Another Day in Ang's World

UPDATE ON HOPEY!

2007-03-28T12:28:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Its been a long time...since January I believe. I'm sorry I haven't been posting, but its just been one crazy thing after another around my place...

I did want to update you all on what we found out at Hopes 2nd opinion neurosurgeon appointment...to make a real looooong story short, they are doing a CINE MRI and that will show if she has the right amount of spinal fluid pressure flow at the brainstem. If she doesn't then it is possible she will need surgery. She is still hurting but manages most days pretty good b/c she is a tuff cookie and Jesus has her back!

I will let you know when we know more but until then thanks for the prayers, I know that God is sustaining Hopey through all of this and your prayers are much, much appreciated! Ang

Somewhat back to normal!

2007-01-14T14:22:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to quickly post and let you all know that Swincher sick-bay is officially over! Ashley & Cortney are now back to college and work and are feeling better...

Hope is still in pain most everyday but we are trusting in Jesus to heal her. She has Physical Therapy and loving it b/c she basically gets a massage every session! It helps for the moment but seems to go back to the same pain soon there after. She has a second opinion w/a new neurosurgeon in March. He is with Riley Childrens Hospital so please keep her in your prayers.

Must go now so be blessed! Ang

Ashley surgery...

2006-12-21T12:28:00.000-08:00

HELP!!!!!!!! ARE WE ON AN ENDLESS...ONGOING...MERRY-GO-ROUND HERE?????? I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE EVER GOING TO GET OFF!!!

ASHLEY IS NOW HAVING GALLBLADDER SURGERY ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26TH...

IN THE WORDS OF VIRGINIA...BLOOD OF JESUS!!!!!!!!!!

CORTNEY'S SURGERY

2006-12-18T13:31:00.000-08:00

CORTNEY IS HAVING ESOPHAGEAL SURGERY FRIDAY 12.22.06 AT 8:00 A.M. AT GREENFIELD HOSPITAL. SHE IS DOING IT NOW SO CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS, SO SHE WON'T MISS SO MUCH SCHOOL.

PLEASE PRAY THAT THE SURGERY GOES WELL AND THAT IT DOES WHAT ITS SUPPOSED TO DO.

ALSO AFTER THE SURGERY SHE CAN ONLY HAVE FOR THE 1ST WEEK- LIQUIDS, 2ND WEEK-BABY FOOD CONSISTENCY, 3RD WEEK-MASHED POTATOES AND A LITTLE HARDER FOODS AND THE 4TH WEEK-WORKING UP TO SOLIDS. THIS IS SO SHE DOESN'T CHOKE.

THE SURGEON SAID NORMALLY PEOPLE LOOSE UP TO 10 POUNDS OR MORE WITH THIS SURGERY. WITH CORTNEY SHE CAN'T AFFORD THAT SO PLEASE PRAY SHE DOESN'T LOOSE THAT WIEGHT IN JESUS NAME!

I AM KEEPING IN MY HEART & MIND A SCRIPTURE PASTOR TERRY HAD ON SUNDAY THAT WAS SO GOOD.. 2 COR. 4:16

THEREFORE WE DO NOT LOSE HEART. THOUGH OUTWARDLY WE ARE WASTING AWAY, YET INWARDLY WE ARE BEING RENEWED DAY BY DAY!!!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PRAYERS THEY ARE MUCH APPRECIATED! ANG

NEED TO LAUGH #1 JELLY BELLYS!!! (mostly)

2006-12-15T06:20:00.000-08:00

NEED TO LAUGH-CORT & ANG IN A FEW YEARS!

2006-12-15T06:18:00.000-08:00

NEED TO LAUGH!!!

2006-12-15T06:15:00.000-08:00

ASHLEY ENDOSCOPE

2006-12-05T15:31:00.000-08:00

IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE ONLY TIMES RECENTLY I'VE BEEN ABLE TO POST ARE WHEN I NEED PRAYER FOR MY KIDS! ASHLEY IS GOING TO BE HAVING AN ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURE DONE THIS THURSDAY B/C SHE HAS HAD A LOT OF THE SAME SYMPTOMS THAT CORTNEY HAS HAD AND A FEW OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON AS WELL.

I AM SOOOOOOOOO SICK OF SICK!!! I'VE KINDA PINNED IT DOWN NOW AND SINCE I'VE DECLARED OVER ME IN TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH THAT I AM DONE WITH SURGERIES AND DONE WITH SICKNESS IN MY LIFE AND IN MY BODY, THE DEVIL HAS REALLY ATTACKED MY KIDS! IF HE CAN'T GET TO YOU ONE WAY...HE FINDS ANOTHER WAY. IT'S HIS OLD TRICK! WHY DO WE FALL FOR IT?

CORT & I HAVE TO STAND AND BELIEVE FOR OUR GIRLS, FOR OUR FAMILY B/C THIS HAS TO STOP!!!! WE ARE GETTING WEARY, BUT GOD IS NOT! HE CAN LIFT US AND HE DOES DAILY SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAND IN PRAYER WITH OUR FAMILY. WE SO APPRECIATE IT... THANK YOU!

STUFF TO PRAY ABOUT!!!

2006-11-30T14:07:00.000-08:00

GOD is a merciful GOD and is with us always!

Tomorrow Cortney is having a 24 hour test done on her esphogus and they will be putting a tube up her nose that runs down to her esophogus so they can run a report to find out how much acid reflux is getting into her system. This will help them to determine what to do next to help her. This procedure is uncomfortable b/c it will be in her nose for 24 hours but the doctor assures us that she will really only notice it for the first hour or so...I'm thinking not but we will see!!!

Yesterday we went to Hopes neurologist appointment and got some good news...she does not have a Chiari malformation which means if she does have to have surgery they will not have to remove any of the skull or patch any of the brain area.

She does however have the "syrinx"/syringomyelia on her spinal cord so if they do have to do the surgery it will require doing the surgery on the spine. Her neurosurgeon apointment is next week so I will update you more then...as always we appreciate your prayers!

God is faithful and can do abundantly more than we ask or think!!!

HOPE

2006-11-22T14:04:00.000-08:00

Please keep Hope in your prayers. We have found out that Hope has a rare spinal cord disorder. The medical side is that spinal fluid has entered the spinal cord and formed a cavity called a syrinx. Over time this syrinx hurts nerves and destroys nerve fibers and causes symptoms like Hope has been experiencing. She has had numbness in her arms and hands, in her fingers and has dropped her books at school on several occasions b/c she has no feeling in them. She can't write for very long periods at a time and she also has had severe migraine headaches and has been on pain medication for them. The symptoms from this can get much worse but we are not going there!

We however are standing in agreement that God is bigger than any diagnosis and he is the healer so please stand with us in that! We covet your prayers! Thank You! The Swincher's.

Pic's fromTexas

2006-11-21T16:51:00.000-08:00

Me, Ann & Lisa at Hula Hut...yummy place to eat!

Karoke night at Dave & Ann's...singing "stand by your man!"

Great Texas BBQ

Denny's new fad hat?

