tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72652353449932782632024-03-13T14:56:52.856-04:00Me & The Boyzmumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.comBlogger510125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-56874754245683069582015-09-02T16:04:00.000-04:002015-09-02T16:04:00.902-04:00Missing LaurelSome days it is still so hard for me to realize that she is gone.
She was more than just my friend. She was my best friend, my sister, my soul-mate.
I talked to her every day about every thing. Multiple times a day as well.
We had a never ending text conversation that we would just picked up where we left off through the day when we had a chance to answer.
We could talk about mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-4601772390124489162015-06-23T13:35:00.002-04:002015-06-24T09:40:12.079-04:00Esther - Beth Moore
I have done several Bible studies and book studies in my life. But I have never done one that I needed to be completely dedicated to. I have to admit that I am good at starting things but terrible at following through and completing things.
This summer I joined an online (private fb group) Bible study. We are doing Beth Moore's Esther. I have never done a Beth Moore mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-35108799069996396932015-06-12T11:49:00.000-04:002015-06-12T11:49:29.633-04:00Gone tomorrowMy hair finally reached enough length that I was able to cut it and donate it again.
10" braided and cut and ready to go. I will be sending it to Pantene Beautiful lengths.
I am getting a little old to do it again. They will only take up to 5% grey hair and I prob have that amount now. But at least now I can color it and do different things than I could before.
mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-68436160123011903022015-06-09T11:17:00.001-04:002015-06-09T11:21:03.946-04:00Hello AgainIt has been a terribly long time since I have written here.
I'm not even sure that anyone is still around.
There have been so many changes in my life that I could probably fill a months work of pages just catching up.
I would really like to get back to blogging and journaling. I have missed it. It used to be my safe haven where I could share my thoughts and every day mundane mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-68665490442276645392012-12-09T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-09T07:00:04.293-05:00The Great Christmas Quiz - Day 9Yesterday's question was: What is a manger? (Bonus: What is it made of?)
Did you say a feeding trough made out of wood? You would be right on one part, but not the other.
(1) A manger is a feed trough found in a stable. In Bible times mangers were made from clay mixed with straw or from stones held together with mud; sometimes they were carved in natural outcroppings of mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-78742511968117278932012-12-08T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-08T07:00:04.132-05:00The Great Christmas Quiz - Day 8Day 7 you were asked what exactly are swaddling clothes.
(1)It was a common belief of the day that in order for a newborn infant's arms and legs to grow straight and strong they needed to be tightly wrapped at birth. Babies were wrapped from their shoulders to their feet with long strips of cloth 4-5 inches wide and 15-20 feet long. The act of wrapping the child up so tightly and completely wasmumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-74898462895876514382012-12-07T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-07T07:00:09.490-05:00The Great Christmas Quiz - Day 7Day 6 you were asked what sign the shepherds were to look for. Did you get it right? My first answer was wrong as I was not thinking, I was just trying to answer the question quickly.
The correct answer is a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger. Luke 2:12
I was too quick to answer this and said a star...oops!
Day 7 Question:
When Jesus was born, he is wrapped in mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-61064083520224125022012-12-06T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-06T07:00:01.305-05:00The Great Christmas Quiz - Day 6The question from yesterday was: What is a heavenly host?
The answer: A heavenly host means an army of angels. I personally can't imagine being a shepherd out in the field and being approached by an angel in the first place. But then after the angel speaks a host of angels shows up and starts talking....WOW! I think I would have fainted dead away.
Day 6 Question: What mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-57909500603385910872012-12-05T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-05T07:00:08.022-05:00The Great Christmas Quiz - Day 5Day 4 Question: Why do Mary & Joseph go to Bethlehem?
Answer: Luke 2:1-5 Caesar Augustus sent out a decree that all should be registered. So everyone had to return to their own city to be counted for the census.
Day 5 Question:
A heavenly host appears to the shepherds watching their flocks in the fields. What is a heavenly host?
mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-43022958833352076962012-12-04T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-04T07:00:11.306-05:00The Great Christmas Quiz - Day 4Answer to Day 3
When Mary becomes pregnant, what relation is she to Joseph?
Betrothed - Matthew 1:18 & Luke 1:26-27
I really didn't understand the concept of engaged vs. betrothed vs. married so I have done some research. The most easily understood page that I came across was: www.ecclesia.org/truth/betrothed.html
Basically it says that you are beyond engagement but not yet mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-81192445083052717852012-12-03T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-03T07:00:02.731-05:00The Great Christmas Quiz - Day 3First the answer to yesterday's question:
When Elizabeth sees her cousin Mary, the baby inside of her leaps for joy. Who is the baby that Elizabeth is carrying?
John the baptist - Luke 1:41-44,60,63
Question for Day 3
When Mary becomes pregnant, what relation is she to Joseph?mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-58114833077777166132012-12-02T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-02T07:00:03.547-05:00The Great Christmas Quiz - Day 2First the answer to yesterday's question:
The angel Gabriel appears to three people associated with the Christmas story:
Mary - Luke 1:26-38
Joseph - Matthew 1: 20-23
Zacharias - Luke 1: 11-17
Today's question:
When Elizabeth sees her cousin Mary, the baby inside of her leaps for joy. Who is the baby that Elizabeth is carrying?mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-39911960115352705012012-12-01T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-01T07:00:12.533-05:00The Great Christmas Quiz - Day 1
Welcome to the Great Christmas Quiz!
