Family Dinner Night

One of the hi~lights to my week! Every tuesday night a bunch of us gather and take turns cooking..its such a fun experience of getting to know each other better and really taking the time to care for each other. Just taking the time to spend  with each other is so speical. Anyone out there wanna join in a week! we usually start eatting at 730..come one by!

We're MOVING!

God has directed us to a house of our dreams! With help of Fred finding the house and getting it at in auction...Eli and I decided to buy it! this thursday we are going to close on this house and we are soooo excited! Its been totally God who we have trusted to find us a house...a house we hope to share with many friends and family over the rest of our years of life...but most of all we hope this will be the house that we will raise a family in.

oh....we are moving only 2 mins from where we are now..off dixhills rd...7 ivy hill ct =)


We are in the process of getting our old home ready to sell....its a big big job....moving and cleaning that is....
pictures soon to come...=)

Summer has ended

Eli's 40th Surprise Party!

Well I didnt do some of the things I wanted to do this summer vacation BUT I did quite a bit! I worked camp at my preschool for 3 weeks..usually i do a week or maybe two! I really loved it! Then I threw a surprise 40th birthday party for Eli..whose real birthday is actually october..we had about 70 people in attendence...including his family from ohio and his best friend from college Steve and his wife Jacque..it was a great time. His family stay a week or so and we painted the house and a neighbor helped us out by building us a porch and put in a front door..its our first front door! AND we are very excited about it!We actually have been working on the house and our yard..we still have lots todo but have done a lot this summer..we have cleaned up the computer room and repainted and gotten rid of stuff! One room down...kitchen/den needs to be painted next then our room and bathroom! 

 We have used our MA house the last two weekends and are hoping to get one more getaway there in october before my dad closes it up!

We have started to look at forclosures in the area that Fred (elis co-worker) has given us to look at and we have liked a few..so i guess that mean we are starting to look again! Labor Day weekend was this weekend and we were able to bring friends friends with us to the MA house! it was a blast! =)

I also was in a Wedding this summer! My best friend FINALLY got married to her long time boryfriend Eli Irizarry!It was an amazing day that I will never forget and it was a Joy to see how happy they both were! 

All in all it was a great Summer, the Lord has blessed us both so much! 

Cheryl's Wedding!
(molly,me,cheryl,allison,kristine)

Very early Stages

Eli and I decided we are going to look into adoption! Today I am going over my good friend Karen's house..she adopted two boys and she is going to talk about the process that she went through! I know most of her journey..the ups and downs..and it makes me excited and terrified..but i know the Lord is leading us in this direction..
BUT...we are still trying to have one on our own! The Lord will give us the desire of our hearts one way or another and in his time!
Just asking for prayer of course...For wisdom and for guidance!

Summer

I finally feel like its summer..probably because i have this week off!!!! I cant wait to sleep late and do nothing but FUN things!
The sad thing is my Eli is going to be away the whole week i have off! He is going with the youth group to a conference in Ohio..(yup, his parents live there and are going to try and meet up with him..im so jealous!)
But i will be keeping myself busy and the week will just fly by..which im not looking forward to it doing that either....i just cant win..oh well!=)
This week i want to go to the beach,go to a nice restaurant,s to a carnival,go to a 1st birthday(hehe i have one of those already planned),go to the movies( a couple times) and see old/new friends! busy busy already!
but im starting my week of right and thats going to the best place CHURCH...i havent been there a bunch this month cause of my teeth pain so im excited to get that back into my routine! I just never feel right if i miss church...u ever feel like that?
Well heres to a great week for everyone!

