Powerful song, too bad i dont know any guitar players to play whilst i sing it??? hmmmm?


Worthy is the,
Lamb who was slain
Holy, Holy, is He
Sing a new song, to Him who sits on
Heaven's Mercy Seat
[Repeat 2x]

(Chorus)
Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And I will adore You…!
Yeah!

Clothed in rainbows, of living color
Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor, strength and
Glory and power be
To You the Only Wise King,
Yeah

(Chorus)
Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come, yeah
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And – I - will - adore You!
Yeah!

Filled with wonder,
Awestruck wonder
At the mention of Your Name
Jesus, Your Name is Power
Breath, and Living Water
Such a marvelous mystery
Yeah...

(Chorus)
Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come, yeah
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And – I - will - adore You!

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come,
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And – I - will - adore YOU…

(Chorus) (Repeat at a cappella)

Come up lift up His Name
To the King of Kings…
We will adore YOU Lord…
King of heaven and earth
King Jesus, King Jesus
Aleluya, aleluya, aleluya!
Majesty, awestruck Honor
And Power and Strength and Dominion
To You Lord,
To the King, to King
To the King of Glory

Good monday morning all you bloggers!
i have the day off, well, mostly, i go into work today at 4:30. it will be nice to have the day to do what ever i wish. Hannah and i are being whisked away to Brucemore, for story time by Sheila and her crew of co-horts :) that should be interesting.

Michael is getting ready to go into work today and leave me wihtout a car. our truck has lost all its break fluid. we are getting it towed and will have to see what the diagnosis is. Michael thinks it is something with the wheel valve, stem internal combustion thingy :>

Hannah is still asleep, which is great for me. once Michael leaves i will get out my vacuum and clean my house! one thing about having a small place, is that i can have it all cleaned in about 40 minutes! well that, and i know how to clean fast! like lightning.

we had a great weekend. Saturday we went to Rachel's wedding. She looked so beautiful, i had to keep telling myself it was Rachel! She looked great and i was so blessed to see the love between the two of them! Michael came too and actually danced a few times with me. something we havent done as a married couple! i know, married 4 years and never danced together.

after the wedding we headed home to change then over the Healing the Heartland at the Ice Arena/kingston. there were thousands of people there! more than i have seen at a single event in a LONG time. it was awesome. we got right down in front, right in front of all the speakers, Michael's choice, and waited for Newsboys. i knew most of their songs, it was wonderful praising God with all the other people there. two band members fell on their butts running around. it was a bit funny, but that is what you get for running on a slippery stage in a previously flooded area. there is still a lot of moisture in CR.

speaking of moisture, i had a lady come ito Michaels wanting us to rework a shadow box she did. because it kept 'falling' inside the frame. i asked her if it was in an office downtown. she said yes, i said, well there is still a lot of moisture down there left over from the place being under 8 feet of water less than a year ago. she said- its a brand new building. as if moisture only creeps into old buildings. DUH!!

well, Hannah is awake :( i wanted to get the place cleaned before she got up, oh well. she is a good helper, maybe i'll get her going in the tub scrubbing away!

have a great day all!

ha! you couldnt see the stuff from work because i didnt post it! i forgot to delete that line and it was getting late to get to work.

watercolor a customer brought in. it already had the beige matting on it.


i designed this look with a fillet, which has to be cut at an angle and fit to the matting.














































i went with a suede mat, it has excellent texture to it and looks rich with all the highs and lows in the color of the matting

The frame i chose has all the colors from the watercolor in it, but also a bit of silver to bring out the light from the birch tree. The bronze coloring on the frame really worked well with the fall colors in the backround













































here is the completed piece. what a fun job i have! i enjoy it greatly. i will try to take more pics of pieces i create!




























































































i think i have the best job in the world, well on days when we actually can help customers and they are willing to take our advice. i have been doing this a while and like when people take my opinion. some just ignore the options we give them.


have a great day!

ouch

Here was the most exciting thing to happen at the Mantz home this weekend...





























































































ouch!
Hannah was running with her arms in her sleeves cause she was cold. hit the concrete and flipped over and skinned her knees. I didnt see it happen, but forseened it happen. i just knew when i saw those arms in the sleeves she was going to biff! Thankfully Sheila was near and scooped her up until i could get to her for comfort. Thanks Aunt Sheila! we love you very much!

we were at Ben Gray's grad party and Jeanne let us use a washcloth and band-aid. Hannah and i were both grateful for that. nothin like a skinned knee, and face for that matter.












































































































































thought i would show you some of my work from work.

what can separate us from the love of Jesus Christ?
nothing this world can even change
though i once was lost, now i've been given grace
it's a mystery, that i would not chase.

