My Best Friend

This is Kim. She is my best friend. I am smiling right now as I look at her picture and think about what a beautiful, wonderful, friend she is. ON Valentine's Day, Kim sent me a Valentine's wish,so yesterday I emailed her and told her about the heartaches I had been dealing with. Kim invited me to lunch, so we could talk about it. So we had lunch together, and just being with her makes me feel so much better! She is so warm and funny and just seeing her smile, makes your heart feel good! She is the kind of friend that I can be my REAL self with! There's not many people, I can honestly say I am 100 percent real with..is everyone that way??... but with Kim, I am totally..ME! (POOR KIM!!)
So we had lunch together, and I was sharing with her how heartsick I felt over Karen and her son, and My father-in-law, and mom..etc.. Kim listened (she is really good at that..I tend to talk ALOT)..and gave me some advice..but mostly just listened! She made me laugh, alot too, which is a great cure for heartaches...
After lunch we decided to go visit Karen and Carl at the hospital, and take her some dinner.. So we met again, a few hours later, and rode to the hospital together. We laughed so much on the way there..It doesn't mean that we weren't still concerned about Karen and Carl, but it just made our hearts feel a little bit better..and lighter...
Kim, Thank you for being my best friend! You bring Joy and Laughter to my Life!
I love you! Susan

A little Inspiration

Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?

My feelings of God's presence—or God's absence—are not the presence or the absence. Whenever I fixate on techniques, or sink into guilt over my inadequate prayers, or turn away in disappointment when a prayer goes unanswered, I remind myself that prayer means keeping company with God who is already present. Prayer offers the chance to attend and respond to that presence.

Those crazy Clevelanders!!

A not so great Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day wasn't so HOT this year! First off, we got snowed in and were unable to get our vehicles out of the driveway to make some Valentine deliveries. Karen called and updated us on Carl's condition. He is not improving. : ( Tommorow they will take him by ambulance to a hospital in Pittsburgh, where he will get round the clock care. His condition is very serious, please continue to Pray for Carl, and my wonderful friend Karen, and her family. My mom called, and she was very down, because of several problems she's dealing with, and Joe's cousin called to tell Joe that his Dad was having a difficult time breathing. Joe tried to get his dad to go to the hospital, but he refused. Please Keep our parents in your prayers as well as, Joe and I.
On a good note, we were able to share a wonderful Valentine's Meal with our girls. We had a great dinner together. Stuffed Chicken Breasts, Mashed potatoes, Corn, cinnamon apple sauce and Italian bread..and for dessert.. CHOCOLATE, of course!
Here are some pics of the table set for dinner... I hope you all got to feel a little love today. Remember, JESUS LOVES YOU!!!! Susan

Feeling Lonely? This will warm your heart!

Happy Valentine's Day 2007

Happy Valentine's Day

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I hope you feel loved today.

Joe and I are going to attempt to deliver some Valentine's to special people in our lives today, but because of the bad weather, we may not be able to make those deliveries. : * (

Today is one of my favorite holiday's because I love LOVE! I love to feel loved, and I love to give love. I love to make people feel good!

Tonight I am going to cook a special candelit dinner for my three main loves and surprise them with something sweet!

Joe surprised us all last night with his Valentine presents for us! He gave us all bouquet's of flowers *Roses for me!* *swoon* I also got some special body massage lotion!! *Bigger swoon* If you read my very first post on this blog, I told you a little bit about myself. I shared with you that my love language is physical touch...oooooooooh yes! So tonight I get a full body massage..and I have a BIG body!! hahahahah!

Peace Out

I love you,

SLH

Check out this magic trick!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tScm-eZInBE

Let it snow..Let it snow..Let it snow

.....A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY ATTIMES BY AFTERNOON. BY EVENING RUSH HOUR...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWIS POSSIBLE...LIKELY MAKING THE EVENING COMMUTE VERY DIFFICULT.ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORETAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THERE IS A POSSIBILITYTHAT THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET MAINLY SOUTH OFINTERSTATE 76 LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING. IF ITDOES...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE REDUCED SOME.

Sunday..