Me singing at the nutty brown cafe'

sitting outside at the Nutty Brown Cafe'

IF THE WORLD SPOKE MY LANGUAGE...

2006-11-08T13:01:00.000-08:00

IF THE WORLD SPOKE MY LANGUAGE IT WOULD NOT HAVE WORDS LIKE FOOTBALL AND TOOLS. IT WOULD BE TRIMMED IN PINK AND WOMEN WOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BEACH AND LAY OUT WHENEVER THEY WANTED BECAUSE IT WOULD BE RIGHT THERE IN THEIR BACK YARD! YES, WHAT A LIFE IT WOULD BE IF ONLY THE WORLD WOULD SPEAK MY LANGUAGE!!!

1st Annual CFC Womens Conference Pictures

2006-11-06T12:13:00.000-08:00

2006-11-04T11:37:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to say how blessed I was to be able to sit under all of the wonderful teaching of the annointed women at the conference Friday and Saturday! It was a great turn out and God showed up just as we prayed he would! We at CFC are truly blessed to have so many women that walk in the fruits of the spirit...God Bless you all!

MORE KENTUCKY PIC'S...

2006-10-27T13:31:00.000-07:00

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE TOO FAR NORTH TO KNOW...THIS IS PICKLE CORN! IT IS WONDERFUL AND IS MADE MUCH LIKE SAUERKRAUT. YOU MUST HAVE A TASTE FOR IT BUT BOY IS IT YUMMY!!!

THIS IS GRANDMA'S OUTHOUSE...AND YES WE STILL USED IT UP UNTIL SHE DIED ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO...

IF YOU KNOW ME...YOU KNOW I LOVE BARNS...THE OLDER THE BETTER AND I LOVE MY GRANDMA'S BARN. TATTERED AND TORN BUT SURE HAD A LOT OF FUN IN IT WHEN I WAS YOUNG!

THIS IS A SHOT OF GRANDMA'S OLD OLD HOUSE. ITS NOT MUCH NOW AND IS FALLING DOWN ALMOST AT EVERY TURN BUT THE LAND IS STILL BEAUTIFUL. BELOW IS THE CREEK THAT RUNS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND WAS ALWAYS FUN TO PLAY IN!

THANKS FOR SHARING MY MEMORIES WITH ME...

BUSY OCTOBER-KENTUCKY WEDDING!

2006-10-25T13:10:00.000-07:00

This past weekend My sister Kathy, Cortney, Hope, Seth & myself went to Kentucky for my cousins wedding. It was a beautiful fall wedding! The weather was warm and leaves were falling but most of all young hearts were "falling in love!"

Here is my siser Kathy & the groom Tony and me before the big event!

This is James...the grooms dad and best man. The best part of this weekend was not only watching rough tough James muttle through the wedding trying not to cry (which he didn't do) but also finding out through a series of events and then talking to him face to face that he (in Kentucky language has "found Jesus"!!! It was soooo awesome!! I had never heard this burly guy talk the way he did this weekend about the Lord and to hear him made the whole trip worth it! He was giving God praise and glory and I was never so glad to hear a testimony!!! God...you are awesome!!!

BUSY OCTOBER...CAMPING W/FRIENDS!

2006-10-24T13:05:00.000-07:00

YEARLY, MY FRIENDS FROM SCHOOL ALL TAKE A TRIP WHERE WE NORMALLY GO TO BROWN COUNTY AND SHOP FOR THE DAY BUT THIS YEAR WE HAD THE BRIGHT IDEA TO GO CAMPING WITH OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS!!! IT WAS GREAT FUN BUT THAT WEEKEND IT TURNED OH...SO...COLD!!!

HERE ARE THE GIRLS SHOPPING IN METAMORA ON SATURDAY WHILE THE BOYS WERE BACK AT CAMP...

WE NEEDED DENNY TO STOKE THIS FIRE!!

BEFORE SHOWERS.....OUCH!!

LIKE THOSE CAMPING SOCKS???

BUSY OCTOBER... CORTNEY PROCEDURE

2006-10-24T12:57:00.000-07:00

CORTNEY IS HAVING YET ANOTHER PROCEDURE COMING UP SO PLEASE STAY IN PRAYER FOR HER...HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM HER LAST ONE...

RUNNING THE RACE

2006-10-18T10:29:00.000-07:00

THIS WAS MY DEVOTION THIS MORNING AND OH SO NEEDED IN MY WALK TODAY.... SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT ENCOURAGE SOMEONE ELSE TODAY TOO!

MY CHILD, I KNOW YOU ARE WEARY AT TIMES. LIKE A RUNNER WHO HITS AN INVISIBLE WALL, YOU WILL BE FACED WITH CHOICES. WILL YOU CONTINUE OR SURRENDER? JUST REMEMBER I'M ON EITHER SIDE OF YOU, CHEERING YOU ON TO VICTORY! I WILL BE YOUR STRENGTH. THE FINISH LINE IS IN SIGHT. RUN THE RACE WITH PERSISTANCE!

-You Lord are my wreath of VICTORY at the end of my race! Thank You Jesus!

WAVES OF THE HOLY GHOST...

2006-10-17T05:57:00.000-07:00

THE WAVES OF THE HOLY GHOST ARE BLOWING THROUGH...CAN YOU FEEL HIM?

CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR A MOMENT...YOU CAN FEEL HIM.

EVEN IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE DAY...YOU CAN FEEL HIM.

ISN'T HE CALM AND PEACEFUL?

OH HOW I WANT TO BE THERE IN THAT PEACE ALWAYS.

SOME CFC GOLF OUTING PICTURES CORTNEY TOOK...

2006-10-11T14:31:00.000-07:00

2006-10-10T13:32:00.000-07:00

This is ang on vacation...FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE...NO WORRIES, NO RESPONSIBILITES

This is ang or at least how she feels when she is back at work, back at life and back at those wonderful responsibilities!!!!!!!!! I found it interesting that the "Topic" of conversation sunday was people and thier work. How most everyone didn't care for the job they had but that we all went to it anyway #1 b/c we have to have the income and #2 b/c (thanks ashley norman) we are just hoping for an opportunity to be able to witness or be "like Jesus"....Lord help us to remember that on the hard hard days!

2006-10-09T15:37:00.000-07:00

This is Ashley's friend Danielle from IBC...she is probably going to come after me for putting this picture of her on the blog but thats ok...I'm the momma & allowed!!! It's funny b/c her and Ashley were also in cosmotology school together and now in school yet again together!!! Funny how God works things out huh???

Here Ash is at school...doesn't she look like she is having a lovely time???? Not so much I know!!

Well...thats all I got embarrasing for today...I'll try again tomorrow!!!

SET IN YOUR OWN WAYS??

2006-10-07T16:28:00.000-07:00

SO, ever feel like this lady?

OLD?
MAD?
DONE?

Is it really the older you get the more you just want things
your own way???

OR

The older you get you just are "set in your own ways?"

I don't know the answer, I just know again my flesh wants to do what it wants to do and when it don't get to do it...it growls!!!

