Words from The Bishop Sugar Ray Stapleton

To all my blog friends, I forgot to blog the words i wrote down from The Bishop Sugar Ray Stapleton at mines and Marcus church on Sunday. I was glad what he said!



"God's love for you is not based on you past. He loved you before you had one."

I thought to myself... "It's a good thing He did!"



Have a blessed day!



Flanella Jo

Marcus Under the Weather

Marcus woke up yesterday with a headache and a touch of fever. He stayed home from work but I still had to go to work. We don't think he got the Swine flu becasue the last time he ate bacon was 2 week ago and the introbation period is from 1 to 10 day. I drove to CVS and purchased some medicine that the pharmacy lady regested i get. I was about to purchase Thera Flu but she regested I buy Tylenol blue liquid for aches and coughs and fever so i did. When i got home Marcus say, "I though you went to get Thera Flu." I explain that the lady who work behind the counter regested the Tylenol. He would NOT take it becasue he say he specificly wanted Thera Flu. i bit my lip and didn't say a thing. i just got back in my cadillac and went back to return the Tylenol. When i returned the lady say, "Why you returning the Tylenol?" I said, "My sick husband Marcus say he wanted Thera Flu." (and i did my fingers like quotation marks when I say "Thera Flu") She tried to tell me that Tylenol had all the necesary ingredients and I say "You don't have to tell me. It's Marcus that stubborn as a side saddle mule." She laughed and helped me make the accurate selection among the plentifull array of multiple bottles of Thera Flu. Of course, I defevered he would act like it made him feel better but i looked at the ingredients and they was exactly the same. It was all in he head! Now i am up early and he still asleep. He will tell me the Thera Flu is what made him feel better as he would never admits that the Tylenol was just as good becasue that not "what my Mama used to give me."

Anyone that read my blog - be blessed today!

Flanella Jo

Todd and My Iris Flowers!!!

I love it when April is here and mine and Marcus iris flowers start blooming. We went on a date 2 years ago to a iris farm and we digged up many iris to plant in our yard. If you have never seen a iris flower before you can go to google and type in the word 'iris flower" and it will detrispond with many many links to click on with you mouse. We have purple, black, orange, pink, yellow, blue, lazender, and a beautiful mix of colors. I mean, we really aquired a lot of iris flowers because me and Marcus both love flowers. i almost hurt me a dog today though. Last night Todd dug a big hole next to our fence and rooted up 2 of my favorite iris flowers. I do not care if she look at me now with distuted eyes or not, I am mad! She know she did wrong because i can tell when she tucks her tail between her leg and then slinks off with those distuted eyes. I wouldnt' really hurt Todd but I was so mad she lucky i could not catch her when she ran in the front yard and i had a broom in my hand. my neighbor Yu from China saw me and said 'Why you chasing Todd? You need help catching her?" I said i did but me and Yu could not catch her because she too fast and she never untuck her tail behind her leg the whole time. I kept trying but Yu said "i too tired to catch Todd now. You have to catch Todd by youself." Marcus was still asleep or he would have been out there running around trying to catch her too!

I added some dirt to the hole and put the iris flowers back and spread the dirt on top. Then i watered them. i hope they come back becuase on a warm sunny day, iris flowers cheer me up like that Andy Andrew video do too.

Please be blessed today!

Flanella Jo

My Car Making an Egregious Noise

I was manieuvering home from work this afternoon and defevered that I could run by my best frind Jophaniel's house and pick her up so we could go to Starbucks for a nice cup of tea. When I made the decision to engage my left blinker to turn into the alley that lead to Jophaniel house, my car started making a bad noise. I was too afraid to make the turn so I very safely put on the emergency lights and got out to see what the noise was all about. About that time, a man who were behind me started honk his horn VERY LOUD. It scared the geese out of me! i was furios with him and he knew it! (by the way i stared at him with distuted eyes) he stuck his head out of he window and yelled "Get off the road you crazy woman!" i yelled back but he could not hear me because all the traffic trying to go around me. Then Jophaniel came outside and yelled "Do you need some jumper cables!!!" I did not need any jumper cables because my car was just makeing an egregious noise but I was afraid to drive it now. Jophaniel said "Girl! Get in that car and get out of that dangerous traffic!" I did but my car made the awful noise that made me think in my mind "How much this gonna cost me!?" Everthing was ok though. when i got to Jophaniel driveway we found I had accidently ran over a armadillo and he shell was stuck between my left front wheel and the underside of my car. I did not even see him but thought I had run over a big pot hole in the road. i was embarrassed and i called marcus and said I would not drive with a armadillo stuck under my car so he i had to eat supper with Jophaniel and her husband Travis while i wait on Marcus to get there. it took him a long time because he had to pick up Marcus, Jr. from third grade and then come retrieve the armadillo from under my car after he get off work. Jophaniel make it sound like I was holding up all the traffic for a hundred miles, but it was only for a little ways. I did receive a good education about armadillos and that is they can get run over and you think it is a pot hole.