Cousin Josh

I have become good friends with eli and gabe's cousin Josh...i acually truly call him cousin josh..(i get made fun of for that many times..) he has come and stayed with us many times and is always making us laugh..as well as being very helpful around the house!
He has been looking for a job....(graduated from PENN state) and its been kinda hard for him! But he had an interview today and im hoping and praying for him! it will be closer to us! (queens)!!! he lives in jersery now!
Just wanted him to know Eli and i really care for him! (even though he will probabaly never read this)...=)

Strike that

I think we decided now to wait to put our house on sell..OR to put a second floor on... eli has to talk to some peeps and see prices and stuff=)
either way all the stuff im sorting through i have to sort back...UGH

Went to a graduation party today and it made me think about high school again! i hated high school but looking back i wish i did more and wish i spent more time with my friends from there.

Friendship

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

With everything i have been going through the last couple of months..you really see the true friendships that you have..
Friends are so important to me! God has placed these wonderful people in my life for certain reasons. I usually feel like im suppose to be helping them..and being kind and generous toward them..BUT they have shown me how important i am to them..and i thank you so much! You know who u are =)

House for sale

Eli and i are putting are house up for sale...we havent begun the process just yet but have been meeting with some people and frankly seems very overwhelming..
i have started going through things...clearing out and putting things away..to make things less crowded. Seems like a long road ahead...
We dont know where we are moving to just yet but looking in the commack,northport...and some other towns i cant think of at the moment.
But at least we are starting this exciting crazy journey!

Pain

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.[1] It is the feeling common to such experiences as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting iodine on a cut, and bumping the "funny bone".[2]


Pain motivates us to withdraw from damaging or potentially damaging situations, protect the damaged body part while it heals, and avoid those situations in the future.[3] It is initiated by stimulation of nociceptors in the peripheral nervous system, or by damage to or malfunction of the peripheral or central nervous systems.[4]
Most pain resolves promptly once the painful stimulus is removed and the body has healed, but sometimes pain persists despite removal of the stimulus and apparent healing of the body; and sometimes pain arises in the absence of any detectable stimulus, damage or pathology.[5]

i had to look up the definition..lol
this word PAIN had been in my daily vocab for a couple of months..as i write its 4:54am and im in pain again waiting for my drugs to kick in..
BUT i do have to say another word has been on my mind and thats PRAYER... my friends and family have been amazing..praying and encouraging me along this awful journey..
I just wanted to thank everyone..it has meant so much to me that people care how i am doing!

My Birthday

birthdays for me always end up so bad...i dunno if i look forward to it so much that its such a let down or if things happen on my brithday to make it not seem like a birthday or if people in my family dont do anything for me..lots of stuff goes through my mind..i rarely ever have a GREAT birthday!
Last year on my birthday i found out that i am going to miscarry and of course it had to happen on my birthday...so now i always remember that day when the doctor called me and i cried on mollys shoulder for an hour or so...ill never forget it and it HAD to happen on my brithday! this year i was really struggling b/c i did not want to do ANYTHING for my birthday..i didnt talk about my birthday and when people asked me what i wanted to do..MOLLY! JESS! i siad NOTHING! i dont wanna do anything..i dont want to celebrate it at all! I felt i just had to deal with my misscarriage AGAIN..and i didnt wanna celebrate when i was feeling all sad..

BUT BUT BUT! my birthday turned out to be really great! At school one of my kids got me flower and cupcakes..my co workers sang to me..Debbie for i work with got DD and fruit salad and an awesome gift! Beth got me Starbucks..i mean who would have thought. i sure didnt..i thought i would squeeze by and no one would say anything b/c thats what i really wanted! But i felt so special....
I then went to my parents house and watched some yankees with them..they got me a trip to disney with my husband and two friends and there daughter! it was awesome!!!! im so excited!
then got home and jess had tons of surrpises for me and then lunch at the cheesecake factory! it was amazing!
then Molly had planned dinner for me and at her place and then we were suppose to watch glee..(but with eli working so late it didnt work out =( but we are gunna try again real soon)
so then at 10pm we all(eli,gabe,jess,and sarah) went out to canterbury ales in huntington village and it was YUMMY!!! when we got home Larry was there and had a cake for me! it was so sweet of them to do all this stuff!
then GLEE!! it was a great show...

thanks everyone for making my birthday so great! when i thought it was gunna SUCK! LOVE TO YOU ALL!!
and everyone who gave me cards and gifts!!!! thanks!!

