Ugly Christmas Sweater Blogger Challenge

Ok here The Blogger's Ugly Christmas Challenge!!
This is the picture of what was on the back though not scene in any pictures. I had not sewn it on the back yet....

Here it is!!! LOL You may think it cute I think it UGLY!!!

Here a picture of my date... J/K LOL But I thought it was kinda funny!!!

LOL Vote for me on Mary's Page!!! http://classicmarymoments.blogspot.com/2011/12/ugly-sweater-challenge.html

~Jac~

New Blogs... What's yours?

Hey people,

So I've had a lot going on but I've been slowing down late at night at work and started up reading my favorite blogs. My friend sent a link for this one blog and they are having a contest! I usually don't enter these things but I really like their blog so I'm entering!

Because life is like a bowl of marbles... http://cylindassundries.blogspot.com/ (love the name by the way)

So if you have a blog and want a full time reader send me a link let me know about you. I'd love to be a follower!

Jac

One of those....makes you laugh, makes you think!

There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved because he had worked so hard for his money and he wanted to be able to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him.

An angel hears his plea and appears to him. "Sorry, but you can't take your wealth with you...." The man implores the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the rules.

The man continues to pray that his wealth could follow him. The angel reappears and informs the man that God has decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man gathers his largest suitcase and fills it with pure gold bars and places it beside his bed.

Soon afterward the man dies and shows up at the Gates of Heaven to greet St. Peter. St. Peter seeing the suitcase says, "Hold on, you can't bring that in here!"

But, the man explains to St. Peter that he has permission and asks him to verify his story with the Lord. Sure enough, St. Peter checks and comes back saying, "You're right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I'm supposed to check its contents before letting it through."

St. Peter opens the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaims, "You brought pavement?!!!"

~Jac~

Gossip...

Love,

Jac

Some pictures just make me smile...

Some pictures just make you smile, here are 2 of my recent favorites that I have recently seen...

It was a dark & very cold night at Jr. Camp when my girls snuggled up close to get warm!

Selena (my niece's BFF), me, Aurora (my niece)

My niece, Aurora; Benjamin, my cousin; Forrest, my brother!

Can I get an Awwwwwww.....

Jac

Then reality sets in... I NEED A MAN!!!

Being single isn't so bad, I've learned a lot being a single girl. I can change a tire, check my oil & levels in my car and even change a car battery by myself. I can hang up picture frames, fix small things around the house. I've gotten over my fear of bugs... well sorta as long as I am armed with a bottle of Raid, high heel and ton of napkins. I can and will kill a bug, not to mention I will pollute the air with Raid that every bug in a square mile is choking and I don't really smoosh the bug but throw a high heel from 50 feet away praying it will hit it, I've gotten good! I've gotten so independent that I think, I could survive without a guy!

But today reality kicked through the door and I realized... I need a man!!!

After attempting for about an hour, I gave up in tears and yelled out words... I NEED A MAN!!!

Nope, superman or any guy for that matter came running, no one saved my day and was my hero, I had to walk away and just give up, and asked myself...

"Will I Ever Be Able to Open the Jar of Pickles Again?"

So I'm taking up applications, but there is one test you must pass...
"Can you open this jar of pickles for me?"

Boycotting Jars,
Jac

Parachute Away!!!

~*~Remember when you were in elementry school, picture it. Gym class, back when it was fun not work and sweaty like in Jr. High and High School but there was one day that you look forward too. Ok so some are thinking dodge ball, (I was only good at dodging balls just not throwing them back!) but I'm talking about the day everyone loved!!! Parachute day!!! Everyone could get involved, the teacher would bright out this HUGE multicolored parachute and if you were lucky you would get a handle, otherwise you held on to the side. Oh how cool, making it waves or making it fly up high and almost float down. Or try to keep the balls on the parachute as we bounced them around or run under it. Oh my the fun!!!

~*~So I haven't thought about this for YEARS!!! So when I came across something about parachutes I realized I JUST HAD to have one!!! I figured they would be expensive and way out of my price range but I started looking. After caculating the kids at my church and the size I would need plus what I could afford I found a very affordable one! I bided on one on ebay and I'm just HOPING I get it cause it used but it great condition and cheap!!!

~*~Now I'm bouncing around like a kid, telling everyone that I'm getting a parachute! Lots of the teens and adults were ssssoooo excited, except for a few. Poor homeschooled children that never got to experience the parachute day!!! Don't worry we will fix that!

~*~Hey and with all my research did you know that parachutes are actually good for you? Yeap that right, it teaches teamwork, cooperation, upper body strenght and of course it's lots of fun!!!

~*~A parachute kid forever~*~

Jac

Future Jr. Camp Woes!