I want to get over this mountain...let me re-phrase that...

I WANT TO GET ON TOP OF THIS MOUNTAIN AND SLIDE DOWN THE OTHER SIDE!!! WEEEE!!!!!!!

Pray for Cortney...

2006-10-03T13:27:00.000-07:00

Here Cortney is with her friend Dez from International Business College. She and Ashley are both going for Medical Assisting and are finding it both fun and challenging!

I would covet your prayers with me as Cortney is going to have to have another procedure (an EGD-a scope down her throat) for her asophogus. When she went in to see the surgeon who took out her gallbladder he said he knew she would be back and knew they should have done something at the same time they did the gallbladder surgery...however our dearest Cortney didn't want to then...so here we are.

I would love it if God would just heal her up and she didn't miss school and I didn't miss work and she didn't have to hurt b/c I know what its like to hurt so please say a prayer for her. Thanks be God!

POWDER PUFF FOOTBALL!!!

2006-10-02T13:38:00.000-07:00

HOPE IS A SOPHOMORE AND LIKE HER SISSY'S SHE HAD TO GET IN ON THE POWDER PUFF FOOTBALL GAME...NOW I WON'T TELL YOU THAT WHEN THEY PLAYED AGAINST THE JR'S THEY GOT ABSOLUTELY SKUNKED BUT WELL...THEY DID!!! ANYWAY, SHE DID LOOK STINKIN' (SKUNK) CUTE!!! LITTLE PLAY ON WORDS THERE!!!

RETREAT PICTURES SUNDAY MORNING ON THE "HILL"

2006-09-29T13:36:00.000-07:00

RETREAT PICTURES SUNDAY MORNING ON THE "HILL"

2006-09-29T13:28:00.000-07:00

THE "EMPTY" BARN

2006-09-28T09:27:00.000-07:00

So, I did it again...messed up big time and had to repent! Of course it was right after an hour of laying on my face in prayer and hour of praying over people in the basket and yet another hour of ministry. Seems I don't get it??? Or maybe I do???

You see...Ashley & Cortney had a big loss yesterday they lost one of thier close friends in a car accident and are grieving terriably both in very different ways and I am being both mom and dad while Cort is gone and that is not "my thing" so everything is wearing on all of us... then God asks me to continue to work on this "flesh" of mine.

So, things just seemed to come to a head last night and voices were raised and tempers flaired in the heat of the moment...but then there was time to be with God, time to reflect, time to repent and then time to come back together and say we were sorry and forgive one another. Arguing is wrong...God doesn't like it. It makes you feel empty inside. The picture of this barn is hollow and empty it has nothing inside...just like us when we are full of anger and hatred and disguist.

Its never easy to deal with your anger or to forgive those who have angered you but if you don't want to feel empty and hollow inside you must...God requires us too!

I want to be so saturated with God but in order to do that I have to yield and submit...yield and submit. These are two words I am learning well...

GONE AGAIN...

2006-09-27T07:06:00.000-07:00

Please stand in prayer in with me as Cort is gone again to Arkansas.

Since his work has lost yet another engineer he has had to make numerous trips to Arkansas and Evansville and all his normal customers and he is gone a lot. I'm pretty used to him being gone one or even two nights a week but this being gone from Monday until Friday has got to stop!

So, just putting it out there...when you think of it please pray that they hire another engineer so his travels can get back to normal. The Swincher girls need him home!!!!

SERIOUSLY!

2006-09-25T13:06:00.000-07:00

So, I was discussing this weekend and how good it was even though the devil tried to damper it with wetness (didn't work devil!), and I tell you I had to repent ALL weekend! SERIOUSLY!!

I thought I had already put down so much but I guess I hadn't and the "old man" kept creeping back in and I hate it!!! I feel horrible!! I was telling Lisa the kicker this weekend was the sermon on the communion!

Now, it's not like I've never heard a sermon on communion but WOW...did it ever just hit me!?!?!?!? I feel like I can't get clean enough! I honestly think I'm going to have to take a vow of silence or something to be like Jesus! I know that may sound like a crack comment but I'm being serious here!!! At this point I just don't know what to do with myself! My insides just turn in disguist with myself and there I go again having to repent...Lord help me, I know this is my learning period so please help me...

This weekend opened up even more areas that honestly I didn't know existed. Just when you think you have a reprieve, God starts showing you more UGLY, UGLY stuff about yourself. The good thing about the UGLY stuff is that he takes it and molds it into character and goodness and then we can help someone else down the road...God help me with the Ugly stuff.

CAN YOU FEEL IT?

2006-09-19T12:09:00.000-07:00

THIS WAS HOPE & CORTNEY SINGING/YELLING TO ASH THE REVIVAL SONG ON OUR WAY SOMEWHERE...SHE WAS REALLY HAPPY TO BE IN THE MIDDLE THAT DAY!!!

SO? CAN YOU FEEL IT?

CAN YOU FEEL IT?

CAN YOU FEEL THE FIRE?

DO YOU WANT IT?

DO YOU WANT IT?

DO YOU WANT THE FIRE????

YES, I WANT IT!!!

YES, I WANT IT!!!

YES, I WANT THE FIRE!!!! GET READY FOR REVIVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOD Carries me...

2006-09-13T13:04:00.000-07:00

Most days God carries us...today has been one of those days for me. It has been a trying a day...the devil has been coming at me every way he can think of but I refuse to back down! I refuse to give up and I refuse to go backwards! So, devil take notice God is in control here not you in the name of Jesus!!!

REVIVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-09-07T14:25:00.000-07:00

WELL, I'M BACK!!! ISN'T LIFE FUNNY??? I 'VE BEEN GONE SINCE JUNE AND HERE IT IS ALMOST THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER AND DIDN'T MISS THE PLACE NOT ONE BIT!!! FUNNY HOW YOU CAN MISS THE MONEY BUT NOTHING ELSE!!

MY TIME OFF WAS A TIME THAT GOD ORDAINED FOR ME! HE HAD ME JUST WHERE HE WANTED ME THATS FOR SURE! HE BROUGHT ME TO NEW PLACES IN HIM! HE BROUGHT ME OUT OF BONDAGES THAT I HAD BEEN IN FOR MOST OF MY LIFE! SOME OF WHICH I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED! ITS AMAZING HOW HE MOVES IN YOU WHEN YOU PUSH AWAY THE FLESH AND ALLOW HIM TO DO WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO.

FOR YEARS I WOULDN'T LET HIM TOUCH PARTS OF MY HEART AND AS I OFFERED EACH INDIVIDUAL PRAYER DAILY AND EACH FAST AND EVERY TIME I SHUT MY MOUTH INSTEAD OF SNAPPING AT SOMEONE GOD HONORED THAT! HE HAS GIVEN ME BOLDNESS. I AM NOT TOTALLY THERE...NOT BY A LONGSHOT. BUT HE CONTINUES TO WORK IN ME ANDI AM SO GLAD THAT HE IS FREEING ME DAILY!!! PRAISE GOD HE IS AWESOME AND HE IS THE VERY ROOT OF REVIVAL!!!!

