Life this Week

VERSE OF THE DAY: Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. John 16:33

Mace, Potato, Lane, Sticks, and I went to this youth thing called COLA WARS at our church. Man, it was rough!!!! We had a game called "Crack the 6-pack" where 6 people hooked arms sitting down and six other people tried to rip them apart. There was hair-pulling and somebody really came down on my wrist with their foot. Ow! There was one point where Sticks and Tate (who were the smallest ones there) were being dragged ten yards away from the others, about four feet off the ground by a few big guys. They were sticking together like a mouse and a sticky trap and the big guys didn't pull them apart! It was funny, but I thought they were gonna get dropped on their heads. Then there was a game where there were two tubes and each team had to fight for them and bring them back to their line. Killed my nail and bled a bit, but I didn't notice till the games were over. Bet I got blood on the shirt of the girl I was hanging on to in the horse game. Some people held on to each other's waist's in a line and the other team had to jump up on you to try to make you fall. I didn't fall, and I didn't really jump on the other team either, but Mace was over there getting some elbow in the head:P Then I think that's it for the fun games. We went inside and had some pizza then! Funfunfun! I think it would've been a lot Funfunfunner if I knew people there.

Yesterday Imo, Mangnay, Grandma, Aunt Mich, Chlo-chlo, Twinkletoes, Lane, Lucy, Mom and I went to a fundraiser tea at the oldest hotel in CO. It was a really pretty building!! There was a couple of Nutcracker dances and a magic show. We thought the tea was at 12pm but then we find it was at 2pm. So we had to wait a bit. But it was pretty fun!

All of us before the tea

So that's what's up. My computer won't turn on. Tis quite annoying to me! I'm on Dad's. Hi Dad! Can you fix my computer?

Brickbreaker Bonus

VERSE OF THE DAY: "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" Mark 8:36

Wrote this for CtB. My e-mail's being weird, so I'm stickin it up here!

Think BRICKBREAKER. It goes under many names: VORTEX, BREAK-THRU, etc. But it is all the same thing: BrickBreaker. Are you a brickbreaker junkie? There are two kinds: the Proud-to-Proclaim-it junkies and the I-would-deny-it-three-times-before-the-rooster-crowed junkies. About one in a million brickbreakers would admit to being such! For the sake of this article, I will reluctantly admit that I am able to enjoy a VORTEX game under the blankets on my iPod any night. This popular accessory game comes on about any phone, iPod, or computer around, and people always like games that don't require any directions! Simple. Move your little paddle thing on the bottom to bounce the ball back where all the bricks await. Break them all and move on to the next level. Yea! Even better though, are the little bonuses that fall from bricks you destroy. Catch them with your paddle and you can stretch it, get more lives, more balls, extra points, or even a fireball or some rockets! Wow! How much better can it get! But this has probably happened to all of us. You see a bonus coming down. What is it? What is it... it's a rocket bonus! You definitely NEED that! But it's still pretty close to the top and your ball bounces back towards you. You hit it back up and keep your eyes on that bonus. It's coming down on the right side. Haha! Yo get in position to catch it. But wait! Your ball! It's coming down on the left side! There's no stopping it for a minute. Brickbreaker encourages quick thinking. You think in a split second that you can wait for the bonus, then whip back insanely fast to catch your ball. Always a good plan despite the fact that it works about 1% of the time. You've got the bonus! But the ball was coming too fast. You try to get the paddle over there as planned, but it's too late. You lose the ball, and the most despised words in America show on your screen. GAME OVER. Shoot! Either you're thinking, "Well, next time I'll just let the bonus go" or "Man! Need to practice getting back there faster!"

Where am I going with this reminder of numerous bad experiences, you ask? This is a miniature example of Mark 8:36. "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" I talked about brickbreaker because I thought about this verse then and it's a fun topic:) But how about we go a little deeper? Think the band SWITCHFOOT. Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, Chad Butler, you know the guys. The name Switchfoot is a surfing term. When you switch your feet, you are taking a new stance in the other direction, not like everybody else. They wanted their music to open new doors in Christian Rock. So they released some good early albums like THE LEGEND OF CHIN and LEARNING TO BREATHE. They played their music undauntedly in bars and witnessed in all kinds of places shouting Jesus loud. They were special. Later they got four of their songs included in the 2002 movie, A Walk to Remember. So they got more recognized and it led to the album BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN. Despite the fame and idolized people, they still made music for the Lord. Then came the Disney Channel. The YouTube popularity. The people loving them. It led to an albums that has been described as their darkest. It led to more albums that had less and less of God in them, and more and more of what the fans wanted. They went from singing for God, to singing for popularity, money, people, themselves, and who knows what else. They still say they have their good intentions, but the truth is that their focus is gone. They don't like being called a Christian band. As said in the book The Day of Small Beginnings, "if we conform to the patterns of this world - the stage shows, the roadies, the contracts, the promos, the secular studio musicians, - it's bound to have an affect on us. It's inevitable. You can't do business like the world system and not be slowly submerged into it - justified by the lyrics, condemned by the reality." They gained popularity, money, fans, and fame. The world. But they lost their soul. They can justify their actions all day long, but when they stand before Jesus are they going to be confident that they carried out his plan and had done exactly what he wanted with their band?

Now I'm not dissing Switchfoot. I've cried many tears for them. They're backsliding and don't know where they could be sliding. There ball is escaping, brickbreakerly speaking. Sometimes we should just skip the bonus and keep on bouncing our ball God's way and not lose the path. Don't let your game be over.

"I don't wanna gain the whole world, and lose my soul." ~ Tobymac

Veteran's Day

VERSE OF THE DAY: "Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends." Revelation 3:20

Do you pray for our troops? How often do you forget? Think about if it was you or one of your family members. Watch this video and tell all your friends to remember our soldiers.

VERSE OF THE DAY: We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. Romans 5:3

Figured I needed to post again. Sticks and his SWOOSH had a soccer game today and won 1 -0. Even with a really bad ref! On a really bad field! With a pretty good opponent! So now he's at RED ROBIN with the rest of them drinking the best strawberry lemonade in the whole world. Can I get an Uh-huh?

This is some pictures of what I did to the boys. They are REALLLLLLY cute! Savvy?

Notice Mayfee's famous eyebrow! Everybody loves it! He is so COCKY for a 3yo!

The cutest buccaneer you'll ever meet!

Swashbuckling sweet!

Evil Jack Stare-o

A few days later Zekey took a bath in the sink. Here's some pics of that!

He's such a big boy!

Giggles!

Whenever we pour water on his head he sticks his tongue out!

Cutie pie!

A long, loud, tremulous, drawn-out, Luke Skywalker, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

VERSE OF THE DAY: The LORD doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7

VS.

MANNING THE MAN & his COLTS! vs. Brady the small and insignificant & his patriots

Ok, ok, maybe not small and insignificant Pats. But can you believe they had the stuff to beat the invincible? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Oh, Manning, how could you have let them bat that ball away from you and so win the game??? WHY??? How do you plan to win the Superbowl now? Why did yall let me down like this? Sniff sniff.

Ok, here's the plan of action: The Pats play the Bills and Bills win (you hush! Stop saying "yeah right"!). Then we're even and the Colts can go win the big game! Sounds good. But we MAY still make it to the Big Bowl even if the Bills DON'T win! HeeHEE! That sounds good too! Oh, well. There may be another chance=( And the Pats have been putting some gut into this season. I suppose they are honorable foes. Not like... the BEARS or sumthin.