The angel Gabriel appears to three people associated with the Christmas story: Mary, Joseph, and who else?
mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-60787547534987529962012-11-27T15:57:00.003-05:002012-11-27T15:57:56.231-05:00The Great Christmas Quiz
Let's play a little game leading up to the big event!
Every day from December 1-20 I will put up a question of the day. (I promise) You have until the next morning to figure out the answer.
Some will be easy, some you may think are easy but get them wrong, and some will be hard.
Just have fun and enjoy the game. Perhaps you will even learn something. I know I did!
-Stacy
mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-357996849340596942012-11-07T20:55:00.000-05:002012-11-07T20:55:02.129-05:00Picture A Day - Day 7Today's assignment: Something Funny
Little S is creative. He has a whole desk full of art supplies and such and is always making something.
Recently after a small kitchen fire in another apartment he went around and put signs up in each room so we knew where we were and how to get out.
Just like most kids he loves boxes. The older boys were selling candy bars and he kept begging mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-32461963806875550122012-11-06T20:06:00.001-05:002012-11-06T20:06:14.587-05:00Picture A Day - Day 6I did not do yesterday's assignment because by the time I looked at the subject it was too late. I was supposed to do the morning sky.
Today's assignment is Books.
This is the bookshelf in my closet. Since we moved we never got bookshelves here so they are two deep and never ending. They used to be two high as well, but I have really downsized by keeper books since I have gotten mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-8431631910572614962012-11-04T19:00:00.001-05:002012-11-07T20:49:30.293-05:00Picture A Day - Day 4Today's assignment: Leaves
This was a beautiful carpet of leaves on the lawn outside the doors of the church where I am working. I took this last week. I know I am supposed to take a new picture each day but since Sandy literally blew through here last week, we now have virtually no leaves left on our trees.
This is one of my favorite fall photo's I have taken this year. This mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-38778685761637843712012-11-03T20:17:00.000-04:002012-11-03T20:17:09.942-04:00Picture A Day - Day 3Today's assignment is: Happiness
What has more happiness than a child just back from Trick or Treating with a bag full of loot?
His costume included gloves, shoe covers and even a mask that was all skeleton. This was the first year he and daddy had to go alone. Teen had to work and I had to drive Tween down to his school for his final performance.
Overall I think they did pretty mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-29564680938508868042012-11-03T09:37:00.001-04:002012-11-03T09:38:08.331-04:00Picture A Day - Day 2Today's assignment is Smile.
This is Tween. He is currently a supporting cast member of Tina 'n Tony's Wedding at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center. His character is named Lorenzo.
Not only is he smiling in this picture, but the picture makes me smile. The silly 80's italian clothing and hair.
We went to see the performance last night with my parents, grandma, and some mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-6886045052184482572012-11-01T16:46:00.000-04:002012-11-01T16:46:04.829-04:00Picture A Day - Day 1So I have been a total slacker this past year. I really want to get back into the swing of things and decided to start with a Photo-A-Day project.
Today's photo is to be my favorite food. Rather than taking a picture of a picture of my favorite food I decided to just take a picture of my lunch today.
A hot Sicilian wrap from the cafeteria at PSU.
It was so yummy. mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-38555958611169512402012-09-12T16:38:00.003-04:002012-09-12T16:39:11.500-04:00Glade ExpressionsI recently signed up to be a Bzz Agent. In doing so I got to try out the new Glade Expressions Fragrance Mist.
Glade Expressions
I tried the Cotton and Italian Mandarin scent and really liked it. It is a clean scent and also refreshing. The scent seems to last longer than most traditional room sprays. And the bottle is a lot sleeker and doesn't look like a room spray mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-2695650037364203922012-06-27T16:24:00.000-04:002012-06-27T16:24:12.476-04:00Summer
Little S and Daddy
My boyz love to play at the little creek (we say 'crick' here in western PA) down the road. They will walk up and down it and catch minnows and crayfish/crawdads/mudbugs and just splash around under the bridge.
One of Little S's favorite things to do is to "fix" the waterfalls. If you look at the picture you will see several large rocks next to each other and the mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-6123065638676937682012-01-20T20:09:00.001-05:002012-01-20T20:09:33.597-05:00January 20Yes, I admit I slacked off already for a bit. But in my defense we were pretty busy and then we had the stomach virus come through here.
This past week I have been working on cleaning out all of the old paperwork and files and drawers and such. Since I am now a permanent employee I am getting rid of all of the stuff that the last couple temps and last permanent employee (who retired)mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-19680886942979688382012-01-10T13:15:00.001-05:002012-01-10T13:27:47.069-05:00January 10
First I want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my hubby!
Anyone who knows me knows that I have a few, let's say, issues. If you know anything about me or have been reading here for a while you know I have bathroom issues (as in I do not use public restrooms).
I also have hand-washing issues. It is nothing for me to ask someone if they washed their hands after they have come out of mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265235344993278263.post-50062441828302616602012-01-09T14:16:00.001-05:002012-01-09T14:16:45.900-05:00January 9In my post yesterday I talked about the mug rug that was on my night stand. My Mum let me know that she actually has tons of these hexagon's as well as the loom and a square loom. The problem is that she does not have the instructions on how to put them together to make a blanket.
So here is where you all come in. I know many of you are crafty people as well as knitters, crocheters and mumof3boyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18409033446320024939noreply@blogger.com3