product rave!!

I recently bought one of those new Glade candles. I really didn't think I'd like it any more than any other candle I have but, it really smells good. I got the one that smells like fresh laundry. It smells like the Bounce dryer sheets that I use. Mmmmm, I love it! I am anxious to try some of the other scents now.

Walmart really does have everything!

This afternoon I went to Walmart to get groceries. I was browsing through the home decor section, which is near the electronics. As I was looking around, I noticed a song start playing. It was Every Rose Has it's Thorns, by Def Leopard, or Guns -n-Roses??? I don't remember, but it's some 80's band. Anyway, as I listened, I thought to myself, that's not the original version, cause it doesn't sound like the original singer. So I walked around the corner and there in the middle of the isle, was a large man in his 40's singing to the American Idol Kareoke game. Right in the middle of the store, he's belting out the words and singing away. I was cracking up!! I wish I'd had someone with me to share the giggles. It was so hysterical. Then I walked down another isle, but still close enough to hear, and at the end of the song, the "judges" told him he wasn't good enough. It still makes me laugh as I think about it and type this....

And, if that weren't enough, later on I heard an associate come over the intercom and sing happy birthday to another worker. She was singing her heart out, let me tell ya...

You never know what a trip to walmart will bring...

Water in the basement.

City's main line backed up.

Been pumping water out for last 2 hours.

Hoping that the city workers will get here soon.

What a mess.

This spring we'll get a sump pump!

Shout out to Lori!!

Doesn't my mantle look great? Lori, my SIL, came over last week to help me rearrange my decor. I felt stuck in a rut and Lori's great at putting things together. So this is what she and I came up with. THANKS Lori!!

Wrong Number?

What is it with the wrong number phone calls we've been getting? We've lived here for a year and a half and we still get several wrong numbers a week. Last week I think I got 5 in one day! Today I got some poor guy that called twice, he couldn't figure out why he was getting me instead of the military office. I would understand if all the calls we were getting were for a specific place, but we get such radom calls. And most of the time when they repeat the number they've dialed, it's our number.
The funniest call I've gotten was last year a lady called and just started talking to me like she knew me. I thought maybe it was someone from church or something and played along so I wouldn't embarrass myself, but after about 3 minutes when she asked about our lunch date that I realized that this lady had the wrong number!

I'm a little late at posting these, but I've been meaning to put upsome pics of my holiday decor and our new tree. So, even though they're a bit late, here you go:



Dan and I had to do a cheesey pose in front of the tree...






This is just a little of what I did for the holidays. I have more that I could post, but I won't...

"I just had another one of my brilliant ideas"

You take the good you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life, the facts of life. If you hear them from your brother, better clear them with your mother. Better get'em right, call her late at night. You got the future in the palm of your hand and all you gotta do to get you through is understand.....la,la,la,la la ........

Can you tell I've been watching too much of the Facts of Life??? I think I have a problem. BUT I'll be quitting cold turkey in just a few more episodes. I'm almost done with season 3 and they don't have season 4 out yet.

It's beginning to look a lot like....January

Today is such a depressing day. I'm taking down the Christmas tree and putting my holiday decorations away.
Even though I'm ready to get my house back in order, there's just something depressing about putting it all back in storage.

I decorate with a strategic plan though. I use lots of things that can be considered "winter" decorations. That way when I pack up the Christmas stuff, I just rearrange a few things and I still have some stuff that I can enjoy through February.

Resolutions

So, I suppose I should set a few goals for myself in the coming year. Januay is the time of rebirth, so to speak, and a time to start fresh.

First of all, let me say this: I will not committ myself to any diet or exercise program because I know that I will never stick to it.

The only real goal I have for myself is to spend more time with God. I've become very lazy with my Bible reading and right now do not have a daily quiet time. I am home all day and should be able to take 15-20 minutes of my day to give to the Lord, but it's so easy to find other things to do.
When I think back on 2006, I am amazed by how blessed Dan and I are. We celebrated our 1st anniversary this year and I see how God is blessing our marriage and our home. God truly does supply all our needs and even our wants.

So, that's it, my one real resolution for this year: To spend more time reading my Bible and more time with God on a daily basis.

Good thing the God we serve is a loving and forgiving God. Because as hard as I try, I'll probably not be 100% in my goal.

Just thought I'd mention that I am blogging with my new laptop while sitting on the couch watching Season 1 of The Facts of Life. Life is Good.

What a Christmas!

Dan has really outdone himself again this year. He really does a great job of gift giving. I got lots of great presents, including my new 8 inch LCD tv/dvd player for the kitchen. Now I can watch tv and wash dishes at the same time. I won't miss out on some of my favorite shows. I also got THE JOY OF COOKING, some fuzzy socks, a cd, and perfume. And then I opened my last gift. As I opened the box there was a piece of paper on top that read: Sorry Honey, your gift is not in this box. Let's go downstairs to get it.
I couldn't figure out what he had planned....but my surprise gift was a laptop computer. We have been talking for awhile about getting me my own computer but I didn't think he would get one so soon. I am really loving my gift.
Yesterday evening, we went to my parents and celebrated Christmas with my family. It was alot of fun so I thought I'd post some pictures.




Griffin Garrett Natalie



Meredith


I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Modern technology is great...when it works correctly. I am really annoyed right now at the brand new celing fan that we put in the spare bedroom. We replaced the old one back in Sept/Oct. and because it's a room we seldom use, the fan hasn't been used very much either. Here's the problem: the fan we installed did not come with any pull chains to turn the light/fan on or off. Instead it came with a wall mounted remote that has the switches on it. Tonight I was working on a painting project in the spare room and when I left it to dry I wanted to keep the fan on but turn the light out. So, I pushed the light button on the remote and it went off. Something then happened in the next 20 minutes because when I went to turn the light back on, nothing happened. Dan and I both tried and tried but for whatever reason, the remote is not working and there is no other way to turn the light on. *SIGH*

This means, that Dan will have to take down this fan so I can try and return it tomorrow for a better model. ONE WITH PULL CHAINS!!!!!!