HE is RISEN!

He has RISEN indeed!
Easter is here..I cant believe its April..the months just keep fling by! This Easter, my parents are coming over for lunch/dinner..and i am cooking..i have been doing it the last couple of years and i really enjoy having people over...im making a ham, aspargus,salad,and my mom is bringing the rest hehe..thank goodness for moms right!
Holidays like this make me think of my family who live in other states...i would love to see my nephew searching for eggs or my nieces dressed in there sundays best! i love seeing kids on this holiday..although i know that this is not what its all about..but u know me and tradations...i remember staying in my brothers room the night before easter b/c i was so excited for the Bunny to come!he had to calm me down!!! so funny to think about now..but it was such great family times..and i long to do that with my kids someday..
Wishing all my family out there a wonderful Easter filled with joyous celebration that Jesus is Risen!!

The Bounty Hunter

Movie trailer

I went to this movie at elwood theaters @9pm...didnt start till almost 930. i was dissappointed about that b/c it was late anyway..but when the movie started i totally forgot the time and enjoyed this rollercoaster of events this movie offered..

Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly. He thinks all that's ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other -- until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough -- staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher.


From the previews of this movie i thought it was one of the movies that would show all the funny parts on the previews but they had some good parts that i was happily surprised about....
i would recommend this movie..

Movies

Movies are a big part of my life! There is nothing better for me then to sit down and watch a romantic comedy! yes, thoughs are my favs..but i do love a good drama or suspence on occasion=)
Recently i had a whole bunch of women over for a CHICK FLICK night! My main goal was to get women from our church together and not only have fun but to get to know each other more and more=) This has been a dream of Karen mannale.,Carol carlson and i's for a long time and it finally came together last weekend! Everyone had such a great time.... we are having another one at nancy lupos house in may! we did trivia questions and had prizes..it was such a fun time i will never forget it! Oh, im sure you want to know the movies we watched..well the first was my favorite..the proposal with sandra bullock and Ryan reynolds..they were great together and it was just a funny fun movie! i would recommend it to anyone! we also watch another movie with sandra bullock ...any guesses...yup, youre right the Blind side..no its not really a chick flick...but there is a chick who won an award for the best actress...thats right u go sandra!
Karen mannale took a bunch of pics so when she posts them ill post some on here! cant wait for the next one!

March 5th,2009

Tomorrow is one year since i found out i was pregnant... i really cant believe its been that long since that exciting day..that i took 5 tests..haha..just because i didnt believe it was real (eli didn't like me spending 50 bucks on preg tests lol)..it was such an amazing moment that i felt soo blessed to get the desire of my heart. what a feeling it was..i will never forget that EVER in my life...

but another feeling came soon after......a feeling i will never EVER forget.......6 weeks of doctor appoinments...had to many to count..
then on my 28th birthday..came the news...my sweet baby was with Jesus....and he was holding my baby tight!

this has been a year of many ups & downs...
im really tryin to focus on moving forward and letting God led the way...but boy its hard!
thanks for the prayers..keep them coming! esspecially in the next couple months....

i would die for that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqfGqOx2iDQ

cause i had a bad day....

"For A Moment"

I heard for just a moment,the beating of your heart.
The sound that held such promise, but soon it would depart.

I dreamt for just a moment,of the day I'd hold you tight.
I'd listen for your little breath, and rock you through the night.

I cried for just a moment, when they said that you had gone.
I laid alone in silence, that seemed so very long.

I prayed for just a moment,that you would be reborn.
Into my arms you would come and forever would be warm.

I was for just a moment, the mother of a child.
Who laughed and cried and ment so much, if only for a while.