You, You, You are are all this heart is beating for
Jesus You all this heart is longing for.

i dont understand it, how you love the way you do
even when ive fallen you always bring me back to You.
what can seperate us from the love of Jesus Christ?

so, this is the song i worshiped to on the way to church yesterday, and boy, let me tell you it was a very freeing, tears flowing time. that is probably the thing i love the best about days, being able to worship God anywhere, anytime. this just happened to be on the way to worship with other believers.

yesterday was one of the hardest days since Dad went to be with Jesus. after arriving at church and listening to the Bible study-which i cant even tell what triggered the thoughts-but i just sat and cried. thinking about the elderly couples there and their life-long relationships just made me sad for my mom...i reached over and squeezed Michael's hand and just gave him the "i am drowning here and really need a rescue" he scooted over and put his arm around me and just protected me. what a man! If it would have been just women, i would have shared my heart. good thing Anita is starting a women's cell group! YES! sharing time for me.

Michael continued to protect me through the pre church chatter by just standing there and being close. when i saw mom, i had to tell her how i was feeling. then i felt bad, because i know she was feeling bad that i was feeling so bad. at one point she said she wanted to go home, i am so glad she didnt.

then the music started...

i could see and hear dad in the 2 introductory songs, swaying his body back and forth and raising his fist high in the air in surrender to Jesus. i know he is fully aware now of the power in the songs we can but sing about. butt dust... :) stuelke-speak

then it was my turn to be the protector, i just stood there by mom during the greeting while wonderful friends/family members came to share in the tears and human longings that dad wouldnt even be able to understand now. he is free in every sense of the world. (that was a pun on every sense of the word, by the way)

by the sermon i was feeling better, there were many Dad-ism jokes and that made me feel better. i am glad for my sense of humor to stave off feelings - stave it off 1, 2 ,3. (stuelke-speak)

after church, we came home to get changed and headed for garage sales, which were flops! at home we washed the car and did some more yard work. i think i'm gonna like it here, again subtle Annie reference, for those who dont know Stuelke-speak.

we had a nice Sunday here at 515, now i am off to work to have fun this monday morning, have a great day!

so, i dont think i will be mobile uploading. it has to be sent via txt mesage, and the limit of letters is still the same. so i f you see my posts from yesterday, you have to read them backwards to understand anything.

i am work free until 10AM today. i really dislike the 10 - 6:30 shift, but can't really do anything about it for now. work went well yesterday. the 3 day weekend i have every other weekend, have been and will contine to be very hard to come back to work from. any and all problems from the weekend are left for monday morning. ah, the joys of management. i was able to work through all 7 or so problems and get them fixed totally, or partially! go me!

i think my favorite part of my job, well other than helping people spend hundreds of dollars on a layout i choose for them, i cuttin mats. it is a very fun process and i enjoy getting to layout the lines and use the fancy cutter to do all the work. it is fascinating to get all your beveled edges to line up and come out clean. i cut a mat with 5 openings in it the other day! it was quite the feat. in middle school we had to do a bit of drafting, which really piqued my interest. i remember as a young girl using a ruler to make shapes and patterns. That is what i get paid to do now :) what fun!

i had a good 3 day weekend. Friday i cleaned a house, repotted my indoor plants, headed to get mom and go to Liz's to get some popcans/bottles she had been collecting-it filled the truck bed! after that we moved a couch from mom's to my house. we got pizza for dinnner and after braiding Hannah's hair and munching on pizza we went on a car ride to view flood damaged neighborhoods. it is a sobering reminder of the fleetingness of life and physical material items. a good reminder for us to continue to pray for these people.

saturday i awoke with the dawn, jumped out of bed(literally) and took Chapman for a walk. i even let him off his leash to run in the field at Erskine. i do love early mornings, something i got from my Dad! after our walk, which was quite chilly. i started to clean out our garage. we still have some things left from the previous owners that had to go through and pitch some. when Michael got up, we loaded the truck, another full load, and got ready to go to the dump. before the dump we headed to mom's so Michael could get her lawn mower started. we had to get into the garage, and that was hard for both mom and myself. seeing traces of Dad, and knowing he didnt take anything with him was another reminder of fleeting material items...