Please be in prayer

2006-07-10T15:25:00.000-07:00

All...just wanted to make a quick post while I was at my mother in law's and had access to the net...

I am still on leave for my neck surgery and will soon be having my second surgery but today, I went to the ob/gyn with Ashley and she was told she has precancerous cells. She had an in office procedure today and they sent some samples off to be biopsied so please be in prayer for that. Also, she will be having surgery next Wednesday the 19th to check for endometriosis and if she has any they will laser it while she is under. She has been in a lot of pain and discomfort so please be in prayer for her.

As always, thank you for your faithfullness!

SURGERY

2006-06-09T07:53:00.000-07:00

DONE! WELL...MY DAYS AT THE OFFICE ARE ALMOST FINISHED FOR A WHILE! THIS IS MY LAST BLOG NOW FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE I WILL BE HAVING (2) SURGERIES AND WON'T BE INTO WORK AND WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER OR THE INTERNET. I WILL BE HAVING NECK SURGERY AGAIN ON MY C5 & C6. THEY ARE PUTTING ANOTHER TITANIUM PLATE AND DONOR BONE IN AND A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT I WILL BE GETTING MY OVARIES TAKEN OUT. THIS WILL TAKE UP MOST OF THE SUMMER AND IT WON'T BE FOR FUN!

SO, I THOUGHT I WOULD SAY...HAVE A GOOD SUMMER AND GET A GREAT TAN FOR ME!!!

WEEK BEHIND

2006-06-02T13:37:00.000-07:00

HELLO EVERYONE! WELL, I'M A WEEK BEHIND ON THIS BUT WE WENT BOATING MONDAY AND JUST GETTING TO BLOGING ABOUT IT!!! PRAY FOR ASHLEY B/C ALTHOUGH SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE IS HAVING FUN HERE SHE REALLY HURT HER NECK AFTER TUBING.

OTHERWISE...IT WAS A GREAT TIME! IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG...LONG TIME THAT WE AS A FAMILY WENT SOMEWHERE WITHOUT BOYFRIENDS!!! NO BOYS!!! IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING!!! AND YES....THEY SURVIVED!!! BY THE BY THE OTHER TWO ARE THE SCHMIDT GIRLS. THEY ARE JENA & RODNEYS KIDS OUR LONG TIME FRIENDS WHO OWN THE BOAT WE WERE ON.

ANYWAY, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND DON'T FORGET TO PRAY FOR MARTY WHO HAD SURGERY TODAY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY "T"

2006-05-24T06:09:00.000-07:00

WELL MY MIDDLEST DAUGHTER IS "18" TODAY! SHE STARTED HER DAY OFF SO WRONG! SHE ALREADY PULLED THIS I'M "18" THING BUT WILL SOON SEE THAT THAT AINT' GONNA FLY!!! KIDS!!!

WELL...HAPPY BIRTHDAY "T"...

MOMMA LOVES YOU. YOU FINALLY MADE IT TO 18!!! MY BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL NO SMILE LIKE YOURS CORTNEY!

SOME MORE ON BACK IN THE DAY...

2006-05-23T13:12:00.000-07:00

OK...NOW WHAT ABOUT SETTING SAIL ON THE LOVEBOAT??? HOW ABOUT DOC? ISSAC? CAPTAIN'S NOT PICTURED HERE BUT HE WAS KINDA AN OLD FOGGIE ANYWAY WASN'T HE???? I LOVED THIS SHOW!

DAYS GONE BY...

2006-05-23T10:07:00.000-07:00

SO...DOES THIS TAKE YOU BACK OR WHAT??? FOR THOSE OF YOU SAY UNDER 35 OR SO YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THIS HOTTIE ON THE COVER OF THE MAGAZINE...HECK YOU MAY NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE THIS MAGAZINE BUT I SURE REMEMBER HIM!!! HE IS LEIF GARRETT! WHEW!!! LOVE IT!!! ANYONE ELSE REMEMBER HIM???

OUTTA SCHOOL....SENIOR!!

2006-05-22T13:02:00.000-07:00

SEE THAT ONE ON THE END? THE "SEE" NO EVIL ONE? WELL, TODAY WAS HER LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IN HER WORDS NO MORE FOREVER IN THE PRISON!!!! SO LETS REJOICE WITH HER AS SHE NO MORE HAS TO GO BACK TO THE "PRISON" AND NOW HAS TO ONLY GO TO THE LOVELY JOURNEY OF LIFE! SOME OF US CALL IT WORK PRISON!!!

SHHH....LETS NOT BUST THE BUBBLE TOO SOON FOR HER!!!

Our CAFE'

2006-05-11T08:22:00.000-07:00

This is CFC's Cafe'. It's our little taste of france in Indiana!

It's a place where we can gather and talk and have coffee. Where we can laugh! Last Sunday, its a place where we could have cake after Virginia and George got married! Last night its where we had prayer and did warfare for people who needed a touch from God!

We may call it just our little Cafe', but it really does mean a lot.

COFFEE ANYONE???

25 years

2006-05-10T12:20:00.000-07:00

Here Cort is sleeping away...he swears he wasn't sleeping but well you can make that decision for yourself!

Today marks the day that his dad has been gone for 25 years. Thats a long time and I know that he misses him.

Just wanted to say, I love you babe and I'm thinking of you...

Cortney Sickly

2006-05-09T13:22:00.000-07:00

Well, here we have Cortney all perky and holding up her catch of the day. She loves to fish and hold those nasty things always has.

Today she is sickly and had to go to the doctor. She has sinusitus and is on the brink of bronchitus. He put her on antibiotics, so say a prayer for her please.

Not much longer now and she will be graduating...make sure you come to her Luau on the 20th! It will be fun and those shishkabobs will be delicious!

Who doesn't love ILAROSE?

2006-05-04T06:25:00.000-07:00

As Mothers Day approaches I can't help but think of my mother and of others who have taken care of me while my mom has been gone. Those like "my IlaRose" She has been a gift from God for me. She is the mother of our church and for those of you newbies at CFC you need to get to know her if you don't because she is a treasure!

You know they say we will be amazed when we get to heaven to see those we thought that would be there aren't there and those we thought wouldn't be are...well if my Ilarose isn't there I'm sorry but I can smell my flesh rottin' right now!!! How about you????

Just a Pick me up!

2006-05-01T12:39:00.000-07:00

Just a pick me up....

You know there are days when you just need a pick me up...when you get bad news or when you hurt or when both happen! When I look at this picture I remember my favorite show the Brady Bunch which I know is flaky to say the least but then i also remember when the girls and I went to Tennesse and got this picture taken and computer generated into the Brady Bunch! It made me smile and well it was just what I needed! Can you guess who's who??

WORK DAY AT CHURCH

2006-04-27T10:05:00.000-07:00

LAST SATURDAY WE HAD A REALLY NICE TURN OUT AT CHURCH FOR THE WORK DAY. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE WORKING FOR OUR CHURCH AND AS YOU CAN SEE SOME WORKED HARDER THAN OTHERS!

