Sunday Ramblings

My vacation week is nearing an end. I can't say that I'm enthused to go back to "reality", but since I don't have much choice... onward and upward. My family came to S.A. to visit this week. My maternal grandmother, aunt, uncles, and cousins were in town to celebrate the holiday. I am thankful that they were able to make it down.

This week of thanks was marked with sadness. A dear, dear friend of the family passed away on Saturday. Elder J. W. Denny went on to be with the Lord after a brief second battle with cancer. He will be dearly missed, but I know he is in a much better place. I pray for his family that they may find strength in this time of bereavement.

I will continue with my quest to drop the pounds. I purchased a new supplement, it's an Acai pill. I heard about the Oprah and Rachel Ray "diet". Acai in combination with Colon Cleanse is supposed to cleanse your body and increase metabolism. I am going to continue to workout and monitor my eating closely, but I do hope that this will help. My goal is to not only drop the weight, but to begin to live a healthy lifestyle.

Black Friday shopping was WONDERFUL! I got lots of deals and tons of great buys. Anthony and I along with several of my sisters hit a few stores and then had breakfast.(I was able to get some Christmas shopping done that morning.) We took a nap and then I went back out for a second helping of shopping! Fun stuff. Anthony bought a new toy for himself. A new XBOX 360.... another game system to add to his collection:-) I can't wait to play him in PAC-Man!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! There are so many things that I am thankful for this year. God has blessed me to see another year that was not promised to me. In this economy where financial institutions are going under every other week, I still have my job. There have been numerous layoffs, but I am still employed. I have my health and strength. I could be in my sick bed, but I am up an able. I am thankful for my family and friends. I am thanking God in advance for several petitions I've placed before him. I thank the Lord that I am learning to praise him in spite of conditions and situations. I'm thankful for all that I've gone through this year of new beginnings and am looking forward to a new year of promise and possibilities. This is a new beginning for me in one particular area. I have about 30 pounds that I would like to lose and I'm starting now. I am starting to exercise and to monitor the food I eat. Today is a new day and for that I am thankful!

Is There a Fire At my House?

I was on my way home from work a few days ago. Anthony was probably about five minutes behind me. So I pull up into my garage and let the door down. I unlock the door to the house and begin to disarm my alarm. My hand slips and I accidentally hit the fire button. I immediately cancel it and finish disarming the alarm. I call Anthony and say, "Hey I hit the fire button but canceled it. Everything should be OK....right" He says yeah, but I'll call the alarm company to verify. Thirty seconds later he calls back and says that all is well..he's also driving into the driveway by this time. He said that the fire signal did reach the alarm company and they were in process of dispatching a fire engine. All is well now. It's been a total of three to four minutes by now. We both begin to walk in the house and settle down to watch the evening news. The news starts, but in the distance we begin to hear the unmistakable whir of a FIRE TRUCK. We open the front door and what do we find. A big, shiny, red fire truck sitting out front. Apparently they got the cancellation signal just as they drove up! We weren't billed for this because it was our first "offense." So I'll have to be more careful!!

Prayer Request / New Cell Phone

We visited my grandmother this weekend. She seems to be doing better now. She's been moved from the hospital to another short term care facility to begin to recover. Please say a prayer that her recovery is swift and complete.

Please also say a prayer for Bishop J. W. Denny. He's a leader in my church and has always been a friend to our family. The doctors have said they have done all they can do, but I know that God can do the impossible.

I'm just not a person who's into much technology. I have to have a cell phone, but only for making phone calls. I don't require that it do a bunch of tricks or play games or what not. I just need a dependable phone that can make calls. That being said, I got a new phone today. It's an Upstage and I LOVE it. My old phone really was ready for the junk heap. It's been dropped so many times and really looked horrid. This new phone is really cute AND it actually does quite a few tricks. First off it's RED (which is becoming one of my favorite colors). It takes pictures, it's blue tooth capable, and it is an MP3 player!! How cool is that? My first phone with toys. And it's so tiny. I love it!

Anthony on the other hand must have a toy...that also happens to take and place phone calls. He is a technology junkie. His current phone is a Treo 800wx palm pilot that does a bunch of stuff. And guess what, he already wants a new one!!!

Road Tripping

We are traveling today. I enjoy road tripping....to a point. The point where I begin to get sleepy. Most times it's just me and Anthony in the car and I can't leave him "alone". So I end up staying awake the entire time with him. It's a good time though. We do a lot of good communicating on the road and we always have fun together. We went to Kileen and did some shopping. We are getting closer and closer to the Christmas holiday. We want to get our shopping done before the seasonal "rush" starts. By the end of the day we were in Dallas. We are here visiting my paternal grandmother. She had a recent health scare so we just wanted to come and check up on her. I'll update with pictures when we return to SA.

Taylour

I haven't yet introduced y'all to my babydoll. This is Taylour (think TAYLOR..different spelling) She is my one and only niece and I love her to death. You will see lots of pictures of her on this blog.


Isn't she precious!!!

The Story of US

I never get tired of telling this story. Anthony and I met in March of 1999. He lived in Corpus Christie at the time. It was the week of spring break. He was passing through San Antonio on his way to Mexico to meet a girl. He stopped by church Sunday morning to visit his cousin. After service was over he approached me, asked my name, and asked for my phone number. I decided to give him my information. Long story short, he never made it to Mexico. He stayed in San Antonio that week. We went out every single night. By the end of the week I think we both knew that we had deep feelings for one another. We were engaged in February 2001 and were married in December 2002.
We have a beautiful relationship now, but you wouldn't have guessed it by the turmoil we created for our courtship years. Anthony and I would fight about everything and nothing. We disagreed on most everything. He talked too much, I talked too much. He said black, I said white. He said up and I said down. There was so much disagreement that we probably should have broken up. We stuck together and began to develop a deeper relationship with God. This is why I KNOW that with God NOTHING shall be impossible. The day we married everything just changed for the better (and I'm not exaggerating). I think that God helped us to realize when and how to talk and when and how to listen.
The 21st of December this year will mark 6 blessed years.
We never get tired of being together and enjoy each moment! I love him, he loves me and I couldn't imagine spending forever with anyone else.

And the Journey Begins

Hello and welcome to our blog. This will be an insightful look into the wonderful world of Shavonne and Anthony. I hope that you will enjoy taking a peek into our lives. This is the beginning of our blogging journey, but we know that the best is yet to come!