Melissa!

Yeah, Yeah I know you want to hear about the children - but I figured I could make you wait!
Well, Me...Lets see.
I stay at home, change diapers, feed babies, pay bills, clean house, play with babies, watch Kung Fu Panda OVER and OVER!, and that is about it!
Okay - on to someone else!
Just kidding!
I have found that I'm not much of a creator - but a re-creator! I really like to do crafty things and such but I don't have very many original ideas! So, I used to be pretty fussy about that - feeling like I was cheating or something - but then - I realized that there really aren't many new ideas out there - and it's ok to copy cat as long as I'm not taking something away from someone else - and of course, if it has a copyright! So I'm settled now with the fact that I'm a re-creator!

I have a gazillion things that I love to do, but sadly it usually only gets half way done. I like to sew - I have made Natalie two dresses - one I didn't finish until she was too big! LOL
The other looked pretty good (yes there will be a picture) It is brown with pink polka dots!
I like to make those really pretty chunky beady bracelets (are there enough adjectives there!)
I have a TON of scrapbooking stuff -and I have had it for a long time - and I only have about three pages done - I even have a table for all of it - but - sigh- It's like blogging - I just don't want to do it unless I can make it look awesome - maybe I will have to just start doing it - and be happy with what I can do! Just like my blog!

An amazing women, also named Melissa, sent me a personalized prayer book for each of my children...it adds your childs name into scripture - So you can pray the scriptures for your little ones! - And I have started making those....I figured that I live far enough away from the lady that made them that it would be ok - and there isn't a copyright anywhere on it. My friend from Abilene is also picking that up - Go Kirsten! ( I think I spelled that right - some friend I am.)
OH! I LOVE taking pictures! I don't do it as often as I like or should because....you guessed it...I want it to be perfect! - I really have to get over all that!
Photography has been in my mind for awhile and I really want to learn all about my camera and about the photoshoping techniques - It just takes time - something I don't seem to have a lot of during the day.....ha!....or night! This is the place where I find that I'm the creator - although I do like to try and get the same shots of other pictures that I have seen - I find that I can really let loose and just have fun!
I also like to play the piano - I FINALLY have a piano - I have wanted one my whole life! Way to go hubby! He bought me an anitque grand cabinet piano - it is 108 years old! It needs some tuning and some more cleaning - but it sounds SOOO beautiful - especially since we have hard wood floors! I took piano lessons when I was younger but, I didn't get very far. So I try and teach myself! I have learned to play: Jesus loves me (with both hands!) - I can play a full chord down the piano - and I'm currently learning "Bella's Lullaby"! (it's easy and hard at the same time!)
Which brings me to TWILIGHT! I absolutely love the Twilight saga! I have read all the books and I'm anticipating the next one. I know that these books are a bit teenage - ish - but I really do not like romance novels (gross!) And I really don't like reading horror either - So this is just a clean book that has romance, action, suspense - it has it all! I have seen the movie twice! I can't say that I would have liked it so much if I hadn't read the books. They left out soooo much detail. - Okay I'm going somewhere else.
I haven't made many friends here is Warren. Kirsten, I read your blog the other day about being proactive - and I felt sorry for myself. I have phone numbers for two other ladies with a child the same age as mine - but I feel soooo awkward! (mainly because I met them in Wal- mart or at the park, so there is no other connection!) HA! Steven even asked a lady for her phone number once and gave it to me.
Also what I find hard is that I'm attracted to couples that seem to be a lot youger than us - and the ones that are our age - I think that they are older. I just need to let go and just do it. I miss my Monroe friends ALOT! I miss the church and the stores! I miss my babysitters - KELSIE - I need you to move up here!
The congregation here is - hmmm - stuck. It is a traditional church _which I don't mind. But it is a "family" church. Everyone has grown up in that church and they don't need anymore friends. We have tried SOOOO hard to get the couples to come over and visit with us - but they are just - not available.
There is one familyl that has really taken us in, they generally have us over for Sunday lunch- and they have brought us goodies and things when we were sick - they are a very sweet, funny family.
Well -OH yeah...something else I do. Last week we were stepping out into the cold wintery night to go to worhip....and this poor little puppy greated Steven at the doorstep. This is a 6 week old lab/chow puppy that someone just dropped off. Now, Steven and I both like dogs....but niether of us want one! We were going to get one ...L-A-T-E-R ! But there it was - a sweet little cute PUPPY that someone left out in the cold. (this is the week that it was 19 degrees at night) SO Steven scoops him up and puts him in our guest bathroom. SIGH. I took the poor pup to the vet the next day - he has sarcoptic mange - ewe! - (also known as scabies!) So we had to get him treated for that and get his shots and get him dewormed - Okay this free puppy just turned into a $100 dog. Not to mention that if we keep it, we have to bould a $2000 fence. I DON'T WANT A DOG! Oh and did I mention that it's a male! I don't like male dogs (you can use your own imagination to guess why)
Plus side - this dog is very quiet - he only whines to go outside - and he is house trained. (I didn't do it) -So he is a good dog. I don't know what we are going to do with him. By the way - His name is Huggie. (he sleeps in an empty box of huggies diapers)

Overall, I feel as if I have become a better person here in Warren. No friends leads to a lot of self- examination. So I have looked at what I considered my weaknesses and either I'm working on fixing it - or I'm learning to embrace it.
I know I didn't talk a lot before - but I really talk a lot less (can you tell by this super long post!)
The reason for that is that I'm trying to "respect" others more. I don't always have to give my opinion. I have mainly started trying to learn to respect men more. I used to would talk to them like they were inferior sometimes, but now (after some Bible study) I know it's not my place.
I also don't try so hard to please the world. That one is hard to explain - maybe another post for another day.

I love all ya'll and Miss ya'll!