Tonight we had a Middle School Swim Party.
We were talking about inventing new recipes, something that I loved to do growing up. Well, Jacob told us he made a peanut butter and chocolate chip sandwich one time. Hmmmm...
I'm here laying on my couch after a long day, and the cupboards are bare, but happliy we had all the ingredients for this concotion. I must say I am pleasantly surprised. Oh yeah right, surprised...like I don't do the happy dance every single time I think about PB and Chocolate.
We've been eating some random stuff since there really isn't much for a complete meal around here. Yesterday's lunch was a loaf of frozen garlic bread that I topped with cheddar cheese and tomatoes, then we dipped it in marinara.
As good as my random inventions have been, I'd better get to the sto'!!!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
A Clinique Drive By
This post is appropriate since today is Saturday which is Yard Sale Day in America.
You know how it goes down. Your sitting in a lawn chair in your driveway in the scorching heat, dealing with the nickel and dimers. You are selling all your junk when the packed out car begins to S-L-O-W-L-Y drive by, going around 2 mph, and every person in the car is giving your driveway a good lookin' over. Then they just roll on by!!!
A drive by! Denied! Shafted! Ouch!
So, I was standing in line at the Belk Clinique counter a few nights ago waiting to purchase a tub of Transparency #3 loose powder when I heard the Clinique lady tell the lady in front of me that Bonus Days at Dillards starts this week.
I know I didn't.
I just slowly meandered off after I heard the news, as if I had just been standing in line that whole time for my good health.
Oh Brother!
You know how it goes down. Your sitting in a lawn chair in your driveway in the scorching heat, dealing with the nickel and dimers. You are selling all your junk when the packed out car begins to S-L-O-W-L-Y drive by, going around 2 mph, and every person in the car is giving your driveway a good lookin' over. Then they just roll on by!!!
A drive by! Denied! Shafted! Ouch!
So, I was standing in line at the Belk Clinique counter a few nights ago waiting to purchase a tub of Transparency #3 loose powder when I heard the Clinique lady tell the lady in front of me that Bonus Days at Dillards starts this week.
I know I didn't.
I just slowly meandered off after I heard the news, as if I had just been standing in line that whole time for my good health.
Oh Brother!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
One for laughs...
My big boys were just washing their hands.
L asked R, "What in the hell are you doing?"
I said, Son, where have you heard that?
He replied, "Well, the Lord wants me to say that sometimes."
L asked R, "What in the hell are you doing?"
I said, Son, where have you heard that?
He replied, "Well, the Lord wants me to say that sometimes."
I can't resist myself.
I'm going to vent over some stuff. Some political stuff. Maybe not the best blog material, but it's my blog and I'll cry if I want to. Ok, that was silly.
This post is my response to the group of stay at home moms interviewed at the park about their views on a woman running for VP. These are the chicks I saw on TV. They will never see this, but at least I'll feel better. Hopefully.
They were talking about their concerns about Sarah Palin being able to be a good mom and be Vice President of the United States of America.
What about if they stop putting their limitations and convictions on someone else? It came across to me as a bit pious. Judgemental. It's great if you want to have your opinions about what God has called you to do. Just don't put them on others and call it gospel truth.
Sitting at the park, with other mommies, while your perfect little angels who are never going to mess up or make a bad choice, it is easy for you to say what is best for your family. Don't go projecting that onto other women though.
And I am a stay at home mom. I take my kids to the park. But I also respect the decision of capable women to have careers if they so choose. I am also a business woman running my own business.
I bet those moms on that interview have no problem with the sacrifices other women in their lives are making to serve them...such as:
Teachers
Principles
Nurses
Doctors (did a woman doc ever get up in the middle of the night while they were preggo???)
Admin Assistants
Founders of Non-profits
It just erks me that society can have such a double standard.
Personally, Shane and I are making the choice for me to stay home with my boys so that I can have more time to instill value into their lives. I model hard work to teach them good work ethic.
What are we saying to our children if we teach them to work hard. Work with excellence. BUT, there is a cap on the limits we'd like you to achieve. I would venture to say that those stay at home mom's who have such a problem with a woman running for VP, want the very best God has planned for their children.
Well, I suppose I'll get off my soap box. I'm just irritated at all the talk about that woman and her babies. Society is searching so hard for perfection. And they are so quick to be critical and JUDGEMENTAL. A quality that I despise. Especially in believers.
God is a God of grace and he has a good work planned for all his children.
And why is noone concerned with what kind of father Barack Obama is going to be to his little girls if he wins the Presidency?
