Crystal's Site

Crystal's Site http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/ http://www.globalincidentmap.com/home.php Ok, my name is Crystal, obviously........I blog quite a bit and I welcome you to browse my page........dont assume a tag is exactly what it looks like LOL, but often they are. I am a child of God and may talk about just about anything. I dont like to hide my skeletons because they made me who I am and I dont want to come across as perfect. I try to treat people as good or better than myself and I can take constructive criticizm pretty durned well. I am a stay at home mom so I have a lot of time for this stuff........welcome to my thought life. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:14:00 -0000 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:21:16 -0000 Crystal's Site http://images.alterb4ego.multiply.com/logo http://alterb4ego.multiply.com 100 100 July 22, 08 Well,  John got released from the doctor yesterday to go back to work.......and so today he has gone to see what they have to give him......they had packages for everyone at the meeting they had, but he wasn't released yet........so we dont know what is going to transpire.......got Alley some shorts for school and went by to see the baby that Ashley had.......he's a pretty little boy!  Went by John's moms and got some purple hull peas........you should have seen us all last night shelling them LOL.....family thing it was....... The alarm went off this morning and woke me up too soon.......John set it so he could go in early and do whatever it is he's going to do......so I guess he's officially laid off and another day begins....... I wish I had profound things to say or some interesting story.......but I dont you guys.  Not today........not lately as a matter of fact...... Supposed to have living water flowing up out of me ya know?  But any spiritual things going on... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/757/July_22_08 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:21:16 -0000 July 21......08 Morning all.......Lady Belle woke me up early.....as usual......she dont think I should sleep past seven......this thing on my bum is no bigger than a kernal of corn and not getting any bigger.......I put witch hazel on it at intervals and keep hoping for the best. Well, today John goes back to the doctor......I dont look forward to making that trip in the least......but I guess we need to get it over with....... I'm thinking about my mom this morning but I dont want to blog about it......I've blogged about it enough......same with Robin.......blogged about that enough too.  I do wonder how they are doing.....I hope ok......surely they are doing ok.......mom should be getting close to surgery on her knee soon if she told Michelle the truth about when it was going to be..... I spent about the whole day yesterday watching preaching.......I went to church yesterday morning.......I like the church and the preacher but I've gotten so used to some of the preachers on TV till a country p... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/756/July_21......08 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:22:33 -0000 July 20, 08 Good morning........Ashley had her baby last night.......healthy little boy and all is well.  We were going to go to the hospital today but I'm thinking I'll put it off and see him Tuesday at home.......she named him Lyndon Blaine.........not a bad name for the little guy....... I'm studying on whether I'm going to church this morning......I most likely will just to get out of the house and see how those folks are doing...... Tried to listen to some good Bible study last night and the kids and John kept trying to talk to me LOL.......seems like they flock me when I do that for some reason.....but I did hear Charles Stanley uninterrupted and it was a good sermon about not tolerating false teachers and how to recognize one when you meet them.  The only thing he said I have to ponder about it this business about different interpretations of the Bible.......that if they say there are different ways to interpret it, then they are a false teacher........the mandates in the Bible I ... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/755/July_20_08 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:41:25 -0000 Good morning! I feel like whistling today........I dont know how to whistle, but buddy if I did you'd all be in for it LOL........the house is cool this morning and I've already cleaned where Lady Belle got sick this morning.......she woke me up just to alert me to this little problem......sweet!  And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking.. Well shoot......we got whoopi thinking she's smart as a whip and whatever her name is on the view panel thinking she's so smart too......I read a blog about that n-word show, can you tell?...........looooong pause.........."We took BACK the word!"  Give me a break.......if my kids hear them say the word and then ask me about it I have to say, "It's a BAD word we dont use it."  Then they say, "But they do, why cant we?" And I have to explain the whole thing about slavery and mistreatment of black people....it's only a way to keep the curve going K?!  When and if my kids ask me why black people can use it and they cant, I... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/754/Good_morning Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:58:59 -0000 July 19....08.......early in the morning LOL Well.......I think my shot is getting into my system......tis a good thing I'm here to tell you!  watched a movie tonight........."Bridge to Terabithia"........it was a really good movie......especially for kids.....I'm feeling better.......still lost as a goose but better. Rhonda talked about we might be having to change mountains and now Cindy has done gone and done a blog about having to leave your nest.......folks, I LIKE where I am and it is my nest.......I hope I'm not gonna have to move on or out or any of those things......and if that WAS to happen I would want it to be a step up the ladder and not a leap of faith......know what I mean vern?  ah well, if this is the devil at work I just figure no weapon formed against us shall prosper and I'm gonna leave it at that, that came from a sermon I heard today........and I'm holding onto it.....anyway...... Monday we go to the doc and if he releases John, then it's unemployment line the next day I suppose.......things d... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/753/July_19....08.......early_in_the_morning_LOL Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:30:23 -0000 July 18..........08 howdy......went and got my shot today and got groceries while I was at it....seems I've put on the seven pounds I lost so that was good.....I got back home and took a nap. Monday I have to take John to see his doctor and I guess they will release him for work and then he will I guess be officially laid off and needing to go sign up for unemployment and whatever else he's going to do....I didn't even feel that shot this morning.......it was like I didn't even get one at all.....I checked for blood on my bandaid to make sure she gave me a shot....... I got Ashley some newborn diapers......a bunch of them......and a few shirts for her little girl.......I got Alley some short sleeved shirts too........she didn't have any.....well, she's grown you know? Well, I have had a boil or a rizen come up.......I aint telling you where......usually I can witch hazel those things away when that happens, which is seldom....we'll see.  I'm not happy about that.......I hear eating raisins will help ... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/752/July_18..........08 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:47:55 -0000 Hey folks........ Well, I keep reading Lisa's blogs and she's freaking me out......(Lisa, you're freaking me out!)  All this talk about the economy going sour.......having no food to live off of, needing to stock up on the essentials.......believe me.......if I was rich man by now I'd have a house built into the side of a tall mountan with parking garage on top, with windmills to create electricity and pump my water and with thermal heating and cooling capabilities, my own seperate septic tank and a nice garden near the garage and it would all be self sufficient without needing any utitlitiy company in the world to tell me what it costs this month........I would have some sort of satellite.....I hear there is one you pay for one time and it works from then on.......not a monthly bill and I would have satellite internet and I would be watching the world from behind a sheet of plexi-glass that makes up the side of my house all the time and I'd be impregnable practically........but ..........I'm not a... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/751/Hey_folks........ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:51:08 -0000 Good evening! Well, I've been on strike for two days now and the house is sure telling off about it LOL.......I need to get off my butt and clean it up and I will directly.......my poor tomatoes are trying to grow but I've not been watering them properly......I need to do better if they respond to the soaking I gave them tonight.... Today I slept and relaxed and slept some more......in my own bed......boy that was nice......some idiot called me today supposedly from the mortgage company, they had our name and they had the right address, right mortgage company and all that....trying to sell me some kind of health insurance and send me a voucher for some free gas.......all I needed to do was give them my birthdate........notta.....no way I told her was I giving out that kind of information........next I feared she would want my social security number........no WAY........so I called the mortgage company and told them their info might have been compromised and what happened and how they should check in... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/750/Good_evening Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:34:59 -0000 Good morning! Hello!  Well, I called my sister and she didn't leave those rocks there, but then I got to thinking and I remember........it seems like Alley brought them to me one time because she thought they were neat and at the time I thought it strange she brought me exactly five of them.......Robin used to tell mom and dad she loved them "five" because it was the biggest number she knew when she was little........."five" used to mean "I love you" between me and my ex because of that little story.....anyway, I remember now how I asked Alley could I keep them and then I put them in that general vicinity because I figured I might need that info later........well, as it turns out it came at a perfect time........so that's what was up with the rocks......dont get me wrong........it was still the Lord prompting the whole thing.....so anyway Jen has been calling off and on this morning so if this blog seems stinted that is why.  She has a lot to talk about LOL........anyway.......... I slept ... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/749/Good_morning Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:11:38 -0000 July 15, 08 Well, everyone left by noon today........I started cooking the kids some raymon noodles for lunch after they were all gone and then I cried.....I almost cried while hugging daddy goodbye but I held it back......I ate me hot dog and then fixed that last cup of coffee out the pot I'd shared with Sally and Daddy this morning and cried some more and reflected on the last week or so......and how precious those people all are too me and how illusive they are all at the same time.......distance is a horrible thing between family members......especially with today's gas prices.  And I cant help but admit I had to wonder when I would see them all again and frankly it scares me sometimes that I wont......it had been so long since I'd seen Michelle that I was pretty durned amazed to be hugging her in my driveway when she got here. Then I laid down and was listening to the news sorta....and my kids came into the room wondering could they play a video game........so I let them and the banter b... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/748/July_15_08 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:47:39 -0000 my family These are pictures of my side of the family.......some of them......and http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/photos/album/8/my_family Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:55:08 -0000 Hello! <a href="http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SHr4PgoKCoMAADJBTeE1"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.alterb4ego.