Wednesday, December 05, 2007

You Just Never Know...

You never know what will happen at the office. Today my dad is giving instructions on how to butcher a deer....where the different meat was on an animal. You can tell the employee's are totally into it....that's cause they are BOYS. It stinks in here right now so I am gonna leave.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Just a Typical Day In The Office

I know, you aren't quite sure what this is all about....that's what I am here for...We don't have hot water at the office right now because of some remodeling. When we wash dishes we have to heat the water up. Well my Dad being who he is likes to use these HUGE coffee pots. When they are filled with water they are too heavy for me, but since he was here, he wanted to use them and he would pour it in the sink....okay....so far so good....it's kinda crazy how it happened....so here goes....See this little cutie?

Well I took the blue lid off and used the soap inside the last time I washed dishes. The lid was upside down in the sink and my dad put that huge coffee pot in the sink and filled it with water. The lid suctioned to the bottom of the coffee pot. We didn't notice it and he just sat the pot on the burner. I was sitting at my desk and I kept looking at the stove and I thought to my self, wow, that fire is high. (It is a gas stove) It just got bigger and bigger and then I realized something was wrong. So I calmly said, "Dad....whats on fire in here?" He rushed in and blew it out and it took us FOREVER to figure out what that burnt blue thing was....
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Monday, December 03, 2007

Bossy Big Sister's Will Run Your Life


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Sunday, December 02, 2007

Artist to Dj and Everything In Between!



Carlos has been getting after it the past couple of months. Yesterday he was painting a sign for a friend of his. The past 3 weeks, he was at a local church and he did their back drop for a sermon series called "Bling" and then he and his turntables were part of the Sunday morning worship band (3 services). Thought you might like to see one of my favorite pieces he has done and see a clip of practice for the worship service.


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Friday, November 23, 2007

All Up In Your Personal Space!
















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This is how we do it.....


This is what we do - all the time - all of us. Aren't Carlos and Victoria cuties? We all just pass around the lap tops and lay around all day....ahhh, Saturday afternoons!!! Love it!

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Thursday, November 22, 2007

This is so weird....

SO there is this guy names Chris who is in Iraq right now. He is a marine. He is maybe 19, I can't remember. Anyway he has a myspace and every time I go on his page to leave him a comment one of his friends Josh has posted like 3 or 4 other long ones....and they are SO weird, I had to share. They are playing some video game and I think the best part is just that they are soooo serious!!! Here it is:

u serious, i am at midgar healing up from my wounds. after omegas tetra break, i need to heal up as much as possible

well right now im in Costa Del Sol with Barret. i just told him what happened and he's cussing up a storm. come by and get us and we can make a plan together or something. o yeah i thought i learned a new limit, but when i jumped in the air to start it, all the energy i felt dropped. so i just turned it into a Braver.

Josh, I don't know what happenedWe were fighting the Zolom's, with ease i might add, and a massive shadow crosses on the ground. When i looked up, there was only a bright flash.now i don't know where i'm at, its probably going to take 7 days to figure this out.

alright we just made it to the marsh..... its gonna be a while before we get there. its like they're having a meeting of the Zolom's or something. there's like...... I don't even know how many herethis should be child's play, we'll probably have to rest at the Chocobo Farm after this.Is Cloud still with you?????

he just left, i was tryin to ask him a question, but he just left, he said something about "finishin what he started"

alright, we'll take a boat and make our way there. hope i see the Midgar Zolom too.

man finally im backi ended up in darkness again. the tempered windows were underneath me. heartless and nobodies were coming out of nowhere. i didnt have any promblems taking care of them. but then this gigantic heartless comes out of nowhere. it had this big axe in its right hand. i wouldnt of had a promblem with it, but i was already tired from all the other heartless and nobodies.the big heartless overwhelmed me with its strength. i got blasted in the air by a shockwave from the axe. then it hit me back down with its other hand. i was already done when i hit the ground. the big heartless' axe was coming down to finish me. right before it hit me POW!!!!!...... it was block by a Gunblade.I look up and someone with two keyblade's was tearing apart the heartless. The heartless was defeated. I looked at the person with the keyblade's. At first I thought it was Sora but.... the guy told me i was foolish. I looked harder, it was Roxas. my vision was super blurry and i was still on the ground. then i let me head fall, then i said"thanks Leon"then someone said"WRONG""that's not Leon, y'know"After that it got all black..... then i woke up back at the Chocobo Farm.Wierd...huh, where you at Josh, let's meet up and destroy Omega.....together.

