Meet The Robinsons

Just have a quick moment to blog, but wanted to send out a "Wha'Sup" to my fellow bloggers!!! LOL! :) First off, I wanted to say "Thank You" to everyone involved in the "Summer Nights for Kidz" at Pickaway Church of Christ! I know a lot of people helped in the planning and did a lot of work to make it nice! And.........I hope you know your efforts paid off!!!! It was a really nice turnout and a really nice time! My boys had a blast! :) Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication and for inviting my family to be a part of it!!!!! :) It was so nice for me to see my fellow bloggers in person!!! LOL!!!
Okay, second of all, has anyone got to see the movie "Meet The Robinsons?" My mom and I took the boys to see it last week (it was one of our mystery trips). I thought the movie was decent (kind of longer than I would like for kids). I don't understand why they make some of these movies soooooo long for children! That discussion is for another day! LOL! Anyway, the movie was decent, but the end was my absolute favorite part!!! The last ten minutes totally captured my attention and brought tears to my eyes!!! Plus, on top of that, they played a "Rob Thomas" song at the end called "Little Wonders." Now I am gonna have to download that song or heck, buy the Rob Thomas CD!!!! :) I am telling you, the song was powerful! I loved it!!!!! Has anyone else heard it? Let me know.
Well, I gotta sign off! Jerod (Jack's cousin) is spending a second night here and we are planning on Alum Creek for tomorrow! Fun, but loooong day! :)
Thanks again for the Friday night fun for the kiddies!!! We truly enjoyed ourselves!!!!! :)

Gracie Girl!!! :)

Just had to post the latest pics I took of our Gracie girl!!!! :) She is walking all over the place and growing up sooooo fast!!!! She is a sweetie!!! :) She looks sooooo much like Heath it isn't funny!

I hope everyone is having a fun summer! It sure is busy, but lots of fun!!! My mom and I have started a thing for my boys called "Mystery Trips!" We surprise them! They know we are going somewhere, but they have "no clue" where that might be! One week it was Chuck E Cheese, one week a movie, one week a cool park, etc....sometimes we even do more than one thing. It is pretty fun!!!! :) We want to continue doing it throughout the year!

My week is going much better than last!!!! Thank you all for your caring words and thoughtfulness! It means a lot to me!!!!

One more thing - did anyone watch the new show on TBS called "Saving Grace?" I taped it, but haven't watched it yet. I just wondered if it was any good or not! Let me know! Holly Hunter stars in it, so I would think it would be good, but ya never know anymore! :)

Take Care and more later!!!!!

Top Ten Things That Bring Me Joy!

This week's top ten was so appropriate for me - you have no idea! :) I am having a bit of a hard week than normal. It is embarrassing to admit, but I have a very hard time dealing w/the start of the school year! And, I was hoping, my OCD and worry about it wouldn't start until, at least, mid-August, but no such luck! It has begun NOW!!!! I wish I didn't get this way! It is a horrible feeling. I worry about things that are really not that important, but my mind sort of twists it into something more! I think I definately don't like school. I didn't like it when I was there and I don't care for it now. My sister reminded me that Jack does like school more than I did. I can't put my finger on it exactly. I can't put it into words to describe. I just get this awful feeling in my mind and the beginning of school seems to bring it on! I am trying to put it all into perspective and realize that it always ends up okay! I usually worry for nothing! I am definately praying for the Lord's guidance and to see me through this. For as ridiculous as it may sound, it really, truly can be life-altering! And...............I don't want to live my life this way! It is not me! I want to have fun! I want to be happy! I want to have joy!!!!! I don't want to worry about silly little things or people, who in the long run, aren't that important to my life! I know who the important people are and they are the ones that should have my attention! My 100% attention!!!! These people are, of course, my family and my friends! I just wish I knew why I get like this. I just think that people can be unthoughtful. People get mad at me for such little insignificant things! I could handle it better if I really did something wrong! But, in my experience, more often than not, I get the silent treatment for doing something dinky! Anyway, I had just had to right it down in the hopes that it might make me feel better! Please say a prayer for me! Thank you soooo much! I don't want my children to have a crazy mother!!! LOL!!! :)
Sooooo, this is why this week's top ten was a good match for me! I need to remind myself of all the joy I have around me! I don't want to miss the joyous things I am surrounded by due to obsessing on some stupid issue! I want to rise above it and realize that I do the best I can and that is all I can do! And, in a nutshell, give any problems or issues I have to God! Let him fight it out for me and show me the way! :)
Thanks for listening!