THANKS EVERYONE! BE BLESSED!!!

Feeling Bad

2006-04-25T12:28:00.000-07:00

Please pray for me...I am feeling a whole new kind of bad. I have a lot of things to accomplish but my body is not allowing it. God is bigger so please just pray. thank you. Ang

SOME MORE FOR "T"

2006-04-19T12:52:00.000-07:00

more for cortney

2006-04-19T07:29:00.000-07:00

sorry all...gonna be posting some pictures for cortney for school!

2006-04-19T06:26:00.000-07:00

TEXAS... PARADE & SUCH

2006-04-08T09:43:00.000-07:00

HERE IS CORT, HIS BROTHER DAVE & SETH (TRAVIS) RIDING IN THE BIG TEXAS PARADE THROWING OUT T-SHIRTS FROM HIS PORSCHE.

THEY HAD A BLAST AND WERE MAULED BY SCREAMING FANS...(THAT PART WAS FROM CORT!)

THIS IS DAVE & ANN'S HOUSE IN TEXAS...COOL HUH?

HOPE IS GETTING READY TO TAKE SETH DOWN IN A GAME OF B-BALL! SHE BEAT HIM OF COURSE!

THIS IS HOPE & I SITTING AT THE PARADE...

THIS IS CORTNEY & ME & AUNTIE ANN SHOPPING & RESTING ON THE "COMFY COUCH".

WELL...GOTTA GO MAKE MORE MEMORIES! LATER!

TEXAS

2006-04-06T14:58:00.000-07:00

HELLO ALL!

WE ARE IN TEXAS!!! YEAH!!! I WILL TRY TO POST SOME PIC'S TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.

IT'S 90 DEGREE'S AND THE WATER IS FINE!!! GOTTA LOVE TEXAS!!!

QUESTION OF THE DAY...WHERE IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO GO ON VACATION?

GIRLS EVE...

2006-03-31T13:09:00.000-08:00

THESE ARE PICTURES FROM LAST FRIDAY NIGHT...WE HAD A GREAT TIME...THANKS JESSICA!!!

2006-03-31T12:55:00.000-08:00

watching a "chick" flick!

2006-03-31T12:48:00.000-08:00

Girls night...Carolyn is in there somewhere!

JUST MY INNER THOUGHTS FOR TODAY!

2006-03-27T12:21:00.000-08:00

WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR "KNOW IT ALL, CELL CARRYING TEENAGER AND THINK...

FOR THIS I HAVE STRETCH MARKS???

BABY'S DAY IN THE SUN!

2006-03-24T13:42:00.000-08:00

WELL, MAEBELL HAS BEEN ON THE BLOGS BUT POOR BABY HASN'T... HERE SHE IS IN ALL HER GLORY!!!

HOPE'S PLAY

2006-03-23T12:08:00.000-08:00

HOW CUTE IS SHE???

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SHE WAS THE SAPRANO IN THE PLAY THAT SLIPPED ON A BANANA PEEL & DIED! WHAT A WAY TO GO!!! HOPE YOU LIKE THE PIC'S!

MOVIN', MOVIN', MOVIN'

2006-03-21T13:18:00.000-08:00

MOVING IN...MOVING OUT!

SO, DREW IS MOVING OUT & ASH IS MOVING BACK IN! IT'S FUNNY HOW THINGS TURN OUT...LIFE IS FUNNY!

PRAY FOR DREWSTER BEING OUT ON HIS OWN & DOING HIS OWN LAUNDRY B/C YOU KNOW MOMMA ANDY WAITED ON HIM HAND & FOOT!

PRAY FOR ASH THAT IF SHE DOES OR DOESN'T MOVE BACK IN THAT SHE DOES WHAT GOD WOULD HAVE HER TO DO.

WELL, HAVE A GREAT DAY & REMEMBER WHETHER YOUR MOVING IN OR MOVING OUT YOUR MOVING & BREATHING & THATS A GOOD THING!

A COUPLE OF PIC'S

2006-03-17T11:48:00.000-08:00

BACK UP & RUNNING

2006-03-17T11:20:00.000-08:00

SO, I AM FINALLY UP AND RUNNING ON THIS NEW MACHINE OF MINE! IT'S TAKEN ALL WEEK BUT FINALLY!!! I GOT AN EARLY MOTHERS DAY PRESENT LAST NIGHT...A CAMERA. SO, I WILL SHARE A FEW NEW PHOTOS I TOOK LAST NIGHT!

TONIGHT HOPE WILL BE IN THE MOCK PLAY AT SCHOOL OF PHANTOM OF THE OPERA! SHOULD BE GREAT...I HEAR IN THE PLAY SHE SLIPS ON A BANANA PEEL AND FALLS & DIES...THAT KINDA RUINS IT FOR ME! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND ALL!

MY BABY'S BIRTHDAY!!!

2006-03-10T07:30:00.000-08:00

SO, SUNDAY MY HOPEY WILL TURN 15! CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE THAT? SHE IS SUCH A BLESSING TO HER MOMMA. SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON INSIDE AND OUT AND HAS A HEART OF GOLD. SHE CAN ALSO BE A BIT GOOFY, MOUTHY AND IS TOTALLY A TEENAGER BUT WE WILL LOOK PAST THAT ! IF YOU SEE HER SUNDAY WISH HER A BIG HAPPY 15! THIS IS A PICTURE OF SHE & I WHEN SHE DRESSED UP LIKE A GRANDMA... LOVE YOU HOPIE.

2006-03-08T09:01:00.000-08:00

So, Cort leaves me for California...actually he will be back tonight, but still he left!

Then, on top of that he sent me this beautiful picture that he can see out of his hotel bedroom! What a wad!

Well, off to the doctor...later!

2006-03-07T12:37:00.000-08:00

WOW! have you ever had a WOW kind of day, week, month, year??? They seem to be coming more & more...myself I'm ready for a chill kind of day, week, month & year! However, life happens and I guess if it didn't then we would gripe about that too! Have a great day and remember...chin up!

GOD STILL HEALS!

2006-03-06T11:30:00.000-08:00

What a week! Wow...not sure where to even start! I had shots in my neck last friday and it was unpleasant to say the least! The day before that I was throwing up and having all kinds of fun! But, then I had a call from one of my good friends & I just have to brag on God a little bit here...but before I get to that I need to preface it.

I was counting and since I was 23, I have had 11 surgeries, 4 colonoscopies and so many MRI's and XRay's that I probably glow in the dark. I've said this to let you know where my faith is in healing. I used to believe with everything in me that God heals...after living thru some of these things I've lived through & still having pain, I'm pretty much down to that mustard seed of faith.