(Actual Photos from Game)

Job McCully

Please pay attention everyone! This little guy's lungs do not work on their own and the doctors have come to the end of what they can do. Job has had cancer and about everything else under the sun. He has been fighting battles since he was four and now he's about ten. He, his parents, and his sister are now waiting for God to do something amazing and keeping in this fight. Please pray for a miracle in Job's body. If you feel for him and his family, copy and paste this onto your own blog to really get prayers moving. They are powerful and God knows what's going on down here, even if we can't see a way out. Here is his website: http://www.caringbridge.org/ar/job/

Click here to watch the video of his journey on Windows Media Player. Testimonial (revised 2006)

Thank you for reading.
Meggy

Pictures!

VERSE OF THE DAY: By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. 2 Peter 1:3

Here's some pictures from our snow day!

Our house!

Me

angel

Evil Intent

snowballs away!

Hi from Colorado!!!

Favre 4ever

VERSE OF THE DAY: …I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts. Isaiah 57:15

We've got all our new appliances hooked up!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yea!!!!!!!!!!! The stove and oven REALLY rock some boat!
Blogger only works on the laptop still:(
Couple days ago when Mace and Uncle Steve were here to help move in the piano, a half asleep Mayfee sticks his head up from the couch and proclaims/demands: "I want all my money in the bank!!!!!!!" Everybody looks at each other for a second, thinking about what this could possibly mean. Then the laughs start.


BEEYOUTIFULL game last night!!!!!!!!!! Brett Favre and his awesome Green Bay PACKERS buddies kicked some BRONCOS butt!!!!!!!!!!! Broncos tied the game up with a field goal with 0 seconds to spare and took it into overtime. Farve throws an 82 yard touchdown pass to win the game 19 to 13!!!!!!!!! Absolutely unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!! Joyjoyjoy!!!!!!!!!!! Favre 4ever!!!!!! So glad he didn't retire last season as word had it!!!!!!!!!!! No quarterback like him. But Peyton Manning's the same good except a different kind. Kinda glad Farve said he was gonna retire because I tore my affections away from him and grabbed hold of Manning. SOOOOOooooo when he DIDN'T retire I grabbed him back AND.... Now there are 2 best quarterbacks in the NFL!!!:D But on to more serious football:


I had a horrible nightmare. In it, the Colts and Manning faced the Patriots and Brady in the playoff game. The Colts lost. I cried and cried. NOW I find that real life scenario comes to life this SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! This dream CANNOT be a vision. But I am afraid. I will admit that I am afraid for the honor of my undefeated favorite. The only 2 undefeated teams in the season will become just 1 undefeated team. I can already feel flutterings in my stomach when I think about the Colts losing, so I know I will cry is it happens. It CANNOT happen! My Colts are going 16-0!!!!!!!!!! Right Guys?

A Post About Current Life

VERSE OF THE DAY: Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Matthew 6:20

"They knocked out all our communications..." But they're back!!!!!!! Internet and phone are BACK!!!!!! I'm so happy! (But I miss Air 1) I missed everybody!!! Now I shall try to give you an update on CO life:

• Dillardfamily came to help us unload and Grandma and Grandpa T came to help out too. Lucy ate a grasshopper during this time period. Yuck! Got it all on film! Grandpa did some stuff like put in a vanity and fix the plumbing on the sink. Before they left...
• My Mom's Grandad passed away and went to heaven:( Mom and Dad went to the funeral. While they were gone...
• Captain Jack Sparrow the kitten died unexpectedly. We buried him by a creek near our backyard. Trixie's great though.
• We got a new cool dishwasher, fridge, oven, and stove the other day!!!! Awesome!!!
• Unpacking is going well. The place looks like a house, just a real messy one!!! Couldn't find all my clothes for awhile, which was quite inconvenient when we had....
• SNOW!!!!!!!!!!! About an inch of it last week! But I didn't get to play around much cuz I was wearing my only and best pants, so Mom and I went to...
• GOODWILL and SAVERS!!!!!!! Wonderfulwonderful thrift stores that I got some cute jeans at! SAVERS even had cool swords for halloween. They weren't strong enough for my taste though.
• Speaking of swords, found my broken Prophetess and am fixing her to lay her away in retirement forever:(
• Visited a new church called RED ROCKS BAPTIST CHURCH and it was pretty good!! Our next door neighbor's a pastor there.
• We live on a two culdesack street that dead ends into a school playground. All ours!
• My iPod is wonderful!:D

Well that's a skeleton version of what's up! Lemme find a good video to put on here...

Condition Status

Due to an intireley unforseeable circumstances that have nothing whatsoever to do with me, I am unable to call or use the internet till the middle of the month. Plan to make many phone calls this weekend, but till then, Nuh-uh. Sorry people!!!!!!!!! Nothing I could do, really!!!!!!!! Our house is looking like a house! More details later. Miss yall crazy alot!!!!!!
Emy, I knew you were chewing me out, but take it easy! I shall probably call you!!!
Nan - Probably you too!!!!
Lady - Probably you too!!!!
Wingys - Either an e-mail or a call!!!!
Meggy T

In Colorado 4 Good!

VERSE OF THE DAY: We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. Romans 5:3

Well, until we go somewhere else. It feels strange that we're not going back. But we made the big drive yesterday and ended up at the cuzins house! They're all gone at school, but already it's been strange babysitting a 6' 1" football player! (kidding, most of the way:P) Potato taught me a cool trick that I think Comediantennis is really gonna like! Slept in Potato's room with the rest of the girls. This stay marks the inconveniencing of every direct family member! I think. So it'll be nice to get out of people's hair that we've been in for probably a month. It's weird not having a house! We may have it tomorrow though. The dogs in our families have been introduced and Cap'n Jack and Lil Trix are hidden in their cage. Joeyboy's been pretty nice to them!

In the car we listened to some Narnia tapes. And yes, Emy, you did say you wouldn't like em probably but you'd read them!

Found some free-to-the-public books online! The only ones that were not history or something was ELSIE DINSMORE which I have already read. But it's a good book and much better than nothing!!! *That library is all MINE!*:D

The boys are playing pool right now. Funfunfun!

BTW, yall will be very excited to know that Brett Favre is in the game and makin records!!! So much for that jabbery-gloop about him retiring last year. Football season is back and the Colts are going 16 -0!!!!!!!! Peyton's da man!!! He has the hearts of the people!!!

I miss you all Arkansas friends!!!!!

Ariana

Evenstar

Taylor

Leaving Farm Family - With Some NEW Family!

VERSE OF THE DAY: The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. John 6:33

Grandpa said I need to post more, and including the riotous comments on this thing maybe I do. :P Now at least I have something worth posting about!