Michael started the mower right up! it was great. mom had to go to Chick Lits and we headed to the dump, dumped and headed home. our plan was to load up some things to take to the cabin and to Michaels parents cabin, and mow out there. we got a bit sidetracked here and i ended up filling our yardy with yard waste and a tree i nippered down with my fancy nippers. all the while, michael was scrubbing down the innerds from our cabin fridge that had molded a bit. i also had him scrub down my NEW laying out chair! new, that we recovered it from flooded ace hardware and never cleaned it. it is clean now!

we headed to the in-laws cabin to find them not there. so we dropped off their plunder and headed to our vacation villa. michael got the mower started, and Hannah and i picked up sticks and started a fire. i did a tiny bit of landscaping-or weeding, landscaping sounds much more interesting. and the mower wheel fell off. that was the end of our cabin trip.

i have to be going. i'll post about mother's day later, maybe. im headed to cash in my $20 worth of bedding plants/flowers! yee haw!

Star trek last night. It brought back fond memories of summer nights sleeping in he living room in the air condiioning and watching star trek reruns:)

And will see how it works. Had a good mothers day! I forgot to give my mom her letter i wrote, so she will gt that at a later time :) michael and i went to see

So i enabled mobile uploads for my blog, but am wondering how much they will let me post at a time, since it is sent via txt mesage. So im going to ramble on

Just testing mobile updates

song of the day

Artist: Matt Redman
Song: Breathing the breath
Album: facedown

We have nothing to give that didnt first come from Your hand
We have nothing to offer you, that You did not provide
Every good, perfect gift comes from your kind and gracious heart
and all we do is give back to You what always has been yours

Lord, we're breathing the breath that you gave us to breath,
to worship you, to worship you
and we're singing the songs with the very same breath,
to worship you, to worship you

who has given to you that it should be paid back to him?
who has given to you as if You needed anything?
from You and toYou, and through You come all things oh Lord
and all we do is give back to You what always has been yours

Lord, we're breathing the breath that you gave us to breath,
to worship you, to worship you
and we're singing the songs with the very same breath,
to worship you, to worship you




the first time i heard this album i was blown away. His worship style and words touch my heart every time i hear the songs. The album title drew me to this album. the title track chorus sings-

"and i'll fall facedown as your glory shines around" wow!

i am not sure when the album is from, who cares the year, it is the same God.
i strongly urge you to get a copy and listen, i have enjoyed entering the presence of God to the music on this album. The remake of the Blood song-what can wash away my sins? is on this ablum as well.

have a good worship day!

for my mom

last night i went to Andy's concert choir concert. it was fantastic, and i knew 2 songs from my high school days. on the way home we were chatting about blogging and i said i didnt get on a lot, mom said she checks it everyday to see if i have updates. so here goes, mom, this ones for you :)

i dont feel i have a lot to update you on. okay, maybe i do, but it just doesn't seem important to write about. may as well just start with my first thinking tangent.

we have a new car. i am enjoying her quite well. it is a ford focus 4 door and a speed, manual transmission. i feel like a race car driver sometimes, having to shift into gear. i remember in drivers ed having to use the simulator with a 5 speed, and thinking that was pretty neat. we will see if she is more fuel efficient than the SUB. so far, she is. a smaller tank for gas and more miles per half tank used so far. it is fun.

Chapman is doing well, he has stopped chewing people, but still enjoys his sticks. or dowels more like. one of which he dropped on my shin yesterday morning while i was trying to work out with mly new aerobics/stibiltiy ball. oh that dog! He has so far broken 2 collars and 1 leash. we are still trying with positive reinforcement to get him to stay close and come when called. it is working. Cesar would be proud. He just wants our attentions and love. and boy, does he pour it out back onto us! i love the little fur ball. he will cuddle with me on the bed at night while michael is still getting ready for bed, it is quite comforting.