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SHr4PgoKCoMAADJBTeE1/vacation%20016.jpg?et=s492ri0m6yaiUb%2CQ6UL9wg&nmid=0" border="0"></a><a href="http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SHr3kwoKCoMAADKTcVc1"></a><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.alterb4ego.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SHr3kwoKCoMAADKTcVc1/vacation%20017.jpg?et=0HGSbhAWKzVlNFa9WuF66g&nmid=0" border="0"> Well folks........here we are........it has been a long time for all of us to be together like this.  Michelle is in the blue shirt.....my brother Shawn is in the red shirt and the then there is Dad and Sally and me and the kids......well, Alley isn't in the picture, I dont know where that little one was.......but anyway.......here we are all together.  I wish Robin had been here too.......anyway........ Today we got up and had coffee........Dad and Sally took Aunt Bonnie to t-town to pick up her new car (new to her) and mine and Michelle's crew went to McDonalds to pick up my brother from work and eat burgers and then to my cousin's house.....Michelle's kids went to a swimming party with one of his kids and I made quite a few trips between here and there today........we had KFC for supper and sat around drinking coffee and just visiting all evening.........it's been awesome today although pretty active........ Last night when Michelle and her husband got in it was late and ... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/747/Hello Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:09:28 -0000 July 11, 08 Hi ya'll.......hope you are having a good week and have a good weekend ahead of you......it's been hot out here so we've been kinda hibernating except for getting school clothes for the kids and for going to the lake that one day.......I would go today but I have to get some cleaning done to some blankets.....and a load of wash.....I'm feeling kinda tired.........took a long nap today since Dad was going to my aunt's house anyway..... John just came and told me he was bored......LOL........DUH!  Me too......but leaving the house means spending money.......and I've been spending enough as it is lately.  The school clothes were planned......the computer chair was needed......and groceries have been great since dad got here because I've made stuff I dont normally for my own family......except the chicken and dumplings that is......those were a big hit...... My mind has been marked mostly lately with a void of deep thinking and I dont know how to act......I haven't even been thin... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/745/July_11_08 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:47:39 -0000 July 9, 08 Good afternoon ya'll.....I have been napping a lot this morning and this afternoon....it sure has been nice too......yesterday I went and bought a new computer chair....we needed one badly....also picked up some garden veggies from my ex-mother in law.  They were sure good......she gave me something called acorn squash......I cut it up and cooked it with a little brown sugar and some butter in the oven.......it was scrumptous that way.......I dont know any other way to cook it....we also had okra fried and some purple hull peas....... I have found that me and daddy disagree in two areas.......one thing is, he likes his veggies cooked to death......peas, that's one thing.......but fried okra to me should go into hot grease, cook quickly and come out with still some okra flavor to it.....crunchy, but still with okra flavor.....the other thing is........I dont care HOW dirty the inside of a trash can gets......that's what the liner is for.......Daddy on the other hand prefers a clean... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/743/July_9_08 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:44:47 -0000 One in the morning........ Well, I didn't find myself blogging today so here I am in the wee hours of the morning.  Today Dad went to spend time with my aunt so we took off to Hot Springs and got some school clothes for the kids on sale.......they had a really great sale on stuff for Jess........stuff for Alley was a bit more sparse so she got less stuff, but she needed less stuff too........anyway.......we got them both some clothes and some sketcher shoes........I had no idea how expensive those dudes were and repented at the cash register.........I hope they make me proud I bought them and last real good the whole year long.......John has been enjoying riding.......ever since he found out I CAN drive in town he gets me to do it now........the kids hear a lot less cussing so I guess that's not such a bad deal and I'm getting used to doing it again........I was years out of practice...... It was a nice outing for us and the mall was neat........I didn't know they were a carpeted inside like that.......it l... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/742/One_in_the_morning........ Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:44:48 -0000 July 6, 08 Good evening you guys.......this morning I listened to preaching with my Dad and his wife on the tv, then at about church time I went to a local church......a tiny little place it was compared to the other two I'd gone too........these people durned near shook my hand off so many of them shook my hand!  The preacher walked the isle to preach, the kids were not in children's church but were in the congregation and these people are way laid back and seem to all love each other.......it was an amazing atmosphere........I think perhaps I've found my church.....three little girls got babtized this morning who got saved at church camp........praise the Lord!  So anyway, I felt right at home....... After services I came home and cooked a pizza before we went over to my uncle Larry's house and that was one COOL visit.......aunt Deb took the kids in hand right away and turned on the tv to spongebob and then brought out some toys for them to play with........the woman understands kids!... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/741/July_6_08 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 22:50:08 -0000 good evening! Well tonight we watched the fireworks in town.....my aunt's house is not the best place to do this because of the distance and the trees.......but we still saw them....next year we'll do what we normally do I guess......it was a nice day.......I napped and then we went over there after we ate and sat in the yard awhile.....wow, that yard holds so many memories....... Then we came home and I bathed the kids so they'll be clean for tomorrow......I do believe I'm going to go to church tomorrow even though daddy is here.......and I think I'm going to try a church I haven't been too yet.....it's called trinity Babtist.....daddy told me he thinks the first christian church I went too was an offshoot from the pentecostals.......but they didn't do any tounge talking or anything so I dont know, but I bet they do communion every single sunday from what I read of their package they gave me......I'll decide in the morning what I want to do for sure...... When I went to the grocery store I tho... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/740/good_evening Sun, 6 Jul 2008 05:51:21 -0000 July 5, 08 Hello......we are having a regular day around here for now.....grandma and grandpa went to visit daddy's sister......we dont plan to go over there till after supper.....want the kids to see the fireworks and dont want to do a lot of driving back and forth to eat so.....anyway.....I hope they enjoy themselves over there......I'm sure they all will..... I'm kinda tuckered out.......I plan to sleep some today and recharge my batteries..... Dad was talking about going to the diamond mine.....I told him they could go to it but we would go to the water park because it's too hot out there to be sitting in a big field like that digging in the dirt......I might venture to put myself through that sometime, but not my kids........and Aunt Bonnie mentioned about going to Uncle Larry's how the kids had a big place in the yard to play.....well, I have news for everyone........if the idea is to go to Uncle Larry's and force the kids to stay outside and I see that is the gist of things while the adult... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/739/July_5_08 Sat, 5 Jul 2008 18:47:28 -0000 July 4, 08 Good evening everyone......today was a good day......we had a get-together here at the house and everyone ate good and the boys went and played pool out in the garage and my brother was here but all went well......I got a short nap today but the phone rang shortly into it and I got woke up.......I sure was sleeping good too! I guess Dad and Sally are going to my aunt's house tomorrow for a bit......I plan to take a luxurious nap.......and since I'm planning that it likely wont happen! ROFLOL  But I am going to try LOL.......tomorrow evening after supper we will go over there to watch the big fireworks in town........you can see them from my aunts house....... I didn't play pool.......usually when people are I let the folks play who dont live here and then when I'm here alone I never play LOL.........silly me.......I should be a shark by now!  I always feel so comfortable when my dad is about.......and when he leaves to go home I always feel slightly abandoned and I cry every ... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/738/July_4_08 Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:31:19 -0000 Good morning....... I cant shut down my mind.......so I've poured myself a mudslide and decided to blog as I drink it........hopefully this will work and sleep will come........ Daddy got here safe and sound, he and Sally.....and we are having a nice visit so far.  It was pork chops for supper.......they went over really well too...... Rhonda was asking where I start when I get going with my thoughts......and I was thinking about that intensely.......the first thought I'm consciously aware of having in my life was when I was little and in the high chair and granny was ironing......I was watching how the wrinkles came out of the clothes so easily with this device and marvelling at how pretty they looked when she was through........I remember looking at my hand and thinking how wrinkled it was......how pretty it would be if it was smooth......so then the phone rang.....granny looked at the door that would take her to the phone and looked at me back and forth a bit flustered and worried......then she to... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/737/Good_morning....... Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:05:01 -0000 howdy..... Well......found out earlier today........John is definitely caught up in the lay-off.....so once he gets cleared to work again then he will have to look for another job. Aside from that, I've been cleaning a little here and a little there all day long at my own pace and frankly, it's looking pretty durned presentable around here......so when my dad gets here tomorrow it should all be well.  It would anyway but I just want the place looking nice is all......when everyone gets up in the morning I'll have to yank the sheets and wash them......get them back on the bed......I went and bought a new matt for in front of the kitchen sink, the old one was looking awful.........I also went and got blinds for the kitchen and the door......the ones in the kitchen were looking very dirty but I didn't feel like washing them.....so I bought some and they were too short........so I decided if I was going to have to remove hardware I was just going to up and put up my curtains which I like be... http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/journal/item/735/howdy..... Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:35:13 -0000 Days gone by These are some of my http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/photos/album/7/Days_gone_by Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:20:53 -0000 Christmas Shenanigans http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/photos/album/5/Christmas_Shenanigans Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:19:24 -0000 Us and Them http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/music/item/42/Us_and_Them Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:34:27 -0000 Family These are some pictures of John's family and us. The one with everyone in a row is my daddy and his brothers and http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/photos/album/4/Family Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:37:54 -0000 Just Us http://alterb4ego.multiply.com/photos/album/3/Just_Us Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:51:50 -0000