We were about to leave and Lucy goes into the feed barn and comes out yelling, "Mama Cat has KITTENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Gasp!!!! Everybody runs over and sure enough, 5 little fuzzballs! But the gray and black Captain Jack Sparrow and the brownish grayish blackish little princess Trixie were favorites. Grandpa said we could keep them if Dad said and Dad agreed! YEA!!!!!!!! We said goodbye to Nana, Gram, Grandpa, Lady, Pinwheel, Rusty, the rest of the kitties, and the grasshoppers (yes, really. Jessboy has sentimental attachments:P) It was sad to say goodbye to all the farm except the bugs. We took the kittens in a raccoon trap, cageish thing to Grandma and Grandpa Tagg's house. This morning we fed them milk out of little medicine droppers. They can sit in one cupped hand, have big sweet blue eyes, meow little meows, and are very fuzzy! Jack is the troublesome, topsy-turvy one that likes to walk around outside, while Little Trix would rather snuggle up in a box and sleep. I'll post pictures as soon as we take some. We sleep here tonight and and tomorrow we take the drive to Colorado!!! Pray!

Big Surprise!!!!

VERSE OF THE DAY: The fears of the wicked will be fulfilled; the hopes of the godly will be granted. Proverbs 10:24

So everybody's sitting around, doing nothing worthy of remembrance, when Grandma T walks in the door!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHRIEEEEEEEEEEK!!!! They've been in Colorado with the Big Beautiful. Everybody goes outside where Grandpa T and GG are, when... *drum roll please* DAD COMES OUT FROM BEHIND THE CAR!!!! Much screaming and happy!!!:D He's working from here for a week and the plan is to go to CO at the end of the week! Huzzah! Maybe stay with some Dillardcuzins or something. From what I understand, the Masonator has been doing quite well in football. Should be fun to watch!!!! Dunno if Tatertot is playing or not. Soccer season is almost over in Colorado, can you believe it? It just turned fall! Dad says it's already cold there. Amazing!

More Lucy's Birthday & Pinwheel

Last night the party came over and Uncle Kenny came too! The back room was all decorated and Nana made brownies and lasagna. Yum! Lucy got... many, many things!:P Some craft things, some clothes, a purse, and lots of money is all I remember. She's excited about all her presents! She was planning to top off the day by watching THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL, but the electricity went out! "That's OK!" I says. "If it's not on later we can watch it on the portable DVD players." Well, that was the plan. But the movie was IN the unoperational DVD player, SO.... we watched RETURN OF THE JEDI and everybody was asleep before they got to Endor! Right after that the electricity came back on and we got everybody to their own beds. Lucy had a good day!

We have made a new friend - Pinwheel the Dog! A big black I don't know what kind, but he's a lot like Joey in the "I'm just gonna lay down and mind my own business and if Mayf wants to beat me up that's fine with me" attitude. He's called "Pinwheel" because when he wags his tail it goes round and round!

Here's a funny. I had the Iron Empress out and was fighting Sticks and all that jazz. When I was done I went up to the porch where the people were talking, and just carried the sword with me. Gram said, "Did you get a new sword?"

I said, "Well, relatively."

She said, "Oh, that's your sword? I thought it was one of the boys'! I was just teasing you!"

I laughed. "Sorry! I'm a sword junkie too!"

Question! What do you call a girl warrior?

Lucy's Birthday!

VERSE OF THE DAY: Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends. Revelation 3:20

Lucy is 10!!! Cool huh? We had doughnuts for breakfast, QUIZNO'S subs for lunch, and we're going to have lasagna with Grandma H and and Grandad Gene & Vivion later. Funfunfun!

Grandpa rented us a big bounce-around for a week. The boys have been ALL OVER it!!!

Nana, Gram, and we three girls went shopping yesterday. Gram got us each an outfit! I got some brown pants and a blue light sweater thing that I love! Nana got me a pair of navy blue croc-ish shoes that have ribbon straps like mary janes! Hard to describe, but adorable! Maybe I'll get some pictures on here. We went to CHILI'S for lunch. Last stop was the dollar store where Nana got the boys these colored plastic swords that make noisy noise. Got a little annoying early in the morning...:P A fun fun time! I guess I need to change the video down there huh? I'll find something.

"Do you fear Death?"

Who is this? This is the legendary Davy Jones as depicted by Disney in DEAD MAN'S CHEST. I did some research for those of you who haven't seen the movie so you can know who this guy is supposed to be. Not the movie character, but what the sailor's term "Davy Jones's locker" is all about. What follows is what I have discovered:

"'Davy Jones’s Locker' is an idiom for the bottom of the sea — the resting place of drowned sailors. It is used as a euphemism for death at sea. Davy Jones is a nickname for what would be the devil of the seas... the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep."

So... devil not man. Spirit thing, as he would have to be to carve out his heart and put it in a box. There is a scene in DEAD MAN'S CHEST where five survivors of a shipwreck sit lined up before him. It is a very...eerie and spirit realmy scene. None of the captives look exactly what you call at ease, but there's one man shivering in his shoes and whimpering - quite afraid. Davy Jones kneels to his level and says in his slippery, scary, slow voice, "Do you fear death?" Through his violent shaking, the man nods. "Do you fear that dark abyss?" Jones continues. "All your deeds laid bare, all your sins punished?" The man shakes even harder and continues to nod. "I can offer you an escape." Jones says. The man stops shaking and looks up with a ray of hope. From farther down the line comes a voice that has evidently surprised the owner of the voice. "Don't listen to him!" the voice says. Davy Jones whips his head in that direction and the owner of the voice is a man who immediately looks down again. Dangling from his shaking fingers is a cross. Jones's takes two steps and grasps the neck of the one who had spoken with his crab claws . "Do you not fear death?" he says, in a tone that would make most people say anything he wanted them to. The christian man looks straight into Jones's eyes, still fearfully, and says, "I'll take my chances sir."
"To the depths with him" commands Davy Jones, and the man is hurled into the sea.
"Cruel Blackguard!" another man cries.
"Life is cruel." replies Jones harshly. "Why should the afterlife be any different?" His footsteps thud on the deck as he walks backs to the first man, saying, "I offer you a choice. Join my crew and postpone the judgement. One hundred years before the mast. Will ye serve?"
"I-I will serve."

If you don't know, this is just wrong. You cannot postpone your judgement. You know what you deserve. To put it bluntly, the fires of hell. But the afterlife doesn't have to be cruel. Jesus and only Jesus can offer an escape to all those who fear that dark abyss. What is it? Acts 16:31 states it clearly: "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved." Saved from eternal death and torture! "Oh, no!" you say. "With all the things I'VE done wrong it doesn't work like that." Oh, yes it does! No matter how many things you've done. Jesus, fully God came down to earth as a man, took all the sins anyone could ever commit and died on the cross as a sacrifice for those sins so we all could have a chance to escape death and be with Him forever in heaven. But what happened then? He rose from the grave three days later to show us that He was God and not just some guy that died! "Wait, so that's all I have to do? Believe?" YES! It's as easy as accepting the gift! Sure beats one hundred years of hard labor before the mast, huh? God offers you a choice. Do you choose life or death?

WE HAVE A HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!

VERSE OF THE DAY: For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

Yup! Dad found one!!! Praise to the King! It needs a lot of work, but it's OURS!!! I don't know much about it, but I know it has 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a shed in the backyard which is big enough for the fort, no cabinets or kitchen appliances, no sinks, and no doors. That means we get to get whatever appliances we want! Dad loves the neighborhood and only the people that live there use it. Nobody passes through to get to other streets or anything. Closing time is October 11 I believe

Today I am reminded to tell you of boys. J-dude, Chess, and Mayfee are LOVING farm life!!! Listed are some boy fun stuff.