When Michael got Chappy he said he just lost a good friend, meainng Dad, and he wanted someone to take that place. When chapman was a baby we sat togther and cried. me over the loss of my earthly father, and him because he knew he was going to be in for some interesting times with this crazy family and the brown one with poofy hair ;) he is a keeper and i think he would tell you the same about us.



The job is going well. i should be getting a bonus, or 2 on this check i get thursday! that is pretty exciting. we won a contest which accounts for the 1 bonus ($200 before taxes), and then as a manager they are encouraging efficency by giving us .5% of framing sales in a bonus if we keep our frame shop on time, and not having to have stuff redone. smart move if you ask me. i might not have thought that if i werent the manager, but smart all the same.
we have started a new woman, now i have Cathy, Christine, Chris, Leisha, Tamara and Nicole. 6 underlings! HA! that sounds fun. actually, i see 2 maybe 3 of them as more knowledgeable/experienced than me, i am grateful for the people God has placed around me. i am certain our newest addition is a Christian, she wears a Jesus fish ring on her ring finger. i'll have to ask her Thursday when we work together.

well, i should really be going. another thing Michael's is doing to keep efficient is charging people points who are late or not puncing in at their alloted times. when you get so many points you are terminated! i know, drastic, but you gotta do what you gotta do! have a great day, hope you enjoy this mom!

my day off

i am having a hard time figuring out what to do with my day off. i have lots of things i CAN do, but nothing i really want to do. i am planning on going to visit my grandparents who are home from Arizona, with Hannah and Chapman, and prolly mom too! that will be a good time.

i always feel i should get lots accomplished on my days off, but am not down if i dont get them done. i do have this weekend off too :) that is a good thing.

my dog is great! he is really getting to be a good boy! he rarely has accidents anymore and listens and comes when we call. i took him for a walk this morning and he heeled most of the time. that is good for our little guy :) he still chews, but i think that is fairly normal. i dont see it happening forever. he is currently licking at something on the other side of the room. he makes me smile. he needs a bath, so ill probably do that this afternoon.

i am excited to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ on Sunday. Michale works friday night,but i plan to go to the good friday service at Calvary with Hannah and maybe mom.

man, i get really glad to post and then i just draw blanks. oh well, at least it is a post for today

another post! get excited now...

Today was a great day! We have recently implemented many changes at work, most of which i think are for the better. That is running smoothly. Thanks for all who have been praying for me in that.

Michael is going through some HUGE changes! God has revealed Himself to Michael in a mighty way. Walls are coming down and my loving husband is showing up to me daily. it is really a joy loving God and attempting to live in His will.

Michael and i were listening to a teaching together last night and the teacher was saying that it is easy to rest in God's love and be a follower of Him when things are going our way, when He is doing things according to our will. it is more difficult to live in his love when he is disciplining us, or doing things we dont agree with.

*at this point, i set my pen down and found myself starting to tune out the message*

later last night, we were going to talk about what we heard. I shared with Michael that this is how i have felt about God for a while, the last few weeks. When actually, i think i have been upset with God since Dad died. Not upset "i dont believe in God" but upset "i dont understand this" Michael, ever so sweetly, prayed for me and asked God to reveal to me the real reason behind my mistrust of His goodness. What a wonderful moment to share as a married couple.

then tonight we were devotioning (Michael-ism word) with Hannah and telling about Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. When Jesus accused her about not being married to the man she was living with etc, she totally changed the subject and tried to get away from the discipline. Isn't that what i had done the night before? why, yes it was.

I guess i still have some growth to do. i'm glad i can trust in His love for me, even when he 'gives and takes away'

here you are Jolene, a new post.

