Monday, January 28, 2008

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Our New Online Store is Almost Up!!!

We are currently in the process of uploading products to our store, and waiting for our official domain name to be fully registered. Once it is, we will be sending out e-mails and bulletins to everyone!

Our site will still most likely have a few kinks that need worked out, but if anyone comes across one, please let us know! There will be links on there you can click to get that info to us.

This is really happening! I can't believe it. We are going to be an official business. Donnie and I are going to try to find out how to file all of our business licenses and appropriate paperwork this coming week, and file (if we need to) with the Federal Gov't and IRS for our EIN.

YAY!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Donnie has a Job

Pending the outcome of the physical examination he had today, Donnie Harmon has a standing offer of employment with Inland Marine Services. The benefits are good, and the pay is decent to start. He will be gone from home for 28 days, then home for 28 days.

He and I will have to make our relationship official before I can get insurance coverage, but that was expected.

We will find out next week, most likely on Wednesday, whether he passed the physical and if so, when he starts.

Friday, January 18, 2008

For the Praying Kind....

Please send your prayers and thoughts to one of my best friends, Megan, and her husband, Joe. They were so happy to find out they were pregnant, only to have their happiness torn to shreds today when they found out they had lost the baby.

:(

Our Business

Exciting News! Donnie and I have our own Business! It's called Elle and Deez, Inc. and for a limited time, you have the chance to become a part of it! We are currently looking for 25 Associates for our Midwest Sales Division (Encompassing Ohio, Michigan and Indiana). There is unlimited earning potential, and you set your own hours! Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it's true! If you would like a free, no obligation information packet, just e-mail us and let us know!

We aren't going to use this post as a sales pitch, so if you want more info, please e-mail us.

We are looking for this to really take off over the next year or so, and hope that one day we can expand our business into many different fields. We would eventually like to add a CPA firm, Bar & Restaurant, and quite possibly a Tattoo Shop. Of course, we know all of this won't happen over night. Running a business is a lot of hard work.

We appreciate all the support we are getting from family and friends as we take on this endeavour. You wouldn't believe how many people have told us there is no way it can happen for us.

Donnie's Blog Page (And Lissa's Too)

Hey Everyone! Just wanted to let you know I posted my first blog on my blog site. Check it out if you want to.

Lissa, on the other hand, has many MANY blogs on her site, and you can check it out if you want to.

Hope all is going well for everyone. Nite!

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Say Hi Giovanni-Video

Giovanni saying Hi to Everyone... Isn't he just the cutest little thing?? I hope this uploads correctly because this is the first video we have gotten that actually loaded to the computer!!! If it works, there will be many more to come!










Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Oh How I've Missed the Net!

Well, for the last week or so we had no internet service! I can't believe how much I miss the net when it isn't hooked up!!!! Drives me kinda crazy! I am so glad it is back up. We also have our home phone reconnected and have Dish Network now.

With any luck Donnie will hear back from one of the barge companies soon. So far, nothing. I'm even going to go out soon and put in applications at our local department stores since all of my job apps I've put in have fallen through.

Well, I've got to grab a bite to eat and get back to working on Donnie's and my business, "Elle and Deez, Inc."

I'll post about that later in case anyone is interested in being a part of it.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Death of J.D. Flanagan July 20, 1963-January 7, 2008 R.I.P.

Well, as I'm sure you all know by now, my life sucks. Well, my life doesn't really suck, my luck sucks. I've had to deal with a lot in the last several years, and I thought 2008 would finally be a good year, but I was wrong.

I just got a call from my Grandma Betty letting me know my biological father, JD, passed away yesterday. He died in his sleep, cause unknown at this time. They will be doing an autopsy to find out for sure, but most likely the cause was a heart attack. I guess he had been having severe back pain for several days, and he layed down on the couch Sunday night to sleep. Sometime between 1am and 4am on Monday morning, he passed away, leaving behind my step-mom Cindy. He was 44 years old.

They live down in Georgia, and that is where the funeral and his burial site will be. Unfortunately, right now I'm not financially able to make the trip down. He never got to meet Giovanni. He just saw the pictures of Giovanni about a week ago, and thought he was a beautiful little boy, from what I was told. They were going to stop in to visit on their next trip up, probably this spring, as soon as the weather was a little better.

I'm not sure how much more I can take. I honestly feel like I've hit rock bottom, and now they are just throwing the dirt on top of me and burying me alive. I'm battered and beaten. I'm broken and bleeding. I'm suffocating in pain that seems to encompass my life.

He is now just like his favorite song, a Free bird.