When my friend called crying, telling me that her Aunt Sylvia that I have known for years was diagnosed with liver cancer with a 5% chance of it not being malignant, my heart sunk . At that point, they weren't even sure if it was operable. My friend believes in God but she needs to be saved and she said I came to her mind as soon as she got the news so she called me. I hem-hawed around on the phone trying to stop hearing God say ask her if you can pray for her. I was thinking God...I'm laying here throwing up & hurting from these shots and you want me to pray? I don't have that kind of faith! So, finally I gave up...I asked her if I could pray and she cried as she answered yes. After praying I thought well, God your gonna have to take that prayer and do something with it b/c it just didn't feel very powerful.

Sunday, my friend called me again crying and said Ang, the preliminary tests came back and the cancer is NOT MALIGNANT!!!!!!!!! I cried with her at that point and just praised God with her on the phone. It was unbelievable! I have been so used to hearing nothing but bad reports that it took a while to even penetrate my brain...but oh my...my heart got it! It was jumping for joy! God is good and he still heals and I believe this will be a testimony that will bring about salvations in that family! Thank You JESUS for hearing us even if we only have that mustard size seed of faith!

MAYBE TOO MUCH SUN?

2006-03-01T13:15:00.000-08:00

FLORIDA!!!!!!!! GEEZ, WE ARE BACK & THE TIME WENT BY WAY TOO FAST! VIRGINIA WAS GOOD & WAS SO FUNNY! SHE IS A HOOT!

ALSO, I PUT UP A PICTURE OF LISA FOR YA...JUST BETWEEN YOU & ME I THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL HER TO LAY OFF THE SUN TAN LOTION!

P.S. SORRY LISA...PAYBACKS YA KNOW!

Thinking again about trips gone by & trips to come!

2006-02-21T07:08:00.000-08:00

So, I was sitting here thinking about everything I have to get done before we leave for Florida to see Virginia...lots to do! I can't wait to see Virginia again, it seems like forever since we have talked and it will be a good time to get away & let her preach at me & vice-versa!

Anyway, I will be away until mid-next week so I won't be posting but as I was thinking of this trip tomorrow, I got to looking at a trip to Tennessee that I took with my sister Kay & my sister in law Connie & a couple of their corvette club friends. We had a great time and I hadn't laughed so hard probably since we went to Georgia with Toni & Dave....here are some pics. Have a great rest of the week!

continued...

2006-02-21T07:05:00.000-08:00

this is on the same trip but we had no room in the vehicle for all of us so Kay & I took turns sitting in the "rear" seat! It was not so bad until they all started buying crap & making me sit in & on it!

continued...

2006-02-21T06:59:00.000-08:00

this is the gang I went with to Tennessee to see Tracey Noel! We were waiting for a seat at the restaraunt so we decided to get a stranger to take our picture. We had a great time.

2006-02-20T11:59:00.000-08:00

OK...NOW CAN YOU BLAME ME FOR NOT WANTING TO OPEN EMAILS FROM MY HUSBAND????

2006-02-16T16:18:00.000-08:00

WELL...SORRY BUT THIS IS JUST HOW I'M FEELING TODAY! FORGIVE ME ALL...

So....Valentines Day again

2006-02-15T08:43:00.000-08:00

So, Valentines Day is finally over! You know to me that day is just another day made for men to fail!

Don't get me wrong, I have gotten great, wonderful, thoughtful things from Cort thru-out the valentines days we have had together...but it seems to me that this day really, really seems to put "most" men on the defensive...I mean to tell you they already got excuse after excuse on why they NEVER get the right thing or why they dread this day most out of all the days in the year.

Anyway...I thought this sign to be appropriate...Glad that day is now behind us and on to Presidents Day! Whoopee!!!!!

SPRING BREAK STATE OF MIND...CONTINUED

2006-02-08T13:41:00.000-08:00

ANYWAY...HOPE THIS TOOK YOU AWAY FOR A WHILE...IT SURE DID ME!

2006-02-08T13:40:00.000-08:00

SITTING & REFLECTING...MOMENTS NEVER FORGOTTEN.

SPRING BREAK CONTINUED...

2006-02-08T13:38:00.000-08:00

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CABIN ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN OF SNOW...NICE!

SPRING BREAK STATE OF MIND

2006-02-08T13:27:00.000-08:00

I'VE HEARD THRU THE GRAPEVINE THAT "SPRING BREAK" IS COMING AROUND...

SO, I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU SOME PIC'S FROM WHEN THE GIRLS & I WENT TO TENNESSEE TO A CABIN FOR 4 DAYS...IT WAS LOTS OF FUN EVEN IF IT DID SNOW ON US!

2006-02-07T09:54:00.000-08:00

So, here they are...some of my buds from 1985. We are a bunch to say the least!

Time passes by quickly, Don't be afraid to start a new relationship and keep an old one even if its different than it used to be....things change, people change and relationships change too... but God never changes!

NOTECARDS...NOT JUST NAMES!

2006-02-06T04:43:00.000-08:00

So, we have these note cards at church that has names of people on them that we would like to see saved & walking with Jesus.

We have been praying over these names now for about 3 weeks or more. These names who used to just be scribbles on a postcard have become very real. Last week, I won't go into the paticulars or names but in the Wednesday night service as we were praying over them someone felt that one of the people on the cards was in trouble. He felt like this person needed God now more than ever. So, we not only got to pray for the person, but we also got to physically be there for that person.

God used someone that had no idea who that person was or what that person was going through to help them! Its true God is omnipresent, we may have no idea what others really go through but God does! He is able and he is willing and he loves that we listen!

Just a thought, but what if today we didn't listen to God and it was the very day he wanted to tell us something...something that may very well save anothers life?

2006-01-24T08:08:00.000-08:00

HI! It's been a bit since I've posted, but I have been very busy and well, no need for excuses...it is my blog and I guess I can blog whenever I want huh?

Cortney is doing well now after gallbladder surgery and is back to school and work at Caito's. Ashley was 20 last Monday and she is such a big girl now! I can't believe I have a 20 year old! Hope is repaying for a bad sense of judgement and would love any babysitting jobs or other you may have!

Cort will be 42 on Thursday, the 26th and he is still the best gift God ever gave me! So, thats an update, short & sweet. I could write a book about the last few weeks, but I will save you the drama! Have a great day all! ang

CORTNEY UPDATE....SURGERY

2006-01-11T07:00:00.000-08:00

UPDATE ON CORTNEY...

SHE IS HAVING GALLBLADER SURGERY TOMORROW, 1.12.06.

THEY WILL ALSO BE CHECKING WHILE THEY ARE IN THERE FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS SO PLEASE PRAY ALL GOES WELL.

WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS!

2006-01-04T13:22:00.000-08:00

Your "ONE THING"...

2006-01-04T12:38:00.000-08:00

So, I was reading this article that said:

"Each of us needs at least one thing in our lives that were madly, deeply enthusiastic about"
It said, "A life without at least one huge passion, something that lights you up when you think and talk about it, is a pale, gray life."

I am thinking about what that "one thing" is in my life is...my family. Even though everytime I think about them I don't always honestly have that overwhelmingly sense of happiness, because perhaps of whatever circumstance we all might be in that time of our lives, but still I can be upset with my family and have that feeling of joy that they are mine and that God entrusted them to me.