*PS* This story is for those who every worked with kids, sunday school kids, Jr. Campers or kids in general. Only you will understand! For all those who haven't, will not understand why you do have to have this conversation with kids sometimes! So don't read it if you will get offended! LOL Don't say that I didn't warn ya! It's really not bad, but SOMEONE will get offended I'm sure with a "That gross don't post that!" Comment!

So excited about Junior Camp this year that I was in seventh heaven! Lots of campers going, some needing the Holy Ghost and several of my Sunday School Kids (SSK) are going and so on!!! Nine total campers, 2 staff (including myself) 4 off campus, equaling 15 total!!! Woohoo!!! With 4 that need the Holy Ghost!!!

BUT... Then the realization of how by the end of the week after your head is swirling with questions like "For Reals?!?!?!" come crashing in already and camp hasn't even started!!!

I was telling the SSK what they needed to bring to camp, talking to them about what kind of clothes, stuff they need to bring, (like towels, shampoo etc.) but when I mentioned they need Five pairs of underwear at least.
One of my SSK looked at me in shock and said, "We have to bring FIVE pairs of underwear??? Why?!?!?"
"Cause you have to take a shower every day and change your underwear!" I responded kinda shocked.
"Why can't I put on my old pair? I do that all the time!!" She was very upset!
"Cause they are dirty!!!"
"Ssssoooo...."
~Sigh~ but then responded firmly, "As your future counselor, my campers will not smell during the week so you will have to take a shower, brush your teeth, and change your underwear EVERYDAY!!!"
"How do I brush my teeth everyday if I don't have a toothbrush?" said one of the younger girls.

~Sigh~ It going to be a long week at camp, but I'm still excited!!! I think I will have to sing them my silly song, it a Jr. Camp tradition for my campers so it should teach a lesson. My old campers know what song I'm talking about!!! LOL

Only Me,
Jac

My Dream!

They say if you can't sum up your dreams and goals in one or two sentences then you are not certain of your dream! So here my dream...

"I may not amount to much but if I can influence a child that will one day become a modern day Peter or Paul. Then I accomplished my greatest dream!" ~Jac~

What is that smell?

It was Sunday afternoon when I sat down for lunch at a local café; I was eating alone and choose a seat near the front so I can watch the people as they ordered their food.

When my food arrived, I started to smell the most awful smell; it seriously smelled like an old man who just smoked a pack of cigarettes in one sitting.

I slightly gagged and slyly looked around for the old man, no one was near me and the only people that were 10 ft away was a young decent looking couple, a mother with her small daughter and the little employee cleaning the display windows.

“That’s odd.” I thought, but as I started eating again, “Wow, where is that guy!”

I decided it had to be someone sitting at the tables.

So I acted like I need more napkins, getting up and walking too closely to the table of two guys my age smelling as I go.

They did smell but not like old men that smoked to much, in fact they smelled pretty good.

I couldn’t figure out for the life of me, where the smell was coming from.

But as I went to take another bite, the smell overwhelmed me and at the same moment, my eye caught the menu, “Smoked Chicken Wrap.”

Yeap you guessed it, my meal which was really good, smelled like an old man who smoked too much!!!

LOL,

Jac

Decision...about camps

Don't you hate making a decision? I know I do! In fact, this one I have to make soon or both options are out but I want to make the right one.

I have to take a work off I have to much vaction time built up (again) but I can't take it off all at once. I plan to take off for the youth conference I always got to in July in Colorado Springs, CO Heritage and I don't plan to miss that.

But I need help deciding and to be honest I'm plain stuck!!! I have to choose between 2 camps not the same week but right after each other.

So here is the pros & cons to both....

Apostolic Jr. Camp, a would be working as staff for kids ages 7-13. Fun times, lots of work, no sleep, good food, blessing to others, very very tiring.

New Mexico's New Senior Camp, as a camper, Fun times, new camp, blessing to me, lots of good fellowship.

I love kids, infact I have a burden for them but I have it for teens too but I would be a camper at the senior camp not staff. I have been praying for a senior camp for years and now we have it and I don't even go! LOL

Jr. Camp is HARD work it not much of a vaction but it such a blessing. I could use getting away for myself but I am going to Heritage later that summer. Will I be physically ready to keep up with those hyperactive children?

With so many youth going to New Mexico camp, will there be someone for our kids for Jr. Camp the next week? Most can't do both like me! I can drive the kids up, the parents trust me with their kids and the kids listen to me, I'm used alot at Jr. Camp and they are asking for my help already.

I'm going to try to get off both but if I can't what should I choose? What would you choose? I'm so torn about it that I can't focus on either and I feel like I will betray one or the other?

Any advice will help!!!!

Jac

Dear February,

"Dear February,
Please do me a favor and try to go as slowly as possible, unlike your neighbor January back there who raced right on through like Speedy Gonzales. I know you kinda pulled the short straw, being the shortest month and all, but try to do your best. Also, try to warm up a bit. It's entirely too cold out there for my liking.
Love, Lindsay"

From a friend's post, I had to repost it!