Free Bird

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on, now,
There's too many places I haven't seen
And if I stayed here with you, now
Things just wouldn't be the same
Well I'm as free as a bird now,
And a bird you can not change.
And a bird you can not change.
And a bird you can not change.
Lord knows I can't change

Bye, bye, its been a sweet love.
And though this feeling I can't change.
Please don't take it badly,
The Lord knows I'm to blame.
And, if I stayed here with you now
Things just wouldn't be the same.
For I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you'll never change.
And the bird you can not change.
And the bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
Lord help me, I can't change.





In loving Memory of John Davis Flanagan.
July 20, 1963 - January 7, 2008
May you rest in peace.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Our Other Weblogs

Hi Everyone! This is Lissa, and I'm just wanting to let you know that on top of this page, Donnie and I each have our own Weblogs.

My Weblog is called Lissa's World, and focuses on my life and opinions. They are things that don't necessarily belong on our family page. There are a lot of blogs about things I have strong opinions about, and some of them can be explicit. It is the unedited, uninhibited side of me showing through. Feel free to check it out and bookmark it if you want.

Donnie's Weblog is called Donnie's World, and focuses on things he wants to talk about that don't necessarily belong on our family page. While he hasn't posted any blogs on it yet, I'm sure he will soon. It will most likely focus on whatever is bothering him at that point in time, and things he needs to vent about. Feel free to check it out and bookmark it if you want.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

(Donnie is at work, and I've gotten all of about 25 minutes of sleep since 1am this morning. I'm sure I'll tucker out soon, I hope!)

Later Ya'll!

Okay, day one of blogging is done... We are going to bed.

Hello Everyone!!! We are pretty much done blogging for the first day... We are going to *try* to get some sleep... It's 10:12 in the morning.... I want to sleep.... Giovanni is napping, and Fergie's "Clumsy" is playing on VH1. That song annoys me so much, but yet I catch myself singing along in the car....


Anywho.. Goodnight everyone. Our next mission will be to figure out how the heck to upload videos from our camcorder to the computer. We tried it once before, but it didn't work.

Donnie Has a Job Interview!!

We are hoping this will be a good start to the new year. Donnie has a phone interview with Ingram Barge Lines at 8am this morning. We hope he will get the job, even though it will mean being without him for 28 days at a time. We know it will be rough if he gets the job, but it wouldn't have to be forever, and we would be able to save up to get our place.

Everyone wish him well!!! We will update after the phone interview to let everyone know how it went...

If it tells you anything, it's like, 5:45am, and we are both still awake!!! Ugh.


Keeping our fingers crossed!!!


******Update: Well, the phone interview didn't go the best, but they said we should hear something within the next 2-3 weeks. Keep your fingers crossed.******

**turns out, where the interviewer is in KY is in the central time zone, so apparently they will be calling at 9am, instead of 8am... It's 9:09am now, and we are still waiting for the call!**

How to Contact Us

Well, for those of you who are trying to figure out how to contact us... here is how..


If you have Myspace, that is the best place to contact us, other than on here..

Giovanni's myspace site is: http://www.myspace.com/giovannixavierharmon0926

Donnie's Myspace site is: http://www.myspace.com/DonnieHarmon

Melissa's Myspace site is: http://www.myspace.com/bambihunny1026


We will do our best to answer e-mails sent to those accounts, and add friends (if we know who you are), and answer comments.

We love you all! Happy 2008!

Our First Blog!

Well Hello Everyone! This is our first blog on here.

We are here to introduce ourselves.

First, there's Donnie Harmon, also known as "Daddy"

I am the proud father of Giovanni Xavier Harmon, my little buddy. I'm 24, and engaged to my beautiful baby momma, my dream woman, Melissa Frush. I enjoy playing pool, ps2, and spending time with my son. My goals are to marry Melissa, and be the best father I can be to Giovanni, and any other children we may have in the future.


Then there's Melissa Frush, also known as "Mommy"







I am the proud mother of Giovanni Xavier Harmon, my "Lil G". I'm 25, and engaged to my baby daddy, Donnie. He has made me the happiest I have ever been in my entire life. I enjoy spending time with friends and family, playing ps2, billiards (even though I'm best at sinking the cue ball), and updating my online profiles. My goals are to be the best wife and mother I can be, and to make my son proud of me.



And then we have Giovanni Xavier Harmon, also known as "Lil G" or "My Buddy" or any one of a million other nick names his family has given him!





I am the too cute for words Giovanni Xavier Harmon, also lovingly known as Lil G, My Buddy, Joe, Bob, Jimmy, Gio, GX, and many other names. I'm 6 months old, and I enjoy sleeping, eating, pooping, peeing, watching tv, and driving everyone insane. My goals are to grow up big and strong, and make my Mommy and Daddy, and the rest of my family, proud of me.



Now you've met our immediate family. We will update often. :)