A GOOD MOM!!!!

YAY JENI!!!!!

woohoo! BOOYAH! AND YIPPEEE KY YAY!!!!!!
AND OH YES...
HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY....WORK AND ALLL....
WE LOVE YOU


al & ub

change...

sometimes fun and sometimes painful
why?
do i like it when I change things, but hate it when others do?
am I that inflexible?
or is there a limit to what I can handle in the change department.
Is it change that changes MY PLAN that upsets?
Is it that change...alters my perceived outcome?
Or do I see it as an inferior way of doing things?

God spoke to me a while ago...he said,
LISTEN...LIFE CHANGES.
simple.
why don't I remember that when I get surprised
why am I surprised?
Shouldn't I, after 50+ years of change...
AND A WORD FROM THE LORD...
understand this concept and accept it?

you would think. lol

happy birthday our sweet Jeni!

that's all....Happy Birthday & I love you!
AL

and because Nina did.....

My Baby is 22....
I am still picking up after her!!!!!






NOW COME HOME AND CLEAN THIS MESS UP!

Jeni Lynn

My Darling Niece Jeni

truly a one of a kind girl....
When she was born...we thought she looked just like Lori, but brunette
I had to lay down with her and let her twirl my hair all night in order for her to sleep.
AT 2yrs old, she was already in control of everyone else:
I was watching her & her sisters while the rents were in Haiti...It was bed time...and that's when the trouble started...
she had told each and every sister & cousin that THEY could sleep next to HER that night...I had a room full of crying kids...THANK GOD the phone rang and it was Pat, home early and anxious to pick up the girls!
We enjoyed watching her play sports esp. the years her and Sarah played on the same teams...and now look how she has grown into such a beautiful, godly, young woman...living on her own and serving Jesus!!! SO proud of you Jeni!
oh, and did I tell you about the time milk came squirting out of her nose at the dinner table?????

STILL PROMISING TO SLEEP NEXT TO THEM ALL!

jobs

Jobs I have had...not all were paid positions, but all of them were WORK!


1. 10 yrs old....a neighbor pays me to take her laundry down form the line fold it and put it into her house. (she worked) I am afraid to put it into her house...to be in a house where no one is home freaks me out....geesh!
NOTE: This fear renders me useless for babysitting lol
Teen years:
2. cashier at the local market...$1.00 a day 7 days a week
3. Frank's Nursery as cashier, I also put the Christmas trees together & decorate, make terrariums, ect.
after Graduation:
4. APBA- American Power Boat Assn. membership dept,scoring races, typing up cards,
( I am to approve boat names & notify them if there are any innappropriate...someone registers comeonIwannalaya..I try in vain to explain what this means to the older woman in charge, who never does understand)
I quit this job to go to Europe for 3 weeks to compete in an international singing competetion- took 1st place!!! My trip cost $100. that's right only 2 zeros....
5. AAA (about 8 years ) file room (we had to wear dresses and could not chew gum)
worked my way up threw the ranks to become an UNDERWRITER..wore power suits now...had a brief case, company car (brand new red monte carlo with white leather seats) and... a little stamp with my name on it..that either gave approval or denied it for insurance...travelled all over michigan. Odd job for someone who does not like to make important decisions.....I quit AAA when they offered me a job in ALpena, then told me I was putting to much emphasis on my marriage when I turned it down.
6. wife- for one year, (I learn to love being home alone....) then
7. wife AND MOMMY..... still doing that although not so much Mommy stuff since they are adults now ( but will always be my babies)
8. part time temp work at Rick Olmstead's insurance company
9. Secretary @ ZOE volunteer postition day one, then later paid for 2 years.
10. cleaned house for a sweet lady in a wheel chair.
11. Bible Study facilitator & M.O.P.S. speaker
12. GRANDMA!!!! BEST JOB EVER!!!! (and all around caregiver for the Mom's & kids)