I hope you have a blessed day!

Flanella Jo

Andrew Andrew Video

I could not wait to blog about what hapened at work today! My boss Randy know a man that now writes books and he use to live under a bridge when he were 19 years old. He is a very nice man with a big smile and he job is to help people know how to be happy and successful no matter how resturbed their life might be at the present time. he name is Andrew Andrew and he go by Andy Andrew. Randy know him since they met one time and he is a very encourageble man that help me and my co-workers have a happy day!

I STRONGLY encourage you to watch this video that he told us about on Your Tube. I copied it for my viewers so I hope you watch it and believe in you self.

Have a blessed day!

Flanella Jo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnwddVuhW8c&feature=PlayList&p=AB8ECAAA2EFB2905&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=11

Washington Family Reunion 2009 Update

Well, I wanted to blog about the reunion earlier but I had to watch mines and Marcus favorite show on TV - 24. We did go to the reunion on Sunday and I did wear my yellow chiffon dress and hat that matched. I did not wear the Washington Family Reunion 2009 t-shirt and hat at first but later changed to match all the other reunioners. Marcus look so nice and so did Marcus, Jr. All the ladies made over him and said he look just like he Daddy. We all met at the park and everbody brought a ontray to eat on the grounds. We had had two whole tables with nothing but macaroni and cheese. All the family members who have George as a middle name got together for a large portrit. Marcus was a little distuted that he did not get in that picture. I joke with him and siad, "Why don't you get in another picture with all the mens with Theotis as their middle name?" He looked at me with those distuted eyes! I say "Baby, I'm just kidding." And everthing was ok. Marcus did have a good time visiting with he three favorite cousins, Lamont, Willie, and Ted. i got along really good with they wifes, Lameka, Linda, and Barbara. I even talked about my new blog and I might get them to be a viewer of my blog if they can get access to a computer. Me and Marcus went back to the motel where we was staying about 9:00 at night and we were exhausted from being there all day! Marcus, Jr. was asleep all the way to the motel.

Thank you for viewing my blog. i hope you have a blessed day!

Trying to Get Over Being Sick

To all my viewers - I did not write in my blog yesterday like i said I would because I have been sick. i thought I was going to feel better but i didnt'. I can't sleep now becuase I have been sleeping all day. I woke up because Marcus turned on my radio and before I went to sleep that song by Pee Wee George, 'Red, Gold and Gree eee eee eeeeeen!" came on and I kept dreaming about those words all night and they would not go out of my head. i was flustrated because I wanted to sleep! So I'm awake now and decided to try blogging to see if i could get those words out of my head.

Marcus was very sweet today trying to take care of me. he brought me some chicken noodle soup and crackers and kept rubbing Vicks Vaporizer on my lip but now i feel like he burned my lip. But he meant well - i hope! I know why, though. He don't want me to miss the Washington Family Annual Reunion on Sunday. He already bought our t-shirts and hats that say 'Washington Family Reunion 2009'. Even though they no kin to George Washington, almost every man in he family middle name is George. Marcus name is Marcus Theotis Washington, but he is one of the only ones that do not have George in their name. I always ask myself why they do that, but they do and no one actually calls his self George. They just have that middle name. But if I laugh about it, Marcus get mad, so i just laugh to myself. I dont' think the name George Washington is funny, but when you not even kin to him and you name everbody his name i think its funny.

I hope I do feel better by Sunday for because i do know Marcus like showing me off. I'm not bragging about me, but he think I'm pretty so i try to look nice. i am going to wear my Easter dress and hat becuause i did receive many compliments on Sunday and i don't want to wear it only one time.

Well I am getting tired again but i still have that little Pee Wee George song in my head. i will listen to some other music when I go back to bed to trick my mind not to keep singing his song in my sleep.

Have a blessed day!

Flanella Jo

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