Somedays, admittingly, they are my least passion but most often they are my ONE HUGE PASSION, something that lights me up when I think about them and I can safely say that my life isn't pale or gray b/c of them...sometimes however, its a lot of PINK! Girls you know!

Anyway, I'm interested to know your "one thing." Please feel free to share it!

THE ISSUE OF BLOOD

2005-12-29T12:11:00.000-08:00

SO, I WAS WONDERING...EVEN THOUGH IN BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK WE WERE WARNED AGAINST IT! The woman who had the issue of blood for twelve years...now, what about that?

TWELVE YEARS of NO HEALING! TWELVE YEARS of bleeding and hurting and no doubt some serious PMS too! She was so sick of hurting that she truly and honestly believed in her heart that Jesus NO...not even Jesus but just the hem of his garment, the fragment of his robe could heal her. How do we get there? How do we get that kind of faith in GOD?

Jesus told her (just paraphrasing here), Lady, be happy your belief and faith has made you well! Was it her faith that Jesus could heal her or was it her belief that Jesus could heal her or was it both? Was it easier for her because there Jesus was...standing before her where she could physically see him?

Healings are a powerful, wonderful thing and I myself have been healed by God, he touched my neck and the pain went away for several weeks. I know he is a healer, but just saying that isn't enough...I have to BELIEVE he is MY healer. Now, how does one begin to do that when the healing has gone?

2005-12-23T12:56:00.000-08:00

Now is this a cute dog or what? See...she gets more neat stuff than we do! She likes Harley's too, we can't keep her off their tires!!! Later have a great Christmas!

2005-12-23T12:46:00.000-08:00

Hello All and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

It's my last day at work until Tuesday and I am so looking forward to having the holiday with my family!

Ashley will be back to spend Christmas Eve with her family...in case you didn't know she moved out and yes, I miss her! It will be great to have her back in the house yelling at the girls like the big sister she is!

Cortney has an interview for a job and hopefully she will get it and start saving for college! She bought her dog Maebell the most expensive present out of all of ours!!!

Hope is Hope! She is excited about Christmas and the gifts she's made for people b/c she didn't have a lot of money.

Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, its' time to count your many blessings and forget about the trouble that came with the year. Thank the Lord for his son this year and know that the next year is sure to bring more trials and tribulations but with those also comes love, growing in the Lord and the PEACE of GOD!

CORTNEY

2005-12-15T06:25:00.000-08:00

HI ALL! JUST WANTED TO POST A BLOG ABOUT MY CORTNEY...SHE HAS BEEN HAVING STOMACH PROBLEMS NOW FOR OVER A YEAR AND JUST WANTED YOU TO PRAY FOR HER.

SHE HAD A COLONOSCOPY AND AN ENDOSCOPE DOWN HER THROAT LAST FRIDAY. THE TESTS ALL CAME BACK NEGATIVE SO THAT IS AN ANSWER TO PRAYER, HOWEVER, HER ASOPHOGUS (SP?) IS VERY LARGE FROM ACID REFLUX AND MAY NEED TO BE CLIPPED AND SEWN TIGHTER. THE SURGEON ALSO THINKS SHE NEEDS HER GALLBLADER OUT AND THAT SHE MAY HAVE ENDOMETRIOSIS. SO, WHEN YOU THINK OF IT PLEASE SEND OUT A PRAYER FOR HER. WE ARE BELIEVING FOR A HEALING AND KNOW GOD CAN DO IT!

REVELATION!!!

2005-11-04T11:04:00.000-08:00

Well, I got a revelation! I look forward to things...I love to make plans just to look forward to them! Do you do that? I have to know that I have a purpose and a plan for my life although, I need to let God be the one that does the planning...NOT ME!

You see, on Monday, I look forward to Wednesday night church service....On Wednesday I look forward to watching Survivor on Thursday then on Friday I start dreading that Monday is coming all over again!!!

Here is my revelation...WE ONLY HAVE TODAY! WE NEED TO ENJOY OUR TODAY, BECAUSE ITS THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE! IN JOYCE'S WORDS, WE NEED TO ENJOY OUR MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS TOO!

WE CAN NEVER GET THIS DAY BACK AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT THIS DAY? WILL IT STAND OUT IN THE YEAR 2010? I DOUBT IT, BUT WHAT IF IT WOULD? WHAT IF THIS IS THE DAY OUR LIVES CHANGE? WHAT IF THIS IS THE DAY WE GET THAT REVELATION FROM GOD? WHAT IF?

2005-10-20T14:15:00.001-07:00

JOHNNY, BILLY & DUANE...

BILLY (the youngest brother) TELLING ANOTHER STORY MUCH LIKE BIG SISTER KAY!!!

EXCEPT THE GUYS LOOK KINDA INTERESTED!!! hee hee

2005-10-20T14:15:00.000-07:00

So, ever met the Spence's? They are a crew. Here some of them are at my house a few years back at Easter. We love to eat...thats for sure.

Here Kay (the eldest sister) is telling a big story & we are anxiously awaiting the end of it!!! Just kidding...hee hee

Anyway, I found this picture & thought I'd share it with you & tick all of the family members off! I do love ya guys!!! Later!

YOUNG BUCKS

2005-10-18T17:48:00.000-07:00

Last evening Cort & I went to Jessica & Evan's house & had dinner....it was soooo good! The girl can cook! We ate and talked about important stuff & some not so important stuff. It was good to be with them...they remind me of what we used to be...the youngbucks!

Even though, we will always have that title, I don't feel like that is who (& you know who you are) we really are anymore. Somedays, I feel like it but mostly I don't & I guess thats just the way it goes when you get old like us YOUNGBUCKS!

We do still ROCK though don't you agree??

THE UPSTAIRS BATHROOM

2005-10-10T18:00:00.000-07:00

One of my clever friends suprised me today when I was discussing my upstairs bathroom. She asked a very good question...she said I didn't even know you had an upstairs bathroom? She then asked why if we had a full bath upstairs did my girls & I all push & shove together in the downstairs bathroom? Now, this is a good question one I really don't have a good answer for.

I told her I suppose we Swincher girls would just rather fight, yell and scream as we push ever tighter into the tiny bathroom to shower, fix our hair & put on makeup. Yes, we have a upstairs bathroom, but we wouldn't have such a wonderful, horrible time everyday if we split up into different bathrooms now would we?

I decided the bathroom is a good place to just talk! Us girls, talk about the day before, the day to come and of course why Hope is wearing Cortney's shirt & Ashley's pants! Believe me, that is always a topic of conversation. I believe when my girls leave me and have their very own bathroom in their very own houses they will remember fondly the days of bathroom quarrels and laughs and I guess thats really the reason we don't use the "upstairs bathroom".

So, whats your "room" of the house? The one where you gather & talk, the one where conversation just seems to flow? Care to share?

2005-10-07T16:46:00.000-07:00

Well, it's finally Friday! Thank you JESUS! However, this weekend isn't going to be an easy laid back relaxed one b/c the church is doing Corts moms roof. Here she is to the left. Now is that a JESUS thing to do or what? I know it will be a great witness to his family and to her neighbors and Jesus will shine thru it!