??? that sounds like Omega. But since i was on the verge of death, it took me 12 days to fully recover, but right now i am back to training, but i need more X-Potions because i am down to 4869 HP, i use to have 754,798 HP until the omega encounter

alright im here at " island closest to hell". that's crazy news....how are we suppose to stop a force like that. and i still haven't perform a limit since that Ifirit looking thing attacked me.o and good news i found a gold chocobo. it was there chillin when i woke up at the chocobo farm. but nobody else was there, and no sign of Barret either. hurry up and get over here.

i have been following omega around, i am at full health, but i am not taking a chance right now. i spotted omega heading toward the "land of supreme happiness" yep u guessed it, he is heading toward the promised land, and u will never guess who is summoning him, i look through my binoculars and i couldnt belive myself. Sephiroth was standing, holdin his hand out wanting omega to go to him. i have a real bad feeling about this, wat we must do is meet each other on "the island closest to Hell" and train a little bit more. with the power of them two combined, we are gonna need it.


i am here, i just got done summoning all my guardian forces and trained against them, they tried to hit me with an amazing combo, eden used eternal breath while bahamut used terra flare and knights of round tried to attack me as well and so on and so forth, BUT, they made a mistake, by taking tooooo much time to try to attack me, a got my gunblade/ultima weapon, and i was about to do what i think was omnislash, but there was a strange glow coming from me when i tried, a bluish glow was upon me and i learned a new limit, its called the "earth saver" and it was like omnislash, but it seemed like all my limits combined into one big attack, and when i finished, my guardian forces were all out of HP. it was an amazing energy man

YOU'RE HERE!!!!! i was wondering what all that noise was. just when i was about to check. that Ifrit looking thing, showed up again. This time he told me something,"Crisis the day will come when I will return your power.....but the only way that will ever happen is to defeat me. hahaha"then he flew off. why's this thing always got to laugh.i'm heading your way right now.and good job with your new limit.

i was born ready, u?

its alright, put ur chocobo on board of my ragnarok and we will get there with ease

alright, its done when we gonna go. i'm getting all excited.....maybe i shouldn't though. this could be it y'know.

i know, something tells me that this might be the last time we fight... together

i am here, wake up, i cant fight all these Dark Summons by myself.

Sorry bout that, i was having a great dream. I was in this country, with a lot a sand. and i was wearing this gear and...... well forget it its not important.WHAT!!!!! HOW MANY DARK SUMMONS ARE THERE!!!

from valador to ANIMA, the hardest of all dark summons

hey, u kno what i found weird? when we were fighting against the dark summons i heard a voice, and it said "go to the promised land" we have to destroy the dark summons first mayne y know

I've learned a limit, but its weak.Its called the "Fallen Crow"I ran up to the enemy and POW!!! throw a smoke bomb on the ground and jump in the air. While the enemy is still confused, I come down behind them and, SLASH!!! right down the middle.

impressive, i also learned a new limitits called "heart of a Lion" what i do is a throw about thirty gernades at the enemy, and i run towards them and slice and dice them up yknow, and right before they all explode, i roll out of there

I've got some bad news.. when we got seperated again, i was walking along and went to Balamb Garden, and what i saw was something horrible. Squall or Leon.. was destroying Garden, and Zell, Irvine, Quistis and Selphie were helping out. Rinoa is in timber right now and we got to go protect her first, then destroy squall and the others, and then omega and sephiroth. we have alot to do in a short amount of time.where are u crisis, i cant do this... alone

Where I'm at isn't important right now, i'll meet you at Timber.i never thought it have to be this way. he said he change his name because he was to weak, and now he wants to destroy what he worked so hard to protect. Zell, he suppose to be my other partner in crime, (so to speak). and i think i might be the one to take him out. Leave Zell to me Josh.Quistis one of the strongest minds, how could she..... this truly saddens me.I'll be there soon Josh....now where is that darn chocobo at???

that chocobo no longer exists because... Irvine shot it down with his pulse ammo. idk how it happened, but this really does sadden me too. first me and u will deal with quistis and irvine and selphie, then we will take on our RIVALS, i take Leon, u take Zell. Sorceress Rinoa said she wants no part of them so i am leaving her with tifa at the pub.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

I Can't Hear Yoouuuuu!