I am trying to adjust to working full-time. i barely have enough left in me to spend with my family, let alone on the internet with blogs, maybe someday i'll be used to it and can get more better at blogging.

things are good here 515. Michael is watching the NCAA basketball tournament, i could care less. Hannah is wondering between the two of us, playing in her bedroom and having a jolly 5 year old time. i am sitting at the computer looking at nonsense and trying to get things done.

so far, i have gotten pics ready to hang
ate pizza, and peanut butter cookies
changed out of my church clothes
did our bills for the month

okay, so it doesnt sound like a lot, but it has been a lot to me. i think i might craft for a bit this afternoon. either that or purge Hannah's toys, my winter clothes and other things around the house i think are getting cluttered and out of hand.
i need to go to walmart to get some hair clips-i have 2 and both are broken and Chapmanized! hee hee

i cant think of anything of real substance to share today, so i think i'll get back to my wonderings.

have a great day! (with fist held high! and smiling)

do you ever have days where you want to stay mad at your spouse? well, today is one of those days for me, and I know i should just call him and apologize for my nasty behavior and attitude. I am upset because he called me out on a selfish behavior and i continued to fight with him about a trivial stupid matter. Oh, Jesus, please forgive my sinful nature and help me to realize this life is fleeting and be thankful my husband is a Godly man who loves you, and loves me too.

so i'm sitting here thinking, I'll look and see if people commented on my last post. well, i forgot it was all Dad. The tears are here...

In other words, how can one nostril produce so much snot and really nothing come out of the other? random, i know, but it is starting to bother me.

I am going on a field trip with Hannah's class to HyVee, i went with her preschool to HyVee last year. fun, i know. i am excited to spend some time with her in her environment. should be a fun morning, i have my camera ready.

work is going well. we are having a good sale, but not a lot of people buying stuff. Production wise, we are busy, we have 20 or so pieces due every day thru Friday, so that will keep me busy when i am not doing manager things. you know, bossing people around, working on nonsense paperwork, answering questions/complaints with authority. HA! it is a good fit for me.

I worked out this morning. i have been up since 5 am, which is good for me. i will go to the field trip and hustle to work and will prolly ahve to stay there till 7-7:30 to get my 8 hours in for the day. i am getting more and more used to fulltime hours.

The emergency sirens are sounding. which takes me back to a funny story when Hannah was a wee little babe. We had had some severe weather for a few days and as a stay-a- home mom, i was home a lot with Hannah. THis is before Michael, so i was at mom and dad's house. IT was a weds morning, and the sirens went off. Mind you, i hadnt heard the man tell it was a warning. so i headed to the basement with Hannah and Buddy. After a half hour or so i called mom to ask if they were okay. She said yes and wanted to know why. well i told her i was in the basement 'taking cover' HA! that was and still is a good JoAnna moment!

so i'm trying to get ready for today, and just dont have motivation to do any more to get ready. i already showered this morning before i left the Y, so that is done. i have on my Michael's uniform wiht a Green top over my white work shirt, that way i can make a clean getaway from HyVee :) always planning ahead. maybe i'll throw ona bit of makeup... hope you have a great day!

Guess who i'm thinking about?

Hannah with Bumpy at Donughts with Dad. Now i know why Michael wasn't able to get the day off work.









Hannah and Bumpy at one of Michael's football games, Michael was so glad and proud to have Dad come and watch him coach. Michael never had really supportive parents, so to have such a good Friend and mentor with Dad was really great.









Hannah with Bumpy and Sydney.








Now for a bit of comedic relief..

Hannah trying on some of my shoes, my boots actually.











Little Chappy and his first bath. Look how he looks like an alien dog.







i'm feeling a little better. Yesterday i had to leave work due to a severe dizzy spell. A couple years back i had numerous dizzy spells and went to the doctor about it. he perscribed Dramamine, a motion sickness medication to help with the dizzy spells. Well, yesterday it came on out of nowhere and i had to sit in the breakroom with my head down and eyes closed. When i was able to get back to the frame shop i could barely walk straight, i paged the manager and told her i would be going home. the poor frame shop was a mess and i felt bad, but when you cant stand up and/or see straight, there is a bit of a problem.
today, i am hungry! i have already eaten, but should prolly get some more food in me. hope your all having a great day!

new day, new post

Hannah is sick:(
she just isnt herself and you can tell she isnt feeling too red hot. she is currently playing me songs on her piano :) how cute to hear nonsense piano playing.

