Soical Networks

I am have been in class all day Real Living Realty Services at the Kenwood office. I have been getting training on how to increase my business. The second half of the day we have been working on our social online networks. There is a lot to take in and I do not know if I will be able to ever get it. But, I am going to keep trying. It takes a lot of time.....

Preschool & Daycare

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Our rates are affordable are affordable and we are open 6am - 6pm for your convenience. We are licensed for children 3 - 11. We have full time, part time, before / after school and summer care available.

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Acts 2:38

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A woman had just returned to her home from an evening of church services , when she was startled by an intruder. She caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables and yelled: 'Stop! Acts 2:38!' (Repent and be Baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ , so that your sins may be forgiven.)

The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done.

As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar: 'Why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a scripture to you.'

'Scripture?' replied the burglar. 'She said she had an Ax and Two 38s!'

Knowing scripture can save your life - in more ways than one!

School and more school

You would think that at the age of 41 I would be done with school but, no not me.
And this week I have 3 assignments due on Tuesday. It seems to be the busiest week ever too.
Hopefully I will get everythihng turned in on time. I cannot afford to lose any points.
I am running 2 - "B's" and 1 "A" so far this quarter. (not sure about the 4th class we have not had any grades yet).

Congresswoman Jean Schmidt is a Grandma...

Congratulations to Congresswoman Jean and Peter Schmidt!!!!!

They have also become first time grandparents.
Michael William (I hope I got that right) was born
October 1rst to their only daughter and son-in-law.
He weighed 6 lbs 12 oz. (I think that is what Peter said)
and both Mom and daughter are doing great.

WOW....It has been for ever........

It has been really long time since I have left any new posts.

• My life has been crazy and it is not slowing down any. In August I went to school for 3 weeks (4 classes, 12 credits, 120 hours) and became very brain fried! I completed my Real Estate courses at UC Clermont with a 4.0. I took my Real Estate Exam and passed both the state and National the first time.
• I became a Grandmother (as you can see from previous posts) to a beautiful girl!!!!! (I haven't seen her much lately and miss her!!!!!)
• My daughter became engaged.........
• DeAnna started back to school using the Ohio Virtual Academy. (This seems to be going well)
• It is political time in a presidential year. So my life is crazy with political stuff to do since I am the vice chair of the brown county republican party and vice president of the brown county republican club. (Although it does seem like I have not been much help lately because of my crazy schedule.)
  
• I have started back to school at UC Clermont college. Taking 4 classes per quarter to receive my Associates Degree in Marketing Management. All my classes this quarter are on Tuesday and Thursday. (that really works out well)
  
• I am working my Real Estate business now that I have my license. That is lots of fun. I love helping people meet their needs! I work floor time hours at the office in Mt. Orab.
• Along with all of that I am looking for a part time job to bring in a little income or I will be temporarily subbing at the Afton Wesleyan Daycare while Sara is on Maternity Leave.
• Oh yeah, I am helping with a Benefit Auction for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. We will be auctioning 52 wedding dresses, 5 prom dresses, a party of 8 tux rentals, and lots of other items!
  

Maybe some of the above will explain why I have not posted anything lately! Well, really it is no excuse. I used to post more often when I was up working at 6:00 am. Maybe I should just get up earlier. I would have more time for devotions and more time to get on the computer!
Thanks for reading my post!

More Pictures as promised..

Here are some more pictures of Elena as promised. I was having trouble with my scanner and pulling pictures off of my card.

Great Grandma & Elena

One of the proud aunts in my family.

Here's the other proud aunt in my family.

Look at that head of hair!!!

Best of all here is one PROUD Papa!!!!!

Thanks for checking out my granddaughter pictures!!!!

Elena Raquel Jowers

Elena was born August 26, 2008 @ 3:30am.

She was 20 1/2 inches long and weighed 6 lbs 12.8 oz.

She is beautiful with a full, thick head of black hair.

I have been having trouble with my card reader or I would have had pictures up sooner. But, here are a few and I am still having trouble because I thought I copied all the pictures over to my laptop last night but, it only looks like I copied few of them. I will post more from my other computer.

Just hanging out waiting on Elena to make appearance.

Jason's Mom - Michelle - admiring Elena

Elena is almost here!!!!

Due date is Wednesday August 20th. We are pretty excited and can't wait for her to get here! We went over last night and spent some time with Jason and Raquel. We had a nice time. I just wanted to share of picture of Rocky and Elena. Elena is making sure everyone sees her but, she isn't showing too many signs of wanting to enter the world.

As you can see, it is as if everyone else is ready for Elena to enter the world except Elena. Please pray that Raquel has an easy delivery. She has had a pretty decent pregnancy with very few complications and what they thought in the beginning was wrong with Elena they have determined has gone away and is no longer a problem. (PRAISE THE LORD)

When we have a baby I will do my best to get a picture up right away. Thanks for looking at my blog.

Praise the LORD!!!!

I passed both parts of my test on Saturday! Thank the Lord! I appreciate your prayers!

~~PLEASE PRAY~~

I am going to Cambridge today. (I did not want to wait another week to take it in Cincinnati) We are staying there tonight and I will be taking my Real Estate Exam tomorrow morning at 9:00am. I have 2 tests - a national and state. I am given 2 hours for the national and 1 hour for the state.

Raquel's Baby Shower

We had a baby shower for Raquel on August 2nd. We had a lot of fun. My sister in law, Darlene helped put it together.