Someone is outside my front door. I know who it is too. I am not going to answer. They are still there and have been out there for about 5 minutes. I can hear them sneezing, talking to themselves and playing. I JUST got home and I am sooo tired. I just don't think that I am ready for my little friend. If I don't answer she will knock on every door and window of my house. Maybe I can out last her.
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Saturday, November 17, 2007

YOUR BLOG HAS BEEN HACKED... by your husband

Hey Val, Im probably in bed and your awake.. (SO DONT WAKE ME UP! lol!!!) and YES I hacked your blog. Its your birthday today and I stayed up allllll night till 3:30am working on JUST your blog. I didnt even touch my site. I also listened to about 5 of your old teachings i took from your player... lol.. so this creation is probably "annointed" ;)

Anyways. I didnt have any money to buy you anything for your birthday (i tried though) but then God showed me that I could give you this... A HACKED BLOG!!! I know you'll love it cause you always are telling me to make you something... but I never know what to make... THANK YOU LORD!!!

I hope you like it and I love you sooo much. You make me happy. I put a tree on the blog header thats glowing cause I also got a verse that reminds me of you...

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I'm so lucky to have you in my life. I know the Lord loves me cause he gave me you... he sure does give good gifts!!! YOUR MY FAVORITE!

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Friday, November 16, 2007

Yucky Turkey


I know, I know, it looks beautiful doesn't it? I hear everyone talk about how much they love the Thanksgiving meal....but I think its gross. Seriously. There is nothing on the main menu that I like. Turkey? Yuck? Cranberry sauce? I don't even know why you would eat that. Dressing? That is just wet bread. Yams/Sweet Potatoes? Those are weird, orange things....what else? Pumkin Pie - more mushy orange stuff....so I eat the corn, rolls and mashed potatoes. Wonderful for my low carbing. Haha! Thankfully Carlos' mom makes this great fruit salad and everyone takes pity on me and gets a ham...I usually survive. You know what though? I would love a good PIZZA. Or how about a Thanksgiving lasagna? WHY WHY WHY do we have to eat TURKEY?? Another thing, why do people only make that meal on Thanksgiving? It its sooooo good, why don't you cook it later in the year as well? Whatever. I can't wait for Christmas. That's more my style.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Duck Tales - Wooo Hooo!


Tonight Carlos and I stepped back into time and watched DUCK TALES! I remember when my brother and I would come home from school and watch this....for like years this was a favorite show. I think it still is....it was fun to watch it with Carlos, it brought back a lot of memories. :-) Carlos is actually not really watching itwith me...he is playing with some dj program on his computer...but you know, its still fun.
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Monday, November 12, 2007

A Mighty Heart


I knew how this movie ended. I make it a point not to watch movies where I know that the lead character dies. I hate it when I accidentally watch movies like that - but this one, I watched on purpose. I have no idea why. It was an excellent movie - and it left me devastated. The only other time that I felt like that was when I watched City of Angels. It affects me when terrible or hard things happen to people and they have absolutely no one or nothing to call on. They survive. But they don't live. Because it takes so much to simply MAKE IT that once they are years past the event, they are often just a shadow of what they were before. I watched interviews of Marianne Pearl right after her husbands death and then with Angelina Jolie 5 years later and you can see how hard it is still. Of course it is - but my heart is broken because I felt like she was still all alone. I can't imagine what it would be like for me if I lost Carlos, but I know I could immediately turn to my Father in Heaven and I EXPECT healing and comfort and I do not feel alone. I know that I am speaking from a place that I don't know anything about but I can't shake the feeling of utter despair when I watch her. I came away with an "awareness" of two things after watching the movie - I am so very blessed in the relationship that I have with my Father in Heaven - and there are those who are carrying a burden that no one should ever have to walk with alone and they don't even know it.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Home Business Expo


My sister in law Victoria and I took our wares to the Home Business Expo held in our church gym on Saturday. We left after 2 hours because NO ONE came. Plus, we weren't selling Pampered Chef stuff and that was the only thing that sold....and it was selling only to the other people working the booths there. But it was fun to do and I had a great time with Victoria....sitting there freezing my butt off, starving and being bored out of our freaking minds....on a more cheerful note, she made me some AWESOME signs. Got another artist in the family.
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They're Baaaacckkkk!


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Photo Shoot With My Stuff...

Yesterday I did a photo shoot with my jewelry. I think God gave me the idea of how to do it. It turned out really great I think - these are going in the STORE!!









