A Love For God

John's oldest nephew Matthew is having a few moments of fame. He participates in a video program at his school. In April, they shot some short PSAs to appear on our local tv stations. This is my favorite one. Titled "A Love For God." Matthews's voice is the first young man who speaks. He appears in the shot of the classroom, he's the one facing the camera. And again when the boys are praying at the meal, he's on the right hand side of the screen.
So Matt, enjoy your walk of fame! You deserve it!
And people think they need to take prayer out of our schools? Oh I don't think so!

5 Days Until ZOOM ZOOM!

Maybe THIS time it will actually take place? If it rains.....I swear to you, I will not be held resposible for what happens next! I just want to drive really, really fast! Is that too much to ask for! PLEASE pray for NO RAIN on Charlotte North Carolina at the Lowes' Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon, from about 4pm till....oh....maybe 8ish? After 8, it can do whatever it wants to do, as long as I get to drive!



Sunday officially starts a week long vacation for John and myself. We start with my race car adventure in North Carolina, then Monday morning we drive up to mom and dad's house. John is doing some electrical work for daddy, IF it doesn't rain! Notice a pattern here?! LOL We'll spend a few days with mom and dad, my sister Lee Ann and her husband Chris,, and anybody else we might encounter on the trip. Then Thursday we drive to Atwood Lake, and spend our anniversary at a Bed & Breakfast at Atwood Lake. Hopefully, we can rent a speed boat, and spend some relaxing time floating on the lake. Can you believe we've been married 4 years?! Where did the time go? Seems like just yesterday I was running around with the final details of the wedding. It's been a wonderful 4 years, I wouldn't change the last 4 years for anything! I love you more today than yesterday babe. And can't wait to start the beginning of the next 4 years, .. 14 years,... 40 years!!

In honor of our anniversary, I thought I'd drag out one of my favorite photos, dust it off, and put it on the blog.
Thanks for looking.

A Thru Z

Ok, not much going on in our part of the world. Working hard as always. My racecar adventure is a week from Sunday! Woo Hoo! The countdown will begin soon!
So, while there's nothing exciting going on, let's do a little A thru Z quiz. Email me with your answers.

A- Attached or Single? Attached.
B- Best Friend? can I have more than 1? Deb, Carol, Vonnie, Marilyn....
C- Cake or Pie? BOTH~
D- Day of Choice? Weekends!
E- Essential Item? my laptop
F- Favorite Color? PINK, of course
G- Gummy Bears or Worms? Neither
H- Hometown? Martins Ferry Ohio
I- Indulgences? Chocolate
J- January or July? Neither - January is too cold - July is too hot! I like Arpil and October
K- Kids? Maybe some day, right now Jingles is enough kid for me
L- Life isn’t complete without? John
M- Marriage Date? June 12, 2004
N- Number of Brothers and Sisters? 1 older brother, 1 younger sister
O- Oranges or Apples? Apples
P- Phobia’s or Fears? Closed spaces. and heights
Q- Quote? Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you'll get.
R- Reason to Smile? my Jingle Bells chattering at the George Lopez theme song
S- Season of Choice? Spring or early summer, we don't have much "spring" in Savannah
T- Truth or dare? Truth is much less painful!
U- Unknown fact about me? I love to drive fast
V- Vegetable? corn
W- Worst Habit? biting my lips
X- X-Ray or Ultrasound? What ever the doctor says
Y- Your favorite Food? a juicy cheeseburger
Z- Zodiac Sign? Aries

What I Did A Few Weekends Ago

I couldn't talk about it then, because I would have spoiled the suprise.
I took Matthew and Brian to take some pictures. We should have left home earlier. It was a beautiful day, but not good for photos. Too harsh of shadows for a "photographer's" liking.
Anyways, here are the 3 main ones that I did. We blew up the shot of the both of them to 8x10, and framed it for their mom for Mother's Day. Then the individual shots we framed as 5x7's. I am very happy with the way they turned out.
I love taking pictures, and would love to branch out some more. But, I'm also afraid that I'm not good enough. It was fun to see the expression on Wendy's face when she opened the gifts. Last year I shot a wedding for a co-worker's daughter, and I didn't get to see her look at the pictures for the first time. It really makes you proud with your work when someone sees it for the first time.
So, here are their pictures. They sure have grown up since our wedding, huh?

