Ice Storm Messed Up Weekend

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Saturday, January 13, 2007

ice storm messed up weekend

This is a messed up weekend. We had a big ice storm come in this weekend. They let me go home early due to the weather.

We just rented a new house and need to start mocing stuff as soon as we can. We only have the one car running right now and it won't haul much so need to make many trips. The ice on the car and roads is making it hard to move quickly.

I bought some new locks for the house and I was able to get one in. I will get the rest in soon.

We decided we needed more space and our lease came up so when wwe went down to sign the new lease we got the rental sheet and looked at it. On there was a rent to own that we decided to take. It has some issues but I think it will work out. It has a 2 car garage so we can get all our storage stuff out of the spare bedroom and into the garage wwhere we can get it out of our want and also be able to get to it when needed. The spare bedroom here was stacked full of boxes and we couldn't get to anything with out taking half of the stuff out and we still didn't know where it was that we were looking for.

Well I have to go get the ice off the windshield of the car and decide if the roads look passable to make a few delivery trips to the new house.

Craig

Posted by Craig at 2:08 PM

FIRST STORM OF THE YEAR & CRAIG COMES HOME EARLY

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Friday, January 12, 2007
FIRST STORM OF THE YEAR 2007..and CRAIG COMES HOME EARLY

well, it was predicted for a couple of days now that the weather was going to be fairly sever. possibly to the point wed loose power.

it was noted that we were to get as much as 4 inches of ice, then a dusting of snow.

last night when craig and iwere dropping boxes over at the new house, it didnt feel anywhere near like there would be enough time for a temperature drop to cause such chaos.

well, just a bit ago, i let our big dog carley inside, and noticed the backyard looked all iced over...and it was sleeting.

i went to check email, and had gotten one from craig that stated he could see the parkinglot was getting covered and he thought they were going to send his team home.

well...they did. he called a few minutes ago, telling me he was going to take the back road home, because the highway was iced over and he wanted to be safe.

i dont know if he gets paid for being sent home, but thats the life of a call center, i suppose. i remember it all too well from my own expiriences.

if we loose power ill have to update when it all comes back on, but im not expectng to loose any.
or rather is should say..im praying we dont loose any.

MICHELLE

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 11:30 AM

`WERE MOVING!!!!...I Cant Wait Either!!

WERE MOVING!!!!..i cant wait either!!

yes, WERE MOVING!

im so ready to do it too! been an entire year long..TOO long for my tastes.

how this all came about is by chance too. i happened to go with craig to the rental office to renew the lease were on contract for, and they have a listing of homes available outside their door all the time. so, i being in the mind set that my homes really too small for ALL the items we have (were literally face-to-face and living out of boxes) thought id look the list over for a potential home that may be suited for our needs a bit more.

there was a couple of homes in the area were in, about the same size and to move would be pointless if we didnt gain any space in the effort.

at the bottom of the list was: RENT TO OWN, a 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath, living room, kitchen, dining area, 2 CAR GARAGE, FENCED BACK YARD,and its 25 dollars LESS than what were paying now for rent!
to be on contract would require a 17 year lease with the option in half the term to buy or at the end of the lease to purchase the home.
were responsible for all maintinence on the home.

and..its only like about 4 streets away from where we are now, allowing daniel to continue the rest of the year in the SAME school.

as well as..were within the bounderies for the church we go to as well.

craig went and paid the left over rent (35 bucks) to the landords so he could get the key and we could start to move in! when we got home from the train meeting we were at tonight, i wanted to swing back over there...and then back here to the rental were in, and move a few boxes WHILE we still had time (at 10pm).

i was ecstatic to be able to move the boxes from the hallway to the garage. feels so good to be able to have some room, for a change.

i have plans for daniels room too.

since we have run of this place like we own it, i want to paint daniels room.
he and i talked it over and hes very much into a music band called ICP (insane clown posse) and they have a running theme the use on several of thier CDs. its called the DARK CARNIVAL. and on their website..the headers have a tattered-torn carnival tent look in various colors depending on the area your looking in.

so, my idea is this:

to paint his ceiling and walls in a tent-look feel. his favorite colors are: baby blue and white, so, painting this wont be too difficult. 2 colors is very easy.
ill also eventually do some artwork of the covers of 6 Cds ICP has out called: the joker cards. and have each one framed in a poster frame.
his ceiling does posses a slight issue, its got that popcorn mess on it. makes it hard to paint even lines and a hard challenge because the ceiling has that texture to it.
craig suggested maybe we do a fabric ceiling that wed center just over the light (which will become a fan with a light) and when the fans blowing the fabric will move making it look real.
another idea i had was where the stripes are connected, to run a running rope light (either blue or white or both) or have white Christmas lights strung about every other set of stripes along the ceiling.
the lights would be on a separate switch that when the main light is off daniel could turn on these select lights and enjoy the effect of the "carnival tent" feel in his bedroom.
i also suggested a black light to enhance all the neon colors and whites as well...those are always fun.

the living room i want to do in a palm-tree effect. i collect monkeys and i have a picture i have NEVER had on display that i painted. i feel its time, now that im in a home i can do stuff too, to allow this piece of artwork to be viewd.
as well as display several of my monkeys i have collected over the years.

the kitchen opens up into the living room, so im considering attaching the palm-tree theme to the kitchen as well and having all flow together.

i cant wait to completely out of this place and into that one....im ready to feel like im finally home somewhere im supposed to belong!

