The Five Trents: 2018

A recent picture of me...
Soo many things that have happened in the past 15 months since this has been updated.

Things I Love and Appreciate

My Lord, God and Savior
My FOUR Beautiful Kids
EMDR
Sunglasses
Worship Music
Warm Weather
My Daddy - Before and After
Leverage
New Relationships with
My Brothers
Great Stories
My Computer
Dollar Stores
Grammie
Getting Emails
Prayer
Giraffes
Good Books
Sunsets
MASH
The Ocean
The Sound of Jillian's
Voice
Snugging on My Boy
The Ease of Chloe's Laughter
Yellow Cake with Chocolate Icing
Chocolate Malted Crunch Ice Cream
Mike Rowe
Monsoons
Horses
Flying
Painted Toenails
My Sweet Kids
Christmas
Sunflower Seeds
Gramma Hippo
My Bottom East Girls
The INTERNET!!
Cell Phones
Monster Energy drinks
Biblical Archeology
My Wedding Ring
Scrapbooking
Unconditional Love
Mothers Day
John Sanford Novels
Blogs by My Friends
Taking Pictures
Tan Lines
Twinkle Lights
Tubbies
Beth Moore
Vanilla Ice Cream with
Nacho Cheese Doritos
(together)
A French Manicure
A Friend Called Moron
Diggie
My Bible
Good Movies
My Bed
Smile Lines
Tickling - but not being tickled!
Watching My Children Play Together
My Kids Love Me Second - Jesus First and Mommy Second.
Mr and Mrs Nelson
Mr Schultz
Mr Randall
My Family of Choice
Ashley Corrine
Sugar Snap Peas
Racket Ball
1 Hour Photo Developing
Riding Horses
Hearing My Kids Read To Me
Dean Koontz books
My Lava Lamp
Massages
The Microwave
Lazy Days
Watermelon
A Clean House
Neighborly People
Learning New Things
Nathan's Laughter
Clearance Items
"Two Weeks Notice"
Palm Valley Church
Rays of Sun Coming Through the Clouds
Home Decorating Shows
Love Notes
A Song that Reminds You of
Another Time and Place
Laughing Until You Cry
Counseling
Toast
"Ever After"
Christian Radio
Contacts
Flip-Flops
Fourth of July
Thunderstorms
Bible Book Stores
Purring Kittens
Ferret Noses
Text Messaging
My Co-Workers
Friends Who Will Pray for Me
Shopping Carts With Cupholders
The Smell of Freshly Filed Fingernails
My Birthday
Old Pictures
Lowell's Incredible Memory
Forgiveness
The Smell of Rain
Crime Shows on TV
(Criminal Minds, CSI,
and Numbers for example)
Getting Mail from Old Friends
Being Creative With My Kids
Listening To Music
Freshly Baked Bread
Comfy, Snuggy Jammies
Chloe's Sense of Humor
Nathan's Earlobes
Boogie's Fashion Sense
Yearbooks
Yard Sales
Dangling Earrings
My Tattoos
Re-Chargeable Batteries
The Library
Lizards Stuck on Walls
Eskimo Kisses
Sleeping Outside
Listening to the Rain
80s music
Someone Playing with My Hair
Old Hymns
Algebra
Diagramming Sentences
Frappauccinos
My Blog!
Veterans
Nicknames Given to Me By My Friends:
Ranalda, MRE, Moron, Amy...
My Pastor
Our New Church Family
Copy Machines that Do Fancy Things
Animal Crackers
Silly Things My Children Say
Listening to My Kids Sing so they Know How Long to Brush Their Teeth
When People Comment on my Blog
Beautifully Decorated Offices
My Papasan Chair
My California King-sized Bed
A Clean House
Going to Church
Making Someone Laugh
Getting Presents
Giving Presents
Losing Weight
Prayers from Family and Friends
Wyatt Sleeping on My Chest
Push to Talk
Wyatt's Frog Legs
Looking Through Old Photo Albums
Wyatt's Eyebrows
Nathan being Taller Than Me
Chase - my Fur Baby!
Smoggy's Ugly Smile
Psych
The Kids' Friends Calling me Mom

Quotable Quotes

Joey: Hey Ross, I got a science question. If the homosapiens, were in fact, "homosapiens"... is that why they're extinct?
Ross: Joey, homosapiens are people.
Joey: Hey hey, I'm not judging.
- Friends

"...if I die suddenly, my gravestone might appropriately offer this insight into my departure: "God got tired."
I require lots of work."
— Beth Moore (Believing God)

"I think you are the most selfish person on the planet." - Lucy
"Well that's just silly. Have you met everyone on the planet?" - George
Two Weeks Notice

"Faith in faith is pointless. Faith in a living active God moves mountains". - Beth Moore

"Y'know, this was supposed to be my weekend off, but noooo. You got me out here draggin' your heavy ass through the burnin' desert with your dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute. You gotta come down here with an attitude, actin' all big and bad... And what the hell is that smell? I could've been at a barbecue! ... But I ain't mad." - Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith) Independence Day

We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
- C. S. Lewis

"No wonder they execute people at dawn. Who wants to live at six A.M.?" - Hawkeye MASH

"We got no problem... We got one problem." - BJ Hunnicut MASH

"The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve." -- Albert Schweitzer

"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." -- Vaclav Havel

"If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are." -- Zen proverb

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice." -- Meister Eckhart

"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." -- Albert Einstein

I believe in God as I believe the sun has risen, not because I can see it, but because by way of it I can see everything else.
- C.S. Lewis

Ross: Hey guys. Does anybody know a good date place in the neighborhood?
Joey: How about Tony's? If you can finish a thirty-two-ounce steak, it's free.
Ross: Okay. Hey, does anyone know a good place if you're not dating a puma?
- Friends

God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.
- C. S. Lewis

My Bible Verse

Colossians 3: 15-17

This is the verse I have tatooed on my ankle and, I'm ashamed to say, I don't have it memorized. So I'm putting it here so that I will read it frequently, and also so that you can appreciate it with me. And maybe you'll be moved to memorize it with me. :)
"Let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body, you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom He gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father." (NLT)

Thursday, May 17, 2018