After such a good day yesterday, i had to endure a long, boring day at work. we are so far ahead on our production, we have no more supplies to work with to complete any more jobs :( today was truck day, so i did have some frames to put out on the floor and get put up into the overstock section.

NOTE: anyone wanting to shop at Michael's, Tuesdays and Thursdays are truck days and will always have lots of crap laying around in the aisles. if that is a nuisance to you, shop on another day :)

I was surprised to see my husband a bit ago, he had come home to eat and is now back at work. He is working at a new place and will work till about 10PM. it went well last night, although he was a bit perturbed at the placement of one of the clients there. he explained to me that he had taken him through 8 bathroom routines and the only thing the guy could remember was that you do the mirrors first :( poor Michael, yet at the same time, Praise God for a patient man to work with the clients.

Book Club friday night at my house! i am excited and looking forward to having people to fill our home again. i really do like to hostess. it will be nice to see what everyone says about the book.

i cant really think of anything else to write. how bout some photos?
This was at a Wash Football game like 3 years ago! Meghan and Marta, and Myself


This was 2006 winter, at Bever park, we went sledding.

Nice photo of meself, look how short my hair was! HA


Hannah and I at the YMCA, look how short she was in this one! When she stands next to me now, her head reaches to my elbow!





























Our cabin, we took Buddy for a night or two and Hannah and him played a lot.

sittin on top of the world:)

i have made the switch!

Hello bloggers, i have made the switch from Xanga and am now here! Yee Haw!


Here goes:
today has been fabulous! i decided, since today is my day off that i wanted it to be the most productive day i could have. Whilst doing my devotional this morning, i prayed and asked God to help me prioritize and get things done today. What a great prayer to pray, and what Great God we serve!

Michael will be working second shift hours this week, so i knew he'd be home until about noon.
For those of you who don't know, Michael is a police officer, and often works late hours protecting our city. . . . Just kidding, this was his Christmas present, a handgun, yeah, i know, kind of odd, but he has always wanted one.
I awoke at 7, which is good for me, i slept in a bit, and took Chapman outside. I then got out some paint to do paint touch ups in our house. Mom and Dad painted before we moved in in July and i have yet to do any touching up! you'd think i was raised around painters or something. I started in the office. Michael had installed a mirror for me to use while getting my hair and make-up done, and left some holes which needed touching up. Check, check!

I then got Hannah ready and off to school, and headed for the Y for aerobics! while warming up i heard a woman talk about Celebration and Vivace, and knew she must be a Washington mom. i told her i was Andy's sister and she told me Andy had been to her house before and she knew who he was! how small is our world? after aerobics i went to the front desk to talk to Vera, a woman who had recognized me months ago and had known Mom and Dad through a bible study. She told me she was sorry for our loss and that she had been praying for mom a lot. we talked a bit about how God understands loss, being that He sent Jesus to die for us sinners. I was a great little chat!

I stopped at Aldi for detergent and milk and on the way home decided to call Sheila. we havent talked, really talked since before Dad was sick...it was a wonderful homecoming talking with my sister/friend after so long. when it was time to get off the phone i said "so Hannah and i will see you after she gets off school?" they ended up coming over here for lunch and hanging out! Priceless! we shared our hurting hearts and spent some nice time just hanging out! i love you sis!

once they left i touched up more paint, the living room and kitchen. it is very nice to no longer see white peeoing through at me :) Before Sheila got here i went to Dollar General to get some sheer panels for our bedroom windows. What a difference that makes! very nice touch to help finish off our bedroom.

After sheila left, my friend Sarah called.

how very nice to chat with her and share what God has been doing in both our lives.

i just recently finished the 1st coat of borderpaint in Hannah's bedroom.
i am doing glow-in-the dark lime green to match her bedspread! fun huh? i hope it glows really, if so, i might do a design on the ceiling?! we will have to see, if that isnt an arm workout i dont know what will be.

i have laundry ready to fold and the last load to put in the dryer, then i have my to do list finished for the day! God is so good to give me the strength and drive to get these things done. i also plan to watch a movie and hang some pictures in Hannah's bedroom. My arms are tired so i should be stopping typing now. Have a blessed day!