Weekend Recap

You might want to fasten your seat-belt. It was a doosey of a weekend.

Megan headed towards home for her eight hour drive around mid-day on Friday. She called me an hour or so later to tell me she had a flat tire! Oh man. What a way to start a trip. I suggested she call her brother since she was still kind of close to where he was. Fifteen minutes later she called again and said the tire was changed and she was back on the road! FIFTEEN minutes! Before she told me what happened I was seriously impressed with that girl's ability to do anything. (and I still am) What had happened was a man had stopped to offer help. She was nervous about a stranger doing that, but she thought he seemed to be very careful about how he acted. (He didn't get out of his truck right away until she had accepted his offer of help.) This mama is Oh So Thankful for that man. I asked Megan if she saw any wings sticking out the back of his shirt or if his name was Michael or Gabriel. :)

The rest of her trip went smoothly. She even arrived home sooner than she first thought she might. And her dad got home from a trip an hour earlier than he thought he would too! Ahhh. We were all together again. (Well, minus Caleb and Amanda.)

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After we ate some supper, Megan started in on her PILE of laundry! What college student wouldn't rather haul home tons of laundry than pay good money to do it. She didn't being it home expecting me to do it. She's been doing her own laundry since she was in 6th grade. By the time the first load should have been done, Megan was in the laundry room checking on it. Soon came the yell of, "Mother, it's never going to empty!" (Why does she call me mother when she's annoyed?) I went in to see what was up and smelled something not good. The machine was full of her clothes and water. Thankfully, it was clean water. So the washing machine is dead. Megan and Zach worked on wringing out her clothes and Zach siphoned the water out. So we put very wet clothes in the dryer.

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About a half an hour later, the carbon monoxide detector started going off. Right when we were getting ready for bed. We couldn't figure why it was beeping. The pattern didn't fit any of the scenarios printed on the device. We debated for a while what to do, then decided to call the fire department. So about 12:30AM a very kind fire man came to the house. There were no toxic fumes in the house. Thankfully.

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The fireman asked us when the last time we cleaned out the dryer duct. (It was still running with Megan's clothes.) He went outside to see if he could feel the airflow at the vent. There was not much coming out.

Saturday morning the hubby called a friend who's wife was coming to the shower (yes, we were having a bridal shower for Megan here that afternoon), so he brought some equipment to help clean out the duct. They ended up working on it for 1 1/2 hours. It was plugged with two bucketfuls of lint and all sorts of grunge. The crazy thing was the way the duct was routed. It was probably 30 feet long, where the shortest route to the outside of the house is probably 5 feet. (There was something muttered about mental midgets --- referring to whoever built the house and decided to do that.)

I'm convinced those string of events were orchestrated by God to prevent a fire that likely could have started under our bedroom right over the utility room with the furnace and water heater and all that stuff.

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Zach and Peter were trying to figure out how to start up the sprinkler system. Zach ended up doing some of his amazing problem solving abilities to figure out that there were some pieces broken on it.

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Kind of minor-ish, but the dispenser part of the ice-maker stopped working.

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It took Pete probably 45 minutes to figure out how to change the garage door combanation.

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The bridal shower was a booming success! I think we had somewhere between 30-35 people here. Whew! My friend Jen was great to work with. She wrote an awesome devotional for Megan. I think my favorite line was when Jen said the best thing about marriage is getting to do life with you best friend. I wholeheartedly agree.

The day before I had called my sister-in-law and asked if she would say a blessing prayer. I thought it would be sweet to come from a family member and I knew I would blubber all over the place. Well, sweet Aunt Kathy shared a beautiful prayer, but blubbered her own way through. It was a special moment. Here's Megan and her Aunt Kathy.

Megan and Zach were blessed with many wonderful gifts. We didn't really play any games. Mostly because the planners (Jen and me) don't like shower games and so we didn't plan any! I did ask Zach a dozen or so questions about himself to "see how well Megan knows him." That was okay. Not a great hit. The best thing was a little video Jen put together. She interviewed a few children from church and asked them questions about Zach and Megan and marriage and dating. Oh, it was SO funny! The stars were the sisters that are going to be the flower girls in their wedding.

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Saturday night we had a nice dinner out to celebrate Pete's birthday. We went with Megan and Zach and our friends Mike and Jen. It was fun to celebrate Pete and to relax after a very busy day.

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Today we have another showing of the house. Thankfully hubby dear helped get everything back in order around here.

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Tomorrow the really nice appliance repairman will come and hopefully make everything all better.

Involuntary Release of Ignorance

I am sad to say that I found a video that describes my brain lately. Please watch this short video, then you will understand. (Sorry that the screen is chopped off, I think you get the gist of it still. You can click on the bottom part of the screen and it will jump you over to YouTube if you want the full effect.)
 


Hope you enjoyed the laugh!

Happy Birthday!

Today is my man's birthday. I am so thankful he was born and I that I am lucky enough to be married to him!

He gave me this for Christmas. I feel the same way about him!