1 - Before we got here they all started out quite a bit wimpy about blood or bruises. Now instead of whining, J-dude's reaction is "Ow! Ow!" about standing in a pile of fire ants. Lane started helping him brush off. He said, "They just keep coming on me!" Lane said, "How bout getting off the anthill?" LOL His feet are swelling now. Jess and Mayf will still whine, but sometimes they forget to.

2 - They aren't scared of bugs in the slightest anymore. It's great fun to catch grasshoppers, pull their legs off, and throw them in the potty or a spiderweb where the inhabitant is bigger than they are. The descendants of Darth Tarantula are Sticks's job. They don't live around here much anymore.

3 - Animals are more intriguing than ever. Everybody likes to pet the horse, raise eyebrows at the scary goat, sneak up on the scardycats, and laugh at the cows! Oh, and feed and catch the fish. They like it when Sticks takes them down to the lake. Wasn't so fun when J-dude hooked Jess in the head. He didn't forget to wail. J-dude and Mayf did too. Givemabreak! Being hooked's never happened before! Who's to say it's not life-threatening!:P

4 - Big huge driveways are FUN! Plenty of room to kick the ball and ride bikes! Mayfee's gonna get a hole in his right shoe, as he hasn't discovered the brake on the back of the scooter yet. But he's fast and graceful on that thing for a three-year-old! Lane was chewing Sticks out for not sending J-dude inside after the ant attack. "Why'd you let him play SOCCER of all things?" she says. Sticks sticks out his bottom lip and shrugs. "He still kicked the ball good."

I... think that's it!

I figured out how to get photos onto my iPod. Problem is, I don't have any. So for now I've just got some LOTR stuff on there!:P
And to use an elvish, Luke&Lana farewell, Namarie!

What's new

Froggy is now a chicken!!! He has chicken pox. Less than 10 though, he's still the usually smiley slobbery one! (SO Kee-yute!)
Lane is gone to Grandma H's to crochet and all the boys are gone fishing. There are two ponds here that are packed with catfish!
Shelob the Spider is outside this very window. I shall have to point out to the little guys that she hasn't had a grasshopper lately. But nobody should get too close, because grasshoppers don't taste very nice, precious. She hungers for sweeter meats. Anyhow...
Sticks the mouse catcher, with a grand total of.... more than 41 kills got another on a stickytrap last night. Grandpa came and took it, but he let the boys PET IT first!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWW!!!!!!! Can I get an amen?
Emy - Working up an add-on to the plan of action.
Nan - I want to call you later today to... well.
Lady - Stinks that you cain't e-mail me:( Good luck in confuzin chemistry:P
Cole - You need to post!
Britter - What's up?
Lady Lana - I shall resend my CtB thing to your mom. But I shall need your e-mail addy because I don't remember it.

Today I read about Hezekiah preparing for battle. They stopped up all the streams and rebuilt parts of the walls. Also built some things which I interpreted as bombard towers:P I just didn't remember that part last time and I like that kind of thing!
Must go! My water's probably boiling.

Texas Coolness

VERSE OF THE DAY: Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity…?... I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Romans 8:35

MOVIE OF THE DAY: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

Last night we had a fire and roasted hot dogs and made smores!!! Yumyumyum! It was wonderful fun except Bird DID have a fall into cow poo. Yeah. And Grandpa did something to my laptop and the previous technical difficulties have been overcome! Internet is back on!!!

We went to a cowboy church this morning. It was pretty good!!

MY IPOD CLASSIC IS OPERATIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!! It works! I am overjoyed! I still can't figure out how to put movies that you already have on it. Anybody?

Lucy and J-dude are playing BATTLESHIP right now. The latter doesn't really know how to play. Lucy says "F - 5?" J-dude says, "Umm...no. But so close!":P

Here's a song I am reminded of while listening to it on my savvy Ipod. It's gotta be one of my favorites ever!

Lifehouse - Everything

Find Me Here

Speak To Me

I want to feel you

I need to hear you

You are the light

That's leading me

To the place

where I find peace again.

You are the strength,

that keeps me walking.

You are the hope,

that keeps me trusting.

You are the light to my soul.

You are my purpose...you're everything.

How can I stand here with you

and not be moved by you?

Would you tell me how could it be

any better than this?

You calm the storms,

and you give me rest.

You hold me in your hands,

you won't let me fall.

You steal my heart,

and you take my breath away.

Would you take me in?

Take me deeper now?

How can I stand here with you

and not be moved by you?

Would you tell me how could it be

any better than this?

And how can I stand here with you

and not be moved by you?

Would you tell me how could it be

any better than this?

Cause you're all I want,

You're all I need

You're everything,

everything

You're all I want

you're all I need

You're everything,

everything.

(Repeat)

And How can I stand here with you

and not be moved by you?

Would you tell me how could it be

any better than this?

How can I stand here with you

and not be moved by you?

Would you tell me how could it be

any better than this?

That there is my love song to Jesus. I listen to it over and over! I love you God!

Okiday!

We are at Grandpa and Nana's! Actually I'm on Grandma's computer right now as I am having laptop technical difficulties. I think there's a couple of more things I can try to fix my internet connection, but I'm not gonna be on as much as usual. Soon! When we get a permanent place! Dad put an offer on another one. Comment me with what's up like e-mail because blog is more convenient under these circumstances. I should get some letters out pretty soon.

My Ipod came in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!! It's silver and so cool and it even says MEGGY T on the back! Don't have any music on it yet. We had dinner with Grandpa, Nana, Gram, and some of Gram's cool friends that are visiting. Sloppy Joes and apple pie is yum!

Watched the first Pirates of the Caribbean with Lane, Sticks, Lucy, and a little bit Mom last night. Funnyfunnyfunny!

There are these garden spiders at Grandpa's that are HUGE!!!!! The boys keep grabbing these big huge grasshoppers and throwing them into the webs so the Shelob's can eat them. Spiders eat good when J-dude, Jessjess, and Mayfeeboy are around!;)

Car Break-in

VERSE OF THE DAY: Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor. James 4:10

The UHAUL people have been giving Dad a hard time. They said they would hold the truck, then they said they wouldn't do that when he got there and he would have to unload the whole thing. Nu-uh. And last night somebody smashed the back window on his new car and stole FOUR of his work's laptops. Yikes! We hope insurance will cover that business.

I'm going to Grandpa & Nana's today. Shall update later.

Homeless Wanderings

So now we are homeless people!!! Whoa! So where should I start... moving out, yes.

