My Princess Topanga

This is my baby " Topanga " Tp is a white highland terror mix breed.
At the end of last year when I had to put my Weimaraner "Heidi" to sleep I began my search for a new house dog. We decided on a smaller dog this time, I wanted one that I could hold in my lap, my husband wanted one around 20 lbs that wasn't a big moose and that wasn't too little that you trip over her. Sarah and the Grandkids wanted a fluffy dog.
So I began my search,looking up what was the perfect dog for our family. After figureing out what would be the perfect pet for everyone we decided on the white highland terrier that was a mix breed so we could adopt her from a shelter.
I looked online for weeks, , one night at 2:00in the morning, I got on line and was searching on find a pet. I found my dog. It was love at 1st sight, I wanted this dog. She was exactly what I wanted and she looked like the name we all decided on
to name her "Topanga" would fit her perfect.
She was at a Vet In Ocean Springs, Ms, 3 hr drive away, I e-mail the vet office right then at 2 in the morning. I said I was interested and told her about our family and wanted more info on the puppy, who's name was "FLUFFY"
That next morning the lady from the vet called me and said another couple was also interested and was coming from Hattisburg to see her and probably adopt her. She suggested we drive up to see the pupply because you never know they might not adopt her. Bill and I left almost imediantely, and drove up there. When we arrived there were dogs everywhere, cute adorable dogs, but I spotted Topanga, I whispered to Bill, that's her that that girl is holding.
I walked over and the girl and her parents and others were all saying how cute she was, my heart was already breaking, I knew I would not get her. I stood there looking at all the other dogs and all of a sudden Topanga jumped out of the girls arms and ran up to me, I bent down and said, Hi, you are so adorable, I wish I could take you home Topanga and she snuggled up to me. The other people went inside to sign the paperwork , the vet came out ans explained they got there 1st and she was so sorry, and has never had this happen before where 2 familys came at the same time to adpot the same dog. we understood and started to leave. The the Vet called us back and said wait, the girls mother came over to me and said, It looks to us that this puppy is 100% of what you are looking for and to tell the truth she is only about 99% of what my daughter wanted, she handed me Topanga and said you can adopt her, Happy New Year.
I was so excited, the vet asked why they changed their mind and she said they wanted a smaller dog, Topanga was 19 lbs, just what Bill wanted.
We signed the papers and brought her home.
We have had alot of dogs on this farm, alot I loved dearly for a long long time, but Topanga seems to be the best one we ever had. Beautiful, playful, loving, smart and part of our family.
I wish I knew the people that didn't adopt her that day, so I could tell them thank you so much, maybe some one that reads this will know who I am talking about and it will get back to them that Topanga has a very loving home and we all all happy, and I hope they found the puppy of their dreams too.

SANTA ? or GET*HER*DONE ?

HO HO HO !!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 

Thanksgiving 2005

48 pounds lighter this year! 

Preparing for Thanksgiving Day

OMG! This is what I looked like just one year ago, this pic was taken last Thanksgiving day, and I thought I looked good!
With Thursday being Thanksgiving Day I wanted to say, Don't Blow everything you have worked for.
I am taking the BFL approch and planning ahead of time, now is the time to plan, Not when the food is on the table and you are hungry.
This year I am telling God that I don't want to give in an be out of control with my eating . that I need HIM to give me strength right now to get thru this Thanksging Day. You can join me in planning and Pray away your urge to overeat.
Then Friday, get right back on track,
If you don't plan, you plan to fail!
We can do it! and GET*HER*DONE

Princess or Clown???

She says she is a princess, I say she's a Clown!! LOL!

Paige is my little munchkin!!! She is almost 4 years old, her birthday is in 11 days !

Billy loves playing grandpa's guitar, he now has one of his own.

Future Country Star????????

Heather, My Little Cheerleader

Heather feeding the baby goat, Peggy Sue
The mama is Mary Lou, I got them for my 50th birthday and since I had a Wopper of a 50's style birthday party, I had to name the goats real 50's names!!

my favorite pictue of my 3 grandchildren

Heather LaRaine 9
Billy Joe the II 7
Christa Paige 3

The bride and Groom 8 yrs ago

 

My 1st adopted daughter

Niki knew just how to win my heart, she found out their where new foster parents in the area and she actually called me to meet me, She was 14 years old and she made all the arrangemnets to ride the school bun to my house. I fell in love with her instancely,
At 15 she was pregant with Heather and at 16 we signed the papers for her to get married.
Her Husband Billy is a auto mechnic and managers the tire store in picayunne, Niki is the office manage in the same tire center
Heather is my Angel Heart and she knows it, she's 9 years old and wants to be a cheerleader like her Aunt Sarah.
Billy Joe is 7 yrs old and loves cars and spirder man. BJ is a real little gentlemen, he loves opening doors for everyone and saying ladies 1st. He's going to be a lady killer when he grows up.
Christa Paige who we just call Paige is a real charater, you never know what to expect next, she's a little dream, our little spoiled princess

Niki and Billy have a house on the fron of our prooerty so we get to see the grandkids mostly everyday. and we love it! and we have a special drive way so the kids don't have to go into the street when coming to visit us.

