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Mar15

Bruiser by Jen

oil painting of bruiser

 

Sincerely ,

Jen

Mar2

Just kidding LMAO…

I get lots of junk mail any ways, I don’t look forward to the mail unless I buy something online. More of our socializing and business Is done online or the Phone anyways.  Cutting back one day a week on mail delivery is not going to hurt this nation.
….might be great for a mail man to have off sat and Sunday..but really the least busy mail day is really Tuesday, would make more since for the company to not be open that day, rather then let the Saturday mail pile up. hmmm…I sound like i care, but that… I do not.

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Love Jen xoxo

Jan4

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                                                                 ”Christmas with Grandma”                                         

Gabriel is doing absolutely wonderful. We have seen so many improvements in his energy level and Weight, it’s hard to talk about, with out shedding tears of joy. I thought he was go go go before , he is really giving me a run for my money now, which will help me lose weight I hope “more to come on that, I promise!” 

He has gained 4 point 2 lbs since surgery Nov. 13th 2009 he is a whopping 27 lbs. which is great for his 90% height.

I was given the ok to lower all his med doses “as of Friday” and he is doing fine on less. He is finally sleeping through most nights “just don’t wake his up early from a nap or feel his wrath” He is such a strong little guy and is enjoying being able to go to his little kiddie church and see the “kid at durtch” LOL

We are glad the stress of this is passing and lighten all our hearts.

I’m still really probably over protective of his “boo boo” but it looks great and he has hit it a few times with no reaction, just get up and go again”. We will continue to keep him outta trouble and have routine check-ups with the heart health Dr. and pediatrician. 

Wish you all could see oh great he is doing! Thank you all for the gifts and prayers

“With God, all things are possible”

love, Jen

 

“aww we all miss you Momma”

 

Sep4

I’m sure you have heard Of Jaycee Dugard, if not 18 years ago then just the last week.

sad-girlJaycee Dugard, 11years old was abducted from her South Lake Tahoe street in 1991 on her way up the hill to await her school bus. Her Stepfather watched from the window as a slow moving car approached her and in a blink of an eye Jaycee was gone. The family has done all they could to try and find their little girl.18 yrs. has gone by an all this time Nancy and Phillip Garrido kept her hidden behind a series of fences, sheds and tents less then 200 miles away from her childhood home.  Jaycee even ended up baring two children by this abhorrent Phillip at age 14 and again at 18. “Not that these beautiful girl are a mistakes!” I would never think that.

The photos and headlines, I myself have seen leave excruciatingly nagging questions. What did this backyard compound look like when Jaycee was first abducted? How did Jaycee explain her life in the tents to her girls? And what was the relationship between the Garridos who lived in the house and Jaycee and her girls who lived in the yard. And what is going through the minds of Jaycee daughter’s know that they know there sister is really their mother? the list goes on and on.Perhaps most disturbingly, where did Phillip Garrido allegedly commit his years of predatory horrors to Jaycee, who was just a small child when this backyard compound became her new home?
Did these crazy people come to think about Jaycee as a person and start to actually care for her? I’ve read  “It is certainly possible that the births of his own daughters changed his perspective on women and sex”,But he is still a pedophile and monster and always will be in my eyes. Only those behavioral scientists that examine him and Jaycee may ever know.

In the mind of a Nut
During an Aug. 27 interview with Phillip Garrido said, “I tell you here’s the story of what took place at this house, and you’re going to be absolutely impressed… It’s a disgusting thing that took place from the end to the beginning. But I turned my life completely around.” he hasn’t gone in to detail of the last 18 years but also said “…in the end you’re going to find the most powerful heart-warming story revealing that something used to be understood and that is as far as I can go.”
That came from the mouth of a psychopath, no doubt!

If he had turned his life around and thinks he changed after the birth of his first daughter, why keep living the lie. Why keep putting Jaycee through this hell and teaching her children lies…..Lie after lie is what their relationship was built on,what about being brainwashed is heart-warming?

I have also heard Nancy was a victim to and she is not to be blamed as much. What?? She had a 6 week window where she could have just turned Jaycee in and said look I’m a victim too, But she didn’t. And I have heard the other side, where people think she was the master mind because he had a drug and sex problem. It’s both of them flat out! why even placate to the idea of one of them being at less fault then the other? What they did was unthinkable!

MY THOUGHTs
I feel what Jaycee and the girls need know is their family, counseling and God’s help moving forward from this horrific ordeal. The two girls need to know the truth, even if it hurts.The last thing they need is more lies or things being sugar coated. They need the support, not only from their family but also by strangers that are touched by this story. I Think the best things we can do for them now, is set aside all our painful question, they may just not be ready to answer and stop bombarding them with the media. press and popularity, because it’s just plain selfish. This is a family that has been hurting for a long time and needs time to recuperating from being victimized so badly.This will be a long journey for the family I’m sure, but I believe in my heart they will make it. They need our prayers and even maybe our money for those girl to get the education they deserve. It’s only money, these are people we are taking about, please do what you can.

Tina said

0512282209211pd_122805_t “The smile on my sister’s face was as wide as the Sea”

So what’s going to happen now with Nancy and Phillip?

