tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56758467714298768232011-10-04T13:02:20.938-07:00Tales from the Queen of the Testosterone PalaceSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704364795113633303noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675846771429876823.post-70094546944627235852011-03-10T05:37:00.000-08:002011-03-10T05:37:49.916-08:00

I love, love, love Lisa Leonard's Jewelry.  Love it.  And today, Lisa's giving away five of her "My Treasure" necklaces!!  Go. Enter. (Hopefully) Win. :) I do hope to one day get back to blogging regularly.

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704364795113633303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675846771429876823.post-67987505576087723362010-12-01T10:19:00.000-08:002010-12-01T10:26:26.098-08:00

With a houseful of boys, who could pass this up?!? Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme TodaysMama (link to: http://bit.ly/tmwishlist) and GameStop (link to: http://bit.ly/gamestop10) are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you. 1. What is your holiday wish for your family? That we have a year full of happiness, truly enjoying each other and

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Apparently, my old layout was deleted.  So, I set up a new one, thanks to thecutestblogontheblock.com.  I love the beach, and I always miss the beach when I'm not there, so how appropriate. :) I do need to figure out how to center the title picture.

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Lisa Leonard is doing a giveway in honor of her Birthday!  Happy Birthday, Lisa.  She's giving away $100.00 to her store and to Target!  In order to qualify, comments on her blog are to be left on favorite flavor of cake.  It can be Facebooked, Tweeted and Blogged. So, my favorite flavor cake is Red Velvet.  Although, actually, I love it all. :)

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Wish I had some sort of catchy title for today, but really, I don't. Today has been hard. I wish I understood all the finer points of grieving and moving on and etc, etc, etc, but I don't. Just when I think I'm doing better - BAM - I get hit with another wave. And today was to be a happy day. Today was the school Mass where they recognize all the First Communicants at the school. It's a big

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Our weekend was busy, but not horribly so for once! Yippee!! We squeezed in a quick birthday party with a couple of B's friends - he turned 9 last month, and we were woefully behind in doing anything for his birthday. But we took him and two buds (and my other three) to a gaming room where they have Wiis and PS3's and XBox360s all set up and projected onto walls. They get to sit in big

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I think I've stated it before, but I love Lisa Leonard's Jewelry.  New online contest!  Go to Lisa's blog to enter.  If you blog, tweet and FB it, you get extra entries. :) What color was your wedding?  Mine was mediterranean blue and pink.

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Wow! I've actually been on here - three days in a row! That hasn't happened in forever. But I'm really trying to make a concerted effort to do some journaling. I've got some serious subjects running through my brain, and I think it would help if I could get some of it on "paper" (virtual as it may be). Getting ready for the weekend - it's not quite as NUTS as the previous ones, but still busy.

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Jen Lancaster! Jen Lancaster, New York Times Best Selling Author, was in Dayton last night, and I got to go!  *Squee* I went and listened and got my book signed and met her and fangirled, and just had a really good time.  My colleague LLB went with me, and we just had fun, starting out with Dinner at Brio's and then hopping over to Books and Co. to get our line number and enjoy our evening.

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WARNING: This. Is. Long. Really, really long. I apologize up front for boring the socks off of you. Well, life has been ... one fun thing after another? We've been really, really busy, like I knew we would. April brought with it the mulch sale for the Marching Band and I had volunteered to help with the database aspect of it. Unbeknownst to me when I volunteered for that, that it involved

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I love, love, love Lisa Leonard jewelry.  Love. It. Go to her blog for a wonderful giveaway by Lisa!

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My youngest is 9 today!  Hard to believe!  Happy Birthday Sweet Cheeks!

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I've not posted too many happy things lately, so today, I've decided to do a "happy" post.  :) The sun is out and shining.  It is cold, but at least it's bright and beautiful out.  Reminds me of the promises that God gives us that there is a rainbow at the end of the storm. The kids are good and three of them are finishing up Spring Break.  The oldest had school four days this week, after

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Grief. It’s a funny thing it is. Ever since my brother’s death – heck ever since my dad’s death fifteen months ago – I’ve been dealing with some major grief issues. My father’s death wasn’t a complete surprise – he hadn’t been well for a while, and his quality of life had gone downhill. But it was still hard, and still something that had to be worked through. Same with when we lost my brother’s

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704364795113633303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675846771429876823.post-11698678094077166462010-03-28T05:14:00.000-07:002010-03-28T05:15:03.280-07:00

(this is c/p'd from an email I sent this weekend, because I really can't type it out again)... My beloved brother, Mike, passed away unexpectedly Friday morning. To say that I am shocked and devasted is pretty much an understatement. My mother is beside herself. She wouldn't let me stay with her Friday night- stubborn, she is - but Friday was, if not the worst day of my life, it was pretty darn

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If you've never checked out Lisa Leonard's Jewelry, you need to.  Her stuff is so beautiful and creative, and just so full of goodness.  Check out here newest creation that she did with Angie Smith.  Remembering those lost...Check out her blog as well. Remembering the little girl I lost after having the four boys.  She would have been 7 this year.  Hard to believe.