My Daughter in Richmond , Virginia

This is My olderst Daughter Robin with her husband Steve and their childern Katy and Stevie

My 1st grandgaughter is now 14 and Stevie is 11

Steve owns his own CHRYSTLAR repair shop and Robin is a math teacher

Robin is 36 and is Bill's 1st daughter from his previous marriage

Stacey now a nurse Practicner 

Sugar and her fold

This is the horse that kicked Stacey, Big and powerful, one thing is you never know what's going to happen, and Stacey was a very experieced horse person

Stacey

This is my beautiful daughter Stacey
Stacey grew up riding horses and last weekend she was kicked by one of her horses during feeding time, she was in ICU for 2 days and nights and then in a reg room for 2 days, now home and feeling better but still week.
The horse kick her and lascerated her liver, She was given a pint of blood and bleeding internally. It really scared all of us, especially her, Stacey is a nurse practicioner and knows the damage it did. SHE WAS FAINT AND EXTREMLY LUCKY TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE HOUSE AND CALL 9II, AFTER THE CALL SHE PASSED OUT, IF SHE WOULD HAVE PASSED OUT BEOFRE CALLING 9II SHE WOULD HAVE POSSIBABLY DIED THERE tTHANK GOD, ALL OUR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED, AND i THINK Stacey will pull this fine, but the horses are history.
Stacey is my husbands 2nd daughter from a previous mariage, she is 33 and just got married to a wonderful man, Dirk

Sarah Michelle

Body for Life and Me
Today is November 21, Bill and I adopted Sarah 5 years ago today. we got her as a foster child when she was 7 and changed our world 4 ever.
We have tried to be the best parents we could be, We gave our Love, our guidensss your values, our strenght and hope. Sarah is ging to be 17 on my Birthday, we share the same day, isn't that awesome. She's a good girl and has a good head on her shoulders, an adittude a mile long sometimes but I guess that's every teenager these days. She wants to become a proscecuting Attorney and married Her 1st true Love Alex. She is currently a Cheerleader, Goes to Gymnastics, in the Drama Blue Maskers, takes voice lessons, is an A< B student, mostly A's and currently training as a DJ on the local radio station and already anouncing the news, weather and swap shop items and music. We are so proud of her.

 

This is Sarah's last year pic from Cheerleading,
She has been in cheerleading since she started school, It was her biggest dream to grow up and be on the varsity cheerleading squad in High School.

Sarah is now in 11th grade and tried out for Varsity this year and got in.

Whenwe think back to standing in the yard trying to teach her how to do a cartwheel with out bending her legs and looking like a little frog, we are so pleased and proud of her hard work and all her accomplishments. 

November 21, 2000

This is 5 years ago today at the court house. The day Bill and I adopted Sarah. We were so happy 

My Sarah Baby

This is my daughter Sarah she was 7 years old in this picture and in the 2nd grade. She came to us as a Foster child on Oct 11, 1996 and changed our Life 4 ever.

WONDER (FULL) JULIE

The race is marked. Julie, you know the route you must take. Take your time and if you stumble or fall, Remember God has sent all of his most precious angels to watch over you and keep you safe. You are our Champion Julie, Your perservance will help you finish the race. Just run the race one mile marker at a time and we will all be there cheering you on when you cross the finish line!

Wishing you all the very best Julie and looking forward to meeting you in person, your're already in my heart and prayers.

Love, GET*HER*DONE LINDA 

HelpJulieWhitt.com

Julie Whitt, 2002 BFL Inspirational Champion
will be put in the computer tomorrow morning to recieve her Double Lung Transplant. Within 3-5 days Julie will undergo her Life's Biggest Challenge.
Please go to Julie's webpage or visit
www.helpjuliewhitt.com
you can donate, buy a T-Shirt or check for the latest items up for auction on Ebay all to help with the cost of Julie's $2,000 a day stay at Duke Center.
Sign Julie's guest book and let her know how much you care, share a thought, a story or a picture with her. Map where you live so Julie can see where all her FRIENDS live.

The Heart of man will never be determined by the size of his pocketbook!

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra!

Do what you can, and do your best, that's all God ever asks 

Poster Hanging at my GYM

When I told the owner of the Gym I belong to that I WON the Contest on the Lifers Forum she was so excited for me, she asked me to make a poster to hang on the Gym Wall!
This is it!, it's 16x20 and it's just the biggest Honor, I'm still on cloud nine from winning the contest.
You can see all 5 winners on www.bodyforlifers.com
Go to the all forums section at the top and click on the Photo logs section and their is a log of all the winners pics . the Novemember newletter will have all the winners stories in it.

My biggest prize is 12 weeks personal online training from Gus Marlos and an I POD Shuffel
BFL DVD set Burn the fat , feed the muscle book and $100 worth of EAS supplements

Now my New Goal is to loose more Body Fat and learn all I can about body building , become a personal trainer and become one of the finalist for the 2006 BFL Challenge champions. 

Body for Life! Live It Everyday!

 

I GOT*HER*DONE!!!!