One last thing. The fashion of Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain, and Sarah Palin is off the charts. They are so pretty. Every one of them. I love seeing them on TV so I can see what kind of sassy outfits they are styling! I'm seeing some good coffee table books in about 20 years!
This post is my response to the group of stay at home moms interviewed at the park about their views on a woman running for VP. These are the chicks I saw on TV. They will never see this, but at least I'll feel better. Hopefully.
They were talking about their concerns about Sarah Palin being able to be a good mom and be Vice President of the United States of America.
What about if they stop putting their limitations and convictions on someone else? It came across to me as a bit pious. Judgemental. It's great if you want to have your opinions about what God has called you to do. Just don't put them on others and call it gospel truth.
Sitting at the park, with other mommies, while your perfect little angels who are never going to mess up or make a bad choice, it is easy for you to say what is best for your family. Don't go projecting that onto other women though.
And I am a stay at home mom. I take my kids to the park. But I also respect the decision of capable women to have careers if they so choose. I am also a business woman running my own business.
I bet those moms on that interview have no problem with the sacrifices other women in their lives are making to serve them...such as:
Teachers
Principles
Nurses
Doctors (did a woman doc ever get up in the middle of the night while they were preggo???)
Admin Assistants
Founders of Non-profits
It just erks me that society can have such a double standard.
Personally, Shane and I are making the choice for me to stay home with my boys so that I can have more time to instill value into their lives. I model hard work to teach them good work ethic.
What are we saying to our children if we teach them to work hard. Work with excellence. BUT, there is a cap on the limits we'd like you to achieve. I would venture to say that those stay at home mom's who have such a problem with a woman running for VP, want the very best God has planned for their children.
Well, I suppose I'll get off my soap box. I'm just irritated at all the talk about that woman and her babies. Society is searching so hard for perfection. And they are so quick to be critical and JUDGEMENTAL. A quality that I despise. Especially in believers.
God is a God of grace and he has a good work planned for all his children.
And why is noone concerned with what kind of father Barack Obama is going to be to his little girls if he wins the Presidency?
One last thing. The fashion of Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain, and Sarah Palin is off the charts. They are so pretty. Every one of them. I love seeing them on TV so I can see what kind of sassy outfits they are styling! I'm seeing some good coffee table books in about 20 years!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Somewhere Over The Rainbow...
skies are blue...
We are preparing to possibly have to evacuate our house because of flooding. I've got baby stuff packed up and am trying to let the kids sleep. Part of our home is sandbagged and the fire dept. is calling me when they get more in.
The Today show is on so we can watch the weather and I am reminded once again why I have stopped watching morning TV. It irritates me when I see all the idiots and their opinions in the world. (how rude of me does that sound)
Geesh.
People are so passionate about their political opinions.
It makes me wander if they spend even a fourth of the time praying for the nominations as they do speaking boldly about their opinions (i'm talking about the people on tv here). Maybe if I knew the people personally it would make a difference because I'd know where they were coming from. I'm just having a hard time hearing perfect strangers chime in on their views.
(***I just deleted a lot of comments so I wouldn't be like the people who have been irritating me this morning, but let me say Shane is so excited that I've jumped onto a bandwagon. Do you like my red bandanna?!***)
Thankfully the lady promoting her new veggie peeler is on now so we can get off Sarah Palin and the stay at home mom's chiming in on the expectations this is putting on them.
All this irritation in my heart about the news has made me realize I am not praying for the elections like I ought to be. It's a big year. It's a big deal who wins.
Romans 13:1 says that "All authorities that exist have been established by God."
Prov 21:1 says that "The Kings heart is in the hands of the Lord, he directs it like a watercourse wherever He pleases."
I'm going to try to start praying more for this election of November 2008.
Sorry for a venting post. Those are usually not the most fun to read. This weather is reeking havoc on my hair. Hopefully my hacienda won't be floating away. If you see it passing by, take a moment to give it some props! You know, a shout out. And if our tomato garden is with it, feel free to take any maters that may still be hanging on for dear life!
We are preparing to possibly have to evacuate our house because of flooding. I've got baby stuff packed up and am trying to let the kids sleep. Part of our home is sandbagged and the fire dept. is calling me when they get more in.
The Today show is on so we can watch the weather and I am reminded once again why I have stopped watching morning TV. It irritates me when I see all the idiots and their opinions in the world. (how rude of me does that sound)
Geesh.
People are so passionate about their political opinions.