Top Ten Things That Bring Me Joy!!!!!!!!!!!
1)My Boys! They can be a lot of work, but I wouldn't trade it for the world! I sometimes think I learn more from them than they do me! :)
2)Pictures and Photography! I get such joy from getting and taking pictures! It is especially a good (joyous feeling) when "I" am the one who took the picture that is simply "fabulous!" And it is fun to try new things and get people's reactions! :)
3)Mark! I sometimes forget (we have been married for soooo long) how important a part in my life that he plays! He has a good sense of humor and helps remind me what is and what is not important in life! :)
4)Going to my favorite places (such as the zoo or Schiller Park). I call them my calming places! Seeing nature in its fullness reminds me that God is near! :) I usually take a moment to stop and look around and soak it all in! :)
5)My family and friends! These are the people who make me feel good about myself and they are there for me! :) They truly bring such joy!
6)Blogging! I love it! It is so nice to write my feelings and stories and also to read everybody elses! I look forward to it every day (well, sometimes I check it several times a day)! LOL! :)
7)Helping others! This gives me a good, joyous feeling b/c I know I did something good! And, I have found, that what goes around comes around. This is not why I do it, but I think you do reap the rewards of what you put out there! :)
8)Shopping! Even when I don't spend money I truly enjoy being there! I think I like to be around people! It is amazing how many nice and fun people there are that you meet! I will, more often than not, always talk to, at least, one person every time! I like the atmosphere, too! I enjoy getting out and just walking around! :) Don't laugh at me, but.............I always try and smile and I hope that, maybe, just maybe, I helped someone else who might have been having a bad day themselves! Sometimes a smile is all it takes! :)
9)Watching TV or the movies! It is fun to lose yourself in someone's life! And, some of these TV/movie shows............the people have to go through such hard or funny things................it makes me feel better about myself! LOL! (Even if it is just pretend that I'm watching). :)
10)Trying to focus on the positive! I get joy by getting something accomplished! And, believe me, I am pretty sure I have ADD, so finishing a project or even getting started is a big deal. And it feels soooo good when I complete it also! At this point in time, I have several little projects that need to be worked on. By doing this week's top ten, I am now motivated to start working on them once again! So.............thank you, Emjaye, for that! :)) And this top ten has also helped me focus on the positive things after a hard couple of days! Thank you for that also! :)
Btw, I think I actually kinda slipped in "two" answers on my #10. One is staying positive and two is finishing a project! Oh well. They kind of go together anyway! :))

On a separate note, I taped the movie "The Break-Up" starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. I had always wanted to see it and never got a chance to. It came on HBO so I taped it and just watched it last week. Let me know if any of my fellow bloggers have seen it?! I must say, I really liked the entire movie...................................except that is, for the end!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What was up w/that???!!! I didn't like the way it ended at all!!!!!!
Cissa Says: Two thumbs up for the movie over all!
Two thumbs down for the ending! I think they could do better than that!!!!!!!!!!

Ten Things That Make Cissa Smile! :)

I just have to say how much I am enjoying these wonderful summer days!!!! I wish they would never end!!! It is absolutely, without a doubt, 100%, my favorite time of year!!!!! I guess it goes without question that this weeks top ten fits in perfectly w/my favorite time of year!!! :) What makes Cissa smile?! I have to warn ya - it doesn't take much!!!! LOL!!! :)
Here goes (in no particular order):

1)Jack and Jake - my boys!!!! Becoming a mother is the best thing I ever did! :)
2)Gracie (my niece)! She is the cutest thing there ever was! :)
3)Pictures! Taking pictures and getting pictures from others (and developing the pics I have taken)! I swear I get a "rush" when it is time to develop them! I don't need drugs 'cause developing pictures gets me high!!! LOL! :)
4) Movies and my TV shows! I have certain TV shows that I just love to watch! And, yeah, I am soooo happy going to the theater! :)
5)Summertime! I feel free and not on a schedule! :)
6)Going to the zoo! I always smile when I am there! :)
7)Seeing a newborn baby! I always smile when I see a new little one! What a precious sight to see! :)
8)A rainbow! It is so rare and beautiful! I always smile when I see one! :)
9)My dad's jokes! He has told them a million times, but they still make me laugh every time! :)
10)Mark! He can make me smile (but, then again, he can also make me frown)! LOL! :)

And, of course, good friends and family are also included! That goes w/out saying! :)
Good night!

Top Ten Chips!

Where have all the bloggers gone???!!! I feel bad 'cause I haven't been blogging as much, either, but I am really missing reading everyone's! :) I just wanted all my blogger buddies to know that I miss ya!!!!! I am looking forward to a time when we are all less busy and can blog more often!!!! :) I hope everybody had a nice holiday week! It comes and goes so quickly anymore! We went to Grange and watched Red, White and Boom from the garage roof! It was a fun time w/some friends and family!!!! We also went to the zoo (again) and had a great time there as well. I know I say it all the time, but I find the zoo to be very calming! I feel good when I am there and enjoy it tremendously!!!! There is always something new to see when we are there. Yesterday was no different! We made friends w/an orangutan!!! He didn't seem to want us to leave (no one else was around except for Mark, the boys and I). When we started to leave, he came running back over and got as close to us as he could! It was too sweet! I, of course, was talking to him as if he were a person! :) Anyway, it was a fun time and the animals were adorable, too! :) We never made it to the Ashville festivities this year! It sounds like it was fun, also, as usual!!! I missed the fish fry and those yummy fair french fries they always have!!!! I guess that means I am gonna have to go to the OSU fair this year in order to get some!!! We don't always make it to that, either! I would like to try and go this year, if we can! :)

Okay, now, on to my top ten for the week! Chips!!!!!!!!! Yumm-ooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1)FunYuns (they are smelly, but, oh, so gooood)!

2)Cool Ranch Doritos (smelly, also, but I love 'em)!

3)Mini Rice Cakes (Quakes) - Ranch or Cheddar Cheese! Regular rice cakes, I do not like, but these mini ones are pretty good!

4)Cheetos - I have to be in the mood for them!

5)Baked Lays - Cheddar Cheese

6)Salt & Vinegar Lays

7)Chex-Mix - Cheddar (I eat the other flavors, too)!

8)Cheese Puffs (I have to be in the mood for these, also)!

9)Pretzels (Kroger Twists)!

10)Gardettos Pretzels (Deli-Style Mustard)

Wow! I actually thought of ten!!!! WooHoo! I counted pretzels b/c they are usually in the chip section and I truly eat pretzels more often than chips anyway! :)

This was a fun list to do!!!! :)

Enjoy the pics from our zoo trip!!!!! :)

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Jackson Tyler and Jacob Collin

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July!!!! Have a safe and fun holiday week!!!! :)