Wingfamily came over to help us load the trucks. We had an ABF truck at first and loaded it up... and found that we still had over half the house to go. So Dad rented a UHAUL truck that he could drive. With much shoving, hauling, lifting, getting squished, breaking necks, and maybe a little dirty language (kidding!:P) we loaded everything in the whole house up. Whew! We also saw the Lady family a couple of times during that period, as my car is now hers and I'm getting an Ipod instead. Not that bad of a deal! We also had some yummy lunch with them. We were happy we got to see Winguys like... 4 days in a row. On our last night there, Mr. Wingdad and my dad gave the OK for one last Me verses JA Age of Empires II game. (Drallen, if I get any of this wrong comment a correction. But please keep the insults subtle) Well, I had said something he considered insulting in an e-mail so he said this game would be "one-sided and short". Sure I says. But I'd never beat him at that game and didn't think I'm was gonna start now. One thing he likes to do is send little amounts of guys to annoy me and make me mad before I'm ready. So I said we'd have none of that and he said he'd give me 10 minutes for preparation.
"20."
"No."
"20!"
"No!"
We must have kept that up for... I dunno, ten minutes until I literally had to get down on my knees and beg for him to make this fair, receiving all the time I needed and teasing all through dinner from that Comediantennis. Generals don't beg huh? Well the hero computer-whiz Dad got the connection going and I set up a triple-thick wall for defense. I get a few guys going and reluctantly give him the OK to attack. Well, he fights, I fight. He breaks down the wall, I rebuild it. But I keep my farms going while he sells all his villagers. So he ran out of resources and the Undeafeated General says, "I SURRENDER!" in front of all his family, mine, and our neighbors who had dropped by to say goodbye. Everyone gasps. "WHAT????????" I says. The One and Only Jerry Allen saying THAT is about as likely as Theoden saying "Well, gee whiz, we cannot defeat the armies of Mordor so let's go home and drink!" I was about flippin out when the YOU ARE VICTORIOUS words came across on my screen! Jerrjerrod, thanks for actually SAYING "I Surrender" out loud so I could hear it instead of just doing it! Then we said goodbyes:(
So the next morning Grandma Tagg and all of us set out for her house. Before I go any further, I must say that Grandma Tagg is the real-life Samwise Gamgee except that rain clouds don't dampen her spirits! She'll just drive down whenever to help when we have a new baby, or when somebody has chicken pox, or loses a job she's right in the thick of it following around helping out and buying all the boys snacks! So we set out and Dad took the UHAUL truck to Colorado... or so we thought. Turns out he was stuck in the middle of Kansas with a broken down truck. He was waiting for those UHAUL people to call him back about it. I was flippin mad at UHAUL and bad trucks. And I'm thinking Kansas should be renamed No Man's Land. You can be a farmer, a farmer, or a farmer. Anyway, he got to a fixing place and slept in a hotel and NOW he's on the road... we think:P
Dad has these AWESOME headphones that block out all other sounds till you can't hear yourself speak. They have a surroundy sound. I turned the TWO TOWERS all the way up in the car. It was amazing!!! But I think that was too much sound for a little 6-inch screen...:P Last night we got here and ate pizza. I gave the little kids a bath and Jessjess made up an all new version of "10 Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed" using "10 Little Piggies Hiding in the Tub". We going to see my great-grandma from Florida and I'd better get off and ice Louie's surprise birthday party cake. Chocolate Rocks!

Serenade to Friends

VERSE OF THE DAY: And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you. Psalm 39:7 (I don't pick these. How come the verse of the day always fits the day? Anyone?)

I shall give you the post on where-on-earth-I-am and what-on-earth-I'm-doing later. I figured this needed it's own post.

Yes, I am truly out of Arkansas. Meggy is gone. Gonegonegone. It's been amazingly hard to get through my head.

Some things really drove it through pretty good though. (Lets see if I can get through this without bursting into tears) Lemme tell you readers, you have no idea what your friends are until you leave them. That is, you are not thankful enough for them while you're with them. You all know that Tobymac song: "They say ya never know whatcha got till it's GONE". Sure, I know, you say. But you don't until it's gone.

Emy came over and said.... no.."until we meet again" first. She left and I went to my room saying "Not all tears are an evil" and "There is a time to weep and it's RIGHT NOW!" Girl, you are the best client I ever had and I'll try to call you soon!

I didn't get to say a goodbye to Nan, which makes me VERY sad. Nan, please please PUL-LEEZE stay in touch with me because you are amazing and as soon as God said, "Here, try this as a great friend!" I had to leave.

God also went through no doubt a lot of trouble to dig up some of the greatest adopted cousins in the world from the no-man's-land where they live to Tagg End. The Winguys are all totally awesome and we will all miss them HUGE. And yes, I'll admit you Wingypeople, I bawled like a baby that night.

I didn't get to see Britterbear either:( Hopefully Bekah remembered to give you that hug for me girly. We haven't talked since... I quit piano I guess huh? I'll e-mail you when I get the chance so we can tell each other what in Jupiter is going on!!! *Sniff sniff* Brother either. Post on your xanga what's going down!

I'm thinking about all the people I didn't get to say bye to as we're driving away and Cole's in the list. We have to drop something by Lady's family today and....SHE'S THERE! So I got to give hugs and I was happy I got to. Lots of letters my Cole! Lots of letters! You are a funny, crazy, girlfriend and you better come up with the Lady family in the Spring!!! Luv you bunches!!!

Don't forget the one and only Lady! Yes, I hugged her with Cole:( I know I'm gonna see her again because she's coming to see me in the Spring!!! We'll have to phone and e-mail and she says she will. Lady, you are an amazing individual and I am so happy you really are going to come visit!!! I love you crazy!

Sunshine Princess I didn't really get to say goodbye to:( E-mailing and internet are wonderful things! They're how our relationship was made up anyway mostly. I'm sad I'm gonna miss the whole deal between Lady Lana the Adorable and Sir Luke the Impossible. Maybe I can come down for the wedding! But if not send me a video! And Sir Luke, keep posting on your blog! It is very encouraging to me and many others and you are no doubt blessed by the Lord for it. (You made an excellent conquest to prove it! Heehee!:P)

I am going to miss all of my good friends in AR, but I hope yall won't be jealous if I make a couple of new ones. Not as replacements - just as a few more. I love all of yall and I want to keep up through internet and e-mail and letters and phone and all those wonderful things we have now. The Lord gives and he takes away. But I don't want yall to be "taken away". I want to keep up and be as good friends as ever! We're here for a reason and I don't know what exactly it is yet, but I'll let you know! I love you all!

Meggy T

In Texas

VERSE OF THE DAY: "For I know the plans I have for you." declares the LORD. "Plans to prosper you, and not to harm you; plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Unexpectedly, yesterday I went to TX in the Big Beautiful with Mayfee, Bird, Gma, and Gpa. It was a nice ride!:D Watched THE ROOKIE. Not bad! Today we went shopping at the base and there were those... model-looking planes on the ground. Mayfeeboy went crazy delighted! We stopped to look at them and he called Jess up later to tell him about them. Last night we all slept in the same room. I found that wasn't such a hot idea because Bird and Mayfee like to talk and sing to each other and wake up in the night. So now she's having a nap in the OTHER guestroom!:P She's been pretty good! Mayf's not bad either most of the time:P I should be back in a couple of days. Or three days. Ya know, something to that extent. Ummm... nothing else going on!

If any Winguys are reading this, ERAGON'S sword's name is ZAR'ROC. I heard about the whole e-mail misunderstanding. Funny, I knew at least ONE of yall four intelligent guys knew what ARAGORN'S sword's name was! Though really Comediantennis, I dunno if you should name your sword that! Read both the books. Who wants to paint an awesome sword red, anyway?

DAD'S HOME!!!