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Friday, November 09, 2007

The Scariest Web Site - EVER


I found this web site on my cousins blog. And it is the scariest thing I have ever seen. It really is. Like I totally hate going there. I don't know why I ever do. Sometimes I think that I am going to see something awesome on there but really - its freaky. Its Post Secret. I honestly don't want to know that someone has these dirty secrets and most of them really are gross or weird. Basically you can send in a home made post card to them anonymously and write your secret on there. uhhh....yeah. I don't have any secrets so maybe that is my problem but really....I am just not getting it....some how people feel better knowing that they told someone - but keeping your name secret when telling your secret is still keeping the secret so it doesn't count. Sorry to bust your bubble people....I just feel better now that I have told everyone how much I hate that site....I didn't even have to send it in on a post card!
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Same Old Drama

Life is good. But it just never stops. My friend sent me a text message today and asked what was going on. My reply? The same old drama. It's really true too, because life just keeps happening to me. And it happens all at once. It's a good thing that I can handle drama - since its almost every day. If its not happening in my life - its happening in someone else's life that I am really close to and therefore I am involved by default....being a child advocate involves me in three other families drama - THE REAL STUFF. And our neighbors electricity is cut off and CPS is involved....life...just keeps happening. And on another note...our neighbors next door have someone living in a pop up trailer in their back yard...its really kind of weird...but yeah, I am fine and I guess in the end I would rather have life happening to me - otherwise I would be dead and that would just be drama for everyone else....which would NOT be fine.
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

I Can't Help It!!!! Dumbledore and The Golden Compass





















I resist for the most part getting involved in any kind of controversy like this - so much so that the emails that I have gotten regarding the movie The Golden Compass have been deleted with out reading them.
Starting this morning though, I was really hit with it - myspace is covered in The Golden Compass and I got yet ANOTHER email telling me how evil the movie was - honestly it really just made me want to throw up.

Don't get me wrong, I don't LIKE movies where evil is prevalent and made to some how appear right and good and heroic. It's sooo typical of Christian groups though, to get on this band wagon - just for "certain" things and talk and talk and talk - they put the people that create these things down and treat them like dirt. I don't think that these people for the most part are TRYING to be evil, but even if they are, can you "correct" them in love?? Could you possibly deal with an issue in love instead of looking down on them??

Try this: if you are going to be that hurt and upset over all of that "evil" stuff, hold yourself to that standard in everything!! It's always those that are the loudest in attacking something that usually have something to hide...you look like a fool and those that produce the movies and write the songs and books know just what you are going to say. THEY CALL YOU OUT!!
How about this?

One fan asked whether Albus Dumbledore, the head of the famed Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, had ever loved anyone. Rowling smiled. "Dumbledore is gay, actually," replied Rowling as the audience erupted in surprise.

and then
Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft. Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason.
Of course she was totally right and about two hours after that article was out, Carlos sees a post on a Christian artists website about it....
I know I am ranting and that I am making that much sense....I would like to see some REAL people stand up for what is right - all the time. Not just when something huge like this comes along. This movie didn't jump up out of nowhere. (the guy wrote the BOOK in 1996) We have been prepared and courted and groomed for this movie in thousands of different ways for YEARS. It's kinda like trying to say that being "gay" is sooo wrong, and you lying on your taxes is OK. So today or yesterday or last week, if you lied to someone don't say a WORD about that movie. No one wants to hear it. When your life reflects Christ and you can talk to someone in love and explain to them why the movie or the books might be negative then you can say something but till then, hush and please please please, don't embarrass me....don't call yourself a "Christian" and scream and yell and get stupid about this....because there are a million other things that need to be dealt with before you attempt to take a stand about a freaking MOVIE.
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Sunday, November 04, 2007

From the Ghetto!


These are the girls that we took to a MOPS (mothers of preschoolers convention) in Dallas this past weekend. Although I didn't go to it I heard a lot of stories. I believe this pictures is the girls and the founder of MOPS. I was a little worried because lets be honest, MOPS is basically white, upper class women. Most of them don't have a clue about anyone "urban". I was afraid that these women would look down on the girls and be rude. During some of the talks they mentioned reaching out "minorities" which made our girls laugh cause they were already there! Some of the speakers were moved to tears when the girls talked about their lives and how they have changed for the Lord. I think it was an AWESOME learning experience for both groups. Our girls learned new things about being leaders and the women there learned...those ghetto girls are pretty funny...honest and dealing with real things....maybe they found some common ground.
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My Date at the Zoo

Carlos and I took 5 girls to a Mothers of Preschoolers Convention in Dallas. Ours was the "urban group" (more on that later). While they were there Carlos and I decided to visit the zoo. At first I was like lets just chill but when we got there I decided we should make the most of it and see ALL the animals! We really enjoyed hanging out with each other and stuff like going to the zoo is totally something that we would do. It worked out and ended up being a great date! Thank you Carlos for taking me!!! The last group of animals that we saw were the giraffes. And I think it was a mom and baby and they were gone playing!! IT kinda looked like fighting. Here is a video of them.

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