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It has been a while since I've actually come online to this place and properly updated.  Not because I've not wanted to, although, I probably could have at a few points in life, and just not done it. Life has been ... busy?  Not sure when I last updated (because I didn't look), but I travelled to Orlando, FL in February to do a work presentation.  The weather was so. stinking. cold. it wasn't

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704364795113633303noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675846771429876823.post-82658942858073831152010-02-15T07:30:00.000-08:002010-02-15T08:27:29.525-08:00

Decided to edit my layout - I didn't really care much for the background I had chosen to use with the crown picture, so I went with something entirely different. I'm still the queen, but as you can imagine there's a lot of denim running through my house. So, I thought a denim theme was in order, and I found this one from Hot Bliggity Blog. I like it, and fussed some with the text. I enlarged the

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Grab a cup of coffee or tea and sit for a spell. This is gonna be a long one...I have been amazingly quiet lately, but that's in part to the fact my life is an utter blur right now. Things are slowing down for the moment - thank goodness - but they won't stay that way. April and May at our house will be a complete zoo. Again. *sigh* I know it won't be this way forever, and soon my kids will

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704364795113633303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675846771429876823.post-61048305183920256892010-01-27T02:57:00.001-08:002010-01-27T03:00:27.022-08:00

I posted about a week ago about Avalon Havan. She's having brain surgery today. She could come out a completely different child. Please, please. please, pray for her today. Her Caringbridge site is here. Thanks!

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Looking for spring - is it here yet?!? Puleeze?!?Actually, Sunday it's supposed to get into the 50's here which is a HUGE blessing. I'm ready for warmer weather. I'm not wishing time away, really. Just wishing for warmer weather in January. And sunnier. Sunnier would be nice. It's been sunny one day this week. *sigh*A few pictures to maybe brighten your day:My Christmas Cactus at work: Valentines

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I used to work with a woman who's granddaughter had ALL. She was treated successfully for the ALL but has had complications from the treatment. Please take time and go to Avalon Havan's Caringbridge site and read up on what she's been through and what she's going through now. She is at a very critical point and needs prayers. If you read her mom's entry from 1/20/2010, you will get the

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704364795113633303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675846771429876823.post-38692644568159305182010-01-19T05:12:00.000-08:002010-01-19T06:28:34.902-08:00

This is the day (This is the day)That the Lord has made (That the Lord has made)We will rejoice (We will rejoice)And be glad in it (and be glad in it).This is the day that the Lord has made,We will rejoice and be glad in it.This is the day (This is the day)That the Lord had made.~unknown (and I couldn't find it on Google *gasp*)~*~*~Friday was a particularly frustrating work day for me, and I

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Well, sometimes my life Just don't make sense at all When the mountains look so big And my faith just seems so small So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf You have been King of my glory Won't You be my Prince of Peace And I wake up in the night and feel the dark It's so hot inside my soul I swear there must be blisters on my heart So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf You

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They're scrolling in the sidebar, but thought I'd share them in a post as well. These are our latest Church directory pictures (yes, we have a release)...The Family:The Boys:Me and The Hubby:We are actually quite pleased with them, considering we made no less than four appointments to get them done. Ah, the joys of Marching Band Season and Basketball Season...There are other pictures scrolling

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Life has a way of creeping in and taking you totally by surprise. Good or bad, it just happens.Earlier this week, I was having a particularly tough time. Monday evening did not go well at our house, and Tuesday morning started off equally as horrible. The kids were cranky, mom was cranky, and nothing was going right and everyone was either upset or angry. The youngest one can be trying at the

Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704364795113633303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675846771429876823.post-80555484037212758902010-01-14T12:09:00.000-08:002010-01-15T06:17:05.375-08:00

Is this thing on?Well, hello! I'm going to give the wonderful world of blogging a try. Again. I have a couple of different blogs going but this one I want to be a bit different. Not only will this cover what's up with the Mueller Six, but also give me a place to do some reflecting - some life lessons learned posting - those types of things. I hope to post every couple days - we'll see how

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