VERSE OF THE DAY: Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Philippians 3:8

He drove to Gma and Gpa Tagg's place day before yesterday and they all came to us yesterday!!!! HOORAY!!!!!!! The thing is, now our neighbors across the street cannot see our house. Why? THE OCEAN LINER! Also known as the BIG BEAUTIFUL. Or the ULTIMATE TRANSPORT. Grandma and Grandpa got a GINORMOUS fancyfancy motor home!!!! It has 4 HDTVs and neat DVD players, an XBOX, a shower, an oven, a washer/dryer, a big refrigerator, a bedroom, and when you go on the outside of it there's a pop-out grill and sink!!!!! Also another TV and a stereo. So of course Dad was suffering on the way here!!!:P Lucy, Jess, Sticks, J-dude, and I slept in it and watched RETURN OF THE JEDI last night. Dad took a picture of Gma and Gpa with it, but I dunno where it is up here. All the neighbors came over for tours. Mom said we should start charging admission!!:P Dad and Gpa are took the fort apart yesterday to take with us.

Well I was gonna try out this new video blog feature, but it's been about 12 hours and it still didn't process or let me publish the post so....forget that I guess!

Palmer

Please pray for our friend Palmer Richardson as she is going through the battle against cancer again. Here is her site: www.palmerrichardson.com. I'll have the link down there with the other kids' too.

Chickens like the Dickens!!! (mice too)

VERSE OF THE DAY: Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33

MOVIE OF THE DAY: NARNIA: the LION, the WITCH, and the WARDROBE

Last night Sticks caught his 25th mouse from our garage. *yeah* I don't go in there anymore. He got a hundred dollar bill for it and is quite happy with killing them now that he isn't DIRECTLY killing them. When we were going to the feast at church on Wednesday, he told us to wait in the house so he could take care us the dead mice. We were only too happy to comply while he reset the traps. Ok, then we get the all-clear. We go out to the car and he's still in the garage. SNAP! "Got another one!!!" Much rejoicing by boys (and girls for that matter!). He begins to again reset the trap. "Mom, I think I need to stay home!!!" LOL He did and caught a few more mice. How'd they all get in there? We've got boxes in that garage and the guys are getting them out!!!!!!

Now Lane, Mayfee, Jessjess, and Princess Bird have chicken pox and are called "the chickens"! We're gonna have a chicken party today. I gotta think what we're gonna do, but it's gonna be funfunfun! I'll tell ya how it goes. Lane's mostly in charge of watching the chickens because she's mostly better and Zeke is excluded from their company. The chickys are pretty happy for sick kids! I made some brownies yesterday for the party...but of course they didn't last:P Little tip: Brownies make chicken pox feel all better!!! Worked good last night!!!

We've been packing away!!! Better do that now!!!

Tags

Ok, I'm not sure I horribly get the point of this girlfriends, but I shall do it to please you:)

Here are the rules of this tag:
1.) You start with posting 8 random things about yourself ( No personal info...)

2.) The person tagged must post the tag on his/her blog and he/she must post the rules on their blog.

3.) Then the player must pick 8 people and tag them. Leave a note to let them know they have been tagged.

1. I have many brothers and sisters

2. I like to read books and I barley ever read them straight through. I just skip around to find the good parts and squeeze the rest of the chapters in somehow.

3. I'm moving away.

4. I love pizza and mexican food!!!:9

5. I hate spinach!!!! :0

6. I like to write, but I never like what I write.

7. I'm not an animal fan, sorry.

8. Movies are great!!!

I am tagging: Croctoria, Nan, Emy, JoyfulnessRox7, Jazlynn, Sunshine Princess, Lane, Lady, and Cole

Here is how the tag goes.Type your name with your fingers, nose, chin, and elbows. NO BACKSPACING NO MATTER WHAT.

my fingers: meggy
my nose: j3tt6y
my chin: mnedsvbggvbyhgt
my elbows: ,meggy7

Of Mice and Men

Sticks is our Man of the House while Dad's gone and today we had need of a man. Apparently two mice think our garage is the best thing since sliced bread and won't get out. ARG!!!! :0 I was actually getting a box out of the car, then saw a mouse and figured the box could wait. It was Good-Bye Garage!!!!!!!!!! We got these "no cheese" mouse traps. You don't need cheese because there is already this plastic, no-scent, neon-yellow, square thing with holes in it. You could be a starving mouse and still know that if there are fish in trees, then that is a real piece of cheese:) Sticks is smarter than whoever made up those things, and put some cheese in there anyway. The mice took it and ran. Deardearme. Tried again and took the BB gun this time. Killed it. HOORAY!!!! The girls' hero!!! He was happy he killed it, but kinda sad that he had to kill it. If they would leave people's houses alone they wouldn't die so often! There's still one in there, but if he's got half a brain he'll leave!!! Beware mouse!!!:P

Swords Galore, Friends in Love, Sold House, etc.

VERSE OF THE DAY: Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you. Psalm 9:10

The Wingycuzins just came over and brought a bunch of swords they made for us!!! Wowee cool it is! Mine was actually one I made for JA and he broke it, but it was was remade. I mended the Prophetess after her most unfortunate accident and allowed her to have a last battle against Jerjerrod and die an honorable death. It was magnificence!!!!!!!! Well, well anyway after moving boxes from the basement to the parlor and eating ice cream, there were many sword battles, fort sieges, and betrayals. CAPTAIN SPY actually betrayed me!!!! But he swore back into my service afterward so we're all cool:) Played XBOX a little bit and beat Jerrjerrod at RED ALERT 2 which felt very nice after losing for the last 7 trillion times!!!

You all probably know this, but two awesome people, Sir Luke the Impossible and Lady Lana the Adorable are now courting and very much in love from what I understand! :P I am SOOOOO excited for them!!! I knew it would happen someday! First go to http://musingsofaservantprincess.blogspot.com and scroll down a little to get her take on the story, then go to http://lukewarrior.blogspot.com to get his. It's great and beautiful!

While I was off blogger, Jdude and Sticks got chickenpox!!! Now Lane has them. Deardear me. I spose I've gotta get them sometime!!! We also sold our house! Cool!-ish. We've got to be out by the 10th of next month!!! WhOoOoO.

There is a great video down on the bottom today. Check it out!

Jesus, you are truly all I want, you're all I need, you're everything.

Meggy T

The Fire Fell!!!!!!!!!

VERSE OF THE DAY: (This was actually the Verse of the Day on the Fan the Flame day! What a coincidence!) So we tell others about Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. We want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ. Colossians 1:28

Fan the Flame was amazing!!!!!!!!!!! The pastors was wonderful, the band was awesome, and everybody involved did an outstanding job. God really moved in a lot of people including me I believe. Wait till Warrior of the Dawn posts about it and find out how many people got saved. Their great youth pastor Dusty made a great point about when Jesus washed the disciples feet. He said if you have come to Christ, you have already been cleaned. But as we go through life our feet get dirty when we fall away a little or get distracted. So...we need our feet washed!!! I guess I knew that, but last night that certain way he put it really hit home. One of the other pastors, Chris, did a great message on the cross. It's not a pretty picture like on all the necklaces. It's a price that was paid. The Luke, Daniel, and Trevor band was flawless and music says so much to me! I didn't know a lot of the songs, but there wasn't one bad one!!! My class pastor, Teddy did an excellent job on a lesson in sharing your faith with the world. The skit people were great! I saw a lot of friends and don't forget food!:P But at the very end everybody went outside when it was very dark, and Dusty told the story of Elijah when God sent fire to the altar to prove that He was God above Baal. And fire did come down on the altar, but Dusty didn't call it from God:) It was very well done and the whole thing just HIT HOME. I'm so happy I got to go! One of the songs....um...I can't think of the rest of it except for the last little lines that I've been singing ever since I left: " I will follow you. This world has nothing for me. I will follow you." It was all astounding, everything Nan made it out to be, and the Lord loved it very much I know. I love you Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fan the Flame was a great reminder of how outstandingly much you love me!

