well, GK #2 is a male, but he is only 17 months so that doesn't count).

I was watching her tonight playing with GK #2. I was absolutely amazed to see this amazing, wonderful young woman interacting with her child. I kept thinking about her when she was born, 26 years ago, when she was this age. I was remembering different parts of her life as she grew and I was thrilled that she was going to be able to experience all these wonderful times with her son.

I listened to her sing the songs to her son that I sang to her when she was a baby. With the same out of tune, screechy voice that I have. And just like she did, he looked at his mom like she was the most wonderful singer in the world.

I am so proud of my daughter and SIL. As I posted earlier, GK #2 is the result of a private adoption and to the birth mother, again, I say Thank You.

And to my daughter...I Love You, You have brought more sunshine into my life than I could ever imagine there being!!

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UPDATE ON PRAYERS NEEDED

My co-workers daughter came out of surgery pretty good. Every bone in her face was crushed and they are working on rebuilding it. Her jaw is wired shut. She has been removed from ICU and is being weaned off of the heavy pain meds. She is still on morphine. (I didn't know there was anything stronger than morphine). She was also taken off of the ventilator but still has the trachea tube. She has requested her cell phone and her parents have increased their text minutes on their plan so she can communicate with her friends!

Thank you for your prayers and I will keep you updated. She really isn't out of the woods yes.

Prayers Needed!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.


Mine started out pretty good. Not A Grampy actually got off work at 7pm Friday and then surprised me by telling me that he did not have to work all weekend! Woo Hoo!!


So Saturday, we went to a surprise birthday party for two friends. Well, come to find out the one of the guests of honor was going to be a bit late.

It seems that at 10:30 pm Friday night one of my co-workers daughter was in a horrendous car accident. My co-worker and her husband were both in San Francisco for a weekend get-away.


They were hit by a drunk driver. All 4 teens in the car had to be airlifted to area hospitals. My friends daughter is the worse off. Once the vertabrae in her neck was stabilized, they were able to take her in for surgery Sunday morning to begin rebuilding her face.

Her car is the one with no doors. Prayers are needed!

For some Happy News... Trisha had her baby!!!! For all of you who were chanting all week and weekend, thank you!!!

Stop by Sheila and drop her some get well wishes!! (she has to get healthy so we can get our pictures) Luv ya Sheila!! Love ya Trisha and Ashlyn!!