In that single moment,when I finally said farewell.
I knew that we would meet again little baby, for time will only tell.



(c) Michelle Ann Burch All Rights Reserved

Jessclay

Jess and i have been hanging out quite a bit lately and i really have been blessed by her friendship! She is always such a giving person and is always thinking how can she help!

I hope that i can learn from her more and more how to use my gifts of giving and helping for the lord!

Love you JESS!

SURPRISE!!

Yesterday afternoon in the middle of eli and i's costco run....I got a phone call from my mama(mother in law) and she with Victor (my father in law) were coming to visit us this weekend!!!! I am so excited to see her b/c she doesnt come around here too much...because of its LONG drive! but she CAME!!! and im so excited to see her for a couple of days!
One of the real reason for them coming is because Victors sister...(Eli's Aunt) is really sick in the ICU...although she is looking better..but still has a long road to go! We are praying for a full recovery thats for sure!
We will do some fun stuff today(sun) and do a little shopping and a little eating haha..=)
It will be a good time!

Oranges!

Oh by the way! I lost 8 pounds on the fat flush so far! YAY me! i pray i can continue to go toward a healthy life style honoring to the Lord...
Back to the title of this blog! ORANGE..its not my favorite color, I do have an orange car, but its the FRUIT im talking about today! IM obessed with oranges! they are sooo yummy and i could ate about ten a day of i didnt control myself =)
My favorite are from Trader Joes:http://traderjoes.com/index.html
3.99 a bag this week! yummy! there sooo juicy and tasty! Go try! Just sitting here i ate 3!

Rainy day

Woke up this morning and fall right back to sleep, dont u love sleeping in on rainy days! Well i couldnt b/c i had to get up for work, the power had gone off then back on again so there went my alarm clock...so adventually i got up and got ready! BUT still its one of those days you just wanna stay in and be cozy with someone or a doggie and watch movies and relax. Not gunna be one of those days for me. Now that im done with preschool, i did a little food shopping and got soaked!... and now im off to babysit in a few..and will get soaked again.....then bible study and will get soaked again and then facch's for 24!and will get soaked again, but they have a nice fire going usually.... although its all fun stuff which i will be happy to be at once im there...its hard to think about going out there in this RAIN!WIND and MORE RAIN and WIND!

This Weekend

This weekend, i am looking forward to a lot of things!
1st ....Friday night is SPA night at Nancy Lupo's ..its actually a Moms night out for Mops but i have been going the last two years and i really enjoy being with these lovely ladies! This year im even more excited b/c Molly is coming, this is her first year in mops and im so glad that she gets to meet and get to know these ladies better that i love so much! i cant wait till i can officially join this group....but thats it Gods timing...as for now i just crash it!
2nd~ Saturday morning~ Blood drive ~ i feel so lucky to be able to give blood to be able to help someone..i always imagine who it might help and the story behind that!
      ~Saturday Afternoon~ Pioneer girl ice skating` i do ice skate but not at this event, i love getting to know the parents more and chatting while the girls skate! its a good time!
     ~Saturday Night~GIRLS NIGHT OUT...we have planned this for a long time now and a group of us girls decided that we are going to spend a night out at the cheesecake factory in smithhaven mall instead of spending money on christmas presents! And i cant wait for all of us to be together again! and talk and laugh and have a great time! (we will miss you emilie!!!)
3rd~Sunday morning~ church..always a great morning to look forward to...BUT this sunday is Baptism sunday and some good friends of mine are getteing Baptised!!!!
    ~Sunday Afternoon~going to the Fitzgeralds for lunch to celebrate the Baptism's of Tracy and Cristi!!!
    And i guess maybe watch a little of the JETS game!!!
    
Im looking forward to it all!
=)
    

The dreaded Fat Flush (two week advendure)

Well i have finally started the fat flush  http://annlouise.com/ yesterday and i have been feeling really good and excited to start my journey (once again!!!) to losing weight! i have been journaling what i have been eatting and im excited to REALLY DO IT this time! Again, im going to say this is it...this is the last time im going to be obese and extremely over weight! im looking forward to sheding of the pounds...here we go!!!!