Happy Mother's Day!

To my Mom, my Mother-in-law, and all of you mothers out there, I just want to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day!
I hope that all of you ladies enjoy a beautiful, restful, peaceful day to enjoy yourself.
I want to thank my mom for everything she has ever done for me, for her continued love and support, and for just being a comforting ear when I need someone to listen.
I'm still not a mom yet, but with God's grace, maybe someday I can enjoy a Mother's Day as well.
Take care ladies, and God bless you all!

I HATE RAIN!!!!!!!!!!

If anybody out there is suffering through a long, hard draught, just invite John & myself to come visit, I guarantee we will bring the rain with us! Every time we go somewhere it rains! Think I'm lying? When we were dating, it would rain every time we went out! The night John proposed, it thunder stormed so bad, streets flooded, the lights went out, ect. We cut the "date" short and went back to his house because of the weather. The night we got married, it rained. On our honeymoon, it rained. Anniversary trip to Niagara Falls, rained. I can go on and on, if you like.
Now yesterday was my make-up day for my birthday surprise. I might as well let everyone know what it was, Lord knows when I'll get to go back! :-(
John took me to Lowes' Motor Speedway in Charlotte NC to Jeff Gordon Racing School! I was to drive a real Nextel Cup Nascar around the Lowes track!
So, we drive to NC, in and out of rain showers. We get to Charlotte and the weather didn't look too bad. The people at the track thought everything would be fine. I got suited up, had my picture taken with a car, went to school, learned all I had to know to drive my car. Then they took us around the track in a van. They come to a complete stop on the turns, to prove to you that you won't fall off. We are waiting to get approval onto the track. I get fitted with my helmet, they place it on my head, I turn to John to take my picture, when I felt it... A rain drop! One of the guys in the pit crew told me not to worry, it's not going to rain. Then he felt a rain drop. Then another, then quite a few more. Next thing I know, he's helping me out of the helmet, and telling us to take cover! We spend the next hour and a half chasing raindrops! First we hid under a canopy, then they advise us to hide out in the garage while it "blows over". Next thing you know, they are taking us to the media center to wait it out. I was supposed to drive at 4:30. At 6:30 the rain had stopped, and they asked all of the drivers to get into our personal cars, and drive on the race track behind a pace car, in order to help dry off the track! Yea! I actually got to "drive on the track"! Ok, so it wasn't in a Nascar, but I DID drive! LOL! I don't know how many laps we did, but we started before 7, and at 7:30 I gave up, and pulled into pit row. They stripped me of my jumpsuit, and it was all over!
They did issue us a rain check, so next I have to find a date that coordinates with my work schedule, and try it again!
When I got to the track, I was plenty nervous, but after the school, and being on the track, my nerves were gone, and I just want to get out there and see how fast I can go!
I need to see if John got any good pics of me in my "suit" and I'll post later.
More later
A Wet, aggravated Penny

I Was WRONG....

You hear me John?! I was WRONG! And I am a big enough person to admit it!
My wonderful, loving husband reminded me that I haven't updated the blog lately, and that I left out what my birthday surprise was.
I just want to say that I had ideas of what my "trip" was. But, I was wrong.
I thought my baby was taking me to the Georgia Aquarium, and he was giving me a diving excursion with the sharks. See, I told Judy that I thought he was taking me to the GA Aquarium, and she ran outside to go talk with him. So, actually, it's all Judy's fault, because she led me on! LOL! So, I searched the aquarium on the net, and found out that they do dives in the shark tank. He told me that my gift was something I've said I've always wanted to do. One of the things I have always wanted to do is go scuba diving. Then, he said he wouldn't do it with me, because he is claustrophobic. So, I put 2 and 2 together, and came up with shark diving.
But, no, that was not my surprise. Some of you know what the surprise is from talking with John. But, for those of you that have no clue, I am going to keep it a mystery for 2 more weeks. :-)
All I WILL say is that I have to know how to drive a stick shift in order to experience my adventure! And I do well with shifting gears. I just need much more practice getting started. I have a problem with stalling out. But, once I get started, I won't need to stop.
Opppsss......I said too much! You have 2 weeks to figure it out! LOL!