Love, Jac

I'm officially enrolled!

It was a bold move for me! A chance, a major sacrfice but what I have but hoping to do for some time! So there I was, finally taking the plung! That right after nine that right NINE years since I sat in a college class! Am I really that old?!?! Oh my word! Yeap I signed up today for 17+ credit hours! Plus bible college on Monday nights, church, oh and did I mention a full time job on OVERNIGHTS! Yeap I am insane!!! Ok I'm like nervous and excited and full of emotion about the whole thing! LOL

Finally this old school girl is going back to school! Wish me luck!



Jac

Conquers Conference Photo Challenge!

Conquers Conference Photo Challenge!!!

I learn alot from this! One is as soon as you bring a camera out some guys just run for the hills! LOL Others can't get enough pics of themselves! Also I am very short!!! Most of the guys just towered over me! LOL Oh well it was fun! It took some begging, some threats, alot of laughing and a whole ton of fun! I'm so glad I did this! LOL Thanks to all my awesome, cool, wonderful apostolic guy friends who help me out! You ROCK!!!

From the one and only,

Jac

We Need You...

We were wondering if you ever noticed this too...

That solitude of it all...

How solo it seems...

Like one thing might be missing...

Just a single thing about it...

Can you figure it out???

You guessed it…
Jac is never seen in a picture with anyone else!!!

The M.M.O.L. (Mighty Men of Landmark) teases her all the time.
They say the only one who will take a picture with her is bribed by candy!

That why
We Need You!

Jacqui wants to prove them wrong!!

At Conquers’ Conference this year Jac is on a mission to take a picture with as many young men as possible.
Simply that, a picture with as many single apostolic young men as possible!
Mary will be the official photographer, fear that she might Photoshop her face into other pictures.
We are asking you to do your civic duty and help this poor pathetic soul by simple being manly enough to smile for just one small picture!
Thank you; you will be richly blessed for your act of duty!

:-)

Straight Face...

Fake Smile...

Smile...

Silly Grin...

Giggle...

Hidden laugh...

LOL...

ROFLOL...

*Snort*...

Belly Laugh...

Laugh till your side hurts...

Laugh till you cry...

Laugh till you can't breath...

Exhale...

...and do it all over again!

:-) Jac (-:

I'm an Aunty Again Sorta... Levi David Foster!!!

Levi David Foster

December 9th, 2009

7lbs 5oz 21 1/2 inches

Foster Family
One of my favorite pictures
Mommy and Baby

Daddy and Baby

See Goodbye to sleep at night!!!

Little Red Man!!!

Congrats to the Fosters!

From "Aunty" Jac

The last of the Comics... Baptisms and Romance!

Counting down...Woohoos

I tried to use count down clocks but they didn't work! I might just be my computer so here it is official days till the following!

13 days till... My last day of work for 13 days!

14 days till... West Coast Conferences in Fresno California!

19 days till... My Trailblazer Trip to Maui, Hawaii!

29 days till... Thanksgiving!

57 days till... Christmas Day!

63 days till... Conquers' Conferences in Tucson, Arizona

250 days till... My Birthday!

Let's here Woohoos All Around!

Jac

Beyond Beautiful Research... I need your help!

Ok, for several years now I have on and off researched, write, got frustrated, got inspired, cried, prayed and so much more over what... Well a book! I have an overflowing 3" Binder with research, a stack of books to read through, a zip drive with who know what on it, a 9 page detail outline and just a few chapters half written...

So what is the book about well I once heard if you can't write your whole meaning of a book in one line don't bother writing it! LOL I know I can talk for hours on this subject. The Book Title is Beyond Beautiful. The book one line meaning. (might be a little run on but give me credit this is good for me!)

"An Apostolic look at outward and inward beauty and how with God we can go beyond beautiful! "

If you want more details, well I can talk your ear off! LOL

But what I have wanted more then anything in the world was a way to do a survey and see Apostolic view point! I have search the web all over and finally gave up! God knew that I need this and at work this type of survey was used and *Bingo* it was sitting in my lap!

But what I need is people to fill it out! I have no idea how long it will take, I put a lot on it. Only 10 questions though but lots of stuff on it!!! LOL

So if your Apostolic, Pentecostal, Christian or not, if your young or old, teenager or elder, or if your male or female (though the book is for female mostly) I ask you fill it out ONCE and then pass it on!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=AiaMSqCpuLsR63v7K7F5wA_3d_3d

The research is for Beyond Beautiful only, I will only see the answer but won't know who filled it out. I ask that you fill this out as truthfully as you like. You don't have to fill out every answer either!

Thank you and please pass this on!

Jac