I am blessed.

Love you Honey!

 

Haven't Done One of These in a Long Time

1. Define a great relationship.
A great relationship is based on love and trust. A healthy relationship is where you are more concerned about the other person's well-being than your own well-being. The best relationship ever is the one we can have with God. His love for us is unconditional and He always wants the best for us.

2. Why is it called a "drive-through" if you have to stop? (Real question: What was the last food/drink you purchased at a drive-through?)
Monday morning I got an Egg McMuffin. I had an early doctor appointment and didn't have any food in the house, so I stopped by to pick one of those up. I sat in the parking lot to eat it. And I was watched.

Yes, I live in the Midwest.  No, I don't live near a sea or a lake for that matter. But wait, I guess when the state is called the land of 10,000 lakes there's never one far away. I find it so odd there are seagulls here when we are not near the sea. They like to hang out in this parking lot because of the several fast food restaurants there are nearby.  I accidentally dropped a piece of egg on the floor of the car and there was just too much sand stuck to it for me to eat so I tossed it out the window. Up scurried a seagull, grabbed the piece of egg and with the egg still in it's beak, squawked and squawked and flapped it's wings. Just like the seagulls in Finding Nemo yelling, "Mine! Mine! Mine!" I laughed and laughed but didn't grab my camera in time to capture that.

3. As I type this, the Butler Bulldogs are getting ready to play in the NCAA championship game. Every Hoosier is hysterical about this except me. So in honor of the Bulldogs ... what is your favorite breed of dog? (I tried.)
Too bad Butler lost. Favorite breed of dog.... I don't have one. I am not a fan of dogs. There are very few dogs that friends have that I really can tolerate. I know I'm in the minority, but at least my hubby is here with me.

4. If you had to move to a state besides the one you currently live in, where would you move?
Any state but this one. So tired of the winters. I would love to live in Missouri, Kansas or Nebraska because we could be close-ish to the kids. If the kids weren't a factor, I would like to live in Colorado. Maybe someday we will.

5. If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?
That I wasn't the youngest. The family hierarchy annoys me.

6. Who's the funniest person you know?
My son. He can always find humor in any situation. When I was telling him about the cats that were in a few of the houses we looked at on our recent house hunting trip, he proceeded to talk about what the cats were thinking with strangers walking around the house. Made me laugh.

7. Did you get enough sleep last night?
Almost. I needed another hour or two of sleep. I tend to be too much of a night-owl, even when I need to get up early.

8. What's the first thing you thought about this morning?
I need to get up and get dressed before that baby gets here. I hope my contacts go in easily this morning. I think my third thought was, tomorrow morning I can sleep in.

9. Grilled or Fried? --HONESTLY
Both. I do love a good piece of fried chicken. I love to grill in the summer. I have been known to grill a whole dinner, from the meat, to the veggies to the bread.

10. Are you afraid of the dark?
Not really. I don't like to walk around outside by myself after dark. 

11.When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
 I don't remember dreaming of anything in particular except to be a wife and a mom. And I get to do that! Best jobs in the world!

12. If you had one word to describe yourself , what would you choose?
Tired (of so many things)

Stuff I've Been Doing

Sometimes I am amazed at how busy I can be when I don't have a job outside the home.

Last week I went to the smaller town we are moving to to look for a house. We did find one. That is pretty amazing seeing as there really weren't very many to choose from. It was even the one I had seen online that I really liked.

Some observations about house hunting:

There were a frighteningly number of houses we looked at that had a room decorated with a wolf motif. I just have one question: Why? Why would someone want a border of wolves looking at them all around the room? Fortunately the house we are buying only had a picture of a wolf in one room and I would assume the sellers would take that with them. (I hope.)

If you are selling a house don't you think it would be a good idea to actually clean up the outside of the house to give a good first impression? One house we looked at really turned me off because the outside needed so much work.

Okay, I'll stop griping. I am just thankful we found one we really liked.

Pedicures. I like them. Late yesterday afternoon I called the salon I get my hair done at and was able to get in for an appointment in just 45 minutes! It was so relaxing. I wish I could get them more often. When we lived in Singapore I got one every three weeks. Oh so nice. I miss that.

My hubby and I received free tickets to a Chamber Orchestra concert last Friday night. We enjoyed it and the Mediterranean dinner we had before. I will really miss living this close to The Big City.

Our daughter is coming home this weekend for a bridal shower our church is giving her. It's here at our house, so I have been thinking about how to decorate. I have a couple of cakes to bake this week too. It should be fun.

I know this post is really random. I just can't think of a cohesive theme to tie all this together.

Wedding plans are coming right along. Just last week I found 30 yards of just-the-right-color-purple fabric that I get to make into lots and lots of table runners for the reception.

Today I am watching a friend's sweet baby girl. She's only 10 weeks old. Right now she's napping and making those sweet baby noises. I fed her one bottle so far which she took really well.

Okay, I think that's enough of this painfully non-interesting post.

He Is Risen!

After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."

It's Friday