Boy is was a little nerve racking at the end. Darlene was really having a time of it and I felt really bad for her. Her daughter, Michelle, was having her baby early on the 1rst because she had been having a lot of trouble. Darlene's mother had an infection that they thought was going to end up putting her in the hospital. But, Praise the Lord because Michelle had her little boy on the 1rst and she and baby were doing great (baby was having a little trouble at first from being born c-section but was doing great by Saturday morning). Also, Praise the Lord, because Darlene took Molly (her mom) to a specialist and they did not have to put her in the hospital after all. They started a different treatment and she began doing much better.

Here are some pictures from the baby shower.

Waiting on everyone to get there. Rockey was the last one to get there.
Jason didn't want to get up that morning and he made her late to her own shower.

Everyone is trying to find something in there purse that
starts with a letter from baby Elena's name.

We had a wonderful time and Raquel got lots of really nice items for the baby! I am very excited we now have approximately 10-15 days to go. I can not wait to hold my grand daughter!!!!

Congresswoman Jean Schmidt's Fundraiser

Congresswoman Jean Schmidt had a fundraiser at the Hilltop Reception Hall in Brown County on Friday 8/1/08. Keynote speaker was John Kasich. Mr. Kasich has a possible interest in running for Governor of Ohio in next round.

Here Mr. Kasich is speaking. I was very impressed as he is a very powerful speaker.
He speaks very straight forward and with lots of passion.

Congresswoman Jean Schmidt and Jo. Jo is the owner of the Reception Hall.

Jean is listening very intently to Mr. Kasich as he speaks.

Congresswoman Jean is telling us about the blunder that happened at the White House that day. Her staff called her as soon as she got off the plane to tell her that Mrs. Pelosi turned the lights out on everyone, turned off cspan, and kicked out the press because she did not like what was being said. From what I understand this is history first - never been done before.
This was a very nice event. I appreciate Congresswoman Schmidt involving me in this event. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Putt Putt with Jason & Raquel

Jason and Raquel came over on Saturday and took us out to play putt putt. We had a wonderful time! Here are some pictures. Raquel is doing really well. Pregnancy is going great. Doctor thought something might be wrong with the baby but, as of last Monday at the last ultrasound they said that what ever it was is gone and everything will be fine! Praise the Lord!!!!! That was exactly what we were praying for. God is good!!!!! He is gives us way more than we deserve.





Derrick and Jason were both sure that each one of them was going to win. Well, the pregnant woman won! Ha Ha Ha. We had a great time! Thanks for taking us out Jason & Raquel.

Kayaking

Here is a picture of Raquel after we went kayaking two weeks ago. That baby is popping right on out there.
Here is a video of Derrick going over the dam on our kayak trip. We put in at Jackson Pike and went down to Williamsburg park. Mark went over also but, I do not have that video. They were a little worried about going over in the short kayak (9.5 feet) so they used the 12 foot kayak to feel more safe I guess. I felt very safe just portaging around!





We all had a great time but, it sure was cold that day once you got wet. I dumped my kayak for the very first time. Jason and Raquel dumped theres and Dan Sams dumped his kayak. But, we enjoyed it anyway!

Ronald McDonald House Ministry

The youth group at my church, Christian Nation Church, have a ministry that they participate in every month at the Ronald McDonald House in Cincinnati. They go once a month and prepare a dinner for them. The church has been doing this for approximately 2 years and this was the first time that I was able to take DeAnna and participate. I thoroughly enjoyed helping out.

Following are a few of the pictures that I was able to take. (I was going to post this blog a lot sooner but, I have been having trouble downloading pictures off of DeAnna's camera. Here they are finally.)

This little boy that Denise is carrying around was the cutest thing. He took to Denise instantly and then in the pictures below this one you can see that he took to Lorna. He figured out Lorna's name and that she had the camera and he LOVED the camera. He was taking pictures of everyone he saw with Lorna's camera. He figured out how to operate it with out any help. He is very smart!

I can not express enough what a wonderful time I had watching the youth of our church minister to people and being able to help them do so. All that I can really say is "WOW"!!!!! I definitely hope to be able to go back. I also want to thank the youth for allowing me to hang out with them since I am not a "youth" any more.

A Gift from God is your Mother or to be a Mother.

A newborn's conversation with God....



A baby asked God, 'They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?' God said, 'Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.'

The child further inquired, 'But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.' and ;God said, 'Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you . And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy.'

Again the child asked, 'And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?' God said, 'Your angel will tell you the most

beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.'

'And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?' God said, 'Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.'

'Who will protect me?' God said, 'Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.'

'But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.' God said, 'Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.'

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, 'God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.'

God said, 'You will simply call her, 'Mom.'

~Caleb & Stephanie's Wedding~

My niece, Stephanie got married on April 19, 2008 to a great addition to our family Caleb Arnold. I am very excited for them! They ran off immediately after the reception to Indianapolis and then to Hawaii for a great Honeymoon. Their wedding was very beautiful!!! The weather was great and God just seemed to be very close! They had a butterfly release which I thought was very pretty.
Below are some of the pictures that I was able to get.

Stephanie releasing her butterfly.
Enlarge this photo and you can see the butterflies very well.

Granny & DeAnna

Granny & Cheyenna

Beautiful Cake!

Granny was quite beautiful!

CONGRATULATIONS
CALEB & STEPHANIE!!!!!
We love you both and are praying for you!!!