"Cop Episode" at the Anderson house early this morn

Just wanted to post our adventure early this morning.

We were sound asleep and I kept hearing a big bang. Since our water heater has been making loud banging noises, I thought, well it's probably going to finally quit. Then the noises got louder and louder. I woke up Greg. He gets up, Abbey follows him and all of a sudden I hear "June come here" .. The first thing that came to my mind which was really stupid and made no sense was, hey maybe there is a deer or some wild life out on our deck :-) .. I walk over and he says, " Grab the dog (instead of barking, she was thinking someone was coming over to play) - Call 911! " Well I ran into the bedroom because I had NO idea what was out there .. thinking maybe some guy with a gun or something! He told me that there was a guy at our front door banging our storm door into our house. He opened the door and said "Hey man what's going on?" The guy told him he was beat up. I couldn't believe he opened the door!!! but he did shut it right away. He said when he saw the guy in just his underware and didn't look angry, just disoriented, he didn't feel threatened. He handled it very well.. alot better than I ever could! When I called 911 I was so scared that when I gave my street address, I only mentioned the house number. The dispatcher was very calm and helpful to my anxiety. Kudos to our 911!!

3 cop cars pulled up. He wouldn't cooperate and they took out a stun gun. They finally got him to cooperate and handcuffed him. I was so relieved once they took him away. The cop came back to our door and reassured us that they would be taking him to the hospital and then jail. He was suspecting alcohol and some drugs.

Well, Greg and I were trying to figure out WHY out of ALL houses in our neighborhood, would someone just come up to ours??? But God has a reason for everything. Maybe it's so we could pray for the guy. Or maybe he was protecting the neighborhood houses because none of the houses on our block have a storm door. If someone was to open their front door, who knows what could have happened. We don't know, but God does and I am glad he protected us and has his hand on us.

The History of Aprons (Good Old Fashion LOVE)

A friend of mine emailed me this today and I thought it was pretty cool! By the way, can you guess who is in that picture? Come on!

Enjoy!

The History of APRONS I don't think our kids know what an apron is.The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.Send this to those who would know, and love, the story about Grandma's aprons. Or it can be a good history lesson for those that have no idea how the apron played a part in our lives.REMEMBER: Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw. They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron ..... but Love !!

The picture is June Cleaver :-)

I think I'm getting hooked on Facebook!

That's is one of my favorite socks she has in her mouth that I just bought 3 weeks ago. Another one destroyed!!! That dog is a little terror. But I love her so...

Geez, I just realized that I have been on Facebook for about 2 hours. Time passes so quickly once you get started. One of my friend's back in high school added me as her friend but her first name is different and I am confused! ? ! I knew her name was Roni but her name is now Carol. So now I am confused. And I am afraid to write to her and ask if this is Roni?? How weird that would sound. Anyways, I am just juggling my thoughts around and probly making things more complicated than they really are.

I don't have much to post tonight, only it was a typical Monday, couldn't wait to go home and relax in my own comfort zone. And eat cheese doodles. And rest my back/shoulder/neck. My friend gave me some samples of phenocane for pain from the health food store. I hope it works.

Hope everyone had a nice day today. The Lord bless you and keep you, may the Lord's face shine upon you.

Wise Men Still Seek Him

Last week when I went with friends snow shoeing at the Isaac Walton Inn, I had to get a picture of these really cool snow sculptures. I just thought that was a cool thing to see and a great statement! Didn't have much to post on my blog tonight so I thought I would post this.

Oh well I kind of did have something else to reminiss about from yesterday. Before leaving for work, I proceeded to warm up my vehicle in our garage. When I came out after 5-7 minutes or so I discovered that I had left the garage door closed. I freaked! I thought I was going to die from carbon monixide poisoning. So I drove to work and called Greg to tell him just incase I die, that's what happened. Although I tend to over react (ya think), it is WISE to make sure you don't expose yourself to any more carbon monixide that you have to. Do you know that everyday we are exposed to that invisible odorless gas? I spoke to one of the OES (office of emergency services) employee next door to our department and he gave me an informative booklet on carbon monixide. I have a new routine now. When I go out in the garage to warm up my car, I am backing it out onto the driveway. That is my exciting blog for the night.

God bless and be careful. LOL ...

Just had to post a pretty sunset picture from our cruise after that MRI experience!! :-)

See the picture of the above MRI machine? Doesn't it look cold and gloomy?? Well yesterday I had the chance to experience that lovely procedure. I had 2 MRI's in a row. What fun. NOT. It was the weirdest experience. After being injected in my shoulder with a contrast dye, which felt like a really heavy ache like charlie horse, they put me in the above machine for 40 minutes. I felt like I was the star in a building renovation. It was very noisy, constant clanging and banging. It was cold, dark and LOUD! They give you headphones and a choice of music to listen to to drown out the noise. I chose Christian music. Although the noise drowned out alot of the music, God was faithful and gave me a few of my favorite songs that played. I kind of got emotional in there thinking, God knew how nervous I was that he knew my favorite songs to comfort me!! I never considered myself claustrophobic but I still closed my eyes through the entire procedure just so I wouldn't become it! 40 minutes in there seemed like it was never going to end. Then they rolled me out, gave me a minute to go to the bathroom only to come back and go through it again for my neck, another 40 minutes. When I came out and saw light again and knew it was over, it was an awesome moment! It was finally over!!! Yay! I find out the results on Friday. I give God the praise because I really felt prayers being lifted up for me through it all as I asked people to pray. It doesn't take much for me to work myself up. I did my best to focus on God while listening to his words in the lyrics. It is so true that God's word gives you peace. I also prayed for people while I was in there. It is amazing though how through magnets, it shows all of your insides. I can't wait to see the results on Friday and hope and pray it is not anything serious and that I don't need surgery OR another MRI again!

Snowshoeing at Isaac Walton Inn Today

What a beautiful day today! "Our group" went to Isaac Walton Inn snowshoeing and cross country skiing. We also took on a free horse sleigh ride. It looked like it was going to be a cloudy gray day but Dori, our weather prayer warrior prayed for nice weahter and God came through once again! He parted the clouds to reveal a beautiful blue sky and sunshine! We had a fantastic day. There's nothing like being outdoors in beautiful God's country! I faced another fear today by walking across a snow covered swing bridge. We all took turns except for one who chickened out. I'll give you a clue:
It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day! We ended our day at Los Caperales for dinner in Columbia Falls.

Getting back in touch with my Blog

Okay, so I haven't blogged in awhile and I really miss it. It was a way for me to unwind after my day and I discovered that I really enjoy writing. I joined facebook a few weeks ago but it's just not the same as blogging. In fact some of it is stupid. I did get in touch with one of my high school buddies though which was cool.
Some escapades from the last time I blogged was
1. Greg and I went on a cruise to the Bahamas and Grand Turks Island last November with my brother. It was a birthday present for me back in June. We had an awesome time! One pic above is Greg at Grand Turk and my brother and his girlfriend with the bahama lady vendor, she was cool.

2.We had a really nice Christmas, nice and quiet at home with just the fam. We decided to see Marley and Me that night and while the movie was cute, the ending was so sad. She dies and to me it was way to graphic. I came home and loved on my dog who looked exactly and reminded me so much of Marley. To me dogs to me are little angel companions that God puts in your life to bring you joy and unconditional love. No matter what you do your dog adores you and never gets tired of you. They love you to pieces with no strings attached and you just can't help but love them back. Okay this blog is going wishy washy. I guess I am in a wishy washy mood. God bless whoever may read this. Although probly no one will :-( .... how do you get people to read your blog??