But on a side note...i could use some prayer for who ever reads this! i have been praying myself SO hard..i dont want to like food, i just want to have enough to make my body healthy and thats it! I want to be able to focus on other things in life and not worry about food and then worry about fitting into things and feeling uncomfortable in every setting im in..
 so again...here we go!

Facchiano's

i know i blogged once or twice today but i have been thinking alot about the Facchiano's! One reason is eli and i spend every monday night with them! We started a couple of years ago and we go and enjoy a snack and a tv show! we always have time of sharing something thats been going on in our lives..during our "visiting" times...
We all love the show 24...(http://www.fox.com/24/) Its exciting and we always CANT wait until the next weeks show!
the Facchiano's have always been like family to us! we spend alot of time with them and enjoy every second! Peter,Joe and Jess are 3 amazing friends and we are so blessed that they are in our lives! Pat and Ron are amazing parents and excellant role models, they have such love for there kids and i love to look inside there family and see it pouring out of them!

the Facchiano's

we have been blessed by being able to see peter and laura get married on Jan 9! they just arrived back from their honeymoon earlier this evening and it was so fun to see there happiness...it brought back memories..and made me really want to go away again! haha=)

Congrats again Peter and Laura! eli and i are here for you ...always ask if you need anything!

Peter and Laura (jan9)

Joe and amy are the next to tie the knot! im looking forward to seeing these two love birds finally be together FOREVER! They really have been a blessing for me! the way the treat each other and care for each other is nothing i have seen before in young couple! i pray god uses them in an amazing way!

Jess has been a college this past year but the times she comes home, she always makes time for me...for the first time ever...someone should me how to use makeup! thanks jess! i loved it! she is always there to listen to me and she always makes me laugh! but with jess...she always surprises me! i have never seen a person with so much talent! i really believe she can do ANYTHING that she puts her mind too! Thanks for being an excellent example of a christian using there gifts for the Lord! i love u jess!

January

january is a month that just seems to be a BLAH month! the holidays are over and you have to put away all your christmas decorations, the house seems so empty(but clean) and it makes me sad. Christmas is a family time for eli and i, we always go to ohio to visit his family! its about a 10-11 hour drive and even though i dread the drive..as soon as we pull in mama and victors driveway, my heart feels so happy to see them! every year i get closer and closer to them and the times get better and better! i believe im growing great relationships with eli's family and i am very lucky to have inlaws who are a great christian family who love the lord and love me! We also got to visit my brother(doug) and sis-in-law (elaine) in Durham,NC..it was again a long drive with lots of traffic to make me REALLY HAPPPY...hehe but when i pulled in to their house and got to see the JOY of my life! my 18 month old nephew IAN JONAS! i started to think i can make this drive every day just to see his smiling face!it was a great time over all with a few family bumps but i believe this trip was the best ever and i know my relationships with my family will grow and grow into something even more special then it already is!          

WOW..its been tooooo LONG!

I started this blog, So i can have a journal for myself. i thought that typing instead of writing would make it much easier for me! well i guess i was wrong...as you can tell!

My church Dix Hills evangelical free church has started a 365 days of reading through the bible! i have always wanted to attempt this but i have failed over and over! but this year is different! I have read for 17 days and i am LOVING every second of it! i have decided to wake up earlier in the morn and read...(well listening and following along)
Its really been a wonderful experience and im looking forward to the months ahead!

My Brother(DOUG) has also decided that again this year he is reading through the Bible, BUT he has taken things to the next level! He is reading it aloud so others can easily follow along and also giving a few thoughts after about the readings....Take a look! If you enjoy...Follow him on itunes =)
http://saulreadsthebible.com/

As for my churchs website...CHECK this OUT!!
http://365revolutions.org/