I just thank the Lord for family @ CFC that walks with him and desires to be like him. Now, please if you have a minute pray for the work to go quickly and safely! Thanks family you'll never know what this means to Cort & his mom & to all of us!

2005-10-04T16:51:00.000-07:00

Now this is a cool picture, don't you think? I just love barns so you all keep an eye for me! The older & rickety-er the better!

WHATS IN A NAME?

2005-10-04T16:37:00.000-07:00

SO, I WAS RECENTLY REMINDED OF A TIME WHEN I WAS JUST A GLIMMER IN MY DADDY'S EYES! YES, THE SONG PEGGY SUE CAME ON THE RADIO & EVERYTIME I HEAR THAT I CAN'T HELP BUT REMEMBER THAT MY FATHER OF ALL PEOPLE HAD THAT VERY NAME PICKED OUT FOR ME! I GUESS HE WAS QUITE PROUD OF IT BECAUSE HE TOLD SEVERAL PEOPLE THATS WHO I WAS GOING TO BE!

WELL, THANK GOD FOR MY BIG SISTER, KAY! SHE TOLD DAD WHEN I WAS BORN THAT I DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A PEGGY SUE BUT MUCH MORE LIKE AN ANGELA. HENCE, MY NAME! I CAME SOOOOO VERY CLOSE! CAN YOU IMAGINE? PEGGY SUE!!!

AS I WAS THINKING ON THAT STORY I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY OTHERS I KNEW HAD A NAME THEY MIGHT HAVE ALMOST BEEN NAMED OR A MIDDLE NAME THAT THEY CAN'T STAND OR MAYBE EVEN A NAME THEY LOVE? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LET US KNOW HERE AT NAME CENTRAL WE PROMISE TO KEEP IT TO OURSELVES!

WHY?

2005-09-21T12:15:00.000-07:00

Do you ever ask the dreaded "why" questions? I mean questions like...

Why do I stand?
Why do I perservere?
Why do I wait until all hell breaks loose until I ask Gods guidance?
Why am I here and what am I really to do with my life?

I ask these questions of myself & God. Do you ask these same questions or similar dreaded "why" questions?

life or death?

2005-09-14T16:30:00.000-07:00

This morning, I read a prophecy that Virginia sent me from Faith Tabernacle, it said brace yourself for rejection, for it will certainly come. Do not be surprised when persecution arises, and do not take it personally. Those who are against you are against me, says the Lord. But, I also admonish you to be diligent to refrain from rejecting others, for whatever you sow you will reap. Rather, love one another as I have loved you, and be at peace as much as is possible with you.

One of the verses was from Romans 8:6 which says For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spritually minded is life and peace.

So many days I (we) choose...willfully... choose death. That has laid heavy on my heart since I read it this morning. Why do we choose death over life? Why do we choose heartache over peace? GET IT??? Do you get that WE choose it? WE decide if we are going to be carnally minded or spiritually minded? Of course there is the world, influences, people, places and things that help us to make that decision, but ultimatly guys...it's us! God help us to choose life...to willfully choose not to choose death!!!!!!!!!!

WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-09-12T17:04:00.000-07:00

WHEW!!!! THE WEEKEND'S OVER!! I NEED A LONG WEEKEND JUST TO RECOVER FROM THE PAST ONE! IT WAS A GREAT ONE THOUGH, WE GOT TO BE A PART OF JACK & SUE'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY & IT WAS GREAT! SO TOUCHING & HARD TO FIND A COUPLE THAT IS STILL TOGETHER AFTER THAT MANY YEARS! GOD HAS TRULY BLESSED THEM & IN RETURN THEY HAVE BEEN A BIG BLESSING TO SO MANY OTHERS! THANK YOU JACK & SUE FOR BEING SUCH A GOOD SARROGATE FAMILY & FOR SHOWING US ALL THAT WE CAN MAKE IT THAT MANY YEARS TOGETHER AS LONG AS THE LORD IS AT THE HEAD OF THE MARRIAGE!

AFTER THOSE FESTIVITIES WE HAD OUR CFC HOMECOMING SERVICE & PICNIC...OH MY IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE PEOPLE THAT I HADN'T SEEN FOR YEARS! SOMETIMES, YOU FORGET HOW MUCH YOU MISS PEOPLE UNTIL YOU SEE THEM AGAIN! THE LORD IS GOOD, HE DID SOME MUCH NEEDED HEALING IN THE CHURCH BODY WHILE THEY WERE THERE AND I KNOW THIS WILL ONLY LEAD US CLEARER IN THE DIRECTION OF GOD! WELL, NEED TO GO BUT I LEAVE YOU WITH A QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE YOUR OPINIONS ON...

WHY DO WE AS A CHURCH BODY LEAVE A MESS BEHIND FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO CLEAN UP? NOW, BEFORE YOU GET ALL CRAPPY WITH ME, I AM/HAVE ALSO BEEN AT FAULT ON THIS ONE, SO.. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER A CLEAN-UP CREW FOR OUR EVENTS? MAYBE, THAT WOULD KEEP THE SAME FEW FROM DOING THE JOB? ANY THOUGHTS OR IDEA'S?

MY FRIDAY!

2005-09-08T00:03:00.000-07:00

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY...IT'S MY FRIDAY & IT'S REALLY ONLY THURSDAY!

I am going to visit my hubby in W. V. , hopefully it will be a good ride & nice & relaxing! I am glad all of you re-joined me...it was a nice suprise to see you all post!!! Well, this one is going to be a short one b/c I actually need to get busy & get outta here but you all have a great weekend and I know that I will see you all at Jack & Sue's big 50th reunion! See Ya! Ang

WATCH OUT...I'M BACK!!!

2005-09-07T16:20:00.000-07:00

WELL, FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY I AM SORRY FOR NOT BLOGGING IN SUCH A VERY, VERY LONG TIME...I HAVE A ZILLION EXCUSES BUT WON'T BORE YOU WITH THEM!

Now down to what's going on in the Swincher household. Cort & I are still working & the girls all started school. Well, all but Ashley...she is a big girl now and is working diligently and applying for the Assistant Manager at Famous Hair in New Castle. Cortney is a senior this year and going to Veterinary Science classes out at Morton and is really enjoying the whole "stinky" animal thing! YUCK! Not my bag baby!!! Hope is a freshman...when did that happen???? Can't you just remember when she was toddling around with her black hair stuck in a pony tail in her little dresses crying...ok screaming for mommy?!?!?!? I told her the story of "nursery" the other day. Those of you who were around when Hope got to finally go to nursery during church will remember the wonder of it!!! PBR even announced it the day she finally got to go! I think he was just excited to be able to preach without listening to her screaming!!!! Anyway, that is where we are right now & Cort is gone to West Virginia for work. Poor thing huh??? I told him I would gladly trade him places this week!!! He declined the offer!!! Imagine that?? Well, I must go but will try to stay more up to date now...Looking forward to it!! Later! Ang