Prayers Requested

UPDATE: Cindy made it through the 4.5 hour surgery well. She is still in a lot of pain this morning, but that is expected. The good news is that she is now CANCER FREE!!!!!! Thankfully it had not spread to her lymph nodes. Thank You Jesus!

Please pray for my sister-in-law Cindy who will be undergoing a bilateral mastectomy tomorrow at 11:05 a.m.

Another Gracie Moment

Gracie: Mom, I'm not exceeding expectations at school.

Me: Wait, What?

Gracie: Yes, I won't pass the Rubreak (sp?) test if I'm not exceeding expectations.

Me to self: Oh. My. Word.

The Next Evening

Me: Gracie, please explain to Daddy about that test you are taking.

Gracie: I don't want to DISCUSS this right now.

Horrible Hair Day

Today was "Horrible Hair" day for Gracie's kindergarten class! She was super excited. So excited that I didn't even have to wrestle her out of bed this morning! I wish every day was "Horrible Hair" day. This hairstyle was all fine and dandy until I picked her up from her daycare this afternoon where the staff actually thought that I had sent her to school this way on a normal day. Lotsa explaining to do!


Of course when we were playing school this evening, we had to have "Horrible Hair". I had the pleasure of wearing the Hannah Montana wig.
What do you think of the new look? I wonder if blondes REALLY do have more fun?

Working 9 to 5

No, I don't dress my child like a banker. But looking at this photo, it's all I can do from busting out singing "Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living". This dress is really cute with the little apples and all. But when Gracie paired it with my pumps, it took on a whole new look of it's own. What was she thinking.....that girl religiously watches "What Not to Wear"!!!! She better stick with the Mary Janes.
**P.S. Check out her great artwork! For all you parents with elementary aged children, invest in a dry erase board......they provide hours of entertainment......trust me.

Gracie Van Winkle

This photo was taken after Gracie was sent to her room for punishment. So much for suffering the consequences....... seeing that she took a little nap in her tent.
What's wrong with this beautiful picture? She's in OUR bed!
This is usually how I find her in the morning. In HER bed.

SOL

Yes, I was SOL this past Monday when I got on the road for my 37 mile commute. Apparently on Friday, with Ike's impending doom, everyone and their brother decided to top off their gas tanks. I must be living in a bubble because I was oblivious to this frenzy until Sunday evening when I realized my gas gauge was screeching towards the big E. Luckily I found a gas station while passing through BFE on my way to work. The orange light came on just as I was pulling up to the pump. Thank goodness I didn't run out of gas on that long and lonely highway. No telling what would have come out of those woods.......you know they found Sasquatch up in those North Georgia mountains :)

From the Mouths of Babes

We're a little perplexed at Gracie's feelings towards Kindergarten. Here are some excerpts from a few of our conversations:

Friday 9/5/08

Me: Gracie, how was school today?

Gracie: INTIMIDATING

**We're not sure if she was the Intimidator or if she was the Intimidated. Seriously, where does she get this stuff?

Sunday 9/7/08

Me: So Gracie, what do you guys do when you get to school in the morning?

Gracie: Oh, we just color or play.

Me: No, I mean when the bell rings and class starts......what do you do?

Gracie: You know, we just get our binders out and put them in the pink bin and then we do the calendar and say the months of the year and Blah, Blah, Blah. I'm so bored mom.

Monday 9/9/08

After reading her 2 nightly stories in The Storybook Bible

Me: Do you know what an illustrator is?

Gracie: DUH! They draw pictures about stories and stuff.

Me: Okay, then I guess I can save my explanation!

After prayertime

Me: Okay Gracie, we've finished our prayers now it's time to go to bed

Gracie: Wait, Wait....I wanna add something

Me: Okay, go ahead with your prayer

Gracie: I want to ask God to please give me a better attitude so that I can have my priveleges for the rest of the week.

Me: Well, that's a very good prayer Gracie. Good Night. I love you.

Gracie: Oooh and I want to ask Jesus to please make my mommy's tummy feel better and to make her pimples go away!

MAN, I LOVE THAT KID!

Hurricane Shoes

Sent to me by northerner friend

Grand Isle's Own Socrates

AS REPORTED IN THE LAFOURCHE PARISH "DAILY COMET"

"We listened to the engineers who said we needed a levee from sand because we thought they were smart," said Dean Blanchard, a life-long resident and seafood-dock owner. "Then when it washed away, we listened to them again, and we still thought we should because they were engineers and they were smart … 13 times we listened to them, and the levee washed away. And now we should be thinking, maybe they're not so smart."

Blanchard is among island residents who say a strong, hard seawall like concrete one that protects Galveston, Texas, is what should be built.

Locally famous for his shoot-from-the-hip diatribes, Blanchard didn't have much time for idle chatter Wedneday, as he scooted around the sandy highway on his all-terrain vehicle, helping town officials and firefighters when he could, ferrying some of them from place to place. Debris thrown by the ATV landed just below Blanchard's eye -- the reason he now sports a duct tape patch of sorts.

"They said I needed stitches, but I ain't got time for stitches," Blanchard said.