Do you smell something burning?

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sincerely,

Jen

 

Sep2

http://www.thinkgeek.com/thinkgeeklogo

If you are a Real Geek at Heart this site is for you, even if you’re not, but you have friends or family members that are, you’ll love this site.

From apparel, to toys, and candy, to books, and funny baby items, to games and even electronics, there is something for everyone.

They even have this really cool Geek Points thing. it’s simple: buy stuff, earn Points, get rewards.geekpoints-monkey1


You have got to check it out!

Go on now, check it out….wait, then come back and tell me I was right, it’s so cool!

213340fsuyas-iconSincerely Jen

P.S. I’m not getting paid to say this!

Aug26

inspiration_heartofgoldWhen you thought I wasn’t looking,
I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,
and I wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you help a stray cat,
and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me,
and I knew that little things are special things.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I heard you say a prayer,
and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.
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When you thought I wasn’t looking, I felt you kiss me goodnight,
and I felt loved.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw tears come from your eyes,
and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it’s all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw that you cared
and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I looked…
and wanted to say thanks for all the things
I saw when you thought I wasn’t looking.

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Aug23

Is it really Worth it? wii

I’ll tell you why I think so…

Having a game bundled with the Wii to showcase the capabilities of a system was probably one of the best moves that Nintendo could have made. Wii Sports was an instant classic that was one of the driving forces in the casual gaming boom due to the easy to pick up controls and its accessibility for casual gamers. The new Wii sports Resort Bundle Includes motion plus accessory for more Persis movements from the player/players, the skin on it is really neat too. “you can buy this alone to for like $20 bucks.”

PROS:

There is something of everyone on this game, like for animal lovers there is Frisbee with a video dog along with cycling,canoeing, better bowling,golf, wake boarding, sword play, power cruising, basket ball, sky sport- like skydiving and my favorite so far is archery.

It brings the fun back into family time, even for spectators and the babies can play with and chew the box, because this is one game that won’t be going back to the store. I’m seeing why a lot of parents like this game, it gets your kids working together, sharing, laughing, and in motion in front of the TV ,rather then just vegging out to cartoons. Play1- 4 people.

CONS:

Anytime you put a compilation of games together, you’re going to have a few bad ones in the lot. One of these is Cycling, which is more tiring than fun, the kids still like it though.

One annoying feature is you have to calibrate the MotionPlus every so often prior to playing a mini-game. The game will occasionally ask you to lay the Wii Remote on a flat surface while it gets an accurate reading. This becomes a slight drawback for those who just want to jump into the game.

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all the games players can share controllers,with the exception of the canoeing.

all in all, a well spent $50buck.

Jen

Aug21

SnakeCropThis has to be the saddest things I heard in July of this year.
Little Shaiunna, 2years old, of FL died after being strangled by her mothers boyfriend’s python.
Supposedly the snake had already gotten out once in the middle of the night and the guy just puts it back in the cage it just got out of and goes to bed. First and for most what the heck was this Guy thinking? He didn’t even have a lousy $100 permit to have the snake and obviously didn’t comply with the stipulation of having one, in the first place. The guy said around 10:00am “I looked in the snakes cage and saw that it was gone and ran right to the babies room”! Bingo! that tells you he knew the snake was a threat to the child,and the police are still looking to see if it was a crazy accident or possible neglect. When you knowingly don’t keep your child out of harms way, that’s neglect!
So the guy stabs the snake so he could get the baby out and calls 911. Sad to say the baby is long gone. The paramedics find bit marks all over her head. The snack was trying to eat her! And the guy didn’t even kill the damn monster.You never know the snake might be in a home with someone how has a permit, when it should have been EUTHANIZED!

It seems people buy them young and when they grow up they can’t afford to feed them or house them,they can’t control them because snakes are always operating on instinct, even the largest of person can become over powered by a python, so people end up releasing them. Which ends up being another problem….pythons reproducing in the south Florida.
I’m glade to say since this horrible ordeal the governor of Florida Charlie Crist has started issuing Python hunting permits. A select squad of python hunters is already taking effect. the new permit, which allows hunter to capture and kill Burmese pythons that invade the everglades.
which is great and all but
I have to agree with what Les said”

I would suggest offering a bounty if you’re not already. I don’t know if you Floridians have grasped what you have loose in your environment. Pythons are ambush killers. Look at it this way. You have over 30,000 serial killers loose in your midst and they are a particular danger to babies and small children. They can get into the house and you’ll never know they’re there until its too late. I get the impression that you people are not taking this as serious as you should be. Don’t wait until some parent finds a Python in their baby’s crib after it has killed and eaten the child. then everybody will take it seriously. That is the potential situation that you all are facing. You better augment that hunting party, pay them a good bounty and forget about capturing them. That takes too much time and effort. You better kill them on sight.

I think they should pay out, not just say you can have the meat and hides..I think you should defiantly be able to use a gun to kill them with.


I think the people that are in most danger right now are the ones that have these enormous snake in their homes along with babies and young kiddo’
Maybe they should start putting that in the stipulations of the permit, no one with children under the age of 14 should have these snakes.
So if your thinking about getting one, who do you care more about a snake or your child?

Sincerely Jen