Dear God.....

Thank you

Nuff said........

A Bullet Kinda Night.........

1. Jophie has been trying out all colors of the rainbow for the past few days starting with a bit green under the gills leading up to a lovely shade of Dusky blue then altering shades of white and red. He's also been testing his monitor alarms evidentally to make sure it will in fact record heart rates well into the 100's and Sats low enough to keep the best Limbo player on their toes. Ahhh fun Times!
2. Beat my grass into submission it also beat me to a pulp. Hope I can move tomorrow
3. Swam with the girlies Friday(Only 3rd time this summer cause its been so rainy/cold...It's gonna be a looooooooong winter)
4. Finally managed to get Pictures of girlies in graduation Gowns/Caps and for the first time ever I screwed up the pictures royally. I barely salvaged one. UGH
5. Girlies all start School Monday
6. Crazy people grabbed man walking on road/dragged him to cemetary up the road/doused him with "something" then set him on fire. Had to be lifeflighted. 2nd/3rd degree burns. Lovely neighborhood we live in(So I thought)
7. Crazy looney bird neighbor was finally evicted for good(At least I don't have to worry bout that mess now)
8. Without going into detail....I've Spent the last couple weeks running my tail off and sitting/sitting/sitting in this office or that office signing this paper and that paper which in the long run was worth it but sure didn't help me worry any less. (Nothin' like flyin' by the seat of your pants)
9. Finally got paid(I think I can breath now.....For at least a couple more weeks)
10. Snagged some tasty summer harvest and have been eating my fill
11. Need to get things moving along on the Fundraiser(Someone please kick me in the tail K?)
12. Summer is leaving and I feel I've missed seeing a long lost friend. Gonna enjoy what bits of sunshine I can snag before it truly is winter
13. Cleaned/Treated Pool(It's a lovely Aqua Hue)
14. Thank you Charles ;)
15. Watchin' my favorite thing Football!(TONS of pre-season games)
16. Neighbor knocked on door late tonight which of course scared me(Was Seeking dirt on the earlier fire accident or rather asking if Katy our resident watch dog had any dirt)
17. Neighbor then calls at 11:30 p.m. tonight which scared me again(She was just offering up the tid bits of dirt that she and hubby went and gathered up on earlier fire accident)
18. New nurse then calls at 12:30 a.m. scaring me yet again(My phone never rings folks but Saturday and tonight it's been like Grand Central Station round here)
19. New nurse was sick and says can't work and also "Quits"(Devasted is an understatement)
20. Me thinks God wants me to remain a hermit
21. Me thinks I'm never dreaming of possibly doing something enjoyable ever again
22. "Crying Uncle"
23. I think I need one of my friends tonight. Ativan or Benadryl? What say you?

Good night my friends.......

Trina and Jophie

Remembering the Sunshine..........

Because this summer I'm pretty certain it's left Ohio to spend its vacation on some remote island FULL OF SUNSHINE no doubt......

I do vaguely remember it's existance....

And just to celebrate what used to be and to give me some healthy reminders of what is hopefully to come let's plaster this Amazon Jungle Rainforest with some Sunshine!!

Here....


And here......


OK so it wasn't so sunny on this day but what a great time he had looking at the world without those shades....

Had to work slowly to get those shades off....


Ta Da! No Shades and I'm still cool!




Now thats what I call some sunshine!










Seeee even Jophie is excited......


Who wouldn't after drinking up a yummy cupfull of this?


Now how's that for bringing some sunshine to our Amazon Jungle??!
I'm not sure what's brighter the actual sunshine or Jophies smiles! :0)

For now I'm gonna bask in the glow coming off this page from Jophies smile and thank God just one more time that he's been able to actually "go out" and enjoy the sunshine rather than just see glimpses of it peeking through his bed railings.

Walking in his SONshine and praying for some SUNshine.....
Trina and Jophie

"SPRINKLED" with Love...............

And it's days like this that keep me going .....

Mix in a whole lotta sunshine......


Then add.....

1. One little boy



2. One bath chair



3. One pair of shark swim trunks



4. One pair of cool shades



5. Two feet with very hot piggies



6. One big smile

Stir Gently.......