Off for Fan the Flame

If I am still here I will be going to Fan the Flame revival at the Branch church on the 25th. I won't be on the internet or e-mail until then to prepare and focus my mind on God better without that distraction. Talk to you in a couple of weeks!!!

Meggy T

Cooking Away and Things Blowing Up

VERSE OF THE DAY: Live in harmony with each other. Don't be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all! Romans 12:16

MOVIE OF THE DAY: JACOB

Lucy and I kicked some butt in the kitchen this morning. We made spaghetti sauce, grated and froze a bunch of zucchini and made some muffins with it, ground wheat, froze grapes, and did 2 rounds of dishes. Whoa, it was hot in there!!!!! It's hard to do that in the summer. We listened to the radio the whole time.

I'm gonna write a few letters in a few minutes. Do yall write them, or type them? I type much faster than I write and my handwriting is no good so.....today, I shall type! I have this cool wax seal thing Lady Boo and Cole gave me I shall use. It involves FIRE to melt it, which gives the whole thing a little.....umph.

Speaking of fire....I was innocently being a good girl and vacuuming the family room. Ka-POW! Vacuum noise stops and sparks fly. A couple seconds later a flash of light from the outlet area. "O-kay?" says I. I look over at the outlet place. The cord's plugged in, no problem there. I step back and painfully experience where the problem IS. The cord busted off of the vacuum cleaner and I am standing on the burning hot end! YOW!!!!!!!! Out of the 8 feet of cord I had to step on the 2 inches of burny part. So that is how a person can burn their foot. What is going to blow up next? I'll tell ya, the outlet where the microwave is plugged in. O-kay? We plugged it into a different one. Dear me. At least we have a spare for everything that blows up!

Lucy, Mom, and I started that movie up there last night. It's alright so far. Sean Bean, stellar actor, is in it as Esau. He's ok here, but somebody else could've pulled it off too I think. So far. I haven't finished it.

Last night Lucy made dinner. Hot dogs in sauerkraut. Cool. She made it a big feast and I made some brownies. Everything was yummy!

I HAVE A CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Plymales came over last night for dinner and they gave me my car!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy!!!!!!!!!!! It needs paint, but other than that it ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm about to go out and clean out the inside, see if the radio works, etc. Mom took me for a drive, but she drove not me. Heehee. I'm saving up for paint and I'm gonna replace the seat covers, the radio, the mats, maybe put in a CD player and all that jazz. Mom said I could replace the whole dash, but I bet that is ex-pen-SIVE! It needs transmission fluid before I drive it though. I'm working on a cute name... any suggestions? My car is a girl by the way. Here's some pictures:

I'm about to change out of my church clothes and go clean it!!!!!!!!!!! Farewell, my friends!!!!

God is awesome Today!

He is!!! Well, he's awesome all the time, but he's especially awesome today. I'm just thinkin that today!!!!! Can't put my finger on exactly why, but hey!!!

Don't know if y'all noticed, but down, down, down at the very bottom of my blog there are videos set up. I change them more often than I post. Right now there is Lord of the Rings to RED music, so hurry up and watch it Nan and then tell me so I can change it!!!

Bad day for me at the Wingys yesterday. Just kidding, not really. But Moff Jerrjerrod won every game we played!!!!!!!!! He actually won fair at AGE OF EMPIRES with a respectful move. But STAR WARS TRIVIA....He won it!!!!!!!!!! I have NEVER, EVER lost at that game. I've played well over 20 times and now I lost it because he got better and I did something incredibly dumb. ARG! And now those guys expect me to direct, host, plan, and film their movie script!!! Go jump in the lake! I will though;P Heehee! I'm not that mad:) God is awesome today!!!!!!!!!

My Sense & Sensibility movie came in yesterday. It was truly new and sealed. The people didn't lie or cheat me or anything. I'm probably gonna watch it with Lucy after I clean the shower.

Our girls' bathroom is the dirtiest of all the bathrooms!!! Why??? It gets cleaned just as often as the rest of them, and we don't mistreat it or do anything that nobody else does. Mom doesn't know, Lucy doesn't know, I don't know, but it's dirty anyway. Oh the mysteries of life.

Hurry and watch that video Nan I'm ready to change!!!! I have an awesome christian comedian on hold!

God is awesome!!!!

Happy August!!!

VERSE OF THE DAY: If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. James 1:5




BOOK OF THE DAY: the RED BADGE of COURAGE


1 more month till Fall!!! Can't wait. The air is so thick here you have to take scissors and cut yourself a way through!!!:)
Ya know I've had this blog for over a year! Whoa! I wonder how long I'll have it? Maybe till I have kids!!! Heehee! But when I get married I'll change the mt part of the site to m-whatever.
The nose piece popped off my glasses and I don't know where it is. I'll need to take that to Wal-Mart.
Started that book of the day and like it so far! I think Dad described it as "the best novel in the whole world". And if you were gonna read Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, don't. Not worth the time and when the other stories in there got a little...supernatural I quit it. I miss Lane and Sticks and Dad:( Dad couldn't get a flight to CO, so he's staying with Grandparents T and Lane & Sticks. I think he's gonna drive up with them.
I like the verse of the day today! He'll give it to us! I think we all could use some wisdom huh? Here's something Warrior of the Dawn wrote and I went, "Wow! So true and awesome!" so I'll stick it on here:

I serve a King whom I have never seen. I had spit in His face and rebelled against His rule, thus earning the penalty of death. But He sent His Son to die in my place and then adopted me as His child. Everything I do, everything I am, it all comes back to that. He isn't just number one in my life; He's everything. At least, He should be; too often I still rebel against Him and break His heart. But He loves me anyway. Even cooler than the fact that He does all that for me is that He's willing to do all that for you, too. If you want that, just call on the Name of Jesus.

God Bless!

Feeling BLUE - the Color!

VERSE OF THE DAY: Light shines in the darkness for the godly. They are generous, compassionate, and righteous. Psalm 112:4

MOVIE OF THE DAY: Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller

Dad leaves today at 4 :( It was weird sleeping in our room without Lane in there! We went and picked up our mail yesterday cuz the post office was holding for us while we were gone. CALL TO BATTLE was in there! Hooray! My article was in front. People look in and they read that first article and go, "Oh, all these people write like that? This magazine's junk!"

From what I hear, the HUNTED movie that Lucas and Sunshine Princess are doing is going well. (I just couldn't resist the Lucas thing!) I keep forgetting to e-mail you girl! I'll see if I can after this post.

Dad got the NETFLIX thing and we watched NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM. It was pretty dumb, but cute and funny. He cussed though. It makes me mad when they do that! They don't need to!

I am feeling a little yuck today. I finished that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde book that also has the Suicide Club, and The Body Snatcher in it. I won't be reading that again. The Body Snatcher is real short so i read it all at once and...it wasn't a good idea! I wasn't Daddy-I-need-you scared, more like uh-demonic-spirits-are-arguing-with-my-guardian-angel scared. I read some Bible and listened to Air 1. It worked great! Must go!