MICHELLE

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 12:28 AM

TRAIN CLUB MEETING & A BRUISED EGO

Thursday, January 11, 2007

TRAIN CLUB MEETING & AND A BRUISED EGO

tonight (as is every 2nd tuesday of the month) was the OK N-RAIL (OKlahoma N-scale model RAIL club) model train club meeting.
this is truely a craig-thing.

i go for the bbq, to be honest. and endure sitting thru the clubs 2 hours of updates on the clubs this' and thats. to me..QUITE BORING. but i go to support craig. hes an N-scale model train enthusist.

im slowly inching into the model train thing as well..i like the z-scale size (smalles they offer in model train stuff). craigs trains the next size up from mine.

at anyrate, we went as a family.

and they did thier regular routine of this-ing and that-ing. and alot of blah blah blah..lol

at the end, i went up to rick isleman (a member) and told him a few months back at another meeting that the president (steve hanson) had informed me he THOUGHT that there were 2 corner module pieces (naked--meaning nothings on them, no track, or scenery) sitting at a former members home (who has passed away).
immediaitly when i stated that steve had told me to go to rick, rick told me to go back to steve...whom then walks up to the conversation asking why his name was mentioned. basicaly..what were we discussing.

i began to speak, explaining the issue and steve mentioned he didnt recall he had even told me to ask rick...i reminded steve, that was a common occurance and theme i had dealing with him...lack of memory.

so, i continued, and he quite abrasivley stated that right as i started to speak was about the time he "tuned me out anyway".
i was shocked. how rude! i didnt say anything offensive to him. he has a lacking memory, obviously he cant remember he does because we always have to repeat the same thing every single time we are talking about the subject im refering to (but not mentioning here).
i looked at him with an intense anger, and im sure the expression on my face read volumes to him.
he wanted to know what was said about him and why...
i expressed misgivings about his off-attitude
he still wanted to know and acted as if he was in a hurry..
i told him he was rude and what he said was uncalled for.

he had a half-hearted attempt at an appology for me and i stated he needed to listen to me before he interupted me, for me to be able to tell him the entire thing.

so, i said it.

then he says to me...
"oh, those corner modules arnt there anymore. lynn and i have been there since and they arnt there."

all of that, to come to the point of: they arnt there anyway.

i had to be belittled, and stand up for myself...over..nothing.

so, well have to make them for MY train guage, now.
sure would have been nice if steve could have rememberd i wanted to inquire about them and had thought (if he had remembered) to email me so id not have to deal with what i delt with tonight.

just to note..this want the 1st time steves been abrasive with me for no reason. this incident makes 2 times. he really makes it hard for me to WANT to pay membership for thier club.

usually, steves a really nice fella. funny, and interesting. but theres times when he just isnt that same person and he unloads this OTHER person onto me without warning. he dished that same one out again tonight. i didnt appreciate it. it wanst even in a private setting, it was with several other members around.

MICHELLE

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 11:23 PM

FIRST SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

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Monday, January 8, 2007
FIRST SUNDAY OF THE NEW YEAR

well, as par for the course, daniel is still struggling with his desire to go to church.

we remind him on saturdays he has to go. while still a minor and under my roof, if i go, he goes. hes not on that plan yet.

i understand his lack of enthusiasm. i have been a lazy christian with him thru his life and now, all of a sudden, im in high gear. hes gotten lazy too. and has little to no desires to attend church.

this distresses me, because hes still so young to make the choice to NOT belive in God, or His son Jesus Christ. and its my duty, to help foster his spirit to realize that God DOES in fact exist. in the end, it is really up to daniel to choose the truth...but my obligation and responsibility to
at least give him the footing to do so in that area.

shy of some miracle at this point i see my son lingering on the edge of a relationship with God. alot of it, i feel may have to do with the loss of his NANNA, my mother. at the tender age of 8, my mother passed away and daniel really didnt have any coping skills for such a tragic event in his life, and it reflected in his school work.
were in the pre-teen stage of life now. one of the most crucial times to get grounded with a sense of a HIGHER-POWER (God) so that the universe at least makes some kind of sense to you, and your placement in it.
he knows i believe in God, and perhaps this phase is simply pushing the bounderies he knows im familiar with.

whatever it is, he'll be attending more than hed like.
hopefully to instill in him a truth of God and in His son, our savior Jesus Christ.

when we were there a member of the congregation invited the ward (congregational name based on number of members in an area) to come to his apartments clubhouse to watch the bowl game on tv tomarrow. hes our HOME TEACHER. ( a male member of the church assigned to a family that visits the family each month, to deliver a message, and assist in any manner needed.) and i had expressed to him, to try to get to know daniel better. hes too young to expect that he can swim about alone in the tossing and turnings of the world and what life has to offer.
daniel needs to know hes not UNIMPORTANT, and hes been getting a sense of that for 10 of his 12 years.
craigs made excellent strides in making a bonds with daniel, but daniel still lacks the esteem to know hes loved not only by his family, but by Gods family as well as God and His son too.

this is the time to get the learning curve done. with enough male INTEREST in him, perhaps daniels heart could see that God is in fact alive and well, and DOES exist...we can see it in the hearts and eyes of those around us.
this will also, help daniel as he becomes a grown man, to know how to share the light he has within him, with others, either by serving a mission or simply being an example to others also struggling with the truth.

they say family prayer is a great tool to help these young ones along. we dont have a family prayer. perhaps we need to start.

THE WILLIAMSON/CARMICHAEL FAMILY

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 7:36 AM

Posted: Apr 30, 2007