Next add ONE magic ball....



Wave your hand.....Say the magic words then sling one cup of magic "sprinkle" dust through the air!......




If mixed correctly you will see lots of this......


And This...


A whole lotta this......




Plenty of taste testing to see if we got it "just right".....




Set Timer for hot sunshine degrees and bake for 1 hour at which time you'll start seeing one little boy getting very very sleepy..

Going....

Going....


Gone....


Funny how this......


Can create so much of this.....


Especially when this AND this said otherwise.....

It was a very dark and scary time.....

Yet here we are over a year later and Jophie is doing the very thing he loves best..

Playing in water!

YIELDS: One funfilled hour with said small boy fully enjoying some sprinkler fun!

Thank you Little Tykes(On sale for $11.00 by the way)


NOTE: This is not a paid advertisement

Trina and Jophie

VBS Saturday on the Ridge.........

1. It was fun


2. It was relaxing


3. It was calm


4. The weather was perfect


5. The kids were unbelievably GOOD


6. The bible lessons were enjoyed by the kiddos


7. The crafts were adorable


8. The music was entertaining, relaxing and quite clever


9. The food was yummo all 3 meals ;)


10. There were Sno-C0nes


11. There was chocolate and more chocolate


12. The games were fun


13. It was very organized


14. The kids had the best time ever as did the adults!

A few pictures from the one day event.......

Craft Time Round One....



Laynie is as messy as Megan when she was that age! LOL


One things for certain....Her craft was gonna be BLUE! LOL


Even the Teens were enjoying themselves...


Music Time....This was so relaxing/sweet and the little ones just loved it


Crafts Round 2....This was the most adorable craft ever. It really brought out the creativity in them all...








Megan making sure Jophie and J(Another little fella like Jophie) had crafts as well.




Music Time Again...We moved to the back of the fellowship hall making room for everyone


The Teen Bell Choir.....


The Tiny Little Bell Choir....Aren't they so cute? :0)




Relay Fun......


Run Lexie!


Run Run as fast as you can!


Sorry no pictures of the food/chocolate/Sno-cones cause well I was eating all that! LOL

And....No pictures of the bible lessons or games cause once again I was either eating or helping with crafts....Sounds like I was eating alot doesn't it? LOL

It was a nice, relaxing, fun day. Thanks for asking me to help Tammy...I really enjoyed it.

Now I'm off to fix Jophies meds and set up his water infusion for the night...

Trina and Jophie

Roid Rage Patrol............

And so the next steroid reduction begins.......

I reduced Jophies 9 p.m. dose from 15 mg down to 12.5 mg.....In theory this should be a small enough reduction so as not to cause too many problems/complications.

In theory....

In true Jophie form these small calculated reductions almost always bring out the Roid Raging Monster in full force......Typcially we see signs of it ugly head poking ever so slightly out of its deep dark cave around the 24 hour mark......

Just in case this momma is spit shining her armor cause I'm gonna slay me some Roid Dragons!

For now the little prince is sleeping soundly and because this momma has mastered stealth mode he is completely oblivious to the missing 2.5 mg of powdery hormone gold otherwise known as Cortef....

Still no word on Jophies A. Subsidy course this is not from lack of trying....

I am persistant and I do question with boldness.....
I am not afraid to ask for the truth.
In fact I demand it......

When a deer is hit on the road we have the decency to put it out of its misery. Do we not?

We deserve no less.....Agree?

Either you toss us a tourniquet or amputate it makes no matter to me. What does matter is that you must stop the gushing blood that continues to flow aimlessly to the ground....

The truth please......That's all I'm asking

See I even have manners ;)

When the dawn breaks I'll once again begin my dialing quest in hopes of reaching the living breathing person who quite possibly holds the answer to this long awaited question.....

Is Jophie included in your budget?

And, in the event there are any prominent eyeballs peeking in on us I'd like to remind yo to look very closely at who you are hurting.....

You see this smiling face?


How bout this one?


Or maybe this one? He sees angels you know.......



Honestly, I could care less about me but.....


Your messin' with my baby and this momma bear is startin' to growl.....


I'm just sayin'...........

Walking in his SONshine
Trina and Jophie