It makes me wander if they spend even a fourth of the time praying for the nominations as they do speaking boldly about their opinions (i'm talking about the people on tv here). Maybe if I knew the people personally it would make a difference because I'd know where they were coming from. I'm just having a hard time hearing perfect strangers chime in on their views.
(***I just deleted a lot of comments so I wouldn't be like the people who have been irritating me this morning, but let me say Shane is so excited that I've jumped onto a bandwagon. Do you like my red bandanna?!***)
Thankfully the lady promoting her new veggie peeler is on now so we can get off Sarah Palin and the stay at home mom's chiming in on the expectations this is putting on them.
All this irritation in my heart about the news has made me realize I am not praying for the elections like I ought to be. It's a big year. It's a big deal who wins.
Romans 13:1 says that "All authorities that exist have been established by God."
Prov 21:1 says that "The Kings heart is in the hands of the Lord, he directs it like a watercourse wherever He pleases."
I'm going to try to start praying more for this election of November 2008.
Sorry for a venting post. Those are usually not the most fun to read. This weather is reeking havoc on my hair. Hopefully my hacienda won't be floating away. If you see it passing by, take a moment to give it some props! You know, a shout out. And if our tomato garden is with it, feel free to take any maters that may still be hanging on for dear life!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Gustav
We are getting the rain today. It is coming down in big slanted sheets.
It has been a gloriously lazy day. Some of our friends who live overseas came and played this morning while they are here in the states. It was a blast. We had grilled cheese sandwiches Anna Style-that means loaded up with sauteed onions, peppers, tomatoes and cheese and potato chips.
We've been playing movies all day long. A real treat around here.
All the lamps and candles have been lit today. It is dark outside and has been most of the day.
The chocolate chip cookies are baking in the oven. Two of the three kids are still sleeping. Tonight we get to go to commutity group which is always a blast.
This kind of dreary day reminds me that I have a tea-pot that whistles on my list of things I want for the fall. Afternoons like this need some good tea.
It has been a gloriously lazy day. Some of our friends who live overseas came and played this morning while they are here in the states. It was a blast. We had grilled cheese sandwiches Anna Style-that means loaded up with sauteed onions, peppers, tomatoes and cheese and potato chips.
We've been playing movies all day long. A real treat around here.
All the lamps and candles have been lit today. It is dark outside and has been most of the day.
The chocolate chip cookies are baking in the oven. Two of the three kids are still sleeping. Tonight we get to go to commutity group which is always a blast.
This kind of dreary day reminds me that I have a tea-pot that whistles on my list of things I want for the fall. Afternoons like this need some good tea.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Man this place is like a ghostown.
Where in the world is everyone? Hanging out by the grill? Well, I'm still here. And I've got something' for ya'll...
Clean up on Aisle 5...
This was just about as fun to clean up as the Dishwashing Liquid spill of 08'. This bottle decided to tumble off the top of the dryer and onto the floor...
Smelled very good. But, got on my mop head. I mistakenly thought I got the mop head cleaned off good, and preceded to mop. Yikes. No good-a. We figured out how to wash the mop head and now the floors are sparkling again. But for a day it was like, I hope you plan to stay in the kitchen awhile if you enter, because your feet will be sticking to the floor.
And I do mean sticking.
And you know how I am about my floors.
It was rough.
But we're better now.
Shaneboy is out fishing this morning with Chad. We had some donuts for breaky and are chillin' in our PJ's. It is a holiday! Even though so far, it feels like every other day. It is more fun knowing that it is a holiday though.
Last night we got our grill on. Burgers, Dogs, Grilled Veggies, Onion dip, Rotel Cheese dip and Peanut Butter Pie.
Well, little bit is crying so I'm out! Over.
Clean up on Aisle 5...
This was just about as fun to clean up as the Dishwashing Liquid spill of 08'. This bottle decided to tumble off the top of the dryer and onto the floor...
Smelled very good. But, got on my mop head. I mistakenly thought I got the mop head cleaned off good, and preceded to mop. Yikes. No good-a. We figured out how to wash the mop head and now the floors are sparkling again. But for a day it was like, I hope you plan to stay in the kitchen awhile if you enter, because your feet will be sticking to the floor.And I do mean sticking.
And you know how I am about my floors.
It was rough.
But we're better now.
Shaneboy is out fishing this morning with Chad. We had some donuts for breaky and are chillin' in our PJ's. It is a holiday! Even though so far, it feels like every other day. It is more fun knowing that it is a holiday though.
Last night we got our grill on. Burgers, Dogs, Grilled Veggies, Onion dip, Rotel Cheese dip and Peanut Butter Pie.
Well, little bit is crying so I'm out! Over.
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