Why divorce is sometimes inevitable...

Check out this link to a page I came across. Pretty crazy. I'd call this one white trash in a wedding dress.


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What a week!

This past week I have realized just how thankful I am to NOT be Laura Ingalls. I've always loved that show and they make their life seem like so much fun. I always thought it'd be great to be a part of the Ingalls family. This week I was jolted back into reality when we were without power for 6 days. *Note to self* It was not fun!

Last Thursday evening when the storm hit, we were at home watching the tree branches fall out of our neighbors tree. Then my mom called to let us know they didn't have power, and that made me realize just how bad it was. It hadn't really occurred to me to be concerned about losing power, until I talked to my mother.

We finally lost power late Thursday night sometime around midnight. There wasn't much we could do about it, so we went to bed.

Friday morning, Dan went to work and left me in a cold house with nothing to do. I lasted until about 10am and then I called my neighbor across the street, that still had electricity, and asked if I could come over and spend the day with her and the kids.

When we realized that we weren't getting power restored anytime soon, Dan and I packed up and went to Matt and Diva's to spend the night.

Saturday morning was the realization that if we don't get heat in our house soon our pipes could freeze. We have the old hot water radiators and if that water froze we'd be in BIG trouble. So, we set out on the hunt for firewood. The plan: To build a fire in the fireplace and try and raise the temp. in the house enough so that it could sit overnight and not reach freezing. Well... that didn't work as well as we'd hoped. We got a blazing fire going, but it wasn't heating more than the living room. Luckily Dan's dad had gotten his generator going and he was going to bring it over to our house and let us borrow it for a few hours. Finally by 10pm we'd gotten the temp up to about 59 degrees.

So, back to Matt and Diva's we went to spend the night. After church on Sunday we located a generator at Sear's in Danville and so we headed over there to pick it up. Of course it didn't come with the right plug and we were already home before we realized that and every place that would carry them around here were out of stock.

By now it's about 7:30pm and Dan's dad comes back over to help him hotwire the generator. Finally at about 9pm they get the generator going. Now we have heat! Dan was able to get the right plug Monday morning at Ace Hardware. They'd just gotten a shipment in and he got there early enough to grab one.

The generator was such a blessing because we could run the heat and lights and pretty much everything we needed except the oven and washer/dryer. I was extremely thankful though when we finally got full power restored Wednesday at 4:30.

The men who worked in our backyard were from Florida. I'm sure they aren't used to this cold weather. The channel 3 news was even in our backyard too, but they didn't knock on my door to talk to me. That's just as well, I wouldn't have wanted to anyway.

So, now I can start my holiday baking and start preparing for Christmas. We are hosting Dan's side for the holiday's this year. I have alot to do before then.

Here's what it looked like out our front porch window.

I want to go to NYC so I can take a ride in the Cash Cab. That looks like so much fun.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, check the Discovery Channel for listings.

Oh, the disappointment

Dan's new tv was scheduled to be delivered today and I was actually getting excited about it. Well, UPS just dropped it off, but I had to refuse it because one side of the box was ripped open. I could pull the rip back and stick my hand inside-that's how big it was. So now, he'll have to call the company and get it reshipped, or cancel the order and start over. So now we won't get it till next week. The cable guy came this morning to hook up our dvr high def. box, and we won't really get the full benefit of it till it's hooked up to our new LCD tv.

The words of strangers

Ok, so today I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and get out and do some Christmas shopping. I had several people to buy for so I hit the mall. I wandered into Old Navy to look around and while I was in the women's section I noticed a couple of ladies. They were picking out clothes and I really didn't pay much attention to them until I realized they were looking at me. I thought, do I have something on my butt? does my hair look funny? Finally after what seemed like forever ( actually more like 30-40 seconds) they spoke to me. They wanted to know if they could get my opinion on something. They said they were trying to decide on an outfit to get their niece and and they couldn't decide on the two combinations of clothes they had picked. They said "She's about your age, 23-24". * That's right! They said 23-24 years old! * I said, " You just made my day because I'm 31". They both looked surprised.
I then helped them make a decision and I left Old Navy feeling much better about myself.

Now, if I could just look 20 pounds skinnier..............

God is good, all the time.

All the time, God is good.

Realization

A while back I posted that I had gotten my hair cut. I thought it was noticeably shorter. Dan, who never notices when I get my hair cut, kept telling me how much he liked it. It's been 2 weeks and not ONE person has noticed. Not even my own mother! I had to tell her and even then she didn't think it was different. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I got my haircut because it was looking horrible. So if no one notices that it's shorter, does it still look bad???? *sigh* If I were a man, I could just shave it all off. That would be so much easier.

<> I guess if this is my biggest problem, then I really don't have anything to be upset about.

Just thought I'd brag and tell everyone that Dan sold his Playstation 3 on Ebay today for $2,650. After fees and shipping and taking out the cost for the item, we end up with about $1800. He didn't even have to camp out for 3 days to get it either. He actually got very lucky and was able to have one pre-ordered at Gamestop here in town. He wanted to get one so he could start making skins for it and selling them along with his Xbox skins. He has no reason to keep it, so we made a tidy little profit. What's he going to do with his money. Well, we'll tithe 10%, and then he'll get to buy the 32in Sony LCD tv that he's been wanting for a long time. He's a happy boy!