Please continue to pray for Carl. He's still in critical condition. Please keep praying for Karen and Joy and their family. Also, Kim's mom has requested prayer..she's really not feeling well, and doesn't know exactly what is wrong.
Joe and I took a trip to see Joe's dad today. He was really happy to see us. We took him a homemade Roast Beef Dinner with potatoes and carrots, cole slaw and Italian bread. It was so nice to all sit and enjoy a meal together.
Joe's dad has emphysema and also bladder cancer. He's not doing too well either. As I said before, it really seems like a winter season in our lives..
The highlight of our day was driving home.. Ally asked Joe to turn the interior lights on in the car, and Lauren said, "Ally, I can do it from my seat" (she was sitting in the back seat right next to Ally) (She really can't..she wanted to play a trick on Ally)
Joe quickly caught on, and He would say, "Lauren shut off the light" and he would then shut off the light. Ally would tell Lauren to turn them back on..and Joe would secretly turn them on... We played along for several times. Then Lauren said, Ally all you have to do is clap and the lights will turn on by themselves. "NO WAY!! COOL!!" So Ally began clapping and the light would turn on and with another clap, turn back off.... then Joe said, "Okay Ally, dont wear the battery out..no more clapping" And the game ended.
Poor Ally...she thinks we have the clap on/clap off lights in our car.
CLAP OFF SUE

Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day is Wednesday! Do you have any plans?

The Luke Johnson Phone Experiment

Grin and Barrett Check out this blog post on the Luke Johnson Phone Experiment. What can WE post on YouTube, to become famous! I'm fascinated by the thought! ANY IDEAS???

Carl

My friends,
Please pray every chance you get for Karen J's son, Carl. He is in intensive care at Farrell UPMC. Pray for Karen and her family too. I spent the day at the hospital with Karen..she has incredible faith and strength that comes from the Lord. She is amazing.
Thanks, Sue

I'd like it to be summer of 2006 again..

I'm missing the beach! How about you? Where would you like to be right now?

Lucky Girl!

YouTube - John Mayer kisses girl at Oklahoma City concert Feb 3, 2007

OK. So lucky girl. she's at a John Mayer concert and holds up a sign, today is my birthday, I'm sweet sixteen and never been kissed. Wanna be the first? He obliges!
But here is the question of the day. Everybody now…You are 16. You are at a concert holding up that sign.What concert was it, and who would it be? At 16, mine would have been Shaun Cassidy right after he got done singing do do run run....met her on a monday and my heart stood still...

If you have some extra prayer time...

It just seems like so many illnesses, accidents, and tragedies have befallen people in my circle lately..if you are a prayin' please pray for these folks too..
My Uncle Bill who has bladder and prostate cancer.
Hillary, the wife of my brother's best friend, was in a serious car accident. She may not survive. Two small children at home.
My mom, still struggling with Life without my dad.
Kim's mom, not feeling well.
My neighbors on Hillcrest, son was killed in a car accident. He was 22.
Folks I knew and loved from FCOG.. George Freed (cancer), Rachael Sauders (car accident..broken heel and other injuries), Taylor Dettore (cancer)
Emily's mom.. and Emily, who takes care of her.
Valerie, lots of pain and suffering
It's winter time..spiritually too.

Anna Nicole Smith

You know what I thought about when watching CNN tonight, about the death of Anna Nicole Smith? I wonder if she knew about Jesus? Did someone ever share with her the gospel? Everytime we saw her on Tv, she always seemed so drugged up. You couldn't help but be embarrassed for her. Are there any good churches in Hollywood or Beverly Hills?
Money, Fame, Beauty... did they bring her happiness? Think about it...

Because I said so

Kim and I went to the movies tonight. We saw Because I Said So with Mandy Moore and Dianne Keaton. It was HORRIBLE! It looked so cute in previews. IT WAS HORRIBLE!! ROTTEN!!

PG 13 rated movies have gotten alot more racy! I would never let my daughter go see that movie! Have you ever walked out during a movie, because it was offensive or just horrible? What movie? Why?

XXXCHURCH

www.xxxchurch.com Check out this ministry. Craig Gross is the founding Pastor of x3. He reaches out to people in the sex industry and tells them about Jesus. Pretty cool! The clip from ABC news is very good at explaining what xxxchurch is all about. This is definitely outside of the box thinking isn't it? Isn't this exactly what Jesus Did?

Let me know what you think?

Shun the Non Believers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5im0Ssyyus

So what do you think? Do you love or hate this video?

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my new ipod! do u?