Bye bye

Grandma & Grandpa T came over yesterday and brought back Jo!!! I think he's glad to be back!:) Today Lane and Sticks left with them. They will go to TX, then CO and Dad leaves tomorrow for CO:( It's boringer now.
Emy J came over yesterday and I got some c-Yute clothes from her!!! Joyjoyjoy! Must leave!
Meggy T

Your Typical Jess

We were on the way to CO, ya know, driving in the middle of nowhere, when this bird just flies head-on into the windshield! He , uh...passed away. Not the brightest thing for a birdie to do I'm thinkin. Jess (he doesn't know the thing is dead) says, "Dad? We should stop and squeeze that bird!"
Dad says, "What?"
Jess (demonstrating): "You need to squeeze that bird! With your hands!"
Dad: "Squeeze it? Why?"
Jess (in a "well duh" voice): "Because it just pegged our car!!!!!!"
I don't know if it's funny to yall written down, but it was hysterical! He is something funny. I shall probably post again later. Interesting stuff happening ya know!

Home

VERSE OF THE DAY: But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 1 Peter 1:15

MOVIE OF THE DAY: Sense & Sensibility

So we are back!!!!! Hellooo! We made this drive in about 13 1/2 hours which is the best we've ever done!

Yesterday was Dad's birthday and he's 40! He had snowcones instead of a cake. Funfunfun!

We also found out that day that our neighbor had passed away while we were gone:( She was like our grandma and she used to get us a bunch of ice cream and take us to Hardscrabble to swim. Please pray for her husband now.

So I'm back on Dad's computer! I actually haven't touched mine yet. The internet doesn't work for some reason. Anyway it feels good!

I'm finishing Woman in White now. Also reading THE SUICIDE CLUB. Weird sounding huh? Dad got it for me, and whenever I tell Mom about it she says, "What are we letting you read?" It's a little creepy.

Notice the movie of the day. We watched it while we were in CO and we (that is, the girls) loved it! Dad liked it too, but not really Sticks. I won it on eBay this morning too!! Looking for a fitting picture to stick on here....... AHA! Zekey in his new hat!!! Mom and Dad just found it lying on the ground and he looks SOOOOOOOOOO cute!!!!!!!!

This one's my favorite!<3

A Randomness Post

VERSE OF THE DAY: Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you. Psalm 9:10

BOOK OF THE DAY: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

It turns out I'm not staying longer. Here's the plan:

• We all leave Colorado on Friday

• Dad, Lane, and Sticks go back to Colorado a couple of days after that, while the rest of us stay in Arkansas for the month of August
  
• Arkanesians prepare emotionally to leave AR to go to the Bs house in CO for what may be a long time if we don't sell the house in August.

So that's the plan. I was feeling real homesick yesterday. All of sudden, for some reason or another. *weird* Oo! Check it out! Tagg kids have a Book Review blog!! http://www.readitreviews.blogspot.com/

I guess you noticed the book of the day up there. Mom and Dad got us a bunch of classic novels last night!!! I'm about to go read that one. Since my last post I have read STEPPING HEAVENWARD. Me likey!! I've got a new video in the video section below too. It's my favorite song I do not have. We did end up losing that soccer game:( Waaa!

Leaving AR forever seems REALLY close now!!:( Tell me peoples, what will I miss most about AR? I think I shall now migrate upstairs and read my book. Laying on a bed is the best way to read a book I think. Cya!

Soccer Stuff

A few days ago Sticks got the opportunity to meet somebody in an honorable place in his hall of fame - LANDON DONOVAN!!!!!!! All of you probably don't know who that is (annoying:P). He plays forward on the USA National team!!! Come on!:P:P:P I got to go too, because he's in my hall of fame too, just his picture isn't as big:) I took the camera and got pictures. Sticks got an autographed picture and also snuck up on him and said a few words!!!! WOW!!! Here's one of the pictures taken by me...

He's got Dad's hairdo!:P
So Sticks had a tournament this week with Swoosh. We got a win and two losses and...we play the best team in the state at 2 today. He got 3 assists and a goal. Funfunfun! It wasn't as fun when we lost, but still cool that he gets to play! Mangnay came and watched yesterday then we headed to Emo's for burgers! Yum! One of Sticks's soccer friend's family offered to let us stay with them for awhile so...we might do that and stay for a couple weeks more. Dad just showed me how to get pics off of smugmug, so here's a SWOOSH team picture.

Zeke, Liam, Nate, Riley, John, Diego, Darius, Connor, Sean, Sticks, Connor, Roby, Jake, and Brendan

The kiss to the crowd after Sticks gets his medal:P

I'll let you know how we do today! Go Swoosh!

More on the Cancer Kidz

You've heard about these guys before, and now I'm telling you again! These kids need some backup! That is, lots of prayers!!! Cancer is something awful. Now my Grandma has breast cancer and it made me feel even more for all these victims and their families.

Elijah is 6 years old and he just relapsed with Neuroblastoma, when he's already been through treatment once. He was about my first cancer buddy and as you can see, the coolest one!:P It made me really sad when he relapsed because I had basically watched him all the way through it and rejoiced in his newly-recovered long locks every time I went to his site. He is such a trooper and I can't wait until he's done with this business.

Job McCully is one of my newer pals. He is now 9 and he's been fighting a whole bunch of junk since he was 4. He needs a lung transplant and right now he's in San Antonio waiting for some lungs to be available. Here's a link to his video that will make you think. (It's not youtube or anything): Testimonial (revised 2006)

Here's a sweet little thing huh?:) Savanna Hamm is a whopping 3 years old and is now to my knowledge cancer-free!! I don't really know a lot about her journey through PleuroPulmonary Blastoma, a very rare type of childhood lung cancer, but when I found her site I checked it about every day. I think it's because she reminds me of my three-year-old so much, and I could just not imagine life with him in that situation. She's so adorable and I pray hard she won't be so unfortunate as to relapse like some kids.

Remember that I have all these and more sites linked below! Pray for them much!! Even if you never meet them on earth, they teach you a lot.

A Saturday in Colorado

VERSE OF THE DAY: In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. Jeremiah 29:12-13

BOOK OF THE DAY: ELDEST by Christopher Paolini

Saturday today!!!! Love them!!! Dad made omelets just like he used to when he lived in AR!! They are yummy stuff! We went hiking on a really neat trail and saw wild mountain goats. They would just walk right past us! Like Emy and Grandpa's goats! (Bigger though!) I think they were actually bighorn sheep. We had a lot of fun and took a lot of pictures. Probably post those later! We were out there pretty much all day and when we stopped to get lunch (at 4) We went to this place like subway except it's wraps. They were really yum!

Oh! The other day Mom and I went out to find the public library here. IT WAS AWESOME!!! So big! So many good books! About every book! So elaborate that they have a little coffee shop in there! Not only that, but they let us have a library card even though we don't live here!!! I got ELDEST. It's not bad so far. Yesterday I was absorbed in a very action-packed, violent part in complete silence (You know what it's like) and Mom opens the door and says, "Meggy!" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!(inside of course) I think I might've responded better if she had said, "Gather more reinforcements!!! The Ra'zac are attacking!!!!!":P So there's a few lovley things about CO.