New Posts on My Other Blogs...

Please note that there are three new posts in my Prayer Blog, and one new post on my poetry blog, Dance of Memories. Here are the links...

Prayer Blog
http://gloriousdreams-prayer.blogspot.com/

Dance of Memories
http://danceofmemories.blogspot.com/

These links are also located to the right of the screen in my Links section...

My Room at Aunt Debbie's House...

For the very first time (and the last, I'm sure) I have my VERY OWN room! And look at the bookshelves - they are built into the wall, and go all the way up to the ceiling!


I finally have somewhere to display my panda obsession - I mean, collection...


And, of course, my music center... I'm going to get a poster of guitar chords to go above my keyboard.

And - go figure - now that I am not in school I have a desk and a laptop computer and tons of space!

My Lord of the Rings shrine's last stand... this will come down for the last time when Nick and I get married - he's not a big fan (crazy man!) Lol! :)

I have a feeling my dolls and stuffed animals are seeing their last sunlight, too. ;)

I'm going to keep the pandas displayed, however - Nick, I love you dearly, but the pandas will stay! :)

Sylvester, the female striped tabby with the required black paint (cudos, Cheri), and a tribute to two of my closest friends in the whole world, Cheri and Selissa... I love you guys!

My grampa Lyman passed away this summer, so I have a dried rose from his funeral, and one of his cowboy neckties that he used to wear all the time. And... there's my family, ferrets and all! :)

My grandmother gave Nick her wedding ring to give to me. The diamond belonged to my great-grandmother.

Jason, Kim, and Asher

Nick and Alena

Engaged
Saturday, October 14th, 2006

I'm ENGAGED!!!

Last night, Saturday, October 14th, 2006, Nick asked me to marry him! :) I cannot express how happy I am - you will have to use your imaginations. ;) I can only say that I am the most blessed woman on earth, and that I pray that God enables me to be as good of a wife as Nick will make a wonderful husband!

We have not yet set a date for our wedding, but we hope to do that this week. I will posting that as soon as I know, so keep a watch! ;)

I will also be posting some pictures soon...

X-treme Mouse Games

Ferret Collage

My family's ferret collection, courtesy of Jessica's artistic genuis ;)

PPP Puppet Team Kickoff Party - AAARRGHHH!!!

Nick was "Legless Harley Jones" at the PPP Puppet Team's kick-off pirate party. Asher was "Pirate Bud, the Ochre."

Asher was a very good sport :)

Brett found a website where you enter your name and the site generates a pirate name for you - we ended up with some really odd names!

"Cannon-Balls Bruno" (Jason) and his son, "Pirate Bud, the Ochre" (Asher).

And me - "Cap'n Avalon Greasepalms."

Our party consisted of pirate naming, singing of pirate songs, three contests centered around pirate vocabulary, drawing blindfolded, and the word "AAAARRGGGHHH!!!" We finished off the night by watching the movie "Muppet Treasure Island" by Jim Henson.